Ace eyed him. "I heard you haven't visited Aunt Hong since you got back from the Abyss. Is that true?"
Shan Yifeng nodded slowly. "Yes, Master."
"Why?"
The boy took a deep breath, bracing himself like a criminal awaiting judgment.
"I brought Senior Sister into the Abyss," he said gravely.
"If I had destroyed the teleportation formation in the Northern Ice Forest, she wouldn't have been able to reach me… Then we wouldn't have been chased by the White Ice Sect members… and we wouldn't have run blindly into that cursed cave…"
Ace raised an eyebrow.
Liu Mei blinked, guilt flickering across her face.
White Ice Sect members... She coughed awkwardly. They had technically chased her because she'd repeatedly humiliated the patriarch's son… not once… not twice… but repeatedly. Like, a lot. And she hadn't exactly made peace with that arrogant fool's sect…
Shan Yifeng bowed his head deeper.
