98 The Sanctuary

"Ying'er, what are you doing?"

Having heard that voice, Xiu Ying jumped off Li Chen but couldn't raise her head to look straight into the eyes of her master.

Li Chen, still assaulted by Xiu Ying's scent, turned his head and saw Mo Xueyi, a Grand Elder, above them.

She hovered mid-air, her sharp, piercing gaze stabbing him like knives.

"You revealed yourself to him?" Disbelief colored Mo Xueyi's voice and Xiu Ying could only press her lips together.

She couldn't tell her master about Li Chen's position, as that might result in a series of questions and even her master looking down on Li Chen.

"You, who are you to her?" Mo Xueyi was like a mother who caught her daughter with a man. Her eyes were fierce as she scrutinized Li Chen, whose eyes expressed his awkward situation.

[We are…]

"Friends!" Xiu Ying interrupted.