“Ling Yan, I have something to ask you.” Bai Yan did not notice the mood of Ji Song who was making an envious face to one side. She’s too preoccupied with what Elder sky said earlier so she’s pretty worried.

  Looking up with her little tiny face: “What is it Mother? If I know I will tell you.”


  “Sweetie, have you been… feeling unwell?” Bai Yan asks after a brief muse.

  Tilting her head in contemplation, the little pipsqueak wonders why her mother would ask such a question.

  “But Mother, I’m perfectly fine, see?” Jumping in a circle to show she’s alright, the pipsqueak doesn’t appear sick at all and was very healthy.

  “Is that so?” Bai Yan still felt uneasy, “Do you feel anything like a burning sensation inside your body?”


  Shaking her head: “No.”


  No?

  In light of the denial, Bai Yan’s heart didn’t relax in the slightest and grew more worried by the moment.

  Half a ring later, she decides to probe her daughter’s entire body instead to make sure.

  According to common practice, one wouldn’t use their spiritual feelers on a commoner without power since it would leave the patient somewhat unstable from the mental intrusion. However, if the user was careful, then it’s doable as a last resort.

  For example, let’s say a person was severely sick and needed medical treatment, that wouldn’t cause harm since the patient was already unwell and couldn’t resist the outside force. And then there are the occasions where one had a unique condition that made it more beneficial to perform the procedure versus ignoring the problem. Like in this case, Di Ling Yan fell into the second option where it’s better to make sure versus ignoring the issue.

  Letting her aura spread into the child’s skin, Bai Yan closes her eyes to focus on any oddity from within. It’s then that the demon queen got all white in the face.

  Specifically, in the heart area where she could see a bead lying at the center with a flame coating the tiny object. Thankfully the fire wasn’t harming the host; otherwise, Bai Yan wouldn’t know what to do then due to the panic.

  “Ling Yan, do you feel any pain coming from the heart?” Quickly drawing her senses back out, Bai Yan’s expression became a morbid white of horror.

  Blinking those big blue eyes like a clueless baby: “Why would Mother ask such a thing? I don’t feel any discomfort at all.”


  The woman got all silent again.

  A few moments later: “Can you tell me about the flaming bead in your heart then? Who put it there?”


  Whoever it is…


  If they hurt my precious darling, I won’t let them go!

  The desire to kill has emerged from within those eyes, setting the mood for what’s to come if it’s known who the perpetrator was.

  “I don’t remember.” Biting her finger, the pipsqueak timidly answers.

  Forcing her spiraling emotions back down, Bai Yan doesn’t want to upset her child by keep her voice down: “Think Ling Yan, think some more.”


  Revealing a doubt in those eyes, Di Ling Yan tilts her head in deep thought only to smack her own head after coming up with an answer.

  “Mother, do you remember when I said there’s a cave in the Demon Mountain? There was a man inside that cave.”


  “Huh?” Bai Yan’s face instantly formed a frown.

  Pouting her cheeks up like a cherry: “I remember that day he gave me something, maybe it’s the bead? He told me to keep something for him until he comes get it.”