"Sister, have you learned it?" the young girl in the middle of the field asked softly.
Li Piaoqing's gaze shifted to her, and Yi Chengxin looked at her with a cold indifference.
Li Piaoqing's heart sank; she realized that the other party had clearly seen her desperate situation. Yi Chengxin was as acutely aware as she was that she would struggle to withstand another reversal by the Heart Poison.
The fourth trial didn't rush to commence; Yi Chengxin watched her with patient equanimity, as the eyes of the young girl, akin to thin ice on a winter's day, seemed to penetrate her ribcage after having acquired the majority of their ancestral strength.
Suddenly, Li Piaoqing truly felt a chill.
"... Sister ... seems to have thought of a way to kill me," she said quietly. "What is it?"
Li Piaoqing's heart clenched fiercely, and for the first time, she truly looked pale.