Volume 1

47 If She's a Demon

With Jie Pa's permission, I carried Song Lu back to her room and laid her on the bed.

Jiao S had followed along, and she said, "Her face gained such rough wrinkles. I'm afraid those things must have taken a great toll on her."

I remained silent, as grief rushed through me, submerging me in sorrow and guilt.

Once you arrive in the Split Zone, your appearance doesn't change unless you use your mental force to change it. Or unless your spirit has suffered great distress, which could possibly cause your form in the Split Zone to become unstable and appear to age.

"Right now, we can't bring Song Lu along to find Laurel. We don't know what kind of other changes may occur, so Jie Pa has to stay with her. But Jie Pa's body has also become as vulnerable as a physical human body, so he shouldn't be in danger's path. That means that one of us has to remain behind to guard them." I looked at Gaoqin Jiuye, Jiao S, and then Nie Zun.

"Even if we can find Laurel, without Jie Pa,...