The next instant the bickering stopped completely as Lin Xiao Tian slowly stepped forward.
The surrounding disciples immediately fell silent while their eyes shifted toward him again. Even Tianhe lowered his head slightly after seeing the expression on Lin Xiao Tian's face.
Without saying anything, Lin Xiao Tian carefully handed the unconscious Miao-Miao over to Tianhe before slowly walking toward Bai Xue's body.
His steps remained steady but only he knew how heavy they felt.
As he finally stopped beside her, his hand slowly reached toward her pale face before gently brushing away the blood near her cheek.
At that moment countless memories surfaced uncontrollably inside his mind. He remembered the first time he met her.
A little girl who had spent her entire life begging in the streets and doing odd jobs just to survive another day.
A girl who deliberately dirtied her face and hid her beauty constantly because she feared being dragged away into some pleasure house one day.
