âLing Yan, I have something to ask you.â Bai Yan did not notice the mood of Ji Song who was making an envious face to one side. Sheâs too preoccupied with what Elder sky said earlier so sheâs pretty worried.
Looking up with her little tiny face: âWhat is it Mother? If I know I will tell you.â
âSweetie, have you been⦠feeling unwell?â Bai Yan asks after a brief muse.
Tilting her head in contemplation, the little pipsqueak wonders why her mother would ask such a question.
âBut Mother, Iâm perfectly fine, see?â Jumping in a circle to show sheâs alright, the pipsqueak doesnât appear sick at all and was very healthy.
âIs that so?â Bai Yan still felt uneasy, âDo you feel anything like a burning sensation inside your body?â
Shaking her head: âNo.â
No?
In light of the denial, Bai Yanâs heart didnât relax in the slightest and grew more worried by the moment.
Half a ring later, she decides to probe her daughterâs entire body instead to make sure.
According to common practice, one wouldnât 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 itâs doable as a last resort.
For example, letâs say a person was severely sick and needed medical treatment, that wouldnât cause harm since the patient was already unwell and couldnât 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 itâs better to make sure versus ignoring the issue.
Letting her aura spread into the childâs skin, Bai Yan closes her eyes to focus on any oddity from within. Itâs 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 wasnât harming the host; otherwise, Bai Yan wouldnât know what to do then due to the panic.
âLing Yan, do you feel any pain coming from the heart?â Quickly drawing her senses back out, Bai Yanâs expression became a morbid white of horror.
Blinking those big blue eyes like a clueless baby: âWhy would Mother ask such a thing? I donât feel any discomfort at all.â
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A few moments later: âCan you tell me about the flaming bead in your heart then? Who put it there?â
Whoever it isâ¦
If they hurt my precious darling, I wonât let them go!
The desire to kill has emerged from within those eyes, setting the mood for whatâs to come if itâs known who the perpetrator was.
âI donât remember.â Biting her finger, the pipsqueak timidly answers.
Forcing her spiraling emotions back down, Bai Yan doesnât want to upset her child by keep her voice down: âThink Ling Yan, think some more.â
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.
âMother, do you remember when I said thereâs a cave in the Demon Mountain? There was a man inside that cave.â
âHuh?â Bai Yanâs face instantly formed a frown.
Pouting her cheeks up like a cherry: âI remember that day he gave me something, maybe itâs the bead? He told me to keep something for him until he comes get it.â