This Thing Is Scorching Hot
Lily Bai's face darkened. She turned to glare at Leo Li, who had just walked out, and snapped, "What now? We Sigil Sect disciples risked our lives to break your array, barely made it out alive, and now you're treating us like criminals on trial?"
"Little Fish, that's not it," said Henry Xiao.
"Don't misunderstand, Immortal Little Fish," Leo Li added. "We just want to know more about what happened inside the array."
"Then what's with the sword-drawing and trying to snatch things?" Lily Bai pointed at Chacha, who was teary-eyed.
"Yeah! What's going on? What happened with you two?" Leo Li demanded, turning to his two deputy generals with a scolding tone.
"We... we..." The two of them were at a loss for words.
How are you supposed to get anything out of an interrogation without a little pressure?
Honestly, they've already been pretty polite.
But what's up with this little spirit... Why is he crying?
"No need to keep up the act, Your Excellency," Lily Bai said. "So what's next? Prison? If we're going to jail, let's get on with it!"
Back at the Sigil Sect, Lily Bai and Nine Li reported everything they'd seen in Skycrest City to Lord Faustin.
They also showed him the two Tracker's Clarity Charms.
Lord Faustin dropped his usual lazy act and stared at the charms for a long time. "These things... they're hot potatoes."
"Dad! You're not really going to throw them out, are you?" Nine Li knew his father too well.
"Of course I'm throwing them out." He reached for the charms. "Give them to me, I'll do it."
"Who are you giving them to?" Lily Bai grew anxious.
"To someone powerful enough to make them public! Do you think you two can do anything with them?"
"Then... who is it?"
"Relax! I won't let what you risked your lives for go to waste," Lord Faustin said. "I'm heading out. You two get ready to go to Drake Abyss as planned."
They'd already made plans to head to Drake Abyss after leaving, hoping to ditch the array-breaking mission.
"Master, where are you going?" Lily Bai asked again.
"Don't ask," Lord Faustin said. "From this moment, these two Tracker's Clarity Charms have nothing to do with you, understand?"
Lily Bai: ...
...
Lily Bai brought Chacha back to her own courtyard.
He was especially diligent, cleaning the whole courtyard until it was spotless.
The flowers and plants flourished thanks to the arrival of the wood spirit.
He was also great at brewing tea.
He added his own tea dew to the water, making even ordinary tea leaves taste incredible.
Lily Bai spent several days trying not to think about Damian.
But eventually, unable to resist, she used her Lovebound Summoning Art to call him forth.
When he appeared before her, Lily Bai just stared at him in a daze.
Just a few days apart, and she already missed him so much.
...
Lily Bai brought Chacha back to her own courtyard.
He was especially diligent, cleaning the whole courtyard until it was spotless.
The flowers and plants flourished thanks to the arrival of the wood spirit.
He was also great at brewing tea.
He added his own tea dew to the water, making even ordinary tea leaves taste incredible.
Lily Bai spent several days trying not to think about Damian.
But eventually, unable to resist, she used her Lovebound Summoning Art to call him forth.
When he appeared before her, Lily Bai just stared at him in a daze.
Just a few days apart, and she already missed him so much.