"The Marquis has arrived!"
A voice rang out from the front of the residence. The nineteen black-robed figures who had been whispering among themselves immediately stood straight, their eyes fixed on the gate, their faces filled with anticipation!
These nineteen were all the ordinary members of the Evil Suppression Department at its founding. Six had originally followed Huo Qubing as Extraordinary Individuals, while the other thirteen were new members Lin Qiye had selected over the past few days.
The study door slowly opened. Lin Qiye, dressed in wintergreen Han robes, stood with Wu Quan and Chloe behind him, gazing toward the gate.
Other than Hu Jia, Lin Qiye had forged his karmic ties with all these new members using Uncaused Cause. Thus, in each of their minds, Lin Qiye played a different role. But that did not matter. With a single thought from Lin Qiye, those fabricated karmic ties would vanish, and they would completely forget that he had ever existed.
Creak—!
The residence gate opened, and several figures entered. At their head was Huo Qubing in a marquis's robes, with Zhan Yuwu and Yan Zhong beside him. Looking farther back, Lin Qiye gave a surprised cry.
Behind the three of them, Gongyang Wan walked over in an elegant green ruqun dress. Her long black hair was pinned up with a jade hairpin. If not for the sharpness that occasionally flashed in her eyes, she would have looked like a gentle, virtuous young lady from a noble family, utterly unlike before.
"Now she's starting to feel a little like that person..." Lin Qiye could not help sighing.
Clothes really did make the person. Once Gongyang Wan had shed those filthy prison clothes, she was undeniably a standard beauty. Lin Qiye had seen Gongyang Wan two thousand years later on National