Tingyun naturally heard Theresa's jab, but she paid it no mind. Her target was the Ambrosial Arbor. As a Suiyang, she had taken up residence inside Tingyun's body and suppressed her consciousness. Naturally, her goal was not Tingyun's body, but the more cost-effective Dharma body of the Ambrosial Arbor.
As an energy-based species like the Suiyang, she could freely switch hosts. Those parasitized by Suiyang would all become vacant-eyed and sluggish, because their emotions had been absorbed by the Suiyang.
{Many readers mistakenly believe the real Tingyun was not here, but that isn't the case. Tingyun was possessed and body-snatched by Phantylia, a Suiyang. In the game's story, after Tingyun was controlled by Phantylia and her neck turned around in the Neck-Turning Manga, a ball of green flame floated from her body. That was Phantylia's true Suiyang form, while Tingyun's body was naturally discarded by Phantylia.}
{The author looked up a great deal of information to verify all this. If that body had been created by Phantylia herself, there would have been no need for her to destroy it later. She could have simply left, and no one could have stopped her, since neither Yanqing nor Jing Yuan was present.}
The group slowly arrived at the entrance to the inner area of the Divination Department. A squad of Cloud Knights stood guard at the entrance.
"Stop right there! State your business!"
The Cloud Knights looked over the group, then caught sight of the adorably beautiful Theresa and immediately recognized them as the Stellaron Hunters. After all, Theresa's lovely appearance had naturally left a deep impression on everyone.
"Oho, it's you—please, come in quickly. It's dangerous outside."
"Eh? Why did I just shout 'oho'?"
The Cloud Knight guard muttered in confusion.
"You know us?"
March 7th's puzzled question made the Cloud