When Lin Bai and Old Wen returned to the Imperial Palace, they did not see Dao Child Yu You. Instead, they saw Yi Jinyun standing before the entrance to the main hall of the Imperial Palace.
Yi Jinyun had been waiting expectantly. When she saw Lin Bai and Old Wen approaching, she first smiled and bowed to Old Wen.
Old Wen also smiled and returned the salute.
Lin Bai immediately said to Old Wen, "Old Wen, you go on ahead and handle your business."
Old Wen understood at once, saluted, and took his leave.
Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun walked toward the sleeping quarters. As they walked, he said, "Shouldn't you have been attending the ceremony? Why did you suddenly come back?"
It was not difficult for Yi Jinyun to hear the deep fatigue in Lin Bai's voice, nor to see the weariness on his face.
After thinking briefly, she skipped the usual pleasantries and immediately said:
"The Renaming Ceremony has continued into its sixth day, but the higher-ups of the Devil Palace have completely stopped attending. Now even the Eternal Elder no longer comes."
"Moreover, the number of martial artists within the Devil Palace—especially high-level martial artists—has clearly been drained away in an instant!"
"This obviously doesn't make sense!"
Only after explaining the situation did Yi Jinyun say to Lin Bai:
"An ancestor of the Seven Nights Divine Sect sensed that something was wrong, so he specifically sent me back to ask about the situation."
Yi Jinyun concealed nothing from Lin Bai. She told him every detail of why she had returned and what the Seven Nights Divine Sect intended to do.
This was also why Lin Bai was willing to keep Yi Jinyun around, and why the Seven Nights Divine Sect had left her by Lin Bai's side.