Ye Zhen was greatly surprised by the arrival of Zhang Yide and Qing Lian.
He was even more surprised when the two of them entered the tent and immediately dropped to their knees before him with thumps.
"We are guilty. We have bathed in the Heavenly God's glory, yet committed acts that betray the Divine Envoy. We beg the Divine Envoy to punish us!"
Zhang Yide and Qing Lian's words left Ye Zhen dumbfounded once more.
Once his surprise had passed, Ye Zhen patiently asked about the situation. It was still that mess—Divine Sacrifice Xiao Ze of the Sand Sea had ordered the two of them to keep watch over him, Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen already knew about that mess.
What puzzled Ye Zhen was why Zhang Yide and Qing Lian, two Dao Realm temple protectors, had suddenly confessed it to him—and why they both looked so terrified.
After a few breaths, once Ye Zhen had roughly grasped the cause and effect, he suddenly felt the urge to burst out laughing.
This Divine Sacrifice Xiao had probably tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it.
All at once, Ye Zhen found it rather regrettable. Why had Divine Sacrifice Xiao not sent a few more temple protectors back then?
This was practically delivering gifts to Ye Zhen—lavish gifts at that.
Without question, Zhang Yide and Qing Lian's conduct and reactions meant that they had become Fanatic Believers of Ye Zhen, the Divine Envoy.
Only by becoming Fanatic Believers of Ye Zhen, the Divine Envoy, would the two of them feel guilty over something like surveilling Ye Zhen, then confess to him and beg for punishment.
However, neither their confession nor their punishment was the key. The key was that these two had become Ye Zhen's