Upon entering the branch altar, the man who had led Ye Chil Ling inside asked her to wait, saying the altar master would arrive shortly. He then served tea, pastries, and fruit, saying she must have had a hard journey and inviting her to eat with him.
"There's something wrong with both the tea and the pastries." With a sweep of her divine sense, Instructor Liao Feibai spotted the problem. She grew anxious, afraid Ye Chil Ling would suffer.
Yet Ye Zhen stopped her again. "No rush. Let's watch a little longer. With us watching over her, could Chi Ling'er possibly come to harm?
"Besides, if she really suffers a small loss, it will teach her a lesson."
"All right." Instructor Liao Feibai was still worried.
In front of the man, Ye Chil Ling seemed perhaps to be hungry. She drank three cups of tea in succession and ate several pastries, and a trace of delight gradually surfaced in the man's eyes.
A few breaths later, the man rose to his feet, looked at Ye Chil Ling, and suddenly laughed. "Down, down, down!"
Ye Chil Ling was startled. She sprang to her feet, but then clutched her forehead and slowly collapsed to the ground.
This sight made Instructor Liao Feibai anxious, and she was about to intervene when Ye Zhen stopped her again. "Don't rush. Our girl is sly."
"Huh?" Instructor Liao Feibai probed with her divine sense, then stamped her foot indignantly. "Hmph, so she was pretending. She really does take after you."
"She is Ye Zhen's daughter, after all. She has quite a few protective treasures on her."
Ye Chil Ling was pretending, but the man from the Sun Moon Divine Cult hurriedly sent out a signal. In the blink of an eye, two more men entered.
"Altar