"No, how could that be?"
Li Yun wore a broad grin, making no effort to put on an act before the Cloud Cliff Saintess. His face plainly said that he had just struck it rich.
The Cloud Cliff Saintess became even more certain that while she had been away, Li Yun had sneaked off alone to the White Emperor Family Treasury to steal treasures again.
Before she could say anything else, however,
Li Yun grinned. "Didn't you sense that the Seal you left in the residence was triggered?"
The Cloud Cliff Saintess froze for a moment.
"I did. Wasn't it triggered by you?"
"Triggered by me, my ass. I know pretty much all the Seals here. Why would I trigger one?"
"Right, I nearly forgot about that... Then who triggered it?"
The Cloud Cliff Saintess's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
She had indeed sensed that the Seal in her residence had been triggered earlier, but she had instinctively assumed it was Li Yun. Moreover, she had been in the White Emperor Family at the time, wrangling with Bai Tianhuang over opening the White Emperor Inner City ahead of schedule, so she had not given it much thought or rushed back immediately.
Now, it seemed reality was different from what she had thought.
If Li Yun had not triggered the Seal in the residence, then an outsider must have infiltrated her home.
How much nerve did that take?
Sneaking into her residence while she was away—were they treating a Divine Martial Realm expert like a clay statue?
"People from the Heaven and Earth Tower, but they were after me."
"What? The Heaven and Earth Tower... Those vermin rats dared to sneak into White Emperor City again... Mm, I understand now. You weren't here just now because you went after the Heaven and