"!!"
"Sister Lin, it really does seem to be an Impermanence Token!"
The moment Tanchun followed Daiyu, Zijuan, and Xueyan out through Lin Manor's gates and landed, she leaned close and quietly confirmed it in Daiyu's ear.
"Mm."
Daiyu gave a slight nod, then raised her head and carefully sensed the faint, dark spiritual pattern in the sky before gravely voicing her observations:
"It descended roughly a quarter of an hour ago."
"The barrier was deployed very covertly and cautiously. By now, it has completely isolated the inside from the outside. The Heavenly Court's surveillance and the Heavenly Laws' detection have both been blocked."
"Our visitors mean trouble, and they came prepared. Be careful."
As she spoke, Daiyu secretly reproached herself. They had been so caught up in fooling around that they had failed to notice the enemy had already set up such a barrier. Otherwise, how could they have ended up in such a passive position?
Had they discovered it earlier, they would not even have needed to act personally. They only needed to slightly damage the Impermanence Token's barrier, and the Heavenly Court's heavenly soldiers and generals would naturally have dealt with them.
But unfortunately, it was too late for regrets now!
At those words, Xueyan's pretty face went slightly pale. She instinctively drew her Immortal-Ending Sword and gripped its hilt.
"Miss..."
"They came for us?"
Naturally, Daiyu did not answer such a foolish question. She merely tucked a wind-tousled strand of hair behind her ear and gave Xueyan an indifferent glance.
"We'll know soon enough."
At that moment, Daiyu also saw that outside the gates, over twenty red-clad Like Flower puppet maidservants were already standing ready in formation.
The delicate-featured maids stood all around them, each dressed in red palace robes with a long sword at her