The two stood back to back. Lin Yue was the first to break the silence.
"What do you think about Cecilia?" She paused slightly. "Don't tell me you were spacing out back then."
"I'm looking with my eyes." Chen Xi shot back out of habit, then turned around.
She was about to speak, but all she saw was the back of the big golden retriever's head.
"Oh, come on, turn around too." She tugged at Lin Yue's face, and the helpless girl had no choice but to turn and face her.
"Can you talk now?" Lin Yue lowered her eyes to meet Chen Xi's gaze.
"Hmm, let me think..." Chen Xi recalled what Cecilia had said. "No matter how you look at it, something's wrong with her."
"Of course, it's also possible that she was just so wary that she ended up full of holes."
"Full of holes?" Lin Yue raised an eyebrow.
Chen Xi raised a finger and began counting them off. "First, the fact that she managed to escape from a Fifth Rank Transcendent is already suspicious."
She was effectively a Fifth Rank Transcendent herself now, so she knew the chasm between Second and Fifth Rank was practically insurmountable.
If the Duke Red Dragon hadn't been holding back, Cecilia would have been blasted to smithereens the moment she tried to run.
"Second, that mark is pretty suspicious too. Who would use a mark with an effect like that? Couldn't they do something better with the time it takes?"
"Of course, it's also possible that Duke Red Dragon only has one lousy mark ability."
"Besides, Duke Red Dragon's actions were way too outrageous. The other Saintess candidates should all have at least some family backing, and there's also the Pope. There's no way they'd let him do whatever he