"But she was clearly using her domain to scheme in secret. I'd originally planned to have Bai Ziqing investigate, but I never expected the Lamenter to deal with her by sheer chance."
Ailin took a delicate sip of tea. "Anything else you want to ask? This should be the last time we meet."
"Let me think. Wait, are we missing someone?" Chen Xi had only just started speaking when she realized that a certain nobody hadn't joined them yet.
"Uh, sorry. I forgot." Ailin snapped her fingers, and the next moment, Gu Yu reappeared to the left of the stone table.
"You go ahead," Chen Xi said with a nod to Gu Yu.
The trial was already over, and the three of them couldn't leave anytime soon, so they had plenty of time.
At that, Gu Yu slowly closed her eyes, then abruptly opened them.
Her dark eyes were like brilliant stars, beautiful enough to hold anyone's gaze.
"So, what exactly is the story behind my eyes?"
Ailin plucked a flower branch that drooped beside her ear. "Your eyes are a component of the Legend God."
"God?" Gu Yu murmured.
"Could it be a seventh-rank Legend?"
The title was so grand that it was hard not to make that connection.
"Actually, it's only at the peak of the sixth rank." Ailin's words shattered their hopes.
Seeing the disappointment on their faces, Ailin couldn't help shaking her head with an amused smile.
"What are you thinking? This world has never given birth to a seventh-rank being."
Hearing that only made Chen Xi more confused.
"But didn't you say before that the Seven Deadly Sins could advance to the seventh rank once they were assembled?"
"They could advance. That doesn't mean they already had." Ailin corrected her.
"If he'd really succeeded back