"I'm going to meet the Black Moon Pope?" Gu Yu repeated, unable to believe it.
When she came to her senses, she hurriedly waved her hands and refused. "I think I'll pass. This is a high-level meeting, so I'd better stay out of it."
"What's so high-level about it? You have the Eye of God too, don't you? That's practically a ticket to get in at the sixth tier." Lin Yue said matter-of-factly.
"How is that the same?" Gu Yu tried to turn her down again, but Chen Xi had already grabbed her and pulled her along.
"Stop wasting time. We still have to pull some strings for you." Chen Xi brushed the wrinkles from her clothes.
"Pull strings? What do you mean?" Gu Yu asked, looking confused.
As Chen Xi straightened her clothes, Lin Yue stood beside her and fixed Gu Yu's collar too. "Exactly what it sounds like. We'll pretend to take part in the Saintess Selection, then get the Black Moon Pope to pull strings for you directly."
"That doesn't seem right..." Gu Yu hesitated.
"What's wrong with it?" Chen Xi raised an eyebrow, seeing right through her at once. "Isn't the real reason you keep refusing that you don't want to meet the Black Moon Pope?"
"Not at all! Don't put words in my mouth!" Gu Yu immediately denied it, as if Chen Xi had pinned an accusation on her.
"Then hurry up and come with us." With less than thirty minutes left, Chen Xi urged her again.
"My hair's all messy, isn't it? I'll go wash my face first." As she spoke, Gu Yu tried to slip away again.
Chen Xi was quick and grabbed her back.
"We'll take care of it." Chen Xi glanced at Lin Yue, and the two of them wordlessly activated