They broke.
Though she still appeared calm and composed, Xu Shi could still catch the emotion called panic in the Saintess's eyes.
Of course she was panicking. If she were not, she would not have asked outright and exposed herself.
"Your Highness the Saintess, what... are you talking about?"
Listening to their cryptic conversation, Qin Yiyan could not help feeling confused.
What was the "Heavenly Principle"? What were "Observers"?
She naturally knew little about such things, yet a vague unease stirred within her.
Even when Xu Shi had led people to attack their doorstep just now, she had not felt anything like this.
"...Why do you know?"
The Saintess ignored her question and mechanically repeated the same one.
"Is it that hard?"
Xu Shi smiled and looked toward Xia Ke'an beside him. "I don't know whether you 'Observers' ever compared notes, but the same method actually worked twice on me."
Why else could it be? Naturally, it was all thanks to the old lady's bug-like power of prophecy.
He Yuxia had been exposed exactly this way before, and this Saintess was no exception.
Still, with an SS-class ability right in front of them, even if they knew Xu Shi had such a cheat, there seemed to be no way to guard against it.
Despite Xu Shi's praise, the white-haired older sister was not pleased. She merely stared coldly at the Saintess.
The "Heavenly Principle" was her greatest enemy. She had no favorable impression of anyone even remotely connected to that organization.
If she were not so delicate and frail, she probably would have charged over to fight her to the death already.
The Saintess neither confirmed nor denied it. Clearly, she had not asked merely out of curiosity over how Xu Shi knew her identity; she wanted to know when