Moon Pavilion.
In the top-floor room reserved for Tang Yuehua, "Madam Yue," Ling Yi sat by the window, a drawing board in front of him.
Tang Yuehua sat beside Ling Yi, watching the man as he painted with focused attention, her beautiful eyes filled with infatuation.
When Xue Qianxun, restored to her female form, knocked and entered the room, this was the scene she saw.
"Uncle Ling Yi—!" Xue Qianxun called sweetly.
Just then, the brush in Ling Yi's hand made its final stroke. He looked up at Xue Qianxun and smiled. "You..."
Amid the girl's adorably naive smile, Ling Yi shook his head and said gently, "All right, let them all come in."
"Mm-hmm~" Xue Qianxun nodded her beautiful head again and again, then turned back and called to those outside the door behind her, "You can come in~"
Outside the door, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the others heard the summons and did not dare delay. They quickly pushed the door open and entered with careful, light movements.
Throughout the entire process, everyone kept their heads lowered, lest they see something they should not.
In all the vast Lingyun World, only a scant few people dared to enter directly as she had just done.
Xue Qianxun was one of them.
"Your subject Yue Guan..." / "Your subject Gui Mei..." / "Student Xie Yue..." / "Student Hu Liena..."
"We greet Your Majesty. May Your Majesty remain eternal and undying, ancient and everlasting—!!!" *4
"At ease~" Ling Yi waved casually, signaling for the four to rise.
"Yes—!" *4
Looking at the four tense and restrained people, Ling Yi's expression remained calm as he said lightly, "Release Tang Hao's counterpart."
"Yes!" Yue Guan answered respectfully, then took a Blue Leather Sack from his robe.
This was a Storage Soul Tool developed