"This scent is being given off by Soul-Bewildering Incense."
The maidservant said softly, her arms folded.
Ye Lin, meanwhile, frowned slightly.
Soul-Bewildering Incense?
The name alone did not sound like anything good.
"From now on, this Soul-Bewildering Incense is not to be lit in my room again."
In the end, Ye Lin spoke.
He had always felt that there was something wrong with this so-called Soul-Bewildering Incense, yet he could not put his finger on what exactly was wrong.
"Th-this was ordered by the three City Lords. Soul-Bewildering Incense is placed in every Vice City Lord's room. This incense can nurture the Primordial Spirit and aid cultivation."
"Many Vice City Lords have sung its praises."
"If Master wishes to remove the Soul-Bewildering Incense, you will need the consent of the three City Lords. Otherwise..."
After speaking, the maidservant furtively raised her head to glance at Ye Lin, then abruptly lowered it again and said no more.
"You may leave."
At that, Ye Lin casually waved a hand.
"This servant takes her leave."
As though granted a pardon, the maidservant cupped her fists to Ye Lin in salute, swiftly turned, and left. In the blink of an eye, she had vanished from sight.
Ye Lin, meanwhile, rubbed his chin and pondered alone in the room.
Something was wrong. Far too wrong.
From the instant he had stepped into Heavenly Capital City, he had felt uncomfortable all over.
And Chu Qinxin's reaction had not been normal either.
Although Ye Lin had not fully figured out the character of that ancestor of the Myriad Heavens Divine Sect, after several encounters during that period, he had developed quite a favorable impression of him.
Moreover, the Myriad Heavens Divine Sect itself had given him a very comfortable feeling.
In merely a few decades, he had