In an instant, the firelight shifted from illusory to real, reappearing with the figures of Black Robe and Zhai Que'er. Simultaneously, intense heat blanketed the surrounding area. The Burning Heart True Intent remained contained yet unreleased, carrying an aura that suggested it would choose someone to devour.
Black Robe's hostility was entirely obvious, but the one who had just appeared from the void was smiling faintly, offering not the slightest response and instead casting his gaze entirely toward Zhai Que'er.
Zhai Que'er wore her customary smile, greeting him with standard etiquette: "Mr. Guiyan."
Guiyan, who had traversed the empty space to arrive, completely cast Black Robe aside and merely said, "When I came to Donghua Mountain at the invitation of Miss Que'er, I never imagined it would come to this sort of situation."
Zhai Que'er felt a similar sense of emotion. Her bright eyes shifted, and from the face of this immensely notorious lewd devil, she seemed to catch the shadow of a certain supreme, mighty expert.
To this day, everyone knew that Guiyan took orders from Jiu Yan, and behind the two of them stood an immensely formidable backer. Therefore, Guiyan's arrival represented Jiu Yan's intentions, and could equally be said to represent the will of that mighty expert.
Back in the wilderness that day, upon watching Jiu Yan annihilate Lu Suhua, she had already harbored suspicions in this regard. Inviting them over had not only been about borrowing their strength, but also about taking the opportunity to probe their true depth. Who could have imagined that her suspicions would turn into reality one by one, yet the situation would also grow ever larger, until it exceeded the limits of what she could control?
A wondrous feeling welled up in her heart, accompanied by a slightly off-topic thought:
*Madame