While Cao Ying sized Ziyan up, Ziyan was sizing her up too.
Something was off. On a scale of one to ten, this was a ninety-one.
Judging by Cao Ying's expression, she and Qin Yu... at the very least, she couldn't possibly see Qin Yu as just an ordinary friend.
After briefly answering Cao Ying's question, Qin Yu told her that he was heading to the Demon Puppet Sect.
"If the people from the Heavenly Formation Sect come looking for me before I get back..."
Before Qin Yu could finish, Cao Ying picked up where he left off.
"I'll just tell them to wait."
I've already been so forceful with them anyway. What's wrong with making the Heavenly Formation Sect's people wait a few more days? That's perfectly reasonable, isn't it?
Unlike Qin Yu, Cao Ying hadn't studied formations. She had no interest whatsoever in the Heavenly Formation Sect, so naturally, she had no reason to be pleasant to them.
Had those people not made a racket in the Pill Tower while she was refining pills, she wouldn't even have bothered coming out to deal with them.
"That works too. Whatever else they might do, the Heavenly Formation Sect's people wouldn't dare cause trouble on the Pill Tower's turf."
Since Cao Ying already had a solution in mind, Qin Yu said no more.
"Ugh, if the Pill Tower weren't still working with the Heavenly Formation Sect on the Star Region Grand Formation, those guys would never get away with making such a fuss."
The mention of causing trouble in the Pill Tower set Cao Ying off on a rant.
Their inflated opinion of themselves was only one reason the Heavenly Formation Sect's people dared make a scene in the Pill Tower.
More importantly, every three to five years, the Pill