"Now, let's go over this Special Selection in detail," Li Xieqian said after taking the seat of honor.
He seemed not to doubt the flimsy excuse Lin Feng had just made up.
"Oh, right. Ophelia, you sit down too." Li Xieqian gestured toward the woman in the black robe.
Her lips moved. She wanted to say something, but the moment she opened her mouth, it snapped shut for no apparent reason.
It was as though someone had clapped a hand over it.
At the same time, a voice sounded in her head.
[Oh, my foolish little sister. What were you about to say?]
[Were you going to expose Shanhai's lie?]
The voice sounded strikingly like hers, but carried a note of exasperation.
[But he just attacked a teammate!] Ophelia replied.
[Do you think Li Xieqian couldn't tell Shanhai was lying?] The voice kept chattering in her head.
[The fact that he didn't call him out can only mean one thing!]
[Shanhai matters far more to Li Xieqian than that little nobody did!]
[Li Xieqian isn't going to offend Shanhai over someone like him!]
[Now go sit down and listen quietly!]
Ophelia said nothing. She sat behind Lin Feng, with one seat between them.
She wasn't particularly bright, but at least she listened to her older sister.
Lin Feng glanced at her, then looked away.
"Ophelia should already know about the Special Selection, since this isn't her first time."
"But Shanhai, pay close attention to what I'm about to say!"
Li Xieqian made it clear from the start that this explanation was for Lin Feng.
The Black Robes held a Special Selection almost every year.
There were seven major factions in the Black Robes' First Sequence.
Each faction had five Second Sequence administrators like Li Xieqian.
That made thirty-five administrator groups