She pointed at the maidservant clone beside her.
Then, her tone abruptly turned cold, carrying a sense of finality.
"If, after one month, you still choose not to trust me or attempt to reveal my secret... then the 'Zi Xiao Saintess' clone you saw today will be personally 'dealt with' by me. From then on, Jin'er will completely disappear from your world. We shall act as though we never met."
With that, she said nothing more. She turned around, and her figure vanished from where she stood with a faint flicker, like ink dissolving into water.
The maidservant Jin'er and the violet-clad Saintess Jin'er vanished with her. Down on the auction stage, auctioneer Hong Xiao merely seemed to have glanced up by chance. She had long since resumed her professional, alluring demeanor and continued hosting the auction.
Only Gu Sheng, Miss Tantai, Gu Yuanyuan, and Qi Diao Yaoyao remained in the Heavenly Armor private room, along with the Qing Nang Leaving Fire Art jade slip worth twenty million, lying silently atop the jade table. The bizarre scene from moments ago seemed like nothing more than an illusion.
After a long while, Miss Tantai finally let out a deep breath. Her face was still somewhat pale as she looked at Gu Sheng with complicated eyes.
"Brother Gu Sheng... the Myriad Beings Way... she..."
Gu Sheng rubbed his brow and sighed softly.
"She's powerful, and she's troublesome. Protecting her would be almost equivalent to making enemies of half the world. Right now... I'm not that idle, nor do I care to provoke trouble of that level."
Miss Tantai bit her lip and suddenly asked in a low voice.
"Could she... also... do something to me..."
Gu Sheng understood her concern and decisively shook his head.
"No. Though the Myriad Beings Way is