The fighting had reached a lull.
Both sides had stopped.
One side was unsure of the situation and was still deciding how to respond.
The other side was chatting.
"Who do you work for?" Ghost General Barbie asked.
"I answer to the second young lady, though the Second Young Master has arranged a fine job for me too," Na Muluo said.
He even took out a command token and waved it around.
He had left in such a hurry that he had grabbed a Command Token from the Second Young Master's tea table on his way out.
Of course, the Second Young Master might not have noticed.
After all, he was an old hand at this sort of thing.
But the second young lady and the Second Young Master were both good people. They had given him cushy work early on, shown him every consideration, and helped him along.
Surely they would not take such a small thing to heart.
The cultivators opposite him hesitated when they saw the Command Token.
The Command Token was genuine.
If Na Muluo was lying, he only had to say the Second Young Master had sent him. Why drag the second young lady into it too? She had often looked after her younger brother.
Could it be...
Had the second young lady talked the Second Young Master out of it?
Speculation ran through their minds. Then they looked at the genuine Command Token, and then at—
The two teams of cultivators over there had formed up around the Dormitory. Formation Discs and Talismans were deployed together, making for a tight defense.
The attackers grew even less certain about what to do.
That was the Eldest Miss's Ghost General Barbie. Who did not know her?
If they pressed the attack now, the matter would only