Someone was here!
Hearing Tong Ke's voice, Xu Lingyin's heart tightened. She instinctively glanced around, looking for somewhere to hide.
Zhang Yuan caught her movement and said, "What are you hiding for? It's not as though you can't show your face."
Zhang Yuan had lived his entire life openly and honorably, standing straight and acting upright. Apart from that old ghost Ji Guang, he had never feared anyone's criticism.
Xu Lingyin hesitated for a moment before deciding to listen to Zhang Yuan. She sat upright on the stool, trying to look as natural as possible so no one would realize she had spent the entire night here with him.
Though her morals were rotten and there was no evil she was incapable of, she still cared quite a bit about her reputation.
"Come in," Zhang Yuan said.
Tong Ke pushed open the door and entered. She saw Xu Lingyin sitting in the bedroom, then glanced at Zhang Yuan sitting cross-legged on the bed. Their clothes were neat, and there was some distance between them, so she thought nothing of it.
"You're here so early, Daoist Heir Xu," Tong Ke greeted her.
Xu Lingyin nodded awkwardly.
It certainly was early. She had arrived in the dead of night.
Zhang Yuan looked at Tong Ke and asked, "What brings you here so early?"
Tong Ke chuckled. "Didn't I say last night that I had some good news for you? Well, here I am first thing this morning."
So that was why. Yes, that sounded like something Tong Ke would do.
"Can you tell me now?" Zhang Yuan asked.
Tong Ke nodded. "I can. The good news is that my Master, Shangxian True Person, along with Baihui True Person of the Spirit Emperor Blessed Land and several Feathered Ascension mighty cultivators from the