"I... I... I was just scared..."
Overawed by Ye Jun's imposing presence, the Plum Blossom Tree Spirit did not dare look up at them. "They... they said I just had to say that... I didn't know..."
They?
A crucial clue!
Lin Ke, Wang Lin, and Ye Jun were all quick-witted people.
They immediately picked up on the word the Plum Blossom Tree Spirit had used.
"They"!
Who were "they"?
Was someone else pulling the strings?
"Who told you that?" Lin Ke crouched down until he was at eye level with the tree-spirit boy, though the cat tail behind his rear kept swishing-boing, boing.
"If you don't talk, I'll hand you over to the Spirit Department's Tree Spirit Division right now." Standing behind Lin Ke, Ye Jun added, "Though my talents are humble, I am Ye Jun, the Sacred Dynasty's Zhuangyuan from the previous selection."
Zhuangyuan!
Who in the Divine Land had not heard of that title?
The Great Wei Sacred Dynasty's first Zhuangyuan was now the minister of the Works Department, forging countless divine weapons for Great Wei.
The second Zhuangyuan was the minister of the War Department, whose might now held the Divine Land in check. Countless small nations and races trembled, terrified of provoking Great Wei's heavenly wrath.
Although the subsequent Zhuangyuan could not match those two, they were still immensely powerful, their fame shaking the past and dazzling the present.
And now Ye Jun, the previous selection's Zhuangyuan, stood right before him.
"Zh... Zh-Zh... Zhuangyuan?"
The Plum Blossom Tree Spirit shuddered, and a small puddle of green sap appeared at his feet, giving off the fresh scent of wood.
Of course he knew what sort of existence a Zhuangyuan was.
"Oh-ho, wet yourself?" Wang Lin raised an eyebrow at the sight, turned her hand over, and produced