Li Yingling stood up and looked into Chen Baiqing's eyes, glistening faintly with tears. Though she had countless stern words to say, in the end, her tone softened.
"The Jade Token is specially made by the Heavenly Derivation Sect, and it contains Master's extremely distinctive Spiritual Power. How could it be fake?"
"Master clearly wants you to behave yourself in this matter and stop stirring up trouble."
Chen Baiqing stood sideways without responding to that. She simply asked:
"If I return straight to the Heavenly Derivation Sect from here and stop involving myself in this matter, will you agree, Senior Sister?"
Li Yingling's tone grew a little more serious.
"No. As your Eldest Senior Sister, I know what you're capable of."
Chen Baiqing lowered her head slightly. After a moment's silence, she still chose to explain.
"Master has long known that our views on this matter differ slightly. But all this time, he has never written to tell me to restrain myself. I imagine he hasn't given you any definite instructions on what to do either, Eldest Senior Sister."
Li Yingling gazed deeply at her, but had no answer.
"That means Master wants us to handle this ourselves, to do what we want. He won't interfere." As Chen Baiqing spoke, she took out the Jade Token that had only just arrived. "And this one... there's probably an eighty percent chance it's our Master's Wife's doing."
"Only if Master is away from the Heavenly Derivation Sect would Master's Wife, not wanting our relationship to deteriorate further and the situation to escape her control..."
"...send this Jade Token."
"If Master were still at the Heavenly Derivation Sect, this Jade Token could never have left it!"
"Eldest Senior Sister, don't you know Master? How could he abandon something he's committed to halfway through?"