The perspective switches to Phantylia and Stelle and the others. Phantylia is sending messages to Yukong, informing her that the Astral Express crew has already arrived at the Luofu.
Inside the Seat of Divine Foresight, Yukong looks at the report from the fake Tingyun in her phone and has to sigh in admiration at how exquisite her disguise is. The rhetoric is exactly the same as Tingyun's.
"Acting the part thoroughly. Currently, it has not yet been confirmed which Lord Ravager exactly is impersonating her." Beside Yukong, Jing Yuan borrows the holographic projection to view the chat records crystal clear.
Several days earlier in the morning, Yukong had received contact from Tingyun. Through some past experiences, she verified the other's identity—it was indeed the esteemed Tingyun.
Running through eighteen red lights is a well-known anecdote known to all. Aside from Tingyun and her family and the general... no one knows that among them, twelve were raced by Adrian. Even Fu Xuan the Master Diviner couldn't calculate it.
Seeing Tingyun in the lounge of the Eternity Church, Yukong had understood everything at a glance. Looking across the entire Luofu, the only one connected to [Eternity], connected to the church, is Adrian.
Presumably, Tingyun being safe and sound is also thanks to his hard work.
Upon learning that a Lord Ravager is disguised in her appearance, mingling within the Luofu interior, Yukong immediately informed Jing Yuan of the matter.
The result... after hearing it, the general was not surprised at all, as if he had long known this news.
General Jing Yuan, this was also within your expectations?!
Being called the Divine Strategist General is not without reason. Jing Yuan gave the strategy of accompanying the other to act it out. In any case, that Lord Ravager is unaware of the matter of her identity being exposed—see to what extent she can perform.
As for Tingyun herself, she has temporarily changed to a different face. Just a few days ago, she followed the church's Knights back. Yukong is not in a hurry to meet with her. After the Luofu's crisis subsides, there will naturally be plenty of time to converse.
After learning that Tingyun is safe and sound, Yukong specially brought thank-you gifts to Adrian's milk tea shop. She didn't see Adrian; she saw the acting store manager Qingque.
From Qingque's mouth, she learned that Adrian had already left the Luofu via starskiff many days prior, saying he was going to travel to other planets.
After thinking about it, better to wait for him to return and personally visit to give thanks. However... since she's come, Yukong also helped Adrian's shop increase sales a bit.
Before leaving, she bought over ten cups of Immortal's Delight Tea, distributed them to the people in the Seat of Divine Foresight and to Caiyi to drink. She herself also drank a cup—the taste is quite good.
As expected, the rumor that the little shop hides absolute top-tier deliciousness is not unfounded. Who could have thought that in a rundown milk tea shop, there could be such tasty drinks.
Returning to the present, Yukong simply replies with one sentence, then discusses the next countermeasures with Jing Yuan.
"Regarding the Stellaron Hunters matter..."
"No need to worry. There will naturally be someone to assist us in capturing the Stellaron Hunters." Jing Yuan is thinking about another matter—whether he should tell Yukong about Adrian's true identity or not.
In that previous communication of hers with Tingyun, upon learning the other was in the church, Jing Yuan estimates that Tingyun should already know Adrian's identity.
Based on his understanding of Blake... in principle, Blake won't let it slip. But if it comes to that church's elven priest who travels everywhere... then it's hard to say.
Jing Yuan still hasn't forgotten the scene when he first met those two—their back-and-forth, those who didn't know would think they were telling crosstalk.
Saying they wanted to form an alliance, the two [Eternity] Emanators risking being snuck up on by other forces to come to the Luofu. At first, Jing Yuan was quite moved—it seemed the other side truly wanted to ally.
The church headquarters only has two Emanators, and they're deploying all of them. Really not afraid of being raided by the Antimatter Legion?
Ah, the [Eternity] Aeon seems to also be in the Luofu. Then it's fine.
...
Outside the Seat of Divine Foresight, Welt analyzes for the group the situations they might encounter next.
"The Xianzhou Alliance won't be so rude. But when this Yukong receives us, she will certainly ask a series of questions—"
"Why did we choose this timing to come to the Xianzhou? How did we learn that this disaster is related to the Stellaron? Who revealed the Xianzhou's news to us?"
"Even more likely, she knows Adrian's Emanator identity and will further press us on our relationship with Adrian. If the answers are not cautious, it may bring wariness and hostility, and acting will become doubly difficult."
Welt combs through the currently known intelligence: "I've heard the Eternity Church has already dispatched forces to aid the Xianzhou. I wonder if we'll see Pontiff Blake here... or Priestess Freesna."
This time coming to the Luofu, Welt also had March 7th bring a bag of Himeko's special roast coffee beans—very suitable for gifts and such.
"We're done for. Stelle and I are both the clumsy-tongued type, liable to say the wrong thing by accident. Dan Heng is still a gourd."
"Then..."
Three gazes converge on Kafka in unison.
"Hehe~ Don't you all still have the mature and reliable Mr. Welt?"
"Hey, speaking of which, can you tell us the contents of the [Script]?" March 7th really wants to know what will happen next.
"If as a result I tell you, the contents on the [Script] are all a mess of garbled code, what would you think?"
"Ha? How could that be... You're definitely lying to us, trying to muddle through, right?"
March 7th's anti-scam awareness is maxed out. She won't believe the bad woman's words!
Kafka helplessly spreads her hands. Telling the truth this time and still no one believes it.
"When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a road. You all needn't worry. When the time comes, I'll handle the responses." As the senior of the train crew, Welt can't very well let March 7th and the others answer wrongly.
After a short rest, the group follows Phantylia into the Seat of Divine Foresight, preparing to meet with Yukong.
Before formally stepping through the grand doors of the Seat of Divine Foresight, Stelle suddenly stops in her tracks, her gaze stunned.
"Eh... Why did you suddenly stop? You're not scared, are you? Aiya, don't worry. Don't we have Uncle Yang!" March 7th comforts her. She's not afraid at all.
Stelle rubs her eyes, not sure if it's her imagination, but just now she seemed to see Tingyun's figure below.
That's not right... Then the Tingyun here... is who?
At the same time, located below the Seat of Divine Foresight, in front of the milk tea shop, the golden-haired girl in priestess attire is pacing back and forth in front of the shop.
Who could have thought that Pontiff Blake sending her to the Luofu would be done in such a simple manner? She also doesn't know if he himself has come.
One more Emanator-level combatant is better the more for the Luofu. With General Jing Yuan and Pontiff Blake joining hands, that Lord Ravager is afraid she won't escape even with wings.
Tingyun is quite eager to see Blake make a move—beating a Lord Ravager with a bar of soap. Wouldn't that scene be too [Elation]?
"Excuse me for disturbing this lady. The milk tea shop is already closed. If you want to buy milk tea, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until tomorrow morning."
A large hand lands on her shoulder. Tingyun delightedly turns her head, yet sees the face of storyteller Xiyuan.
"Ai?" Tingyun is a bit dazed for a moment. How is this different from what she expected!
"Storyteller Xiyuan...?"
"Not Xiyuan, it's Adrian."
The most familiar face appears before Tingyun's eyes. She blinks, and beside her, storyteller Xiyuan has again changed into the church pontiff with flowing golden hair.
"Seeing how this miss so wants to drink milk tea, then the little shop will make an exception and open for you once. Whatever words you have, let's go inside to say?"