Si Xiao’er felt that while Lu Yin’s words seemed to make sense, there was something that just felt off.

She was usually good at remaining calm, so she quickly figured out where the issue was. She was just about to speak up when Lu Yin suddenly asked, "What did your master promise Yang Kong?"

Si Xiao'er's eyes instantly dimmed, and her mood seemed ruined. "Master promised Yang Kong that she would accompany him into Burial Garden’s gate."

Lu Yin was surprised. "Into Burial Garden’s gate? Didn’t you say that the Aeternals have announced that those are death gates and that humans aren’t allowed to enter them?"

Si Xiao'er replied, "Yes, but Yang Kong knows that they’re really Burial Garden’s gates, and my master knows that they need to enter one of the gates in order to complete a task that the Aeternals assigned. Yang Kong was placed in charge of this task, and he was told to put together a team to enter a gate."

"And your master was chosen?"

"Well, my master’s an Envoy, and she’s also the second most powerful person in the East City after the city master, so naturally she was one of his first choices. However, she refused, and the Aeternals didn’t make any moves to force her. Thus, Yang Kong made a bet with Master. If she won, Master would have been free to choose whatever she wanted, but if she lost, she agreed to enter the gate with Yang Kong."

Lu Yin's eyes...