"Do you not believe me, Dao Chosen? Honestly, I’m a member of the Hidden Earth Society, and I was born on Earth. I went to the Perennial World through Jupiter, and I only joined the Celestial Frost Sect through a coincidence. I really am not someone from the Perennial World. I was ordered about by Yu Chen, not the Junior Progenitor, and I followed her orders out of fear of being exposed."

This made sense to Lu Yin. Why else would a powerful Envoy like Elder Qing Xing listen to Yu Chen’s orders? Even if Yu Chen had acted on Bai Shaohong’s behalf, she had never been anything more than a maid. How could someone with that status order an Envoy around? As time passed, Yu Chen had become more and more accustomed to giving Qing Xing orders, and she had simply assumed that he was hoping to use Bai Shaohong to rise up.

"Are you referring to her jade butterflies?" Lu Yin asked.

Elder Qing Xing nodded. "Yu Chen trained her jade butterflies to gather information, and with Bai Shaohong’s support, she learned many of the Perennial World’s secrets. If she ever decided to investigate me, I might not be able to keep mine. The worst things that the members of the Hidden Earth Society can do in the Perennial World is antagonize someone like Yu Chen, as being exposed could create a great deal of trouble for the Hidden Earth Society.

"That’s why I had to listen to her and fulfill so many of her request."

Lu Yin nodded. "Got it. Well, the tea’s...