"Maybe it's just my imagination..."
Stelle scratched her cheek and said with her head tilted.
For a split second just now, she really saw March 7th's hair turn from pink to green!
How strange...
Meanwhile, the moment Mr. Yang saw Mei and Bronya, he froze in place.
Wait, how did Raiden Mei and Bronya end up on the Xianzhou?!
No... they might not be the two he was familiar with.
Looking at the Xianzhou attire the two were wearing, Mr. Yang gradually calmed down.
After another glance at Kiana's outfit, he breathed a secret sigh of relief, finally certain that they weren't the two from his own Earth.
"To see so many familiar faces in this starry sky, so far from home, is truly nostalgic."
Having composed himself, Mr. Yang pushed up his glasses, his voice slightly low.
From the slight shimmer in his eyes behind the lenses, it was clear he really did miss Earth.
"You are... Mr. Welt?"
After seeing Mr. Yang, Mei thought for a moment and said with a hint of surprise.
This Welt seemed to have a somewhat different temperament compared to the one back in Warahip, who now ran an Anti-Entropy animation company...
Because the two worlds developed differently, Mei hadn't had much contact with Welt and didn't know much about him.
"Judging by your tone, it seems your world isn't very familiar with me."
Welt said slowly, looking at the composed and elegant older woman before him.
He didn't seem surprised by this, as if it were only logical for their relationship to be distant.
If the Kiana of this world had become a Xianzhou General, what else was impossible?
The trajectories of the two worlds had already completely diverged after a certain point.
Bronya thought for a moment before explaining:
"Well, the Welt in our world resigned from the Artisanship Commission and opened an animation company."
"I see..."
Mr. Yang nodded in understanding.
It was indeed something he would choose to do.
Had his Earth not been in crisis, he might have become a teacher or focused on producing mecha-style animations.
While they were chatting, Phantylia, disguised as Tingyun, secretly sized up the three newcomers.
She couldn't sense even a trace of energy from them; if not for her eyes, she would have thought they were just air.
Phantylia's heart sank.
As a Lord Ravager and a Suiyang lifeform, beings that left her sensing nothing...
...might possess some strange Curio, or...
...were existences far beyond her own.
One must know that in this world, even ordinary people who haven't stepped onto a Path unconsciously emit faint energy.
It was fundamentally impossible for someone to restrain their energy to the point of complete disappearance.
An Aeon... perhaps?
No, that wasn't right either. The appearance of an Aeon couldn't be so mundane; their manifestation would inevitably be accompanied by the convergence of massive amounts of Imaginary Energy.
For a moment, Phantylia couldn't figure out the background of these women dressed in Xianzhou style.
But for now, it seemed she hadn't been suspected by these three...
Stare...
Suddenly, Kiana shifted her gaze to Phantylia's face, narrowing her eyes and staring intently at her.
"Please... please do not stare at this humble girl with such a burning gaze."
Being stared at, Phantylia's body stiffened, and she forced a gentle, proper smile onto her face.
Seeing Kiana staring at Phantylia, Stelle's eyes lit up, and she walked over to Phantylia to scoop up her big Tail.
"Kiana, you really have a good eye. This fluffy Tail feels incredibly comfortable to touch."
As she spoke, Stelle hugged the fox Tail and rubbed against it comfortably, causing Phantylia to blush and quickly flick Stelle away with her Tail.
After shaking off Stelle, Phantylia lightly touched her chest, calming her heart which was racing slightly from the sensitive stimulation.
This fox's body is still too sensitive...
Phantylia thought to herself.
Having calmed down, Phantylia looked up to see Kiana still staring at her, a faint, almost imperceptible smile in her eyes.
At this moment, March, who had been watching Kiana the whole time, finally couldn't help but speak up:
"Kiana, you've been staring at her this whole time. You haven't fallen for her, have you?!"
March spoke petulantly, a hint of jealousy detectable in her voice.
March's words drew the attention of Mei and Bronya, who were chatting with Mr. Yang.
The two frowned slightly, wanting to see what was going on.
When they saw the smile in the depths of Kiana's eyes, they looked away.
This wasn't the look of someone interested in a new sister; it was clearly the look of someone seeing a toy.
Furthermore...
The two looked at March simultaneously, then glanced at each other, sighing slightly with a sense of helplessness.
Yet another victim of Kiana.
Heaven knows why Kiana is so attractive to her peers and can increase a girl's friendship so quickly.
"Tingyun, Tingyun..."
Kiana moved, casually chanting the name as she walked behind Phantylia. She rested her smooth chin on the other's shoulder and said with a smile:
"Are you... really Tingyun?"
Thump!
Phantylia's heart skipped a beat. Exposed!
"If this humble girl isn't Tingyun, then who could I be? Please, stop teasing this humble girl..."
Phantylia feigned a weak and innocent appearance, responding in a soft, charming tone.
But her body was tense, ready to flee at any moment.
As for going head-to-head with her...?
Her intuition told her...
She would die—the kind of death where not even a speck of dust remained.
"Oh? If you are Tingyun, then..."
Kiana casually opened an Imaginary Gate and pulled out a nine-tailed Foxian woman who looked identical to Tingyun.
"Then who is she?"
Pushing her own Xianzhou's Helm Master of the Sky-Faring Commission in front of Phantylia, a flash of mischief crossed Kiana's eyes.
Her own Tingyun was clearly a bit dazed at the moment.
"General...?"
Tingyun tilted her head slightly, looking at the smiling Kiana, and said somewhat blankly.
Hadn't they just met not long ago? Why did the General suddenly pull her over here? What was she planning...?
"Our Tingyun is still the prettiest!"
Kiana giggled, hugging the several large Tails behind Tingyun.
These Tails were produced by the evolution of Tingyun's bloodline after she cultivated the God Ki; she had now cultivated nine Tails.
When Kiana first saw them, she thought Su Daji had run off to her Xianzhou.
"Hehe, the General's tongue is certainly sweet."
Hearing this, Tingyun narrowed her long, beautiful eyes and laughed charmingly behind her sleeve.
Unlike the relaxed Kiana and Tingyun, Phantylia was now breaking out in a cold sweat.
March 7th's eyes darted back and forth between the two fox girls. After failing to figure it out for a long while, she asked Kiana:
"Kiana, is she Tingyun's older sister? Why is she also called Tingyun?"
"Kiana, I misjudged you. You actually want to have a sisters bowl!"
Stelle immediately pointed at Kiana, putting on a look of deep distress.
Kiana's lips twitched slightly.
It's one thing for little March not to realize it...
...but why are you, Stelle, so dramatic too!
"Kiana, what exactly is..."
Mr. Yang seemed to have sensed something was wrong, and he frowned as he looked at Phantylia, whose expression seemed a bit dark.
Two Tingyuns appeared, and Kiana seemed to have been targeting the one with one Tail...
Then that one might...
...be a fake!
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