Cirrus suppressed its anger: "Mere human, what do you understand?!"
Stelle mocked: "Ha, you're mad."
Cirrus had to admit it had been made a little heated by this little ghost's words.
If the plan weren't still in progress, it would have wanted to explode at her right now!
Endure. Endure, endure!
Cirrus's gaze turned toward Tail, coaxing patiently.
"Tail grandpa, since you don't want to reunite with the fragments, and don't want to be a tail for the rest of your life, why not return beyond the heavens together with me?"
"Tch, sounds better than it sings." Tail didn't buy it at all.
For the first time, Huohuo's tone carried a trace of firmness: "Bad guy, don't even think about any crooked ideas."
"Tail grandpa is sealed by the Ten Lords Commission Judges. He can't escape… and you don't even think about slipping away."
Cirrus: "Oh right, almost forgot Tail grandpa is now a prisoner, yahahahaha!!"
If it had blood pressure, Tail felt it would have already exploded by now.
If not for this damn seal existing, it would definitely have a fight to the death with Cirrus.
So infuriating.
The strange team of two people and two heliobi spent some time in the illusion realm and finally succeeded in leaving.
What greeted them was Xueyi.
"You all have returned safely. It seems the Ten Lords Commission's fortune today is not too bad."
Huohuo was overjoyed: "Lord Xueyi, it's so good to see you."
Xueyi nodded plainly: "Did you encounter anything along the way… wait— you've been possessed by a heliobus?"
Xueyi suddenly grabbed Stelle's hand and carefully probed.
Seeing that it had been seen through right upon meeting, Cirrus wasn't afraid. Instead, it spoke with confidence.
"Heehee, truly worthy of being a Ten Lords Commission Judge. Sharp senses, and vigilant enough too."
"Lord Xueyi, the situation is like this..." Huohuo immediately explained their previous experiences to Xueyi.
During this time, Stelle glanced at her phone and, upon discovering there was still no signal, couldn't help but show a bewildered expression.
What's going on here? Did Silver Wolf mess with her network again?
No, that's not right.
Stelle quickly realized something.
They had clearly walked out of that illusion realm, yet the feeling of staying in Fyxestroll Garden was different from when they first arrived here with Guinaifen.
Mentally, it felt a bit more drowsy.
Could it be… they were still inside the illusion?
Soon, Xueyi's words successfully confirmed her guess.
Xueyi: "I have already understood the situation. However, right now is temporarily not the time to worry about Cirrus."
"The entire Fyxestroll Garden has been dragged into an illusion by Huiyan. The nether envoys who went to suppress it have also all lost contact."
"Huohuo, if I and Hanya still cannot subdue that monster even after taking the field, then the heavy burden of dealing with it will fall upon you."
"Huh?"
Huohuo blinked blankly, her small hands constantly waving left and right in front of her.
"Me? I can't do it. I'm not as capable as the two lords… I can only hide to the side trembling during battle."
Stelle: "..."
The last time she heard similar words, when was it?
It was also someone saying they could only hide to the side trembling during battle.
Xueyi comforted her: "Do not belittle yourself. A heliobus cannot seize the fleshly body possessed by another heliobus. This is your absolute advantage as a Judge."
"So that counts for me too?" Stelle pointed at herself.
"Correct." Xueyi looked at her: "But Huohuo has been through extensive training and has more experience in confronting heliobi."
Tail: "Did you hear that, coward? Wake up. In this current Ten Lords Commission team, when it comes to dealing with heliobi, not a single one is stronger than you!"
Stelle felt some regret.
So the Judge in Fyxestroll Garden who was best at dealing with heliobi had been by her side all along.
She had still been hoping Xueyi or Hanya could give Cirrus some trouble. What a pity...
But then again, temporarily using each other while harboring their own schemes with Cirrus wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Xueyi: "Although heliobi are ferocious, they ultimately cannot escape their longing for flesh and blood mortal bodies."
"But you are able to constantly subdue monsters and maintain your constant nature, serving the Ten Lords for thirty-eight years."
"This is enough to prove that you are already a qualified Judge. You should be a little more confident."
"Tail is right. Among us Judges, no one can surpass you in this regard."
Stelle couldn't help but glance at Huohuo. As expected, on the Xianzhou, one cannot judge the age of locals by appearance.
"Subdue monsters… I don't seem to be able to subdue Tail either? Tail and I are actually… friends?" Huohuo said weakly.
"Peh peh peh, this old man doesn't make friends with rations!"
Tail wore an expression of extreme disgust toward Huohuo.
Cirrus giggled.
"Tail grandpa, little fragments like us have long since lost Ignamar's power. Even a little girl can easily subdue us. Stop being stubborn."
"You shut up!"
"Heehee, you're mad."
Stelle: "Cirrus, you picked that up and used it pretty fast, huh?"
Cirrus emerged but didn't reply. Instead, it looked at Xueyi.
"Lord Judge, I have a plan that might help you subdue Huiyan?"
Stelle: "What crooked idea are you plotting now?"
"Of course it's a transaction and cooperation. I help you deal with Huiyan, and you have to let me leave. This deal is quite worthwhile, isn't it?"
Cirrus spoke in a tone that could definitely manipulate people:
"After all, you don't want those nether envoys controlled by Huiyan to have any problems, right?"
Xueyi: "This is not a sufficient reason for you to convince me to cooperate. Merely wanting to leave is far from enough to require betraying your own kind and helping suppress the Luofu's you all."
Cirrus: "Reason? Does a heliobus's actions necessarily require some reason?"
"Maybe it's because I don't want to be swallowed by Huiyan. Maybe it's because I look down on that stupid big guy who only uses brute force."
"Or maybe I want to fight the general. Compared to that, I feel that trading a promise with the Ten Lords Commission to let me leave is more reasonable."
Xueyi pondered for a moment, then shook her head.
"The Judges of the Ten Lords Commission will never make empty promises."
"If you can contribute to resolving the current crisis, I can report to the Ten Lords and return your freedom. But as for the result, I cannot guarantee it."
Cirrus's tone was full of helplessness: "You really are stubborn. Then today I'll take a small loss and do a cash-on-delivery deal."
"But you, puppet Judge, must keep your word."
Stelle: "Tell us your plan."
Cirrus: "Everyone knows the story of the great heliobus Ignamar fighting the general. It was the result of many heliobi fusing into one."
"However, we heliobi each carry the emotions and desires obtained when possessing hosts."
"We dislike each other and no one is willing to fuse with anyone else, just like a person having multiple personalities in their head, having to fight from time to time."
"A powerful heliobus might be able to swallow weaker heliobi and make them temporarily submit and become one — for example, Ignamar."
"Or, the Huiyan we have to deal with."
"But when stimulated by external force, this kind of balance is also very easy to collapse. See, after Ignamar's great battle with the general, it split into us."
Stelle roughly understood Cirrus's intention.
"From what you're saying, you want to find a way to make Huiyan split again, weakening its power?"