Chapter 778: The Local

She paused, the corners of her mouth slightly lifted, pushed the hat brim up, revealing the dark‑purple eyes beneath that had regained some clarity, "It's over now. All entries have been completely deleted, and the related effects have been dealt with. You are all fine."

Xi Lian's shoulders visibly relaxed, the hands clasped at her chest lowered, and she let out a long sigh.

"Great… I thought the lady was angry with me."

She suddenly remembered something, her face reddened again, she lowered her head and whispered, "—just now. That. When the lady whispered in my ear…"

"It was the entry effect! It's over!"

Heimu swiftly cut off the topic, speaking half a beat faster than usual, and pressed the hat brim down another half.

Xi Lian blinked, her lips barely pursed.

She didn't press further, only gave a soft "mm", sat back on the sofa, hands folded on her knees, her demeanor returning to its usual Calm.

The system spoke.

"Lady." Her voice remained steady and clear.

Heimu's heart, just set down, rose again.

She turned to look at the system, her violet‑black pupils contracting slightly.

"What."

"Past World Paradise."

In the system's inverted cross‑shaped pupils reflected the rapidly scrolling data stream on the Light Screen before her; a stray hair twitched, "Sai Fei Er."

The upward curve at the corner of Heimu's mouth flattened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Oh ho.

She uttered those two syllables in her mind.

Perspective shift.

Sai Fei Er stood at the edge of the dock, one foot planted on a mooring post, a cat Tail lazily drawing circles behind her.

The righteous skirmish just now ended beautifully; the pile of demon‑shadow corpses on the ground was still smoking, and the black‑haired young man had already sheathed his long spear.

She brushed nonexistent dust from her hand, turned her cat ears forward, and gave a standard social smile.

"Come, come, let's get acquainted again. I'm Sai Fei Er, a native of Luofu, born and raised here."

She extended a hand, fingertips up, fingers together, lifted it forward at an angle, performing the standard Luofu travel etiquette gesture she had just mimicked perfectly from an older brother she saw on the street two days ago, "That young man just said you are Dan Heng? Someone from the Starrail Train?"

Dan Heng nodded, his dark‑green phoenix eyes calmly fixed on her, his long spear already sheathed behind him, a few drops of dark‑golden demon‑shadow fluid still clinging to his coat, which he brushed off with a fingertip.

"I am Dan Heng. Thank you, miss, for your assistance."

His tone was concise and crisp, neither warm nor cold, clearly the measured demeanor of someone accustomed to handling matters alone.

He turned his head to glance at the green‑haired Fox Ears girl who had just risen from the corner, "Just arrived at Luofu dock and ran into Miss Huo Huo. She was being surrounded by demon‑shadow bodies, so I protected her first. Then you showed up."

Huo Huo poked half a head out from behind Dan Heng.

The hexagonal hat tilted slightly, the small Command Flag on one side of the brim quivered gently.

Those round, drooping green eyes looked timidly at Sai Fei Er, the white paw‑print‑shaped pupils constricted slightly in the sunlight, like two shallow green lakes rippled by wind.

She clutched the edge of the white Command Flag tightly, the runes on it flashing with each tremor of her fingers.

She pressed her folded ears down again; the notch in her right ear stood out sharply in the light.

"Huo, Huo Huo… Ten Kings Office Apprentice Judge."

Her voice was light and soft, a small bundle of sound squeezed from deep in her throat, still tinged with a lingering sob, "Just now, just now you scared me to death. Thank you, Mr. Dan Heng, for saving me. I have no skill, I only caused trouble."

She bowed to Dan Heng, then bowed to Sai Fei Er, the motion so broad the little Command Flag on her hat nearly flew off.

Sai Fei Er's cat ears perked up.

The sapphire‑blue pupils lingered on Huo Huo for a moment, the cat Tail swayed left and right.

Something felt off.

This faint, elusive fragrance was indescribable.

Well, never mind, we have more important matters now.

She clapped her hands to draw both of their attention, spread her cat ears to the sides, adopting an utterly harmless relaxed pose.

"Alright, alright, now that we've met we're friends! I'll be straight: you two just arrived at Luofu, right? One looking for a companion, the other chased by demon‑shadow bodies, both unfamiliar with the roads. I'm Sai Fei Er, a genuine Luofu native, grew up in Jinren Alley, I could list every street of Luofu blindfolded."

As she spoke, she didn't blink; her sapphire‑blue pupils were full of sincerity, her cat Tail stood steadily behind her, the tip slightly forward in a typical feline friendly posture.

Dan Heng's mouth corner twitched.

A native, huh?

His gaze slid from Sai Fei Er's cat‑ear hood to the silver‑gray cat Tail swaying behind her.

This fellow exuded an air completely out of step with Luofu.

Or perhaps he's been away from Luofu too long, and now Xianzhou has become so diverse?

He fell silent for a moment, deciding to set the question aside for now.

Then he raised his hand and waved.

"Thanks for the kindness, but—"

"Hey—don't be like that!"

Sai Fei Er stepped forward, lifted her hand and patted Dan Heng's shoulder.

Her cat ears turned forward, the smile on her face upgraded from a standard social smile to a more genuine level, "Dan Heng, buddy, we know what you're thinking. You're wondering where these cat ears came from, whether they're reliable, right? Let me tell you, Luofu isn't what it used to be! How long has it been since you came back? Travelers from other lands have flooded in, all kinds of races, and with this outfit I can walk the streets without anyone giving me a second glance."

Her voice carried a natural familiarity, as if chatting with an old friend.

The cat Tail swayed at a relaxed pace behind her, her left hand casually rested on the clasp of her waist pouch, her whole body language broadcasting the same signal: relaxed, harmless, I'm one of you.

As she spoke, the power of Deceitful Divine Authority was quietly at work.

A thin layer of golden glimmer rose in the air, following the vibration frequency of her voice into the listeners' ears.

To make the other party accept the statement "Sai Fei Er is a Luofu native," their subconscious automatically acknowledges its truthfulness—not hypnosis, but a Suggestion.

Sai Fei Er's ability is essentially this: through words and bodily gestures, a believable lie framework is built in the opponent's mind, and the more detailed and specific the framework, the higher its credibility.

The more the opponent believes, the closer the lie becomes to reality.