"Summoning the reapers is certainly a risky task. If the Third Princess Consort is not capable of doing it, wouldn't it be better to have someone else to do it on behalf of her? Otherwise, she might get hurt," Zongzheng Yu Er said, pretending to be kind. In reality, her rhetorical words were meant to make the two old ministers from the War Dragon Dynasty to lose faith in Helian Wei Wei.
Most of the crowd got increasingly doubtful, fretful or scornful of Helian Wei Wei as time went on. It was especially so for the exorcists, as not a single one of them believed that she would succeed.
Helian Wei Wei did not move a muscle. She stood lazily in the center of the formation. Her hooded fur cape, which draped over her shoulder, fluttered gracefully in the wind as she stood in the Great Hall. She appeared relaxed even though she was not holding on to any yellow rune in her hands. She continued to stand still, apparently indifferent toward her surroundings.
