Chapter 1215: 963 a little hint
When Long Yi heard this, the auctioneer immediately laughed, not just the auctioneer, but even some staff members backstage also laughed along.
"Ahem, sir, you seem fairly unfamiliar, perhaps you don’t get out much. You may not know that this crystal box was manufactured by the famous magic equipment factory of the Sanctuary Empire, and it has been personally improved by Mr. Long Yi himself. We’ve spent a lot of money to acquire it, and the quality of its energy insulation is beyond doubt. As for the box itself, it is incredibly robust, I really don’t believe this beauty could break it with her bare hands," said the auctioneer with a smile.
"Of course, I know about the strength of the Sanctuary Empire and Long Yi. I just find it necessary to remind you that, if you encounter an Elf next time, you could try to communicate first instead of symbolically locking her in a crystal box, which serves little purpose," said Long Yi.
The auctioneer shook his head; he didn’t know where this middle-aged man had come from, but obviously, his sermon sounded like total nonsense. Just as he was about to retort, he saw the Elf inside the crystal box suddenly move. She raised her hand and gently placed her fair palm on the inner wall of the box. The runes on the inner wall immediately started flowing rapidly, which must have been meant to prevent the burst of energy inside.
However, no energy burst occurred; instead, a deep resonance slowly entered everyone’s ears. Gradually, the humming sound grew louder, and some people even felt certain parts of their bodies vibrating along with it.
"What’s going on?" some people exclaimed in shock.
Suddenly, there was a crack, and all the resonance disappeared. And in front, beside the auctioneer, the crystal box now had a massive crack on one side for no apparent reason! It was this crack that completely destroyed the integrity of the box’s array, causing all the runes and magic within to fail.
The entire place was astounded!
Then, the Elf silently pushed open one side of the crystal box and walked out slowly. She turned to look at the equipment beside her, which immediately returned to her body as streaks of light.
"So, how do you feel?" Long Yi asked.
"Though I’m not angry, I feel as if there’s something I need to do, or I’ll be restless," said the Elf.
"Then go ahead and do it," Long Yi said with a smile, knowing without a guess what the Elf wanted to do.
"Please wait a moment, my master, it will be just a second."
With that, the Elf pulled out one of her exquisite arrows from her quiver, placed it on her bow, aimed it in a certain direction, and drew the bowstring.
Boom!
A terrifying burst of energy was unleashed, and the arrow shot out, tearing space itself and vanishing!
Almost at the same time, a deep rumble was heard not far from the auction house.
"Did you enjoy that?" Long Yi asked.
"I did," said the Elf.
A moment later, a staff member passed a message to the auctioneer: the person who had commissioned the item along with the room of the inn where he was hiding were completely shredded.
Gradually, some others also received the same message, their faces changing color one after another. Because just now, the Elf had merely stood there and fired an arrow in a certain direction, and that single arrow not only killed a man but also completely destroyed the entire room. The Elf’s strength was incredibly formidable.
But that was all there was to it, just one arrow.
After that arrow, the Elf put away her weapons and silently stood behind Long Yi, expressionless.
The auctioneer could hardly believe his eyes, for in his opinion, once the Elf was free, she would likely start a massacre, and no one at the scene would be spared.
But that was not the case, the Elf did nothing but stand there honestly.
The auctioneer had no clue what was going on; he was not familiar with the Elf, but he knew very well that this person in front clearly understood the Elf very well!
Watching Long Yi return to his seat with the Elf, the Elf just glanced at the place next to Long Yi, and the man who was sitting there stood up immediately.
"Please have a seat, beautiful Elf lady," said the man. His voice trembled as if he were simply offering his seat to a lady, but everyone knew the real reason why.
"Thank you," said the Elf, taking her seat beside Long Yi.
The middle-aged man who had competed with Long Yi earlier watched everything unfold, his breathing growing heavier. All of it should have been his. In his view, the stranger Long Yi was pretending to be must know the Elf’s habits! And the Elf’s habit must be to be easygoing. What does easygoing mean? It means that whoever buys her earns her loyalty. No wonder he was willing to spend a billion just to get the Elf! At first, when the auctioneer said the Elf’s strength was no less than Long Yi’s, everyone including him didn’t believe it. Because Long Yi had truly proven himself in this plane through his own strength, be it as the King of the Stellar Realm Arena, those old Mages, even the Powerhouses of ancient times, up to the current Ancient Mage Tower, every fight of Long Yi’s had proven him stronger!
However, it now seemed that the Elf’s strength indeed was not weak!
How could this be, when everything should have been under his control, why did this turn of events happen?
Long Yi, of course, saw the envious and surprised looks from countless people, including the extremely jealous gaze of the middle-aged man, but Long Yi wasn’t interested in any of it.
The auctioneer knew he had to get things back on track. There had been various incidents at the auctions before, but in fact, today’s incident wasn’t even the biggest.
The auction continued, and the next item wasn’t a tetrahedron. Long Yi wasn’t interested and turned to whisper to the Elf beside him, "Silver Dragon?"
The Elf nodded slightly, "Yes, my lord, I have been waiting here for quite some time."
"You were waiting for me?" Long Yi looked at the Elf, who was the Silver Dragon in disguise, puzzled.
"Yes, my lord, I have been waiting right here for you," said the Silver Dragon.
"Who asked you to wait here for me?"
"Suolin," said the Silver Dragon.
"Suolin? She has been here?" Long Yi was taken aback.
"Yes, but she entered the wrong space-time, so she left a message for me, telling me to come to this auction house during these days to wait for you. I had only just arrived when I ran into a few idiots. To avoid trouble, I decided to just wait patiently inside the crystal box for you to come," said the Silver Dragon.
"Really? What message did she leave you?" Long Yi asked.
"Actually, she gave me this thing." The Silver Dragon handed over a piece of paper.
There were some drawings on that piece of paper.
The first line was a triangle.
The second line was two triangles.
The third line was three triangles.
The fourth line was four triangles.
And on the fourth line, behind it, there was a large cross.
Four triangles are not correct?
Wait, this can’t be understood in this way. Suolin could not pass messages from the future, not even subtly, originally. However, now it seems she found some loophole, Long Yi wasn’t sure what it was, but he had to guess the meaning of this message himself.
For example.
Tetrahedron.
To change the future, one would need to tamper with specific points in time. Long Yi, who had time-traveled a few times before, had some insights into time travel, like sensing that this must be a time node right now.
One tetrahedron, okay.
Two are also fine.
Three is no problem either.
But four is not okay.
And right now, it’s exactly the fourth one.
Damn it! Trouble is brewing!
"You two stay here and continue the auction, I’m going out for a bit!" Long Yi told Ai Lin and the Silver Dragon.
Ai Lin had also noticed what was happening and nodded immediately.
"No, I must follow you; it’s Suolin’s request," said the Silver Dragon.
"It’s fine, I can stay here," said Ai Lin.
"Be careful!" Long Yi urged and then turned and hurried away, with the Silver Dragon closely following him.
While the auction house did not restrict people from leaving freely, the sudden, hasty departure of this conspicuously successful person clearly indicated that something very urgent had occurred.
Left alone in the auction house, Ai Lin continued the auction, but gradually some malicious gazes started to fall on her. The strangers were wealthy, their bidding style uncompromisingly strong. Yet, her husband had left her behind all alone, practically giving others an opportunity!
Leaving the auction house to find a deserted area, Long Yi and the Silver Dragon immediately teleported through magic to an uninhabited part of the universe. Then, Long Yi took out the tetrahedrons that were hidden in his private space. Originally, Long Yi intended to take out just one, but from his personal space, three interconnected tetrahedrons fell out!
These tetrahedrons had somehow become interconnected within Long Yi’s private space!
This was troublesome; if he opened one of them, the others would inevitably open too, and Long Yi’s Divine Status might not be able to withstand it alone.
"Little Zi!"
Long Yi immediately summoned Little Zi through their contract.
Before this, Long Yi had already explained the situation in detail through the contract; clearly, this matter seemed quite urgent.
Little Zi, who also possessed Divine Status just like Long Yi, could help. With her support, they both could suppress one Divine Status together, which would make solving the issue a bit easier—that was the theory.
"Did Suolin leave any more hints?" Long Yi asked the Silver Dragon girl.
"No, that’s all. In fact, she didn’t stay long, just a mere half a minute, and that was already decades ago," said the Silver Dragon girl.
"So, I should just leave it to fate, right?" Long Yi said, laughing.
"Of course, it’s up to you to decide," said the Silver Dragon girl, completely unconcerned.
"Alright," Long Yi nodded.
At least don’t let it turn into a complete disaster. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
