Chapter 938: Chapter 707: The New Challenger_2
And what had Ai Lin been busy with over the past few days?
Without surprise, she was also striving to figure out what that dream spell was all about. She had been hit by that spell eight times and, by combining her observations with Oran’s previous casting methods, she had already gathered some clues.
The reason Ai Lin wanted to understand this spell wasn’t as impure as Long Yi’s; she just hoped that through this spell, she would be able to contact Long Yi more conveniently and quickly—of course, some additional small surprises were quite anticipated as well.
About this spell, Ai Lin had consulted Gridis many times, who basically knew everything within his cognition and shared it exhaustively. However, since it wasn’t his magic, he didn’t know exactly how it was achieved, but this already helped Ai Lin a lot.
During this period, Gridis had subtly reminded Ai Lin to be careful and cautious. She had just killed Oran, and although Gridis himself wouldn’t go back to Lou Aran to mention it specifically, Lou Aran had numerous students and their students, and it probably wouldn’t take long for word to reach him. Once he found out, he might send another student. And the next one sent might not be a pretty boy like Oran.
Ai Lin was very grateful for Gridis’s concern, but she was also somewhat puzzled. Oran was clearly his junior, so why did he keep helping her?
However, Gridis smiled and told Ai Lin, "Although I’m relatively mild-mannered, I’m not a saint. Oran may be my junior, but he’s a stranger nearly seventy years my junior. Moreover, I despise everything he has done. Comparatively, I prefer someone like you."
This indirect compliment actually made Ai Lin feel somewhat embarrassed.
Indeed, not even ten days after Ai Lin had killed Oran, another person arrived in The Divine Auffa Empire.
A woman, an irresistibly glamorous and sensuous woman.
"My name is Meina." The scantily clad, provocative woman said, twisting her waist in the Imperial council hall. "I came to compare with that little girl named Ai Lin and see who is more beautiful."
And quite coincidentally, at this moment, Ai Lin happened to come here with Ziyue, wanting to inquire something of Emperor Saint Jialin. Now she also saw Meina, with pitifully few pieces of cloth, translucent gauze. Magnificently exaggerated curves, a face caked in heavy makeup.
"You’re beautiful, you win," Ai Lin said without hesitation, then turned and walked away.
"Wait!" Meina called out loudly, simultaneously swaying her hips as she approached Ai Lin.
"You’re beautiful, your whole family is beautiful, keep away from me, your scent is too overpowering," Ai Lin said, covering her mouth.
"Since you concede, then I am the victor. Are you going to give me the victor’s spoils?"
Meina looked at Ai Lin with a sultry gaze.
"What do you want?" Ai Lin became interested.
"The Thunderflame Beast!" Meina pointed at Ziyue.
"Don’t joke around, I wouldn’t even give you horse dung," Ai Lin shook her little head, completely ignoring her.
"But that’s not up to you!"
With that, Meina snapped her fingers, and Ziyue turned into a streak of light that entered Meina’s hand. When Meina opened her hand again, she found that Ziyue had turned into a chess piece!
"Are you tricking me?" Ai Lin smiled.
"No, it was completely voluntary, wasn’t it?" Meina smiled as well.
"It seems I really need to be careful when talking to you, otherwise I might get conned without even noticing," Ai Lin nodded.
"Yes, but you will never know which of my words truly contained mana," Meina said mysteriously.
"No, I know," Ai Lin suddenly said.
Almost at the same time, Ziyue, which had turned into a chess piece, instantly reverted back, and, looking utterly confused, ran to Ai Lin’s side, not understanding what had just happened.
"You..." Meina clearly didn’t expect Ai Lin to break her spell so quickly.
Actually, her sentence, "you will never know which of my words truly contained mana," was the one imbued with mana. Most people would assume this statement to be correct, as it is indeed difficult to predict which of a person’s words would carry mana. But once it is taken for granted, then that statement really takes effect! And once it’s effective, you truly can never know!
Meina’s intention was to use this statement to crush Ai Lin completely. But Ai Lin was unlike ordinary people; she was smarter and had sharper insights. By outright denying Meina’s statement, she immediately nullified Meina’s previous spell, allowing Ziyue to return to normal.
"Not bad, little girl. It looks like we can have quite an exciting game in the future," Meina said.
"Then you’d better be careful. I’ve already killed one Oran. If you become too annoying, I will kill you too," Ai Lin left with a smile. And Meina’s face also bore a mysterious smile, "No, you won’t have the chance."
Kausen and Kauk had been in the Sanctuary Empire for a few days, but they hadn’t come looking for trouble with Long Yi, and they hadn’t done anything either. They spent most of their time leisurely wandering around. Although the Sanctuary Empire was not known as the first The Divine Auffa Empire, it was still very prosperous, rich in resources, and commercially developed, with many things that couldn’t be seen in smaller places.
And Landers was not in a hurry to bring them to Long Yi, because he still had his doubts. After all, Long Yi’s strength was well known, and it was of that peculiarly powerful kind. And he even felt somewhat fortunate that Long Yi had not been determined to kill him originally because, judging from later battles, if Long Yi had really wanted to kill, he would have certainly been dead. Now, whenever Landers met Long Yi, Long Yi always had a very friendly smile, as if he were his brother, and the friendlier Long Yi was, the more dangerous Landers felt. Little did he know that Long Yi was still planning on his Reverse Summoning!
Landers even thought that if Kausen and Kauk did not intend to go after Long Yi and just kept playing around, it wouldn’t be too bad.
But one day, after having their fill, the two brothers suddenly looked at each other.
"I’m in a good mood today. Let’s go kill Long Yi."
Almost immediately, Landers started sweating profusely. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote and recommend on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
