Chapter 1210

Ning Chen brought the three of them into the villa; the great hall was empty of the Elder's figure, but Tianze was here instead.

"Tianze, where's Grandpa Yuan?"

Tianze pointed at the second floor: "Father is in the study on the second floor right now. Go up from here, and the room at the very end on the left side is it."

Ning Chen led the few of them up the stairs, arrived at the second floor, then turned left, and came to the door of the innermost room.

Ning Chen raised his hand and knocked on the door, waiting for a response from inside.

"Please come in." The Elder's voice rang out from behind the door.

Ning Chen gripped the handle and opened the door.

He saw the Elder sitting in front of the desk, wearing glasses, looking at the materials in his hand.

"Grandpa Yuan." Ning Chen stepped inside and spoke first.

Hearing that it was Ning Chen's voice, the Elder raised his head, took off his glasses, and said with some surprise: "Mm? How come you're here? What happened, did something come up?"

The Elder invited Ning Chen and the others to sit on the sofa. Ning Chen told the Elder about Lin Yi's situation exactly as it had happened.

The Elder poured tea for the few of them, then sat across from them and replied: "I roughly know what's going on. You don't need to panic, this is normal."

Hearing the Elder's words, Ning Chen looked at him. It seemed the Elder really did know something.

The Elder took a sip of the tea in his hand: "Mm, this situation is actually very simple. That ability of his has always been like this, it's just that he didn't use it often before, so it wasn't noticed."

"Judging from your description, this ability of young friend Lin Yi shouldn't be a spatial ability, but an illusion ability."

"Illusion ability?" Ning Chen looked at the Elder with some confusion.

"Mm, illusion ability. What it means is that that space was actually conjured by young friend Lin Yi, which is why he could bring himself into it as well. Similarly, when this ability first manifested, his heart was set on protecting himself, so now he already uses it with great skill."

At this point, Ning Chen understood. This was the same principle as what he had said before about "thinking." The only difference was that, at the time, he had been thinking that Lin Yi, out of fear, had imagined this house to protect himself, when in reality, this entire space was something Lin Yi had "thought" into existence.

"Develop young friend Lin Yi's ability well. This ability is nothing to scoff at. If used properly, conjuring an entire army to protect himself is entirely possible."

The Elder stroked his beard. He had to admit, the young people of this squad really could surprise him.

Having learned of Lin Yi's situation, Ning Chen no longer planned to disturb the Elder: "Then we'll be leaving first, please go ahead with your work."

Leaving the Elder's office, Lin Yi was still a bit dazed. Was his ability really that amazing?!

"Brother Ning, am I dreaming? Do I really have such an amazing ability now?!"

Lin Yi patted his own cheeks, his face full of disbelief.

Lin Yi didn't reply, but led the others downstairs. Just at that moment, Xiao Han also returned with the rest of the people.

Seeing Ning Chen and the others coming down from upstairs, Facing Huo Jinglin said with some confusion: "Brother Ning, didn't you guys go train?"

Before Ning Chen could respond, Lin Yi ran over to Facing Huo Jinglin with quick "tap-tap" steps, telling him about his situation: "Am I amazing or what! I never thought I'd be this amazing!"

Looking at the somewhat carried-away Lin Yi, Facing Huo Jinglin said helplessly: "Don't celebrate too early. Can you properly control your own ability? Seems like you can't yet, right?"

In one sentence, the smug Lin Yi was brought back down to earth. He looked at Facing Huo Jinglin with grievance: "Jinglin, how can you hit me like that!"

Facing Huo Jinglin said somewhat helplessly: "You can train properly."

"Oh right, just you wait! It won't be long before I'm stronger than you!" Lin Yi was instantly pumped full of fighting spirit, thumped his own chest and said.

Xuyue watched the scene before her, secretly came to Gu Yanqi's side and asked softly: "Sister Yanqi, between those two, why do I feel like there's something going on? Look, every time Brother Lin Yi has something going on, he goes to Brother Jinglin first, and Brother Jinglin always protects Brother Lin Yi too."

Originally Gu Yanqi hadn't felt anything off about the two's interaction, but once Xuyue put it that way, she too felt the two of them were indeed very close.

Gu Yanqi couldn't help it, and secretly glanced at the two of them. She saw Lin Yi pressing his head against Facing Huo Jinglin's hand, while Facing Huo Jinglin helplessly stretched his arm out, using his hand to block Lin Yi's head.

Oh my god, the two of them really did seem to have a rather harmonious atmosphere.

"I, I suddenly feel the same way. The two of them might, possibly, really be quite close."

Having someone who shared her own thoughts, Xuyue was overjoyed: "Right, right? And I think Brother Lin Yi should be the weaker one in the pair!"

Gu Yanqi nodded in strong agreement.

Standing beside the two of them, Ning Chen, who had heard the whole exchange, felt that if he didn't stop them now, by tomorrow rumors would be spreading that Lin Yi and Facing Huo Jinglin were a couple.

Ning Chen helplessly pulled Gu Yanqi into his embrace in one swift motion, while Xuri also hurriedly dragged his own ancestor away.

Wuwuwu, when did his little sister learn such bad habits, how could she even think two men could be a couple.

"Yanqi, you keep staring at other men like that, and I might get jealous." To stop Gu Yanqi from letting her imagination run wild any further, Ning Chen could only sacrifice his own looks.

Ning Chen's handsome face suddenly leaned in close to Gu Yanqi, his voice low and magnetic, directly making Gu Yanqi's head spin.

What Lin Yi, what Facing Huo Jinglin, Gu Yanqi had already thrown them all to the back of her mind. Right now she could only think: how could Brother Ning be this charming!

Lin Yi glanced at the Lin Yi still messing around with Facing Huo Jinglin. This time he could be considered to have made a great sacrifice, playing the rogue for once. Looks like next time he'd have to get it back from Lin Yi.

Suddenly, Lin Yi felt a chill down his back. The feeling was as if he had done something, and then been stared at by someone.

Lin Yi shrank his neck, looked around, but didn't notice anything off.

"Jinglin, do you feel something's off? That chilly feeling."

Facing Huo Jinglin carefully sensed for a moment, then shook his head: "Your imagination? I don't feel anything."

"Maybe, but I really feel something's not right."

"What are the young folks up to? If you're free, come out with me for a bit."

The Elder suddenly came down from upstairs.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the Elder.

"Come with me to meet some people."