Chapter 591

Jie Ming and Wei Aola hid behind the long table, with tacit smiles on their faces, but their eyes never left that direction for a second. Mentor Lei Si and that female wizard from the Crimson Throne were still talking.

The voices of the two were not loud, drowned out by the noisy crowd around them.

However, with Jie Ming's hearing, he could still hear the content clearly, although the two didn't talk about anything too shocking, the scene itself was already exciting enough. "Do you think they will..." Wei Aola lowered her voice, her eyes ambiguous.

"Don't guess randomly." Jie Ming stopped her seriously, and then couldn't help but lean over himself, "But I think it's possible."

The two looked at each other, and at the same time showed an expression of "you know."

Wei Aola picked up a drink and pretended to taste it, but in fact, the cup was held too high, blocking half of her face, leaving only a pair of eyes turning sneakily. Jie Ming held a plate of fruit, while stuffing it into his mouth, he frantically scanned with his peripheral vision.

"Did you notice, Mentor specially changed his outfit at some point." Jie Ming secretly transmitted information through spiritual power, "That robe, that hairstyle, that face... he usually is too lazy to even shave his beard, today he actually cleaned himself up so spiritedly."

"There's an affair." Wei Aola said decisively.

"Ironclad evidence." Jie Ming echoed.

The two were talking enthusiastically when Jie Ming suddenly felt a chill behind his back.

That was the instinctive warning brought by the Body Tempering technique, danger was approaching.

He subconsciously turned his head...

Lei Si had turned around at some point and was looking at them expressionlessly.

Those eyes were as calm as a pool of stagnant water, but Jie Ming clearly read the words "you two are tired of living" from them.

"Run!" Wei Aola reacted faster than him, the spiritual information had just been transmitted and she had already rushed out three steps.

But Lei Si's movements were faster.

Jie Ming didn't even see how he moved, just felt a blur before his eyes, and then his collar was grabbed by something.

The next second, he and Wei Aola were like two little chickens being lifted up, and were dragged in front of Lei Si by an invisible force.

"Mentor, we didn't see anything!" Wei Aola spoke first, her voice overly sincere.

"Right, we were just passing by!" Jie Ming immediately followed, "The scenery here is good!"

Lei Si didn't speak.

He just looked at the two and slowly raised his right hand.

Jie Ming's face turned green.

The next few dozen seconds were the experience Jie Ming least wanted to recall in his life.

Lei Si's punches were not heavy, each punch accurately avoided vital points, and it seemed there was no damage, but it was just very painful. Jie Ming tried to use the Body Tempering technique to resist, but Lei Si's punches seemed to be able to penetrate all defenses and act directly on the nerve endings.

Wei Aola was even worse.

Her stealth technique was useless in this close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, she was pressed down by one of Lei Si's hands, and the other hand was a storm of punches toward her head. "Mentor I was wrong! Really wrong!" Wei Aola's voice changed pitch.

"Hmm, know you were wrong." Lei Si's tone was calm, his hand movements didn't stop.

Jie Ming squatted on the ground holding his head, feeling his face had swollen a circle.

Just when he thought he was going to die here today, a female voice came from the side, carrying a hint of helplessness and a smile.

"Lei Si, enough."

Lei Si's fist stopped in mid-air.

Jie Ming looked over from between his fingers, and that female wizard from the Crimson Throne walked over.

She stood beside Lei Si, one hand resting on his arm, her movements natural and intimate.

"Just two children, is it necessary?" She glared at Lei Si.

Lei Si withdrew his fist and said lightly: "They are too noisy."

Jie Ming and Wei Aola breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Get up." She looked down at the two squatting on the ground, with a smile on the corners of her mouth.

There was no oppressive feeling of a Tier 7 wizard in those dark red eyes, but instead a gentleness that made people relax unconsciously.

Jie Ming and Wei Aola stood up sheepishly.

Jie Ming touched his swollen eye socket and gasped.

Wei Aola was even worse, with a bruise on the bridge of her nose.

The female wizard looked at the miserable state of the two and couldn't help but laugh out loud. That laughter was very hearty, completely incompatible with the cruel bloody aura on her body. "I am Castillo." She reached out, shook hands with Wei Aola first, and then turned to Jie Ming, "You are also Lei Si's student? Not bad, Tier 5 can stand here, better than he was back then."

Jie Ming was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at Lei Si.

Lei Si stood aside expressionlessly, pretending to look at the scenery in the distance.

"Senior Castillo." Jie Ming hurriedly saluted.

"Don't call me Senior, just call me by my name." Castillo waved her hand, her tone as casual as chatting, "I'm an old friend of your mentor."

Jie Ming and Wei Aola looked at each other, and a thought flashed in their hearts at the same time: Old friend? This is clearly an old lover!

Castillo seemed to see through the thoughts of the two and didn't avoid it, saying generously: "Back then, Lei Si and I studied together, later I chose the path of the Crimson Throne, so we separated."

She said it lightly, but Jie Ming could hear the weight in it.

Choosing the Crimson Throne meant leaving the Nuolun Workshop, or even leaving the Star Ring Alliance, leaving the familiar system, and starting from scratch in a completely strange force.

This path was not easy to walk, but she still chose it.

"Why choose the Crimson Throne?" Wei Aola couldn't help but ask.

Castillo smiled, a flash of sharp light crossing her eyes: "Because the path of the Flesh Nest is more suitable for me. The alchemy of the Nuolun Workshop is too conservative, what I want is extreme life transformation, is evolution beyond limits."

She paused, looked at Lei Si, and her tone became a bit softer: "He understands. So he didn't stop me."

Jie Ming was silent.

He suddenly understood that the relationship between these two people was not that kind of sticky love, but a deeper understanding—I know the path you want to walk, I won't stop you, but I'm waiting for you here.

Castillo withdrew her gaze, looked at Jie Ming and Wei Aola, with a hint of cunning in her eyes: "You two had a lot of fun peeking today?" Jie Ming and Wei Aola froze at the same time.

"I'll deal with you when we get back." Lei Si's voice drifted from the side, as flat as saying the weather was good today.

Jie Ming felt his face hurt again.

Castillo smiled and shook her head, suddenly reaching out to wrap her arm around Lei Si's waist.

That action was clean and neat, without a hint of twisting, Lei Si's body stiffened slightly, but he didn't dodge.

"Let's go, let's go over there and chat." Castillo said, her tone carrying a hint of domineering that could not be refused.

Lei Si frowned: "Here is fine."

"It's too noisy here."

Castillo didn't give him a chance to refuse at all, half-dragging him toward the side of the banquet hall, where there were rooms completely sealed off, designed for wizards to conduct academic exchanges.

"Let's go, let me take a good look at you!"

Lei Si was dragged by her for a few steps, and looked back at Jie Ming and Wei Aola.

Jie Ming and Wei Aola stood in place, watching the backs of the two disappear into the side door of the banquet hall.

Castillo walked very calmly, one hand always wrapped around Lei Si's waist, with no intention of letting go at all.

Lei Si was led by her, his steps a bit reluctant, but he didn't really struggle.

The side door closed, and the two disappeared from view.

Jie Ming and Wei Aola looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Does it hurt?" Wei Aola asked.

"Hurts." Jie Ming touched his eye socket, "What about you?"

"Hurts more." Wei Aola rubbed the bridge of her nose, and then suddenly smiled, "However, from the perspective of equivalent exchange, it's worth it."

Jie Ming also smiled.

He turned to look at the tightly closed side door, and suddenly felt a bit emotional: "You say, will Mentor thank us later?"

Wei Aola squatted beside Jie Ming carelessly, rubbing her bruised nose bridge: "If it were anything else, I would dare to be sure that Mentor could see through it, but in this regard... I'm really not sure."

That's right, the two are also proper wizards, how could they spend so much effort just for gossip.

... Although there was also the idea of watching gossip.

But seeing the slightly unnatural appearance of Mentor Lei Si and that Wizard Castillo when they were together, the two decisively acted out this scene. Having not seen each other for a long time will indeed make people's feelings have a gap.

But at this time, as long as there is a little thing that allows the two to participate together, it is enough to quickly eliminate the unfamiliarity that was not much to begin with.

Jie Ming withdrew his gaze and picked up the drink he hadn't finished on the table again.

It was sweet and refreshing, with a hint of slight coolness, and the taste was not quite the same as just now.

"Let's go." He said, "Time to go back and eat."

Wei Aola nodded and followed him back to the long table.

The banquet was still going on, under the golden dome, countless wizards were chatting, raising glasses, and enjoying this rare gathering.