Chapter 371: Leisure

For the next two days, Li Luo shut himself inside the headquarters of the Luo Lan Mansion, alleviating the fatigue from this trial at the arena while also adapting to the Phased Power he had just gained by breaking through a realm.

In a courtyard.

Li Luo lay on a chair, letting the warm sunlight fall upon him, too lazy to move.

Sitting nearby was Cai Wei, who had just arrived; her bright red dress made her already charming and captivating beauty even more alluring, revealing her breathtaking figure without a doubt.

She had come to report the progress of the Xi Yang House over the past month, and the result made Li Luo quite delighted, for with the addition of this batch of high-achieving students from the Phased Refining Academy led by Li Bi, the scale and strength of the Xi Yang House had skyrocketed; combined with the upgrade of the Mi Fa Source Water and the four-star recipe provided by Bai Bai Mengmeng, the Xi Yang House's performance this month had almost reached its highest level in history.

Moreover, this was only the beginning; as Li Bi and these Phased Refiners gradually adapted to the Xi Yang House and its reputation slowly grew, there would be even greater room for improvement in these results.

It could be said that the current Xi Yang House had unlimited potential.

Two slender, tender fingers like white jade held a peeled grape and suddenly placed it at Li Luo's lips; looking at the smiling, flower-like beautiful face of Cai Wei before him, he said, overwhelmed with gratitude, "Sister Cai Wei, just from your smile, I know what you want to do."

Cai Wei stuffed the grape into Li Luo's mouth and smiled gently, "Since you know, then please, Young Mansion Master, hurry and hand over this month's quota."

Li Luo's face turned bitter, "I just finished a trial."

Cai Wei propped her chin with her jade hand, tilting her head and smiling, "Be good, I have no choice either; the Xi Yang House has been urging me for the Mi Fa Source Water every day; if you cut it off here, the entire performance of the Xi Yang House will be affected."

Then she picked up an exquisite small box from beside her and opened it; immediately, two glass bottles were revealed, inside which the liquid seemed to possess life, flowing slowly; even with the bottles concealing it, wisps of strange aura still emanated, making anyone who smelled it feel a sense of thirst in their Phased Palace.

Seeing this, Li Luo immediately straightened up from his lying-dead state and exclaimed in surprise, "Grade Seven Spirit Water Strange Light?!"

Cai Wei smiled charmingly, "Young Mansion Master, do you have motivation now?"

Li Luo waved his large hand and said, "Just advanced two days ago; this time, there will be enough for everyone."

"Young Mansion Master is truly generous."

Cai Wei said joyfully, "If there is enough, why not prepare a bit more to increase the output of the Xi Yang House?"

Li Luo's face stiffened, and he said earnestly, "Sister Cai Wei, one must understand the principle of a steady stream; if you squeeze too hard and break it, that won't be good."

Cai Wei said in a delicate voice, "Young Mansion Master is so young; you shouldn't be unable to withstand this, right?"

But her words were mostly teasing, and she did not truly ask Li Luo to drain the pond to catch the fish; then she changed her tone and said, "However, Young Mansion Master, the Xi Yang House has its current momentum, and almost eighty percent of the credit goes to your Mi Fa Source Water; this is a good thing, but it is not... from a long-term perspective, having only one type of Mi Fa Source Water for the Xi Yang House is still slightly insufficient and lacks risk resistance."

Hearing this, Li Luo's expression also became slightly serious, and he pondered, "Sister Cai Wei's words are indeed very visionary."

No one can say what the future holds; after all, the major event concerning the survival of the Luo Lan Mansion in half a year has not yet been settled, but they cannot therefore neglect to consider the future of the Xi Yang House; moreover, will Li Luo stay in this Great Xia forever? Regarding this, Li Luo also did not know.

And if he leaves then, the Xi Yang House will suffer a major blow or even be driven back to its original form.

This is something that needs to be prepared for in advance.

"What does Sister Cai Wei mean?" Li Luo asked humbly.

"I have no other meaning, just feel that the Xi Yang House perhaps needs to stockpile some other Mi Fa Source Water or Mi Fa Source Light for backup; of course, high-purity Mi Fa Source Water and Source Light are extremely rare and not so easy to obtain, but one must still make some preparations for this," Cai Wei pondered.

"Hmm, I'll leave this matter to Sister Cai Wei; pay more attention to news of this kind in the future," Li Luo said with a smile.

Cai Wei rolled her eyes at Li Luo; this was truly carefree, dumping another burden directly onto her.

"Sister Cai Wei, there is one more thing I need to trouble you with."

Li Luo then cheerfully took out the broken octagonal Jin Dun and said, "The Luo Lan Mansion also has a forging industry; find someone to repair this object for me; additionally, help me look around to see if there are any suitable dual-blade treasures; the grade must be Upper Grade White Eye; of course, if there is a Gold Eye, that would be best!"

The small hand of Cai Wei holding the octagonal Jin Dun trembled slightly; a Gold Eye treasure? How dare you say such a thing; treasures of this level are not only few in number but also extremely high in value; Gold Eye treasures often cost millions; although the Xi Yang House is currently booming, this is not the way to squander money.

However, although thinking this, Cai Wei did not truly accuse Li Luo of being extravagant; instead, she sighed softly and said, "Gold Eye treasures are quite difficult, and dual-blade types are even rarer; however, I will keep an eye out, but I think it is highly likely to be an Upper Grade White Eye or a Gold-Line White Eye."

Li Luo nodded, his face showing sincerity as he said, "Then I'll trouble you, Sister Cai Wei."

"Who else but me has a fate of hard work and worry?" Cai Wei sighed, and after once again instructing Li Luo about the Mi Fa Source Water, she hurriedly departed; after all, the many large and small matters within the Luo Lan Mansion all required her, the chief steward, to handle them first, and only matters that passed through her needed to be reported to Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge.

It could be said that without this trustworthy chief steward Cai Wei, Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge would not have had enough time to cultivate at the Saint Profound Star Academy.

After Cai Wei left, Li Luo continued to lie in the sunlight feigning sleep; then he suddenly felt the sunlight blocked, so he opened his eyes and saw a tall, slender figure standing before the chair; her arms were crossed, and her long hair shone brilliantly under the sunlight.

Her peerless beauty, in the slight dim shadow cast by the sunlight, appeared even more exquisite and three-dimensional; her golden eyes seemed like a pool of gold, emitting a magic that made people fall into them.

"Sister Jiang Qinge? You're back?"

Li Luo exclaimed happily; he had not seen Jiang Jiang Qinge during these two days since his return; according to her previous statement, she had entered the Dark Cave for cultivation and trial, so he had not paid much attention; he did not expect her to appear before him today.

Jiang Qing'e's gaze sized up Li Luo, and she smiled lightly, "Not bad; you've improved again; this must be the fifth notch of the Life Pattern Stage, right? It seems you gained quite a lot of benefits from this trip to the Golden Dragon Arena."

Li Luo stood up; looking at the peerless beauty before him, his sharp gaze noticed the wear on the armor plates of her battle skirt and some residual dark black liquid on them; then he understood that Jiang Jiang Qinge must have received news of his return and thus ended her cultivation in the Dark Cave early and hurried back to the Luo Lan Mansion.

Perhaps just a few hours ago, she was fighting and killing strange and terrifying aliens within the Dark Cave.

Looking at Jiang Jiang Qinge's seemingly calm expression, Li Luo could feel a trace of worry in her heart; immediately, a warm current surged in his heart, and he reached out to grasp the tender, jade-like hand of the girl before him.

Jiang Jiang Qinge just looked at him, did not struggle, and only had a trace of a smile in her eyes.

Then she felt something roll down into her palm.

Jiang Jiang Qinge looked at it with some confusion and saw a silver-white space sphere lying quietly in her hand, shimmering with a mysterious luster.

"A gift I brought for you," Li Luo said with a brilliant smile.

Jiang Jiang Qinge was slightly stunned; looking at the space sphere in her hand, its smooth mirror surface reflected her face; then a smile bloomed on her peerless face; her slender fingers caressed the space sphere; although the touch was cold, it made warmth rise in her heart.

Then her golden eyes looked at Li Luo with some deep meaning, "Suddenly being so attentive and even bringing gifts; did you perhaps do something unforgivable to me?"

Li Luo's body trembled, and his face immediately showed grief and indignation.

"Alright, I know your acting is good."

However, before he could speak, Jiang Jiang Qinge smiled and blocked all his words; looking at Li Luo's depressed expression, the corners of her lips curved, and then she stepped forward and embraced him.

She rested her cheek lightly on Li Luo's shoulder, raised her hand, and held the space sphere before her eyes, her golden eyes reflected within it.

Then, soft whispers entered Li Luo's ears.

"But I like the gift very much."