Chapter 427: Pei Hao's Heartache

"Alright, I've covered your poison bubble with several layers of Light resonant power film. The purification power contained within my resonant power will neutralize the poison's erosion, so your safety should be guaranteed."

In Li Luo's bedroom, Jiang Qing'e clapped her hands, looking somewhat relieved.

After all, covering it with this so-called Light film wasn't as simple as just saying it; it wasn't inside her own body, but required her to infiltrate Li Luo's body with Light resonant power and then meticulously coat the surface of his actually quite fragile resonant power bubble with layers of Light film.

This required an extremely exquisite level of control over resonant power.

After all, what was contained within Li Luo's resonant power bubble was the poison gas of a Dual Exotic Poison. If the resonant power bubble were to shatter, the poison gas would leak out, which would cause extremely severe trauma to Li Luo.

Therefore, for these few layers of Light film, Jiang Qing'e had spent an entire night.

"Thank you for your hard work, Qing'e."

Li Luo smiled. In truth, letting someone else's resonant power enter one's own body to leave a mark was an extremely taboo matter. For instance, with these Light resonant powers of Jiang Qing'e, as long as she had a single thought, these Light resonant powers would explode directly inside his body, causing him unimaginable, severe trauma.

So, generally speaking, it was impossible for anyone to be willing to let someone else's resonant power invade the interior of their own body.

But as it happened, neither Li Luo nor Jiang Qing'e felt that this matter was dangerous in any way.

Li Luo said it, and Jiang Qing'e just did it.

"Besides... I know what you are trying to do by collecting this Dual Exotic Poison gas, but you should understand that this is a double-edged sword. You cannot truly make this poison gas your own, so when you use it, you yourself will also suffer the backlash." Jiang Qing'e's fair and exquisite pretty face was currently warning him with some solemnity.

She understood that Li Luo was coveting the power of this "Dual Exotic Poison," but this tyrannical Dual Exotic Poison was not a pet that could be easily tamed; it was a cold-blooded venomous snake, and when released, it was highly likely to strike back.

Upon hearing this, Li Luo nodded solemnly as well.

"Don't worry, Qing'e, I have a sense of proportion. I still value my own little life quite a lot."

Jiang Qing'e nodded, said no more, covered her small mouth to yawn, and said, "I'm sleepy, I'll take a nap first."

Afterwards, she lay on the bed, turned slightly to her side, and pulled the thin quilt over her body.

Li Luo was stunned, looking at the slender, exquisite curves still visible under the thin quilt on the bed: "Uh... this is my bed."

"I don't mind." Jiang Qing'e's lazy voice came from under the quilt.

Li Luo climbed onto the bed and said in a weary tone, "Then I'll sleep for a bit too; I'm tired as well."

Clack.

Just as he climbed up, a dark golden heavy sword appeared on the bed, a section of the blade unsheathed, with sword Qi faintly hissing.

Li Luo's body stiffened instantly, stopping his movement to crawl over, and he said indignantly, "You're too overbearing. This is my room, my bed."

However, Jiang Qing'e did not pay him any mind, wrapped herself in the quilt, and closed her eyes to rest.

Seeing this, Li Luo could only climb off the bed sullenly: "Then I'll go to the Long Baoxing."

"Oh? Frustrated here, so you're going to find Lu Qinger?" Jiang Qing'e's voice, sounding half-smiling, came from under the quilt.

Li Luo rolled his eyes. He decided to go to the Long Baoxing today to see what his father and mother had left for him. After all, he needed to start getting in touch with the many preparations for his third resonance.

"You rest first."

He tidied himself up and then pushed the door open to leave.

As he closed the door, he heard Jiang Qing'e's voice coming from inside.

"Take Uncle Yuan with you when you go out, lest Pei Hao does something desperate."

Outside the Luolan Mansion headquarters, at a restaurant across the street.

Pei Hao stared at the main gate of the headquarters, a smile appearing on his face as he said, "The Dual Exotic Poison has been transferred. This Young Mansion Master is just as I expected, unable to wait to curry favor with Yuan Qing to stabilize his position completely."

He stretched his back.

"This Young Mansion Master is, for the time being, as good as crippled."

"That Dual Exotic Poison is extremely troublesome even for a Heaven-Tier General-stage expert. Although Li Luo possesses both Water and Wood resonances and has excellent self-detoxification abilities, the Dual Exotic Poison I found happens to counter him. For the next period of time, he will be in agony under the torture of the exotic poison, yet he will have no other way but to constantly use his Water and Wood resonant power to neutralize it. But the more he does so, the closer he gets to death."

"This is unsolvable."

"I think Li Luo probably won't have the chance to participate in the Holy Grail War of the Astral Sage College."

"Jiang Qing'e will definitely go when the time comes. Once the two of them are separated, perhaps that will be our opportunity."

Opposite Pei Hao, a smile also appeared on Mo Chen's somewhat gloomy face. This time, Pei Hao's scheme was indeed quite perfect; Yuan Qing and Li Luo were both like chess pieces in his hands, left for him to manipulate.

"Pei Hao, no wonder the Noble One chose you. You are indeed a very good candidate," Mo Chen laughed.

"I owe it all to the full support of Venerable Mo Chen," Pei Hao picked up his wine cup and smiled.

"It is all as the Noble One ordered," Mo Chen's withered skin twitched slightly, revealing an ugly smile.

"The Mansion Festival is not far off. At that time, you will be the new Mansion Master of Luolan Mansion."

Hearing this, the smile on the corners of Pei Hao's mouth grew even richer. He closed his eyes slightly; that was the thing he had dreamed of. In fact, in the years when he first entered Luolan Mansion, he had the idea of protecting this place, and he had heartfelt respect for those two Mansion Masters.

He even respected them like his own parents.

However, when did his mindset begin to change?

It was when Li Luo was born.

He could remember that night, when he saw Li Taixuan and Dan Tai Lan holding the newborn baby, the joy that appeared on their faces.

And then he felt an unspeakable jealousy.

He was jealous of Li Luo, who had everything the moment he was born.

At the same time, there was also anger.

Pei Hao could clearly feel that the Luolan Mansion, which was as heavy as a mountain in his eyes, probably didn't even compare to a single hair of that baby in the eyes of Li Taixuan and Dan Tai Lan.

Is the place I cherish so much so insignificant in the eyes of others?

Thus, Pei Hao felt that he began to become a bit twisted.

*Huu. *

Pei Hao let out a heavy breath, a haze flashing deep in his eyes.

If you don't care about this place, then don't blame me for taking it away.

"Eh?" Just at this moment, Pei Hao suddenly heard an exclamation of surprise from Mo Chen in front of him.

So he frowned, turned his head, and looked in the direction of Mo Chen's gaze.

Then he saw Li Luo, who was walking out of the Luolan Mansion headquarters with his hands behind his back, in a leisurely stroll.

Beside Li Luo, Yuan Qing was also following.

Pei Hao stared fixedly at Li Luo. The latter's footsteps were light, and the smile on the corners of his mouth seemed as if he had picked up a windfall for nothing. His complexion was also rosy and calm; he did not look like he was in pain from being entangled by poison gas. The whole person... seemed even more spirited than yesterday.

A strange silence fell upon the table.

After a long while, Mo Chen finally asked slowly, "What is going on? He doesn't look like he's in any pain."

Pei Hao's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "Could it be a pretense?"

Mo Chen shook his head: "Doesn't look like it."

The two looked at each other, their expressions becoming gloomy. Although the scene before them was unbelievable, they couldn't deceive themselves; that Li Luo really looked like he was completely fine.

"Was the transfer a failure?" Mo Chen asked.

Pei Hao shook his head and said, "I had people tamper with that Dual Exotic Poison. It only backlashes when it encounters both Water and Wood resonant powers simultaneously, and within Luolan Mansion, only Li Luo meets this condition."

Such a precious exotic poison, he couldn't use it to deal with some unimportant people. Moreover, in his calculations, even if Li Luo didn't end up helping Guo Ling detoxify, he could settle for the next best thing and still choose to use Guo Ling to threaten Yuan Qing, which would still count as a meager gain.

But the problem now was that the Dual Exotic Poison had already been transferred from Guo Ling's body, yet Li Luo, who should have been the one transferred to, was in good spirits.

At this moment, even Pei Hao couldn't help but want to curse, what the hell!

Mo Chen's eyes were cold as he said, "Should we make a move on Li Luo directly?"

Pei Hao took a deep breath, forcing himself to regain his composure, and said, "Making a move to assassinate Li Luo at this point will likely provoke a countermeasure from the Astral Sage College. Although they have always been neutral, the Holy Grail War is too important to them, and the current Li Luo is highly valued by them."

"It was easy to justify assassinating Yuan Qing or poisoning Guo Ling; after all, it wasn't directly targeting Li Luo. If he ended up infected by the exotic poison, one could only say he was stupid."

"But if we make a move on him openly in Daxia City, the nature of the matter becomes different."

Pei Hao sighed.

"In the end, it was carelessness at the beginning. No one expected that this Young Mansion Master, a waste with an Empty Resonance, would be so dazzling at the Astral Sage College that even the college would come to value him."

Finally, Pei Hao waved his hand.

"Forget it, it was just a probe to begin with. It seems this Li Luo still has some good luck, but that's all. The Mansion Festival is not far off..."

"At that time, everything will come to an end."

However, as Pei Hao said this, he couldn't help but feel a sting in his heart.

Because that Dual Exotic Poison was just too damn expensive!