Chapter 598: Jiang Jiang Qinge's Pettiness

The next few days, Li Luo lived a leisurely and comfortable life.

During the day, he handled the month-long backlog of affairs at House Luolan Mansion together with Jiang Jiang Qinge, and at night came the medicinal catalysis session he had been most looking forward to lately.

"Ah, that feels good, Sister Jiang Qinge."

From inside Li Luo's room came the sound of moans. Fortunately there was no one nearby, or else their faces would have surely turned strange—the Young Mansion Master and the Young Lady, their feelings had already grown this passionate? Not even letting the daytime go to waste?

Smack!

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out from inside the room.

Jiang Jiang Qinge withdrew the palm she had slapped against Li Luo's bare shoulder and said irritably, "Will you shut up? Why are you making those weird sounds?"

At this moment, Li Luo sat cross-legged on the bed, wearing only shorts, his entire body smeared with a jade-green medicinal paste that shimmered with mysterious starlight. Jiang Jiang Qinge sat cross-legged behind him, her jade-like hands resting on Li Luo's back as majestic, sacred Bright Phase power continuously surged forth, helping Li Luo fully catalyze the medicinal efficacy of the Spirit-Supplementing Paste.

As the medicinal efficacy of the Spirit-Supplementing Paste dispersed, wisps of green halos surfaced on Li Luo's skin, then, as if possessing a spirit of their own, drilled through his pores and burrowed into his flesh and blood.

《Green Gourd Sword Immortal》

"Sister Jiang Qinge, you can't blame me for this—the Spirit-Supplementing Paste just feels too good, I couldn't hold it in."

Li Luo wore a wronged expression. In truth, he hadn't deliberately meant to make such sounds—it was simply that the Spirit-Supplementing Paste's effects were too strong. This inexplicable sense of completeness and fullness made it feel as though electric currents were streaking across his scalp, and every pore on his body couldn't help but open wide.

Jiang Jiang Qinge pouted slightly, though her gaze did sweep over the sturdy, resilient figure of the man before her. Hmm, ever since this guy cultivated the Thunder Roar Body, his physique had indeed gotten even better, and it felt quite nice to the touch.

Even as these thoughts ran through her mind, Jiang Jiang Qinge's catalysis work remained unaffected—wave after wave of Bright Phase power continuously radiated outward, gradually catalyzing all of the Spirit-Supplementing Paste on Li Luo's body.

When the last wisp of Spirit-Supplementing Paste merged into Li Luo's body, Jiang Jiang Qinge clapped her hands, ending today's catalysis session. She stepped down from the bed and poured herself a cup of tea at a nearby table, taking a light sip.

Li Luo took this chance to quickly dress. On the first day Jiang Jiang Qinge had catalyzed his medicine for him, he had still felt a bit shy—after all, stripping down to just shorts in front of a girl, no matter how thick-skinned he was, was still a little unnatural.

Although his relationship with Jiang Jiang Qinge was no ordinary one, the last time he had been this exposed in front of her had to be traced all the way back to their childhood.

However, this shyness only lasted once. Later, when Li Luo noticed that Jiang Jiang Qinge seemed to regard his muscular body as if it weren't there, he let go of his inhibitions.

After getting dressed, Li Luo couldn't help but stretch his waist and loosen up his body. He could almost feel the flesh and bones within him cheering in joy. The Spirit-Supplementing Paste clearly hadn't brought him any direct advancement, yet it gave Li Luo an ineffable sense of gradually becoming whole.

Li Luo knew this was his own foundation being replenished.

The deficit caused by filling in the second Acquired Phase was now being gradually made up.

"I really owe it to Uncle Biao—this Spirit-Supplementing Paste is just too important to me. Without Uncle Biao, I might have had to expend a tremendous amount of effort searching for those heaven-gifted treasures that repair one's foundation." Li Luo couldn't help but sigh.

The concept of foundation is quite mysterious—it isn't like some bodily injury that can be clearly detected. Li Luo was currently only at the Phase Master realm, and had been even weaker when he had just filled in his second Phase, so he had been completely unable to perceive exactly what he had lost by filling in the second Phase. It was only after Seeing Niu Niu Biaobiao carefully examined him that he learned of this loss.

Otherwise, the longer this matter was dragged out, the greater the hidden danger left behind would become.

Jiang Jiang Qinge held her teacup and murmured thoughtfully, "The method for refining this Spirit-Supplementing Paste was most likely left behind by Master and Mistress."

Li Luo was momentarily stunned, then fell into thought. It did indeed make some sense—his current path had all been laid out by his father and mother, so they had very likely anticipated this outcome, and leaving behind some preventive measures was entirely possible.

He walked slowly to the window. This spot had a higher vantage point, allowing him to take in the entire House Luolan Mansion headquarters at a glance: "Sister Jiang Qinge, Uncle Biao said Father and Mother aren't actually from Daxia, so where do you think they truly come from? The Inner Shenzhou? But then why would they come from the flourishing Inner Shenzhou to a remote place like the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou?"

Jiang Jiang Qinge walked to Li Luo's side. Her pure golden eyes reflected the towers, pavilions, and halls within the headquarters as she said, "Where they come from doesn't matter. In my heart, the House Luolan Mansion in Daxia is my home, because Master, Mistress, and you are all here."

It was clear that she truly held no interest in the origins of Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan, because in her heart, this place held everything she had.

Li Luo smiled. Likewise, he too had poured his feelings into this place—after all, it was where he had grown up. The place where his father used to be should have been an extremely massive faction, for it was a place that even a king-level powerhouse like Pang Pang Qianyuan held in awe and reverence.

The Li Li Tianwang bloodline.

The weight contained within those few words was something the current Li Luo couldn't fathom, but one could imagine the mighty power it possessed—it was absolutely not something that forces like Daxia, the Sacred Mystic Star Academy, or the Golden Dragon Bank could compare to, because the two words "Tian Wang" alone were far beyond what even Dean Pang was qualified for.

But so what?

He might feel a little curiosity toward that side, but just as Jiang Jiang Qinge had affirmed, in his heart, this place was his home.

"That bastard Manager Pei Hao has been keeping a low profile lately. Wonder where he's hiding again." Li Luo changed the subject and said.

"Just a performing clown. If not for the mastermind behind him, if we met him now, he wouldn't even get the chance to flee for his life." Jiang Jiang Qinge said flatly, killing intent flowing through her words.

"Your progress this past year has been too fast—he must have already felt the terror of a ninth-grade Bright Phase." Li Luo said with a smile. He still remembered that nearly a year ago, at the old residence in South Wind City, Manager Pei Hao had brought people to negotiate with Jiang Jiang Qinge. At that time, his strength still led Jiang Jiang Qinge by a notch, but in the blink of an eye, nearly a year had passed, and the current Jiang Jiang Qinge had already stepped into the Extreme Sha realm as well.

If Manager Pei Hao hadn't been able to advance to the Tian Zhu Jing during this period, then when he faced Jiang Jiang Qinge again, he would die a miserable death.

"Manager Pei Hao is nothing to fear, and I've never regarded him as an opponent. For this Mansion Ceremony, you need to slay him with your own hands." Jiang Jiang Qinge looked at Li Luo and said.

"Me?" Li Luo was stunned.

"Mm, it must be you. This Mansion Ceremony will decide who the true Mansion Master of House Luolan Mansion is. Within the current House Luolan Mansion, only the three of us are qualified to challenge the position of Mansion Master. I have no interest in it, so he will inevitably compete with you at the Mansion Ceremony. If you slay him, House Luolan Mansion will be united from then on, with no more internal strife, and your prestige will reach its peak." Jiang Jiang Qinge said.

"But that's an Extreme Sha realm expert..."

"Perhaps even more than Extreme Sha realm. I don't believe that the mastermind behind him, after scheming for so many years, wouldn't have prepared some special means for him." Jiang Jiang Qinge said calmly.

Li Luo's gaze hardened slightly.

"Actually, regarding this Mansion Master position, Sister Jiang Qinge, you don't have to decline it. With you taking action, everything would be swept aside. There's no need for you to step back just to spare my face." Li Luo looked at the absolutely beautiful jade countenance of the girl beside him and said sincerely.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's prestige within House Luolan Mansion was now rising higher and higher, even surpassing that of him, the legitimate Young Mansion Master. If she were willing, the position of Mansion Master at the Mansion Ceremony would most likely be hers.

But Jiang Jiang Qinge clearly had no interest in this—or rather, she didn't want to keep suppressing Li Luo.

"Carried the burden for you all these years, and now you're stuck with me?" Jiang Jiang Qinge teased with a smile.

Then she shook her head and said, "Li Luo, don't sell yourself short. This Mansion Master position suits you better than me. Besides, it's not like I'm not going to manage things anymore—I'll be right behind you, supporting you."

She stared at Li Luo, her gaze turning serious: "The Mansion Master position is secondary. I just want you to defeat Manager Pei Hao in front of everyone in House Luolan Mansion. I want you to make it crystal clear to him and to everyone that compared to you, Li Luo, he, Manager Pei Hao, is ultimately nothing more than a Bai Yanlang that latched onto House Luolan Mansion."

"He is not qualified to be compared to you."

Li Luo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He felt that compared to the Mansion Master position, Jiang Jiang Qinge seemed to want even more to see him personally take down Manager Pei Hao, that Bai Yanlang. Was this a kind of revenge for the contempt Manager Pei Hao had shown him back in the day? Why did it feel like Jiang Jiang Qinge held this grudge even more bitterly than he did?

This was the first time he had seen Jiang Jiang Qinge's petty side.

Jiang Jiang Qinge glanced at him, her lips pressing together lightly. A rare trace of bitterness flashed through her golden eyes before she said slowly, "If you slay Manager Pei Hao, you can return that marriage contract to me."

That single sentence instantly made Li Luo's head rush with blood.

Terrifying killing intent rose in his eyes.

Then he spoke viciously.

"Chop into pieces or dismember him alive?"