Chapter 82: Encountering Mo Ling Again

The voice that suddenly reached her ears made Lü Qing'er freeze for a moment, and then a look of delight surfaced in her eyes as she turned her head to look at Li Luo standing behind her.

The girl's smiling, radiant appearance was a completely different person from her earlier expressionless face.

"Your fly swatter is way too expensive, isn't it? Trying to fleece me?" Lü Qing'er said with a smile.

"Can't be helped, the flies here are just too big. I suspect they're perverts." Li Luo said in all seriousness.

Lü Qing'er's lips couldn't help but curve into an arc.

At that moment, Mo Ling's face beside them darkened. He stared at Li Luo and said, "Li Luo, are you that eager to cause trouble?"

"I'm talking to a classmate, what's it got to do with you?" Li Luo smiled.

Mo Ling said flatly, "Then I'm still considered your senior, is this how you show no manners? With an attitude like yours, once you go to the Sacred Profound Star Academy, you'll suffer a big loss."

"Then I'll just bring a few more bodyguards along." Li Luo smiled.

A flash of anger crossed Mo Ling's eyes. Of course he knew Li Luo was mocking what happened earlier at the Clear Wind Pavilion, but he understood that losing his temper now would accomplish nothing, so he forcefully suppressed his anger and said, "Li Luo, go ahead and laugh. After today, my Ink Water House's Spirit Water Odd Light will dominate Tianshu Prefecture. Your Stream Yang House here probably won't be able to survive."

As his words fell, he swept his sleeves and left with a dark face.

Li Luo watched his retreating back, smiled and shook his head, then said to Lü Qing'er, "How did you end up attracting this kind of pest?"

Lü Qing'er's willow brows stood up slightly as she glared at him: "What nonsense are you spouting? What does it have to do with me? I was just strolling around here. Who knew this annoying person would come pestering me."

She was a little angry that Li Luo had actually said she had attracted this annoying thing.

Seeing this, Li Luo quickly tried to salvage the situation: "Wrong choice of words, wrong choice of words. With Qing'er's temperament and looks, she's like a lotus on the lake. It's just the misfortune of encountering a lump of cow dung floating by on the water."

Lü Qing'er gave him a look, then her delicate brows furrowed slightly as she said softly, "Ink Water House has reached a cooperation with the Song family. At today's grand ceremony, I'm afraid they'll make some moves."

There was a hint of worry in her words.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Li Luo showed no sign of worry, just waved his hand.

Seeing this, Lü Qing'er was a little puzzled, but she didn't press further. Instead, her gaze shifted as she stared at Li Luo: "You've reached the Nine Seals?"

"You've reached the Ten Seals?" Li Luo asked back. Because the two were standing close, he could faintly sense the faint coldness emanating from within Lü Qing'er's body, which seemed even more piercing than before.

That was clearly caused by her phase force growing more abundant.

And since Lü Qing'er had been at Nine Seals before, breaking through to Ten Seals after this past month was quite normal.

Lü Qing'er nodded lightly. Because the weather was a bit hot and the sunlight was scorching, she was holding a small white parasol. As the two casually strolled, she tilted the small white parasol slightly toward Li Luo's side and said, "I should be able to break through to the first stage of the Phase Master realm before entering the Sacred Profound Star Academy."

"Impressive." Li Luo gave a thumbs up, offering his praise.

"You should also step up your efforts. Don't think we're top-tier in Tianshu Prefecture. Once we get to the Sacred Profound Star Academy and see the new students from those other strong prefectures, you'll understand how fierce the competition is."

"I heard that when first entering the Sacred Profound Star Academy, there's a class-placement competition. The intensity of that struggle far exceeds this so-called academy grand exam." Lü Qing'er earnestly admonished.

Li Luo nodded. Of course he wouldn't look down on the other new students of the Sacred Profound Star Academy, because he really didn't have that qualification. Tianshu Prefecture's strength was only mid-tier among the hundred prefectures of Great Xia. If he thought that winning first place in Tianshu Prefecture meant he could walk all over the Sacred Profound Star Academy, then he really would have been possessed by Yu Lang.

While the two were leisurely strolling, Mo Ling went to the Pine Seed House side with a face full of gloom, and then on the balcony he saw Song Song Qiuyu, who was overlooking the crowd in the venue below.

"Who upset you again?" Song Song Qiuyu glanced at him and smiled.

"Ran into that Li Luo again, truly detestable." Mo Ling said through gritted teeth.

"No need to get angry. After today passes, I think he'll regret treating you this way." Song Song Qiuyu soothed.

Mo Ling nodded, his expression easing a bit, and said, "Everything's prepared on your end, right?"

"Yan Yan Lingqing and I were originally about equal in strength, but with your Mo family's secret medicine, this time I'll definitely be able to beat her. Hehe, I'm really looking forward to it. That little wench used to be so proud. I want to see how good her expression will look after I beat her this time?" Song Song Qiuyu said with a coquettish laugh.

Listening to Song Song Qiuyu's delicate laughter, and looking at her slender waist, Mo Ling felt a bit restless, then reached out to wrap his arm around her slim waist.

But Song Song Qiuyu twisted her waist lightly, dodging him, and said with a coquettish scold: "If my father sees this, you won't be able to leave Tianshu Prefecture without preparing the marriage contract."

Mo Ling quickly said: "I wouldn't mind issuing the marriage contract right now, I'm just afraid you won't agree."

"Let's find a good time." Song Song Qiuyu said with a faint smile.

Mo Ling could only nod.

Song Song Qiuyu then turned her gaze back to the venue below, but a trace of cold sneering flashed through her eyes. She had naturally seen the scene of Mo Ling pestering Lü Qing'er in the venue earlier. This man was simply an idiot who thought with his lower half. If he didn't still have some use value, she really couldn't be bothered with him.

But right now she still needed to borrow Ink Water House's power to deal with Stream Yang House, so she'd tolerate him for now. Once a better target appeared later, she'd kick this spare tire away directly.

While Song Song Qiuyu was turning over her own thoughts in her mind, a bell suddenly rang out from the venue, and the atmosphere instantly became fervent.

A glimmer of anticipation also surfaced on Song Song Qiuyu's cheeks. The phase refinement competition she had been waiting for had finally arrived.

In the venue, when the bell rang, Li Luo and Lü Qing'er also followed the crowd, surging toward the central area of the venue.

In the crowd, Li Luo saw that on the Stream Yang House side, Yan Yan Lingqing had already taken the stage. Her tall, slender figure, silver-framed glasses, and flowing long hair were quite the eye-catcher.

"Does your Luo Lan Mansion recruit people based on looks first? That great housekeeper Cai Wei is charming and enchanting, and this Stream Yang House president is also cool and gorgeous." Lü Qing'er saw Yan Yan Lingqing, sized her up, then said with a light laugh.

Li Luo was speechless, but for the moment couldn't retort. After all, Cai Wei and Yan Yan Lingqing's looks and temperament were indeed right there. If outsiders didn't know these were arranged by Jiang Jiang Qinge, they might really think this young mansion master was somewhat debauched and wanton.

"I'm heading to my second uncle's side first. Want to come along?" Lü Qing'er pointed to a viewing platform where the Golden Dragon Treasure House was located. Although the Golden Dragon Treasure House wasn't a Spirit Water Odd Light house, they were considered a channel distributor, so they also paid close attention to this kind of grand ceremony.

Li Luo smiled and shook his head: "I need to go up there."

He pointed into the venue.

A look of surprise surfaced on Lü Qing'er's pretty face: "You're going to compete in phase refinement?"

"Just going to be Sister Yan Lingqing's assistant, and broaden my horizons a bit. After all, I am a phase refiner too." Li Luo smiled.

"I'll be cheering you on."

Lü Qing'er gave a light laugh, her thick brush-like lashes blinking gently, releasing a hint of interest, then waved her small hand and drifted away leisurely under her small white parasol.

Li Luo also stepped onto the stage at this moment, walking toward Yan Yan Lingqing.

(End of this chapter)