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Undoubtedly, the final round of the competition is the most crucial, and also the most dangerous.
Whether it's the heir candidates or their respective support offerings.
It's the round with the highest casualty rate!
"Cough, I'm a bit interested in Yue Ling No. 3 Secret Land."
Mingxi was blunt.
Yue Ling No. 3 Secret Land is where the final round of the heir competition will be held.
Shen Najia's dark eyes swirled as he gazed at the girl's still baby-fat face, which was nevertheless inscrutable, and he sighed softly.
"Since you've already decided, then go. I'll issue a private mission specifically for you. When someone asks about your reason for going out, I'll cover for you."
He actually didn't approve of Mingxi taking such a risk. Her growing steadily now would be better for her and for Dragonflower Country, and also more reassuring. But this girl was clearly not one to follow rules.
She liked adventure deep down, longing for a brilliant and diverse world.
Suppressing her nature was not good for her growth either.
"Thank you, Principal!" Mingxi thanked him cheerfully. If she went out under the guise of a private mission, it would indeed avoid a lot of trouble. Even if she couldn't make it back before the final exams, she could explain it away as an uncompleted mission.
Killing several birds with one stone.
Shen Najia then took out an item from his red kasaya, made of an unknown material, and handed it to Mingxi.
"The Yuan Yin Candle within shen guan has been completely worn away. It has now returned to its rightful owner."
Although he was also considered the original owner of shen guan.
Mingxi was slightly surprised, reaching out to grasp shen guan in her hand.
"So fast?"
"Clang."
A crisp sound echoed, clearly responding to her.
shen guan floated from her hand, automatically clamping onto her right earlobe.
It turned out that shen guan had discovered last time that she didn't have pierced ears, so it had transformed itself from an earring into an ear clip.
The small golden bell swayed.
Mingxi felt that if she stood with Lan Yue now, they would look especially like siblings.
She reached out and touched it.
Shen Najia said, "With shen guan, you'll have more protection when you go out."
The current shen guan, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a divine artifact.
It was a pity it had no affection for its former master.
Actually, the complete dissipation of the Yuan Yin Candle's aura happened just last night. At that time, shen guan, which had been as quiet as a corpse since he had put it away, came back to life for the first time.
"Clang clang clang!" It rang in his ear all night, preventing him from getting a good night's sleep. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Even though he didn't understand, he knew it was reminding him to return it to Mingxi.
So even if Mingxi hadn't come to him today, he would have gone to find her.
He was old, and his murderous intent, which he had finally managed to rein in a bit, really didn't want to be ruined by a mere item!
"Principal, then I'll be going."
Mingxi didn't stand on ceremony with Shen Najia. shen guan and she now had a semi-contractual relationship, so keeping it with Shen Najia was actually useless.
"Return safely."
A rare hint of tenderness appeared in Shen Najia's eyes, which usually held deep, chilling malevolence.
"Definitely." Mingxi smiled and waved.
Little Silver Flower activated Space Flash, moving Mingxi to the coordinates agreed upon with Zhou Li'an...
Green State, Fengting City suburbs.
In a desolate wilderness where not even a single weed grew, twelve large tents were scattered like stars.
Around the tent camp, there were also rows of heavily armed guards and a group of Longevity Scorpions on patrol.
Longevity Scorpions are a type of ordinary Transcendent creature. They are born with only one skill.
It's very simple and crude, called 'Reducing Longevity'.
Being bitten by their mouths or stung by their scorpion tails will reduce one's lifespan, and this damage is not only cumulative but also permanent, meaning that lifespan is genuinely lost.
As for how much lifespan will be reduced, it depends on the strength of the Longevity Scorpion and the opponent's strength.
At least one year to start, with five years as the baseline.
Using a group of Longevity Scorpions as guards could only mean that the owner of this tent camp was a ruthless person.
From a distance, two amphibious deer galloped towards the camp.
The guards and ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) the Longevity Scorpion group noticed them and immediately became alert.
The leading guard captain shouted, "Who goes there?"
The amphibious deer were very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were already in front of the guards.
Both deer were carrying a person.
The taller man was handsome and refined, with a gentle and mild temperament that made people take notice, and the guard captain always felt he had seen that face somewhere before.
The shorter person wore a demon mask that was pure white on the left and jet black on the right. Her smooth long hair was tied high at the back of her head with a beautiful hair tie, and a golden bell-shaped earring hung from her right ear.
Judging by her figure, she was clearly a female.
"Ling Daren, we've arrived." The handsome young man leaped off the amphibious deer.
The woman, whom he respectfully called 'Ling Daren', nodded and also jumped off the amphibious deer.
It was then that the guard captain remembered why the young man's face looked familiar!
Wasn't he very similar to their clan leader's wife?
"You are... Young Master Li'an?" Zhou Li'an's existence was not a secret in the Yue Ling Clan.
The arrivals were precisely Mingxi and Zhou Li'an.
Zhou Li'an nodded, and at the same time took out a black token, "I want to see Suì Wǎn."
The Yue Ling Clan has strict rules. Although Zhou Li'an and Yue Ling Suiwan are siblings, they don't share the same father after all.
Even though his mother was favored and his stepfather never treated him poorly, Zhou Li'an knew from a young age that he was an outsider.
So, in front of others, he always referred to his biological sister as 'Suì Wǎn', never overstepping his bounds.
After he turned eighteen, he moved out of the Yue Ling Clan territory.
He became self-reliant and no longer relied on the Yue Ling Clan or his mother at all.
"Young Master Li'an, please wait. Allow me to report."
Although the guard captain recognized the token in Zhou Li'an's hand as Yue Ling Suiwan's personal exclusive token, he did not immediately let them in.
Zhou Li'an also didn't feel that he was being slighted. With the competition progressing to its most critical moment, no amount of caution was too much.
However, he still didn't want Mingxi to have a bad impression of his sister.
"Ling Daren, please don't mind. No matter who comes, their scrutiny is equally strict."
Ling was the codename Mingxi casually gave herself.
Mingxi was feeling the ground beneath her feet. Hearing this, she waved her hand, "I understand."
At this moment, the curtain of the large tent in the middle-right of the camp ahead was lifted, and a woman with a tall, straight figure and sharp, confident eyes emerged from the tent.
Her peacock green hair, even deeper than the Emerald Green of her pupils, was neatly combed back, revealing a smooth, full forehead that highlighted her superior features even more clearly.
She wore a set of black short-sleeved combat attire, which was relatively rare in this era, and carried an unstoppable aura.
Her eagle-like eyes looked towards the two people blocked outside, and softened noticeably when she clearly saw Zhou Li'an.
But it was only for a brief moment, quickly returning to its deep and sharp appearance.
