Chapter 108: It Was Too Much

Chapter 108: It Was Too Much

When Diwu Qianqian arrived at the hotel where Qin State Diplomatic Mission was staying, it was already one o’clock in the morning.

The people outside looked completely confused when they saw her.

Miss Diwu did not hesitate to push her way in. “Move aside, move aside! I’m here to play with Ling Yi!”

All the service staff from Great Chu looked bewildered. If someone hadn’t just notified them not to stop Diwu Qianqian, they definitely wouldn’t have let such a crazy girl in.

What kind of playing with a foreign diplomatic mission member happens in the middle of the night?

But because they had received the order, this group of people let Diwu Qianqian barge all the way to the floor where Ling Yi was staying.

It’s just Great Qin, after all… and they weren’t afraid of offending them.

The guards on the Qin State Diplomatic Mission side saw Diwu Qianqian and quickly blocked her path.

“What are you stopping me for? Ling Yi and I are friends! I want to find him to play!” Diwu Qianqian glared angrily at the Qin State guards.

“Please don’t make things difficult for us… This is an important lodging place for the diplomatic mission. How can we let an outsider barge in like this? If you keep this up, we’ll have to notify your Chu State authorities,” a guard said seriously to Diwu Qianqian.

If they hadn’t heard that this girl helped Ling Yi rescue Luo Xue, they definitely wouldn’t have been this polite.

But even if she helped with the rescue, she couldn’t just barge into a diplomatic mission member’s room in the middle of the night, right?

What kind of scandal would that cause if word got out?

Just then, the door to Ling Yi’s room suddenly opened. Hu Xiaoxian peeked out with a smile and looked over. “Young Master says to let her in. It’s fine, we’re all friends.”

Tsk!

The Qin State guards all immediately wore expressions of speechlessness.

This Ling Yi guy, he’s really something! Utterly shameless!

With a stunning maidservant by his side, and a somewhat ambiguous classmate Luo Xue already staying there, now he even dared to let this Chu State girl enter his room in the middle of the night!

No way… can he handle all that?

Even young people should show some restraint, right?

But with Hu Xiaoxian’s words, the guards thought for a moment about Qin Hao and Qi Gaofeng’s previous instructions, then silently stepped aside, letting Diwu Qianqian pass.

“Hehe, thanks!” Diwu Qianqian gave the guards a playful grin, then walked with light, cheerful steps into the large suite where Ling Yi was.

Bam!

The door closed.

The guards exchanged glances, then looked down at their own feet, minding their own business.

Young Master Ling is mighty and domineering!

Young Master Ling is awesome!

Forget it, what’s there to praise about a scumbag…

Once inside the room, Diwu Qianqian found only Hu Xiaoxian there. Remembering her senior brother’s serious expression then, she blinked in slight surprise and looked at Hu Xiaoxian. “Where’s Ling Yi?”

Hu Xiaoxian smiled and looked back at her. “Aren’t I right here?”

Diwu Qianqian’s body trembled faintly. She stared dumbly at Hu Xiaoxian’s eyes, and the next moment, murmured, “Ling Yi… I came to find you to chat…”

Deep underground beneath that shopping mall.

Luo Xue sat cross-legged nearby, circulating the Golden Body Method. She had already completed one major cycle.

Ling Yi also sat cross-legged there, the soles of his feet facing upward, his hands forming different mudras.

A strange stone hung suspended in front of his brow, like a black hole, voraciously and continuously absorbing energy from the massive Spirit Stone Vein before his eyes.

The moment Luo Xue, who had just finished one major cycle of her cultivation method, opened her eyes, she was almost frightened!

There was no light here, but after entering the Golden Body Realm, such darkness posed no obstacle to her.

She couldn’t understand what Ling Yi was doing at all, but she could feel an endless torrent of energy continuously pouring into that stone hanging before Ling Yi’s brow.

Was he planning to drain the entire Spirit Stone Vein in one go?

It was too crazy! Too terrifying!

Luo Xue was scared.

She had thought her overnight entry into the Golden Body Realm was crazy enough.

Only now did she realize the truly crazy one… was Ling Yi!

If he could hear her thoughts, Ling Yi would definitely cry injustice—

What does it have to do with me? I haven’t absorbed as much as you…

Time passed minute by minute.

Misunderstanding the situation only made Luo Xue’s heart feel more at ease now.

Only from the peak can one see the surrounding scenery more clearly.

To her, Ling Yi was that mountain!

He had shown her more of the view.

The originally terrifying Qingshan Sect didn’t seem that scary anymore.

Keep cultivating!

At this moment, the entire Royal Capital of Great Chu… still appeared calm on the surface, but in reality… it had long been boiling inside!

There was a problem with the Dragon Vein!

Someone was tampering with that underground Spirit Stone Vein!

From the ruler of Great Chu and people like Lu Qingming at the top, down to Chu State’s secret departments below, everyone was frantically taking action right now.

But they were like headless flies.

They had no clues whatsoever.

Draining a Spirit Stone Vein in such a short time—this was not something a human could do!

And that wasn’t meant as an insult.

Including the Peak Dao-Entry mighty expert Lu Qingming, no one believed such a thing was possible.

So what exactly had gone wrong? They couldn’t figure it out at all.

All kinds of messages were also dazzling and confusing, making it extremely difficult to find anything useful from them.

However, someone still reported the information about Ling Yi taking Luo Xue shopping in the mall that afternoon to Lu Qingming’s desk.

By now, the sky had already grown bright.

The time had also reached over four in the morning.

Seeing this piece of information, Lu Qingming frowned and ordered someone to open a map. With just one glance, his expression changed dramatically.

Others naturally wouldn’t know, but he was very clear—that shopping mall was an important node in the Royal Capital’s Dragon Vein!

So it really was related to Ling Yi!

Lu Qingming nearly exploded on the spot.

He was utterly furious!

That little beast is too bold!

Dare to tamper with the Dragon Vein beneath the Capital of Great Chu?

Are they tired of living?

Should we send people to arrest him right now?

Lu Qingming took several deep breaths to calm himself down. Then he narrowed his eyes and thought of Diwu Qianqian, whom he had sent over… If Ling Yi was not there, she should have returned long ago.

That meant even if this matter was related to Ling Yi, it was not directly so!

“Surround that mall. No one is allowed to enter or leave! Notify the palace immediately and have all those who have attained Dao Enlightenment rush over.”

A trace of gravity flashed in Lu Qingming’s eyes.

This matter, which lay beyond his understanding, might likely lead to an unimaginable battle!

But since it concerned the Dragon Vein of Chu State, no matter what, they could not stand by and do nothing.

“If it truly is an expert at the Primordial Spirit Realm playing tricks… then no matter what, I will make you pay.”

“But even if it is someone at the Primordial Spirit Realm… how could they possibly drain an entire Spirit Stone Vein overnight?”

Lu Qingming watched helplessly as the huge Spirit Stone wall before him gradually lost its luster. His eyes filled with endless shock, and he muttered to himself.

All of this… was too terrifying!

Could there really be someone in this world… who could drain an entire Spirit Vein overnight?

Four-thirty in the morning.

The sky grew bright.

Ling Yi opened his eyes, watching Luo Xue, who had already completed two full cycles of the Golden Body Method and had been quietly observing him for a long time. He gave a faint smile. “Let’s go, we should head back.”

With that, he took Luo Xue by the hand, and with a flicker of movement, they vanished from the spot.

Luo Xue only felt the scenery before her eyes shift. Once her sense of place settled, she found herself back in her own room.

Luo Xue’s mind was utterly scrambled.

Completely bewildered!

In truth, Ling Yi was also bewildered.

When did the enchantress… no, Zhou Tang… carve a Teleportation Array?

What kind of divine magic was this?

It was truly too powerful!

Transcending comprehension, impossible to fathom.

Zhou Tang’s cool voice echoed in Ling Yi’s mind. “That Diwu Qianqian is in your room. Your little fox spirit is having trouble handling her. Go quickly and take over.”

Ling Yi acknowledged. Then he looked at Luo Xue and said, “Diwu Qianqian is here. I’ll go and deal with her. You take a bath first and rest well. I expect we might face some questioning soon, but it’s fine. We can just play dumb and say we know nothing.”

Luo Xue nodded, showing she understood.

Ling Yi was about to leave when he suddenly said, “On second thought, I’ll take a shower first.”

Luo Xue: “…”

Five minutes later, Luo Xue watched in disbelief as Ling Yi, now in fresh clothes, pushed open the bedroom door and entered the living room.

She then hurried to the bathroom, staring at the old clothes tossed aside where he changed, and sank into deep thought.

When Hu Xiaoxian saw Ling Yi, she, too, was a bit disoriented.

Her expression was likely something like this —

Σ(⊙▽⊙”a

Hadn’t he gone out?

How did he come out of Luo Xue’s room?

And changed clothes?

Why change clothes?

What happened?

Ling Yi waved at Hu Xiaoxian. The little fox spirit blinked, a heavy suspicion on her face, then turned and went back to her own room.

At that moment, Diwu Qianqian, who clearly seemed off, rubbed her eyes and looked at Ling Yi. “Huh? Where were we?”

Ling Yi also rubbed his eyes, a look of exhaustion on his face. “Too sleepy! It’s all a haze.”

Diwu Qianqian forced her eyes open to peer at Ling Yi. “So sleepy. Can’t take it. Can’t hang on anymore. I need to sleep!”

As she said this, she closed her eyes, her body tilting over toward Ling Yi.

Looking apologetically at Diwu Qianqian, who instantly fell asleep on his lap, Ling Yi thought, sleep, just sleep.

Early the next morning, around six, scolding voices came from the hallway. Soon their door was knocked on, but after just a few knocks, someone used a key card to directly open the door.

Then, a group of cold-faced people rushed in.

However, in the next moment, the expressions on all their faces collapsed. They stared, mouths agape, at Diwu Qianqian, who was sleeping soundly, head pillowed on Ling Yi’s thigh, on the sofa.

Ling Yi opened his eyes, frowning, gazing fuzzily at the people who had barged in. “Who are you people? How did you get in? Don’t you know this is the lodging place of the Qin State Diplomatic Mission?”

“Ah, don’t make noise. Let me sleep a bit longer,” Diwu Qianqian mumbled drowsily. Then she opened her eyes.

Seeing the group of people standing stiffly at the door, including the bespectacled young man squeezing in from the back.

“What’s going on? Why are you here?” Diwu Qianqian was instantly angered.

She quickly got up from Ling Yi’s lap, glaring at the bespectacled young man.

The bespectacled young man also looked very embarrassed.

At that moment, the guards of the Qin State Diplomatic Mission, along with Qin Hao and Gu Tong, who had been alerted, all hurried over.

Qin Hao’s face was pale with fury as he glared at the group.

This was not an act; he was truly furious!

Gu Tong also wore an angry expression, reprimanding sharply, “I will report everything that happened here to your superiors just as it occurred. Breaking into the lodging place of a foreign diplomatic mission with sinister intent — you wait and see!”

Seeing this, the bespectacled young man immediately put on an apologetic smile. “Sorry, a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding.”

Gu Tong said coldly, “Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not, you can explain that to your State Preceptor later!”

Diwu Qianqian also felt terribly embarrassed, not understanding what her senior brother was up to—

You told me to come find Ling Yi. I came. I chatted with him all night. Although I forgot what we talked about, I felt we chatted very happily!

And then you send people to barge in— what’s the idea?

The bespectacled young man and his group left as quickly as they came, slinking away.

Diwu Qianqian looked apologetically at Ling Yi. “I’m sorry for causing you so much trouble. When I go back, I’ll definitely get you justice. So infuriating…”

Ling Yi waved his hand magnanimously, a bit helplessly saying, “I have a feud with your senior brother. It’s normal his people would want to humiliate me. But just make it clear to him: this is the lodging place of my Qin State Diplomatic Mission. Even if Chu State is powerful, treating people like this is a bit too far.”

Diwu Qianqian nodded vigorously. “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely get justice for you. They really went too far!”