“Well, forget about it.”
“Just go on telling me what other abilities your new talent has.”
Seeing Lin Shiru avoiding his eyes, Ye Xuan held his tongue.
He was going to say that he and Lin Shiru were a perfect couple.
Because this new talent of Lin Shiru was perfect for his Beast Editor.
However, since he had just given the Nine-Fold Beast Taming Elixir to Lin Shiru, he supposed he had better give her some space.
He had better not say anything flirtatious for the moment.
Otherwise, she might think he was doing it because he thought he had the right to do it due to the Nine-Fold Beast Taming Elixir he had given her. That was definitely not what he wanted.
“And.”
Lin Shiru was very relaxed. Looking at Ye Xuan, she said kind of excitedly, “This talent of mine can provide my beasts with all-element resistance. And it can strengthen them in every sense.”
“It will accelerate the recovery of their spiritual power. If they are injured, their injuries will recover faster too.”
Ye Xuan was dumbfounded.
These abilities were not inferior to those of his new talent at all.
“But I got a message after this talent had been awake.”
Lin Shiru went on, “It seems after this talent, I won’t have any other new talents anymore.”
“But every time I level up, the abilities of this talent will grow more powerful.”
“Yeah?”
Not until then did Ye Xuan feel relieved.
He did hope Lin Shiru could grow stronger. Actually, the stronger, the better.
But he did not want Lin Shiru to be stronger than him.
Because he liked to take control.
He did not like to be under control.
“Ye Xuan.”
Lin Shiru looked at Ye Xuan again. She asked in a gentle voice, “Do you have any wish?”
“Why? Are you gonna pay me back?”
Ye Xuan looked at Lin Shiru with a smile.
“Just tell me.”
Lin Shiru urged him. She was a little embarrassed by Ye Xuan’s gaze.
“Well, if you want to thank me…”
Seeing Lin Shiru avoiding his eyes, Ye Xuan suddenly moved his head closer to her slowly until they were only four inches apart. Her cheeks were quite rosy, but she did not move away from him.
When she looked like she was about to close her eyes, he said in a low voice, “Cook something nice for me. I’d been taking care of you when you were sleeping. I’m starving.”
He moved his head away when he had finished speaking. Seeing Lin Shiru flush so much on the bed, he was very complacent.
He felt he was about to succeed.
He even felt if he had been bolder, he could have kissed her.
But he refrained from doing it.
He did not want to do it then.
Because it felt like he was taking advantage of her.
“No problem. What do you want to eat? Braised alpaca meat? I will cook for you right now,” Lin Shiru said after sitting up on the bed right away. She was not looking at Ye Xuan.
“Okay. Braised alpaca meat then.”
Ye Xuan nodded, beaming.
Then he got to his feet from the chair. He put Lin Shiru’s white slippers in front of her when she was about to get off the bed. He crouched down and put her beautiful fair-skinned feet into them.
“Thank you,” Lin Shiru said in a shallow voice.
She walked to the kitchen in a hurry after putting on her shoes.
She found Ye Xuan was following her when she walked out of the bedroom.
She flushed for some unknown thought that had come into her head. She said to Ye Xuan, “Ye Xuan, I’ll follow up on Mr. Wang in a few days. You can graduate if you meet the conditions by then.”
“You mentioned earlier that you wanted to be a titular vice dean at Jiangzhou University. I will make that happen.”
“Well…”
Ye Xuan was struck dumb. He looked at Lin Shiru. He felt Lin Shiru always knew his feeling for her.
So was that some positive response?
The thought of that made him quite joyful.
“What about the Hundred Academy League…”
Then he thought of the Hundred Academy League.
“Quit while you are ahead.”
Seeing Ye Xuan mention the Hundred Academy League again, Lin Shiru was rendered helpless.
Don’t you think you are too strong to participate in the Hundred Academy League?
As to enhancing the reputation of Jiangzhou University, as long as Ye Xuan was a titular vice dean at Jiangzhou University, numerous talented students would naturally want to get into Jiangzhou University.
“Well, well. You are the boss. I will listen to you.”
Ye Xuan grinned at her.
In a few days?
Then, seeing Lin Shiru turn around and walk into the kitchen, he suddenly felt regretful.
He wished he could have been bolder earlier.
Otherwise, maybe their relationship would have advanced.
…
“Shishi.”
Ye Xuan was gulping down the food while looking at Lin Shiru. He said, “When are you going to contract with some new beasts? I want to go with you.”
He had traveled with Lin Shiru a lot since he had known her, but his cultivation level was shallow then.
So he always acted alone wherever they went.
He had never really done anything with Lin Shiru on those trips.
“Great.”
Lin Shiru agreed immediately. “I got a Trial Taker’s token of the Divine Nature Palace some time ago. The palace will be open in two days. I’m going to visit it.”
“The Divine Nature Palace?”
Ye Xuan was puzzled.
“The Divine Nature Palace is a branch of the Templars of the Ancient God.”
Lin Shiru explained to him, “Like the Dragon Palace of the Azure Sea is one of the seven branches of the Palace of the Ocean Dragons.”
“But the power structure of the Templars of the Ancient God is much more complicated than that of the Palace of the Ocean Dragons.”
“The Palace of the Ocean Dragons only has seven branches. They are the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, the Dragon Palace of the West Sea, the Dragon Palace of the South Sea, the Dragon Palace of the North Sea, the Dragon Palace of the Azure Sea, the Dragon Palace of the Virtual Sea, and the Dragon Palace of the Nether Sea.”
“In contrast, the Templars of the Ancient God have more than one hundred branches.”
“The Divine Nature Palace I told you about is one of the branches.”
“I wasn’t confident enough to go to the Divine Nature Palace, but now I figure I can give it a try.”
“Can I go with you?”
Ye Xuan was puzzled.
Lin Shiru did know more than he did.
He always knew the Dragon Palace of the Azure Sea was one of the seven branches of the Palace of the Ocean Dragons.
But he had had no idea what the other six branches were.
Not until then did he learn about them from Lin Shiru.
However, he was puzzled how Lin Shiru would take him there if she only had one Trial Taker’s token.
“Of course.”
Lin Shiru explained to him, “Each Trial Taker’s token allows one person and a plus to enter the Divine Nature Palace.”
“But the Divine Nature Palace is located in a Diamond-level area. Most people there are Diamond-level Beast Tamers. I’m afraid you could run into danger if you go.”
She apologized to a bestie of hers silently while she was speaking to Ye Xuan.
She had promised that bestie that they would go to the Divine Nature Palace together to take trials.
But if Ye Xuan wanted to go.
She thought about it, and she felt she was more willing to go with Ye Xuan.
“Great. I’ll go with you then.”
Ye Xuan put on an expectant look. It felt great that he could take trials with Lin Shiru.
Either their disputes or their collaborations could produce some sparks.
As to danger…
He was very confident at the moment.
Not to mention that he would fight with Lin Shiru this time.
If they collaborated, one plus one would be greater than two.
“By the way.”
Then an idea occurred to Ye Xuan. He said, “The inheritance I got earlier has many evolutionary recipes that can help beasts evolve. Could you show me your beasts later? I’ll see whether there are any evolutionary recipes they can use.”
“Many evolutionary recipes?”
Lin Shiru was struck dumb. Then she asked Ye Xuan in pleasant surprise, “Is there any evolutionary recipe that my Snowy Bladefeather Eagle can use?”
“Yep.”
Ye Xuan nodded. “But some information is missing in it. Like, it doesn’t say anything about the proportion of the ingredients. That’s why I didn’t mention it to you, but surprisingly, you’ve got the Divine Nature Affinity talent.”
“And your Snowy Bladefeather Eagle has two Evolution Paths.”
“The first one will lead to Sky Reaching Blade Eagle. The other will lead to Ancient Magic Royal Eagle. Both are good options. Which one will you choose?”
“Do you really have that?”
Lin Shiru was pleasantly surprised. She said, “I will choose the path to Sky Reaching Blade Eagle.”
She did not like how the name Ancient Magic Royal Eagle sounded.
Then, looking at Ye Xuan, she said, “Ye Xuan, thank…”
“Shush!”
However, Ye Xuan put a finger to her lips before she could finish her sentence.
This time, he even put his finger into her mouth and touched her soft tongue.
“Don’t say thank you again to me. If you repeat it, say it is holding my finger in your mouth, or marry me.”
Ye Xuan grinned at her.
Then he retracted his finger.
Lin Shiru opened her eyes wide.
But then she lowered her head to eat her food. She was too shy to look at Ye Xuan.
Therefore, she did not reproach him for his rudeness.
Neither did she say anything to him.
However, she took her cell phone out and sent a message to a woman in Cangzhou while eating. “Hongyi, you told me you had agreed to refine a Diamond-level Secret Treasure for someone and was collecting the materials. Are you busy with that now?”
“It was a long time ago. I already finished refining the Secret Treasure. Why did you ask? Is it about the Divine Nature Palace? Don’t worry. I’ll go to Jiangzhou University to see you tomorrow. And we’ll go and take trials together.”
Lin Shiru’s fingers froze when she had received the message. She hurried to write back. “No. There is no hurry with the Divine Nature Palace. I’ve just got some information. It’s said a big thing will happen in the Xia these days. Do you happen to know what it is about?”
“I really don’t. Where did you get the information?”
“Maybe only Challenger-level Beast Tamers know it? I heard about it from Mr. Wang and Mr. Fang. But they didn’t tell me any detail. Well, so, here is the plan. I will go to the Divine Nature Palace on my own, and you will stay on the Cerulean Planet to keep an eye on what is happening in the country. By the way, don’t mention it to anyone.”
“? ?? Ruru, what is that supposed to mean? Have you found a man? Are you going to betray me?”
A woman in a red dress in a villa in Cangzhou was pissed off as soon as she received Lin Shiru’s message. Then she wrote back to Lin Shiru right away.
“What are you talking about?”
Lin Shiru flushed as soon as she read the message. She looked up at Ye Xuan. Then she wrote back, “So, that’s the plan. Don’t come to Jiangzhou University for now.”
“Something is wrong!”
“Something is absolutely wrong!”
“Is Ruru in love?”
“With whom?”
“Who could it be?”
Yao Hongyi was petrified when she had read Lin Shiru’s message in Cangzhou.
