Jiang Qing'e said indifferently to Si Tianming, "Li Luo has a knack for using his advantages."
Si Tianming could do nothing when they were that united. With a final warning to Li Luo, he left with the squad and a slightly wounded heart.
Jiang Qing'e turned to Li Luo. "Done with the registration?"
He showed her his jade tablet.
"Let's go, then. To Newcomers' Hall. The Choosing of the Mentors will begin there," Jiang Qing'e said.
"Must we go together?" Li Luo grinned.
"At this point, there's nothing left to hide," she said, then she blinked innocently at him. "But I must say I quite like the way things turned out. You always lack a little pressure. Perhaps this is for the best."
"Best?!" Li Luo objected as he followed her.
"What's up with Duze Honglian anyway?"
"Just someone who lost to me for three straight years. Perhaps she turned on you after finding no breakthrough against me."
"That's heartless. I'm just a child."
"Child? I think the rumors of me and Duze Honglian fighting over a husband will never end."
"Oh well. The defense of the weak; all I had to attack her with were words. It made her suffer a hundred times worse than any slap though."
They walked away as they spoke, ignoring the glances thrown their way.
Within the crowd were the sisters Bai Doudou and Bai Mengmeng as well.
"Was that Jiang Qing'e? She's beautiful." Bai Mengmeng marveled in her breathy voice.
"Ninth-grade light resonance..."
Bai Doudou was mesmerized. "Truly a legend. That light resonant power just now was unnervingly strong. Even someone as strong as Duze Honglian had her defense easily broken."
"Is Li Luo the young lord of House Luolan? Is he really engaged to Jiang Qing'e?" Bai Mengmeng giggled. "But he is very handsome."
Bai Doudou gave her a stern look. "Stay away from that guy, you hear me? You're not allowed to have any relations with him."
"Elder Sis, what are you talking about?" Bai Mengmeng said lightly. "I'm not interested in him. I just want to research spirit liquids and purifying lights."
Bai Doudou nodded approvingly. Her younger sister was too soft. She would curl up when bullied, and that Li Luo looked like he could eat her for breakfast. It would be best if she kept the two apart.
"Excuse me, are you Bai Mengmeng?"
From behind, a warm and compelling voice greeted them. The two sisters turned around and saw a youth with bangs and a small frown on his face.
"Hello, I'm Yu Lang. I wonder if we could become friends." The downcast youth gave her a bright smile.
Bai Mengmeng took one look at him and hid behind Bai Doudou without saying a word.
"Go away," Bai Doudou said acidly.
"I have no other intentions. I just want to get to know her and be friends," Yu Lang said very sincerely.
"I give you three seconds to disappear from our sight. Otherwise, you won't even make it to the Choosing of the Mentors," Bai Doudou said. She had spoken with a quiet lack of emotion that was especially unnerving.
His sense of danger as acute as ever, Yu Lang was gone almost as soon as she spoke.
"......."
Bai Doudou sniffed. "Ball-less rat. You dare flirt with my sister in front of me?"
"It's a gall-less rat." Bai Mengmeng poked her cheek. "Sis, Dad and Mom have corrected you many times. You have to get rid of that habit. It sounds too vulgar for a girl."
"Ball, gall, it's all the same," Bai Doudou said impatiently. She took her younger sister by the hand and left.
......
Li Luo, meanwhile, had arrived at the site of the Choosing of the Mentors with Jiang Qing'e and Yan Lingqing, which invited many stares.
It was a huge, circular hall with a dome roof that exposed the sky. The outer edge was lined with many rings of spectator stands built in a theater style.
The arena was packed full of people, a sea of black heads bobbing about. There had to be thousands of people here.
"Your position should be written on your newcomer jade tablet. Go find it, then wait for the Choosing of the Mentors to begin," Jiang Qing'e told Li Luo.
"It starts here?" he asked quizzically.
"No, this is just a holding area. When the Choosing of the Mentors begins, there will be a transport design beneath the hall that will bring you to a special place," Jiang Qing'e clarified.
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