Chapter 141

In a high-end apartment suite, Guan Ya sat on the bed with her knees drawn up, a tablet in front of her playing an urban romance drama.

After Yuan Shi messed with her head, she couldn't sleep, couldn't get into the drama, and had been sitting there for five or six hours, her butt going numb.

"Sigh..." Guan Ya pinched the space between her eyebrows, her charming face showing a bit of fatigue.

With her physique, she could easily go two days and nights without sleep, but she was mainly feeling troubled. Before, when she was posting on the forum, seeing who-and-who had died in a dungeon, she would at most lament the impermanence of fate.

But suddenly, a friend of hers was caught up in the turmoil, his life or death unknown.

To be honest, Guan Ya quite liked that kid. He was good-looking, young, had great potential, and was humorous. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him.

Most importantly, he knew how to step on the gas.

In Team Two, Wang Tai was a silent type, and Li Dongze considered himself elegant, thinking that telling dirty jokes wasn't something a gentleman would do. Only Yuan Shi could tolerate her level of jokes and even expand on them.

But such an interesting little guy was very likely to fall this time.

Guan Ya hadn't experienced an S-rank dungeon, but a cousin in her family, who had exceptional talent, had been matched with S-rank dungeons several times during the Transcendent and Saint stages. Each time, it was a close call, and she had spoken in detail about the difficulty of S-rank spirit realms.

Different S-rank spirit realms test different areas. Clearing an S-rank once doesn't mean you can clear it a second time, because everyone has weaknesses, and there are no complete all-rounders.

Yuan Shi was able to handle the Red Shoes because of his strong memory (according to him), but that ability might not be useful in Goldwater Amusement Park.

Guan Ya had already prepared for the worst.

Suddenly, an ear-splitting ringtone echoed in the bedroom, startling Guan Ya.

Hmm? Who's calling me at this hour? Her beautiful eyes widened slightly as she turned her head to look at the lit-up phone screen—Yuan Shi Tianzun!

At that moment, Guan Ya seemed to hear her own heart beating wildly.

She frantically picked up the phone, took a deep breath, and answered, "Yuan Shi?"

After saying those two words, Guan Ya held her breath.

"Sister Guan Ya, I cleared Goldwater Amusement Park." A familiar voice came from the speaker.

...Guan Ya sat blankly, only one thought echoing in her mind: He cleared another S-rank spirit realm!

"Sister Guan Ya? Sister Guan Ya, are you listening?"

Zhang Yuanqing's voice pulled her back to reality. Guan Ya exclaimed:

"You cleared another S-rank spirit realm! You little guy, you little guy...

"Do you know what this means? Team Leader will be ecstatic when he finds out."

"Yes, I can already predict what he'll say," Zhang Yuanqing said with a smile, "He'll say: 'Oh my God, heavens! Did you hear my faithful prayers? Yes, you must have heard me...'"

Also, I'm not a little guy. He corrected in his mind.

Guan Ya laughed twice, happily kicking her long legs: "Don't you dare tease Team Leader like that in front of him, or he'll beat your head in."

Zhang Yuanqing laughed too. Guan Ya couldn't contain her curiosity and said:

"You haven't been on the forum, have you? Another official entered Goldwater Amusement Park last night, someone called He Bo. Colleagues who are about to enter the spirit realm are panicking. Can you tell me about the situation in Goldwater Amusement Park?"

Spirit realm guides and items have a strong attraction to practitioners, like a beautiful woman to an *lsp* (pervert).

"No, I can't tell you." Zhang Yuanqing refused outright.

Guan Ya was stunned. She didn't expect Yuan Shi to refuse. She thought they had a solid relationship.

"Unless you send me a photo of your beautiful legs in black stockings as a reward." Zhang Yuanqing chuckled.

The old driver gave a scoff, her face blooming into a smile again, and said:

"Photos are boring. Why don't you take a taxi to my place right now, and I'll let you see them as much as you want. I'll even give you a set of stockings to take home and make stocking milk tea."

Zhang Yuanqing discussed in all seriousness: "I think it's too wasteful to use stockings to make milk tea. It's better to use them to clean guns."

Guan Ya lay on the bed, her chest heaving with laughter: "How can you say such things in front of a lady? Is there more, is there more..."

.......

At seven-thirty in the morning, the first thing Li Dongze did after waking up was to grab the phone from his bedside table and see if there were any missed calls or unread messages.

He couldn't hide the disappointment in his heart.

"What a troublesome kid..."

Li Dongze sighed, stared at the ceiling for a dozen seconds, and then got out of bed to get dressed. His movements were elegant, slow and deliberate, no matter how bad his emotions were or how heavy his heart was.

He couldn't give up his elegance.

At the dining table, Li Dongze was enjoying breakfast made by the housekeeper, but his mind wasn't on the food.

For a Transcendent-stage dungeon, he should be out in about a night. If there's no news by noon... Li Dongze's mood became heavier, and the food lost its taste. He put down his chopsticks and said:

"Take the food away."

The housekeeper, who was busy in the kitchen, responded. Just as she was about to come out to clear the table, she heard the employer's phone ringing in the bedroom.

"I'll get it..."

She turned towards the bedroom, but saw the employer jump up from his chair, his face excited: "No, don't!"

Then, this employer, who emphasized elegance, rushed into the bedroom without any elegance.

Li Dongze ran to the bedside and saw that the caller ID was 'Yuan Shi Tianzun'. His breathing became rapid. He grabbed the phone and answered it, took a deep breath to keep his voice calm, and said:

"Yuan Shi, you're out?"

Li Dongze's face was tense.

"Team Leader, I made it out alive." Zhang Yuanqing's tone was tired. "I called you as soon as I got out."

He and Guan Ya had been chatting until now, forgetting the time.

Li Dongze's tense face relaxed, and he immediately asked:

"Are you injured? Did you experience any strong mental shocks that left you with psychological trauma?"

"Yes, in the amusement park, the ghost bride was deeply in love with me and insisted on marrying me. I couldn't bear to reject her, and I felt guilty, leaving me with deep psychological trauma."

"It seems like nothing serious happened, so I'm relieved." Li Dongze revealed a smile:

"You just got out, so rest at home first. You can come to the company in a few days, but the guide needs to be written as soon as possible and sent to my email. I'll apply for the relevant rewards and merits for you. By the way, are you out of soda at home? I'll have someone send a few cases over."

Strange, Team Leader didn't say "Oh my God"... Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "No need, Team Leader. I still prefer you stubbornly saying 'buy it yourself'."

Li Dongze: "..."

After hanging up the phone, Li Dongze took a deep breath and couldn't control his emotions any longer, "Oh, heavens, did you hear my faithful prayers..."

He was wrong. This kid wasn't just talented, he was a genius.

If clearing one S-rank could be attributed to luck, then clearing two S-ranks wasn't just luck. He could be cultivated as a deacon trainee.

He even had the potential to reach the Elder level.

Among the younger generation of spirit realm practitioners in the Five Elements Alliance, Fu Qingyang had the most potential to become an Elder, but even he had only cleared one S-rank spirit realm.

........

In a villa on the second floor, Fu Qingyang, wearing a white suit and a handsome short ponytail, was sitting at the dining table, expressionlessly cutting a fried egg and steak with a knife and fork.

Across from him was Ling Jun, wearing a loose T-shirt and large shorts, eating voraciously.

At this moment, a bunny girl walked over holding a phone with both hands, and said softly:

"Young Master, Li Dongze is calling."

Fu Qingyang's gaze fell on the phone. He put down his knife and fork and glanced at his friend, who was oblivious to everything else and devouring his food.

"What's the matter?" he answered the phone, his voice cold.

"Centurion, Yuan Shi Tianzun is out. He cleared Goldwater Amusement Park." Li Dongze's voice was particularly loud when he said this.

Clang... Fu Qingyang glanced at Ling Jun, who had dropped his knife and fork on the table, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a smile: "I know."

He handed the phone to the bunny girl and said with a smile:

"I made a mistake. I should have bet with you."

He said this, but his tone was extremely cheerful, without any regrets.

"I've always felt that those few S-rank spirit realms should eventually be cleared by our Taiyi Sect..." Ling Jun was extremely annoyed, lamenting, "Elder Sun is so muddle-headed."

Fu Qingyang was stunned and said, "You know about this too?"

"Oh, it's a new meme on our Taiyi Sect forum. I usually browse the forum too."

"You... you criticize the Elder like this, aren't you afraid of his punishment?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Elder Sun doesn't go online, and he's not very good at using his phone." Ling Jun picked up his knife and fork again and said:

"But this time, it probably can't be hidden. When he cleared the She Ling Tunnel, he was a potential stock worth observing. Now that he's cleared another S-rank, it proves that this kid is smart and has potential, and his future achievements won't be low. Alas, I'm a bit resentful of Elder Sun now.

"Speaking of which, he's cleared two S-rank missions. His third mission will be A-rank at the very least. If he gets through it, the sky's the limit. If he doesn't, he'll die young... Alas, where are you going?"

Fu Qingyang walked out without stopping:

"Report to the Elder Council and apply for the merit points and bonuses to be issued as soon as possible. Before your Taiyi Sect poaches him, I have to win him over with virtue first. Oh, right, if the Taiyi Sect wants the Goldwater Amusement Park guide, you'll have to pay more."

........

Scattered Provinces, Lakeside Villa.

The morning sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Xie Lingxi wrapped in a bath towel and walked out of the bathroom. The girl's figure had not yet fully developed. Although she was not as plump and curvaceous as a mature woman, she was youthful and beautiful, her knees pink and tender.

The artificial lake was sparkling, a lake of golden water. Willows were planted by the lake, and it was the season when the willow branches were new and tender, a pleasant scenery.

At this time, luxury cars drove along the lakeside road towards the villa.

"Knock, knock~"

The bedroom door rang a few times. Xie Lingxi picked up a teacup, took a sip, and said in a cold voice:

"Come in."

A female assistant in a small suit pushed the door open and stopped behind her, respectfully saying:

"Miss, this is the information you requested."

Xie Lingxi didn't take it. She sat down on the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window, still wrapped in a bath towel, crossed her small jade legs, and said coldly and nobly like a female CEO:

"Tell me."

The female assistant opened the information and said:

"Wang Tai, Five Elements Alliance Songhai Branch, member of the Second Squad of Kangyang District, his superior is Li Dongze, a level 3 scout of the White Tiger Army, his profession is Scholar.

"This is the basic information, and we can only find out the basic information. We can't find his photos, real identity, etc."

In the official organization, this basic information is public to the inside and can be made public. It belongs to personnel files.

But the real identity, except for the direct superior, only the Elder Council has the authority to access it.

Scholar... Xie Lingxi "hmm"ed, and said in a very *yujie* (older woman) way:

"Go and check the information of other members of Team Two, and check Wang Tai's social circle. Keep an eye on the official forums of Taiyi Sect and the Five Elements Alliance, and notify me immediately if there is any news about Goldwater Amusement Park being cleared."

The female assistant nodded.

Xie Lingxi continued, "Arrange a car. I'm going to Songhai. Also, in the name of the Xie family, send a greeting card to the Songhai Branch of the Five Elements Alliance. This young lady is going to Songhai on business, and I hope that Wang Tai from Team Two of Kangyang District will come and receive me."

The female assistant looked out the window and hesitated:

"The elders of the family are almost all here. Aren't you going to see them first? There's a banquet at noon. You cleared an S-rank spirit realm, and everyone is waiting to celebrate for you."

"They're waiting for the guide, aren't they?" Xie Lingxi snorted, changed her cold demeanor, and pretended to be a delicate little girl:

"I'm only 17 years old. What's wrong with being a little playful? The ancestors love me so much, they won't blame me."

The female assistant sighed helplessly.

........

After reporting to the Team Leader, Zhang Yuanqing changed into his pajamas, messed up his hair, pretended to be sleepy and yawning, and turned the doorknob to go to the living room.

His grandma was in the kitchen, his grandpa had gone out, his cousin Chen Yuanjun had already had breakfast, and only Jiang Yuer was squatting on the chair by the dining table, holding a fried dough stick with her orchid fingers.

She liked to purse her lips when chewing, and her face was already round, making her look like a hamster eating.

Hearing the sound of the door opening from her nephew's bedroom, Jiang Yuer looked up and shouted嬌声:

"I'm going to eat all the fried dough sticks, so you can drink plain porridge..."

She suddenly couldn't speak, staring blankly at Zhang Yuanqing.

"What are you staring at?" Zhang Yuanqing sat down next to her.

Jiang Yuer turned her head away, not looking at him.

"Auntie, why are your ears red?"

"None of your business."