The next morning.

On the north side of Quinston City, the sturdy, cold iron gates, polished by the years, bore deep imprints and mottled traces, still guarding the safety and dignity of this land.

The city-state guard knights on either side of the gate held spears and shields, their eyes fixed firmly on the distance, as if their posture was telling people that this was a sacred and inviolable land.

At this moment, the city-state's lord, Viscount Levin Quinston, dressed in a dark blue aristocratic dress, came to the city gate in person to see them off. Beside him were his beautiful daughter and handsome son-in-law, arm in arm, with shallow smiles on their faces.

The guards at the city gate saw the lord, straightened their bodies, and saluted him with solemn expressions.

Viscount Levin Quinston nodded slightly, indicating that they need not stand on ceremony.

At this moment, his eyes were very gentle, full of gratitude, but he didn't say much, leaving the opportunity to say goodbye to Xia Ya.

"Luoqi-laoshi, Miss Xide, thank you for your help."

Xia Ya bowed deeply to the two people standing closest to the city gate, preparing to leave. When he raised his head again, his eyes were full of reluctance, and he wanted to keep them.

"Xia Ya, we'll see you in the imperial capital, Heluomu."

Lanqi opened his arms and let Xia Ya excitedly step forward and hug him. Then, he calmly waved goodbye to his student.

He was a young man with unlimited potential, no less than his eldest martial sister, Zesitila, who had a natural demon bloodline.

Although their ranks were still very low, they had already embarked on the right path of cultivation. With their qualifications, perhaps in a few years, they would become leaders among the sixth rank.

As for breaking through to the seventh rank, in addition to reaching the peak of the sixth rank, one also needed to collect materials that matched one's own attributes to inscribe a job class, thereby greatly improving the basic attributes and job class passive abilities required for one's desired direction.

The eighth and ninth ranks were the same.

The compatibility of the materials directly affected the difficulty of success, and the higher the quality of the core materials, the greater the difficulty. Each failure would cause self-inflicted damage, mana regression, and the inability to inscribe a job class again in a short period of time.

Generally speaking, those with the aptitude and opportunity to aspire to the seventh rank would try to obtain materials with the highest possible compatibility and quality for the most important first job class inscription, but it was precisely because of this that this hurdle trapped many strong individuals who had been immersed in the sixth rank for many years, preventing them from entering the ranks of the truly strongest in this world.

But this was equally too early for Lanqi.

"Do you want me to take you a bit further north?"

Xia Ya asked with some concern.

He remembered that the first time he met the two of them was because they were lost in the snow forest.

"It's okay, don't worry. The road to the northern border province is easier to recognize. I've already bought this *Snowfield Map That Even a 3-Year-Old Can Understand*."

Lanqi smiled at Xia Ya while taking out a book.

He knew that Xia Ya didn't want to be separated from Lilisi for even a second now, so it was time to let these like-minded young people stay together.

"You..."

Xide always felt that Lanqi was subtly mocking her, and in a particularly annoying way, but she had no evidence.

"Hoo."

Xia Ya couldn't help but smile, with a hint of regret and anticipation in his eyes.

He hoped that the next time he saw these two people, they would be together.

"..."

On the opposite side, the Cat Boss on Lanqi's shoulder poked its head out and squinted its eyes, watching for a long time, understanding Xia Ya's expression.

So Xia Ya was on Lanxi's side.

But the Cat Boss didn't quite approve.

It initially supported Lanta, and after meeting Xiu Bao, it felt that Lanxiu was also good, but the Lanxi route was too heretical.

Don't be fooled by Xide's calm and harmless appearance. In reality, she was an extremely dangerous Great Demon comparable to Bishop of Destruction Yiwannuosi and Bishop of Decay Famo. Killing everyone around her was just a matter of her thinking.

This kind of villain, whose camp, identity, and power were too different from the young man's, couldn't be regarded as the third female lead just because she was a woman!

To take a step back, there was often no situation where this third female lead who appeared halfway could become the winner!

The more the Cat Boss thought about it, the more relieved it became.

Even though Lanqi had already done a lot of irreversible things in the northern continent, as long as he didn't have any emotional entanglements with Xigeliride, there wouldn't be much of a hidden danger.

...

After saying goodbye to his friends in Quinston City, Lanqi and Xide walked out of the city gate passage.

Suddenly, the wind on the snowfield, carrying the cold and piercing chill of the north, rushed towards them.

The distant sky of the snowfield was still gray and white. The further they went forward, the snowflakes seemed to become more and more dense, dancing with the wind, singing a never-ending song for this boundless white world.

"The goodwill I managed to build up for you will probably be deducted in a few days."

The two once again stepped onto the boundless snow and ice. Xide took out a palm-sized notebook and finished recording the goodwill that Lanqi had just been deducted.

Lanqi hesitated for a moment.

"What's the use of your goodwill being high... If it really becomes very high, besides ensuring that you'll run away with me, is there any real benefit?"

Lanqi frowned, feeling more and more confused, and finally raised his question.

"...Temporarily confidential."

Xide thought for a while and answered very confidently.

"You—you haven't thought about it at all, have you?"

Lanqi stared at Xide's purple pupils, feeling that she had hesitated just now.

This woman probably couldn't think of a result all of a sudden, so she changed her story.

"It's more experiential to improvise. Anyway, you just need to rub against it to increase your goodwill, and I guarantee you won't lose out."

Xide pointed at Lanqi with confidence.

"..."

Lanqi always felt that she was drawing a pie to fool him.

As expected of an old fox as a boss.

This couldn't help but remind him of another bankrupt female boss he knew. Although she had an awkward personality, she did things in a meticulous manner, and there were no surprises on her.

In contrast, Xigeliride was indeed straightforward, but unpredictable.

It could only be said that women who couldn't get married had their own problems.

Just as Lanqi was walking on the snow by himself.

"By the way, do you know anyone who knows mind-reading magic?"

Xide suddenly asked.

"No, what's wrong?"

Lanqi tilted his head with a hint of natural confusion on his face.

"That's good, otherwise I'm afraid my Holy Son will suddenly disappear one day."

Xide sneered and sighed.

She was very sure that Lanqi was thinking about some extremely impolite things just now. She didn't need evidence, she could just assert it.

She was very tolerant of Lanqi and wouldn't do anything to him.

But if it were someone with a bad temper, especially a woman, that would not be certain.

(End of chapter)