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Chapter 90: Shao Linlin’s Message

Bai Luan’s fist stopped abruptly in front of Lu Li.

Lu Li had no doubt that if the fist moved another 3 centimeters forward, Xiao Mingyue’s delicate face would have been disfigured.

“Such powerful control over strength!”

Lu Li could not help but marvel; although the old man before him looked over 60, his mastery of power was almost perfect, allowing him to release and retract at will.

Lu Li thought to himself that he was still far from reaching this level.

“Who exactly are you, and where is the young miss?” Bai Luan asked, his hoarse voice weighted with caution.

“Tell Uncle Bai the truth; he can be trusted,” Xiao Mingyue said calmly in her mind.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xiao Mingyue still decided to tell Bai Luan everything.

Lu Li nodded lightly, fixed his gaze on Bai Luan’s cloudy eyes, and said slowly, “Relax, she is safe; the two of us are sharing one body right now, and the reason… would take a long time to explain.

She has not been harmed, she just cannot speak for the moment; if you wish to confirm her safety, you can ask a few questions only she would know, and I will consult her and relay the answers.”

Bai Luan immediately asked several questions, Lu Li received the answers from Xiao Mingyue and repeated them accurately, and only then did Bai Luan relax.

Lu Li noticed that the mist around Bai Luan changed from red back to yellow.

Yellow indicated that he had shifted from hostility to vigilance.

It seemed this Bai Luan really was trustworthy, and his malice was aimed solely at me, not at Xiao Mingyue… Lu Li also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Old sir, your skills are impressive,” Lu Li praised, recalling the gale-like Tongbei Boxing Bai Luan had just displayed.

“You are impressive as well,” Bai Luan’s brows eased a little, “Your Taiji has already reached a high level.”

“Still inferior to you…,” Lu Li was about to ask for pointers when a dating game notification suddenly popped up in his mind.

【You have been logged in for 4 hours; please quit the game and take a break. Games are fun, but do not become addicted. Take care of your health and play responsibly.】

Xiao Mingyue felt her body lighten, as if some heavy object had been pulled out of her, and in the next moment she moved her limbs and regained control.

Seeing the familiar cold and indifferent expression on her face, Bai Luan’s heart skipped a beat and he probed, “Young miss?”

Xiao Mingyue gave an almost imperceptible nod. “Mm.”

Bai Luan let out a turbid breath of relief and asked curiously, “Miss, what exactly happened just now, and who was the person… inside you?”

Xiao Mingyue narrowed her bright black eyes and muttered, “Nothing good, just a pair of spirit-possessed stockings.”

She picked up her phone and glanced at the time, thinking to herself that about 4 hours had passed.

“Spirit-possessed stockings?” Bai Luan’s white eyebrows twitched.

Without giving more explanation, Xiao Mingyue said, “You just said that guy’s Taiji has already reached a high stage in Taiji?”

“Exactly!” Bai Luan nodded emphatically.

“How many people can reach that level of martial arts mastery?”

Bai Luan pondered for a moment. “Not many, but not exactly few either; among the 1.4 billion people in the country, at most 50 000.”

“50 000…” Xiao Mingyue tapped the table with her index finger. “Among men aged 15 to 35, how many are there?”

“Roughly 8 000; Taiji is not a quick-success art, youngsters rarely achieve it, and those who reach that stage are usually around 40.”

So that guy may actually be much older… Xiao Mingyue frowned and said coldly, “Go investigate a man named Zhong Mingyu… ‘Zhong’ as in bell chimes, ‘Ming’ as in ringing, and ‘Yu’ as in wealth. If there is a man in his social circle aged 15 to 35 who has reached the ‘entered-the-hall’ level of Taiji, have people seize him at once!”

Bai Luan straightened, energized. “Miss, you mean that would be the man who entered your body?”

“Yes.”

Xiao Mingyue had already observed Lu Li as closely as possible, yet with all her intelligence she could confirm only this one fact.

Lu Li had almost left no loopholes.

If Zhao Ping had not struck without warning and forced Lu Li to reveal his martial arts, she would likely have discovered nothing.

As for the 15-to-35 age bracket, she had inferred it from Lu Li’s fondness for sweets and his playful tone, so it was not strictly accurate.

It was just that most adult men did not crave sweets that strongly.

In a low voice Bai Luan asked, “Miss, after we find the man, should we…”

He held his fingers like a knife, and his cloudy old eyes turned as cold as frost.

As a loyal servant, he would quietly eliminate any unstable factor that threatened his master’s safety.

Xiao Mingyue gently tapped the tabletop with her forefinger; under the moonlight the jade-white knuckles looked especially beautiful, and after a long while she parted her lips.

“Forget it; for now just restrain him, do not harm him.”

“Understood!”

“Go back first…” Xiao Mingyue pursed her lips; she was already a little tired.

Bai Luan had taken only two steps when Xiao Mingyue called softly, “Wait.”

“Do you have any other instructions, miss?” Bai Luan turned around and bowed respectfully.

Xiao Mingyue’s dark eyes glanced at the refrigerator, and after a long pause she said slowly, “Indeed, there is one more thing…”

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【Please claim your check-in reward.】

Without realizing it, 4 hours had passed; Lu Li opened his eyes and felt completely refreshed.

After activating the dating game, his real body would enter deep sleep, allowing his vitality to be replenished to the maximum.

“Claim reward!”

【Check-in reward claimed successfully: congratulations, you have gained 1 point of Minor-Accomplishment-level martial arts.】

【Congratulations, player, Martial Arts Proficiency is full; Martial Arts Minor-Accomplishment (2/10) → Martial Arts Minor-Accomplishment (3/10).】

With the increase in stats, Lu Li’s muscle strength and reaction speed improved once more, and he now had full confidence that he could steadily overpower Xu Feng.

“So it really only added 1 point of martial arts…”

Although this had already been verified with Chu Zining, Lu Li still felt a slight disappointment; compared with this 1 point of martial arts, he wanted assignable stat points even more.

His Constitution was only 7, and if he could raise it to 9 or even 10, his chances of winning the martial arts championship would be much higher.

Unfortunately, only the first check-in with a love interest granted assignable stat points.

The chance to choose a third love interest would not refresh until next month.

Still, increasing martial arts was nice too, as it likewise raised his odds of taking the championship.

Hostility Perception was simply too convenient, and Lu Li wanted to own such a transcendent attribute permanently rather than enjoy only a 3-day trial.

“To earn the martial arts championship reward, it seems I will have to manage Xiao Mingyue more often in the future…”

With that thought, Lu Li picked up his phone and only then noticed many unread messages in the chat app.

They were from Shao Linlin.

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