Chapter 16

The elegantly dressed man, with his hair and beard meticulously groomed, waved his hand again. His Spirit Sense connected to the Magic Tower's core crystal and directly permeated the underlying sea of information. After extracting all recent operation records, he completely destroyed Earth's Realm Coordinates.

The man shook his head and laughed. "Careful-minded, but still too green. Every Legendary Mage's tower hides who knows how many tricks. Those old bastards in the Magic Association Council of Elders are watching us all the time."

After cleaning up the mess for his Closed-Door Disciple, the Legendary Mage turned and returned to his living quarters.

As expected, the Arcane Military Police under the Council of Elders would soon come calling.

The Legendary Mage took a facial mask from his cold storage. His disciple had invented it, and even the name had been chosen by her. It was soaked in the essences of various Alchemy Potions; applied to the face, it nourished the skin and improved its texture... Through direct contact with the face, the Alchemy Potions allowed the skin to better absorb their nutrients.

—It was good stuff!

It had won the favor of this refined Legendary Mage, who was particular about every aspect of daily life.

Oh, it seemed this thing had already spread among the Association's female mages. The response was enthusiastic, and it sold extremely well. It was even showing signs of spreading into the noble classes of various nations.

Thanks to these facial masks, their faction had made quite a bit of money.

As everyone knew, mages were pay-to-win players, which was why they were always short on cash.

His disciple was so good at making money. That was truly a wonderful thing; as her master, he could live quite comfortably too.

He had heard that his disciple had recently been researching beauty products, cosmetics, and skincare items...

Though such things already existed, anything his disciple made was bound to be extraordinary. For some reason, the Legendary Mage was looking forward to it—his disciple was truly a genius. All sorts of strange ideas flowed from her like a spring. She was a born mage! After carefully applying the facial mask so his skin could better absorb its nutrients, he lay down on the soft sofa and waited.

Before long, an Ice Elemental Servant clad in heavy armor and radiating cold air entered the living quarters. "Master, the captain of the Arcane Military Police requests an audience."

"Let him in."

"Yes."

Not long after, a captain of the Arcane Military Police entered the Legendary Mage's living quarters. He wore a pitch-black, high-collared robe, with the emblem of the Radiant Sun Scales embroidered along his collar and cuffs. His dazzling golden hair was casually tied behind his head, giving him a carefree charm. Upon seeing the Legendary Mage, he respectfully bowed. "Greetings, legendary one, Mystic Sage, Master Kentji."

Kentji waved away the formalities. "What is it?"

The captain said, "The Association just detected a massive energy disturbance here... so we came to check whether you required any assistance."

Kentji gave an "ah" and said casually, "My disciple was playing with a Multidimensional Plane Detection Device just now. Did that disturb the Association? Or does the Association want our detection data?"

The captain of the Arcane Military Police said, "..."

Sorry for the disturbance! Though the Association required such data to be uploaded for backup, no major power would actually do that. Those were priceless resources! This Legendary Mage, Kentji, had begun detecting planes—perhaps he was preparing something for his precious disciple... They should not have asked! Legendary Mages were not to be provoked! The captain said, "Then, since the matter is settled, please rest. We'll take our leave."

"Won't you stay for a cup of tea?"

"No, no."

And so, a possible Cross-Dimensional Colonial War was peacefully averted. Master Kentji was quite pleased with himself. Though he did not know where his disciple had found such precise Realm Coordinates, she was a mage genius—and his disciple, no less. She was surely exceptional! Hahahahaha! It was just that his disciple could be rather strange sometimes...

Why did she always call him "Colonel Kent"?

A ball of spiritual light flashed into existence above the warehouse. The well-prepared Li Yao darted aside with a whoosh. Who knew what Lin Xiaowei had sent over? If it was something huge and hard that smashed him to death, that would be far too humiliating.

When the spiritual light faded, a palm-sized long case fell from the air.

Li Yao said, "..."

Are you fucking kidding me? You said supplies, and this was all I got? I spent over three million, and you fucking sent me a "loot box upon landing"? Li Yao pressed his lips together, stepped forward, picked up the box, and opened it.

—Inside was a silver ring inlaid with dark-red gemstone fragments.

Li Yao was a little stunned.

What was this supposed to mean?

Could Lin Xiaowei actually be into him? He took out his phone to ask what was going on, but her profile picture was gray. Clearly, after that burst of frantic activity, Lin Xiaowei had exhausted herself to the point that she could barely even log in. Li Yao pressed his lips together and continued searching through the box. Then, in a compartment underneath, he found a note: "Don't fucking get stupid ideas. This is a Demiplane Space Ring!"

Whoa, that scared the hell out of Laozi.

Li Yao instantly relaxed, then grew excited! A Demiplane Space Ring? Even for mages, this was a relatively scarce resource. Lin Xiaowei had once bragged to him that she owned a Subspace Space Ring, a gift from her teacher. She had even smugly said that her teacher had better ones, but overly valuable items attracted covetous eyes, so her teacher planned to give her one after she advanced to the intermediate rank.

Back then, Li Yao had been insanely jealous!

—I want a teacher like that too!

But now things were different. He was a man with a Spatial Ring too!

Li Yao tried it on and eventually put the ring on the index finger of his left hand. Hey, it looked great, and it fit perfectly! He then touched the ring with his Spirit Sense. His Spirit Sense quickly entered it, and a space appeared in his mind—roughly ten li in every direction, incredibly vast. So long as he was willing to expend mental energy, he could store or retrieve items at any time. Within that space sat a pile of goods: four large crates, a heap of alchemy tools, and a pile of magic stones emitting a faint glow.

Li Yao shook his head. "Lin Xiaowei is actually loaded..."

These supplies,

must have cost quite a lot, right? After briefly taking stock, Li Yao quietly slipped away from the abandoned warehouse, completely unaware that the high-energy fluctuations generated there were like a blazing torch piercing the night, alarming quite a few beings.

After returning home and calming his excited emotions, Li Yao prepared to plan his next steps. But when he checked the calendar, his heart took a critical hit.

Holy shit,

school was about to start?

Li Yao was somewhat dazed. He felt like he had done absolutely nothing over the past month or so. How was school starting already??? I can't bear to leave my Fatty Happiness Water and my comfy sofa!

Yet reality was brutally indifferent to personal feelings.

Just then, Li Yao received a message from Lin Xiaoxi: "My dad told me to go register in the provincial capital with you... Did you bribe my dad? How pathetic! His daughter is already a rich, fair beauty now! How could she still be bought off!!!"

Li Yao said, "???"

I walk at night with a flashlight. When I'm tired, I use it as a cane, leaning on a beam of light... When I meet you, I want to trade it for something. Like recommendation votes... okay? I'm such a fucking poet, hahahahaha~~~