Inspection Delegation

A touch of gray suddenly appeared in the center of the Red Flower Sword Qi, and then, as if in fast-forward, the gray rapidly spread throughout the entire crimson flower. A tremendous sense of crisis swept over him, and Li Yao instantly layered several protective spells on himself—energy protection, attack protection, and fatal damage immunity were activated in an instant! Layers upon layers of strange spiritual energy fluctuations emanated from the center of the gray crimson flower! The spiritual energy in the surrounding void, under the control of a spiritual force, instantly collapsed into a kind of special kind of power! Layers upon layers of power seeped into the void, staining it with a layer of despair and despondency.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

As Li Yao saw the changing situation triggering the protective school's spell, he felt a gray shadow teleporting towards him!

Chant—

The long, ethereal sword cry echoed in the void, resonating with spiritual energy, causing Li Yao to be momentarily distracted!

This distraction was extremely dangerous! The immense sense of crisis between life and death made the hairs on Li Yao's body stand on end.

He couldn't stop him...

In that instant, Li Yao had no time to react. When his vision refocused, he saw that Old Man Lu was already standing in front of him.

He gripped Ye Yu's sword with his right thumb, index, and middle fingers.

And Ye Yu...

His clothes were tattered, with small holes corroded in many places by the power of Dark Element. Many places were covered with charred marks or frost left by freezing. Even his skin had some frostbite and scorch marks.

His eyes were vacant.

His dark brown eyes turned a deeper gray, and even his hair became a striking gray-white.

Even though his longsword was held between Old Man Lu, Ye Yu was still exerting his strength!

It was as if he no longer recognized Old Man Lu! Li Yao, still shaken by his near-death experience, asked, "What happened to this guy?"

His hair has turned completely gray...

His eyes were so empty and indifferent! Looking at him now, Ye Yu, who was usually so gloomy, actually seemed kind of cool. What was going on? Old Man Lu ignored Li Yao, frowning and shouting angrily, "I'll count to three, if you don't wake up, I'll call you!"

--"three!"

Ye Yu: "(°_°)???"

As if remembering something, Ye Yu suddenly snapped out of his trance and woke up from his trance!

As soon as he came to his senses, he said with great resentment, "Second Uncle, you're too cruel..."

"I'm still in the throes of promotion-related stress, and you just woke me up with a jolt!" Second Uncle said in a very hardcore tone, "If you're awake, that's good!"

As soon as he finished speaking,

Ye Yu fell straight down.

Second Uncle turned his foot and helped Ye Yu up, then waved to Big Sis Feng Li: "Take him down to rest for a while. This child has had a tough time."

Big Sis Feng Li walked in from outside the field, looked at Li Yao with a complicated expression, then looked at Ye Yu, and finally left the Training Field with Ye Yu without saying anything.

Watching Big Sis Feng Li figure, Old Man Lu nodded: It's not bad that this girl can learn from her mistakes and strive to improve.

Once the dust settles here,

Old Man Lu waved his hand at the surroundings. "Disperse, everyone disperse, go do what you were doing."

As one of the only two Wallfacers who are currently intimidated, he has the right to be arrogant.

After everyone had dispersed, Old Man Lu turned to Li Yao and said, "Come with me."

"Where are you going!"

The sun is so strong it's making my skin peel off!

Moreover, although Boss Li did not use his full strength in the previous battle, it was still very mentally taxing to control the sword energy while stacking spell effects on himself. So he turned towards the parasol on the ground and lay down on the deck chair. "I'm tired, I need to rest."

While panting, Li Yao pulled out a thermos from somewhere and took a satisfying sip! He even filled the thermos with the lid and handed it to Chen Xi: "Have a couple of sips? It's chilled!"

Moreover, it's a second-optimized version of the Vitality Potion after he improved the taste again! He added some plum juice, which enhanced the Vitality Potion's efficacy. Then, by using a constant cooling spell on the thermos, the thermos is kept at a low temperature.

On a sweltering summer day, taking a sip of the Vitality Potion combined with its refreshing taste is just like the intensely cool sensation in a Coca-Cola commercial! Chen Xi took the lid without hesitation and took a sip, then his expression immediately changed!

Wow! Her mouth almost formed an "O" shape, and she even exhaled a few cool breaths...

Old Man Lu: "..."

He looked really uncomfortable standing under the blazing sun.

Anyone who has raised a daughter probably understands this feeling.

Old Man Lu also sat down under the parasol, and then he felt that the atmosphere was just not right!

He originally wanted to take advantage of Li Yao's display of power to praise him a few more times and encourage him.

But now, led by this guy to lie down under the parasol, those encouraging words seemed out of place! Old Man Lu forced a smile and said, "I misjudged you. Your talent in swordsmanship is actually quite good. What was originally an unorthodox sword technique has been transformed in your hands into a completely different, grand artistic conception, perfectly matching Sage Du's poem. But..."

Li Yao was initially delighted, but upon hearing the word "but," he became displeased. "But what? Keep praising me!"

Old Man Lu: "???"

I was thinking of giving him a couple of sweet words as a gentle nudge, but why do you want me to keep praising him? Just give him the sweet words, no need to discipline him?

"Have you no shame?" Li Yao said, meeting Old Man Lu's questioning gaze. "If you're not going to praise me, I'm leaving. I'm very busy."

"Sit down!"

Old Man Lu shouted, "You can't leave!"

"Hmm?" Old Man Lu looked at Li Yao, abandoning his words of encouragement, and said directly, "Don't go to the Bagua Continent recently, and don't run around. We need your help with something here."

Look at what you're saying!

In the past, when he spoke to people, he would say, "The organization has assigned you a task."

That was an order!

No refusing allowed!

Now, getting Li Yao to do anything is all done through negotiation... No wonder this kid was so unwilling to join the Wallfacer Organization back then! He was actually preparing for this day!

But how is this kid so sure he can develop to this point?

If Li Yao knew this, he'd definitely start showing off again!

Surprised?

"I've got a cheat code!" Li Yao sat down and asked, "Then tell me, I'm listening."

The implication was that if it was too much trouble, then forget it.

Old Man Lu, holding his breath, said, "This isn't something outside your job description. You know about the Unified Administration Bureau, right?"

Li Yao nodded.

Old Man Lu: "Your nomination as a cadre of the Technology Research and Development and Logistics Support Department has been approved, and our organization has also successfully entered the seven permanent council committees of the International Esper Unified Administration, becoming one of the Seven Constant."

The seven permanent member organizations are: Miskatonic University, the World Security and Peace Foundation, Kassel College, Brook Wicca College, the Order Union, the Wallfacer Organization, American Federation. Department of Homeland Defense and Counterattack Security.

After explaining the basics, Old Man Lu continued, "To promote unified management and learning, a group of Inspection Delegation will be coming to visit and learn in a while..."

And you,

He will be one of the main personnel receiving the delegation during this Inspection Delegation.

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