The Sword Path Had Been Night for All Eternity

So, intelligent life forms might share certain things in common to some extent.

And to them, Lin Xiaowei truly was an unattainable dream.

Never mind how rich that bitch was.

Just the network of connections Lin Xiaowei possessed was terrifying enough. It was something even more coveted than her wealth; or rather, it was precisely because of those connections that Lin Xiaowei could hold on to that wealth.

Otherwise,

mages weren't some naive fools!

Even if they didn't use malicious means to get rid of Lin Xiaowei, they could still squeeze her out through cutthroat competition.

After all, in the beginning, Lin Xiaowei had merely been highly creative. She had yet to become such a giant that no one dared lay a hand on her.

The mages of other factions hadn't made a move because they feared her teacher and senior brothers and sisters.

Even now, Lin Xiaowei's own status wasn't enough to make people overly wary of her.

So everyone thought—if hard methods wouldn't work, then they could try soft ones, right? A marriage alliance was the most appropriate solution.

Thus, quite a few ancient fossils from various factions began urging their own promising young talents to pursue Lin Xiaowei. Not pursuing her wasn't an option! There had even been cases here of breaking up couples because of this.

After all, they were young and accomplished mages. Who didn't have a little pride in their hearts? Lin Xiaowei might shine brilliantly, but they didn't think they were inferior to her.

So they were unwilling to cling to Lin Xiaowei.

There were also some even more outrageous rumors.

Certain ancient Legendary Mages had actually entered the fray personally...

When Li Yao saw those messages, he nearly crushed Lin Xiaowei's magic-version phone!

Fuck!

What a bunch of shameless bastards! And that