After shutting down the communication magic array and removing several magic crystals from its main power nodes, Lin Qi strode out of the secret chamber. Lightly tapping his forehead, Lin Qi prepared to find Long Cheng and have a proper talk with him—Long Cheng was an old friend whose temperament matched his own, and Lin Qi did not wish to end up standing on opposite sides from him.
He only hoped Long Cheng's loyalty to Ying Zheng was not too deep, or Lin Qi would truly be in a difficult position.
Leaving a divine puppet in Berely to stand in for his true body, Lin Qi traveled light, bringing only Donkey and the two Rabbits as he hurried to Chaos City. In a small wooden cabin outside the city, Lin Qi sent word for Long Cheng to come meet him alone.
A quarter of an hour later, Long Cheng entered the cabin with a faint flush on his face and a trace of alcohol on his breath, chuckling "heh heh." He dropped himself down before Lin Qi and grinned strangely. "That little Yan Chimei, cold on the outside but hot within. Heh heh, she looks like an iceberg from the outside, but once she falls into the hands of Lord Long Cheng, now that's what you call seductive to the bone!"
With a heavy sigh, Long Cheng looked up at the ceiling in deep emotion. "I'm even hesitating now. I can't bear to cast her aside and find a principal wife! After all, she's the retired emperor of the Great Flame Dynasty, and besides, tsk tsk, this woman... I, Long Cheng, really can't bear to let her stew in anger and choke on resentment. Tell me, what's going on here?"
Donkey sat cross-legged on a stool and gave Long Cheng