Dream Awakening Auction, Befriending Hissay (Part 1)

His heart stirred, and he immediately summoned the person in charge of intelligence. After a careful inquiry, it was confirmed that the war blade Slaughter had indeed been found.

It had been found by Yale and the others!

This was primarily because George was meticulous and realized that Lei Lin was likely secretly protecting Lin Lei as he went to the Magic Beast Mountain Range to vent his emotions.

In their eyes, if an "outsider" like Lei Lin could go to such lengths, how could they, as Lin Lei's roommates, stand by and do nothing despite their lack of strength?

With this intention, Yale mobilized the local influence of the Dawson Chamber of Commerce to gather information on the Baruch Family, eventually discovering Slaughter, a precious blade of great significance to the Baruch Family.

Then Lin Lei returned, heard the news about his family's heirloom blade, and without a second thought, went to talk to Marquis Jeb about repurchasing Slaughter.

Consequently, today Lei Lin simultaneously received the news that Lin Lei was about to break through to the seventh rank to graduate and that Dream Awakening was going to be auctioned.

"Sigh~, although it feels like everything is piling up at once, time is a bit tight."

"But fortunately, before entering the mountains, I used bloodline methods to create a substitute 'corpse' for Hogg."

"Although the durability of the 'corpse' still needs improvement, it's enough to fool people. Besides, after someone dies, they slowly rot..."

"Sigh~, Lin Lei, this is still much better than only being able to see a pile of ashes!"

While thinking this, Lei Lin arranged for someone to send the frozen "corpse of Hogg" to Wushan Town for Hillman to receive and handle.

He then began to live a relatively routine life, changing his daily activities from staying in the laboratory to conduct research to a mix of research, cultivation, spending time with family, and sleeping.

Lin Lei's breakthrough caused a sensation, and Lei Lin went to celebrate with him. Everyone was very happy at the Azure Water Paradise, though Lin Lei still did not invite any women.

Clyde held a few more social gatherings, wanting to send a few real princesses to him, while also expressing his hope that he would invite Lin Lei to attend as well.

The Radiant Church sent Cardinal Lampson to recruit Lin Lei, though the primary goal was, of course, to investigate the death of Gilmore.

Lei Lin probed for information about Gilmore, confirming that while the Radiant Church currently linked Gilmore's death to Paterson, they had not yet traced it back to Hogg.

After all, compared to Hogg, Paterson had far too many enemies as a noble and a prince.

There were a multitude of enemies who could have assassinated him, and they were still in the process of vetting them.

Lampson even believed that Gilmore's death was a retaliation from the Dark Alliance.

After all, the Dark Church's previous plan against Lei Lin had failed completely, and they had even been outmaneuvered by the Radiant Church.

Retaliation was only natural!

As for Paterson, he was merely a bystander caught in the crossfire.

Lei Lin didn't comment much on this, only feeling that Lampson was exceptionally agreeable.

Until the day of the Dream Awakening auction.

Windsor and Luo Lin pestered Lei Lin to come to the auction hall with them to admire Dream Awakening.

They had already heard about the situation between Alice and Lin Lei.

The socially adept Windsor immediately offered to introduce Lin Lei to several girlfriends who were definitely more beautiful and gentle than Alice, telling him to take his pick.

She even suggested that if Lin Lei didn't like them, she could organize a social gathering of noble ladies just for him, and she could bring anyone he liked.

Yes, even princesses!

Lei Lin casually tapped her on the head and said, "Is the cultivation task I assigned you too light?"

"Your strength hasn't even surpassed Luo Lin's, yet you have time to play matchmaker?"

Windsor immediately pretended to be aggrieved and said, "I just thought that since Lin Lei is alone, it would be nice for him to have someone who knows him well to take care of him~"

Lei Lin sighed helplessly, "Sigh~, it seems that in addition to cultivation tasks, I will have to let you and Luo Lin take charge of some family affairs."

"Experience the scheming and deceit of the human heart."

"Otherwise, you'll be sold by someone and still be counting the money for them, which would be a joke!"

Windsor was clearly influenced by her family or those noble lady friends; otherwise, she wouldn't have started trying to introduce women to Lin Lei.

"For a genius like Lin Lei who has the potential to reach the Saint Realm, his future partner must either be someone he truly likes, or she must be the direct descendant of a major power..."

Before Lei Lin could finish, Luo Lin blushed and said from the side, "Then are Windsor and I the ones you like, Lei Lin!"

After saying this, she felt she had been too bold and buried herself in Lei Lin's arms, too shy to speak.

Seeing this, the way Yale, Reynolds, and the others looked at Lei Lin was filled with teasing.

Lei Lin patted the blushing Luo Lin in his arms affectionately and said to her and Windsor, "Alright, alright, I have a friend who also came to attend this auction."

"You two go and greet her on my behalf."

As he spoke, he gave the two women a look and sent a voice transmission: "The owner of that private box is named Delia, and she is Lin Lei's classmate."

"She is also here today for the auction of Dream Awakening."

"She has feelings for Lin Lei and is very suitable for him; they should end up together in the future."

"There are five million gold coins on the magic crystal cards I gave you before coming here. If there are bids for Dream Awakening, help her out!"

"Hmm, if the auction price for Dream Awakening is lower than the 13 million gold coins currently held by the Blood-Eyed Mane Lion, raise the bid to 15 million."

"This piece has some commemorative value. As the work of my good brother, it can't possibly fail to take first place!"

Hearing Lei Lin's telepathic message, the two women exchanged a glance and headed toward Delia's private box.

Yale asked curiously, "Lei Lin, since they're friends, why not call them over so we can get to know them?"

Lei Lin shook his head and said, "Well, she's a woman, and she's quite shy and introverted!"

As he spoke, he gave Yale a look and glanced toward Lin Lei.

Yale instantly understood what Lei Lin meant, realizing that this so-called friend probably had something to do with Lin Lei.

Otherwise, Lei Lin would have just called the person over instead of sending his own women to greet them.

Afterward, Lei Lin began to use his Electromagnetic Induction scouting technique to scan the various private boxes in the auction hall, searching for the other target of his visit.

When he scanned a certain box, Lei Lin didn't pay much attention at first.

After confirming the identity of the box's occupant, he was so shocked he almost cut off his surveillance, but he steadied his mind and continued to probe.

In this box, a man who looked lazy and possessed a wicked charm was scanning his surroundings while muttering, "Strange, why does it feel like something is off?"

Beside him, an old man with graying hair asked curiously, "Old Instructor, what's wrong?"

Without a doubt, this was the legendary King of Assassins, Hissay!

Lei Lin had been looking for him when he started his scan, so even if he were discovered, it wouldn't matter.

After all, he was young and had the excuse of being ignorant. By offering an apology and taking the opportunity to befriend him, his goal would be naturally achieved.

The reason he wanted to befriend Hissay was that he had already found the five Bark brothers in the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory.

He had already obtained the Black Tortoise Bloodline sample materials, but without the Undying Secret Codex, his research progress was far from ideal.

It was lagging far behind his research progress on the Azure Dragon Bloodline and the Vermilion Bird Bloodline!