Lin Nuo: You Ask My Name? I Am Jiahao!

Lin Xiu looked at Lin Nuo, who had just withdrawn his hand, and asked curiously, "How is it?"

Lin Nuo pulled his hand back, sighing with some emotion, "This time of mine is truly overbearing. I can actually reach your location by passing through the existence of you all, but it consumes a massive amount of spiritual power and soul power. I'm afraid I can only maintain this for an afternoon—just enough."

"That is sufficient."

"Then when shall we depart?" Lin Nuo asked.

"Wait for my signal." Leaving those words behind, Lin Xiu immediately exited the Sea of Consciousness. He prepared to find a set of clothes for Lin Nuo to help him conceal his identity, preventing the butterfly effect of Lin Nuo's timeline from becoming too severe; as for minor butterfly effects, they were not worth worrying about.

As long as there was no evidence, people would be left to guess.

Lin Nuo gazed at the spot where Lin Xiu had vanished, unable to help but look at his own hands again. "Time itself... it really is getting more and more interesting."

The afternoon arrived quickly. Leng Yaozhu stood at the main entrance with her younger sister, Leng Yulai, waiting for the arrival of the youth, accompanied by a sycophant.

"Yaozhu, where is your companion? He wouldn't stand you up, would he?" He was the second son of the current Spirit Pagoda master, Qiangu Dieting, and also the aforementioned sycophant.

Standing beside her sister, Leng Yulai found this hard to stomach. She looked at Qiangu Dongfeng with a face full of disgust, "If you're sick, go get treated. Don't bark like a dog here."

Hearing Leng Yulai curse him, Qiangu Dongfeng didn't mind. After all, she was Yaozhu's sister; he had to be magnanimous. "Yulai, we shouldn't use foul language. You should learn from your sister."

"F*** off, drop dead!"

Qiangu Dongfeng: "..."

"Apologies, everyone, we are late." Lin Xiu walked in with Lin Nuo. This time, the two staff members didn't dare to block them at all.

Lin Xiu was still wearing his morning clothes, whereas Lin Nuo had arrived wearing a mask and clothes wrapped so tightly that not a breath of air could get through, looking like a mysterious secret agent.

Indeed, this was the outfit Lin Xiu had prepared for him. Lin Nuo began to suspect that this soul fragment of his was quite black-bellied.

Qiangu Dongfeng immediately looked over at the sound. He wanted to see what kind of helper Leng Yaozhu had found, but the moment he saw Lin Xiu, he actually felt a trace of threat. As for the mysterious guy beside him wearing a mask—a one-ring soul master—he was insignificant.

Leng Yaozhu naturally noticed Lin Nuo behind Lin Xiu at this moment and couldn't help but remind them, "He is only a one-ring soul master, right? My sister is at least a level 29 Soul Grand Master. Are you sure?"

Hearing Leng Yaozhu's skepticism, Lin Nuo replied with a chuckle, "Everyone, don't underestimate him. He is very strong."

"How strong can a one-ring soul master be? You don't even draft your lies before bragging." Qiangu Dongfeng stepped forward at this moment to mock them.

Hearing this, Lin Nuo laughed, "Indeed, how could I dare to compare myself to you, the son of the Spirit Pagoda master?"

"What? Do you want to be my dog?" Hearing Lin Nuo's words, Qiangu Dongfeng assumed he was backing down and continued to mock him.

"No." Lin Nuo shook his head, his voice emanating from behind the mask. "I was just sighing at the fact that you, the son of a master, are nothing but a sycophant."

"You!"

"Qiangu Dongfeng, what are you trying to do to my companion?" Seeing Qiangu Dongfeng about to make a move, Leng Yaozhu was clearly displeased. Her sister also stepped forward, feeling genuine disgust for this guy.

Seeing that his goddess was actually helping this guy, Qiangu Dongfeng was filled with irritation. Just as he was about to challenge Lin Nuo to a fight, an aged voice rang out beside his ear: "Are you not coming back yet? Are you not embarrassed enough?"

"Fa-father." Hearing this familiar voice and realizing his father was watching him, Qiangu Dongfeng could only leave a harsh threat for Lin Nuo: "You brat, just you wait!"

Lin Xiu watched Qiangu Dongfeng flee and couldn't help but look back at Lin Nuo: "Are you taking revenge on me for choosing your clothes?"

Once this spirit ascension ended, Lin Nuo would return directly to his own timeline. If Qiangu Dongfeng couldn't find him, who would he look for?

It was so hard to guess!

Therefore, Lin Xiu suspected that Lin Nuo was purely taking revenge for the outfit he had chosen. He himself was black-bellied, and it turned out his main body was an absolute tycoon of black-bellied behavior too.

"Who knows?" Lin Nuo silently shifted his gaze.

Lin Xiu rolled his eyes, not wanting to bother with this childish fellow.

At this moment, the Leng sisters walked over. Leng Yaozhu spoke slowly, "I still don't know both of your names."

"Lin Xiu," Lin Xiu replied indifferently, though he didn't expect Lin Nuo to still be playing games.

"Lin Jiahao." Lin Nuo made up a name on the spot. Anyway, with his current attire, the only thing missing was for the clothes to be Jiahao.

Watching Lin Nuo say such a name without blushing or skipping a beat, Lin Xiu didn't know how to evaluate him.

No wonder he sometimes made the Demon Empress feel that he was abstract; it turned out the main body was an abstract tycoon. That settled it.

"Nice to meet you, Lin Xiu, Lin Jiahao. My name is Leng Yulai." Leng Yulai's gaze was clearly hooked by Lin Nuo's getup. She moved closer unconsciously, her tone full of curiosity: "Jiahao, why do you keep wearing a mask?"

Lin Nuo raised his eyes to scan her, his tone carrying a hint of playfulness as he replied, "Do you think it's because it's cool?"

"It is indeed quite cool," Leng Yulai's gaze remained glued to Lin Nuo's heterochromatic eyes. Her eyes sparkled as she earnestly added, "But I always feel that you must be very good-looking underneath. Can you take off your mask and let us see?"

"Don't be rude, Yulai." Seeing this, Leng Yaozhu immediately stepped forward half a pace, gently tugging at her sister's sleeve, and stopped her with an apologetic tone.

Upon hearing this, Lin Nuo slowly shook his head, a mischievous smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. Half-joking and half-serious, he said, "Sorry, it really won't work. I'm so handsome that I'm afraid if I take off the mask, I'll handsome you all to death."

Lin Xiu: "..."

Leng Yaozhu: "..."

"Pfft~" Leng Yulai burst out laughing, "Hahaha, you are so funny!"

"Thank you for the compliment."

"Then what is your martial soul?" Leng Yulai asked curiously. "My martial soul is the Heavenly Phoenix, and it seems to be a mutated one, too."

"A long spear," Lin Nuo replied casually. For this visit, he was prepared to use the Holy Spear of Time as his martial soul; as for his Body Martial Soul, he wouldn't bring it out to show off.

Leng Yulai had expected Lin Nuo to say something else, but after those four words, he didn't speak again. She wanted to ask more, but was stopped by Leng Yaozhu, "Alright, Yulai. Now, you two, follow me."

"Fine." Lin Xiu, who had been standing to the side watching the show, nodded, his gaze fixed on his original body, Lin Nuo, with a gloating expression.

Lin Nuo felt a bit unnerved by Lin Xiu's stare and asked, "What's up?"

"Nothing." Lin Xiu shook his head. He had originally been wondering how to leave some future inheritance for his original body, but it seemed he wouldn't need to do it himself now; he would leave it behind on his own.

He just needed to help him create the opportunities, hehehe...

At the highest level of the Spirit Pagoda, the gaze of Qiangu Dieting was locked tightly onto Lin Xiu and Lin Nuo. "Have someone investigate where these two youths popped out from."

"Understood." A figure appeared, took the order from the Pagoda Master, and immediately departed, coming and going without a trace, as if they had never appeared at all.