"Hello? What is it?"
"You already left? I was planning to head to Linzhou with you!"
Listening to Ye Zhou's voice over the phone, Su Ping was speechless.
"I called you several times yesterday, and you never answered. I figured you were going to stand me up, so I came back first!"
"I was in seclusion, meditating to break through to Monarch Rank. Hehe, a whole new realm-it feels wonderful! You'll never guess what my second talent is..."
Ye Zhou's unusually smug voice made Su Ping raise his eyebrows slightly.
He had nothing to envy or be jealous of.
He had more talents than he could count.
After breaking through to Monarch Rank, other people might find their advancement slowing considerably because of the limitations of their talents.
But Su Ping reckoned that even after he broke through to Monarch Rank, his meditation progress might not slow down. It might even get a little faster!
Once his meditation level surpassed Ye Zhou's, he wondered whether the fellow would still be able to laugh.
At that thought, Su Ping smiled faintly, but did not dwell on it.
"So, what are you calling about?"
"I was going to hitch a ride on your plane and come back with you. Looks like I'll have to make my own way over now. But I really do have something important to talk about."
Ye Zhou's voice grew a little more serious.
Su Ping raised his eyebrows too. What business could this fellow have?
Yet, to Su Ping's surprise, Ye Zhou really did say something over the phone that he never could have expected.
"Su Ping, let me ask you something. Are there Time Element dragons in Dragon City?"
"Hmm?"
Su Ping froze, then remembered what he had said to Ye Zhou back then and fell