49: Chapter 49 Strange Situation

Nine o'clock that night.

Inside a four-grid hot pot private room at the Jiangcheng Century Hotel.

Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin sat right next to Chen Yi, while Luo Qinghe and Wang Kaili sat opposite them.

The lights shone softly on the table, and the nine-grid hot pot was steaming with heat. The red oil broth was bubbling and churning, and the rich scent of spices permeated the air.

Looking at this scene, anyone would probably drool, right?

"Kid, what do you think of Shiyin?"

Luo Qinghe broke the silence first and asked.

Chen Yi was shocked, and the drink he had just taken almost sprayed out of his mouth.

Damn it, is this something a grandfather should be asking?

But Chen Yi quickly composed himself and said, "Shiyin's talent is excellent!"

Seeing this, Wang Kaili suddenly laughed out loud, "Hahaha! This is what young people are like; they think of that first!"

"Alright, alright, let's get back to the point!"

Luo Qinghe coughed twice, interrupting Wang Kaili's laughter, "Kid, do you think Shiyin can break through to above Tenth Rank in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi immediately straightened his back and said with a serious face, "No problem at all! Let alone Tenth Rank, even the Fifteenth Rank, which no one has ever reached, I am confident!"

"Oh? So confident?"

"Yes! So, Lord Luo Qinghe, please rest assured!"

Chen Yi stood up, "I have told Shiyin and Mengxue before that I will definitely lead them both to the pinnacle of the world!"

"Good! Very ambitious! I believe in you!"

Luo Qinghe nodded with great satisfaction, a gratified smile appearing on his face.

Immediately after, he took out an ice-blue crystal and an emerald-green crystal from his pocket and placed them on the table.

Chen Yi took the crystals and asked with a puzzled face, "What are these?"

Luo Shiyin smiled and explained, "These are Ice Soul Stones and Wind Immortal Stones. Soaking them in water made from ground magic beast crystal core can cause slight changes to the spirit power attributes contained within."

"Take the Wind Immortal Stone, for example; it can make the spirit power attributes of the magic beast crystal core powder soaked in water slightly lean towards the wind element!"

"As a wind-attribute spirit beast, if I can absorb and refine it, the spirit power increase will be slightly higher than that of a non-attribute one."

"Although the increase is not large, the cumulative amount over a long period is quite considerable."

Chen Yi nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, roughly understanding the purpose of these things.

It's just like putting a few goji berries in your water while drinking; it's a form of punk health maintenance.

The only difference is that these goji berries can be used infinitely.

However, it seems his cultivation method doesn't really need this stuff at all.

"Thank you, Lord Luo Qingh---"

Before Chen Yi could finish his sentence, he was directly interrupted by Luo Qinghe, "What should you be calling me now?"

Chen Yi immediately realized his mistake and hurriedly corrected himself, "Grandpa Luo!"

"That's more like it!"

Luo Qinghe nodded with satisfaction, then picked up a large piece of beef tripe and placed it into Lin Mengxue's bowl, "Mengxue, I have also learned about your family situation. If you don't mind, you can also call me Grandpa."

Lin Mengxue was slightly startled, unable to believe her ears.

"Is that really okay?"

"Naturally. Gaining such a beautiful Granddaughter for free, I couldn't be happier!"

"Then---Grandpa Luo!"

"Don't be so reserved, relax!"

"Grandpa!"

"Good, good, good, not bad! Remember, we are all family from now on, no need to be so restrained!"

Luo Qinghe happily picked up several more chopsticks of beef and placed them into Chen Yi's and Lin Mengxue's bowls respectively, "Come, come, eat!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!!"

Chen Yi and Lin Mengxue said in unison.

However, Luo Shiyin, who was on the side, pouted and complained dissatisfiedly, "Grandpa, what about mine!"

"Pick it up yourself! You're so grown up, and you still want me to serve you food?"

"Biased! Grandpa, you are being biased!"

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After three rounds of drinks and the meal was almost over.

Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin were also tipsy, their faces flushed red.

They kept mumbling nonsense with their cherry-red lips, and their bodies swayed, as if they would fall at any moment.

Looking at the two in this state, Luo Qinghe shook his head helplessly.

He immediately asked Wang Kaili to take care of them and asked Chen Yi to go to the balcony outside the corridor to talk alone for a few moments.

"Chen Yi, I won't ask much about your secret."

"As for your ambition, I have already asked you in the office before."

"I asked you to come here this time just to ask you one thing---when you went to the cave in the assessment area before, did you notice anything unusual?"

Looking at Luo Qinghe's serious expression, Chen Yi knew that he must know something.

After pondering for a while, Chen Yi decided to reveal the situation regarding Liu Ruyan.

"There was no other unusual situation in the cave, but I can feel that the Fifth Rank magic beast might be my ex-girlfriend, Liu Ruyan!"

Luo Qinghe frowned slightly, "Your ex-girlfriend? Is this true?"

Chen Yi nodded, "To be honest, I can't be one hundred percent sure, but I am more than eighty percent certain!"

The system information panel certainly wouldn't be wrong, but one shouldn't speak too absolutely.

Leaving a little room for maneuver is the most correct way of speaking!

Upon hearing this, Luo Qinghe also rested his chin in his hand, lost in deep thought.

The bloodstains in the cave had already been verified, confirming it was Qin Shousheng's blood.

There was another pool of blood of unknown origin; it could only be determined that it came from an A-rank bloodline spirit beast, presumably Qin Shousheng's other spirit beast.

Only Liu Ruyan's bloodstains were not found, which is very strange!

Unexpectedly, she actually turned into a magic beast?

Could it be because Qin Shousheng died, and there was no Beast Tamer to restrain her erosion power, so she turned into a magic beast?

But how could a spirit beast that hadn't even broken through to the Second Rank become a Fifth Rank after demonization?

And Liu Ruyan hasn't even reached 20 years old yet!

Just as Luo Qinghe was deep in thought, the door to the next private room was slowly pushed open.

A little girl dressed all in pink walked out from inside.

She was only a little over one meter five tall, wore a twin-tail hairstyle, and looked very lively and cute.

However, it was clearly still the middle of summer, yet she was wearing a Lolita outfit. Isn't that hot?

In sharp contrast to her petite figure was a suitcase next to her that was one meter tall.

The exterior of the suitcase looked a bit worn, obviously having experienced many bumps in the journey.

And hanging on the outside of the suitcase was a camera; she looked like a blogger or something similar.

Of course, these superficial details were not the most critical.

The most critical thing was that this little girl actually possessed an SSS-rank hidden bloodline?