Chapter 2 2. Your strength is mine!
The empire is divided into fifty-one administrative regions, each of which is independent and autonomous. Under normal circumstances, the "Imperial Gate" that controls the entire empire will not interfere with the autonomous jurisdiction of the administrative regions.
In District 51 where Xia Feng is located, the most powerful noble family is the Lister family, whose emblem is the hydrangea.
Prince Lister has a trusted faction under his command called the Liuwei Society, and Xia Feng is a member of the Liuwei Society.
The marriage certificate that Cha Naixue gave him was approved by Lord Lister, so if he wanted to cancel the engagement, it would depend on whether the Lord Lister would allow it.
Of course, he didn't want to cancel the engagement now.
【Activity remaining: 50 minutes】
Looking at the rapidly retreating traffic outside the window, Xia Feng's heart tightened, "Master, can you go faster?"
According to the information previously learned, Mu Qingtong should be invited to attend the aristocratic ball held at the Prince's Manor.
After escaping from the hospital, he rushed to the manor as fast as he could, but the distance was indeed a little far.
Time passes by every second.
"Hurry, hurry, brother, hurry up and reincarnate!"
Seeing the driver's impatience, Xia Feng stared out the window, pursed his lips, and remained silent for a moment. Suddenly, he felt a little depressed and sighed sadly, as if talking to himself, "My wife is about to give birth. The doctor said she might have a difficult labor and asked me to be mentally prepared. Sigh."
Seeing through the rearview mirror the anxious expression of the black-haired young man filled with sadness and regret, the driver was slightly stunned. He couldn't help but tighten the steering wheel and suddenly wanted to slap himself.
I really deserve to die.
Taking a deep breath, the driver's eyes suddenly became determined. "Okay, hold on tight, little brother! Today I'll show you what it means to be the God of Driving in Akina Mountain!"
The driver suddenly accelerated, as if he was wearing a golden coat, like a hero who was ready to die!
"Driver, you are my God!"
After transferring a large sum of money to the driver, Xia Feng arrived outside the Hydrangea Manor.
【Activity remaining: 30 minutes】
He simply showed the identity mark of Liuwei Society and entered the manor unimpeded.
He ran down the corridor, walked quickly through the huge double doors with gold frames, and came to the dazzling gilded hall.
Classical and soothing court music echoed in the hall.
Gentlemen and ladies in gorgeous gowns shuttled between corners of the huge ballroom, dancing together or chatting quietly around the luxurious salon. From time to time, the ladies were amused by the witty and humorous young nobles and laughed softly.
Xia Feng looked around and saw the bustling crowd, and he couldn't see Mu Qingtong at all.
Fortunately, there were still about twenty minutes left, so there was still plenty of time. I have to say that the driver’s driving skills were amazing!
Xia Feng took a deep breath and quickly went upstairs.
There were not many people on the second floor. After a quick search, he still could not find any trace of Mu Qingtong. He leaned on the railing and looked down at the hall from the second floor. He could clearly see the prince's son wearing an elegant tuxedo, sitting on the central platform playing moonlight piano music.
"If there's really no other option, I can only contract this guy."
After Xia Feng quickly determined the backup plan, he continued to search the huge ballroom with full concentration.
【Activity remaining: 20 minutes】
Unfortunately, there was no trace of Mu Qingtong in the entire hall.
Perhaps this world-destroying witch is not in the hall, but is walking in the back garden or watching the moon in a secluded courtyard.
There's still plenty of time, let's go look outside. Xia Feng glanced at the courtyard outside the window:
"Mu Qingtong, Mu Qingtong, where are you?"
"Um?"
A cold and faint female voice suddenly sounded from behind, "Are you looking for me?"
"!゜ロ゜" Xia Feng was so scared that his shoulders shook and he turned back stiffly.
On the sofa in the dark corner, a woman was wearing an elegant and restrained black lace long dress, with a thick book spread on the hem of her skirt with her legs crossed.
She seemed to be about to turn the page, but at this moment she raised her head. Her mature face, decorated with long silver hair, was wearing a pair of elegant and intellectual half-frame gold-rimmed glasses, and her light golden pupils were staring at him quietly from behind the frames.
Xia Feng's black eyes widened slightly, hardly perceptible.
The image of the woman in front of him instantly overlapped with the image of the world-destroying witch in his mind.
He subconsciously wanted to step back, but he forced himself to hold it back. It was terrifying. When did this woman get here? She looked like a ghost.
But that’s just right!
World-destroying witch, your strength is mine! Xia Feng thought.
The demon's heart in his left chest was beating rapidly, a mysterious aura was flowing, and an invisible wave instantly spread out from his heart to the surroundings.
A dark chain flashed between him and the woman in the black dress.
[Target: Mu Qingtong ※Contract successful——]
[Activity extension successful——]
[Activity remaining: 19 minutes → 3 days]
[Strength begins to synchronize——]
【Your spiritual pressure is greatly improved! 】
[Your cultivation level has been promoted from Apprentice Spiritual Master to First-Class Spiritual Master!]
Your understanding of martial arts improves.
[Your physical fitness is improved in all aspects (smell, hearing, vision, nerve reaction, combat foresight)]
[Your understanding of spirit clothing has improved, and you have successfully mastered six N-level spirit clothing (illumination clothing, fireball flash, ice soul blade, messenger spirit, detection eye, bronze mask)]
[Your understanding of spirit clothing has improved, and you have successfully mastered a D-level spirit clothing (hidden spirit clothing)]
You are right.
I lost
I'm so embarrassed! I'm so embarrassed! Xia Feng forgot to breathe. He was so shocked that he almost hugged the Witch of Destruction and called her "Daddy".
Lingyi, the full name of which is Psychic Cloak, is called martial arts technique in fairy tale dramas and magic circuit in fantasy dramas.
Originally, he was just a small apprentice spiritual master, and the spiritual clothing he mastered was only a broken lighting clothing. When he was learning the lighting clothing, the complicated spiritual particle structure made him dizzy and difficult to learn.
But he didn't expect that in just a moment, he not only learned the complete version of the lighting robe, but also learned five N-level spiritual robes and one D-level spiritual robe.
His spiritual pressure level even broke through to the first-order spiritual master level.
You know, he is only in his second semester of sophomore year, and a first-level spiritual master is already at the level to graduate from Weiyang College!
The elegant woman's beautiful pale golden eyes looked at the student wearing the Weiyang school uniform with confusion. She felt that the student looked familiar.
Suddenly, a photo of her fiancé that the patriarch showed her flashed through her mind. "Are you Xia Feng?"
She smiled, closed the book in her hand, and said softly, "Sit down."
Xia Feng suppressed his emotions, and the inexplicable fear he had when he first saw Mu Qingtong, as if he had seen a natural enemy, disappeared.
I'm timid in a crushing situation, but if the odds are even, I'll just strike hard!
She's just a world-destroying witch, why should we worry?
Of course, he still politely bowed like a gentleman and sat down in the middle of the dark sofa opposite her.
"I wonder what Mr. Xia wants to talk to me about?"
The woman in the black dress crossed her legs elegantly, and her slender fingers pinched the small spoon and leisurely stirred the coffee cup. The milky white latte art was entangled in the coffee-colored vortex. Xia Feng was slightly distracted, staring at the coffee vortex that was spinning faster and faster. He was about to say that he came to synchronize his strength.
"!!" He suddenly woke up, his pupils shrank slightly and he blinked rapidly, then raised his head and chuckled:
"Miss Mu, since you know me, let me get straight to the point."
Old Silver Coin, you want to hypnotize me as soon as we meet. You are indeed the villain who will destroy the world in the future! Xia Feng complained in his heart while smiling faintly:
"As far as I know, the Taicang Mu family has gradually declined over the years. Therefore, the head of the Mu family has been trying to establish a relationship with Lord Lister through marriage, so as to regain a foothold in District 51."
"But unfortunately, Miss Mu's fiancé, the prince's adopted son, died unexpectedly a few days ago, forcing us to choose a new fiancé."
Xia Feng glanced at the elegant book cover folded on the knees of the woman in the black dress - "The Eagle in the Cage". He paused and continued:
"I guess Miss Mu doesn't like this kind of family marriage. Coincidentally, I don't like it either."
"oh?"
Mu Qingtong stopped stirring the coffee with the silver spoon. Her beautiful eyes, framed by elegant gold threads, curved slightly as she spoke softly, "So, what does Mr. Xia mean?"
"What I mean is very simple. We don't have to act like husband and wife after we get married. You live your life, I live mine, and we both live well. How about it?" Xia Feng remembered very clearly that her ex-husband, Mu Qingtong's first fiancé, was mentioned in the prologue of the anime. This man was secretly assassinated by Mu Qingtong!
The kind that would die with their eyes wide open after their entire head was cut off
But what Mu Qingtong didn't expect was that after assassinating her fiancé, the elders in her family could arrange a new fiancé for her.
Xia Feng had reason to believe that if she had any intention of pursuing this world-destroying witch, she would be sent to reunite with her ex-husband tonight.
He didn't want to die yet, after all, he still hadn't seen his unborn wife. Although it was a strange dream that left him baffled.
The woman in the black dress sat upright on the sofa, her golden eyes staring at Xia Feng for a long time. The corners of her eyes curved gently, and she nodded slightly: "Okay."
After saying that, the two looked at each other for a moment and fell into silence.
"I'm going to continue reading the novel. Mr. Xia, do you have anything else to say?" Mu Qingtong asked in confusion.
Reading novels? Xia Feng looked at the book on her lap and felt heartbroken.
Destroying Witch! How can you concentrate on reading novels at your age instead of practicing hard? How can you even sleep at night?!
Although Xia Feng really wanted to persuade Mu Qingtong to study hard, practice every day, and become an invincible strong man standing above the sky as soon as possible!
But he also knew that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, after all, they are not familiar with each other yet.
"Then I won't disturb Miss Mu anymore. Goodbye." Xia Feng stood up neatly.
Watching Xia Feng's departing back, the woman in the black dress picked up the coffee cup and took a leisurely sip.
"Do we need to get rid of him?"
A little girl in a maid outfit walked out from the shadows. Her cute little face, framed by rose-red short hair, was indifferent as she looked down at the young man who was gradually walking out of the door downstairs.
"No need." The woman in the black dress shook her head.
"But Master, I have a feeling that he has discovered that you have killed the prince's adopted son."
"There is no such thing as a perfect crime. It's normal to be discovered."
Mu Qingtong gently placed the cup on the coffee table and spoke softly, "But this Mr. Xia can't possibly be a seer. He's probably just wary of me because he discovered I was hypnotizing him. From this point of view, he does have some skills."
"But that's all. It's nothing to worry about."
As she spoke, the woman in the black dress lowered her legs and stood up swiftly. "Alright, Fei, I hate these kinds of dances that are full of courtship. I will refuse any invitations like this from now on."
"yes!"
*
Xia Feng looked back at the brightly lit manor, seeming to be lost in thought.
【Activity remaining: 3 days】
Although he had synchronized his strength with that terrifying woman, the danger of death was still not resolved.
He sensed his physical condition and found that his spiritual pressure had indeed become much more stable and solid, reaching the level of a first-level spiritual master.
But with only three days left to live, he dared not slack off easily.
Therefore, the next goal is to find a way to devour the evil force and increase the heart's active time. It would be best to increase it by ten or twenty years once and for all.
When talking about Devouring Erli, we have to mention another race that exists in this world.
The Evil Clan, also known as the Evil Beast.
The so-called evil force is the source of power of these evil beasts. It appears as black mist. If humans inhale it, they will become sick at best and die at worst.
But according to the information from the evil demon's heart, it seems that because of this heart, his physique has become different from that of ordinary people. He is no longer afraid of the erosion of evil power. Instead, he can absorb the evil power for his own use and prolong the activity of his heart.
Therefore, if he wants to extend the time, he must kill the nightmare beast, but the problem is that the meager evil power of the low-level nightmare beast is simply a drop in the bucket for him.
Although the security in Area 51 is not very good, there are indeed not so many low-level evil beasts for him to kill at will.
"We have to find a way to get a huge and continuous supply of evil power."
Xia Feng stroked his chin, looking thoughtfully at the moonlit night sky in the north.
A flash of inspiration!
To the north of Area 51, there is an uninhabited area called the Evil Dragon Forest. It is said that an extremely evil dragon is sealed inside, and its body is filled with terrifying evil power. Anyone who approaches will be swallowed by the evil power and die instantly!
According to the scene he had seen in the prologue of the anime in his previous life, this evil dragon was actually a god-level existence, but was sealed in the center of the flower sea of the World Tree in the form of a girl, sleeping for ten thousand years.
In the picture, the girl was indeed surrounded by thick black mist, and it was probably Erli.
If he could find this evil dragon, he would have a constant supply of evil power!
But this method is indeed a bit risky.
After all, this sealed evil dragon is an existence that can be compared with gods. From a certain perspective, it is even more terrifying than the Witch of Destruction in her heyday!
It's really crazy to try to fleece this evil dragon. What if she wakes up while I'm doing it?
Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, every few years an adventure group would enter the depths of the Evil Dragon Forest in an attempt to search for the so-called Evil Dragon treasure, but without exception, the depths of the Evil Dragon Forest prevented these adventure groups from returning, and no one survived!
For this reason, the depths of the forest have gradually become known as a forbidden area, and in recent years no adventure group has dared to explore deeper into it.
In order to prevent the evil power of the Evil Dragon Forest from spilling out, the forest entrance will only be opened once a year, and the qualifications for entering are limited to soldiers and members of adventure groups.
Xia Feng happens to be the adopted son of the vice-president of the adventure group, Liuwei Society, and is therefore qualified to enter the forest.
"The day after tomorrow is this year's forest open day." Xia Feng looked up at the lonely moon in the night sky. "Looks like I need to go back to the agency and ask about the details."
*Destroyer Witch* (AI image, for reference only)
(End of this chapter)
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