Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 1465 - Fake Encounter

"Hopefully, he has nothing to do with him, but it really is such a coincidence... If these two events had nothing to do with each other, I'd even think it was a bit weird..." Qikun sighed. "At first, I sent out some guys to see if they could learn anything on Zaho Qibing, but before they found anything, the test took place..."

"Master Kun, Zhao Qibing must have received some sort of praise from the old elder, that much is for sure. There was no way he'd become Elder Bi's disciple all of a sudden, and Elder Bi seems like he wanted to fully train this kid..." Qijiu said. "That's what I was saying, if it had been a few years late, it wouldn't be us participating in this test..."

"You're saying that Elder Bi might use some of the treasures- that special text?" Qikun paused." Isn't that only given to the heirs?"

"If Zhao Qibing had already been recognized as the next heir by Elder Bi..." Qijiu said.

"That's..." Qikun hesitated, but he had a fierce look on his eyes. "I don't care if he uses the special text to power Zhao Qibing up; I have to win this test regardless so I can enter the Ice Palace and be an outer disciple, and even an inner disciple! I'll be the next heir!"

"Shh..." Qijiu jumped. "Master Kun, please calm down, you can't just talk about this outside like that, people might be listening!"

"So what? The old elder isn't here, and other people don't know us." Qikun smiled. "Know why my uncle isn't favored by my grandpa? It's because he's always so careful. The old elder doesn't like that type, and the next heir must have the strength and will for the job- he won't do."

"THat's true, but we should still be careful nonetheless!" Qijiu said. "Right, those two cars we saw earlier down there- one has a local license plate, but the other one is a foreign one. The local one is the owner's, probably, but the other one must belong to another test taker. I wonder which house or group he's from?"

"We'll find a chance to interact with him tonight and see if we can become friends. Even if we can't be partners, we can try not to make an enemy of him either." Qijun said. "In the test, the more friends you have, the nicer things will be for you!"

"You're right, Master Kun, but how do we do this? If we come out of nowhere, it would seem fake- the disciples from noble houses aren't idiots."

"We'll see. It'll be good if we just encounter each other, but if not, we'll just go to the door and introduce ourselves, no need to act things out. We're all here for the same purpose, after all, so we'd want alliances."

Qikun wanted to find a chance to meet Lin Yi, who just so happened to be thinking the same thing. He wanted to learn more about the test! He didn't want to be involved in it too much since he was here for the fruit, but since this was Ice Palace territory, the fruit may have something to do with them.

According to what Zhang Liju said, the fire spirit's fruit was a powerful treasure, and so with something as powerful as the Ice Palace sect, it was unlikely they'd let that treasure go. Seeing how strong they were and just judging from the participants, there would be other hidden house members coming!

Then, the identity of the Ice Palace was clearly based on that- they should be something like ancient scents. Only ancient sects could act like that to the HIdden House Zhao.

And so he needed to interact with these two! He needed to think about it a bit, though, because even if they wanted to meet him themselves, he had to make it natural.

The inn didn't provide food, and Lin Yi always went outside to buy food himself. Sometimes he just forgot to eat when refining the fire, though since he was a Mystic, he had no trouble not eating for a few days.

Naturally, it'd be bad if he did that for a long period- Mystics weren't gods and were different from Sky class people. Three or five days was fine, but ten days or half a month would make them starve. After all, the amount of qi and the rate of it entering your body wasn't enough for consumption.

And so, Lin Yi was a special case, with the jade space of infinite qi he had. Lin Yi could just use the energy inside there for his own strength, and everything would be fine.

He looked at the time- it was almost dinner time, and Lin Yi walked out, intentionally making some sounds when he closed the door. With the Mystic class level of Qikun and Qijiu, they would be able to notice that pretty easily, especially with their proximity.

As expected, just as he finished closing the door, the other room opened as well, with Qikun and Qijiu walking out- when the two saw Lin Yi alone, they paused!

After all, each group could send two participants, and usually, they would- it was better to have an ally with them, after all.

Naturally, in some exceptions, like if the Mystics of a certain house were fighting each other already, the house would only send one to attend the test.

After all, if they sent two disciples that were enemies with each other, it was possible that higher casualties would occur. Not only would they fail the purpose of passing the test, but they'd also lose two Mystics out of nowhere.

"What a coincidence, are you going for dinner?" Qikun walked over with a smile.

"Yes, can I help you two..? You're new here, right? I didn't see you earlier." Lin Yi also spoke with ulterior motives.

"Yeah, we just got here, the first day- no idea where things are here. We were just thinking about where we should eat!" QIkun nodded. "The inn doesn't provide food, so we'll have to find our own way. Maybe we can go together? I'll buy you dinner!"