Beauty and the Bodyguard

"Ah?" Xu lingchong was dumbfounded. After looking at each other as if they had seen a ghost, she still did not give up and probed,"Junior Sister LAN 'er, aren't you angry at all?"

"Angry? What was he angry about? Why should I be angry?" Shangguan LAN 'er gave him a strange look, then continued to say excitedly,""That's great, I'll go take a look now!"

With that, Shangguan LAN 'er dragged the little Curly Bear and walked briskly in the direction of the welcome Pavilion, leaving Xu lingchong and Meng Tong dumbfounded and unable to close their mouths for a long time.

"Chongchong, is that Shangguan LAN 'er muddled with anger? Or is she just a silly girl?" Meng Tong's mouth couldn't help but Twitch.

Looking at Shangguan LAN 'er's cheerful back, it did not seem to be an act. Besides, such a spoiled young lady did not have such deep shrewdness and acting skills.

"Maybe ..." Xu lingchong was also speechless. After being stunned for a while, she shook her head hard and said,""Forget it, let's not care about that silly girl for now! Brother Meng, the inner sect competition is coming soon, so we'd better hurry back and do dual cultivation. With our current strength, it'll be difficult for us to shine if we don't cultivate a good rapport. "

"Yes, yes. Alright, let's go back and perform dual cultivation. We'll amaze the world with a single brilliant feat in this inner sect competition!" Meng Tong immediately said with fighting spirit.

The inner sect competition was not only the perfect stage for Xu lingchong to announce his strong return, but it was also Meng Tong's first appearance in the three pavilions after his drastic change in temperament. He could not miss it!

With that, the two immediately left hand in hand, leaving the passers-by who looked at the two's overly intimate back view and pointed at them, discussing in private.

Shangguan LAN 'er and her little Curly Bear activated the cave's restrictions.

At this moment, Lin Yi and Huang xiaotao, who were still in the cave, couldn't help but look at each other. They thought that it was Xu lingchong and Huang xiaotao who had come back with evil intentions. They didn't expect to see Shangguan LAN 'er when they opened the door.

"Senior Sister Xiao Tao, you're really with Little Junior Brother!" Shangguan LAN 'er hugged Huang xiaotao and said happily.

"As expected? Little Senior Sister, how did you know that Xiao Tao was with me?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

"Oh, I met that annoying fellow Xu lingchong on the way here just now. He told me about it." Shangguan LAN 'er said as she wrinkled her nose adorably.

"Hehe, this fellow is indeed sinister and nosy." Lin Yi smiled faintly. He knew what Xu lingchong was up to with one look, but from Shangguan LAN 'er's current behavior, he'd found the wrong person to sow discord.

"That's why I said he's annoying!" Shangguan LAN 'er stuck out her tongue, then looked around and found traces of true Qi everywhere. She asked curiously,""Senior Sister Xiao Tao, what are you and Little Junior Brother doing? are you fighting?"

"No, I'm just practicing with him to prepare for the next inner sect competition." Huang xiaotao explained with a red face.

In her eyes, Shangguan LAN 'er had always been Lin Yi's real girlfriend. Although she was the one who set them up, the current situation still felt a little weird. Fortunately, she was wearing clothes now, or else it would be even more awkward and embarrassing.

"The inner sect competition? Senior Sister Xiao Tao, are you also participating in the inner sect competition?" Shangguan LAN 'er said in surprise. Although she had never cared about these things, she at least knew that only disciples in the Golden core stage could participate in the inner sect competition, which was the most basic threshold.

"Yes, there's a group battle in the inner sect competition, and Lin Yi needs a partner, so he sent me here. He even helped me raise my strength to the Golden core stage!" Huang xiaotao said bluntly.

"Really? That's great!" Shangguan LAN 'er had never known how to scheme, so she was sincerely happy for Huang xiaotao. However, she was envious and excited as she said,""Little Junior Brother actually has such a magical ability, and can even help people increase their strength. Then quickly help me become a master of the Golden core stage, so that Grandpa won't urge me to cultivate every day!"

Lin Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If he helped Shangguan LAN 'er, it would alert Shangguan Tianhua, and the secret would be exposed. Even if he wanted to, he had to at least have this condition.

"Little Senior Sister, if you want to become a master of the jiedan stage, you must first prepare the jiedan. I don't have a ready-made one here, you have to wait until I find it later." Lin Yi said with a smile. Something as rare as the Wandu golden core fruit was something that could only be found by chance. Even someone of Shangguan LAN 'er's status wouldn't normally have one.

"I see. Alright then, we'll talk about it later. I'm not in a hurry anyway." Shangguan LAN 'er said with a nod. She had only said this on a whim. If it were not for Shangguan Tianhua constantly urging her to cultivate, she would not have thought about improving her strength, much less become a master of the Golden core stage.

"By the way, Senior Sister Xiao Tao just said that you were practicing. What are you practicing? I want to see!" Shangguan LAN 'er said excitedly.

Lin Yi and Huang xiaotao looked at each other and immediately continued practicing the raging fire Eight Trigrams palms. Shangguan LAN 'er, on the other hand, was very happy and started acting as if she was judging on the spot. However, this judgment wasn't very professional, and she only clapped her hands and cheered like a little Curly Bear.

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After five days of preparation, the inner sect competition had finally begun.

The North Island Arena was packed with people, and Lin Yi realized that there were a lot more people here than five days ago. There were around two hundred inner core disciples and golden core outer disciples, almost double the number of people he saw before!

But Lin Yi understood-five days ago was just a standard announcement, and many of the more experienced inner disciples were used to this sort of formal process. As long as they knew the rules, it didn't matter if they didn't show up.

However, today was the official start of the battle. If they still didn't appear, it would be considered as forfeiting. This would be a big problem. They had no choice but to come.

Lin Yi couldn't help but be surprised at the number of golden core stage Masters present. It seemed that he had underestimated the strength of the three pavilions. Their strength was comparable to some of the top sects in the middle Island, and they were even stronger!

However, these jiedan stage Masters were either outside to carry out high-level tasks or simply in closed-door cultivation. Very few of them came out to walk around, so it was usually very rare to see them outside, so they didn't have a deep feeling about this.

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