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Chapter 149: The Trick of Small Debris

Because of Mostima's unexpected return, Exiah drank too much again. Not only her, Ling Dengxian also felt a headache when he saw the slightly drunk Kong and Croissant who had fallen asleep.

"Kong is also messing around..." Ling Dengxian shook his head, "Should I go and see her off?"

"Can you drive?" Chen, who had drunk a little, rolled his eyes.

"I can drive." Ling Dengxian avoided the question.

"Come on, let's take the driving test some other day." Chen put on his coat to prevent himself from catching a cold after drinking.

"I'll take her there." Texas took off his apron, let down his hair and reached out to Sora.

But judging from her expression, Ling Dengxian didn't know whether she was sharing his problems...

Or I just don't trust myself at all.

Ling Dengxian did not object and put aside other things. After all, Texas was still very reliable.

"I guess I can't leave Archangel Exiah, so the task of sending Bagpipe back will be left to you, White Dove." Mostima said helplessly as he looked at Archangel Exiah who had fallen asleep on his knees.

"I'll help clean up the house with them." Saria also nodded to him to indicate that he could rest assured.

"It's okay to stay outside a little longer." Chen nodded. She could see that her old classmate Fengpi and Baige had known each other for a long time, and they might need some time to reminisce.

The two of them chatted tacitly for a few minutes and knew each other's recent situation... She thought about it and fell silent again.

"I didn't expect that you, Fiona, were also infected with the mineral disease..."

Chen closed his eyes and thought, then finally dropped his hands powerlessly, just watching the two people walking down the stairs side by side with mixed feelings.

"Ling Dengxian... I've never seen Fiona treat any opposite sex like this... I hope you will always be someone she can trust." Chen looked at the two people who gradually disappeared beyond the street lights, feeling inexplicably melancholy in the corridor.

"I always feel that... Yang has grown a lot and can take care of himself." Chen felt that his relief was mixed with emotion, "That's right, no one will stand still."

But she always felt like she had forgotten something...

"*Longmen swears* That bastard hasn't explained why he knows the Scarlet Sky Sword Technique!" Chen remembered it and slapped the railing.

If you tell her that he learned it just by looking at it, she will definitely not believe it!

She has been practicing for nearly twenty years!

You told her that Ling Dengxian is a swordsmanship genius? He can do it at first sight?!

Chen thought this was impossible.

In fact, Ling Dengxian did not really learn the Chixiao swordsmanship. Through superficial observation, he only got its form but not its meaning. After all, it was just another swordsmanship.

But he really wanted to learn.

In general, when dealing with long-range Originium skills, he can only use White Flame to entangle and drag them off course or to counterattack. It seems that White Flame has a weakening effect on general Originium skills, and the counterattack efficiency is very high.

But it was not as easy as when Tobrand faced that strange power and was overwhelmed.

However, the white flame cannot be used as a means of attack. Seeing Chen cut three or four fireballs with his sword, it was quite difficult for him to cut one alone.

Unfortunately, even this entry-level level took Chen about two years to reach.

Putting aside Chen's worries for the moment, Ling Dengxian and Feng Di walked side by side on the street. The temporary base in Rhodes Island was relatively remote, and there were fewer and fewer people along the way.

Under Bagpipe's expectant gaze, Ling Dengxian slowly recounted his experiences after leaving Victoria.

"Fiona... I implore you to remember the following story about me in Tobrand... because, there was such a girl in this world." Ling Dengxian bit his lip, but it was far less painful than the pain in his heart.

Feng Di suddenly stopped, and Ling Dengxian also stopped. The two stood one step away from the range of the street lamp, but Feng Di's eyes were very bright.

"It's a bit inconvenient to talk about it now." Fengpi looked at him seriously, and Ling Dengxian felt empty in his heart... Could it be that Fengpi also... cursed...

"It's really not very convenient to talk while standing like this..." Bagpipe smiled gently and pointed to the bench under the street light, "Let's go over there."

Ling Dengxian was stunned for a moment. Feng Di blushed because of embarrassment when he saw this: "Huh? Did I make a mistake? Did I use the word 'convenient' incorrectly again?"

"No." Ling Dengxian smiled, and looking at Waifan's cute expression, he reached out and grabbed Bagpipe's hand and walked towards the bench.

The two seemed to have returned to that afternoon in the Victoria Valley.

Bagpipe didn't struggle, just lowered his head and said nothing.

The softness between the fingers and palms, the calluses on the knuckles, made Ling Dengxian's heart beat twice, and the night breeze caressed their pulses.

"Her name is Ling Xiran..." Ling Dengxian spoke softly, and began to narrate the turning point of Tobrand more calmly than he expected.

Until Ling Dengxian stopped, Fengpi did not interrupt his story, but just listened silently. However, the changes in the strength in his hands showed that the listener's heart was not calm.

"Sareya and Mostima... So something like this actually happened between you, Ling Dengxian, and them..." Fengdi sighed sincerely, "Xiaoxian, you are really amazing... You have done well enough with Xiaoran, have you moved on?"

Ling Dengxian nodded. A'ran's words were the most crucial key.

"Let's just drop it off here today...Rhodes Island's base is just ahead. Xiao Xian, you go back first. I'll be fine."

Watching Fengpi leave, Ling Dengxian's eyes gradually became solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Little Xie."

"I'm here." A rare response to the question.

"Why isn't Fengpi affected by the curse?" Ling Dengxian asked in a low voice.

"Oh? Master, do you already know the conditions for the curse to take effect?" Xiaoxie asked with interest.

"I'm not sure, but it may be related to the special liking." Ling Dengxian sat alone on the bench, the light became dazzling, and the darkness became silent.

"Oh... are you confused by Fengdi's reaction? Are you so confident that she has feelings for you?" Xiaoxie was very surprised, and the disgust and fear that Ling Dengxian had felt when he first saw Xiaoxie came up again.

"Haha, I won't tease you anymore, Master. It's actually very simple. The curse fell after that. It's just a matter of time. Bagpipe happened not to be irradiated by 'later'. It's that simple. Otherwise, she would not have been able to escape."

"...Xiaoxie, you didn't seem to call me that before."

"That's wrong. I called you 'Master' before. Is that weird?"

"Host, don't think too much, otherwise I will be able to see through your thoughts. You don't have to be on guard against me all the time." Xiaoxie's voice became gentler. "Since you are now self-reliant, it is reasonable for me to appear less often."

"That's all, good night..." The syllables of the last two words of the title blurred out, and Ling Dengxian only felt cold all over, and white flames rose to dispel the chill.

Anger, sadness, irritability, disgust, fear...

Ling Dengxian recalled the feeling when those fragments of the image flashed by, and clenched his fists so hard that his palms bled.

He calmed down and put this doubt aside for the time being.

"For a moment I had a dream, but the truth was not yet clear."

Ling Dengxian had just stood up when a car drove up from the end of the road and stopped in front of him.

"You haven't gone back yet?" Texas was a little surprised.

"Just chatted." Ling Dengxian smiled.

"boarding."