One skill point per second, I turn fireballs into forbidden spells.

Chapter 171 Go ahead and swing your sword, leave the special effects to your senior!

The next day, at four in the morning.

Lin Yi looked sleepy.

I was awakened by Nangong Ling's violent knocking on the door.

Nangong Ling originally lived near Lin Yi.

So I became a human walking alarm clock.

Lin Yi opened the door and saw that Nangong Ling was followed by two girls with equally outstanding looks and figures.

The two girls carried large bags of cosmetics and clothes. Nangong Ling didn't care whether Lin Yi agreed or not, and walked straight into his room.

"Hurry, hurry, we're in a rush."

"After you've done your makeup, I'm going to do mine too!"

"Xiao Zhang, can you lend me a hand? Just hand me whatever you need."

"Xiao Xu, do his hair the way I styled it for you yesterday!"

"Let's put that samurai robe we ordered yesterday on him first and see if it fits. Yes, it's the XL size!"

Lin Yi was dumbfounded.

Having just woken up, my CPU was still running slowly and couldn't keep up with Nangong Ling's fast pace at all.

It wasn't until Nangong Ling made him take off his pajamas and pajama bottoms.

Lin Yicai jolted awake.

It's early morning.

There were three more top beauties in front of him.

Once he took his clothes off, he was the one who felt awkward.

"I...I can put it on myself!"

Lin Yi blushed, a rare occurrence for him.

He took the loose samurai robe handed to him by Xiao Xu and rushed back to his bedroom as if fleeing.

Nangong Ling's clear laughter could be heard from behind.

"Oh, little junior, you can be shy? How cute! Let your big sister pinch your cheeks when you come out, hehe!"

Back in his bedroom, Lin Yi quickly put on his clothes.

These traditional Japanese clothes generally do not have the button designs found in modern clothing.

Although Lin Yi put it on, it was loose and extremely unsightly.

Fortunately, it at least calmed down the restless second brother.

Stepping out of the bedroom, Nangong Ling glanced at him, walked forward, and picked up the pocket on the samurai robe with her delicate hand.

With extremely skillful technique, he tied Lin Yi up.

Although Lin Yi is not a warrior, he is by no means the skinny, stick-like figure of a traditional mage.

He was also very tall and had a well-proportioned figure.

Finally, dressed in a samurai robe with a samurai sword hanging at his waist, he stood in front of the mirror and truly exuded a heroic and extraordinary aura.

Of course, that's assuming he still has that handsome face on his neck.

After half an hour.

Triangular eyes, a flat nose, and an extremely ugly hairstyle ruined everything.

Lin Yi sighed, saying that this must be the ugliest he had ever looked in his life.

Lin Yi's makeup is finished.

It was Nangong Ling's turn.

Doing makeup on yourself, especially women's makeup, is naturally much faster than doing makeup on Lin Yi.

Before long, Lin Yi's eyes lit up.

If we say that Nangong Ling is already naturally beautiful even without makeup...

Now, she can be described as stunningly beautiful.

"Why are you so beautiful?"

Lin Yi harbored some resentment.

Nangong Ling spat out, "Baka! What Japanese devil would choose a concubine who's as ugly as them?"

"Of course I'll choose the prettiest one!"

Lin Yi: "..."

What she said made so much sense that I couldn't refute it for a moment.

"Alright, let's go, let's set off."

"The body collectors have already prepared the airship; we're leaving at six o'clock!"

……

Two hours later.

A spaceship slowly took off from a port in the East China Sea of ​​Daxia.

Lin Yi stood at the bow of the ship, gazing at the rising sun at the horizon, and felt a sense of emotion.

I don't know how long it's been since I last saw a sunrise over the sea.

The Cataclysmic Era expanded the surface area of ​​Earth a hundredfold.

Of course, the ocean area also expands proportionally.

The oceans of this world are truly boundless.

It's so big it's despair-inducing.

Standing on the airship deck with Lin Yi were dozens of Japanese people whose clothes were embroidered with the Kobayashi family crest.

These people were all servants who had come to Otsuka with Kobayashi Itsujiro. Or rather, they were the elite members of the Kobayashi family.

His usual public identity is, of course, Kobayashi Itsujiro's servant.

But secretly, the task of gathering all sorts of intelligence about the Great Xia was assigned to them.

Previously, the Shenxiao Corpse Collector had killed Kobayashi Itsujiro and his personal guards.

However, many of the servants did not actually kill them.

Firstly, killing them all would make the illusions that Nangong Ling had to set up even more difficult and time-consuming.

Secondly, even Kobayashi Itsujiro himself had no way of knowing what information these servants had gathered.

Killing them all would only alert Kobayashi's main family prematurely.

"Are they in a hurry? They're even using an airship."

"Why not take the sea route? Aren't there many ships sailing down there? It would be better to blend in with them and avoid being noticed."

Lin Yi spoke in his mind.

With Nangong Ling around, this means of direct spiritual communication is possible.

It's so convenient.

The level of teamwork and coordination is completely different when there is in-team voice chat versus when there isn't.

"Those ships below are all operating near the coast."

“There are basically no cases of sea monster attacks around the coastline, but once you go beyond a depth of about 1000 meters, no one can control what might come out of the sea.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi understood.

He forgot about that!

The land area of ​​the entire planet Earth is incomparable to that of the oceans.

The total amount of life in the ocean is definitely more terrifying than that on land.

After a natural disaster, the monsters in the sea will only become more ferocious.

No wonder that nowadays, people on Earth prefer to fly rather than travel by sea for international travel.

The rest of the time was extremely boring.

At first glance, the boundless East China Sea seemed novel and expansive to Lin Yi.

But after looking at it for a long time, it feels unchanging.

In addition, the airship travels at a very slow speed.

It wasn't until nearly dusk that Lin Yi finally saw the outlines of several small islands on the horizon, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"Get ready, we're almost there."

On the deck, many of Kobayashi's servants were already excitedly pumping their fists in celebration.

They haven't been home in so long.

Lin Yi also put on an expression of suppressed excitement and agitation.

He had no choice but to cooperate with the performance, so he did his best to act.

More than half an hour later.

The airship landed at the port pier on the southern part of Kazewaki Island.

Lin Yi was followed by Nangong Ling, and the group of dozens of people filed down the river.

However, all they found at the dock was air.

Lin Yi frowned.

The servants of the Kobayashi family were also surprised.

The Lin family didn't send anyone to pick them up.

After disembarking from the airship, the group walked home.

The Kobayashi family is, after all, a renowned and prestigious family throughout the entire Kazewawa Island.

They directly acquired a large tract of land in the southern part of the island as their family territory.

Before long, Lin Yi pushed open the door and entered. He saw two young men fighting with knives in the courtyard in front of the Lin family's main house.

The surrounding area was densely packed with rows of the Lin family's elders and elites.

"Itsushiro..."

At the head of the table, a middle-aged man with a long beard and an imposing demeanor suddenly spoke in a low voice.

"Father...!"

Lin Yi bowed respectfully.

This middle-aged man is the current head of the Kobayashi family—Masahiro Kobayashi!
"Today is the annual clan martial arts competition, and you've returned just in time."

"After three years in China, I wonder if your Matsugaku-ryu swordsmanship has deteriorated..."

"Let your brother give it a try!"

"Enter! Draw your swords!"

"If you lose, you must return immediately. I will disown you as my second son!"

Lin Yi noticed that countless eyes in the entire venue were focused on him.

Even the two people who were originally fighting with their knives in the arena stood there, looking at him with a mocking expression.

Oh my god...

Me, a mage, being asked to compete in swordsmanship with someone else?

At that moment, Nangong Ling's words echoed in Lin Yi's mind.

"Let's go, we have no choice but to compete."

"Go ahead and swing your knife, leave the rest to me!"

(End of this chapter)