Soul Trigger

Chapter 536 Leaving?

Inside the Forbidden City.

"I know. I'll keep an eye on it for you."

Prince Yuanling hung up the phone, and a female voice came from the side:
"Is it Ji Li?"

King Yuanling turned his head to look at his wife and nodded.

The two had just left the depths of the palace known as the "Forbidden Forest".

Madam Zhi asked, "Didn't you tell Ji Li that Lord Teng intended to arrange a marriage between him and Lord Huojin?"

"No, after all, nothing has been decided yet, and Lord Teng has not made a full statement. He has only confirmed that Lord Huojin will be in the visiting diplomatic mission."

"If they had known each other for a long time, it would be a natural thing for them to get married..."

"nor."

King Yuanling said gloomily:

“Whether Ji Li and Lord Huo Jin know each other or not, Lord Teng has revealed his intention to intervene.

The old Tang is gone, and the new Tang is far away, but even in the Shulong era, no "emperor" was easy to deal with. I will not let Ji Li fall into his trap."

"So that's why you didn't tell him about Lord Huojin and the marriage?"

"Yes. Many countries are visiting, the dragon veins are expanding, and Teng Jun is awakening. You have seen Ji Li's character during this period. He is not suitable for dealing with such occasions.

It just so happens that he has his own things to do, so going to Europe now is a step back and a step forward. There is no need for him to get involved in the affairs of the court, especially the Teng Jun."

Madam Zhi asked worriedly, "What about your health problem? If Wang Xuan continues to suffer..."

"It doesn't matter." King Yuanling smiled casually: "Based on his level, even if I'm gone, he can still become the King of Ling."

"But……"

There were footsteps coming from the front, and the two of them immediately stopped talking.

"Have you two met your father?"

The person who came was the Third Prince, and he was followed by an entire imperial guard.

Noticing the leader of the imperial guards leading the way, King Yuanling's pupils narrowed slightly:

"What is this doing?"

The third prince smiled and said:
"The one from the Mediterranean Union has arrived. We can't let the same situation as the last time with the Kaiton Federation happen again, so the Imperial Guard will escort him. Isn't that in the updated plan today?"

King Yuanling shook his head: "I haven't had time to see it yet."

Mediterranean Union, the princess of Menes...

Some memories emerged in King Yuanling's mind.

The Mediterranean Commonwealth was born in modern times, but it is not a country, nor an international union or alliance.

It is a large secret society spanning many countries in the Mediterranean, called "The Seventh Pillar".

Over time, the term "Seventh Pillar" came to refer to the upper echelons of the secret society, much like the Blood Pact Hermits are to Shem Street.

The more modern name "Mediterranean Union" has become the name by which this secret society is widely known.

Menes is located in the Mediterranean, spanning Asia and Africa. It is one of the four ancient civilizations. Many of the core members of the seventh column come from this country.

The Third Prince saluted to the imperial guards behind him. The burly figures in black dragon costumes disappeared into the shadows, and their auras disappeared without a trace.

If someone were to track the breath of these imperial guards here, they would immediately sense that they had instantly crossed a large distance and appeared deep in the "Forbidden Forest".

Prince Yuanling: "Then why did she come back? Did she refuse the escort?"

The Third Prince who sent away the Imperial Guards smiled bitterly and said:
“That’s not the case. Due to the riot that broke out when we docked at the Kaiton Federation last time, the Mediterranean Federation was divided into two groups this time.

One group is a diplomatic group, currently staying at the Longyan Hotel. The other group is her escort team, which will dock secretly, so we don’t know where to greet them, but they will arrive in three days.”

King Yuanling frowned: "Three days later?"

"what happened?"

"No, nothing." He quickly relaxed.

Although it coincided with the time set by the Inscription Knight for Ji Li, both Ji Li and that person acted in secret, except that one landed and the other left.

It is impossible for Ji Li to put a sticker "I am the heir of Yuanling" on his forehead, and it is impossible for the people of the Seventh Pillar to put a sticker "I am Princess Menis" on their heads. Even if they met, they would just pass by each other.

However, the matter is of great importance, and considering that the Inscription Knight will be present at the time, we still need to make some preparations.

Let's first contact the people from the Seventh Pillar Diplomatic Corps to see if we can find out the approximate docking location.

……

Three days later, it was night.

At the open-air tavern at the pier, two figures, a man and a woman, sat down. They were Ji Li and Ji Ruoxi.

"Two glasses of beer."

The boss agreed readily, his movements were a little clumsy, but soon two large mugs of beer were placed in front of the two men.

This is the canal wharf outside the foot of Mirage Mountain. It is considered one of the edge cities of Mirage City.

Since the old dock and the renovated economic zone are very close to each other, this place seems more exotic than the mirage city where traditional culture is revealed everywhere.

It was only late, the dock workers had all gone off work, and there were not many customers around.

The cheap sister looked a little sulky. When the beer was served, she guzzled it and finished the whole glass on the spot. The boss who was preparing barbecue skewers next to her almost popped his eyes out.

"Fill me up." "...Did the young couple have a fight?"

Ji Ruoxi's eyes suddenly became dangerous:

"This is my brother."

"Excuse me, no wonder you two look so well matched... Please enjoy your meal."

Ji Li held Ji Ruoxi's hand:

"Okay, drink less, the tombstone will be here soon."

Ji Ruoxi glared at him fiercely:
"I didn't expect you to tell me this the day before you were leaving for White Island...even my father has been hiding it from me!"

Ji Li took off the mask that was used to cover his appearance and took a sip of beer. He almost spit it out.

It's just horse urine.

Then, under the boss' unhappy gaze, he asked for a shaker and a syrup bottle:

"The fewer people who know about this, the better. So far, only father, Madam Zhi, and you know it."

Ji Ruoxi was talking about the things between Ji Li and the Tower of Babel. Today she was responsible for helping Ji Li bring the time domain fragments back, so Ji Li told her selectively.

The boss's eyes turned from unhappy to astonished. The ice cubes hit the curling stone crisply, flipping and closing, and the clear liquid fell into Ji Ruoxi's beer glass, which was already half empty:
"This is my apology."

Ji Li hasn't touched cocktails for a while.

As for the black eyes above Ji Li's black mask, Ji Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head fiercely:
"I think the thing you wear on your mouth is useless, and the black contact lenses are not very effective either. They are still too tempting."

"It will be fine after a while, give it a try."

Ji Li raised his hand towards Ji Ruoxi's beer glass.

His "charm" is still as strong as it was three days ago, and is even getting stronger:

The strength of the union of body and soul dropped by another 7 percentage points, while the strength of spiritual essence increased by 16%. He was almost becoming a great rainbow wizard, the kind that could captivate people with just a glance.

But wearing sunglasses late at night is a bit too deliberate and suspicious, unless Ji Li dresses up as a blind person, so the final solution is black contact lenses and a mask.

At least it’s not about animal friends and Disney princesses today.

As for why it turned out like this, it was because of his previous idea of ​​"attribute distortion".

In the past few days, in addition to pretending to continue teaching and increasing students' cognitive index and arrogance index, he has also been constantly trying to use "circular calculation" to actively put himself into a distorted state.

Basically, no matter what situation this ability is used for, even if he is in good condition in the previous few times, as long as he uses the loop calculation for the fourth time, he will definitely fall into a distorted state.

At this time, he used the power of the photos given to him by Film to heal himself, and then, filled with Film's spiritual essence, he tried to understand the rules of this distortion.

As long as Ji Li understands the rules first, actively controls the distortion, and achieves the effect of free distortion properties to cope with different situations, his idea will be realized.

In fact, this can be considered as a spiritual technique he developed independently, but it is a bit life-consuming. If Film's spiritual essence was not so useful, he would not be able to play it this way.

After all the operations, the result was not particularly ideal, and it caused the affinity to be distorted even more, making me more and more attractive.

However, he probably already understood some basic rules.

While he was in this twisted state, the Trinity and Flesh Trigger in his body would become disordered.

If we interpret it from the perspective of soul psychology, it would be very abstract, but basically these spiritual organs would be in an unstable state of "displacement" deep in the soul, which in turn led to the instability of the unity of his soul and body.

During the displacement of these spiritual organs, a special and unique resonance will be generated which can only be perceived by the soul.

Ji Li has only discovered the existence of this resonance, but more practice is needed to understand its laws.

So before he left, he went to find Da Lei to replenish his energy. He went there several times in the past three days, and of course he was hugged and kissed.

Although the progress is slow, Filin's kissing skills are improving steadily. Now he can invade Ji Li's side, and he is not as stiff as at the beginning.

Even in terms of kissing itself, it's becoming more and more proactive, which is a good thing.

"Woo!"

Ji Ruoxi's low cry came from the side. Ji Li turned his head and saw his cheap sister staring with eyes wide open. She put down the wine glass with an expression of disbelief:
“Did you learn how to make cocktails in Silla?”

The bitterness is gone, leaving only a mellow aroma like the original pulp.

Taking Ji Ruoxi's own taste into consideration, it has a certain fruity sweetness:

"how did you do it?"

"Extreme proportions, coupled with sophisticated craftsmanship, and hundreds of years of boring daily routines to kill time, that's probably it."

Ji Li glanced at the time. There were still a few minutes before the reunion. Tombstone seemed a little too punctual. Did he like to be on time?

I felt a burning sensation in my arm, coming from my boss.

He changed his attitude and enthusiastically wanted to ask Ji Li about his cooking skills, and said that he could eat for free tonight, but his voice was interrupted by the sound of a night whistle.

A few people turned their heads and saw an ordinary ship approaching the shore.

Ji Ruoxi narrowed her eyes, the covert action made her instinctively alert:
"Passenger ship?"

"Yes." The boss said, "The passenger ships traveling in the canal seem to be a little late today. They are very noisy at night."

Just as the two were looking at the passenger ship, a voice appeared at the side of the store door:
"Awaited."

Ji Li turned his head and saw a skinny young man with lifeless eyes. Ji Ruoxi was alert instantly -

The tombstone was carrying a corpse from nowhere.

(End of this chapter)