A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 246 This is the wisdom of Jormungandr!
Xu Lie and Xia Mi walked a long distance, with Xia Mi's hands behind her back and her ponytail swaying.

Even though it was a well-maintained road, every step she took would send a small pebble flying from the road surface.

The small pebbles that were kicked up would always land right in front of Xia Mi's feet, and she could kick them away without breaking them as she walked.

Xia Mi kicked another pebble away, then suddenly turned her head and stared intently at Xu Lie's face, especially his eyes: "Huang Tao, how long are you going to keep lying to me?"

The question came as a surprise, and Xia Mi was confident that she could catch Xu Lie off guard.

She learned from Fenrir that Huang Tao had her scent, so Xia Mi immediately set her sights on the preparatory class.

Back then, only those who frequently came into contact with her in the preparatory class would have her scent on them; Fenrir had a keen sense of smell, and he would never be wrong about that.

Xia Mi made three attempts to test the waters in the preparatory class, which resulted in the collapse of the alchemy teacher's villa and the abduction of a fifth-generation beast into the preparatory class campus, triggering a subsequent investigation by the Kassel headquarters.

Xu Lie, who had been cleared of suspicion by Xia Mi, has now been transformed into the wrong person in the old church. Naturally, Xia Mi has picked up her previous suspicions and is inclined to believe that Huang Tao is Xu Lie.

"What Huang Tao?" Xu Lie's expression was remarkably natural, with a slight look of confusion on his face and a hint of bewilderment and curiosity in his eyes, perfectly portraying the reaction one should have when suddenly hearing about a stranger.

Huh? Xia Mi's heart skipped a beat.

The key point is that she kept her eyes fixed on Xu Lie, and the natural changes in her expression and the appropriate curiosity in her eyes all proved that Xu Lie really didn't know Huang Tao.

Isn't it Xu Lie? Then who exactly is Huang Tao?

Could he still be a teacher from the preparatory class?
Her mind was a bit of a mess. Xia Mi secretly picked at the insole with her little feet inside the shoe. Oh my god, she guessed wrong. She was a little embarrassed.

Xia Mi didn't know where to put her hands, so she waved them around: "Ah, Huang Tao, that's right, me, you, him..."

"Pfft." Xu Lie couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw how interesting Xia Mi was. How could he, who was trying to deceive his mentor, be fooled by Xia Mi?

Xia Mi tried to trick him with words, but she really picked the wrong person.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. I did lie to Fenrir. Next time I go to see him, I'll tell him that my real name isn't Huang Tao, but Xu Lie."

Xia Mi's eyes widened, her emotions fluctuating like a rollercoaster, shifting from the embarrassment of guessing wrong to the triumphant feeling of 'my amazing wisdom was right after all': "It really was you! You were still lying to me, still lying to me!"

The little pink fists lashed out at Xu Lie's arm without hesitation. Of course, she didn't use the 'stress' authority and even habitually held back 99% of her strength.

Hitting Xu Lie's arm was no different from giving him a massage. Xia Mi had hit Xu Lie like this before, but considering that Xu Lie was 'sickly and weak', she would always hold back, and it had even become a habit.

Upon discovering this, Xia Mi pouted unhappily, wanting to increase her strength, but afraid of really hurting Xu Lie, she tapped Xu Lie's arm lightly twice in displeasure: "So, that's why you asked me to help you ask for leave before."

"Are you faking illness? You've been working for the old church for a long time now, and every time you take leave, it's for church matters?"

In Xia Mi's fixed impression, Xu Lie has always been a frail and sickly person who needs to be taken care of. Thinking about how this guy pretends to be sick when he's not, and asks her to help him ask for leave every time, Xia Mi shows her tiger teeth in annoyance.

It looked as if it were about to pounce on me and take a vicious bite.

"No." When Xu Lie decided to confront Lu Mingze, he knew he probably couldn't hide it from Xia Mi, and he had already planned how to confront her.

But seeing Xia Mi's expression of betrayed trust, he couldn't recite his prepared speech fluently.

Xu Lie looked up at the blue sky and half-jokingly recalled the past: "I can't remember the specifics."

"I don't know when it started, but I know that after I grew up, one day I suddenly had a terrible headache. It hurt so much that I became confused and couldn't fall asleep, which caused my health to deteriorate day by day."

"..." Xia Mi opened her mouth, unable to deny that she had secretly examined Xu Lie's body a long time ago.

It was probably during my first year of high school? I wanted to completely cure Xu Lie and stop him from suffering so much.

At that time, Xu Lie was indeed unusually weak, but Xia Mi could not find any symptoms and could not treat him at all. She could only conclude that it was due to his congenital weakness.

Xu Lie also recalled the pain he felt when the nine source materials were holding a concert in his brain at the beginning of his transmigration, but fortunately it was all over: "Misfortune and fortune are intertwined. One day in my second year of high school, my head suddenly stopped hurting."

"Not only that, I also gained a power that is completely different from the dragon hybrid system."

"After that, I was found by the Church of the Old Days. The church's chief priest, Mr. Fool, told me that I had unknowingly merged with a little bit of the power left over from the Old Days." "That's why I often had headaches. The pain disappeared when I completely mastered this power. Since the power I gained was the same as theirs, it came from the Old Days, so I naturally joined the church."

Xia Mi was a little doubtful of life after hearing this. Could the power left over from the past really be obtained in this way?
No wonder Xu Lie's body was so weak before his second year of high school, but now he is terrifyingly strong, to the point that even Xia Mi can't understand him.

According to Xu Lie, it seems... we can't blame him?

No, that's not right! Xia Mi quickly realized, her little tiger teeth gleaming: "Then what about Fenrir's matter?"

She felt wronged just thinking about it, all because of that guy Xu Lie! He made her live in fear for so long, always mistakenly believing that Bai Wang was there to deceive and ambush her and her mentally challenged brother.

In order to solve the problem, he even went so far as to show off his 'alchemical talent' in the hope of using human wisdom to solve the problem at the level of the soul.

After finally obtaining the relevant knowledge about the soul, this guy ran away! Ran away! All our efforts were in vain. Xia Mi tilted her head slightly, opened her mouth, and looked Xu Lie's neck from side to side.

It seems they've already figured out where to start.

Xu Lie might feel guilty talking about other things, but he was very open about Fenrir: "The first time I visited him in Nibelungen, I brought him potato chips and cola, but I didn't do anything else."

"The second time I went to Nibelungen to find Fenrir, I was also injured and needed Fenrir's help. We also agreed that after my injury was healed, I would help him restore his dragon body."

“Fair trade. I didn’t hurt Fenrir. I even helped rebuild his dragon body and treated him to lots of chips and cola.”

"..." Xia Mi immediately shut her mouth, no longer trying to show the sharpness of her tiger fangs.

Now that Xu Lie says it, it seems he's right, isn't he?
Her brother was unharmed, his dragon body was restored, and he even gained a small amount of limited freedom. Strictly speaking, she and her brother should thank Xu Lie.

As for the soul entangled with Fenrir, it was for healing purposes. Xia Mi also checked afterwards and found that her brother's soul was perfectly fine.

Xia Mi suddenly realized that no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't find any way to hold Xu Lie accountable!

But who is she? She is Jormungandr, the Queen of the Earth and Mountains, who will not give up until she gets what she wants: "I don't care, you lied to me, you have to give me an explanation!"

"So you're starting to cheat, huh?" Xu Lie glanced at Xia Mi, and was about to argue when he noticed that Xia Mi, like a fairy who could change her appearance, had transformed from an unreasonable and spoiled expression into a weak and tearful look.

Like a pitiful, wronged little girl who has been bullied for a long time: "Do you know how worried I was about Fenrir during that time?"

"I'm constantly afraid that you'll eat him up, leaving me all alone..."

What great acting! Xu Lie really wanted to applaud, but with his discerning eye that could deceive his mentor, it wasn't hard to see that this was just Xia Mi's acting.

She appeared pitiful enough, and her lowered eyebrows conveyed a sense of vulnerability, but without tears, her eyes were only slightly moist, ultimately lacking charm.

Just as Xu Lie was about to comment on Xia Mi's acting skills, he inadvertently recalled the meals Xia Mi had prepared during the Chinese New Year, and her affected manner of complaining that the chicken soup was too hot.

Yes, her acting skills have been bad ever since then.

To put it simply, since they took such good care of him during the New Year, it's not a big deal for him to give in to Xia Mi.
On a deeper level, Xia Mi is clearly the Dragon King, an existence far beyond that of ordinary people, yet she can unhesitatingly play the victim and act pitiful. The richness of her humanity is something Xu Lie needs to learn from.

"Don't worry." Xu Lie felt much more at ease, as if he had broken free of a shackle.

Discarding the prepared remarks, she spoke casually: "Fenrir is no longer restricted by the rock formations, so you can find a place in the wild and let your brother come out to play without worry."

"The old church, the Zhou family, and the Bai family will all take care of him."

"You can visit Fenrir anytime you want, and you will never be alone again."

Xia Mi felt a warmth in her heart upon hearing this, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up. Her delicate eyebrows, which she had deliberately kept lowered, couldn't help but rise high.

Her hands involuntarily twisted together, her left hand unconsciously caressing the ring on her right hand. Would she never let her be alone again?

Hehehe, no matter how many excuses you have, you still have to fall for my trick! Xu Lie, that idiot, he really couldn't see through my professional acting skills!

This is her wisdom, which she is so proud of!

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