The shuttle in the second dimension

　"Who is it!? It was that bastard who took the relief! Who is it!?" Xia Yin was startled by the sudden roar and subconsciously took a step back.

　click-

　The sound of dry branches being cut seemed so abrupt now that the roar had ended.

　"Who!?" The man who had been screaming inside the ruins asked in shock...

　As if realizing that things were getting bad, Xia Yin quickly let go, dropped the small bag in her hand on the ground, turned around, and wanted to leave. However, when Xia Yin was ready to leave, it was too late.

　I saw a long whip made of liquid coming towards Xia Yin in the ruins. It was a long whip made of liquid with a metallic luster. The sudden change made Xia Yin a little at a loss. However, just when the long whip was about to whip Xia Yin, a flash of light flew from not far away and pierced through the long whip made of liquid with a metallic luster and repelled it.

　"Who!?" The man standing at the computer in the ruins frowned slightly and shouted impatiently.

　Meanwhile, on the rooftop of a distant building, Lin Xuan stood silently, speechless. However, just now, when he saw Xia Yin about to be attacked, a rage shot through his eyes. In fact, as the long whip swung towards Xia Yin, Lin Xuan had already opened a tiny spatial crack a few centimeters in front of Xia Yin, ready to open it at any moment to rescue her. However, at that moment, La Fulia happened to arrive and prevented the attack from landing on Xia Yin.

　At the same time, after seeing Xia Yin was rescued, Lin Xuan directly made the tiny space crack in front of Xia Yin disappear, because 5.5, he knew that Xia Yin was not in any danger for the time being.

　"Huff, huff~ I almost missed it, it was so close~~~~" The person who spoke was La Freya, who had rushed here after hearing the information from Kensei Yease.

　She was holding a pistol that looked like a golden instrument, and the flash of light that pierced the whip just now came from the muzzle of the gun.

　"La Fulia~~~~" Standing on the roof of a high-rise building, Lin Xuan used the magic of [Clairvoyance] to watch the Adirad Monastery in the distance. However, when he saw the man walking out of the ruins of the Adirad Monastery, he was stunned for a moment, and then he knew who the familiar figure he saw on the cruise ship yesterday was.

　“…I didn’t expect it would be him.”

Chapter 2 The Princess and the Alchemist

　Looking at the man in a white suit and a red and white plaid hat walking out of the ruins of the Adylad Monastery, Lin Xuan narrowed his blue eyes and murmured.

　"... Tianzhong Mercury, I should have thought of it when I saw the long whip formed by alchemy. It seems that it was him I saw on the boat. I didn't expect..." Lin Xuan continued to whisper as he squinted his eyes and glanced in the direction of the luxury cruise ship 'Tomb of the Sea God' where Wattola's luxury cruise ship was docked.

　"...This time Wattola is actually in cahoots with this guy. Could it be that Wattola wants to resurrect the sage and then have a battle with him?" As he spoke, a cold light flashed across Lin Xuan's squinting eyes.

　"At this critical moment, you actually want to make a big deal on Genshin Island, Watola, seriously, you really can't jump time~~~~" Words with a biting chill came out of Lin Xuan's mouth, and then, a dark red ripple appeared beside Lin Xuan, and then, a simple and ancient bow slowly descended from it. He grabbed the bow that fell from the ripple, but the dark red ripple did not continue to drop arrows, but closed directly.

　This is not because there are no arrows in the [Lord of War's Arsenal], but because they are not needed.

　Suddenly, a stream of dark, crimson-tinged, mist-like energy emerged from Lin Xuan's hand, the hand that wasn't holding the bow. The next moment, the mist-like energy condensed into a single, pitch-black arrow covered in crimson patterns. The arrow emanated an indescribable malice and murderous intent, sending chills down one's spine and making one want to avoid it.

　Putting the pitch-black arrow on the bow, Lin Xuan pulled the bow to its full length with a slight effort, and used his magic clairvoyance to aim at Tianzhong Mercury who was confronting La Fulia more than ten kilometers away.

　------Yadira Monastery three minutes ago------

　"What's your relationship with her, relative?" Tianzhong Hao narrowed his eyes and there was a hint of coldness in his tone.

　"Of course. Then who are you? An unknown alchemist." Raising her spell spear and aiming it at Tianzhong Mercury, La Fulia demanded with a cold face. It was no wonder La Fulia's expression was so cold. Her 'aunt' had nearly died before her. Although there was no real affection between them, it still made her extremely upset. It was a relief that she didn't yell at him. After all, she was a princess, so she had to be well-mannered.

　"Hmph... You are such a lucky little girl. Back then, Kensei Yease saved your life, and now, someone else comes to save you..." Looking at Xia Yin, Tian Zukan Mercury did not answer La Freya's question, but said to Xia Yin coldly.

　"Who are you? What do you want to do to Xia Yin?!" Pulling the helpless Xia Yin behind her, La Fulia asked cautiously. At the same time, Yustina, who was following La Fulia, was also ready for battle.

　——Building in the distance——

　Looking at the two parties confronting each other, Lin Xuan slightly raised the corner of his mouth, and the next moment, he released the arrow in his hand.

　stretch--

　The sound of the vibrating bowstring seemed so abrupt in the quiet building, and at the same time as the sound of the vibrating bowstring sounded, the pitch-black arrow covered with scarlet lines suddenly shot out like a black lightning. Obviously, Lin Xuan and Tianzhong Hao were more than ten kilometers apart, but the pitch-black arrow covered with scarlet lines seemed to pass through the void and suddenly appeared in front of Tianzhong Hao's chest.

　laugh--

　After the pitch-black arrow pierced Tianzhong Hao's body, it did not pass through the body. Instead, the entire arrow was like liquid and went straight into the wound torn by the arrow.

　"Uh~~~~" Staring blankly at the wound on his chest, and feeling the black liquid mixed with some scarlet liquid (hx) seeping into his body, Tianzhong Mercury still hasn't reacted to what is going on.

　Even La Fulia, who had just pulled Xia Yin behind her, was bewildered at this moment. It could only be said that everything happened too fast, so fast that La Fulia had not yet reacted. Even Justina was frightened by this scene, but she quickly came to her senses. She stared vigilantly in the direction of Lin Xuan, and then hurriedly pulled La Fulia and Xia Yin aside. After all, she could not guarantee that the person who shot Tianzhong Hao would not attack her own princess.

　But what happened next made Lin Xuan and La Freya, who had come to her senses, frown slightly. They saw that Tianzhong Hao, who was pierced through the chest, did not have the expression of a dying man on his face. Instead, he slightly raised the corners of his mouth and chuckled, "Fortunately, I didn't use my real body~~~" After saying this, Tianzhong Hao turned directly into a pool of black water. However, with the help of the magic clairvoyance, Lin Xuan clearly saw that in the pool of black water, there was a sphere made of metal that was broken into two halves and lying quietly in it.

　"Is that... a pseudo-refined core?" Originally, Lin Xuan wanted to kill Tianzhong Mercury, because he knew that Tianzhong Mercury's current state was somewhat similar to Nina's. Physically speaking, he was no longer a human being and could transform into liquid metal at will. It would be troublesome to kill him.

　Therefore, Lin Xuan directly used [Evil of This World] and [Unyielding Lord of Arms] to construct an arrow, hoping that when the arrow pierced Tianzhong Mercury Gong's body, it would directly corrode his body and kill him. However, the arrow did kill the target, but it was only a tiny clone of the target. His true body was still unknown.

　"Ha——" After a moment of silence, Lin Xuan suddenly sneered.

　"I've been tricked~~~~~" A moan with a smile came out of Lin Xuan's mouth. If you hadn't seen that Lin Xuan's blue eyes were filled with a dark red filled with murderous intent and violence, you would have really thought that Lin Xuan was in a good mood.

　"However, Tianzhong Mercury, if you want to resurrect the sage, you can't get around me no matter what~~~~~" Lin Xuan said with a smile, raising the corners of his mouth to outline a cruel smile.

　"I'll wait for you to come over... Tianzhong Mercury" whispered, turned around and stepped into the space crack that appeared beside him at some point, and left here.

Chapter 120: Encounter with the Princess

　After leaving the building, Lin Xuan came to Nina.

　As soon as Lin Xuan arrived, Nina noticed him, but she ignored him and continued doing her own thing. She looked like she was organizing some information.

　Lin Xuan knew that it was Nina's experience and understanding of the various alchemy techniques she was familiar with that she had prepared specifically for him, so Lin Xuan didn't care.

　"Mercury Tianzhong has come to Genshin Island~~~" Lin Xuan said while sitting on the sofa.

　"Hmm?" Although Nina has spent a lot of her life studying alchemy, as a person over 270 years old, her emotional intelligence is not low, and even her life experience is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Therefore, when she heard Lin Xuan's words, she quickly judged that Lin Xuan's mood was not as he seemed. Although he concealed it well, Nina could still feel the vague unhappiness in his heart.

　"What's wrong? Who offended you and made you feel unhappy? Could it be..." You stopped what you were doing and looked at Lin Xuan suspiciously, "...is it Tianzhong Mercury?"

　After hearing Nina's words, Lin Xuan froze for a moment, then curled his lips. Although he didn't say anything, he did silently acknowledge what Nina said.

　"No way!?" Speculation is one thing, but being truly acknowledged is another. Nina didn't expect that her casual guess would actually turn out to be correct. She knew Tianzhong Huan's level. Although he would definitely improve after a few years, in Lin Xuan's eyes, he would probably still be an ant. But she didn't expect that it was really him who made Lin Xuan unhappy.

　Looking at Nina's surprised expression, Lin Xuan curled his lips and told her what had happened.

　"We were over ten kilometers apart at the time, so I couldn't clearly sense his presence. I didn't expect him to trick me with his fake refining core."

　"...Pseudo-refined core~~~~" Nina repeated, feeling a bit emotional. "It's amazing that he could come up with this. It seems that the sage helped him a lot~~~~~"

　"Heh~~~~ Isn't it normal for the sage to help him? If Tianzhong Mercury is not made stronger, how can he help himself to retrieve the [Sage's Spirit Blood] and recover to the peak state, the [perfect human] mentioned by the alchemist..." Lin Xuan sneered with a slight grin.

　"So how do you want to deal with the Tianzhong mercury? You seem to be planning some big plan recently. Can you spare some time?" Putting her work aside, Nina sat casually on the sofa, looked at Lin Xuan with a smile, and asked.

　"The plan hasn't started so early. It would be a good idea to clean up some of the running mice before the plan." Lin Xuan squinted his eyes and didn't care at all, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

　"Oh~~~~~What do you want to do?"

　"Sit back and wait."

　"Just sit back and wait? Are you saying you want to..." Nina laughed as if she understood something.

　"The Sage's Spiritual Blood is your current body. So, to revive the Sage, Tianzhong Mercury will definitely come looking for you. I will deliberately leak your information to him. From then on, I just have to wait for him to arrive. No matter how the process changes, his goal will remain the same. What's more, he has a strong supporter this time, which will only make his actions more daring."

　"Assistance?"

　"Well, the vampire said to be closest to the True Ancestor, Lord Ordiale of the [War King Domain]—Dimitrius Wattola."

　"It's him!?" Obviously, Nina knew Wattola. It was precisely because of that that she was wondering why Wattola would be called Tianzuka Mercury's helper.

　"How could it be him? Tianzuka Mercury doesn't have what that battle fanatic wants, right? Wait!! Could it be that he is..." Nina's eyes widened with surprise, "Could it be that he wants to..."

　"You think the same as I do. I think with Wattola's personality, this is not impossible. Besides, this is the only reason Wattola likes him. Otherwise, with Tianzhong Mercury, Wattola probably won't even want to pay attention to him."

　"What a crazy guy..." Nina could only smile bitterly and shook her head at Wattola's madness.

　“Who said it wasn’t~~~~”

　-

　After saying goodbye to Nina, Lin Xuan didn't go anywhere, but wandered around the Genshin Island alone.

　That's right, just wandering around aimlessly. Actually, this was because Lin Xuan really didn't have anything to do right now. He had almost finished preparing everything. As long as he waited for the people from the [Library "lco"] to prepare everything, Lin Xuan's plan could be implemented. But before that, Lin Xuan had nothing else to do.

　Before that, the only thing that could be done was to get rid of the Tianzhong mercury. However, precisely because there was nothing to do now, Lin Xuan was not in a hurry to deal with the Tianzhong mercury. Even though Lin Xuan was very unhappy about the fake core refining incident, Lin Xuan was not in a hurry to find him. Instead, he was like a hunter, slowly waiting for the prey to fall into his trap.

　Otherwise, Lin Xuan would have spread his perception to find Tianzhong Mercury.

　However, just as Lin Xuan was strolling around, a familiar voice suddenly came from the front. When he heard the voice, Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction where the voice came from. A familiar silver-white color caught his eyes.

　"Xia Yin?" Lin Xuan didn't expect that he could meet Xia Yin while wandering around, and that Xia Yin was shopping with the princess of the Kingdom of Aldikia - La Freya Lihavine.

　Xia Yin, La Fulia and Yustina, three beautiful girls with silver hair, walked together and attracted quite a lot of attention. After all, this kind of thing doesn't happen often.

　"Teacher Lin Xuan!" It was obvious that when Lin Xuan saw Xia Yin, Xia Yin also saw Lin Xuan standing not far from her. Because he had promised Ye Lai Xiansheng to protect Xia Yin's life, Lin Xuan had taken good care of Xia Yin. Therefore, in Xia Yin's mind, Lin Xuan was a gentle, considerate, and playful big brother. Lin Xuan didn't dislike Xia Yin, a girl like a saint, but rather liked her. Therefore, after three years of getting along, the two of them had a very good relationship.

　Xia Yin's call naturally attracted the attention of La Fulia and Yustina beside her. When they heard Xia Yin calling Lin Xuan teacher, La Fulia and Yustina subconsciously did not think that the teacher was too young. However, when they saw Lin Xuan, they were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other and muttered in their hearts, "This is too young~~~"

Chapter 121

　"How do you know we're confused by your beauty?!"

　Logically speaking, Lin Xuan, who already knew Alice's personality, should have gotten used to it, but after all, they hadn't seen each other for a while, so Lin Xuan became a little uncomfortable with Alice's personality.

　"Um, classmate Alice?" Stella asked, seeming to be unable to hold back the doubts in her heart.

　"Don't add classmates~~~ I really hate that kind of restrained feeling~~~~~"

　Hearing the feminine tone, Stella pulled the corners of her mouth somewhat forcefully, "——Alice——is she a shemale?"

　"No, I'm not. I'm a girl. I just happen to have a man's body."

　However, in response to Alice's answer, Stella looked at Lin Xuan in confusion, as if asking him, "What's the difference?"

　"Don't ask me, how would I know?" Lin Xuan curled his lips and gave Stella a look.

　"Are you really confused?" As if she had known it for a long time, Zhu Shizuku was not surprised at all by the strange looks on Stella and the others' faces.

　"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh~~ I know there are people like this, but this is the first time I've actually met one, so I'm a little unsure how to get along with them~~ Sorry."

　"It's okay~~~ I'm used to it~~~~ But Shizuku doesn't feel weird at all~~~~"

　"I don't care much about other people's gender. After all, I hate all humans equally. See 1 Mao 2 Lines 3 Chinese website." After saying this, Zhu Shizuku glanced at Alice and continued, "Although Alice is not a common type, I hope to treat him as a woman. I do the same. If possible, I hope that brother, Lin Xuan, and Stella can also treat him as a woman..."

　"understood."

　"I understand."

　"I will work hard."

　Of course, Lin Xuan and the other two would not refuse Zhuzhi's request.

　"Thank you~~~ But don't force it~~~~ I don't want it to be too awkward for everyone to get along with each other~~~~" Although everyone agreed, Alice still prepared the steps for them. If it weren't for the man's body, he could really be a caring big sister.