495 The Empress of the Burning Valley Arrives, Part Two (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Lehuo Town, Yulin's Villa...
The open-air pool was reflecting different colors under the LED lights. The water was extraordinarily clean, with a hint of elegance and nobility when covered in the colorful lighting.
A well-decorated table stood beside the pool, various kinds of snacks and fruits on top of it.
Lingling, Zhang Xiaohou, Zhao Manyan, Chen Yi and Xinxia were seated at the table. The day was fairly cold, so none of them was interested in swimming. They were playing cards with bored looks on their faces.
”I don't want to play anymore, Xinxia always wins.” Zhang Xiaohou threw the cards onto the table. He did not feel pleasant after losing a huge sum of his allowance in the games.
”Yeah, that's right, Xinxia, you can't cheat, you have to interpret other people's thoughts from their reactions...” said Chen Yi.
Xinxia was slightly embarrassed. She pushed the stack of money back to everyone and said, ”I didn't do it on purpose.”
For some reason, Xinxia was able to read everyone's mind even without casting any Psychic Spells. They couldn't possibly ask her to close her eyes when playing cards, could they?
”I finally know why the casinos in Macao put 'No Psychic Magicians are allowed inside' before the rule 'No underage kids allowed,'” Zhao Manyan remarked helplessly.
As they were chatting, a few people came out from the pool, all of them also young in age. For some reason, the temperature of the water around them would drop as they were swimming in the pool. It felt like the water was about to freeze, too.
”Some capabilities turn into habits, which are hard to control. It's like nobody is willing to swim with us in the same pool, no matter how hot the day is,” a handsome man in a swimming trunk with his eight packs exposed approached the group. He picked up a cocktail on the way and emptied it.
”Mu Xiu, no one here is talking to you. You don't have to remind us of your existence. You're invited here to guard the place, not to enjoy yourself a vacation. We even paid you!” said Zhao Manyan to the man unpleasantly.
Upon hearing this, another girl with an attractive figure came out of the pool. She flung her hair in a self-assumed elegant manner and giggled like a fox, ”This is Shanghai. Do you think the safe zone is a decoration? I don't think any creature is able to come all the way here. Even if the creature managed to come this far, our Mu Clan is the specialist when dealing with Fire Elemental creatures. The Demon-Sealing Ice Formation is enough to handle everything. I don't think our help is needed, hehe~”
The group totally ignored Mu Xiu and Mu Tingle, the two unwanted guests. They continued to discuss some other topics.
”By the way, Xinxia, why did the Drifting Sand River become restless all of a sudden? Was it because of the Fire Calamity?” blurted out Zhang Xiaohou when the thought crossed his mind.
Xinxia shook her head and said, ”It's just a coincidence. The Fire Calamity doesn't affect the peace in the Drifting Sand River. I can feel that it's because of something in the east, like something huge is about to happen.”
”We are so out of luck. First the Fire Calamity, then the raging Drifting Sand River...” complained Zhao Manyan.
”Something feels strange to me too. Chen Yi, do you know why your mother asked you to harm the Fiery Sorceress? Normally, since she used to be close with the Fiery Sorceress, it would only make sense if she was the one who did it.” Lingling was still bothered by the incident.
”I don't know, my mum only gave me the Grimsteel Spike and told me when to strike, so I just followed her instructions. It felt too easy to be true.” Chen Yi shook her head as she recalled attacking the Fiery Sorceress.
”Chen Yi, you've done something stupid...”
As the group was discussing, a familiar voice barged in. The group did not realize it at first, but as they were about to respond, they suddenly recalled the owner of the voice, leaving them with widened eyes as they turned around and looked behind them...
”Mo Fan!”
”Holy crap, when did you get here? That was quick!”
Zhang Xiaohou and Zhao Manyan went up to Mo Fan and gave him hugs and fists excitedly.
Mo Fan pushed the two idiots away and walked up to Xinxia.
He believed that if Xinxia could run, she would be the first to dive into his hug. As such, Mo Fan was lazy to waste his emotion on the two idiots.
Mo Fan cut straight to the topic. He hugged Xinxia in his arms, making the girl blush, but she did not resist and placed her head on his shoulder obediently...