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"Because I like you," Nie Li replied with a smile, looking straight at Ye Ziyun.
"Then I really can't accept it." Hearing Nie Li's bold confession, Ye Ziyun's cheeks flushed crimson. She had already received enormous favors from Nie Li. If she took on yet another debt, she wouldn't know how to repay him in the future.
"How about this — just consider it a favor you owe me. I'm sure I'll need your help with something down the road," Nie Li said after a moment's thought. Getting this stubborn beauty to agree so quickly was clearly not going to be easy.
"What could I possibly help you with?" Ye Ziyun lowered her head, her pretty face still tinged with red.
"Of course you can help me — you're the City Lord's daughter. I'm sure countless people would love to ask you for things, and I'm no exception! I've already fused with a Demon Spirit, and this Wind Snow Queen doesn't match my own elemental affinity. Keeping it would be useless." Watching Ye Ziyun bow her head like that, Nie Li thought to himself that this little girl was getting more and more charming.
Hearing Nie Li's words, Ye Ziyun hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Fine then. But whatever you ask me to do, it absolutely cannot be anything bad!"
"Of course not! Have you ever seen anyone more upright than me?" Nie Li straightened his expression and said with perfect seriousness.
At his words, Ye Ziyun suddenly burst into giggles, laughing so hard her whole body shook like a swaying blossom. Nie Li's comment was just too hilarious — who was it that had been running the Sacred Family in circles not long ago?
"Nie Li, I'll accept this Wind Snow Queen then. Let me see what this divine-growth-potential Demon Spirit of yours is really like. I'll consider it a favor — you may ask me to do one thing for you. But it absolutely must not be anything bad, or I'll have my father buy this Demon Spirit from you!" Ye Ziyun raised her small hand lightly and darted forward like a butterfly.
What even Ye Ziyun herself didn't realize was that she had gradually come to regard Nie Li as someone very close to her. If it had been anyone else — say,
Watching Ye Ziyun's lovely figure gradually disappear into the distance, Nie Li smiled and murmured, "It won't be long before we meet again. In this life and the last, fate has tied you and me together. Even if I wanted to sever that bond, I couldn't." With that, Nie Li slowly turned and walked away.
Before long, word that thirteen-year-old Nie Li had crushed
The Tian Hen Family once again found itself at the center of everyone's attention, and visitors streamed to their estate day after day.
But Nie Li had seemingly vanished. He secluded himself in meditation and refused to see anyone. All those who came looking for him were turned away by the Tian Hen Family.
Once the news spread further, City Guard Army patrols throughout City of Radiance began uncovering the movements of
After learning of this, the Dark Guild's activities gradually died down. As long as Nie Li stayed at the Tian Hen Family estate, the Dark Guild would never leave him be. But with Nie Li inside the City Lord's Mansion, they didn't dare cause trouble there. After all, the mansion housed a Legendary Demon Spirit Master, several Black Gold Demon Spirit Masters, and countless Warrior powerhouses standing guard.
Besides Nie Li himself, he also brought
All of this was within Nie Li's predictions. His decision to reveal his strength during the Genius Tournament had already accounted for this outcome.
It was said that when Shen Yue of the Sacred Family heard that Nie Li had demonstrated Gold-tier power and had been taken into the City Lord's Mansion to live, he was overcome with grief and rage, vomiting mouthfuls of blood toward the heavens. He had still harbored a sliver of hope regarding Ye Ziyun, but now he knew he had absolutely no chance.
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