Chapter Fifty-Four Before Parting

  Scamode leaned in close to Li Xie's ear and whispered, "Your Excellency, currently the Emperor has one hundred unassigned seventh-tier magic beasts and one eighth-tier magic beast."

  Scamador stood up straight, his voice also louder: "If the amount needed is too much, it can't be extracted in a short time. Moreover, some magical beasts' blood is closely related to their own strength. If they lose too much blood, it may affect the level of the magical beast. And this type of magical beast's blood recovers very slowly..."

  "That's right!" Zaynarde suddenly interjected: "Take the giant dragons, for example. Their blood is closely tied to their strength, and if they lose too much of it, they may even downgrade! Moreover, their blood recovers very slowly, so although the giant dragons have strong physical defenses, once they're injured, it's actually quite difficult for them to recover!"

  Zaynarde, who was usually cold and rarely spoke, didn't even let Kano interrupt, so why did Zaynarde interrupt?

  Li Xie glanced at Ze Ennarde, raising an eyebrow. Can't you understand what this damned giant dragon is thinking? Isn't it just afraid that Li Xie will use him as a blood bank, that's why he said that!

  In fact, Li Xie really wanted to treat him as a blood bank!

  With just this restriction, I'm afraid this guy is unlikely to agree!

  "What's your opinion?" Li Xie asked.

  Scamode said: "What I mean is that I will help you store some blood every day, I have experience and know how much to put without harming the high-ranking magic beast, and also know how long it takes for them to recover. Maybe not much blood can be taken each day, but a little bit adds up! When there's enough, I'll send it to you again, so you won't have to worry about this matter often."

  Li Xie thought for a moment, it's just over 100 seventh-tier magic beasts and one eighth-tier magic beast, I'm afraid this time is not enough to extract the amount needed to advance!

  But what Skamord meant, Li Xie also understood. Skamord just wanted to have a long-term cooperative relationship with Li Xie, so Li Xie couldn't just ignore him and had to take care of him, mutually beneficial after all!

  Be careful what you think is clear, but the proposal is good!

  Li Xie nodded: "Then do it your way, but I need fresh blood, so all the blood must be put in the space ring!" Li Xie noticed that Skamord didn't have a space ring on his hand, and took out a blue crystal card, saying: "Here's one million gold coins, go buy a space ring."

  Skarmory's eyes lit up, and he didn't pretend to decline, readily accepting the crystal card. One million gold coins weren't a small amount; tens of thousands could buy a larger spatial ring, and the rest would be Skarmory's reward.

  One million gold coins may not be a lot for Li Xie, but for Skamo, it's not a small amount, almost half of his family's property! This is also the reason why Skamo doesn't have a spatial ring! How could he resist this temptation? Moreover, if he accepts these gold coins, he will be able to come and go more easily in the future. If he doesn't accept them, Li Xie might not dare ask for his help again!

  A proud person, in Li Xie's eyes, is an uncooperative object! And Skarmory also understands this point.

  In the end, due to the blood shortage issue, Li Xie temporarily failed to advance and took Kano and Zeenard back to the Evil Duke's mansion. He ordered the people of the Evil Duke's mansion to prepare individually, those who were willing to follow Li Xie to Chrysanthemum City should pack their bags, and if they didn't want to go, that was fine too. But this was all just empty words, as every single one of the 113 people in the Evil Duke's mansion, plus a cat and a dragon, followed Li Xie without exception.

  This time going to Chrysanthemum City, I'm afraid it will be necessary to stay for a considerable number of days. As a result, the guards have moved their whole families and need time to prepare. At least two or three days are required.

  During this time, the Right Minister indeed sent 50 million gold coins to buy his own life! This made Li Xie, who wanted to kill him, somewhat depressed, and could only put off his revenge for now. Then, Vandy Sel arrived at the Evil Duke's mansion and became another high-ranking bodyguard for Li Xie. However, the commander of the legion promised by Mercedes VII had not yet arrived. The message from the Left Minister was that the commander of the legion assigned to Li Xie this time was Mercedes VII's deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, named "Jack Rothschild", who could not report for duty in a short period of time due to issues with the transfer of military affairs.

  Li Xie wasn't in a hurry either, these past few days he hasn't had time to be anxious!

  His own salute was in the space ring, and there was nothing good to receive. During the preparation time of the guards, Li Xie was with Duke Aiwei'er all the time.

  Mercedes VII didn't let Duke Avril follow her to Chrysanthemum City, and Li Xie didn't insist either. After all, their feelings hadn't reached the point of being inseparable yet. It was just a pure-hearted young man who had fallen in love at first sight with a beauty and wanted to get his hands on her. Although they would be temporarily separated, it wasn't possible for them to be distracted from food and drink. However, gathering together before parting ways was a must.

  Li Xie just held Aiwier's small hand, openly walking on the main street, not afraid of being seen by others and spreading rumors, bringing criticism to Aiwier. After all, Li Xie now has the emperor above him and a master protecting him below, with no need to worry about anything else, who would dare to make trouble for Li Xie or his woman?

  "Kano, when did the Duke become close with Duke Everil?" Behind Li Xie, not far away, Vandy Sel's words as a newly joined bodyguard had an acidic tone.

  Avril is almost the imperial capital lover, the goddess in the hearts of single men, and as a result, she was dumped like that!

  Kano held Miao in his arms, unable to habitually scratch his head, and instead smiled awkwardly: "Actually, I'm not sure either. Vice Commander, do you know?"

  Zayn's gaze was fixed on the front, staring at the sunset, without responding.

  This is a straight street, at the end of the street, there is an orange sunset.

  "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, it's just near dusk." Li Xie turned his face to look at the sunset glow, and said to the elegant and refined Duchess Aiwier: "I'm leaving for Chrysanthemum City tomorrow, Mengna, you're alone in the Imperial Capital, take care of yourself, if there's any trouble, come find me in Chrysanthemum City, if you miss me, feel free to come over when you have time."

  "Your Highness..."

  "Don't call me Your Highness, call me Xie Ge."

  "Evil brother, take Dreamer as your disciple, let her follow you around." Duke Avier's eyes looked at Li Xie with hope.

  Li Xie's face showed a bitter smile, indeed, the heart of Duke Aiwier was still with the Goddess of Life! Even if she held hands, what this girl thought about was still becoming a Divine Descent Master!

  Alas, does this mean I've become a romantic rival to the Goddess of Life? Damn it, my romantic rival is a woman! Oh! Dog seller!

  "No, I won't accept you as a disciple." Li Xie shook his head and said, "Even if I were to accept you as a disciple, you wouldn't understand the truth of life and would never become a divine master!"

  "What's to be done? Mona has already followed her body's decision..." Duke Avril said with some disappointment.

  But her words made Li Xie even more bitter. The Duke of Aiwier's so-called obedience to physical desires was just eating and drinking, without any passion!

  To this day, Li Xie hasn't even kissed the lips of Duke Elvira! No, it should be said that Duke Elvira's "body" has never thought of kissing Li Xie, or maybe had other desires!

  What a human tragedy! Li Xie sighed.

  So, at the moment of their impending farewell, Li Xie decided to ignore whether or not Duke Aiwei wanted it, and at least have a truly intimate contact with her!

  "It's still far from enough! Alright, during the days I'm away from the Imperial City, you're not allowed to eat meat or drink wine. You'll continue living your usual life, but every day, you must spend one hour thinking about things we did together."

  "Hmm, Mona must have done it!"

  Li Xie took a deep breath and said: "Before I leave, there's something I want to do with you. It's my body's demand, I hope you can agree."

  "What is it?" asked Duke Everard with a hint of curiosity.

  If it were another woman, she would have definitely thought of what Li Xie's request was, even if it was simple, and probably would have gone to think about some place to sleep, but the Duchess Evillia was different.

  Although she was doll-like since childhood, that was a matter of her early years. At the age of ten, her family underwent a drastic change and she began to walk on the path of sacrifice, dedicating herself wholeheartedly to the Goddess of Life. From ignorance to adulthood, her life consisted only of doing good deeds, praying, and feeling the divine light of the Goddess of Life, nothing else.

  She is not that simple, she is completely unworldly! Perhaps only vaguely aware of a little emotion, as for other men and women's affairs, she fundamentally has no idea at all!

  So she was just curious about what the "body" of the god in front of her eyes wanted!

  Li Xie said: "Don't move, don't dodge, relax your whole body and feel it carefully!"

  "Ah!" Duke Avielle nodded heavily.

  Li Xie's gaze was fixed on Duke Evie's curious eyes, his face slowly approaching, one hand wrapped around her waist and the other around her neck, his lips pressed against hers!

  A kiss!

  Duke Avril's eyes snapped open, his gaze complex! His body trembled at the same time!

  Li Xie could feel the tension in Duke Avril's body! And Li Xie's body was equally stiff, he, still a rookie at kissing!

  It was just an instant, and Li Xie's body began to relax, like every man's first kiss, after the tension came a crazy pursuit!

  Li Xie's lips pressed forcefully against Duke Avier's, his tongue entering and prying open the tightly closed teeth, awkwardly entwining with Duke Avier's shrinking tongue.

  Gradually, Li Xie closed his eyes, while Duke Aiwei's eyes were getting wider and wider!

  Under the sunset, at the end of the street, two embracing figures stretched out in the remaining light, like a mysterious story, always with a sense of eeriness, as the background for some intimate actions, such as three people staring blankly! Oh, and there's also a cat!

  Van Dyke's eyes widened and his mouth opened: "They... Oh! My heart aches!"

  Kano's eyes were filled with surprise, but the corners of his mouth were curled up in a pleased smile. The cat he was holding, Miao Miao, lifted its small paws and covered its own eyes.

  Zain's eyes shone brightly as he stared at the embracing couple, sighing: "I'm worried that the Holy Sacrifice won't survive! I've personally experienced the power of adults!"

  Wow!

  Van Dyke turned around, his eyes wide with wonder, and his jaw dropped!

  Kano's face twitched, and the smile at the corner of his mouth trembled violently!

  Meow meow, put away your paws and look at Zayn Malik, blinked her cat eyes, and shivered!

  Heaven and earth can testify, Ze En Na De this giant dragon who is equally "innocent" as Duke Ai Wei Er in terms of romance, doesn't even know what a kiss is, he thinks Li Xie is sucking Duke Ai Wei Er's blood! And before that, he had personally experienced Li Xie's blood-sucking ability!

  There is no other meaning in Zayn's words!

  It's unclear what those two people and a cat are actually thinking...