"Oh! Your Highness, your plan is to use their scheme against them and let them create a disturbance themselves!
Indeed, with the arrangements Your Highness made at the market, you’ve already stirred their interests through potions, and now only another noticeable conflict can divert their attention from you...
Ha, Your Highness, you may not know, but in the potion market, they’ve always fought . Every strong person and faction fosters their friendly pharmacists.
The conflicts revolve around pharmacists, engaging in battles through potion exchanges and medicine-refining materials.
But because these require accumulation, they’re generally controlled by established forces, making it hard for emerging forces to breathe easily around them.
And now, Your Highness, you’ve opened up a whole new track for them..."
After hearing Bai Yi explain his plan, Lao Jiang, who had been following Xiao Teng, immediately sighed.
Although he was not powerful, as an emerging force with a Seventh Rank platform, he was aware of these insider affairs.
If it were in the past, he might have participated in this conflict, considering they have the inherent advantage of collecting a massive number of creatures.
But now, their group has become the judges of this chaos and has long stepped out of this revelry...
Even the creatures from their group have been brought along this time, ready to be handed over to Bai Yi.
"No! I need you to ’participate’!
And I need you to do it openly!"
Lao Jiang was just about to mention the creatures they brought this time when Bai Yi interrupted him, initially confused, but then quickly understanding.
"Of course, I understand what Your Highness means."
The two spoke in enigmas, leaving Xiao Teng bewildered on the side.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Why does her father seem more like a witch than she does?
How did he understand?
Here, Lao Jiang and Bai Yi continued to conspire in their mysterious plan, while a few minutes earlier, outside the shop.
Ji Lu, who returned to the neutral zone with them, was cloaked in a dark hooded coat and slipped into a deserted alleyway on the side of the street.
Following the communicator in his hand, the disguised Ji Lu quickly found a small shop in the alley.
The external wall had no special features, almost identical to the unused shops around it, but as he arrived, a door gap automatically opened.
The voice inside was cold and emotionless, but Ji Lu showed no emotion, merely displaying his communicator, and the voice inside turned warm and friendly.
Before the other side could finish saying his ID, Ji Lu stepped forward, covering their mouth with his hand.
Although everyone here was like-minded, having an ID was still quite embarrassing...
The gagged member nodded vigorously, assuring they wouldn’t say it, and was then released.
"Ah, it’s you. We have to thank you for sponsoring this gathering!
Come in, most people have arrived, and we’ve prepared a special package for you; someone inside will give it to you!"
"Hahaha, I’m just following the teachings, striving to learn even one ten-thousandth of Miss’s character.
Besides, we’re like-minded people and should help each other, right?"
With a wave of mental agreement, the door opened wide for Ji Lu, revealing a world completely different inside.
In stark contrast to the cold buildings outside, the interior, expanded by space, resembled a natural park.
Inside, there were no barriers separating people; lush plants grew freely, particularly a small tree in the center exuding a rich aura of Life.
It gave Ji Lu a familiar, exciting feeling.
Interested in the tree species in the center, Ji Lu’s gaze soon fixed on a nearby stall.
Without voicing his purpose, he skillfully showed his communicator, and the stall owner, who matched his build, smiled in gratitude:
"Many thanks for sponsoring this event. Here is what we specially prepared for you."
Under his hood, Ji Lu’s face lit up with excitement as he took the item and unfolded it before him.
If Bai Yi saw this item here, it would surely give Bai Yi a shocking surprise.
Even any witch in the territory would recognize what Ji Lu held in his hand—an item emblazoned with Bai Yi’s "heroic pose," a snow-white pain shirt!
It was illustrated with a moment during Bai Yi’s summoning in the arena, capturing the essence of beauty.
It made Ji Lu feel as though he was back to a week ago, the day he first witnessed "Fan Mao" after a loss in frustration, and was captivated by her.
The day after his defeat, intending to vent his frustration by watching a couple of duels to calm down.
And just then, the first match he saw was Miss Fan Mao’s duel.
The real-time feedback from the advanced seating instantly immersed him in Miss Fan Mao’s charm, and he eventually became a member of this small group of fans following her.
Even after leaving the transit zone, he continued to enjoy the battle recordings specially purchased from the arena daily.