Lin Luoran's sudden question made Wen Guanjing slightly surprised.
Look at her experience, but also ordinary people grow up as women, but without the general trend of getting rich and arrogant, on the contrary, being cautious to an unreasonable degree, what's going on here?
But when Lin Luo Ran asked like this, Wen Guanjing didn't have anything good to hide. When the strength is not equal, more use of conspiracy, but if the strength is vastly different, and oneself is just an ant in others' eyes, then conspiracy is not as good as open strategy - now in Huaxia, below the Dan formation stage, naturally everyone is an ant, this is undisputed.
So Wen Guanjing considered it for less than a minute before speaking out what had been planned in the department last night.
"In half a month's time, on Bermuda Night, I'll be troubling Miss Lin to lend her assistance once again."
"Bermuda Night", apparently a well-known alias on some level, Wen Guanjing and others never thought that Lin Luoran was just a lucky pie who got hit by a filling, not even understanding the current situation of the cultivation world, let alone these secrets.
As for asking her "master" to lend a hand - well, where can I go to find a master, this is definitely going to be met with a flat refusal.
No... There's no wall that doesn't let wind through, and as long as it's a lie, there's always the possibility of being exposed. Lin Luoran really wanted to refuse on behalf of her "master", but what about next time? And the time after that? How could she rely on this unreliable master? Lin Luoran narrowed her eyes for an instant, and then had an idea.
"Mr. Wen said something I couldn't understand, and this condition is impossible for me to fulfill. It seems that the invitation from your department, I'm afraid I won't be able to attend." She didn't mention that mysterious master at all, but neither did she directly deny it, and such ambiguous words were most likely to confuse people's perception.
Lin Luoran thought that Wen Guanjing would give up upon hearing this, but how could she have known that they had already determined her master to be one of the last remaining Golden Elixir Cultivators? If Lin Luoran really agreed to invite her master over, these people would instead suspect whether it was true or not. After all, due to the current scarcity of spiritual energy in the world, even a Qi Foundation stage cultivator from an older generation would try their best to avoid unnecessary conflicts if they didn't have to act. The difficulty of refining spiritual energy wasn't something that Lin Luoran, who relied on her jade pendant, could comprehend; let alone Golden Elixir Cultivators, whose every move was extremely costly in terms of spiritual energy. Even though the power gained from making a move would be enormous, it was unknown how much time it would take to recover the spent spiritual energy - it was simply not worth it.
As for Wen Guanjing's invitation, Ben didn't plan to invite Jie Dan senior anyway. As long as he could get in touch with Lin Luoran, there would be a day when their relationship would gradually become closer.
So Wen Guanjing got the answer he wanted, and instead smiled slyly and threw out a follow-up move: "Miss Lin, the Bermuda Night opens only once every hundred years. Don't you want to try your luck? If you're lucky, you might even find some relics of the predecessors in the ruins, not to mention magical artifacts and techniques. And if you're extremely lucky, you might even find one or two spiritual medicines, which would save you many years of bitter practice."
What's the use of having a spiritual medicine when Lin Luo Ran has space in his hands, he can grow out medicinal materials from many years ago, but as for the method... Lin Luo Ran listened and felt somewhat moved.
"What's the condition?" Lin Luo Ran didn't believe that such a good thing existed in this world. If there really was such a place, they wouldn't have sent people to guard it and divide the spoils, only a fool would add more people to it. Wen Guan Jing had never been seen smiling, now he looked like a fox, probably nothing good would come of it!
Wen Guanjing laughed even more fiercely: "We take a step back and don't force Miss Lin to join the department, hoping that Miss Lin will also take a step back. Everyone gets along in a mutually beneficial way, how about that? For example, this time's Bermuda Night, I hope that when the time comes, Miss Lin can lend a helping hand to the department. When our colleagues are in danger, just help out as much as you can."
Hesitation, mutual assistance? If it's really feasible, this is a good suggestion.
Lin Luo Ran himself needed a way to get in touch with the cultivation world, and this way had a degree that was just right, not too close.
To maintain his independence, Wen's suggestions at this time all met this requirement.
Wen Guan's eyes narrowed as he observed Lin Luo's reaction, and he added another spark to the fire: "Whatever is found in Bermuda, whether it's a treasure, a technique, or a spiritual herb, anything that Miss Lin finds personally belongs to you. However, the department reserves the right of first refusal for exchange, what do you think?"
How could it be any better? No matter how crazy the special department was being, this was a no-lose deal for Lin Luoran.
"Mr. Wen's hospitality is hard to refuse, on that Bermuda night, I should join forces with the young lady and do our part!"
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and Wen Guanjing also smiled, their two hands clasped together: "Wishing us a pleasant cooperation!"
Qin Shiling was delighted to see the temporary reconciliation between the special department and Lin Luoran, after all, Lin Luoran had provoked the special department in order to avenge Baojia, Qin couldn't just sit back and do nothing. Now that everything was settled amicably, he finally put his worries to rest.
The matter of the text was temporarily compromised, and Lin Luo Ran did not completely relax, but instead turned to face Mo Tian Nan, who had been quietly silent beside him, saying: "Mo Young Master, you are a busy noble, you wouldn't be following Mr. Wen just to watch the excitement, would you?" Looking at Mo Tian Nan's expression, his injury from last time should have healed already, could it be that he has forgotten the pain of his scars and wants to provoke her again?
Lin Luoran sighed inwardly. If he had spoken nicely this time, she wouldn't have minded making some compensation for the matter of the wild ginseng seeds - previously, she couldn't understand why Mo Tian Nan, a worldly person, was so fixated on those few ginseng seeds with spiritual energy. After the "Spiritual Jade" incident and getting familiar with Mo Tian Nan and Wen Guanjing, Lin Luoran was certain that Mo Tian Nan was someone deeply connected to the cultivation world. He wanted to retrieve the ginseng seeds and had been searching for peaceful and spiritually powerful jade, perhaps he really had some urgent use for it?
When Lin Luoran asked this, Mu Tian Nan coughed twice. Last time he sneaked into the Fragrance Chamber at night and was slapped, he was also resentful of Lin Luoran, who knew that the slap contained a sly and cunning spiritual energy, Mu Tian Nan's internal strength couldn't handle it, and he was in pain for two days but still couldn't bear it. Who knows how long this thing will last? Mu Tian Nan endured the humiliation and returned to the Imperial Capital, saying that Lin Luoran might be a cultivator.
The old master of the He family, on one hand said that he was lucky to be able to return home, but on the other hand scolded him to death - if his own daughter were to be visited by a man at night, she would have been slapped to death, and it would indeed be considered good luck for that man.
But thinking of his purpose for coming today, Mu Tian Nan tried to force out a smile, but wasn't good at fawning, and ended up with a creepy grin that was even more terrifying than a horror movie:
"Thief... Miss Lin, I actually have something to discuss with you too."
