1426 Testing Waters
Ling Lan smiled at Lord Qian's words but didn't say anything.
It wasn't up to her to decide whether she was heartless or not. Plus, Li Lanfeng and Luo Lang preferred to stay with her. It would be an insult to them if they were to run away.
Not long after, Li Lanfeng and Luo Lang walked in with Lord Dui with calm expressions on their faces.
When they saw Ling Lan, they stood behind Ling Lan without any greeting.
Lord Qian's eyes lit up. He was even more interested in Ling Lan now. She was able to make people her age submit to her so much at such a young age. She was quite capable.
He raised his head and looked at Li Lanfeng and Luo Lang. He pointed at Ling Lan and asked with a smile, "Do you know that it was his decision to send you here to die? What do you think?"
Lord Qian observed the three young people in front of him with interest. He wanted to see if something interesting would happen because of his words.
Luo Lang looked at Lord Qian with a confused expression.
As for Li Lanfeng, he had a faint smile on his face from the moment he came in. The curve of his lips didn't change at all. It was as though Lord Qian had never said anything.
Lord Qian glanced at Li Lanfeng indifferently. Then, he looked at Luo Lang, who reacted immediately. He asked, "Tell me. If I'm satisfied, I might let you leave alive."
"What about my boss?" Luo Lang looked at Ling Lan who was sitting in front of him.
"He's my guest. Of course, he can't leave," Lord Qian replied with a smile.
Luo Lang shrugged. "Then, what's the point of talking about it?"
Lord Qian was surprised. "What do you mean?"
"I'll be wherever my boss is," Luo Lang said seriously. "Also, I promised someone that whoever wants to hurt my boss will have to step over my dead body first."
Luo Lang's words were firm. He was like a sword that was about to be unsheathed, exuding a murderous aura.
"Exactly." Beside him, Li Lanfeng agreed with a smile.
This person's aura was gentle and harmless. Compared to Luo Lang, who was filled with a murderous aura, they formed two extremes. However, Lord Qian frowned slightly and looked at Li Lanfeng seriously with a hint of scrutiny.
However, he only glanced at them once. For someone like Lord Qian, who was almost invincible, he wouldn't even care about imperial realm formidable warriors, much less two titled domain realm formidable warriors. He only glanced at them once because Li Lanfeng and Luo Lang weren't affected by his words and still trusted their boss 100%. This determination moved him just a little.
In fact, Lord Qian's seemingly simple words had actually used a psychological attack to shake Li Lanfeng and Luo Lang's trust in Ling Lan. He originally thought that he would see the result he wanted, but he unexpectedly failed. This surprised him.
In a god-realm level spiritual attack, as long as there was a trace of distrust between the two parties, a weak point in their mental state would be magnified instantly and eventually break apart.
What Lord Qian didn't expect was that Luo Lang had grown up with Ling Lan. This friendship and trust had long been ingrained in his bones. In addition, Luo Lang's personality was simple and pure. One was one, two was two. If you liked and trusted someone, you wouldn't hold anything back. How could there be a flaw in your mental state when you were 100% invested in someone?
Plus, with Luo Lang's Devil Change talent and the existence of everyone's personality, even if his spiritual power wasn't as strong as Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng, it wasn't too far off. In a spiritual attack, the lower the target's spiritual power, the higher the success rate. Conversely, the success rate would be lower. Even if Luo Lang's personality wasn't simple and pure, it wasn't easy to break through his mental defenses with just a few words.
As for Li Lanfeng, compared to Luo Lang, he was on the other end of the spectrum.
Luo Lang was simple and pure to the extreme, so there were no flaws. As for Li Lanfeng, his thoughts were complicated and dark to the extreme. His heart was filled with all kinds of desires. Power, status, and the people he wanted. He had everything. He was full of flaws. However, it was precisely because his greed had reached an extreme that unless it hit his vital point, it wouldn't be able to shake his mind at all.
Lord Qian's attack was in the wrong direction, so he naturally gained nothing.
Ling Lan didn't seem to notice Lord Qian's probing, nor did she seem to care about it. She just looked at Lord Qian with a faint smile.
"Haha, not bad." Lord Qian laughed. He didn't hide his probing. He was magnanimous, making people involuntarily let down their guard … The naive Luo Lang also laughed.
Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng maintained their smiles, still unmoved.
"Alright, little friend, you can tell me your thoughts now. Why do you think it's our decision?" Lord Qian suddenly stopped smiling and stared at Ling Lan sternly.
Just this gaze made Ling Lan feel as if a knife had been ruthlessly slashed across her face. In the end, it landed in her eyes, skin, and eyes. She felt a sharp pain.
A cold glint flashed in Ling Lan's eyes. Her body trembled slightly. In an invisible world, she successfully broke through Lord Qian's terrifying gaze.
It looked like the two of them were just looking at each other, but only she and Lord Qian knew that the two of them had silently exchanged blows. If she couldn't block it, her eyes would probably be injured.
"Thank you for your help, Instructor Number One." Ling Lan thanked Instructor Number One in her mindscape. With her ability, she couldn't break through the gaze attack of a god-realm supreme being. No matter how strong an imperial realm formidable warrior was, although they weren't considered ants in the eyes of a god-realm supreme being, they were still like children. They didn't have much resistance.
"It's fine. At the crucial moment, I will make a move." Instructor Number One's cold voice sounded in her mindscape. Although his voice was cold, it made Ling Lan's heart calm down. She no longer had any worries.
"At first, I thought that the 13 Lords started the war to cultivate Gu … to cultivate the strongest fighting force in the Lawless Lands." Ling Lan smiled. "But later, I realized that wasn't the case. The war was just to make it easier for you to rule."
Lord Qian sneered when he heard that. "You should have seen the historical document in the rainbow palace. You should know that the war every year is what the countries in the central region want to see the most. If we don't take the initiative to start this war, it won't be long before our Lawless Lands face the allied armies of the various countries."
"The Lawless Lands doesn't have enough benefits for them to mobilize so many people." Ling Lan exposed him.
"Even if it's not that fast, they will still arrange for spies here to create chaos and hatred. The war will still start," Lord Qian said calmly. "Instead of letting innocent people suffer, why don't we start it ourselves? Not only can we train our soldiers, but we can also prevent civilians from dying. It's like killing two birds with one stone."
PS: Madam, you are already a big fatty now. So, please completely ignore my words.
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