At night, in Ding Ling Dong's house …
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!"
Li Yao's face was bruised and swollen beyond recognition. He was flailing his arms and legs, struggling with all his might, but Ding Ling Dong was sitting on top of him with her legs spread apart, suppressing him so that he could not turn around.
Ding Ling Dong was holding a pale yellow jade egg in her hand. After dipping it in a little sky-blue ointment, she rolled it back and forth on Li Yao's face. Her gesture was quite heavy.
"Now you feel pain? Weren't you acting all mighty just now? If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have acted so crazily just now! "
Ding Ling Dong said angrily, her chest rising and falling rapidly. She pressed the jade egg on Li Yao's face and bit her teeth. "I made a fool of myself in public today. I was knocked out for five seconds by you. How embarrassing!"
Li Yao gasped hard and said in a hurry, "That's right.
"Be gentle, be gentle. You were only unconscious for five seconds, but I was unconscious for a whole ten minutes. I stayed in the medical bay for three hours, and I still look so terrible. I'm much worse than you!"
"How is that the same?"
Ding Ling Dong changed to a nearly transparent ointment. She wiped it with both hands and said, "Bear with it. This Hundred Transformations Tranquility Powder is a little painful when applied, but it's very effective in healing. It's a secret of body practitioners like us."
As she spoke, she applied it to Li Yao's face and gently turned it.
Li Yao groaned. It was so painful that tears came out of his eyes. He shouted:
"You're taking revenge on me, aren't you?"
Ding Ling Dong smiled and said:
"So what if I am? Your body is so tough that it can even resist my True Spirit Fiery Snake. This little sting shouldn't be a big deal, right? I really don't know how a monster like you trained. A few months ago, you didn't have the slightest ability to fight back in front of me. You couldn't even stand a few minutes of my beating. Now, with a mass-produced Crystal Suit, you're actually on par with me? "
Li Yao grimaced and hurriedly said:
"It was Sister Xiaoling who showed mercy. I know you still have a few trump cards that you haven't used. "
Ding Ling Dong pursed her lips.
"Of course I showed mercy, but I'm afraid you didn't use your full strength either, right? Don't think I don't know. Saber arts are what you're best at. I've seen a few clips of you training in the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit with a giant vibration saber in your hand. Your saber arts are indeed similar to Long Wenhui's, the deputy leader of the Hundred Saber Alliance. There's also a sense of savagery like a hurricane that can tear everything apart. There's also a weird swirl in your saber arts. Very mysterious! "
"Moreover, you're the same as me. Both of you belong to the combat type. You can only display your full strength on a real battlefield. You're too restrained in the arena. I'm afraid you also feel that you haven't had enough!"
"If we are in a forest with a complicated environment, an underground mine, or a city ruin, and you have a saber in your hand, we can have a competition without any rules or restrictions. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Just thinking about it makes me happy! "
Li Yao smiled and said,
"After I'm done with this, I'll definitely train with Sister Ling Dong and let you fight to your heart's content!"
Ding Ling Dong wrinkled her nose. She said,
"Don't treat me like an ignorant child. I'm just saying. I know you'll be very busy in the coming days. You'll have to hold a press conference to announce the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit to the public. You'll also have to compete with the Tiger King, Mournful Mist, and Sword Torrent, and other mass-produced Crystal Suit models in the military for a big order. But I have confidence in you. You'll definitely be able to take down all these opponents!"
Li Yao grinned. He said,
"We're determined to win the big order from the military. But we're not going to hold a press conference. "
"Because almost twenty forces have already released their own mass-produced Crystal Suit models. To put it bluntly, most of them are rough and crude. Most of them are crudely made and haphazardly put together. If we announce it now, people will only think that we are the same kind of goods. "
Ding Ling Dong asked curiously,
"Then how are you going to promote it?"
Li Yao said,
"In a month's time, the Xing Yao Federation's Federation Magical Equipment Exposition, which is held once every two years, will be held. It is the most sensational event in the entire world of Cultivators, especially in the circle of magical equipment refining.
"Besides, this year, because of the craze for the mass-produced Crystal Suit models, the Magical Equipment Exposition has set up a special section for Crystal Suit models, and the mass-produced Crystal Suit models will be more important in the special section for Crystal Suit models.
"By then, all the mass-produced Crystal Suit models will be shown in the Exposition.
"In the meantime, the military will announce the tender proposal and accept applications during the Exposition.
"It's better if we don't advertise, but it's better if we amaze everyone with a single brilliant feat. Besides, our school has never produced a Crystal Suit before. Even if we advertise, people may not believe us.
"Therefore, we might as well show the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit in the Magical Equipment Exposition so that the audience can see its toughness with their own eyes. I believe that it will definitely cause a sensation!"
Ding Ling Dong stopped rubbing her hands before she knew it.
When Li Yao talked about the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, he was in high spirits. His eyes were glittering, and he was so serious that Ling Dong was a little lost for a moment.
Li Yao's eyes turned mysterious, too. He said softly,
"Sister Ling Dong, I'm sorry."
Ding Ling Dong was a little confused.
"Why are you sorry?"
Li Yao said seriously,
"Because I promised that I would come and chat with you every week when school started. But because I was busy with the production of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, not only did I barely come to chat with you, I even spent less time training with you in the Billowing Star Sea. So, I have to apologize to you."
Ding Ling Dong sniffed and pouted.
"You just realized it?"
"It's so boring when I'm training by myself. Speaking of which, it's quite strange. Before I met you, I often trained by myself for three days and three nights, and I never felt bored. But after I got used to training with you, I always felt that something was missing when I trained by myself. Even the efficiency of my training was much lower than before."
Ding Ling Dong didn't notice that her voice was full of sorrow. "You haven't been here for the past month. I thought that you had forgotten about me!"
"How could I?"
Li Yao smiled. "I was busy refining the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and didn't come here. It was all my fault. But now that the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit has been successfully refined, I won't be as busy as I used to be. I promise."
He looked Ding Ling Dong in the eyes and said seriously, "If I'm free every night, I'll definitely come here and train with you in the Billowing Star Sea, okay?"
"Of course!" Ding Ling Dong grinned. "It's a deal. No regrets!"
"Of course I won't regret."
Li Yao smiled. "Besides, my capability has improved a lot over the past few months. My resistance has also improved tremendously. Even if I don't wear the Crystal Suit, I won't be knocked down by you easily. Maybe I can fight you with a training saber. What do you think?"
"Yes, of course. That's exactly what I'm looking for!" Ding Ling Dong's eyes beamed with excitement.
"Besides training, I think we should spend more time getting to know each other. After all, you are the closest person to me in the world. Is that okay with you?"
Li Yao continued.
"Of course. You know what happened to my parents. Besides, I don't have any relatives. You, my younger brother, are also the closest person to me in the world!"
Ding Ling Dong nodded.
"So, be my girlfriend."
Li Yao said straightforwardly.
"Okay!"
Ding Ling Dong nodded habitually. But the moment the words left her mouth, she realized that something was wrong. She shuddered and felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles. She stammered, "What — what did you say?"
"You heard it, and you heard it very clearly."
Li Yao said solemnly, "But I'm going to say it a thousand times, no, ten thousand times. Be my girlfriend, Sister Ling."
"You — you've got to be kidding me!"
Ding Ling Dong was like a rabbit sitting on the belly of a wolf. She tried to jump away in a panic, but Li Yao grabbed her.
She was obviously stronger than Li Yao, but she could not get away at all, as if she had been pinched by a pair of tongs.
"First of all, you heard it very clearly. Second of all, you know that I'm not kidding."
Li Yao said unhurriedly, "You should know my personality, Sister Ling. When I run into a problem, I only like to solve it in the simplest and most direct way.
"Although I don't know when I fell in love with you, now that I've confirmed my feelings for you, I will never allow our relationship to remain as brother and sister.
"Ambiguity is not my style. I don't want you to be my sister anymore. I only want you to be my woman!"
"You … That's too sudden. We were talking about the Crystal Suit and training just now. How can you do that?"
Ding Ling Dong did not know what to do. She dodged his eyes and tried to change the topic.
"It's not sudden at all. I've been vaguely expressing my feelings for you since three months ago, haven't I? You are a Kung Fu Maniac, not an idiot. I don't believe that you didn't notice it at all and that you were just pretending to be confused!
"One of the reasons why I haven't been here in the past few months is because I've been too busy refining. But the more important reason is that I don't want to get along with you as brother and sister anymore. I don't want to give you too many chances to pretend to be confused, either.
"Therefore, I set a deadline for myself. I refined the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit with all my might and tested it crazily. The day the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit was finished, I would confess my love to you and tell you what I felt for you!"
"That's the style of Vulture Li Yao!"
Li Yao's confession was not romantic at all. It was as sharp as the edge of his saber.
The sturdy carapace that wrapped around Ding Lingdang's heart was about to be cut into pieces by the sharp confession.
She stammered,
"I — I've never thought about it. I've always regarded you as my brother …"
Li Yao said, "Start now.
No matter how long you think about it, I'll wait for you.
"However, as a refiner, I can even melt tungsten and tantalum, which have a melting point of 7,000 degrees. So, no matter what you think, I will definitely melt your heart!
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