You are all my wings...

“I’m a person of high standards. Don’t lower my standards like this and make your first time so cheap. Even if your first time has so many powerful effects, I don’t like you giving it to me in this way. Moreover, I can’t accept you leaving after giving me your first time and never seeing me again. My dear disciple, you should give me some other kind of thank you gift.”

[Villain Bai Shaqilai's favorability +3%, current favorability 78%]

Bai Shaqilai was silent for a moment: "I'm sorry, I did misunderstand you before. I didn't expect you to be so noble."

"Noble? My dear disciple, it seems you've got it wrong. I am a womanizer, I fall in love with every one I see."

Lyon laughed.

“You don’t fall in love with every girl you see; you have your own principles, and I understand.”

Bai Shaqi shook her head, still pinning Leon down, and said:

"So what other gift would you like?"

"Then let's use legendary-grade spellcasting materials. Aren't you looking for time-based artifacts? Even if you can advance now, you probably don't want to use only the original advancement materials, right? How about giving me the material you were originally preparing to use to advance to the second legendary rank?"

"Aren't you worried about your magic overload problem?"

“I’m worried, very worried, but so many years have passed, a few more days won’t make a difference. Besides, I still think about how you’re willing to do it with me, my good disciple.”

Leon casually patted her smooth buttocks.

Not bad, bouncy.

Bai Shaqilai spat, "You wish! Since you refused this time, you can forget about taking my virginity from me for the rest of your life."

She stood up, and Leon had a clear view of her crotch.

“My dear disciple, that’s what you say, but that position is very tempting.”

Bai Shaqilai quickly put her legs together.

Bai Shaqi glared at him and went to find her fanny pack that had been knocked off. This thing had a higher level of protection and already had the characteristic of compressing space. It was a storage item that only legendary-level items could obtain, and its function was sometimes even stronger than a secret treasure.

After fiddling with it for a while, she tossed a tortoise shell the size of her palm to Leon.

Lyon took it. The surface of the turtle shell looked smooth, but it was actually rough to the touch, very prickly, and covered with mysterious patterns.

"A legendary water-type turtle monster?"

This size is normal; the core spellcasting organs of monsters are generally not large.

Turtle-type monsters, regardless of their type, are generally recognized as suitable materials for advancement in divination.

"That's right, and it's a powerful monster called the Turtle. I planned for a long time to hunt it, so you got it for free."

Bai Shaqilai snorted, took out a change of clothes from her waist bag, and straightened her legs to tuck them into another pink short skirt.

Normally, powerful seventh-tier monsters cannot be hunted without an epic.

However, she is a dual-class player, and both of them are rare professions. Her fighting style is quite unique, and she is also good at setting up traps, which allows her to hunt powerful seventh-tier monsters.

If she hadn't been mentally controlled and corrupted by demons, she could have held her own against Helvie for quite some time, and was much stronger than another legendary figure, Moretes.

“Very good, I have received your gift of thanks, my good disciple. In that case, I will give you a gift in return.”

Lyon smiled slightly:

"While you were unconscious, I took the time to do some divination. This divine relic contains many treasures, including two time-related ones. Let's go, now that our strength has been restored, let's explore it."

Bai Shaqilai nodded slightly: "Okay, we'll distribute the good stuff we find according to our contributions later."

Now that she has cleared all the negative buffs and her strength has returned to its peak, she has the confidence to withstand the suppression of the divine power.

"Oh, by the way, you tore my clothes, and my fanny pack is with Helvie. Do you have any unisex clothes you could give me?"

Lyon stood up, his strong and muscular physique particularly eye-catching.

Bai Shaqilai's eyes widened in disbelief. She realized that in addition to his mysterious and profound appearance and temperament, Leon's physique was also superb. His slender and well-proportioned body was like a work of art, with clean and powerful muscle lines. His fair skin seemed to reflect a dreamlike light, which perfectly matched her fantasies.

She inadvertently imagined what it would be like if he had just chosen to accept her first time, and couldn't help but rub her legs together.

Ok?

She snapped out of her daze, her heart pounding with shame, fearing that Leon would discover something was wrong with her.

She coughed lightly, took a few steps back, and changed the subject:

"Yes, there are, but the color scheme doesn't quite suit you."

"It's alright, no one will see anyway. Besides, wearing your clothes makes me feel like I'm one with you, my good disciple."

Lyon smiled and began to tease him.

Bai Shaqi felt a chill run down her spine. This guy had already rejected me, yet he was still trying to tempt me!

We must find a chance to teach him a lesson!

However, we still need to solve his clothing problem.

"Wait a minute, I'll sew you a set right now! Don't wander around like that! Aren't you ashamed?!"

The thought of Leon wearing her clothes made her even more anxious, so she decided to sew a set for him by hand.

[Villain Bai Shaqilai's favorability +2%, current favorability 80%]

……

At the same moment.

Iris and her companions, together with Berylita and Moripert, swiftly arrived at the vicinity of the sacred fresco under the guidance of this epic master.

Everyone was present except for Camille, who was restrained by Prince Sambor.

The arrival of the group startled the staff stationed at the sacred mural, who quickly bowed to Moripert.

During the exchange, when the Ninth Saintess mentioned Ophima, Macchiato immediately said:

"They must have been here! The princess was kidnapped with me!"

Morrie glanced around for a moment and said:

"Helvies's scent is very strong, and she's making almost no attempt to conceal it. I'll go first, and you can follow her yourselves."

With her abilities, she naturally doesn't need to carry these burdens.

As soon as she finished speaking, she rose into the air in a gorgeous colorful woven dress, transforming into a colorful shooting star that suddenly streaked towards another corner of the dark dome, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

Birelita and the others used various methods to catch up, some flying, some flashing, each with astonishing skills.

The Eighth Saintess, Jiajiali, and the Ninth Saintess, Cincia, looked at each other, and the former said:

"Not only Berylita, but even Her Majesty the Great Saintess has come. It seems that things are very serious."

Cynthia said thoughtfully, "I wonder if it's related to our missing strategist, Britta."

"It's possible. I heard that the strategist is also the second princess's fiancé! Everything makes sense!"

……

At the same time, in another location of the divine ruins, there were no lush forests, no lakes, no dreamlike scenery, and the landscape was completely different from that of Lyon-Belle de Chine; it was the ruins of an ancient city.

On the broken bluestone pavement, a man and a monster were locked in a fierce battle, making muffled thuds.

Orpheus unleashed his power with his fists and feet, punching the monster in front of him away, and then slashing out with his palm in a knife-like shape.

Boom!

A surge of sword light flashed, slicing through the dome and tearing apart the bird-shaped behemoth in front.

With a thud, the monster's corpse fell to the ground, its cuts smooth and devoid of blood, leaving only a sticky, translucent gel-like substance, resembling a fruit platter magnified hundreds or thousands of times.

"Huh, huh."

Ophimosa was slightly out of breath. Her current state was very strange. Her body had been stimulated by her second personality and had gained a peak legendary physique. Her own rationality had been partially taken over by the second personality, but this time her true self had maintained a good state and had not been directly replaced.

Of course, she knew that doing this would continue to overdraw her body's resources, and even her lifespan, but in order to find Leon, she couldn't care less about that.

She stepped forward, reached inside the bird-like creature, and after a moment of searching, found an object the size of a walnut.

"It's actually a fragment of a secret treasure! No wonder this giant bird is so powerful, stronger than a sixth-tier expert, but slightly weaker than a legendary one... Wait, if I can collect these fragments, wouldn't I be able to use legendary materials to advance my tier? My physique is currently at its peak, so perhaps I can use legendary materials to advance to the sixth tier and refine my poems with divine power! At that time, I will have a better chance of winning when I face Helvie!"

She made up her mind and took action.

……

Another corner of the divine relics.

A place that was pitch black, dark, and devoid of any light, like an abyss.

Herwiz, in a long, jet-black dress, stood gracefully in the air, slowly rising upwards.

Every time she flew a short distance, a monster puppet of legendary strength would charge at her peak, but she suppressed it with mental pressure and easily dodged it.

"This divine relic is very strange."

BOOM!!!

With a single palm strike, she pierced through another approaching monster and found a fragment of a treasure that resembled a kiwi fruit.

"Are all the puppets driven by fragments of secret treasures? Interesting."

She had already vaguely sensed Leon's magical mark, so even though she was in this endless abyss and had been flying for so long without ever leaving it, she was not flustered at all.

Soon, we'll find Lyon.

……

Lyon and Baisaqilai continued along the outer edge of the lake, carefully staying away from the edge of the woods, where they were safe for the time being.

This path was confirmed by the two of them through divination, and it is the direction that will allow them to safely reach the location of the secret treasure.

Coincidentally, the results of their divinations were surprisingly consistent this time.

However, Lyon's divination is more intuitive, while Baisa Qilai's divination results are more detailed and contain more information. The combination of the two complements each other well.

Although their strength was suppressed after leaving the area around the boulder, they still retained a considerable amount of it.

Because Leon found the connection to extract divine energy from Divine Might, the burden he needed to bear was lower, and he still had about 10 points of magic left to summon.

Bai Shaqilai no longer felt dizzy after standing for a while like before; she was in good condition and likely had plenty of magic power left.

Sure enough, her previous dizziness was the effect of the demon.

He's a legend, after all. Even if his mental strength hasn't awakened yet, his physical attributes are far superior to Leon's. It's impossible for him to be in such a bad state after entering this place.

However, there's one more thing about Lyon that needs to be complained about.

"I mean, you're supposed to be the Cat Queen, known for your agility and dexterity. You should be quite nimble, so why are the clothes you sewed so inconvenient for movement?"

Beside her, Bai Shaqilai blushed:

"Stop nagging. I'm a spellcaster, not someone who specializes in physical cultivation. I'm already being generous by sewing you a set of clothes to cover your ugly body."

"An ugly body? I feel like you kept glancing over when you were sewing."

Lyon laughed:

"So you think it's disgusting? That's why you want to cut it off? My good disciple, in our hometown this is called betraying one's master and destroying one's ancestors, a very serious crime."

Leon doesn't hesitate to make such jokes with serious types like Satie Belle.

The more someone dislikes something, the more they can like it; the reversal can happen in an instant.

Bai Shaqilai's pink ear tips twitched slightly, and she snorted coldly:

"What apprentice? I'm merely acknowledging your greatness in the path of astrology! As for ugliness, yes, I want to cut it off! Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied. So what you said you could accept before was such a hideous thing."

"I……"

Bai Shaqilai remembered that when she pushed Leon down, she did say that she could accept him.

"I meant accepting you, not that ugly... ugly thing!"

“That’s a part of me. Why do you accept me but find it ugly? I understand now, my good disciple. No wonder you wanted to leave me after giving me your first time…”

"No, it's not like that, I just feel it shouldn't have sunk..."

Bai Shaqilai quickly explained that her so-called departure was simply because she was worried that she would become so engrossed in this that the great cause of rebuilding the Cat People Kingdom could not be completed.

But she froze as soon as she said it. Why would I want to explain this to him?

This was something she had decided to do alone, and she had already decided to leave Leon completely after leaving the mysterious ruins and never bother him again.

Why did she feel a mix of disappointment and joy after he rejected her?