A duelist never gives up!

Hongzhong turned his gaze to the understanding Nanfeng and blinked expectantly.

"There's no point in me going alone with you, right?" Nan Feng said, spreading his hands. "As for the other junior members, they've already infiltrated the entire stadium staff. If they disappear, our plan will be exposed."

"Okay, okay, then I'll have to find another way to retaliate against him." Hongzhong sighed helplessly, then smiled excitedly and said, "For example... this should be okay, right?"

"That's no problem. Let me arrange it." Dongfeng was slightly stunned after hearing this.

"Of course there's no problem, because this is a kind gift." Hongzhong said, and left the tunnel with everyone.

Just after they left, the body of an investigator moved, stretched out his finger weakly, dipped it in the blood on his mouth, and wrote his last words on the floor with all his strength. Then his head tilted and he completely lost his breath.

"What? A bye?!"

Xuefeng widened his eyes and said in disbelief.

"Yeah, we have a bye tomorrow." Nafeli also felt a little unbelievable. "Although 15 teams will compete for the quarterfinals tomorrow, it stands to reason that one team will have a bye, but how should I put it..."

"For a popular team like our Duelist Academy, the tournament organizers usually won't give us a bye because we can attract audiences to buy tickets." Nafeli explained. That's right, although the matchup schedule is advertised as random, anyone who actually believes it is a fool.

"If that's any explanation, then it wouldn't make sense for us to meet Ironthorn Academy today, right?" Julie suddenly asked. "How could the tournament organizers allow two seeded teams to meet in the second round?"

"That makes sense. Could it be that this year it really has become random?" Nafeli was a little confused, but still felt that something was wrong.

"Don't overthink it," Sera yawned. "Isn't a bye a good thing? Now we're directly in the quarterfinals, which is already better than last year's result."

"And there's no duel tomorrow, that's fantastic!"

"Senior sister, you haven't done anything, why do you always look so sleepy?" Yuan Qi said with a curl of his lips.

"Because she plays games every day." Nero explained.

That’s right, even after arriving in the royal capital, Sera still stayed in her hotel room playing games all day.

What’s more, the screen in the hotel is much bigger than my small TV screen, so it’s so much more fun to play on it!

"Never mind. Anyway, tomorrow is a good day off. You should take this opportunity to explore the capital. It's the most prosperous place in the country." Nafeli clapped his hands and said, "Dismissed!"

Visiting the Royal Capital?!

When Xuefeng heard this word, his eyes suddenly lit up and his heart started beating fast.

This is a great opportunity!

I happen to be a local of the royal capital!

Or who better than me to show Yuan Qi about the charm of the capital?!

"If we want to visit the Royal Capital... would you like to join me, Yuan Qi? After all, I'm from the Royal Capital and I'm very familiar with this place..." Xuefeng invited hesitantly with his head down.

However, Xuefeng waited for a long time but did not receive any response.

Just when Xuefeng felt a sense of loss, Julie beside him gently patted Xuefeng's shoulder and said, "Yuan Qi went back to his room a long time ago. He didn't hear what you said at all."

"Eh?!" Xuefeng's little face suddenly turned pale.

How could this happen! I finally mustered up the courage to say it!

"Just go knock on the door and invite them." Julie couldn't help but suggest when she saw Xuefeng's tearful face.

"That feels a bit embarrassing..." Xuefeng said with a blushing face.

"Why weren't you embarrassed just now?" Julie said with a squint.

"Then... can you go with me?" Xuefeng blinked.

"..."

At this moment, in Yuan Qi's room, Yuan Qi was feeding Ai.

"We've finished the chocolate. Go buy some more later." Ai said dissatisfiedly, shaking her two white and tender legs. As she spoke, she frowned and chewed the candy in her mouth. "And this candy is too hard, isn't it? Can't you try it yourself before buying it?"

"It was obviously something you chose yourself, right?" Yuan Qi said helplessly.

Although Ai can now materialize, in order to avoid being exposed, he still floats beside Yuan Qi like a ghost on weekdays. Whatever he wants to eat or drink, he can only enjoy it when he returns to Yuan Qi's room and is alone with Yuan Qi.

"I don't care. I don't want to eat this anyway." Ai floated to the trash can and prepared to spit out the candy, but she suddenly remembered something. She put the candy covered with saliva in the palm of her hand, walked to Yuan Qi with a wicked smile, spread out her palm and said:

"Hey, come and eat!"

Chapter 37: Be careful, the walls have ears.

"Are you serious?"

Yuan Qi shrank his neck, wondering if the goddess in front of him had a problem with her brain.

"Nonsense." Ai looked down at Yuan Qidao, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "Wasting food is a shameful act, so come on, eat it!"

"Can't you see that it's covered with your saliva?" Yuan Qi said with disgust.

"What saliva! This is the liquid of God, the water of God! Many people want to eat it but can't!" Ai raised his eyebrows and immediately became unhappy.

"Are you sick? Who would want to eat other people's saliva? It's disgusting." Yuan Qi frowned, took a step back, and tried to stay away from Ai.

But Ai was not willing to let him go. She sneered and kept approaching with the sticky candy in her hand: "Disgusting, right? Well, I must disgust you today."

"Hey, don't come over here." Yuan Qi was cornered and sweating profusely, "I haven't done anything to offend you, have I?"

"No, you are always nice to me, so I am rewarding you." Ai said as a matter of course.

"What kind of reward is this?" Yuan Qi said with his eyes wide open, looking horrified.

"Isn't eating girls' sweet saliva the favorite thing for boys of your age?" Ai was a little embarrassed as she twisted her petite body, her pair of blue eyes staring at Yuan Qi as if to draw his soul out.

However, unlike her calm appearance, Ai was actually extremely panicked at the moment, and even couldn't help but start complaining:

Stupid Ah Qi, you actually want me to tell you something like this? Can't you just swallow it according to the mood? !!!

When Yuan Qi heard what Ai Yi said, he was silent for a moment, then he couldn't help but bend over and cover his mouth: "Ugh."

"You...what do you mean?!" Ai said with a flushed face.

"Sorry, I appreciate your kindness, but please just throw that thing into the trash can." Yuan Qi said helplessly, holding his forehead.

"You're not going to accept my toast, are you?" Ai was furious and slammed Yuan Qi to the ground. Then, she sat on his waist and said sullenly, "Be good and open your mouth."

"No." Yuan Qi turned his head away and said. To be honest, he actually wanted to push Ai away, but he didn't know why. Ai's body was as soft as cotton candy, yet as heavy as Mount Tai, pressing him down like a monkey under the Five Elements Mountain, making him unable to move.

"Then don't blame me for being rude." Ai showed a sly smile, then stretched out her little hand, pinched Yuan Qi's mouth, and then pinched the candy with the other hand and slowly stuffed it into Yuan Qi's mouth.

“Mmmm! Mmmmm!!!”

"Hahaha! Scream! No one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out!" Ai laughed proudly.

"Boom boom boom!"

Just then, there was a rapid knock on the outer door.

Ai's face turned dark. He looked at Yuan Qi's lips so close to him, hesitated for a moment, and continued with his actions.

"Boom boom boom!"

The rapid knock on the door sounded again, and this time, it was accompanied by the voices of two girls:

"Hara Nana-san? Are you in your room?"

"I just saw him go back to his room. Is anything wrong?"

"Ah? What should we do?"

"There's no other way. Xuefeng, please move aside."

"Eh?"

"Peng!"

With a deafening bang, the door of the room was kicked open, and then Julie rushed in: "Hey! Yuan Qi, you..."

Julie stopped mid-sentence.

Because she saw Yuan Qi lying on the floor with a look of despair, and what was even more strange was that there was a piece of candy on the right side of Yuan Qi's cheek.

"Did I disturb you while you were practicing 'how to eat candy in your cheek with your tongue'?" Julie said with a twitch of her lips.

"No, you're here just in time." Yuan Qi threw the candy on his cheek into the trash can and said, "What do you want from me?"

"It's not me who's looking for you, it's her." Julie stepped to the right, revealing Xuefeng behind her.

"Excuse me... Is Mr. Yuan Qi free tomorrow?" Xuefeng raised his head and asked timidly.

"There shouldn't be any plans." Yuan Qi thought for a moment, "And there's no need to use honorifics between us, right?"

"Eh?" Xuefeng waved her hand quickly. "I don't mean anything else. It's just that... do you want to go shopping with me in the capital tomorrow?"

"Huh?" Yuan Qi tilted his head, seemingly unable to react.

Seeing Yuan Qi remained silent, Xuefeng quickly continued, "Because you see, I'm a native of the capital and very familiar with it. Whatever you want to see, I know where it is..."

"Okay." Yuan Qi said suddenly.

"No way...eh? Is it possible?!" Xuefeng couldn't help but shout excitedly.

"Sure, I'll leave it to you tomorrow." Yuan Qi nodded.

Xuefeng's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, as if he had eaten honey. "Then it's settled! See you tomorrow!"

Having said that, he left in a hurry as if he was afraid that Yuan Qi would go back on his word.

"It's okay, I'm leaving too." Julie waved her hand.

"Wait, what should I do with my door?" Yuan Qi looked at the broken door lock and said worriedly.

"How about... why don't you just come to my room tonight?" Julie said suddenly.

"Huh?" Yuan Qi looked at Julie in shock, as if time had returned to that afternoon a month ago when Julie had said the same words to him.

"You started again?" Yuan Qi said, holding his chin.

"Just kidding, I'm too lazy to get involved." Julie coughed twice and said lightly, "There was someone else in the room just now, right?"

"Uh..." Yuan Qi opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, but walls have ears, so you'd better be careful." Julie said, and left the room, closing the door for Yuan Qi when she left.

"Um... I'm sorry, I was wrong." After Julie left, Ai came out with a look of shame on his face.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Qi said coldly.

"My mistake is forcing you to do something you don't want to do." Ai pointed with his two index fingers.

It should be done secretly.

"I'm glad you understand. Don't do this kind of thing again. It's disgusting to get your saliva on other people. Do you understand?" Yuan Qi explained.

"Okay, I promise I won't do anything disgusting to you in the future." Ai blinked.

"That's good." Yuan Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, Ah Qi." Ai said suddenly.

"What?" Yuan Qi asked.

"I discovered something recently." Ai said with a serious expression.

"The dueling power in the air has increased."

Chapter 38: Have you ever had summer?

How do you define summer?

Does it mean it’s summer just because there’s a scorching sun hanging high in the sky?

No, even in other seasons, it can be hot sometimes.

Does eating cool ice cream mean it’s summer?

No, you can still enjoy ice cream even in winter.

So what exactly is summer?

Yuan Qi didn’t know what summer looked like in the eyes of others, but at this moment, he had a definite answer in his heart.

That is the bright smile that appears when a girl stands in front of you wearing a white flowing long skirt, revealing her slender calves and white and tender arms.

This is what summer looks like, this is summer.