After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

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Of course, as Isa's old teammate, Fannis still caught a glimpse of sadness in Isa's eyes.

Because by Lin Da's side, there was Lulu.

"Then let's head upstairs," Isa said with a forced smile, joining the other team members to go upstairs.

Fannis took Isa's hand, comfortingly telling the captain not to be sad.

Good adventurers are a dime a dozen.

Someone better than Lin Da? If you really tried in White Dove City, there might... be one, right?

...

The guests had all but arrived.

Lin Da was about to head back upstairs when he encountered a pair of unfamiliar guests.

"Who are you?"

Lin Da looked at the two women before him with curiosity.

A quiet girl with pink braids and thick, black-rimmed glasses.

And a mature woman with golden hair, dressed in a housekeeper's uniform.

"Congratulations on your promotion, this is my gift, please make sure to accept it!"

The energetic pink-haired girl held out two gifts with both hands to Lin Da.

The one on top was a Demon Core encased in a crystal box, polished into the shape of a droplet.

Judging by the rich fluctuations of Magic Power within, it turned out to be a level 30 Demon Core from a rare orange Magical Creature!

Its value was around 350,000 Gold Coins.

Lin Da's expression changed.

Who is this person, even more generous than the White Dove Adventure Group?

"May I ask, who are you?"

Lin Da did not accept the gift hastily.

"I'm Lin, and she's my housekeeper, Flower Cat,"

Lia giggled, pushing the gift box into Lin Da's arms, "We're adventurers on a journey. We've heard that the Phoenix Tail Flower Team is quite famous around here and wanted to come and offer our congratulations."

"Adventurers on a journey...?"

Lin Da looked at them with suspicion.

His sixth sense told him that something was off about these two.

But on the surface, they seemed like ordinary adventurers; nothing unusual was detected.

And after all, they had come to offer their congratulations.

As the saying goes, don't slap a smiling face; driving them away would be rude.

"Then, I thank Miss Lin for her gift,"

Lin Da accepted it.

He looked at the black gift box beneath the level 30 Demon Core, curiously asking, "What is this?"

"Oh, that's a local specialty from our place. You must only open it at night; otherwise, it will rot immediately," Lia advised gravely, "You absolutely cannot open it during the day."

"I understand," Lin Da nodded, "I'll show you to the third floor."

"Yay!" Lia cheered, following Lin Da upstairs.

...

"General, is this really okay? If we're discovered, it could cause big trouble!"

Witch Bai Mian kept an eye on their surroundings while secretly communicating with Lia using a Secret Technique.

"My disguise Skills are very strong, don't worry,"

Lia confidently communicated back, hands behind her back, taking an interested look around the villa's interior.

Everywhere here bore Lin Da's scent.

Watching the tall figure in front of her, within arm's reach, the Holy Pattern in Lia's lower abdomen emitted a fiery sensation, as if compelling her to prey upon the man before her.

The first hunt of a High-Class Succubus would grant considerable power to both parties.

But Lin Da's current level was too low; Lia worried that he could not withstand the feedback of Magic Power.

It was likely that only she would grow stronger, and Lin Da's Magic Circuit would simply be ruined.

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Forget about cultivation, you won't even be able to pee in the future!

"We can browse around by ourselves, you should rest." Xiaoling saw a trace of fatigue on Lin Da's face and felt a bit of heartache, probably because he had been entertaining guests all morning and was tired.

"Alright, then have fun on your own."

Lin Da said with a smile.

At Snow Goose's table, it seemed like Klrona had something to say to him, carrying a bunny-head purse, she stared at him from a distance.

If he didn't go over, she'd probably keep staring until the end of the banquet.

"I'm leaving now."

"Yes."

Xiaoling and Lady Bai Mian took turns carrying on the conversation.

"That's also good, after all, it's Lin Da, staying too close to him for too long might reveal us."

Xiaoling, like a diligent little bee, flitted about the buffet in the hall, sampling a little here, a little there, eating cake, drinking orange juice, observing every kind of object in the villa, like a curious baby.

As was only to be expected, her attention was captured by a huge promotional poster on the wall ahead.

The people on it were Lin Da and the Phoenix Tail Flower Team members.

Aside from Xiaoling, there was another girl, standing dazed in front of the poster, looking at the line of text below it.

"What? Let me see too."

With familiarity, Xiaoling sidled up to the red-haired girl, approaching silently as she had done two years before, suddenly placing her hands on the other's shoulders.

She let out a 'wow'.

"Ah!" Lia instantly snapped back to reality, turning around to face Xiaoling as if ready for battle, just about to get angry when she paused, "Is that you?"

They had met on the commercial street the day before.

"What are you looking at, Bursting Flames, Miss Lia?" Xiaoling joked.

This kind of familiar manner of speaking, a bit annoyingly presumptuous... it all made Lia think of someone.

But looking up and down, Lia couldn't associate the person in front of her with that other person she thought of.

The difference in appearance was too great.

"Look on your own time, don't disturb me." Lia reverted to her cold demeanor, contemplating her own matters — she hadn't yet asked Lin Da if he had found Lin Xi's whereabouts.

With the atmosphere in the courtyard earlier, she couldn't bring herself to ask, too many eyes watching.

Xiaoling, out of curiosity, went over and discovered several lines of small text beneath the poster.

They were the Phoenix Tail Flower Team's adventuring goals.

This strangely familiar scene made Xiaoling's eyes widen slightly.

Her head ached for a moment.

The memories deep underwater, as if separated by a thin membrane, suddenly surfaced.

It was like someone was grabbing them with a big hand and forcefully stuffing them into her head.

These were the emotions Xiaoling had sealed away after undergoing the "Light of the Demon God" baptism. The memories had always been there, but the emotions felt during those events had been worn away by the baptism.

Xiaoling's most vivid memories were only of Lin Da, who had stayed, and the great and mighty Demon King.

But now, the adventuring goals of the Phoenix Tail Flower Team triggered Xiaoling's ancient memories.

A narrow and cramped, yet very clean rental house.

Five poor but zestful adventurers.

They held paintbrushes and wrote down their dreams on the wall.

Today, aside from Lin Da, all had been replaced with new members.

She, Xiaoling, had no right to take up the pen and write on the poster.

'With Lin Da's charm, maybe in a few years he'll own a carriage full of Phoenix Tail Flower Team members, all with bulging bellies!'

'With so many wives by then, would he still care for his non-blood related little sister?'

Xiaoling thought about it until she broke her own defenses.

She was supposed to be the person closest to Lin Da, yet to be forgotten in the end... She didn't want that to happen!

When Xiaoling looked at Lia again, the joy of reuniting with an old friend was gone, completely replaced by jealousy: during the two years she was absent, Lia might have been carousing night after night with Lin Da, only sleeping exhaustedly, and sometimes, when in the mood, even including Aiko...

"You guys can't have a silver party every day!"

Xiaoling, on the verge of a breakdown, grasped Lia's shoulders, "In those two years, how many times have you done it!"