Five days later, Lin Xiu and the others arrived outside Magic City!
This was Lin Xiu’s first visit to Magic City. He looked at the towering, sturdy City Wall and the imposing statues standing solemnly at the Entrance, then clicked his tongue.
“As expected of a major city…”
“Who are those statues?” Lin Xiu pointed at the seven humanoid sculptures standing at the city entrance.
“The Seven Royal Marquises of Dragon Country!” When Zhao Qingqing’s gaze fell upon the seven statues, her eyes filled with reverence, along with a trace of longing.
“They’re the Seven Marquises of Dragon Country?!” Before Lin Xiu could speak, Kadir suddenly cried out in surprise.
“You know about them too?” Lin Xiu felt embarrassed. It seemed that failing to study was unacceptable. Even a foreigner knew the heroes of his country, while he knew nothing about them.
“You didn’t know?” Both of them looked at Lin Xiu in surprise.
Lin Xiu scratched his head awkwardly. “Should I have known?”
“You’ve studied yourself into a dog’s stomach.” Zhao Qingqing muttered unhappily, then said to the baby girl in her arms, “Little Yuan'er, don’t grow up to be like your useless Older Brother, understand?”
“Ya ya…”
“What a good girl…”
Lin Xiu rolled his eyes at The other party but said nothing more. He could not beat her. Even he and Kadir together could not withstand a single move from her. If she wanted to say a few words, he let her.
“Tell me about them.” Lin Xiu looked at Kadir and pointed at the statues of the Seven Royal Marquises.
Kadir nodded and looked at the enormous statue before her, her expression complicated.
“According to what I know, the Seven Marquises of Dragon Country are the seven most powerful awakeners in Dragon Country, and every one of them has made tremendous contributions to your Dragon Country. Of course, that is from the perspective of Dragon Country People.”
“But in our Divine Kingdom, some of them are demonic existences!”
“Oh? Tell me more.” Lin Xiu became interested as well. He took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and then leaned back against the hood of the jeep.
Seeing Lin Xiu light a cigarette, Zhao Qingqing carried the baby girl into the vehicle. She glared fiercely at him before getting in.
“Ignore her. Say what you were going to say.” Lin Xiu took a deep drag of his cigarette and said to Kadir.
Kadir nodded helplessly. As someone from the Divine Kingdom, she began explaining Dragon Country’s history to a native Dragon Country Person…
“I don’t know everything about the Seven Royal Marquises either. The ones who left the deepest impression on me are Marquis Ye An Yang Ye An and King Tingfeng, Hua Tingfeng.”
“Yang Ye'an…” Lin Xiu knew the name because Yang Ye'an had another identity: he was the founder of the Night Watch Division. Lin Xiu’s father was the Director of the Night Watch Division, so his father’s influence had naturally made him familiar with Marquis Ye An Yang Ye An.
“That’s right.” Kadir nodded. “Your father is a member of the Night Watch Division, so you must know Marquis Ye An well.”
“Actually, I don’t know him that well…” Lin Xiu gave two dry laughs.
Kadir was speechless. The man before her looked like an uneducated delinquent, yet he had managed to thrive in a cannibalistic place like Sin City. He had even ignored her Angel protection and knocked her unconscious with a Brick…
This was the first time she had encountered someone so contradictory.
“What are you thinking about?” Lin Xiu blew a mouthful of smoke onto Kadir’s fair face.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough…” Kadir choked and coughed. She shot Lin Xiu a resentful glance before speaking. “Yang Ye'an’s exact Strength is unknown, but according to our Divine Kingdom’s statistics, he possesses no fewer than three types of Awakening!”
“This includes the astonishingly powerful lightning!”
“Control lightning?” Shock flashed through Lin Xiu’s eyes. Zhao Qingqing’s Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix had already exceeded his understanding. He had never expected anyone else to control the power of lightning. Wouldn’t that make him like an Immortal from a fantasy novel??
“That’s right, control lightning!” Kadir said with a serious expression. “Our Divine Kingdom once had a Six-winged Archangel fight Yang Ye'an.”
“What was the result?” Lin Xiu pressed for an answer.
“That archangel’s Strength has now declined to the Four-winged realm, and it continues to fall. He may become a mortal body before long.” Kadir spoke with some regret.
Just then, Zhao Qingqing poked her head out of the car window and said unhappily, “Stop chatting. It’s time to enter the city.”
“Such a busybody.” Lin Xiu glanced at her, tossed the cigarette butt onto the ground, clapped his hands, and got into the vehicle.
The journey into the city showed Lin Xiu the gap between Biluo City and Magic City. They went through three inspections along the way. Without Zhao Qingqing, Kadir’s status as a Seraph would likely have gotten her killed before she even entered the city!
“I’ll have someone arrange an identity card for you later. After that, you’ll be able to move freely around Magic City.” Zhao Qingqing glanced sideways at Kadir.
“Thank you.”
“Don’t thank me yet.” Zhao Qingqing drove while speaking in a serious tone. “Lin Xiu told me about the contract you signed with him, but I still have something to remind you of.”
As she spoke, Zhao Qingqing’s gaze sharpened. The temperature inside the vehicle seemed to rise several degrees in an instant. Kadir, sitting in the passenger seat, felt it most clearly. A line of sweat trickled down her forehead.
“In the Divine Kingdom, violating a contract means becoming God Forsaken—you become an ordinary person, right?”
“Yes…” Kadir did not dare meet Zhao Qingqing’s eyes. The pressure The other party exerted on her was overwhelming.
“That is a contract of your Divine Kingdom, not one of our Lin Family.” Zhao Qingqing glanced at Lin Xiu, lounging in the back seat, then looked forward again. “According to the Lin Family’s Rules, if you betray Lin Xiu, I will make you wish you were dead.”
“I, Zhao Qingqing, always keep my word. If you don’t believe me, you can try!”
“I… I Know.” Kadir raised a hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead.
“Since when did our Lin Family have such a Rule?” The corners of Lin Xiu’s mouth lifted slightly. He had watched Zhao Qingqing intimidate Kadir without interfering. After all, Kadir was a Seraph of the Divine Kingdom. Sin City was one thing, but at Magic City Martial University, she would inevitably come into contact with some of Dragon Country’s secrets. A warning was necessary.
“I’m the Lin Family’s daughter-in-law, your stepmother. What I say is the Lin Family’s Rules. Do you have an objection?” Zhao Qingqing looked at Lin Xiu through the rearview mirror, her tone carrying a strong threat.
Lin Xiu shrugged without saying anything.
After what happened today, Lin Xiu no longer felt hostile toward this woman. He had never met his biological mother, so he had no feelings for her. His father’s marriage to a woman like Zhao Qingqing could also be considered his good fortune.
As long as she treated his father sincerely, everything else was unimportant.
Of course, he would never call her Mom—not even if they beat him to death!
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