Chapter 131: Shuyue’s New Ideas

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Reopening the Mirror Flower Water Moon, Shu Yue put away the Barrier, and after placing it back into the bottle, she paused her movements.

Instead of returning it to the Mirror, she picked it up and examined it.

“The essence of this Barrier… should also be a power of a higher dimension than elemental force!”

The power of the Barrier could distort a person’s perception, causing them to automatically ignore the space it enveloped.

Its effect was similar to Lin’s Butterfly Brooch, and if crafted into an artifact, it would surely be a Magic Artifact.

The Mirror Flower Water Moon Pendant made by Sister Zi was called a Magic Artifact by Mrs. Mei Er.

It could not only disguise one’s identity but also sacrifice itself five times to save Shu Yue.

Moreover, these five deaths had no side effects on the body, only depleting the Pendant’s own power.

This alone showed how formidable a Magic Artifact was.

“Unfortunately, with my current strength, I’m probably not capable of refining it, nor can I bear or understand it.”

Without understanding, there could be no use.

It would be the same as not having obtained it at all.

Shu Yue placed the Potion Bottle containing the Gray-Black Barrier back into the Mirror.

She straightened her attire, swept her gaze over the traces around her, and confirmed there were no oversights.

Then she walked to the door of the interrogation room, unlocked it, and pulled the handle to open it.

Outside the door, Claire immediately sensed the movement.

Seeing that it was Shu Yue who emerged from the door, she let out a slight breath of relief, then lowered her eyes again, awaiting Shu Yue’s next command.

Shu Yue glanced at Claire without saying anything, then turned her head to look at O Luomu on the other side.

O Luomu’s black, round face was piled with fawning smiles, and he said ingratiatingly:

“Honorable Young Master White, how was it? Would you like… this subordinate to prepare another one for you?”

“No need.”

Shu Yue had some new ideas.

Humans possessed Elemental Affinity, and other living creatures should also have it, but her immediate priority was to return and extract the Fire Element to see how a spiritualized Fire Element would perform—whether it could burn Souls.

After replying to O Luomu, she directly strode forward, following the path she had come to leave the prison.

Claire followed behind her, while O Luomu walked to one side, two steps behind, seeing her off.

He didn’t even glance at the gruesome scene inside the interrogation room, nor did he need to say goodbye.

After the three departed, someone would naturally come to clean up.

Two guards walked in carrying buckets of water, preparing to find the corpse and see what state it was in.

But they couldn’t find a body anywhere in the entire interrogation room—only a pool of blood and some small chunks of flesh.

“Wh-what happened here?”

One guard examined the charred chunks of meat.

Fragments of bone scorched by flames were still stuck to them, and they emitted the stench of burned flesh and skin, making even him—someone accustomed to such scenes—feel like vomiting.

The other guard’s face was numb.

He kicked the man and said irritably:

“Newcomers are always making a fuss over nothing. I’ve seen all kinds of things in my time.”

“But you’ve only been here one more year than me, damn it!”

“You know it’s just one more year? Then get to work. There are plenty of interrogation rooms waiting for us to clean!”

“Fine, fine…”

Since there was no corpse to handle, they could slack off a little after skipping that step.

So they didn’t report the matter, sat around in the interrogation room for a bit, and only then started cleaning.

As Shu Yue walked out the entrance, she happened to run into another group just coming out from inside.

This group was mostly young people, with four guards and a middle-aged man with a somewhat weathered face leading them.

Three young men and two young women were dressed in luxurious clothes, seemingly here to build their courage.

One delicate-looking young man was being supported by others.

His face was pale and his eyes somewhat unfocused, clearly not yet recovered.

The others’ expressions were all more or less unpleasant.

Shu Yue saw them, and they naturally saw Shu Yue as well.

Neither side knew each other, but they could tell from Claire’s attire that it was a maid’s uniform customized by the Isolde Family.

Additionally, they had long noticed the carriage parked there bearing the Isolde Family crest—that unique snowflake emblem was impossible to mistake.

The moment their gazes crossed, Shu Yue withdrew her look and walked straight toward the carriage.

She had no contact with this group of people.

Only after the carriage had gone a little further did the group begin to converse.

The tall young man glanced at the carriage, then turned to his companion.

“That person just now was Liya White, right?”

“Yes, that’s him.”

Someone nodded in agreement, while also being curious about why Shu Yue was here.

“What did he come here for?”

“What else would someone come here for? The same purpose as us. I saw his face was pretty pale too—probably faking his composure.”

The young man whose face was pale but still bore an arrogant expression glanced at his frightened companion, a hint of disgust showing in his eyes.

The two young women, however, stared at the carriage until it disappeared from view, then looked back at their three companions.

“But he’s already Tier 2…”

“Pfft, he must have used some method to forcibly boost himself. You should all know there are people like that.”

“But he fought Sir Ai Li Ke Si.”

“That day Sir Ai Li Ke Si wasn’t going all out. With the true strength of that Tier 3 Knight, a fraud like him probably wouldn’t even survive one sword strike!”

The arrogant young man was full of disdain.

Seeing him like this, the two young women couldn’t be bothered to deal with him either.

Although they indeed weren’t as skilled as the rumors praised, and though they weren’t at the top level, they didn’t know exactly how impressive he was.

They had heard from their close girlfriends during afternoon tea that Liya White was handsome and incredibly capable.

They hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, but they had certainly seen his good looks.

In their opinion, he was far better than these useless idiots beside them.

Two of the three young men, seeing that the girls were no longer looking at them, felt a momentary impulse to chase after him and challenge him.

But under the gaze of that middle-aged man, they could only abandon the idea.

On the other side, while riding back in the carriage, Shu Yue asked Claire a question.

“Magic Beasts should also have Elemental Affinity, right?”

Claire was silent for a moment, then answered her.

“Yes, they do.”

“I need some Magic Beast cores of the Wind Element and Fire Element. A bit of every attribute. Not too many—I just need them for an experiment. Send them along with the Dragon Blood to the Alchemy Workshop.”

“Understood.”

Claire nodded.

A few Magic Beast cores were nothing; there was no need to report to Mrs. Mei Er.

This minimal loss of resources was hardly significant.

Cores were materials for Magic Artifacts, and an Alchemist needing Magic Beast cores wouldn’t strike anyone as unusual.

The carriage returned to the castle, and Shu Yue first went back to her own room.

To her surprise, she found Lin waiting for her at the door.

Looking at Lin with her single ponytail, Shu Yue was a bit curious about what she was doing squatting at her doorstep.

Lin glanced at Claire behind Shu Yue, then looked back at Shu Yue, not speaking immediately.

Claire understood what that meant, bowed, and withdrew.

Now only Shu Yue and Lin remained in the courtyard.

The two stared at each other, and Lin’s eyes narrowed more and more.

“Don’t pull that routine on me. First tell me what you want—you’re not going to ask me to go chat with Luolan again, are you?”

Shu Yue rolled her eyes at her and said.

“Hmph, do you know that the wicked cousin always finds excuses to look for Sister?”

Lin got angry just mentioning it, glaring at Shu Yue.

“And you?”

“You actually had the leisure to run off to the prison? Without taking me along!”

“Cough, cough. Anyway, you can’t just sit back and watch. That wicked cousin is trying to tear you and Sister apart!”

Shu Yue looked at her fuming face without any reaction.

Seeing that Lin had stopped talking, she finally replied:

“Are you done?”

“Can’t you at least show a little urgency?”

Seeing her so calm and unconcerned, Lin was stomping her feet in frustration.

Shu Yue sighed and comforted her:

“Don’t worry so much. Don’t you know your own Sister? The closer someone gets to her, the colder she becomes. Xiya will absolutely never be able to break through your Sister’s defenses.”

“But what if she does?”

“That ‘what if’ lies with your mother, and has nothing to do with me or Luolan.”

Lin was silenced by Shu Yue’s words, “with your mother.”

Indeed, as Shu Yue said, the key issue now was whether Mrs. Mei Er would respect her daughter Luolan’s wishes, or whether she wanted to control her daughter’s marriage and forcefully destroy the Marriage Contract between Liya and Luolan, pushing Luolan and Xiya together to solidify the alliance’s interests.

Shu Yue looked at Lin, who seemed deflated, and offered another word of comfort.

“I think your mother should respect Luolan’s wishes. Luolan has already told me she wants to fulfill the agreement with Grand Duke Isolde. Once the Recommendation Qualification Competition ends, she’ll announce the Marriage Contract and get engaged. After we both turn sixteen, the Wedding can take place.”

“Really?”

Lin’s ruby eyes, which had dimmed, suddenly lit up at Shu Yue’s words.