Many people would feel the chill creeping up their spines if he directed this look at them.
However, Nichkun's expression remained unchanged, smiling politely at him instead. "Mr. Jeon."
Lisa had been thinking of the things that she would need to talk to Nichkun, and hadn't noticed that Jungkook had arrived. Hearing his words only did she notice that the man was indeed here. She turned to look at him. "Brother Jungkook?" Had he already resolved the matters in the ancient martial arts world?
"Hello." Jungkook nodded towards Nichkun, but you could tell from his tone that he wasn't very happy.
Nichkun didn't take it to heart, and only continued smiling. He turned his gaze towards Lisa. "We'll talk next time then."
Lisa rubbed her temples, nodding. "Yeah, I'll see you." She'd have to find another chance to talk to him about the 'calamity' and 'turning point'.
She waved at him, then walked to Jungkook's side. She flashed him a smile and her snow-white face seemingly glowing when she looked at him.
Jungkook's expression didn't change much, but he nodded lightly at Nichkun, then led her away without another word, his eyes still dark and cold.
Nichkun watched the two leave, before the smile slid off his face, eventually letting out a sigh.
"Sorn, is everything packed?" He suddenly asked.
Sorn jumped out from behind the door. "Yes, everything is packed, Young Master. But why did you want to suddenly want to go to the ancient martial arts world?"
"The second elder invited me." Nichkun squeezed the cup in his hand. "I predicted that a calamiity would befall Jeon Jungkook. If he should one day fall, wouldn't my chance come then?" Since it was about a fickle thing like fate, who knows?
Chance? What chance? Sorn blinked, once again feeling like she couldn't keep up with what Nichkun was thinking.
"Go and let Dino know, get him to bring his luggage and come with us." Nichkun turned to walk into the villa, suddenly recalling this matter.
Although she didn't understand why Nichkun was going to bring Dino with him, Sorn proceeded to carry out his instructions.
***
"What's with your expression, Brother Jungkook?" Lisa poked Jungkook's arm.
Jungkook's face was still dark. "Are you close to that person just now?" And she even played chess with him! And helped him with growing flowers! Flowers! Jungkook felt like he had a repeater in his heart, repeating all the words that he thought of.
"Not really." Lisa shook her head, smiling at him.
Jungkook breathed a sigh of relief, but still took Lisa's hands, squeezing it tightly.
"Hoseok, what were the main points that the elders were talking about just now?" Lisa turned her gaze to Hoseok, who was following behind Jungkook.
Hoseok told her everything that happened, word for word, without leaving out anything. He also handed her a bunch of documents. "These are the things that need to be dealt with."
These were papers that Donghyuk had asked him to hand to Lisa, and though Donghyuk didn't look overly reliable usually, he was really responsible when it came to the bigger matters.
Although Hoseok didn't really understand Donghyuk's meanings, he still brought it over as requested.
"Feng Jiu?" Lisa flipped through the papers that she received, narrowing her eyes. She muttered the name again under her breath, and filed the name away for later. "Hoseok, for the matter in Fairy Lake, go and find the military in this state and they'll tell you how to settle it... amongst other things."
Lisa pulled out a piece of paper and pen from her pocket, writing all the things that needed to be settled, and gave it to Hoseok. "Once the things are done, we'll head back to the ancient martial arts world today."
Hoseok took the piece of paper. His eyes widened in surprise and thought that these were things that obviously needed to be settled before they left. It was a list of things to settle the aftermath of Mingzhou, and every method listed down was detailed and concise. It would not have been much different than what Jungkook would have instructed them to do.
He had initially thought that they would have to stay in Mingzhou for a few more days, but he didn't think they'd be able to leave today.
This was the first time Hoseok had seen Lisa behave in such a serious manner. Her calmness and precise handling of things made all doubt disappear from his heart.
He had been worried that with Jungkook's memory loss, the ancient martial arts world would be shaken.
But he had been worried for nothing, Lisa had once again surprised him!
"Understood, Miss Lalisa!" Hoseok said loudly, leaving excitedly with the paper in hand.
Lisa watched him leave before taking Jungkook back. Although they didn't have anything to pack, shoving everything into her inventory, she still had other things to handle.
"Little Hyunsuk, you won't be coming back with me to the capital this time. There are still a lot of things in the Hua family waiting for you to deal with." Lisa had found Hyunsuk, informing him of this.
Hyunsuk was disappointed, but he quickly gathered himself together. "Sister Lisa, I'll head to the capital to look for you as soon as I can."
"Yeah, I'll be waiting for you." Lisa rubbed his head gently, her eyes flickering to the other members of the Hua family. "If anyone bullies you, let me know."
Hyunsuk nodded his head rigorously.
The other members of the Hua family who had all witnessed Lisa's brutality. "..." Who the heck would dare to provoke you? It's not like they didn't value their lives!
Then some of them looked at Hyunsuk with little admiration in their eyes.
"Sister Lisa, thank you." Hyunsuk said these words solemnly. He knew that he wouldn't be standing here, alive, if it weren't for her.
"Silly." Lisa smiled. "Alright, I'm leaving now."
Jungkook was leaning at the door, waiting for her. He didn't go in, and while he waited for Lisa, he received a call.
Caller: Little Psycho.
Little Psycho? Jungkook frowned, there weren't many numbers on this phone, so it should be someone he knew, and so he took the call. "Little Psycho?"
Taehee, who was on the other side of the call: "... I'm your mother!"
Jungkook hung up the phone.
Lisa came out just as he did, and she asked, "Who was that, Brother Jungkook?"
"A liar." Jungkook grabbed her hands, and seeing her doubtful eyes on him, he elaborated, "The name in my phone is 'Little Psycho', but she said she's my mother, so I hung up."
"..." Lisa struggled to open her mouth, and she finally managed to say, "That was really your mother, Brother Jungkook."
Jungkook: "..." Then why he heck did he save her number as 'Little Psycho'?
Lisa took his phone from him, and gave Taehee a call, giving her a brief summary of what was happening.
Taehee was silent for a while, before finally saying, "We'll talk when you both get home."
Lisa hung up the phone as Jungkook watched silently from her side. She gave him a gentle smile, reassuring him, "Don't worry, it's fine. Let's go back first."
Jungkook was comforted immediately, and followed her back.
***
At the same time, Feng Jiu and the great elder were still in a stalemate.
"Great Elder, I don't care about things in the ancient martial arts world, but what about the internet?" Feng Jiu looked at the great elder, trying to reach a compromise with him. "When things heat up like this, we can't control the direction in which the winds will blow, especially on the internet where things go viral instantly. It will cause a bigger rebound if anything happens."
This was Feng Jiu's biggest worry. In this world, there was no scarier thing than the terrifying speed of new spreading on the internet.
"The internet?" The great elder raised his head, his voice surprised.
Feng Jiu nodded helplessly. "It's now going viral on the internet, those pictures of your fights have been exposed. How will I explain it to the netizens?"
"I don't think you need any explanations." The second elder, who had been basically eating popcorn while he watched the show played out, brushed off Feng Jiu's concern easily. "Don't worry, there'll be someone who'll take care of this matter for you."
Take care of it? How the heck will you 'take care of it'? Feng Jiu said sarcastically in his mind.
He was just so tired of talking to a bunch of stubborn old people! Did they think that the internet was child's play? Those keyboard warriors could kill people with one sentence, and even if you contacted the original poster to delete their post, it would still spring up somewhere else like bamboo shoots after a rain.
He tried to emphasize this point, and explained the pros and cons to the elders, and finally sighed. "The netizens should be demanding explanations from the country right now, tell me, what should I do?"
At this time, Donghyuk came in from outside, holding a phone in his hands. "Miss Lalisa has already resolved the matter."
"Resolved? How was that possible!" Feng Jiu retorted immediately. No one here knew the horrors of the internet better than him, how could it be resolved just by saying the words?
Donghyuk didn't bother saying anything else, thrusting the phone into his hands.
This person was one of Jungkook's capable subordinates. Feng Jiu didn't dare to offend him, so he took the phone and looked at the screen. Initially, he had an extremely impatient look on his face, but as he read what was on the screen, he froze.
【I've always been an undercover agent sent by Jupiter, now I'll officially announce that I'll destroy the earth 】
【OP, you're nuts, getting my goddess to actually say that she's an alien from Mars 】
Feng Jiu swiped through several pages of the comments, and they were all along the same lines. The uproar and turmoil that didn't even have time to sprout had been chopped down and burned before it started.
Weren't you guys all still questioning it all in the morning?!
Wasn't this turn of events a little too fast?!
And finally, he realized that the source of the change came from an account named 'For A Millenium'. Who was this person? The one Weibo that she posted was even more powerful than a Weibo from their officials on Weibo? And there were even so many celebrities who reposted and forwarded it?
Feng Jiu felt his view of the world shatter in that instance!
Forget about Seokjin and Suzy reposting her Weibo, why was it that those famous painters, medical scientists, entrepreneurs... even the professors of A University reposted it?!
"This is Miss Lalisa's Weibo," Donghyuk explained as he took back his phone, flashing a smile at Feng Jiu. "Fortunately for you, Mr. Feng Jiu, you still held some apprehensions towards the ancient martial arts world, and questioned them first. If you had gone straight for Miss Lalisa, everything would have been too late for you then."
Once Donghyuk said his piece, he left.
"What did he mean by that?" Feng Jiu was still looking shell shocked, unable to pull himself together.
The great elder gave a sympathetic glance at Feng Jiu. "It's just as he said." Then the old man left. He had been going round and round in circles for half a day with this man, but it was all for naught in the end, his words were not as good as Lisa's one sentence in Weibo! Really!
The second elder took a sip of his tea, then patted Feng Jiu on the shoulder. "Mingzhou was initially meant for a dead end. If it weren't for Miss Lalisa, not a single soul would be alive there right now. I wanted to remind you of that fact, but you didn't look in my direction at all. Well, good for you. You've offended the one woman in the ancient martial arts world that no one can afford to offend."
Feng Jiu was already shocked when he heard the first part of the second elder's sentence, and was even more shocked when he heard the latter part, and couldn't help but fall into a contemplative silence. "Isn't Miss Jeon Tzuyu the woman that you can't afford to offend most?"
"Jeon Tzuyu?" The second elder shook his head. "Jeon Tzuyu has been sent to a cell by Miss Lalisa, the kind that is never expected to be freed from."
Feng Jiu's heart jumped, and he was afraid for a moment it was going to crash out of his chest. He had been avoiding the people that were dangerous and he could ill afford to offend in the ancient martial arts world, but he didn't expect he would just land himself in hot water with just one wrong move. Thinking back to Jungkook's reaction just now, he finally slumped down in his chair. "... Why didn't you tell me earlier."
"I gave you so many looks, and it was all useless like showing them to dogs." The second elder let out a long sigh. "If she were to just play with the economy a little, the country you're watching over would tremble and shake three times over from the impact."
"Don't try to scare me." Feng Jiu could already feel all his energy draining from his body.
"Whether or not I'm scaring you, you'll know it in a few days." The second elder shook his head, then stood up to leave.
Feng Jiu was still slumped down in his chair, a blank look on his face. He pulled out his own phone, going back to Lisa's Weibo to read her profile. Medical, economical, academic, arts...
He could feel his heart trembling the more he read. All of these people were quite influential in their own field...
What kind of monster had he offended?
"Did you tell him?" The great elder was standing outside, waiting for the second elder to come out.
"He and I both know the matters of the secular world the best." The second elder thought for a bit, thinking that maybe he was taking a little joy in the others misfortune. "I didn't expect Miss Lalisa to move so fast though."
The great elder gave a weird look at the second elder. "Your tone when you speak of Miss Lalisa is so respectful now?" Wasn't he still so skeptical not long ago?
"That's because we never had close contact." The second elder clicked his tongue. "Are we leaving today?"
"Yes, Donghyuk and the others have arranged everything," The great elder said, then he let out a sigh.
"Why are you sighing?" The second elder asked, eyeing the great elder.
"The Peace Squad, do you know what they're doing?" The great elder didn't wait for the second elder's response before continuing, "They're training! Gods! Go to the back and look at them, they're cultivating like mad men, they're working so hard even though they're already so strong!"
"..." The second elder closed his mouth, afraid that he'd explode the moment he said something.
The group of people from the ancient martial arts world came majestically, and left in the same grand manner.
Before they left, the great elder pulled Jungkook aside to exchange a few more words with him. Lisa leaned against a tree at the intersection, waiting for him to come out.
As she waited, she played with her phone.
"Miss Lalisa." Mo Li was at first going to leave on the flying ark, but there were so many people on it, and so she came down. She didn't expect that she would see Lisa, and she rushed over to greet her. "Why haven't you left yet?"
"Waiting for someone." Lisa kept her phone away.
Mo Li thought that she was waiting for the Peace Squad, and didn't ask further. She smiled instead. "Do you know who was the person who saved you that night?"
Hearing these words, Lisa narrowed her eyes slightly.
"It's my brother!" Mo Li said in a low voice, mysteriously. "I'm sure you don't know him, but I'm telling you, he's amazing! Of course, you're also amazing..."
"Your brother?" Lisa raised her head, why didn't she know that he had a younger sister?
"Yes, my brother!" Mo Li said proudly. "But he's a bit on the cold side, you'll understand when you meet him."
"Is that so." Lisa was silent for a moment, before spitting out the words.
She lowered her head, speaking in her mind. "Lil system, I want all the information about Mo Li."
Jiji, who was talking to some people from the Peace Squad, froze in its place.
"What's up?" Jimin looked at it. "Still thinking of asking Lili to give you a tall and mighty body?"
"I'm busy, don't disturb me." Jiji gave Jimin a glance, then focused on searching for the information Lisa had asked for in the virtual space.
Mo Li was still chatting away when Lisa received the message from Jiji.
A cold chill suddenly fell on the area, and Mo Li stopped talking abruptly, turning around.
Behind them, a tall, imposing figure was walking calmly towards them. The light was behind his back, and the shadows were casted over his front, making it impossible to see his face, but you could still clearly feel the cold aura that the figure exuded.
Even under the sun, you could feel the chills.
"Brother?" Mo Li was taken aback for a moment, not expecting to see him here.
After being stunned, she shivered a little. Probably thinking back to how scary Jungkook had been this morning.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Lisa from the corner of her eyes. It seemed that the other was also looking at Jungkook in a trance, and Mo Li smiled. She sighed a little, just another person dazzled by her brother's beauty. Sadly, her brother didn't have a heart.
Back then, countless amazing women had also fallen for his appearance...
Mo Li felt herself thinking too far back, and she turned around to say something to Lisa, but before she could, she saw the man coming to a stop not far from them.
"Brother?" Mo Li asked in surprise, did he finally accept that she was his sister?
Jungkook was not looking at her, both his eyes were on Lisa. His voice was flat as he said, "Let's go."
He was talking to Lisa!
Mo Li was shocked. She looked at Jungkook, then back at Lisa, and she couldn't react for a moment.
WTF?
How did these two know each other?
Why were they together?
And they looked very close!
But how was that possible?!
Mo Li was probably the one who was most aware of Jungkook's identity and position, and it was because she was aware that she was in a state of disbelief. So she looked at Jungkook. "Are you crazy, do you want to be the cause of her death?!"
"Miss Mo Li!" Lisa could feel Jungkook's pause when he held her hands, and she shot Mo Li a cold look.
Mo Li only felt like she was in a blank space, her face draining of all blood in an instant.
When she finally got back her senses, the two had already left her line of sight.
"Miss Mo Li." The great elder had been watching the entire scene not far off, and he let out a heavy sigh. Lisa's growth was just too fast. "Let's go."
"Great Elder, why didn't you stop him?" Mo Li turned around, looking at the great elder with a cold, hard look. "You know my brother's identity and position!"
The great elder gave Mo Li a look. "The two of them, do you think you could stop either of them?"
Mo Li was silent as she looked at the great elder, not saying a word.
The great elder let out a heavy sigh once again.
***
Lisa and Jungkook returned to the ancient martial arts world in their own flying ark, which used to be the treasure of the Baili family. It was twice as fast as the average flying ark that the others used, and so they reached long before the elders.
When they reached back, they found Taehee and Joowon sitting on the sofa, waiting for them.
Seeing the both of them come in, Taehee jumped up and hugged Lisa, patting her from top to bottom. "You're back, Lili. The great elder said that you were injured, is it serious?"
Joowon glanced at Lisa, before turning his eyes to Jungkook. "I heard that you've lost your memories?"
Jungkook was silent, he somehow felt that there was a hint of laughter underneath Joowon's tone, as though rejoicing in his misfortune?
After making sure that there was nothing seriously wrong with Lisa, Taehee let out a breath of relief. "Let's go and eat, Lili. I'm sure you've not been eating well these few days."
Lisa: "... Okay."
At the dinner table, Taehee glanced at Jungkook, who was sitting beside Lisa. She suddenly remembered something as she opened her mouth, "Lili, although his brain is in bad shape right now, I hope you don't dump him."
Jungkook raised his head, glancing at Taehee with his deep, coal eyes.
Lisa: "..."
After eating, Taehee pulled Lisa towards the sofa, asking her what she had been up to. She looked at the younger girl's thin face. "You've become thinner again..."
Joowon and Jungkook were sitting coldly on the other side. The aura they exuded felt even colder than the last time.
Joowon: "I want to drink water."
Everyone ignored him, the butler would serve some cut fruits to Taehee and Lisa, and brought them snacks later on.
Jungkook had thought that he would feel uncomfortable, coming back to his home. But seeing the current situation in front of him made his uneasiness disappear.
"Madam, Miss Lalisa has just returned, we should let her retire early." The butler said from the side.
Taehee got up immediately, touching Lisa's head gently. Her voice was soft as she said, "We'll talk more tomorrow. Go on and rest, Lili. Oh right, Hanbin has been asking me whether you've returned or not, give him a call when you can."
Lisa nodded her head, feeling the concern came from the bottom of the older woman's heart and it made her feel warm inside.
After the two made their way upstairs, Taehee sighed. "Luckily, it doesn't seem like the situation is overly complicated."
"This stinky boy." Joowon snorted coldly. "Forgetting all about us, but remember the girl. I was afraid that he would forget his entire family once he came back."
"Aren't all of your Jeon family members the same?" Taehee seemed to have thought of something, then burst out laughing.
Everyone knew that since ancient times, the Jeon family had been churning out monsters. But there was also another description of them that was less known to outsiders: Since ancient times, the Jeon family people had always been extremely passionate and loving.
***
Upstairs, Jungkook was leaning against the window. His tall, lean figure casting a shadow on the curtains. He plucked a flower from the pot nearby, and asked, "Are you sure they're my parents?"
Lisa: "... They really are."
"Why don't you take a shower first, Brother Jungkook? Do you know how to use everything inside? Never mind, I'll adjust the temperature for you, go on in." Lisa took out a change of clothes, shoving it into Jungkook's arms, and led him to the bathroom and explained to him how the things in there worked.
She left, closing the door after she was done, sitting down at the desk and opening the computer. She proceeded to type away once everything was set up.
When Jungkook was done with his shower, this was the scene he walked into. She was sitting in front of the computer, her slender fingers tapping on the ink black keyboard. Her eyes were slightly lowered, looking at the screen, and her eyes couldn't be seen by others. You could only see her thick, long eyelashes on her side profile, but he knew that she had a pair of eyes that were so radiant that people who look into them would be unable to turn away.
The towel was still in his hands, and he hadn't dried his hair, distracted as he was leaning against the door, watching her.
He looked as if he was in a daze, something flashing in his mind as he felt like he had always been like this, liked watching her like this.
"Brother Jungkook." Lisa looked up to see him leaning against the wall after she finished typing a page, and she smiled, slightly resigned. "Why haven't you dried your hair?"
She took the towel from his hands. "Lower your head."
"Oh." Jungkook obeyed obediently.
After she rubbed his hair dry, she pointed to the stool beside her and said, "You can sit here."
Jungkook sat down without a word.
Lisa placed another computer in front of him, and a pile of documents. "I had Hoseok bring these documents regarding the ancient martial arts world for you, have a look at them."
Jungkook picked them up and started reading through them, and after seeing him immerse himself in the task, Lisa returned to her own seat and continued her own work, tapping away on her keyboard.
[We've reached Peace Manor, Beauty Lisa.] Jiji's voice came through in her mind. [Huh? What are you doing?]
'Fixing the ancient martial arts world.' Lisa replied faintly. 'The strength of the people in the ancient martial arts world is too weak.'
Jiji could see the words she was typing in the computer through her mind, and its lips turned downwards. [Beauty Lisa, you're going to scare them to death.]
Lisa thought for a while, before finally saying, 'I'll try my best to be gentle.'
Jiji: [...] No matter how gentle you try to be, you won't be able to change the fact of how impossible the things you're doing is.
***
At Peace Manor.
"Jiji, why aren't you eating?" Jimin glanced at Jiji, wondering why the robot suddenly stopped eating halfway?
"Nothing." Jiji took another bite of meat. "I'm just feeling shocked for the ancient martial arts world, er... no, I mean, happy."
Jimin had already eaten his meal. "Then you go ahead and continue being shocked slowly, I'll head back to the caves first."
"Really a bunch of lunatics." Jiji watched Jimin's retreating back, and muttered under its breath. This group of people had been training and cultivating day and night non-stop, seriously, their level of craziness could even be comparable to Lisa's.
***
On the other side, Mo Li had just gotten down from the flying ark, bumping into Hanbin who had been waiting at the side.
"Your legs are healed?" Mo Li hadn't believed her own eyes when she saw Hanbin standing in front of her, and after gaping at him for a long time, she finally spit those words out.
Hanbin smiled at her. "Miss Mo Li, it has been a long time."
"That it has. After your legs were injured, you never came back." Mo Li suddenly smiled at him after saying that. "But now it seemed that you've really had a stroke of luck."
Hanbin was about to say something, but the phone in his pocket suddenly started to ring. A gentle smile spread on his face after he pulled it out to see who it was, before turning around to take the call.
Mo Li was surprised at his reaction. Though she wasn't close to Hanbin, she had paid attention to him when he and Jungkook had been famous in the past years. Hence, she knew that though Hanbin looked gentle on the outside, he was actually a person that was hard to get close to, and those who were close to him could be counted on one hand.
After so many years of knowing him, this was the first time she had seen sincere joy on his face like this.
"Sorry," Hanbin said after hanging up the call, turning back to face her. "My grandfather is looking for you."
"Patriarch Baili?" Mo Li glanced at Hanbin with a slight surprise in her eyes. "Let's go then."
On their way to the Baili residence, the two ran into Eunwoo. Both his hands were clasped in front of his chest as he looked towards Hanbin. "I knew that you'd go and look for her."
Hanbin's face was indifferent, not bothered about Eunwoo.
Mo Li felt strange as they continued on, bumping into not only Eunwoo, but even members of the Tang family!
The further they walked, the stranger she felt it was.
Up till when they reached the Baili residence, where she saw Sungwoong and Tang Wenbo sitting there. Hearing Sungwoong's words, Mo Li felt shock once again coursing through her. What a big fanfare, all just for Lisa?
"You guys are really going overboard here, aren't you? Don't you know what kind of person she is?" Mo Li fiddled with her fingers as she said, "Just to make it clear, I admire her very much."
Hanbin didn't reply to that, looking at Mo Li with an indifferent expression on his face. "Of course I know, but if anything were to happen, the Jeon family may not touch you, but our Baili family will definitely not let you off, even if we have to exhaust the power of our entire family."
Mo Li paused in her actions, looking at Hanbin, her eyes unpredictable under the light. After several minutes, she smiled softly. "Of course not."
Walking out of the Baili residence, there wasn't any expression on Mo Li's face as she headed towards the Jeon residence.
When she walked past the Trial Tower, she ran into Irene, who had just exited the tower.
"Your power has increased," Mo Li commented as she circled the other girl. "Looks like you've been working hard the past three years, Murong Irene."
"Miss Mo Li." Irene nodded at her slightly, her face no longer having that prideful look that she usually sported.
"Such a big change?" Mo Li's eyes swept across the area, seeing the horrified gazes of the people who caught sight of her. "Forget it. Let me ask you, where's Jeon Tzuyu?"
"The underground prison." Irene replied easily, looking at her.
WTF? Was it that bad? Tzuyu had been making waves on waves in the ancient martial arts world for a while, and though Mo Li had teased her frequently, she still didn't actually dare to hurt her inside. She never expected to hear something like this when she just came back!
Who was great enough to make Tzuyu fall to that level?
Irene seemed to have heard her unspoken question, and she slowly said three words, "Lalisa."
***
The great elder decided to take a stroll around the Trial Tower in the morning, and he saw a few youngsters looking at the rankings, which were still occupied by the people from Peace Manor. "Look at Peace Manor and Miss Lalisa, you guys are so weak, do you feel good about it?"
"Great Elder, are you teasing us?" The youngsters reeled back as though they had been slapped. You could compare them to anyone and it would still be fine, but Miss Lalisa was a monster, and her subordinates were also the same, monsters, all of them!
The great elder thought about it for a while, before letting out a sigh. "You're right, I can't be too demanding towards you guys anyway."
"Great Elder, Young Master Jeon is in the Elders Association looking for you." After the great elder tried to give some encouraging words to those youngsters, the guard from the Elders Association came to report to him.
Jungkook wouldn't find him for no reason, and usually it was a major event when the younger man came looking for him. So the great elder left hastily after exchanging a few more words with the group of youngsters.
After he left, the group of youngsters was still chatting with each other. "I heard that Miss Mo Li has returned, I wonder between the two, would Miss Lalisa or Miss Mo Li come out on top?"
"Obviously it would be Miss Lalisa." One of them said decisively.
"Although Miss Lalisa's strength is great, you guys have forgotten that Miss Mo Li is a charmspeaker." Another said.
Next to them was a youngster that had been to Mingzhou, and he shook his head. "Miss Mo Li can't even begin to compare to Miss Lalisa."
This sentence caused a heated debate to start between two groups of people, one saying that there was no way Mo Li's charmspeak could be resisted, while the other saying that Lisa's mental power was strong to the point that it was impossible to control, even with charmspeak.
The youngster that had said those words didn't say anything more, just laughing lightly. Charmspeak was nothing. Not only was Lisa able to resist it, she could even reflect it! If he were to say that, the others would definitely be shocked to death!
***
At the Elders Association, Jungkook was seated in his usual seat. Lisa didn't sit in any of the elder's seats, but at the end of the table, leaning lazily against the back of the chair.
The elders came in one by one, and when they saw her sitting there, they were shocked. They greeted her with a slight tremble in their voice, in extremely respectful tones.
The impression that Lisa had left on them the last time they had met was huge, and they only had two words to describe this girl in front of them now!
Terrifying!
Monster!
When Jungkook saw that everyone had arrived, he waved his hands and a pile of books appeared in front of him. His eyes swept across everyone that was seated at the table, and said, "These ancient texts are all fake."
All the elders that were present: "..." Are you kidding me?
Jungkook was looking at them with a solemn expression on his face. His eyes were sharp, and they conveyed to them that he wasn't joking at all.
The elders who were smiling in the beginning fell silent.
The great elder didn't speak, picking up the books that were in front of Jungkook. Every family in the ancient martial arts world had a mark or symbol on their ancient texts, which had been passed down through the generations for nearly thousands of years, and so he knew that these were the real ones that had been passed down once he flipped through them.
Every book was filled with history and aura, how was someone supposed to believe that this was a fake?
Though his mouth said it wasn't true, the great elder knew that in his heart, he believed every word that he had said.
"Young Master Jeon, you're joking with us, right?" Seeing the doubt and hesitation on the great elder's face, the tense shoulder of the other elders started to relax.
Jungkook merely tapped his hand on the table, once, twice, making those who heard the knocks grow more terrified as the time passed. Suddenly, he raised his head, looking at them with an extremely cold look on his face, his voice even colder than that as he said, "Do I look like I'm joking?"
"Kind of, Young Master Je-" Before this person had finished speaking, he felt his heart leap to his throat when he caught sight of Jungkook's gaze.
His voice caught in his throat, stopping his words abruptly!
Most of the ancient texts were passed down in the ancient martial arts world for almost a thousand years, and most of them were fake?
Nobody would believe this fact.
However, was Jungkook the kind of person who would joke? Of course not!
"Do you want to know why the Baili family has improved so much in recent months?" Lisa leaned back, her voice lazy as she spoke into the silence of the room.
"How?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
Everyone in the ancient martial arts world knew that the Baili family was now thriving like never before, and it was obvious everyone was jealous! Of course they wanted to know! As elders of their own families, who didn't want to grow stronger?
So at this moment, all eyes were turned towards Lisa.
Lisa smiled, sitting up straight suddenly, propping her chin on her hand. Her smile was brighter as she said, "Because those fake ancient texts in their house were also discovered by me."
Boom!
Everyone felt like they were going to explode at that revelation, their minds and face blanked as they looked at the brightly smiling girl in a daze!
After dropping such a huge bombshell, Lisa continued to follow up with another one!
"Oh, that's right. I was also the one who gave them their new ancient texts." She threw out, her voice light.
All the elders of the ancient martial arts world were so shocked that they almost sprawled out on the ground.
They tried hard to recall when the Baili family had started to rise, and were horrified to realize that it was around the same time that Lisa had arrived at the Imperial Capital!
The timeline... it matched up!
The other elders all turned as one to look at the only elder from the Baili family who was sitting among them, and the old man was also smiling as bright as Lisa. His voice was extremely respectful as he addressed Lisa, "It's all thanks to the Young Miss for saving the Baili family."
He had called her 'Young Miss', and not 'Miss Lalisa'.
Only at this time, no one seemed to realize the difference in the title. The Elders Association was dead silent for a long while.
"I'll only say this once." Lisa stood up. The sunlight streaming in from the window shone on her face, making her snow-white skin glow slightly. "I created the first Peace Manor, I naturally can also create a second one. If any of you have any ideas, you can come to Peace Manor to find me at five in the morning. You can also bring your juniors."
She could build one Peace Manor, so she could naturally build a second one!
Her voice was light, but every word dripped with arrogance! Overbearing! Conceited!
However, not a single soul in the room could question the validity of her words!