Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 162: Chapter 75 Gold-Plated Magic Potion

Cheese lounged lazily on the sofa in a loose bathrobe, but she didn’t seem as calm as she looked.

She breathed softly to steady her own previously restless heartbeat.

Then, she looked relievedly at the embarrassed Li Yelai, whose face was flushed.

She couldn’t help but laugh, ”Look at how nervous you are, did you think something wrong? It’s also my fault, my charm is just irresistible...”

Her words were, as always, filled with teasing and banter.

Li Yelai tried to maintain an indifferent expression, ”Laughable, it’s nothing.”

But his flushed face gave away his pretense.

Then, the two tacitly didn’t mention anything that had just happened.

It was as if their previous eye contact, heavy breathing, and heart palpitations were all like a dream.

Driven by certain emotions, Cheese really wanted to tease Li Yelai, but she ultimately overestimated her own endurance.

Despite her flirty words and actions,

Cheese had no actual hands-on experience.

That is, she was strong in theory but zero in practice.

When Li Yelai’s fingers touched her skin unintentionally, her heartbeat involuntarily sped up, and her breathing became labored.

Especially since back in the Wang Family Mansion, when he had carried her out of the basement, it wasn’t like this... What was happening now?

What’s there to tease about?

She couldn’t handle it herself...

So, Cheese decisively stopped the idea of Li Yelai helping her change clothes further. She was afraid things might spiral out of control...

She hugged her bathrobe and said, ”I’m going to take a shower. You should wash up too, you don’t plan to go home in those clothes, do you?”

Li Yelai’s combat uniform was stained with blood, which was not obvious when he was sitting in his colleague’s car.

But if he walked directly on the street, that would be too conspicuous. He wasn’t a Spiritual Ability User from the Netherworld Path who could conceal his form.

Li Yelai looked at Cheese with a somewhat complicated expression, ”You wouldn’t suggest to save water by showering together, right?”

”Wow, quick on the uptake?” Cheese responded teasingly, ”But don’t get the wrong idea, we rich ladies have two bathrooms in our house!”

Cheese’s family background was good; she owned shares in her uncle’s company and was also a Processor. She never mistreated herself.

The house was spacious, a three-bedroom with two bathrooms, indeed equipped with two bathrooms.

”Okay,” Li Yelai nodded, then hesitated and shrugged, ”But I don’t have a change of clothes...”

Then, looking suspiciously at Cheese, ”You’re not going to suggest I wear your clothes, are you? Such ulterior motives! I absolutely won’t become a cross-dressing icon!”

”Didn’t know that was an option? It’s not impossible...” Cheese pondered for a moment, then said regretfully, ”Nevertheless, I do have your clothes.”

Saying so, she got up, walked into the bedroom, and soon came back with a men’s trench coat and trousers.

These were Li Yelai’s clothes. He had worn them during a mission to suppress the Black Prison, and when Cheese, wearing a bathrobe, woke Li Yelai up, she could not return to her room because of the Mobius Ring Map.

So, she had put on Li Yelai’s clothes, and after the suppression was over, she had taken the clothes back to her house.

Li Yelai took the clothes and entered the bathroom. He needed to shower to cool down.

It was fortunate that Li Yelai was a gunman; otherwise, he would not have been able to handle it...

Cheese also picked up her clothes and went back to the bathroom in the bedroom.

As the warm water flowed over her body, she let out a satisfied murmur.

She... needed to cool down as well.

An hour later, when Cheese, fresh out of the shower, left the bathroom, Li Yelai had already left.

He had sent a message on the communicator: ”I’ve left, take care of yourself.”

Cheese typed with her left hand in response: ”Okay, be careful on your way.”

Then, Cheese looked out at the scenery from the balcony.

She picked up her still-warm coffee, savoring its bitterness.

Yet her mind replayed that evening.

The evening light cast the sinister face and sharp fangs in front of her.

At that moment, it felt as if the Grim Reaper stood behind, licking her neck.

But the next instant, an even more ferocious fighting will surged under the gaze of those terrifying Heavy Pupils. The Reaper averted its gaze.

It was a scene she would remember for the rest of her life.

”Too soon?” she murmured.

...

Three days after the encirclement mission ended, Li Yelai, recuperating at home, received a notification on his communicator.

The official reward had been issued.

[Mr. Night General, thank you for your contributions to the mission. You have been awarded 30,000 Giant City Coins and 100 Merit Points. You now have a total of 305 Merit Points.]

The mission had rewarded him with 100 Merit Points and a precious Mountain King Avatar.

The rewards were indeed generous. Li Yelai had thought that with the Mountain Lord Avatar, the points would be discounted.

”This way, I have enough to purchase the Third Awakening Potion,” Li Yelai was somewhat pleased. The Third Awakening Potion from Wanxiang cost 300 Merit Points.

Moreover, since Border City itself could produce the Mimicry·Scale Armor Potion, there was no need to purchase it from another Giant City, avoiding additional shipping costs.

However, after buying the potion, Li Yelai would only have 5 Merit Points left.

It was indeed like returning to square one.

But Li Yelai didn’t hesitate and immediately got up to head to the branch, deciding to purchase the potion.

Ever since Little Mad King had hinted that Giant City would soon act on the Forbidden Zone, Li Yelai had a feeling of restlessness. He needed to become stronger before things escalated.

Soon, Li Yelai arrived at the branch.

He first went to the Equipment Department.

Previously, he had sent his spoils of war, the Flame Broken Blade, here for disassembly.

It had now been completed.

A mysterious material from the Zero Path was extracted, along with several types of Extraordinary Material.