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Chapter 1006 Old Martial Beitang!

Ling Lan found President Tu. When he saw that Ling Lan was safe, he was elated. He didn't forget how Ling Lan protected him. However, when he was running away, the place was a mess so they lost each other. To thank Ling Lan for being so professional, President Tu instantly gave Ling Lan all the money the Little Four Mercenary Team should get. He even gave her the portion for Ye Shao and Dibi Luya's team. This proved how much he hated those two people.

Since everyone needed to go back, Ling Lan rented a warehouse to put their mechas in. At that moment, Ling Lan really wanted to have the space button that Little Four had mentioned in the past. If she couldn't get a space button, a spacecraft would be a fine substitute too.

It was really troublesome if she didn't have her own spacecraft.

Ling Lan was frustrated. It looked like she needed to get a spacecraft soon. She had always wanted one but this time, she put it in her list of urgent matters she needed to do.

She watched as her comrades boarded different spacecraft to leave Planet Shanghai. Then, she went back to Doha with Aunt Liu and the rest of the people.

Chamberlain Ling Qin was already waiting for them on Port Doha. He welcomed Ling Lan and the guests to the Ling family.

After settling the guests down, Ling Lan left Doha again to continue her holiday. This time, her destination was Mai'er Fa. Another reason why she left so hurriedly was that she didn't want her mother to show her any of her loving 'concern'. She couldn't stand her mother's concern sometimes. It was too stressful to be constantly questioned about your lovelife especially from a family member.

Planet Bailing was an ecotourism planet. Many nature lovers would be attracted by the sight of this planet every day.

In the port of Planet Bailing, a luxurious private starship was parked inside. A life-like mythical wild beast with a purple ring around it was carved in the head of the starship. It was the symbol of an elite family. Purple was a color used by all the first-rank elite families. Without a doubt, the owner of this starship was one of the four first-rank elite families.

The huge starship was like a giant as it looked down on all the small starships around it. It also attracted the attention of the tourists.

Even the staff in the port were amazed at this extravagant starship.

"Leader, who is the owner of this staff member? It is so huge. It's almost as big as the starships from the Federation." One of the staff asked his leader as he exclaimed how big the starship was.

His colleagues were thinking about the same thing too. They looked at their leader and hoped that their leader would give them an answer.

Their leader was a middle-aged man around 50 years old. He smiled and stretched out his right hand as if he was smoking.

The staff member understood what their leader wanted. He quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and passed it to his leader. He even lit the cigarette for him.

The leader took a puff of the cigarette. He whet everyone's appetite before saying, "That mythical wild beast is the symbol of Old Martial Beitang. Old Martial Beitang is one of the first-rank elite families in the Federation. They have always kept a low profile so most of you don't know them."

"This starship probably belongs to their family head." The staff member never met such a situation before so he thought that only the family leader had the right to board this luxurious starship.

"Ignorant fool. If it is the family head, there would be more than one starship. There would be another starship for his bodyguards." The leader reprimanded that staff member. "Since there's only one starship, and it arrived on our planet which is full of natural sceneries, the person on this starship might just be a direct descendant of the family."

'How lucky!' The staff member looked at the starship in envy. He hoped that he was lucky enough to be born as a direct descendant of the elite family too.

In a passage within the starship, a young man with working attire was sweeping the areas where the cleaning robot couldn't reach.

"Little Yang, it's already very clean. You can stop sweeping now. Go and have some food." A lady saw the young man working so hard that he didn't notice that time had passed. Hence, she decided to remind him.

Little Yang heard the voice and looked up hurriedly. A young-looking face was revealed. By right, he was quite a handsome person. However, there were a few white scars on his face. Although his face was destroyed, it didn't look hideous. Instead, it made him look weak and pitiful. Sometimes, when Little Yang smiled, he would look weirdly cute. Most of the ladies would want to take care of him, for instance, the lady that just walked passed him.

"Elder Sister Nuo." Little Yang smiled and greeted the lady. "There's still a part that's dirty. I'll go eat after I'm done."

"Why are you such a pushover? If you go later, there won't be any food left. Those old fools will eat all the food and you'll only be able to eat plain rice. Don't you want your health to improve?" Elder Sister Nuo grabbed Little Yang's broom angrily.

"Well…" Little Yang looked at his unclean spot and hesitated.

"Stop hesitating. Hurry up and eat your food. I'll handle everything here." Elder Sister Nuo snatched the broom from his hand and asked him to go for his meal.

Little Yang touched the back of his head shyly and said gratefully, "Thank you, Elder Sister Nuo…"

"Hurry up and leave. Stop wasting time. If you can't get any food, my efforts will be for nothing." Elder Sister Nuo waved her hands in contempt and chased Little Yang away.

"Okay, Elder Sister Nuo." Little Yang listened to her and rushed to the cafeteria. Elder Sister Nuo looked at Little Yang's back and smiled. She then saw another staff member trying to sneak past her. Her smile disappeared. She said fiercely, "Hey, why are you sneaking around? Come over here."

The staff member cried in his heart. However, he didn't dare to ignore her. He walked towards Elder Sister Nuo and greeted in a low voice, "Elder Sister Nuo."

"Here, here, and here. Clean them up for me." Elder Sister Nuo glared at him. "Don't think that I don't know you're bullying Little Yang. Clean all these for me and I'll pretend that I didn't see anything. If not, I might tell young miss."

"I understand. I'll definitely clean them properly." The staff member didn't dare to offend the personal servant of their seventh young miss.

"Hmph!" Elder Sister Nuo scoffed and left haughtily.

Elder Sister Nuo returned to Miss Seven's room. There were a few other ladies around her age in the room. One of the ladies noticed Elder Sister Nuo's unhappy expression and asked curiously, "Elder Sister Nuo, why are you in a bad mood?"

"Those bunch of lazy workers were bullying Little Yang again." Elder Sister Nuo pouted.

Chapter 1007 Create Difficulty!

"Little Yang? The young man who was saved by young miss?" The bunch of ladies seemed to be familiar with Little Yang.

"Yes. Young miss took pity on his plight and took him in. Unfortunately, those bunch of bastards bullied Little Yang together. They're getting overboard." They gave all the hard and tiring work to Little Yang who had just recovered from a heavy injury. He shouldn't do so much heavy work when he had just recovered.

For some reason, Elder Sister Nuo felt close to Little Yang the moment she saw him. If her little brother didn't get lost that year, he would be around Little Yang's age now.

"It's okay. Little Nuo, I just gave Little Yang an opportunity to flourish. Whether he managed to flourish here depends on himself." A light and clear voice resounded in the room.

"Young miss!" All the ladies stood up and shouted respectfully.

A beautiful young lady walked out of the room beside them. Elder Sister Nuo walked towards the lady and guided her to the sofa. She said, "Young miss, I know your intentions. However, Little Yang is a hardworking and serious worker. I just don't want him to suffer too much here."

"Sometimes, suffering is not a bad thing." Miss Seven shook her head when she noticed that her confidant wasn't able to understand her. She stopped talking and asked the people around her to serve her some tea.

"Miss Seven." A lady in uniform entered the room without knocking. She should be a servant too. However, her attire was different from Elder Sister Nuo. She smiled and said, "My young miss asked me to see if Miss Seven is free. If Miss Seven is free, she would like to invite you over for a gathering."

Miss Seven smiled calmly when she heard this. "Since Sister Li invited me, I'll go even if I'm not free."

The lady smiled happily when she heard Miss Seven's reply. She said, "I'll go back and tell my young miss." After that, she left the room without bidding farewell to Miss Seven.

"Tsk, no manners. Miss Li is just someone from the side family. Her servants also don't act like someone from an elite family." One of Miss Seven's maids was furious when she saw the other party's impolite behavior.

"Ci'er!" Miss Seven's expression turned cold.

Ci'er knew that she said the wrong thing so she looked down silently, not daring to say another word.

"Ci'er, all your words and actions represent me. Other people might be disrespectful towards me but I don't allow my people to be disrespectful towards others." Miss Seven reprimanded Ci'er and then looked at her other maids. "If I notice anyone of you acting like Miss Li's maid, you can leave this place immediately."

"Yes, young miss." Everyone replied respectfully. However, they could tell that the impolite maid of Miss Li had really angered their young miss.

After some time, a pleasant voice came from outside the door. "Sister Beitang, is it convenient for me to come in now?"

"Is it Sister Li? Hurry up and come in." Miss Seven happily called the person into her room. Compared to her impolite maid, Miss Li's aura and presence were as elegant as a direct descendants like her. That was why Miss Seven decided to be friends with Miss Li even though she didn't like Miss Li's maids.

A beautiful lady walked into the living room. The entire room seemed to light up in her presence. Miss Seven was already a pretty young lady but compared to Miss Li, she was nothing to awe about.

This lady was the renowned and famous idol, soul singer Li Yinfei.

Miss Seven wasn't as cold and distant as she normally was. She quickly pulled Li Yinfei's hand enthusiastically and sat down with her on the sofa.

"Is there anything you need?" Miss Seven was curious about why Li Yinfei came to look for her.

"Well, I've been thinking about it carefully for these few days and I think that you shouldn't go to Mailer Fa with me." Li Yinfei seemed worried.

Li Yinfei accepted a casino's invite to perform during the opening of its mecha tournament. The casino was at Mailer Fa. When she accepted the invite, Miss Seven was beside her. Hence, she excitedly told her that she wanted to come along and take a look at the world. Li Yinfei was in the moment so she agreed rashly. However, after traveling for so long, Li Yinfei had calmed down and she regretted her rash decision.

Mailer Fa was a huge planet full of dark dealings. Even if it was legal to gamble there, it was still a really dangerous planet to be in. If anything happened to Miss Seven, she would offend the entire Beitang family. She was from an elite family too but she was from the side family. If the Li family wanted to give up on her, they could do so easily.

Of course, she was the only one who knew what her position was like in the Li family. Outsiders would just think that she was someone irreplaceable.

Miss Seven was a smart lady. She instantly knew what Li Yinfei was worried about. She quickly consoled her, "Sister, don't worry. Whenever we go out, my family will send domain realm masters to protect us. I'm just going to Mai'er Fa to take a look. I won't cause any trouble. The people on Mai'er Fa won't dare to offend us too." As the top few families in the Federation, even after they left the Federation, other factions outside the Federation were afraid of them too.

Li Yinfei was jealous and envious of Miss Seven. This was the difference between a direct family and a side family. She did many things for the Li family but no one cared about her safety. She had only heard of domain realm masters before but she never saw one. The Li family would never send a domain realm master to protect her.

Li Yinfei had complicated feelings but Miss Seven's words made her feel at ease. With Miss Seven along with her, she would be safer in Mai'er Fa too. That was the main reason why she agreed to bring Miss Seven along in the first place.

The two of them chatted for a while before Li Yinfei bid farewell to Miss Seven.

Soon, the starship left Planet Bailing and flew towards its second destination. Along the way, Li Yinfei spent her time interacting with Miss Seven. Li Yinfei was a lady who talked well. After a few days, her relationship with Miss Seven got closer. By the time they reached Mai'er Fa, they had become best friends.

"Wow, so this is Mailer Fa." Little Yang leaned against the window of the starship and looked at the port below as he exclaimed.

The moment they entered Mai'er Fa, he saw how prosperous and lively this planet was. It was packed with people.

"Little guy, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Once you enter Mailer Fa, you'll realize what packed sardines in a can means." Another old worker laughed at Little Yang when he saw his shocked expression.

"Really? I want to look at it immediately," Little Yang said with anticipation.

"Hey, stop being lazy.. Hurry up and do your work." Someone behind Little Yang shouted angrily. Ever since Elder Sister Nuo spoke up for him, he had been bullied even more.

Little Yang's face was expressionless but when he turned around, he had a bright smile on his face. "Okay, Brother Yao." He looked as though he didn't know that he was being bullied.

Chapter 1008 Attract?

The older workers shook their heads when they saw this. Little Yang was a hard worker. Everything about him was good except for his shy and non-confrontational personality. He didn't know how to stand up for himself. However, that was his own life. They weren't so kind as to help him.

The younger workers smiled arrogantly when they saw Little Yang walking over to them obediently. Even if Miss Seven took special care of him, he wasn't helping himself. They didn't feel any guilt at all when they bullied him.

Hence, while everyone was preparing to get off the starship, Little Yang was still cleaning the inner parts of the ship.

At that moment, Miss Seven and Li Yinfei slowly walked out of the starship. Elder Sister Nuo was beside Miss Seven.

The guide of Mailer Fa that was receiving Li Yinfei was already waiting at the port. He was there to direct Li Yinfei through a special passage instead of letting her just registering at the registration counter.

Li Yinfei's entourage went with Li Yinfei. However, not everyone from Miss Seven's side was entering Mai'er Fa as some needed to stay back at the starship to take care of it.

All the workers wanted to see the famous gambling city along with Miss Seven. Hence, all of them waited for Miss Seven on the deck of the starship. They hoped that Miss Seven would notice them and choose them to follow her.

Elder Sister Nuo looked at the workers working waiting for them on the deck. But, she didn't see who she wanted to see. She frowned. "Why isn't Little Yang here?"

The moment she said this, the young workers gave looks of envy. Fortunately, they were intelligent enough to know that they couldn't offend the most beloved maid of Miss Seven so one of them hurriedly replied, "He hasn't finished his work yet."

Elder Sister Nuo frowned. "Not finished with his work? I'm afraid that it's your work." Elder Sister Nuo knew what was happening among the workers so she exposed them instantly.

The young workers' faces turned red in shame. However, no one refuted her.

Elder Sister Nuo knew she was right when they didn't say anything. She scoffed, "Hurry up and call him over. As for you all, go back and continue what you're supposed to do."

The workers' faces dimmed. They knew they had no chance of stepping into Mai'er Fa anymore so they turned around angrily.

Miss Seven sighed and shook her head. The better Nuo'er treated Little Yang, the poorer Little Yang would be treated by them in the starship. However, it was normal for one to lose something when gaining something.

After some time, Little Yang ran over panting. He only stopped when he saw Miss Seven and Elder Sister Nuo. He touched the back of his head shyly. "Miss Seven, Sister Nuo, are you looking for me?"

Elder Sister Nuo glared at him. "Didn't I tell you not to do the work that doesn't belong to you? Don't you know how to say no?"

Little Yang said honestly, "The work is not tiring at all. Plus, I feel obligated to do more. Miss Seven has took me in and even treated my wounds. I'll feel better if I do more work."

'Fine! My goodwill went down the drain!' Elder Sister Nuo stared at Little Yang angrily. Little Yang felt flustered under the angry glare. The other maids beside Miss Seven covered their mouths and laughed sheepishly. Miss Seven and Li Yinfei couldn't help but laugh too.

Elder Sister Nuo walked beside Miss Seven and followed her down the starship. Halfway through, she turned around and noticed that Little Yang was still standing on the deck, looking at them with a smile on his face. She felt helpless. "Hurry up and catch up with us, you idiot."

Little Yang's face was initially filled with confusion then realization before he hurried forward happily.

"At least, he's not too stupid." Elder Sister Nuo turned around and muttered to herself.

"Looks like our Elder Sister Nuo is attracted to this man." Another maid covered her mouth and laughed silently. It was obvious that Elder Sister Nuo treated Little Yang differently from the others.

"Pfft! Him? I'm attracted to him?" Elder Sister Nuo appeared disgusted. "If he isn't like my stupid little brother, I won't have cared about him so much."

Elder Sister Nuo was saying the truth. However, we wouldn't know if her sisters around her believed her.

Miss Seven treated her maids like her close friends so their teasing didn't affect her mood much, very unlike some pompous miss of an elite family. She smiled happily at the scene too.

Li Yinfei listened to Miss Seven's maids chatting among themselves and smirked secretly. Miss Seven's maids didn't like her maid. They thought that her maid was someone impolite and had no manners. But, they didn't look any better too. They were just discriminating against her status as a side descendant of the Li family.

The group of people entered the VIP passage. They saw the representatives from Mai'er Fa waiting for them there. After hearing Li Yinfei's introduction, they hurriedly opened the passage and allowed them into the special shuttle.

Besides her personal maid, Li Yinfei also brought her manager and four bodyguards from the Li family. All of her bodyguards were at the peak stage of Qi-Jin.

Miss Seven had more people coming with her. She had four personal maids, one butler, four workers to help with her luggage (including Little Yang), and six bodyguards. Four of them were at the peak stage of Qi-Jin while the other two bodyguards' strength couldn't be determined.

The representative from Mailer Fa didn't care about this. They didn't even ask for any information from the two mysterious bodyguards. On the surface, it seemed as though they did it because of Li Yinfei. In actual fact, it was because of Miss Seven's identity. She was after all the young miss from the elite Beitang family. If there wasn't a domain realm master protecting her, it wouldn't make sense.

Miss Seven didn't know this. She thought that the reason for everything going smoothly was because of Li Yinfei so she was even more grateful towards her.

Soon, the group of them arrived on Mai'er Fa. When they walked out of the shuttle, they were shocked by the number of people there.

"So many people…" Miss Seven had traveled to many planets but this was the first time she saw such a crowd on one planet. The station was almost exploding with people.

The representatives from Mailer Fa smiled and explained. "Most of the time, it's not so crowded. However, the new mecha combat tournament is starting in three days so many tourists who like mechas will be coming to our planet. This is not even the peak period yet. Tomorrow, there will be even more people."

Another representative from Mailer Fa added on, "During the last tournament, I was graced with the chance to welcome a very important guest for our opening ceremony. We were supposed to use the special passage but in the end, we came out of the normal passage."

"Why?" Li Yinfei's maid asked in surprise.

The representative replied helplessly, "There were too many people everywhere. We couldn't move at all so we could only move along with the crowd."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. How many people were there?

Chapter 1009 Goddess!

Right they were finished speaking, they had reached the end of the special passage. There were many people outside. However, because they stood close together, it made it seem that there weren't as many people as the station.

Miss Seven and her group got on a hover recreational vehicle. The RV was huge and had enough space to hold three times as many people as their group. It seemed Mai'er Fa's side had thought that Li Yinfei would take more people with her. Thus, they made sure they were prepared.

Everyone was instantly taken to the most luxurious part of Mai'er Fa's casino city by the hover recreational vehicle, which was the top-class seven-star hotel. Those who could stay in this hotel were either people of royalty and well-known masters. They must also be the VIP customers of Mai'er Fa. Although Old Martial Beitang was considered a top level elite family within the Huaxia Federation, a lady of direct descent still didn't meet requirements to enter this high-class hotel.

However, Mai'er Fa's side arranged for her to stay in it because of Li Yinfei. Of course, she didn't have a presidential suite like Li Yinfei and was only given a normal suite. But, this still made Miss Seven quite satisfied with the arrangement.

Li Yinfei was very pleased that Mailer Fa saw her as this important. Now, she felt like she actually was not much different from a lady of direct descent from the Old Martial Beitang elite family!

It was true. She was indeed not a direct descendant of the Li family. If her background was scrutinized deeply, she wasn't even considered a side descendant. She was a commoner from her very beginnings! However now, she was the idol of the soul that the entire world loved, Li Yinfei!

That poor Li Lin from the past was no longer connected to her! She was definitely going to achieve new heights!

Li Yinfei became more confident about herself. Her original elegant face became even more beautiful and eye-catching. She smiled as she invited Miss Seven to stay with her in the presidential suite. However, Miss Seven held back her wanting to do so and refused politely.

Little Yang, who was excitedly standing on the side, had inadvertently seen the change on Li Yinfei's facial expression. Little Yang actually stared at her blankly. Not only did he do that, the other staff members and guards also stared blankly at Li Yinfei. However, they were much more discreet. Although this type of discretion was useless in front of experts, it was still considered showing much restraint compared to Little Yang's blank stare.

Li Yinfei's beauty not only caught the attention of Miss Seven's group, Li Yinfei's own four body guards were also moved by Li Yinfei's indescribable beauty. What they should rejoice was the fact that they had always followed Li Yinfei, and was somewhat immune to her beauty. They weren't like those people who were following Miss Seven, gawking and staring.

"Little Yang!" Despite losing her focus for a moment because of Li Yinfei's beauty, Elder Sister Nuo was still a woman so she was more immune to her beauty. When she saw Little Yang's blank expression, she thought to herself that there was going to be trouble if this staring continued. She immediately prompted Little Yang as she was afraid Little Yang was going to cause trouble.

Little Yang was shocked awake and stopped staring. He immediately put his head down in embarrassment and said softly, "Elder Sister Nuo, Miss Li really looks like a goddess."

"Of course, she's the first daughter of the Li family and is everyone's idol. You need to wake up. Don't gawk at such an important individual," Elder Sister Nuo softly warned.

Elder Sister Nuo's words scared Little Yang and made him shake his head furiously, "No, no, no, I won't. Miss Li is the goddess in the sky. I'm only just looking, just looking." After saying that, he went to the back of the group and put his head down, not daring to look towards Li Yinfei's direction anymore as though he was afraid the goddess would get angry at him.

Despite their conversation being softly spoken, it was still heard by those around them.

Little Yang's honest behavior made Miss Seven smirk. Even Li Yinfei, who hated people looking at her to get something out of her, wasn't unhappy at the fact that Little Yang was looking at her. Instead, she felt Little Yang's stare was pure and sincere. Of course, the word 'goddess' that Little Yang had said made Li Yinfei happy. Everyone liked hearing good things about themselves, especially the words that came from their hearts.

Li Yinfei and Miss Seven was preparing to return to their rooms to rest and clean themselves up. Then, they made arrangements to go to Mai'er Fa's largest casino at night to see how it worked. Mailer Fa's side was also quite efficient as they instantly gave Li Yinfei a VIP card. This card would be able to be exchanged into betting chips at any of Mai'er Fa's casinos for 50 million chips.

It had to be said that in order to invite Li Yinfei to be the special guest for the opening ceremony of the Mecha Betting Tournament, Mailer Fa was quite sincere and didn't care about the costs of accommodating Li Yinfei. Faced with Mailer Fa's VIP service, the business-like smile Li Yinfei had on her face at the beginning had changed and became more sincere.

At night, Li Yinfei met up with Miss Seven, who brought Elder Sister Nuo, another female maid and two guards. Originally, Little Yang was not allowed to go in, but not sure whether if it was Elder Sister Nuo or Miss Seven who said something about him, that let them bring up taking Little Yang with them. Their reasoning was that he needed to help them hold the betting chips…

It was a reason that had flaws everywhere! However, the pure and sincere Little Yang didn't discover that. He actually thought Miss Seven and the others really needed someone there to do manual labor so he followed them gladly.

"I really don't f*cking understand. Why would Miss Nuo like such a dumb person… Why isn't the person that Miss Nuo likes me?" Seeing Little Yang shadow slowly disappear, the workers who were sent back were all green with envy. They didn't dare to think about Miss Seven, but the head of maids, the beautiful Miss Nuo, was everyone's dream girl. Now, they saw their dream girl being snatched away by a dumb kid. It was no wonder that they were feeling annoyed.

One can imagine that when Little Yang was to return to the starship, he would definitely be considered public enemy number one by all the workers. His life would be very difficult in the future.

Li Yinfei and Miss Seven chose to go to the casino that was situated below the hotel. It was casino was the most luxurious casino on Mai'er Fa. They were told that the Mecha Betting Tournament was going to be held at this casino and Li Yinfei would sing at the opening ceremony of this tournament, so Li Yinfei came to this casino to get familiar with the entire place and spend some time having fun with Miss Seven.

Once they entered the casino, the manager of the casino gave 50 million betting chips to Li Yinfei. Li Yinfei wanted to exchange some chips for Miss Seven, but Miss Seven graciously refused. She was already grateful enough to Li Yinfei so she didn't want to continue to take advantage of this lady from the Li family. Although her wealth wasn't as plentiful as her elder and younger brothers, she still had the power to move around billions worth of assets. A few million for gambling was still within her power.

Miss Seven's refusal didn't cause Li Yinfei to hold any grudge. She still smiled and patiently waited for Miss Seven to go exchange for some chips.

Not long after, Miss Seven's followers had exchanged 30 million worth of chips for her. Miss Seven didn't want her guards to continue to follow them, so she gave them a total of 10 million worth of chip for them to go do their own thing. Miss Seven was originally planning on giving Little Yang a few thousand to play with, but Little Yang firmly refused. He replied earnestly that he was only there to hold the chips and not to gamble. The earnest look on his face made Miss Seven and Li Yinfei laugh hysterically. However, their laughing just resulted in a more confused Little Yang.

However, when he saw Miss Seven handing over the betting chips, Little Yang had a difficult expression on his face. He finally understood why Miss Seven and that goddess, Lady Li, laughed.

Chapter 1010 A Familiar Face!

It turns out, the left over 20 million chips were actually just two circular chips that were made with some unknown material. When they were put in his hands, he couldn't feel any weight at all. In other words, Miss Seven didn't actually need him to do any manual labor or hold her chips. Even the physically weak Elder Sister Nuo could successfully throw the chips miles away if she wanted to.

However, Little Yang quickly felt the pressure and stress that the two chips were given him. With the chips in the palm of his hand, Little Yang suddenly thought about the resulting issues if he were to lose one of them accidentally… Little Yang's hand began to sweat and tremble.

The terrified expression on Little Yang's face when looking at the 20 million chips caused Li Yinfei to be a little playful. She smiled as she handed over her 50 million chips to him, "Here Little Yang, help me hold them as well."

She wanted to add into the pot and see how Little Yang would react.

Before Little Yang could react, Li Yinfei had already put the chips in Little Yang's hand.

Little Yang unconsciously held onto the chips then seemed to have discovered something. His entire body began to tremble in fear as he said weakly, "Miss Li, don-don't give it to

me."

The chips in his hand were as light as feathers, but the responsibility they represented weighed tons on his shoulders. Little Yang felt like he couldn't endure the pressure much longer and began to have countless drops of cold sweat running down his forehead… If he lost them, if he lost them, if he lost them��� His brain was full of thoughts about what would happen if he were to lose them.

"Alright, I'll stop teasing you." Li Yinfei saw the terrified and pitiful expression on Little Yang's face and understood she couldn't continue her teasing any longer. She reached out with her hand and grabbed her 50 million chips back.

"Thank you Miss Li, thank you Miss Li…" Little Yang said gratefully.

"Have I bullied you?" Little Yang's behavior also made Miss Seven want to tease him so she said this purposely after seeing him behave like that.

Miss Seven's words instantly caused Little Yang to go into panic mode. He held the 20 million chips in his hand and didn't know what to do as his head just keep turning from left to right.

"Hehe!" Miss Seven couldn't help but laugh again after seeing Little Yang's pitiful expression. "Alright, I'll stop teasing you. Just don't hold anything and follow us as we play."

Hearing this, Elder Sister Nuo grabbed the two chips out of Little Yang's hands. She then sternly rolled her eyes towards him, "So weak. You're already afraid with just this little amount of money?"

Little Yang could only smile earnestly. After seeing the millions leave his hands, he finally could breathe a sigh of relief as he used his sleeve to wipe away the cold sweat on his forehead.

He wasn't afraid of lifting weights, but the chips that had no weight, made him feel that he would collapse under the pressure. If he was to lose them, even selling his body wouldn't be enough to pay it back.

Li Yinfei's beauty was phenomenal. In addition to how she was a famous individual in the world, each of her actions and movements drew the attention of the other casino goers around her. She especially drew the attention of a few guests in the casino when she showed the warm smile she had when she was teasing Little Yang

"That person is the Huaxia Federation's queen idol, Li Yinfei?" said a 30 to 40-year-old young man who was blonde and had greenish eyes.

"That's correct, my duke," the servant beside him replied with certainty.

"As expected, she really is a one of a kind beauty. Luo Lin, help me ask her out…" The young man couldn't help but lick his lips as though he had just seen his prey.

"Oh, there's another little beauty beside her. Who's that? If it's possible, I won't mind a threesome." The young man's eyes blinked perversely. It seemed that he would always look for pleasure.

"My duke, looking at the logos on the uniforms of those around her, they should be from the first-ranked elite family, Old Martial Beitang family. The Federation's top 4 elite families are always very secretive, so we shouldn't provoke them." Luo Lin quickly wiped away cold sweat as he reminded his duke. His duke had an eye not only for the queen idol Li Yinfei, but also for a troublesome lady from an elite family.

Although Li Yinfei was also part of an elite family, the Li family, she was considered to be a political asset that the Li family would leverage whenever they could. However, as long as they gave the Li family enough benefits, they would be able to easily acquire Li Yinfei. This was why the servant didn't refuse his master from preying on Li Yinfei.

In the eyes of the common folk, these queen idols of the soul, well-known actors and other famous idols held high positions in their hearts. Some would even become gods among the public. However, when they fall under the watchful eyes of those with limitless power, these people were only considered to be playthings of those with power. On the other hand, they wouldn't dare to lay a hand on a lady from the elite family who was to the public knowledge, a nobody.

"Sh*t. I just don't understand why you're all afraid of the Federation. If we're talking military, they have Ling Xiao so he will breed fear in us. I can understand that. But, must we be afraid of elite families in the Federation?" When the duke heard that he couldn't lay his hands on the other beauty, he was unhappy.

"My duke, please watch you words," Luo Lin said softly.

The reason every country was afraid of the Federation was not only because they had more god-class operators than all of them in each generation, for example Ling Xiao in this one. It was also the reason that the Federation's elite families had kept their power a well-kept secret. There was once a king of a small country who had his eyes set on an elite family's daughter of direct descent. He wanted to take her as a concubine, and in the end angered the second-rank elite family. The results of this anger was the destruction of this king's country.

This incident made all the other countries understand that the power the Federation showed to the public was not only the military power on the outer surface. There was also hidden powers among the elite families. If it wasn't for the fact that the Federation's military and the elite families were on guard against each other and exhausting their resources through civil disputes, the strength of the Federation may reach a point where Caesar would have difficulty dealing against. The Federation might even take control of the entire galaxy and become an existence that could not be matched by any other country.

"Understood. I'm also satisfied if it's only Li Yinfei." The duke saw his subordinate's stern expression and knew he had spoke out of line.

On the other side of the casino, in the VIP lounge on the second floor, one of the young men also saw Li Yinfei's group while he was standing near the window looking down at the crowd in the atrium.

"Hey, our queen idol actually came here as well." The young man had a sinister smile on his face and spoke to another person who was sitting on the sofa trying out some red wine.

The young man holding the red wine glass hands shook, "Li Yinfei?"

"Other than her, who else would be invited to perform for the opening ceremony here?" The sinister young man looked towards the vague poster on the wall in the VIP lounge. Just from the hint of 'queen idol of the soul' allowed them to basically know who was coming to this event.

"If she's here, she's here. Don't make a giant fuss about it," the red wine drinking young man said indifferently.

"I'm not surprised she's here. I'm only surprised that she had brought someone that I didn't think would come here." The sinister young man had a weird smile on his face.

The red wine drinking young man saw the other man's expression and knew something was off, "Who?"

"That servant who is standing beside them has a chimera totem embroidered on his uniform…" The sinister young man looked towards Little Yang, who was following Miss Seven closely, and frowned. When he first looked at them, Little Yang gave him an odd feeling of familiarity. However, when he had a closer look, that feeling of familiarity disappeared.

Chapter 1011 Trouble!

The young man instantly jumped up from the sofa after hearing the word 'chimera' and leaped towards the window in one step. He saw Miss Seven down below and instantly gritted his teeth, "Tang Yingying. Didn't she go travel the world? Why would she come here?"

"Traveling the world and ending up here is quite normal. Especially when she familiarized herself with Li Yinfei." Seeing Tang Yingying and Li Yinfei familiarity with each other, he could tell that the two of them had definitely not known each other for just one to two days. The sinister young man half-smiled towards the man beside him, "Are you going to go say hi to your younger cousin sister?"

"We're here for a mission so we shouldn't expose our identities. I only hope this girl doesn't cause any trouble for me," said the man in dismay.

"I mean, it's fine if you meet up with your younger cousin sister. But, you will need to use your identity as a master of the Beitang family," the sinister man suggested.

"Don't cause trouble for me. We only got our identity so we can enter Mailer Fa with our leader as his assistants." The young man glared at his companion. "Plus, when I entered the Flying Dragon Special Forces, I no longer have any connection with that family. I'm just Tang Ningyu from the Flying Dragon Special Forces."

It turns out, these two people were actually Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran. Their trip to Mailer Fa this time was because they had received orders from the higher ups. They were told to disguise their identities as assistants of a chairman of a merchant group and sneak into Mai'er Fa to investigate the reason behind Magic Ace Mecha Clan's annihilation 15 years ago.

Although the battlefield where the Magic Ace Mecha Clan's tragedy occurred wasn't in Mai'er Fa's star sector, it actually begun from here… It was just the military didn't know what Magic Ace Mecha Clan had done 15 years ago to cause them to be killed and in the end become completely wiped out in a public star sector.

Tang Ningyu frowned. He looked towards Tang Yingying, who was playing around and having fun, and said in dismay, "Chaoran, looks like you'll have to work a bit harder. I have to go outside less during this time, in case I encounter Yingying and cause big problems to our mission."

As they were speaking, Tang Ningyu's eyes were fixated on Little Yang. Little Yang, who had his head down as he followed Tang Yingying's group, gave him a feeling that he wasn't a stranger. However, he wasn't too familiar with his younger cousin sister and her entourage. Thus, he decided to ignore Little Yang

Mu Chaoran saw Tang Ningyu's questioning gaze at Little Yang. Mu Chaoran couldn't help but send a glance at Little Yang again but this time, he didn't have the same familiar feeling he had at the beginning. The feeling Little Yang gave him was like a stranger. This made him doubt the feeling of familiarity at the beginning

Mu Chaoran couldn't help but laugh silently. Ever since Planet Azure, his senses were very off. When he saw people who spoke or acted similar to his younger brother Shaoyun, he would feel that slight sense of familiarity.

He didn't think that Shaoyun's death caused a huge void to appear in his heart… Mu Chaoran remembered what his team leader had told him. If he wanted to get stronger, he must quickly fill this void. Otherwise, it would become a roadblock that would hold him back from achieving his peak.

'As expected, Shaoyun was knot in his heart!' Mu Chaoran sighed in his mind. He put his hand out and pushed a button on the window for effects. The transparent window slowly began to turn black, cutting off all of the excitement from the outside. This made the VIP lounge return to its original peace and also allowed Mu Chaoran come out of the flashback of Pei Shaoyun in his mind.

Little Yang, who had his head down the entire time, raised his head as Mu Chaoran darkened the windows. He then slowly and silently looked towards the window on the second floor.

'Who knew that I would actually meet up with people I know here and they're both troublesome people…' Little Yang thought in dismay.

It turns out, Little Yang was Ling Lan in disguise. She wanted to use Tang Yingying and Li Yinfei to successfully infiltrate the central location of Mailer Fa's casino.

The reason she made such plans was because Mailer Fa would have guests at the central area to sign the guest book, and these guests must have their own personal invitation letters. Of course, Ling Lan could get her hands on an invitation letter, but the letters could only be used by the person named on the letter. Even if she managed to get a letter, without the actual person with her, she still wouldn't be able to get in. Thus, when Ling Lan thought of how to perfectly infiltrate this place, she got word that Li Yinfei was invited to do the opening ceremony. With that, she decided to hop on their backs and let them take her into Mai'er Fa.

Afterwards, Ling Lan purposely provoked two mafia groups to fight against each other. She then disguised herself as someone that was being chased and barely got away with her life. After encountering Miss Seven, she activated her spiritual power and hinted towards Miss Seven for her to save her…

The reason Elder Sister Nuo was so concerned about her was also the results of subconscious hinting. From the very beginning, Ling Lan had prepared to enter Mailer Fa with them. It was just every step was made so it seemed that it was Miss Seven and her group's decision and not something Ling Lan forced upon them.

Her originally perfect disguise had some flaws that were seen through by Mu Chaoran because when he looked towards her suddenly, Ling Lan couldn't restrain her force of presence. Luckily, she was above Mu Chaoran's physical stage so she was able to hide her presence quickly. This was also why when Tang Ningyu looked at her, he didn't have a familiar feeling. It was also because of this reason, Mu Chaoran thought his senses were off which allowed Ling Lan to have a chance of not exposing herself.

Ling Lan took back the glance she threw towards the second floor and silently looked towards the perverted blond young man who was greedily staring at Li Yinfei and Miss Seven. Although Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu were troublesome, she wouldn't be exposed as long as she was careful to not let them discover her. She could even use them to her advantage. However, the real problem was this person…

Ling Lan closed her eyes and brushed away the coldness in her eyes. If that person was to make a move on Li Yinfei and Tang Yingying that them couldn't handle, Ling Lan decided that she would personally lend a hand!

This wasn't because Ling Lan had a heart of saint but rather because Ling Lan had her own morals. She must return the favor since she borrowed Li Yinfei and Miss Seven's influence to enter Mai'er Fa. The least she could do was to not let anything happen to these two ladies during their time on Mai'er Fa.

Although Mailer Fa was a well known casino city, it was still relatively safe. At least in the casinos, there wouldn't be anything like rape or kidnapping women. Li Yinfei and Miss Seven played their hearts out for the entire night. As their servant, Ling Lan also followed them for the entire night. This trip opened her eyes and let her understand all of the tricks for different casino games.

Despite Mai'er Fa being publicly known as the fairest casino, it didn't factor in the fact that all the dealers were gambling masters. These dealers knew very well how to take all the money from the guests' pockets. When these dealers met with other experts, they would politely invite them to the upper floors where the guests could participate in higher stakes and higher level gambling games.

As expected, dealers are always the winners!

Chapter 1012 A Liking!

After she had lost down to her last 10,000 chips, Miss Seven saw Little Yang's interest in the game. She then handed the chips to him and said, "Our luck was terrible and we lost almost all of the round. This is the last round so I'll let you bet." Miss Seven, two of her maids and Li Yinfei's group, won small amounts on the first two rounds, then kept losing afterwards. They had already lost to the point of no longer having any interest to gamble.

"Ah, I-I-I ca-can't." Ling Lan shook her head furiously as though she was surprised by the 10,000 chips.

"Stop being a sissy. If our lady told you to go, then you go. If you lose, she wouldn't ask you pay it back." Elder Sister Nuo wasn't pleased with Little Yang's cowardliness and instantly pushed Little Yang towards a betting table.

This table was betting on 'Big' or 'Small'. It seemed Elder Sister Nuo was afraid Little Yang didn't know how to gamble so she pushed him towards the easiest table.

"I-I won't h-have to pay it back, right?" Little Yang stuttered as he spoke. If he lost, he wouldn't be able to pay it back.

"No, but if you win you don't get a share either," Elder Sister Nuo said in an annoyed tone.

"O-Oh, t-t-then I'm betting now." After hearing her words, Little Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He held the chips in his hand as he looked at the many choices on the table with a face full of confusion.

"Place your bets quickly, the round is about to start." The dealer smiled as he reminded. When he saw Little Yang, he instantly knew Little Yang was a newbie who had never participated in gambling before.

"How do I get the most money?" Ling Lan pretended to not know and asked.

"That ,of course, would be betting on specific numbers or betting on the dealer to take all or lose all." Smiled the dealer. 'As expected, this kid is just a newbie who likes money.'

Ling Lan was seemingly thinking about which option would give her the most money. At that moment, the other guests around the table were all telling her to hurry up.

"If you don't bet, I'm going to start the round. You can wait for the next one." The dealer didn't care and was about to not wait for dumb little boy.

"Ah, I'm not going to wait, I'll bet this one." Ling Lan was seemingly anxious from all the hurrying and instantly tossed in the 10,000 chips. She originally wanted to toss it into the part where the deal would win against all, but it accidentally landed on the part where the number '7' was at.

"Ah, I tossed it wrong." Ling Lan cried out.

"If you want to change it, I can still let you change it." The dealer was surprisingly nice.

"If the bet leaves the hand then its set in stone. Mr. Dealer, you can't just let him do that just because he's a newbie," a few of the guests were unhappy and began to yell.

The dealer wasn't affected and only smiled at Ling Lan.

Ling Lan pretended to be scared by the other guests beside her and immediately shook her head, "I-I-I'm not c-changing it."

"Really not changing?" Asked the dealer.

Ling Lan saw the other guest around the table having an expression like they were about to gobble her up. She shook her head furiously to show that she wasn't going to change it.

The dealer shouted helplessly, "Round start." He opened the cover and there were three dice. Two were on '3' and one was on '1'. It was exactly '7' points.

"Ah, Little Yang, you won." Elder Sister Nuo jumped up in excitement. Even Miss Seven and Li Yinfei clapped their hands because they were happy. They finally won, and it was a 10-fold return, letting them earn 100,000 instantly.

The dealer handed the chips to Ling Lan using his ruler and smiled, "Boy, your luck is quite good. Do you want to play another round?"

Ling Lan held the chips she had won and shook her head, "No more gambling, no more gambling."

"Why? Your luck is so good right now," said Elder Sister Nuo.

"My daddy said that nobody will have good luck all the time. A person should definitely stop when they are winning, in case they use up all of their luck." Ling Lan replied sternly and earnestly. "Winning 100,000 is already by my luck skyrocketing through the roof. If I keep playing, I will definitely lose."

Elder Sister Nuo still wanted to say something, but Miss Seven seemed to have understood something and stopped her, "We've played all night and should rest. Let's just call it a night."

After her lady spoke, Elder Sister Nuo politely replied with 'Yes' and no longer forced Little Yang to continue to gamble.

"Um, milady, these are for you." Ling Lan handed Miss Seven the chips in her hand.

"You won them, why are you giving them to me?" Miss Seven asked with smiling eyes.

"Elder Sister Nuo said that I would only bet and the result has nothing to do with me," Ling Lan replied earnestly.

"But it was because of you that we won. Shouldn't you take some money for your hard work?" Miss Seven asked with a half-smile.

"My daddy once said I shouldn't be greedy for things that don't belong to me. It'll just create problems." Ling Lan decisively chose to be an obedient child who always listened to her father. If Ling Xiao knew these words that Ling Lan were speaking right now, he would definitely bawl his eyes out. Unfortunately, the real Ling Lan was usually obedient on the surface and rebellious on the inside, making Ling Xiao unable to do anything about it.

Seeing Ling Lan's earnest expression, Miss Seven knew Little Yang was speaking from his heart. She then reached out with her hand and took the chips, purposefully leaving one in Ling Lan's hands.

Ling Lan immediately shouted, "Milady, you missed one."

Miss Seven smiled, "That's your reward."

"But it's not my money." Ling Lan's honesty made the maids beside Miss Seven almost want to beat him up.

"I am your master. Your performance today was very good, so I gave that to you as a reward. Didn't your daddy ever teach you that your work should be compensated?" Miss Seven replied with a full smile on her face.

Being so familiar with the wars within the family for power, Little Yang's morals of not taking things of others and only give to others through the kindness of his heart, made Miss Seven like him a lot. Originally, she was only sympathetic towards Ling Lan's situation, but now, she was actually starting to like Little

Yang.

'Perhaps I should take of Little Yang in case those disgusting and savage individuals on the starship were to bully him.' Miss Seven secretly made this decision.

The dealer's eyes had a hint of approval as he saw Little Yang decisively take the money and leave. It was very rare to see someone who could maintain a clear head under the lure of money and knew that leaving after a good round would be a better idea. He hoped that Little Yang could hold on against all lures of possible profits during his time on Mai'er Fa and not lose his morals.

Nothing happened during the rest of the night. In the morning of the second day, Li Yinfei received an invitation from Duke Edward. Li Yinfei knew very well that she had definitely caused this duke to have the thoughts of conquering her. Although Li Yinfei had entered the entertainment industry, she didn't want to become someone who socialized in this way so she decisively refused the invitation.

Despite the fact the Li family had determined that she had secrets she couldn't reveal to the public, the elite family's dignity was not allowed to be stepped on. On the surface, she was under the Li family. This was her background that gave her the confidence to refuse these powerful nobles.

"What? That woman refused my invitation?" After learning that Li Yinfei had rejected his invitation, Duke Edward's expression turned sinister. "A low-class singer actually dares to refuse to serve me…" Duke Edward had hint of anger in his eyes. He felt his dignity was being trampled on by a singer, who he looked down upon. This humiliation must be repaid by Li Yinfei herself.

"My duke, please be patient for the time being. Li Yinfei was invited by Mailer Fa. During this time, she definitely would be protected by them. We can't risk offending Mai'er Fa just because of this," Luo Lin carefully comforted.

As the stand-alone gambling planet, Mailer Fa never leaned towards the other preying nations. Its strength was unfathomable and terrifying. It would be a stupid idea to offend or provoke them at this time when they were at their most alert.

Chapter 1013 Divine Secrets?

Although Edward seemed impulsive, he still knew about the powers behind Mailer Fa. Hearing Luo Lin speak of it, he nodded in agreement. However, he ordered that once Mailer Fa's guards were to leave Li Yinfei's side, they would make a move. When that happens, he would definitely humiliate that woman. If she was obedient, he wouldn't mind marrying her as one of his wives. After all, he had never seen any woman as beautiful as Li Yinfei. Just her beauty was enough to make his heart throb.

After returning to the regular guest rooms, Ling Lan held the 10,000 dollar chip in her hand as she slept under the envious gazes of the other servants.

"Little Four, did you take control of the casino's mainframe?" Ling Lan, who seemed like she was fast asleep, was actually in her mindspace asking Little Four about the situation.

She didn't expect that Mailer Fa's casinos were not connected on the same mainframe. Instead, they had their own virtual worlds. Even if they were to stay in a guest room, they still wouldn't be able to infiltrate it. They would only have a chance to enter the mainframe if they enter the casino. Ling Lan was lucky that she had Little Four who could silently infiltrate the mainframe. Even imperial level hackers might be discovered by them the moment they hack into the mainframe.

There were even two imperial hackers standing guard for a standard casino atrium. Mailer Fa had indeed lived up to its name, as the powers they wielded were abundant and bottomless.

"I've pretty much got it fully controlled, other than a few core locations that I can't get into." After seeing that there were so many imperial hackers on guard, Little Four also became more careful with his actions.

Above imperial level hackers were god-class hackers. Legend has it that these god-class hackers were considered gods in the virtual world. After playing around in the virtual world for so long, although Little Four hadn't encountered these legends, it was still possible for the existence of such hackers to be in Mailer Fa because there were no less than 10 imperial hackers in the main area of the casino.

Little Four didn't forget what his boss had told him. Thus, if it wasn't completely necessary, he wouldn't go and touch those core locations that were clearly heavily guarded.

"Not bad. We still can't figure out how deep the rabbit hole goes for Mailer Fa. We should be careful first. Don't touch on the core locations for now. Controlling the other regions are enough for us to use. Little Four, help me surveillance Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu. Check what they're here to do," ordered Ling Lan. She didn't believe that these two people were here on vacation. Although the restrictions of the Flying Dragon Special Forces were not as strict as standard divisions, they still wouldn't allow their soldiers to take a vacation in a casino so there was no doubt that they were here on a mission.

"Understood, Boss." Little Four began to investigate Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran.

Soon, Little Four had found out why they were here, "Boss, they're here to investigate how Magic Ace Mecha Clan was wiped out."

Ling Lan's heart skipped a beat, "Something that wasn't investigated in 15 years, but yet they began to investigate it after those people, who kept the Liu and Wang family under surveillance, died…"

"Boss, could it be the person standing behind those people?" Little Four said excitedly. He loved digging up the truth.

"That's a possibility. Someone who could control the Flying Dragon Special Forces… This person definitely holds a high-ranking position." Ling Lan frowned. Captain Liu's enemies were really not that simple.

"Could it be the Third Marshal?" Little Four asked.

"Other people can be greedy, but the marshals will never be like that." Every since Ling Lan read the distribution of power regarding the marshals, she eliminated the three marshals as suspects.

"Why?" Little Four didn't understand.

"Every marshal has the power to command one god-class mecha. As long as the mecha operator had indeed advanced to god-class level… Marshals on the other hand were unable to become top-level mecha operators so they wouldn't need the mineral to build a god-class mecha. If they were to acquire the mineral veins, other than making money, there wouldn't be much to benefit from it. If the marshals wanted money, there were many factions, merchant groups and elite families that will be willing to give it to them without asking for anything in return so the marshals didn't need to take this risk. Plus, if they did it they will have to completely wipe out a legendary titled super mecha clan. No matter how this was looked at, it wouldn't be beneficial for them," Ling Lan explained.

"Why can't marshals become top-level mecha operators?" Little Four didn't understand this point.

"Marshals exist to control everything, while god-class mecha masters are the ultimate weapons of the country. The two would develop in two different directions. In order to not mix up the two groups, the Federation had a rule known to everyone. The highest level marshals were allowed to reach was the ace level. Once they advance into the imperial level, they must give up their position willingly…" After saying that, Ling Lan had a thought, "There is still one possibility for a marshal to not care about the consequences and try to take the mineral veins. That would be this marshal had suppressed his level to not advance into the imperial level. This suppression of many years might let him already have a chance to peek at the god-class level. In order to not expose this secret and still become a god-class mecha master, he would want to create a god-class mecha for himself in secret…"

"No, although he can restrain himself purposely and fool those of the same level, he still wouldn't be able to fool those one level above him, and the three marshals all met up with dad before. If one of them had reached the imperial level, even if they were to suppress their level, they still wouldn't be able to fool dad unless they have special method…" Ling Lan began to rebut her own statements.

"Looks like I have to immediately notify dad and tell him to be careful. I should tell him to find a chance to get close to the three marshals and see if something is actually off. I hope it's not what I'm thinking." Ling Lan's face turned cold. If that was the case, then her father was in danger. In order to make sure their secret doesn't get out, these people would definitely take out her father, who had the biggest chance of seeing through their disguise. It was no surprise, since her father was the only god-class operator in the Federation who always appeared near the marshals.

After feeling his boss's worry, Little Four also began to worry for Ling Xiao, who was currently in the Federation's military office center. He didn't dare to delay any longer and quickly sent all of Ling Lan's guesses to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao, who was currently within the military headquarters, had been busy arguing, plotting and scheming against the military's other factions and higher-ups in order to reap more benefits for his division and Ling Lan. When he received Little Four's encoded message, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Someone among the three marshals may have advanced into a god-class operator? Is that even possible?" Ling Xiao thought about the times he met up with the three marshals and didn't feel that there was anything odd.

'Is Lan'er worrying too much? Or maybe she was right, someone may be helping them block off the divine secrets?'

God-class mecha operators were not like Ling Lan had previously thought. Not only could they operate god-class mechas and have keen senses, they also could peek into the realm of the divine… There was definitely ways of making him unable to sense anything. If he couldn't sense something odd, then there must be someone helping block off the person's divine secrets.

"Empyreal Zhuge?" Ling Xiao's finger lightly tapped on his desk. Only Empyreal Zhuge had this type of capabilities. It seemed that he had to investigate the current generation's God Machine of the Zhuge family, as only that person had the ability to cause him to not be able to see the truth.

Chapter 1014 Notification!

"Is the world going to change?" Ling Xiao's gazed deeply towards the window. Suddenly, his expression steeled and he contacted Ling Lan's communicator.

Ling Xiao knew that no matter where Ling Lan was, she would have the ability to not expose herself. Although Ling Lan continued to tell him that she had awakened talents of a hacker, Ling Xiao could tell that it was not the case. However, his daughter was older now and had her own secrets so he just pretended to not know. He would wait for the day when his daughter would willingly tell him or perhaps never tell him in this lifetime.

Soon, Ling Lan picked the call on her communicator. Ling Lan showed her scar-filled face on it which made Ling Xiao's expression darken.

"Dad, you're looking for me?" Ling Lan didn't care about that part of her face and was not saddened by it in the least.

Ling Xiao knew that it wasn't part of the disguise, but rather because Ling Lan didn't care about it. He sighed once again. He raised his daughter poorly. Girls should put their looks first. Perhaps for Ling Lan, it was the most unimportant feature for her.

Seeing Ling Xiao sigh, Ling Lan knew that it was because of the scar on her face. She couldn't explain to him that her face was going to return to normal soon.

That was because after a few days, Planet Juhao's local products and resources would be publicly auctioned off by the Federation. The representatives of the three chemical product corporations that she had told Little Four to develop in the past few years were sent to the auction. In order to confuse others, these three corporations were planning on buying all of the local product from Planet Juhao.

Of course, Nuwa agent's main component must be acquired. After thinking about this, Ling Lan didn't know what Little Four was thinking in the beginning. This Little Four just randomly created three corporations who dealt with the same products. He also made these three corporations compete to the death which caused them all to become enemies with each other. All three of them wanted to destroy the competitor and didn't know that their boss was actually the same person.

However, it was because of this that Ling Lan was able to arrange everything perfectly. If the plant wasn't paid any attention by others, she would arrange for a smaller company to buy it secretly. If it drew the attention of other companies, the three large corporations would make a move. This would create competition between enemies, with neither of them willing to give in. In turn, causing the price to rise up exponentially and scare off others who want to take the product.

This way, no matter which of the three corporations brought the components, she wouldn't worry about obtaining Nuwa agents.

Of course, Ling Lan had already thought of the reason to explain why she needed large amounts of that plant. Her military doctor, Li Shiyu, had long discovered that the useless bits left from experiments could still be used. By adding in some standard ingredients, the bits could be used to create a top of the line skin care products that could help women stay young and age slower.

In this world, the money of women and children were the easiest to acquire! Even in this intergalactic era, these wise words from Ling Lan's previous life still rang true.

Ling Lan didn't want her father to continue to worry about her face that was going to recover soon. She thought for a moment and then decided to tell him everything, "Dad, don't worry. My body's recoverability is increasing. It will disappear after a while."

The earnest look on Ling Lan's face made Ling Xiao know that she wasn't lying to him. Having been worried about Ling Lan's scars for a long time, Ling Xiao finally had a large smile on his face.

Seeing Ling Xiao's expression become less worried, Ling Lan smirked slightly.

As expected, her decision was right!

Despite telling Ling Xiao everything honestly would increase the risk of her secret and Li Shiyu's research becoming exposed, she still believed that it was worth the risk to comfort her father, who blamed himself for her injuries.

Ling Xiao didn't ask Ling Lan how she was going to recover. He only told Ling Lan to be more careful and not be injured again. Ling Xiao was afraid that if she were to injure herself again, she would become a vegetable in the end.

Ling Xiao knew very well that there was definitely a special reason for a person who had lost their recoverability to regain it.

However, since his daughter didn't want to tell him, why should he ask? Plus, he didn't want to receive the method of recovering for the injuries from operating above one's level… Ling Xiao knew very well that this was a Pandora's box. Once it opened, there would be many troubles coming their way.

Ling Xiao continued to ask Ling Lan why she had the thought that one of the three marshals hid their level. Ling Lan then told him what she had discovered, along with how the Flying Dragon Special Forces had moved out to investigate Magic Ace Mecha Clan from 15 years ago. She also included the mineral veins in her explanation.

Ling Lan probably couldn't hide the fact of existence of the mineral veins anymore since the Flying Dragon Special Forces had been sent here. Ling Lan sighed in her mind and thought it was unfortunate. She then decided to tell her father about the mineral veins.

Back then, that person wanted to put the mineral veins into the public after discovering he couldn't take control of Liu Furong. But, he suddenly changed his mind and didn't want others to acquire the secrets of the mineral veins anymore. He would rather destroy it than to let others have it.

Instead of the Flying Dragon Special Forces finding out that the mineral veins were taken by her and misunderstand as Ling Xiao and her wanting to take it for themselves, it would be much better if she handed it over willingly and let her father ask the military for the merits they rightfully deserved.

It wasn't because Ling Lan didn't trust Liu Furong. Instead, it was because there were too many people who knew about it. She had to hand over the mineral veins since she couldn't kill off everyone who knew about it.

Luckily, there was still the Soul Society. Ling Lan originally thought the materials at the Soul Society were no longer important. She didn't think that after going around in a circle, she still needed to go to the Soul Society for resolving the issues with Little Four and the instructors' bodies.

What she rejoiced was that she still had Xia Qingyi as a backup.

Ling Lan thought frustratingly. If the mineral veins did not need to be handed over, she would just mine out a bit and resolve the issue of Little Four, Little Blossom and the instructors' materials for building their bodies. However now, she needed to start from scratch again.

"So, you're in Mai'er Fa." After hearing Ling Lan explain the information regarding the mineral veins, Ling Xiao instantly understood where Ling Lan was situated at currently.

"Yes. I just want to know whether Liu Furong's words are true or fake. " Ling Lan, of course, wouldn't tell her father than she wanted to secretly mine the vein…

Ling Lan, who usually held a stern expression on her face, now couldn't help but blush for a moment. Luckily, there were many scars on her face. The slight redness was not obvious among the red scars.

"Lan'er, you're too impulsive." Ling Xiao's thoughts were focused on the danger his daughter was in and didn't see that Ling Lan was embarrassed. He frowned and said, "Even the Federation don't dare to provoke Mailer Fa… These mineral veins have been preserved on Mai'er Fa and not excavated is probably because of this reason."

"I even suspect that Mai'er Fa knows about the mineral veins. That's why they opened the casino city there." Ling Xiao didn't believe that Mai'er Fa's faction wouldn't first investigate this planet before building their gambling hub.

"They are probably afraid it will be discovered by other nations and cause them to be attacked because of the immense profits there, so it's better for them to pretend to not know anything, secretly hide the mineral veins and slowly excavate it," Ling Lan said while in deep thought.

Chapter 1015 Embarrassment!

"Back then, the mine investigators were quietly allowed to enter probably because Mai'er Fa was afraid it was too obvious and it will draw too many people's attention. Then afterwards, that case with the mine investigators being wiped out made Mailer Fa have a reason to prohibit more mine investigators to enter…" Ling Xiao thought about the situation deeper than Ling Lan, "There's also another possibility that it's a trap."

"A trap?" Ling Lan didn't think the mineral veins could be a trap and was stunned. "Dad, you're saying the mineral veins could be faked?"

"The mineral veins could be real or fake. However, as for Magic Ace Mecha Clan meeting their end accidentally and somehow obtaining the map to the mineral veins… That seems too much of a coincidence. Although there's the saying that coincidences make history, this was still too much of a coincidence and has its own unexplained issues." Ling Xiao explained to Ling Lan.

Ling Lan began to think more deeply about it. Her original thought of Magic Ace Mecha Clan accidentally getting caught in the situation was pushed behind her head.

"If this trap was planned for Magic Ace Mecha Clan… Then, who would want to wipe out Magic Ace Mecha Clan?" Ling Lan's eyes glimmered.

"I will find Senior Colonel Liu and ask about the details," Ling Xiao said decisively. "Lan'er, leave this to me. Don't meddle in it anymore."

Someone so cold-blooded and calculating who could flick his finger while plotting to destroy a titled super mecha clan, wasn't someone Ling Lan could go against at her current level. Ling Xiao didn't want Ling Lan to take any risks.

"Understood, dad." Nodded Ling Lan.

She wouldn't cause trouble but if trouble was to look for her, she wouldn't retreat either. Ling Lan's eyes became cold for a split second. She didn't know why, but she always felt that she had no chance of getting not involved in this incident. Ling Lan didn't want Ling Xiao to worry so she didn't tell him what she felt.

Ling Xiao saw that his daughter was obedient for once and let out a soft sigh of relief. Knowing his daughter, he knew that she would do as she said. If she said she wouldn't meddle with it, she would not meddle with the incident with the Magic Ace Mecha Clan and the mineral veins.

After being relieved, Ling Xiao thought for a moment. Then, he finally said the real reason he called Ling Lan.

"Lan'er, I called you today because I wanted your thoughts on something," Ling Xiao's expression became stern.

Seeing this, Ling Lan earnestly replied, "Ask away, dad."

"I want to know your honest thoughts about this." Ling Xiao's eyes stared at his daughter intently. He didn't want Ling Lan to tell him anything other than the truth.

Ling Xiao's unusual seriousness surprised Ling Lan. She didn't know why Ling Xiao would talk to her in this way. Perplexed, she asked, "Dad, what do you want to know?"

"I just want to know whether your thought of leaving the military is real or is it to just keep the promise you had with your mom?" Ling Xiao asked what he wanted to know.

Hearing this, Ling Lan frowned slightly and stopped to think seriously for a moment.

Everything she had done in the past two years was for the promise she made two years ago. She took troops into the battlefield last year in hopes that before she left, her comrades would be able to get used to war. All in all, she was worried about the comrades she had grown up with…

If it was possible, she hoped that her mom would give her three years, five years or even longer. That way she would be able to arrange everything better and protect her comrades until they could hold their own. Plus, if she were to leave now, her heart wouldn't be at peace.

Ling Lan unknowingly spoke out what she was thinking under the gaze of Ling Xiao.

Hearing this, Ling Xiao's expression became cold. Even if it was only a projected image on a screen, Ling Lan could still feel an intimidating gaze from the image.

Ling Xiao's snapped, "Ling Lan, I'm asking you for what you want, not what you want to do for others."

"Ask yourself, did you really join the military to be beside your friends? Are you not the least interested in it? Or perhaps, you hate the military, hate the battlefield, bloodshed, and wanted to be far away from this kind of life?"

Ling Xiao's question went straight into the depth of Ling Lan's heart. Ling Lan didn't know what she wanted to do.

Back then, in order to not let Ling Xiao's merits be taken away by the Ling family, Lan Luofeng lied that Ling Lan was a boy and took everything that originally belonged to the two of them, causing Ling Lan to have no choice but to pretend to be a boy. When she was sixteen, it was originally possible for her to regain her femininity. However, because of Ling Xiao's return, she had no choice but to continue to pretend to be male and enter the First Men's Military Academy. This decision made it so that she had to enter the military for some time.

When she entered the military academy, Ling Lan had already accepted the fact that she would be a soldier in the future. She didn't reject the idea. It wasn't because she liked it. She just had never thought about whether she was willing to do so or not. She only felt that it was something she should do.

Hated being a soldier? Ling Lan shook her head. She definitely didn't hate being a soldier. Even now, soldiers guarding their own nations would be granted honor and merits. Hated the bloodshed? Ling Lan had probably already gotten used this type of life. If she was to return to a peaceful life, she wouldn't become used it easily. Thus, when she felt she was actually going to leave the military, she didn't stay at home. Instead, she chose to create a mercenary team and adventure into the galaxy. She was no longer the simple little girl from her previous life, who only hoped to have a healthy body and be able to move about freely.

Ling Lan seemingly returned to the battlefield on Planet Haijiao. She could feel the feeling of her blood boiling when she piloted her mecha and fought with enemies. Ling Lan couldn't help but clench her fists. She really wanted to step into a mecha once again and fight against enemies…

"Dad, I like the military. I want to become a soldier." Ling Lan finally saw through what her heart wanted. Standing beside her friends and becoming a soldier because she had no choice, were all excuses. These were all there to fool herself. In reality, she wanted to become a soldier, piloting mechas, moving around the galaxy, and expand her nation's influence.

"So you don't want to leave the military?!" Ling Xiao smirked. She was definitely his daughter.

"I don't want to anymore, but what about the two year promise I made with mom?" Ling Lan tossed out this question to Ling Xiao, for him to resolve.

"Women have nothing to do with a man's decision…" Ling Xiao said nonchalantly.

"Women! Haha!" Ling Lan half-smiled as she looked at Ling Xiao. Did her dad forget that she was also a woman?

Ling Xiao also realized it and had a slight change in expression. He then said, "In that case, you will be taking over 250 as a stand-alone clan when you return."

Then, he hung up the communicator.

Ling Xiao watched as Ling Lan's face disappeared in front of him. Then, he punched the table in frustration, "How could I forget that she is my daughter and not my son! She and her mother are usually in cahoots with each other. I'm doomed. When I return home, Luofeng will definitely kick me out. I just hope that it won't be too long!"

No, for his own livelihood, he definitely couldn't let his daughter tell those words to his wife.

Ling Xiao contacted Ling Lan once again. On the screen, Ling Lan's confused expression showed up, "Dad, what's up?" He just hung up so why did he contact her again? Could it be he had forgotten to say something? When did her heroic father become so forgetful?

"Lan'er, those words just now, don't tell your mother. Understood?" Ling Xiao gave a stern warning as a father and then quickly hung up the communicator once again.

He didn't even dare to see his daughter expression, as it was so embarrassing for him. Ling Xiao had his head down helplessly on his desk. At that moment, he didn't have a hint of the heroic figure of being a general or a god-class operator.

Ling Lan looked at the now black screen once again with a complicated expression on her face… In the end she helplessly sighed, "No surprise, my mom is the bane of my dad's existence!"