Who Is Looking for Me, and She's a Beauty?

"Maybe you just haven't tried long enough. Give it another shot." Rina Chu grabbed Grace's hands and pressed them firmly against the tree.

So Grace silently recited her incantation for a while longer, but still, nothing happened.

Grace shook her head. "We were overthinking it. Looks like it's really all Beanie's doing."

Rina Chu scratched her head, her brows furrowing in frustration.

"What were you doing outside last night?" Grace asked. "Were you really yelling at Leon Zane in the middle of the night?"

"You have no idea how twisted he is!" Rina Chu exclaimed. "I went out late to use the bathroom, and he actually transformed into Dotty just to spy on me!

If I could, I'd peel off his dragon hide and cook him for dinner!"

Grace shook her head. "Go easy on him! You beat him up so badly his face was all bruised! Do you really think he can't fight back against you?"

"I've got a secret weapon, that's why he can't beat me." Rina Chu smugly pulled out her Celestial Lash. "My big brother lent it to me for safekeeping. To other races, it's just an ordinary whip, but to the Divine Race, it's their worst nightmare!"

"I can tell, that whip of yours is no ordinary thing," Grace said. "But you're still just a spirit cultivator who hasn't ascended yet! If he weren't worried about hurting you, you wouldn't stand a chance against him!"

Rina Chu bit her lip. "Whatever, he's just bad news! He gives off major creep vibes!"

Grace gave her a helpless look and sighed, "Let's pack up. We'll be leaving soon!"

"Leaving?" Rina Chu's eyes widened. "We're leaving Drake Abyss already?"

Grace nodded, her expression dim.

"Why?"

"Today, my plan worked," Grace said. "I won over Evan Xiao, and Sophie Shang took the Divine Crimson Pill. But..."

"But what?" Rina Chu was starting to get a bad feeling.

"The divination was real," Grace said. "It's fate—they're meant to be together... as husband and wife."

Rina Chu: "..."

Grace's heart ached with bitterness and confusion, shaken by fate itself. She turned and walked away.

"Then... at least break through to the Spirit Lord realm first!" Rina Chu blurted out. "Didn't you say you need to be with him a third time to reach Spirit Lord?"

Grace stared at her in shock. "How do you know about that?"

She was pretty sure she'd never told her that.

"Huh? Oh... Leon Zane let it slip by accident."

Leon Zane definitely knows.

He was the one who told Evan Xiao, and Evan Xiao told her.

Grace didn't doubt it and shook her head. "Back when I thought he was my man, everything between us... was just romance and fun.

But if he's not mine anymore, if he's Sophie's now, how could I ever go through with it?

I'd rather live like this forever—even if it's just a few decades, reaching Spirit Master Grandmaster is enough for me!

"Wait—you still have to heal the Celestial Empress, right? At least finish her treatment before you leave!"

Grace shook her head. "Can you go get Leon Zane for me? I'll write out the treatment plan and hand it to him myself. He can take care of the rest."

Rina Chu frowned, waved for Little Scarlet to come down, and went off to find Leon Zane.

After all this time, she'd pretty much memorized the layout of Drake Abyss.

She already knew where Leon Zane lived.

She knocked on his door, and before long, Leon Zane came out.

"Who's looking for me? I heard it's a beautiful lady?" Leon Zane stepped out, a curious look on his face and a bandage still stuck to his nose.