Zhu Yanyi rubbed her hands together, her eyes shining with excitement. "Yay! Finally, it’s time to show what we can do." It was clear she was waiting for the enemy to attack.
The Elf Queen looked at Zhu Yanyi gently. "Chief Zhu Yanyi, please calm down. The Dark Forest didn’t send your old rival, Hei Ru, this time."
"That boy is here again? Every time I meet her, bad things happen," Zhu Yanyi grumbled, then her eyes lit up. "But we have Zhu Yanyi and the others here. Let them handle Hei Ru."
"Who is Hei Ru?" Zhu Yanyi and her friends knew nothing about the Dark Forest’s members, so they asked curiously.
The Elf Queen smiled softly. "No one knows Hei Ru. When he appears, he wears black scholar clothes and a mask. He uses Judge’s Pens as weapons, usually with both hands, but he prefers one hand. He is very tricky and smart. Most importantly, he is good at formations."
Zhu Yanyi tilted her head. "Does Hei Ru have no weaknesses?" After hearing the description, Zhu Yanyi felt she was mysterious and strong, but she couldn’t feel anything else.
The Elf Queen smiled. "He seems too perfect. Maybe being too perfect is his weakness."
Zhu Yanyi tilted her head again. "I don’t believe anyone is perfect. It’s easy to write the word, but impossible to find a perfect person. She must have flaws."
The Elf Queen nodded with a smile. "I agree. He hides his flaws behind perfection. So, his perfection is his flaw."
Zhu Yanyi nodded in agreement, her mind working hard.
"Hei Ru is very sneaky. Zhu Yanyi, will she break your formation?" Gan Lang asked worriedly.
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "To break my formation, she needs to know medicine, have the Azure Sovereign Qingdi’s inheritance, and know things about the mortal world. She needs all three. If she misses one, it’s hard. Also, if she breaks one layer, my formation turns into a poison barrier. The mist stays, but it becomes poisonous fog. Unless she has medicine skills like mine, she can’t win. I’m not looking down on her, but even if she knows medicine, she can’t beat me."
Her medicine skills came from the Azure Sovereign Qingdi’s inheritance. Unless it was Azure Sovereign Qingdi herself, no one could beat Zhu Yanyi.
Gan Lang nodded, relieved. "Good. I don’t need to worry about Hei Ru tricking our Lucky Forest."
"Chief Gan, have you fought Hei Ru many times? Tell us your experience," Yi Yunfei asked, thinking differently.
Gan Lang thought for a moment. "Hei Ru is tricky, but he is very good at fighting."
"Please tell us," Liu Jin urged.
Gan Lang nodded. "Hei Ru has his own way. No one knows what he will do next. Battles change fast, and Hei Ru uses this. You can never guess his next move."
"So, Hei Ru is scary?" Sikong Xuran asked, feeling Hei Ru was special.
"Hei Ru himself isn’t scary. His brain is scary. No one knows what he will do. I can never see through him. I only win because of my beastman instincts."
Beastmen are very sensitive, especially to danger. They know what is best for them. Gan Lang was a lion-man chief, so he had a lion’s instincts: sharp and fierce. That’s why he escaped Hei Ru several times.
Zhu Yanyi thought of another question. "Chief Gan, did Hei Ru break into Lucky Forest many times?"
"Yes, how did you know?" Gan Lang asked curiously.
Zhu Yanyi glanced at her. "It’s obvious. If Hei Ru didn’t break in, you wouldn’t go out to fight her."
Gan Lang scratched his head, embarrassed. "The White Great Shaman was here then. He told me someone broke in, so I went to fight Hei Ru. He broke in five or six times secretly. Because of the Shaman’s help, I stopped him each time. But I never saw his real face."
"So, Hei Ru is very mysterious," Zhu Yanyi concluded.
A person who always wears a mask and keeps breaking into Lucky Forest must have a strong reason or a secret. Zhu Yanyi didn’t think Hei Ru did it just to show off. She must have a plan. There must be something others didn’t expect inside Lucky Forest.
Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment but said nothing. The Lucky Forest residents were simple. Even if she pointed out the secrets, they wouldn’t understand. She decided to tell the Elf Queen later.
"From Chief Gan’s words, Hei Ru is very strong," Yi Yunfei analyzed seriously.
Sikong Xuran added, "Not only strong, but perfect. But I’m surprised. Is there really a perfect person in the world?"
Jian Feiyan said, "Honestly, our Sage Academy isn’t big, but we have many good men. But I’ve never seen a perfect one. Fifteen, do you think your husband is perfect?"
Zhu Yanyi laughed. "She is perfect to me. She is my life, my heart, everything. So even if she has flaws, they are perfect to me. She is perfect in my heart because we love each other deeply. But…"