Ling Xue's sudden message instantly threw all of Lin Mo's thoughts into chaos.
"This Black Dragon Emperor Ring, including the tier 5 sets, were all specially prepared as surprises for me?"
"Everything Ming Yuexin did wasn't for herself?"
Just as Lin Mo found it hard to believe—
Ding!
His mailbox suddenly flashed.
Lin Mo opened the mailbox.
[Ding ~ You retrieved attachment E-rank magic scroll · Practice Makes Perfect +2048 sent by player Divine Nation, Nuwa through mail!]
[Ding ~ You retrieved attachment D-rank magic scroll · Practice Makes Perfect +422 sent by player Divine Nation, Nuwa through mail!]
[Ding ~ You retrieved attachment C-rank magic scroll · Practice Makes Perfect +113 sent by player Divine Nation, Nuwa through mail!]
Ding!
Lin Miaomiao also sent Lin Mo a message, ["These scrolls were specially bought for you by Sister Ling across more than two hundred level 2 main cities in the entire Dragon Nation server. She spent a whole day and 240 million just collecting them. It's enough to raise your ultimate skill to SSS-rank."]
["And those two tier 5 equipment sets you're wearing were also custom-made for you by Sister Ling. She spent 150 million and used all kinds of connections to get them done."]
["Even this Dragon Palace Secret Realm was specially found for you by Sister Ling using her SS-rank talent Dragon Seeking Art. She didn't even have time to eat today, all because she was searching for the secret realm key, opening the secret realm, and helping you get this SS-rank Dragon Race treasure."]
["Sister Ling told us not to tell you, but I think there are things you should know."]
Clearly upset, Lin Miaomiao said to Lin Mo, ["I'm not trying to morally pressure you, but Sister Ling has really done everything for you! I just hope you won't waste her feelings for you!"]
'Wait!'
Lin Miaomiao's long speech carried too much information for Lin Mo.
If Ling Xue funded Lin Mo's equipment and bought proficiency scrolls to upgrade his ultimate skill because she wanted to use him to clear the secret realm and get rewards, that would still make sense.
After all, wasn't the reason Ling Xue valued Lin Mo because of his strength? At crucial moments, she could use him to achieve certain goals.
Lin Mo was also using Divine Nation as protection.
Both sides using each other.
Very reasonable.
The key point was that Ling Xue wanted nothing. She gave everything to Lin Mo.
"This isn't right!"
"How can Ming Yuexin be this nice?"
"She's clearly someone who'll do anything to achieve her goals, no matter the cost. She used methods, made sacrifices, yet had no goal?"
"Does that make sense?"
Just as Lin Mo was struggling to understand—
Ding!
Ling Xue sent another message, ["Use a Return City Scroll and go back first. Don't leave the secret realm directly. People from the five major guilds are waiting outside for you."]
["As for your girlfriend Liuli, don't worry. I already sent Sun Yang and his people over there. The five major guilds want to use Liuli against you. As long as you don't show yourself, they won't hurt her for now."]
["I already told Sun Yang and the others to safely rescue Liuli from the five major guilds. She won't suffer any harm."]
'Wait!'
Lin Mo's expression changed as he asked, ["You withdrew all the people from the Blood Mine?"]
Ling Xue: ["Yeah! They all went over to your side!"]
Lin Mo: ["You're not dealing with Chaotic World anymore?"]
Ling Xue: ["How is dealing with Chaotic World more important than protecting you? Chaotic World can be handled anytime, but if something happens to you or Liuli, that would be a huge loss for Divine Nation."]
'Alright, the plan to wipe out Divine Nation's main force tonight at the Blood Mine is completely ruined.'
'But now that things turned out this way… maybe this is fine too.'
Looking at the extremely valuable tier 5 Thunder set and Bloodbath set on himself and Strong-Maned Pig, as well as the priceless SS-rank Black Dragon Race divine artifact, the Black Dragon Emperor Ring, in his hand, Lin Mo couldn't help sighing: "If not for the hatred from my previous life, just based on Ming Yuexin's willingness to invest in me like this, I could've sat in the position of Divine Nation vice guild leader until Divine Oracle descended."
"But since that's the case, maybe I don't need to rush to get revenge on Ming Yuexin anymore."
Ming Yuexin not only held great power in the real world and controlled massive corporate assets, more importantly, "Based on what Lin Miaomiao just said, the reason they found the Dragon Palace Black Dragon Race Golden Secret Realm today was because of Ming Yuexin's SS-rank talent, Dragon Seeking Art."
Lin Mo had no memory of this talent.
But he had heard of another similar SS-rank talent before: Brahma Art!
"In my previous life, a player from the Never-Setting Empire once had the SS-rank talent Brahma Art. Its effect was gathering energy for the talent by completing hidden quests and clearing hidden dungeons."
"Every time the energy was fully charged and the talent was used, the player would receive an SS-rank Angel Race treasure map. Following the map's guidance could lead to an SS-rank Angel Race treasure."
"Using this talent, that player obtained countless SS-rank treasures for his family, eventually leading his clan to become the number one family in the Never-Setting Empire."
Lin Mo thought to himself, "Ming Yuexin's Dragon Seeking Art works similarly to that player's Brahma Art from my previous life."
"If nothing unexpected happens, her talent should allow her to obtain SS-rank Dragon Race treasure maps. Then she can use those maps to obtain SS-rank Dragon Race treasures."
"That's why Ming Yuexin knew the Dragon Palace Secret Realm would definitely drop an SS-rank Dragon Race treasure."
So compared to crippling Ming Yuexin and destroying Divine Nation right now, Lin Mo came up with a better plan: raising livestock.
Except this time, Lin Mo himself was the "pig."
He would let Ming Yuexin continue investing in him.
After all, besides Ming Yuexin, there was probably nobody else in the world willing to casually throw hundreds of millions into training him.
At the same time, he could also use Ming Yuexin's SS-rank talent Dragon Seeking Art to get more SS-rank Dragon Race treasures for himself.
Next, Lin Mo looked back at the Black Dragon Emperor Ring.
Players could not carry unlimited divine artifacts.
According to Divine Oracle's settings, every time a player completed a class advancement, they permanently unlocked one divine artifact slot.
Which meant that Lin Mo, currently at third class advancement, had three divine artifact slots.
Right now, Lin Mo only possessed the D-rank divine artifact [Nirvana].
There were still two slots left.
So without hesitation, he equipped the SS-rank Black Dragon Emperor Ring onto his hand.
Although the ring currently only provided a tiny 1% increase to normal attack damage and attack speed, as long as he kept killing mobs, the bonus ratio would continue increasing, which was extremely easy for Lin Mo.
This secret realm had given huge rewards.
The only regret was that he still failed to obtain Supreme Race royal blood to unlock Zhao Ling'er's talent seal.
Because this Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon was only one of the Black Dragon Emperor's three guardians and did not belong to the Black Dragon Race royal bloodline.
Probably only the Black Dragon Emperor's blood could unlock Zhao Ling'er's talent seal.
Besides that, "I can only wait until we go to the Divine Tomb dungeon and see whether there are members of the God Race royal family inside."
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this—
Ding!
Lin Mo received a temporary chat message.
[Tyrant (Lv50 Third Class Advancement Assassin): "If you don't want your girlfriend Liuli to die horribly, then hurry up and come see me with your head lowered."]
The moment he saw this message, killing intent burst out from Lin Mo's eyes.
"You're asking to die."
Whoosh!
As the secret realm exit opened, Lin Mo brought Dark Gold · Strong-Maned Pig and stepped into the light curtain, disappearing from the Dragon Palace Secret Realm.