Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 1324: Before Departing

It didn’t matter too much if Lingshan and Yutian failed- they just wanted to apprehend the members of the grave robbing group. For Lin Yi, however, failure was a huge deal! He got on this mission for Xiaoxiao! Failure was not an option here.

So, these days, he spent his time studying the details regarding this tomb, about the traps, and the map Bojia gave him. He went through them over and over again, every day! Though he had the papers with him, he didn’t grow complacent. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Bojia or anything, but the info he gave him only had details on the outer circle defensive traps. It didn’t get to the inside facilities since Bojia only observed the place from outside. Nobody knew what it was like in there!

Every noon when Lin Yi, the Miss, Shu, and Yun Yun ate, it seemed as though something was missing. Everyone didn’t really have the mood to talk. It felt like everyone was just waiting until Lin Yi could go to the tomb to find a way to save Xiaoxiao

Without Xie Yufeng in school anymore, things were peaceful- Zhong Pinliang was enduring as well, avoiding confrontation with Lin Yi and his group.

Time went by like that, and soon it was the day to go tomb raiding!

Lin Yi said goodbye to the Miss, Shu, and Yun Yun- they didn’t look like they would miss him at all; they were actually quite relieved. “The day finally came!”

Lin Yi was a bit speechless, but he gave a bitter smile, “Wait for my good news.”

“Okay! But please be careful!” Tang Yun reminded seriously. “Xiaoxiao is important to us, but you’re just as important. Don’t push it. Don’t force anything! There’ll still be hope as long as nothing bad happens! If something happens to you, then, it’s not just us- Xiaoxiao’s situation would be hopeless as well!

“Yeah, Lin Yi, you need to be careful!” Mengyao nodded.

“I understand, don’t worry!” Lin Yi nodded with a smile.

Before leaving, he asked Goudan to come to the villa.

There hadn’t been any enemies visiting them yet this past while, but Lin Yi couldn’t feel safe- who knew if anything would happen? Even if Uncle Fu was here, he was only Golden class late phase peak- he could handle normal enemies, but stronger ones were a problem.

“Er Goudan, I’ll leave Yao Yao, Shu, and Yun Yun’s safety to you while I’m gone!” He said to him.

“Don’t worry, boss, leave it to me!” Goudan patted his chest, “I’ll keep them safe!”

“But remember that special condition of your body- remember what I said!” Lin Yi reminded solemnly. “If a practitioner comes causing trouble, one that you have no guarantees with- kill him with one shot, don’t hold back! You have a lot of strength, but if you take a hit from a Mystic, it will be certain death! If they’re not that strong, then cripple them first before asking who sent them!”

“Got it!” Goudan kept those words in mind. He may be honest and simple, but he was no idiot. He knew these facts.

That night, Goudan moved into the Chu house, into Lin Yi’s room, separating with Yuanyuan for a while. They missed each other, but this mission his boss gave him was more important!

Lin Yi, on the other hand, went to the station to meet with Lingshan and Yutian. They had to make some preparations. They needed to make sure their couple’s act was impeccable.

“Yutian Bro, Lingshan, you guys have a detailed plan about this whole thing, right? Just show it to me.” Lin Yi said, not bothering with courtesies with them.

There was no reason for that with Yutian, after all. Even more so with Lingshan!

“It’s done. Here!” Yutian nodded and gave the planbook to him.

Lin Yi didn’t say anything but sat on the sofa to go through it, giving it a general look at the plans. It was all stuff in theory, not practical, although he did spend more effort into reading about the graverobber couple, including their habits and style and everything. This was all key!

“The tomb raiding couple rarely interacts with others? The other graverobbers don’t even know their true face?” Lin Yi asked after seeing the details, “So this means we don’t have to act too much?”

“That’s right- this couple is a bit more cunning. If we didn’t find them by coincidence smuggling at a border, we wouldn’t have got them!” Yutian nodded, “Now, we’ve saved a lot of trouble. They’re a bit of a special case in the grave robbing world. Their skill level is high, but they’re also cunning- their peers have a love-hate relationship with them. Sometimes they hated how they wanted big portions and shares and tried to get in on all the tombs, but sometimes they needed their participation- their experience is really rich.”

Lin Yi nodded. “So, Lingshan and I are the couple, and you’re our followers?”

“Yes.” Yutian nodded. “You’re the strongest among us three, and with the couples, it’s the husband that’s the strongest as well.”

“What’s your strength level now? Still Golden class early phase?” Lin Yi looked at Yutian.

“Yes, much to my shame. Still early phase.” Yutian felt a bit embarrassed- he didn’t continue practitioning, although that was also due to his constitution.

“Hm... I’ll raise you to Golden Class late phase peak first tonight, to Linghsan’s level. That’ll make you better protected.” Lin Yi said flatly.

“Ah?” Yutian froze- to Gold class late phase? Did he hear that correctly? Lin Yi was going to strengthen him? And, judging by his tone, this supposed to be a simple and common task?

“You should know how I raised Lingshan’s strength. Alright, let’s cut the crap and start now!” Lin Yi couldn’t help but smile impatiently at that shocked face.

Lin Yi always had a plan in his heart- and that was to raise all the people around him up the Golden class late phrase- when he reached Earth class, he’d raise them to Mystic late phase peak... And even Earth class late phase peak and Sky class late phase peak in the future!