Chapter Twenty-Four Bottleneck

  "Oh, what is it?" Elena gazed gently at Alice.

  "Hey, sister, try some." Alice unwrapped half of the sweet pastry and handed it to Elena.

  "This Alice will eat herself." Elina stroked Alice's hair and smiled.

  "Sister~~try it and see, it's really delicious." Alice stuffed the half piece of pastry into Eirina's mouth.

  She took a light bite, and Elena suddenly found that the taste of the pastry was so wonderful. As she swallowed it, a warm feeling rose from her stomach, and the feeling was so strange that Elena unknowingly ate up the whole half of the pastry.

  Looking at Alice's reluctant expression, Irina apologized somewhat: "Sorry, Alice ate all your pastries." As she spoke, it was unclear whether it was because she had eaten all of Alice's pastries or because of the pastries themselves, but a faint blush appeared on Irina's face.

  Lin Wu gazed at Elena with a look of astonishment in his eyes, and this expression on her face was really too enticing.

  "It's okay, I still have Alice." As she spoke, Alice's bright big eyes stared tightly at Lin Wu.

  Lin Wu's scalp felt numb as he was stared at, and he could only take out two pieces, giving one to Alice and the other to Elena.

  Alice snatched it with delight, while Elena was more reserved, although her eyes also showed her longing for the sweet pastry, but she didn't dare to accept something from someone so easily, and besides, Elena knew that this pastry was definitely not an ordinary item.

  "This little Wu, you take it." Finally, after Elena took over Lin Wu's pastry, she handed a bag of gold coins to Lin Wu.

  But Lin Wu shook his head and didn't accept it. Seeing this, Elena withdrew the gold coin. From Lin Wu's eyes, Elena saw a kind of determination, but she didn't know why this young man wanted to be like that, and there was no desire in those eyes.

  "Thank you very much then, the Camellia family will not treat you unfairly," said Irina.

  Then Lin Wu saw the clothes that the maids were holding, knowing that he was still not suitable to stay any longer. He apologized and left Alice's room.

  Looking at Lin Wu's departing figure, Elena suddenly felt that this figure seemed to have been seen before, but couldn't remember how. She shook her head and turned around to see Alice holding the pastry, putting it in her mouth for a moment, then taking it out again, repeating this several times without taking a single bite.

  Seeing this, Irina handed her own cookie to Alice and said: "Alice sister, you have this one too."

  "No, no." Alice hastily shook her head, put down the sweet pastry in her hand, and was about to rush out when she was caught by Elena.

  "Alice, be good and take these medicines." Elena said, taking something from a maid's hand.

  "Ah!! I don't want it." At the thought of that bitter, deadly medicine, Alice shrieked and burrowed into her bed, refusing to come out.

  ……

  After going through this storm, Alice was confined for 3 days until everything was confirmed to be fine before she was released.

  "Bang bang bang." Early in the morning, Lin Wu was cultivating his internal energy when someone roughly knocked on the door.

  "Little girl, what's wrong with you so early in the morning?" Lin Wu's tone was laced with a hint of anger. During cultivation, one must avoid distractions, yet Alice had to pick on Lin Wu.

  "Hmph, today I'm going to the academy, and as my guard, you have to follow me." Alice said, spinning around in front of Lin Wu.

  "I'm busy today, go find someone else, and by the way, your clothes look great." Lin Wu said as he was about to close the door.

  At present, Lin Wu has entered a bottleneck, the peak of primary swordsmen. To break through this level and advance to intermediate swordsmen, Lin Wu's attributes and aura can only be fully utilized when he reaches the intermediate swordsman level, because primary swordsmen cannot channel their aura into their weapons, unless Lin Wu possesses a magical weapon.

  "You... you... " Alice's eyes widened, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

  "Despicable guy!!" Enraged Alice suddenly swung her hand and a water ball came flying towards Lin Wu.

  Looking at the harmless water ball, Lin Wu lightly struck it and shattered it. However, Lin Wu forgot that as an elemental spirit, Alice's magic release speed was absolutely unmatched. The ice elemental spirit also belonged to a variant of the water system spirit, and Alice was originally a water element body. It was only because of the invasion of the Frost Dragon's soul that she became an ice elemental spirit. So when Lin Wu shattered the first water ball, countless water balls came flying in like a storm.

  At that time, Lin Wu was caught off guard and although he shattered a large part of it, he was also hit by many water balls. In an instant, Lin Wu became a drowned rat.

  "Hehe, this is what happens when you mess with me." Alice said with a laugh, clapping her hands as she saw Lin Wu's dejected appearance.

  Lin Wu's face was gloomy, but he didn't want to hit Alice either. Suddenly, Lin Wu flipped his hand and a pancake appeared in it. As soon as the pancake came out, Alice instantly became a well-behaved baby, looking at Lin Wu with pitiful eyes.

  "Today I was going to give it to you, but..." Lin Wu said, putting the pastry away again. "Your performance has been poor, so there isn't any today."

  "Oh! Don't!" Alice coquettishly protested.

  "But what I want is to give you an opportunity." Lin Wu said with a smile, looking just like the weird uncle who lures little girls with candy.

  "What do you want?" Alice looked at Lin Wu vigilantly, and the so-called little witch Alice was not easy to fool either.

  "Shouting Xiao Lin Gege." said Lin Wu, holding a pastry.

  As soon as Lin Wu's voice fell, Alice showed signs of eruption. Feeling the chill emanating from Alice's body, Lin Wu was startled and hastily stuffed a pastry into Alice's mouth, saying: "Alright, alright, I'm afraid of you, here's your pastry, don't bother me today."

  Alice instantly changed from a violent state to a well-behaved baby as soon as she got the pancake, glared at Lin Wu and then ran away.

  Looking at the departing Alice, Lin Wu felt a headache. This girl was too troublesome, and being her guard was really painful. "Fortunately, there's still a killer move." Looking at the more than 100 sweet pastries left in his cuff, Lin Wu slightly relaxed.

  He immediately closed the door and Lin Wu continued to cultivate, but after being disturbed by Alice, Lin Wu no longer had the mood to cultivate. This state of cultivation wouldn't work, so Lin Wu got up and prepared to go out for a stroll. Speaking of which, since arriving in Violet City, Lin Wu hadn't properly explored this city yet.

  After tidying up, Lin Wu walked out of the Rose family under the surprised gaze of the servants and maids. To say that guards were not allowed to enter and exit at will, but Lin Wu was an exception. This still had to thank Alice, the little maid who was locked in for three days. Every day, Alice asked Lin Wu to go out and buy things, so Lin Wu could also come and go freely from the Rose family.

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