Previously, when it came to Xia Yi and Yuanen Yehui, Yali hadn't thought too much about it.
It was only when she considered using the Demon Plane to bluff Xia Yi and Leng Yaozhu that she suddenly realized Xia Yi might already know about the existence of the Demon Plane.
After all, aside from Leng Yaozhu, Xia Yi also had the Silver Dragon King on his side, and it was very possible the Silver Dragon King knew about the Demon Plane.
Yali had come here also to test whether Xia Yi had ever told Leng Yaozhu about the Demon Plane.
Seeing that Leng Yaozhu was unaware, Yali breathed a sigh of relief.
If she couldn't use this as a bargaining chip with Leng Yaozhu, then she really would have had no choice but to squeeze Xia Yi for help.
"Yali, why don't you just die?" Leng Yaozhu's towering chest heaved violently, clearly infuriated.
She hadn't expected to be played by Yali like this.
"Calm down, Sister Yaozhu, calm down." Seeing Leng Yaozhu's fury, Yali only became more delighted, leisurely sipping her tea and smiling, "Don't forget, you personally agreed to help me convince Xia Yi."
What Yali didn't know was that Xia Yi had already agreed to forge two-word battle armor for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan on the condition of "traveling and sightseeing" with her.
"You..." Leng Yaozhu gritted her teeth audibly and asked, annoyed, "Does that Yuanen Yehui know the truth about the Fallen Angel?"
"No, she doesn't," Yali shook her head and said, "Knowing it now would do her no good. I plan to tell her when she's about to break through to Title Douluo."
"Forget it, I won't argue with you. Let you have this win." Leng Yaozhu massaged her temples, looking helpless. "Take them straight to find Xia Yi, just say I agreed."
"Something's not right with you. Did something happen?" Yali raised her head in surprise, sensing something off with Leng Yaozhu.
"What could happen to me?" Leng Yaozhu rolled her eyes and said, "You think everyone's like you? I always keep my word. Now scram."
Seeing that Leng Yaozhu was getting impatient, Yali could only get up to leave. "If you don't want to say, then forget it. Since you've agreed, I'll go find Xia Yi. I'm in Shrek City anyway—if something happens, you can find me at the hospital."
"Yali, you damn wench! Hmph! Just you wait—you'll have your time to cry too." Watching Yali walk to the door, a smirk played on Leng Yaozhu's lips.
In truth, she didn't know Xia Yi had already agreed to help Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan, but she knew Xia Yi would definitely say yes.
Forging two sets of two-word battle armor was hardly a big deal for Xia Yi.
If Xia Yi truly knew that Yuanen Yehui's Fallen Angel martial soul was the key to connecting to the Demon Plane, there was no way he would refuse her request for battle armor.
If he refused, it would mean either Yali had guessed wrong and Xia Yi didn't know the truth, or Xia Yi was waiting for Yali to come to him personally.
Purposely forcing Yali to beg Leng Yaozhu.
But now, Yali would never directly go to Xia Yi. No matter what happened, she would always go through Leng Yaozhu instead.
Whatever method Yali used to get Leng Yaozhu to agree, it didn't really matter.
From the moment Yali came to ask her, Xia Yi had already decided to help.
Xia Yi wasn't so petty that he'd let a grudge over two sets of armor drive a wedge between Yali and Leng Yaozhu.
To put it more precisely: whether or not Yuanen Yehui had a Fallen Angel martial soul, the moment she and Ye Xinglan came to find Xia Yi on Yali's instruction, he had no intention of refusing from the start.
When Yali had pretended their relationship didn't exist to save face earlier, and now came shamelessly asking for help—Xia Yi was just being petty, deliberately stalling Yali for two days out of amusement.
But since Yali had personally come, no matter what, Xia Yi would definitely forge the two sets of armor before the Star Battle Network competition started.
Yali's personal visit only moved the timeline up a little.
Yali thought she had been so clever, even playing a little trick on Leng Yaozhu.
But in Leng Yaozhu's eyes, seeing Yali so smug was like watching a clown entertain herself.
Leng Yaozhu could already imagine the moment when Yali found out Xia Yi had planned to help from the beginning—her face would turn so red with embarrassment.
Just as Leng Yaozhu's smile reached its peak, Yali opened the door to Leng Yaozhu's office.
The moment the door opened, Yali froze.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Yali's abnormal reaction, Leng Yaozhu immediately hid her smile and asked seriously.
"Did Yali sense something? Impossible, I didn't show any flaws," Leng Yaozhu thought to herself.
"I suddenly feel the life energy in the air is flowing toward one place," Yali frowned and said, immediately releasing her spiritual power to investigate.
Because Leng Yaozhu's office isolated all energy, neither of them had sensed any changes earlier.
But the moment the door opened, as a healing-type Limit Douluo, Yali immediately detected the abnormal flow of life energy in the air.
"Oh? Is that so?" Leng Yaozhu raised her eyebrows in surprise and also released her spiritual power. Sure enough, the life energy was gathering in one direction.
Following the energy currents with their spiritual power, both Yali and Leng Yaozhu discovered that not just life energy, but other types of elemental energy too, were flowing—just less noticeably.
"The forge! Xia Yi is forging! Eh? He's forging for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan!" Their spiritual power tracked the energy flows straight to the forging chamber.
"Sister Yaozhu, aren't you going to explain what's going on?" Yali ground her teeth and turned to glare at Leng Yaozhu, her earlier smugness completely replaced by grievance.
Turns out, the clown was herself.
"So fast?" Leng Yaozhu muttered internally, then raised her head with a bright smile and said, "What do you mean? Isn't this a good thing?"
"It is a good thing—but you all treating me like a monkey, don't you think that's a little much?" Yali said, gritting her teeth.
"I really don't know what's going on," Leng Yaozhu said with a straight face, struggling to suppress her laughter. "I just got back from Mingdu. Maybe Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan just convinced Xia Yi? Why don't we go take a look?"
"Fine. I really want to see how you all made a fool of me," Yali said, her eyes fierce.
Since she'd already been made a fool of, she at least wanted to know exactly how.