Reborn as a Transcendent-Chapter 727Book 3: : Are You a Try-Hard Knight Too?

“Say wut?” Yae-hime asked in confusion.

Speaking of wealth, she had indeed struck it big today. In the duel with Lucky, she had wagered her entire fortune. Once the payout on that bet came through, Yae-hime would once again become a billionaire.

Of course, that kind of money was still barely enough to fill the teeth of the City of Chaos. And since the payout had not yet arrived, what Mylene meant by “struck it rich” was clearly something else entirely.

“Sis, listen to me. Someone just gave you another five hundred million!” Mylene said with a bright smile.

“Huh? Who’s that generous?” Hearing that figure, Yae-hime’s heartbeat quickened. To her, five hundred million was no small sum. And strangely enough, that number sounded very familiar. It was as if…

No, not as if—she really had received a five hundred million payout before.

“Did the Ye family send me money again?”

“Nope, this time it’s the Long family!”

“The Long family?” Yae-hime blinked in surprise, wondering if she had misheard.

“Yes. They want to make peace with you,” Mylene explained.

“Why would they suddenly want to reconcile with me?” Yae-hime’s doubt deepened.

Her enmity with the Long family could be traced back to her previous life, and her greatest enemy had always been Jiajun. In that lifetime, he had schemed to send her to the very front lines, where she ended up facing a Demon General and was killed on the spot.

In this life, she had once again suffered pursuit at the hands of his men. And now, a mere five hundred million to settle all of that?

“Fine, reconciliation then. As long as they stop provoking me, I don’t care.” Were it not for the City of Chaos requiring an astronomical amount of resources to rebuild, Yae-hime would not have agreed so easily. Besides, she had no time recently to head to the capital and cause trouble for Jiajun anyway.

Now that the Long family was retreating, that was one less headache for her. More importantly, five hundred million was far too tempting!

“Mhm, mhm, I’ll pass on your words right away, Sis. Hold on just a moment!” Mylene replied happily before hanging up the call.

“Master, master, someone’s giving us money!” At that moment, Little Blue popped out, grinning like a child who had just been given a beloved toy.

“Oh, worthy of a giant consortium indeed. That’s what I call straightforward,” Yae-hime laughed.

“Master, I want to eat lots of delicious food, and I want lots of cute clothes too!” Little Blue flung herself at her, hugging Yae-hime’s neck out of habit, rubbing her cheek against hers while acting spoiled.

“Alright, alright, we’ll buy them all.” Yae-hime pinched her soft, rosy cheeks and chuckled. After all this time together, their relationship had grown intimate and inseparable.

“Yay, yay!” Little Blue released her grip and bounced around in midair, her joy plain to see. She truly was delighted.

“Like a child,” Yae-hime said with a helpless smile.

“I *am* a child!” Little Blue pouted. “I’ve always been a child!”

“If you didn’t watch adult romance films, maybe I could actually think of you that way.” Yae-hime rolled her eyes dramatically.

“Uh… that’s called cultivating the heart and soul!” Little Blue’s cheeks flushed red as she tried to defend herself.

Just then, the phone rang again. It was another call from Mylene. Yae-hime swiped the screen and answered. “Sis, it’s done! The money’s all been transferred to your account at Swire Bank!” Mylene said with a cheerful laugh.

“Mhm, thank you for your hard work.” 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

“Oh, not at all! By the way, Sis, our winnings have also been distributed. It’s a huge amount!” On the other end, Mylene’s voice brimmed with delight, her face practically glowing with joy.

Back when she placed her bet on Yae-hime, she hadn’t even known what the odds were. But when Nangong Lin later transferred her the payout, she was stunned to discover that her money had multiplied sevenfold!

“Looks like our guild turned out to be the biggest winner in this duel.” Thinking back to Nangong Lin’s massive wager, Yae-hime couldn’t help but smile.

“Sis, that’s not it. The biggest winner is actually my master.”

“Huh?”

“My master wagered two billion,” Mylene said.

“Gasp! Your master is that loaded?”

“Mhm, mhm. Master made nearly a hundred billion in one stroke!”

Hearing this, Yae-hime froze in astonishment. She immediately did the math in her head. No matter how she calculated it, she simply could not figure out how two billion had turned into nearly a hundred billion.

“Was the bet placed in Chinese Yuan?”

“Master placed it in U.S. dollars,” Mylene explained.

“So this is what it means to be a true rich lady. I’m envious, I really am,” Yae-hime said with a sigh.

Such was the wall between high and low. She had given her time, her strength, and even her money, yet in the end she had only earned what amounted to someone else’s spare change. Just thinking about it left her feeling frustrated.

“Hehe, my master’s family really is loaded,” Mylene said cheerfully.

“Now I feel like taking only five hundred million was too little,” Yae-hime muttered in annoyance. She knew the four great families were wealthy, but she hadn’t expected their riches to be so vast.

Two billion dollars thrown out just like that.

“Does your master really think so highly of me?” Yae-hime asked curiously.

“Yes. Not long ago, Master told me that Sis’s talent is just slightly below hers,” Mylene replied.

“…” Yae-hime fell silent at those words. Could the foremost figure of Cathay truly possess such overwhelming talent? If not shackled by the confines of Aqua Blue Star, Lisa might have already broken beyond the mortal realm.

In that moment, the woman she had never once met seemed to tower in Yae-hime’s heart. Along with that awe came a heavier burden pressing down on her shoulders. ‘I have to get stronger, and fast!’

After chatting a little more with her “little sister,” Yae-hime hung up the phone and continued resting.

Lying in bed, she suddenly thought of someone. “I wonder how Alicia is doing… I can’t shake this uneasy feeling.”

At that moment, within the game. In the Jade Empire, deep in the southern Phantabeast Range. At the foot of a towering, perilous peak yawned a vast pitch-black cave. Like the gaping maw of a colossal beast, it exuded a chilling sense of dread.

“How is her condition?” Suddenly, from within the cave came a voice both cold and youthful.

“Miss Lili, The first princess is doing well. Everything is progressing smoothly,” a cute maid replied softly under the glow of amber lamplight.

“Mhm.” The girl dressed in nightclothes gave a small nod, her very presence radiating a warning of keep away. She had golden hair tied into twin tails, a delicate face set in frosty indifference, and a petite frame that nevertheless hid terrifying strength.

Who else could she be but Lili, the one who had vanished for some time?

Facing her was Alicia’s maid, Nectar.

“In just a few more days, we’ll be able to launch the counterattack,” Lili murmured, gazing deeper into the cave. This cave contained many branching tunnels and was one of the secret bases of their Hidden Kill organization.

At its deepest point, Alicia was absorbing the energy of the earth. To restore her strength to its peak, she needed to draw in massive amounts of both earth energy and wood energy.

“Yes, the First Princess is working hard to recover,” Nectar said with a smile.

But at those words, Lili suddenly felt a twinge of unease. For as long as she could remember, her sworn elder sister always seemed to run into problems at the most critical of moments.

“Hopefully this time…” Before she could finish speaking, the entire cave—no, the entire mountain—shuddered violently.

In the next instant, a terrifying surge of earth energy erupted, causing the ground to quake and the mountain to tremble.

“Not good! Something’s gone wrong with Sister’s condition!” Lili shouted in alarm. Without hesitation, she dashed headlong into the depths of the cave.