Book 3 Chapter 34 – Li Yiming’s Conjecture

　　The team quickly arrived at the hotel in which Eyegla.s.ses was staying at. Its size allowed the existence of only two suites, and since Eyegla.s.ses had already reserved one of them, they all had to squeeze into the remaining one, which was made available promptly after Li Yiming dropped a stack of money worth about one hundred thousand onto the counter. None of them wanted to share a room with Eyegla.s.ses, since they did not know what vampires did during the day, and neither were they eager to find out.

　　"Alright, let's talk about what happened there." Li Yiming put Big Beard on the bed and sat back down on the sofa in the living room. Qing Qiaoqiao poured him a gla.s.s of water.

　　"It's pretty obvious to me. That man has taken control of both Ya Yu and Liu Meng. We want to find her, then we need to look for that man." Zeng Qian had one hand against the wall of the room. A green gas seeped from between her fingers into the wall; it had become a habit for her to do that.

　　"It'll be hard to search for a specific person in such a big city, especially when she's a guardian. If she conceals herself, it'll impossible to find her. Remember the group of people we met back at the museum? They were right next to us and Eyegla.s.ses didn't even notice them." Qing Linglong took a bottle of beer out of the fridge. She had a sudden craving for it amidst her frustration of having the feeling that she had neglected something important, but could not quite remember what it was exactly.

　　"I have a question." Fang Shui'er removed her high-heels and sat down on the sofa. "I don't know if you've noticed, but that man was able to control Ya Yu. That would take an inconceivable amount of focus."

　　"Of course, and Liu Meng at the same time? Guardians aren't normal people. It's no simple task to control one either," Qing Qiaoqiao added.

　　"Well, if we a.s.sume that he's not ridiculously strong, then there's only one explanation left: he has some kind of talent that's not focus-based," Fang Shui'er said.

　　"Talent? Not focus-based. You mean… beast taming?" Qing Longlong realized that this lead was exactly what she had forgotten about.

　　"Yes, that's the only explanation."

　　"Remember what he said when he showed up?" Qing Linglong's confidence in her own guess grew.

　　"He said, 'I'm late'. Doesn't that mean he was there for that beast? But he saw that Li Yiming had already taken care of her, so he left." Qing Qiaoqiao read her sister's thoughts like a book.

　　"His talent has to be beast taming. He's gathering the beasts to increase his own strength," Fang Shui'er concluded.

　　"With that talent, he can borrow the force of Heaven's Laws and force beasts to fight for him after a contract has been sealed. That would make sense, but what about Liu Meng? She looked like she was in the same state as Ya Yu, is she a beast? I've never heard of beast tamers who could control guardians." Zeng Qian sat right next to her sister, in a rather formal posture that made it seem like she was partic.i.p.ating in a political committee.

　　"What's Liu Meng's talent?" Qing Linglong asked.

　　"Fire." Li Yiming had his hands stuffed in his pockets. He tried his best to formulate an idea, but could think of nothing due to his own lack of knowledge. The only thing he could do was to wait for something to come out of his teammates.

　　His answer disappointed his teammates, who at least hoped for something similar such as "beast transformation", but fire had nothing to do with it. The room sank into a dead silence.

　　"This is complicated." Qing Qiaoqiao looked at Li Yiming. She could not understand the change in Li Yiming's att.i.tude after he came out of the illusion. 'What did he go through? Why is he so… cold?'

　　"There's something else." Qing Linglong finished her beer and looked at Li Yiming with a serious countenance. "I'm seriously doubting our ability to fight that man even if we find him. If he can control Ya Yu, then surely he's not that weak himself. With Ya Yu, Liu Meng and perhaps other beasts we don't know about at this point, can we even take him on in a fight?"