Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Chapter 347 Nibelungen Helheim
An airport in a small city in southern China.

Lu Mingfei, Su Xiaoqiang, Xia Mi and Chu Zihang walked out one after another. After just a few days, Xia Mi and Su Xiaoqiang quickly became familiar with each other and even walked side by side.

However, Su Xiaoqiang occasionally couldn't help but look at Xia Mi, then at Chu Zihang - her intuition told her that something was not right with these two people.

But Senior Brother Chu and Senior Sister Su...

Although Senior Brother Chu said that he knew Xia Mi when he was in Shilan Middle School, that was in junior high school. He and Senior Sister Su met in college...

The more Su Xiaoqiang thought about it, the more strange it seemed to her. However, in this situation, she didn't dare to ask too much - after all, Xia Mi didn't show any sign of getting used to Chu Zihang, and Chu Zihang didn't show any very special attitude towards Xia Mi.

Of course, she paid special attention to Xia Mi and Chu Zihang, not entirely because of her own gossiping mentality, but also partly because of Senior Sister Su's request to her -

After arriving at the Capital Airport, Susie, who lived in the north, had to board the plane home alone. Before they parted, Senior Sister Su gave Su Xiaoqiang a look.

She didn't say it explicitly, but due to the tacit understanding between girls, Su Xiaoqiang was very sure that Senior Sister Su wanted her to help find out what was going on between Junior Sister Xia Mi and Senior Brother Chu.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Mingfei waved his hand in front of Su Xiaoqiang and asked in a frivolous tone, "You're not still thinking about the final exam, are you?"

"Who wants to take the exam? Isn't it easy for me to pass it?" Su Xiaoqiang snorted.

“Is your only requirement for yourself to just pass?” Lu Mingfei complained.

"Are the exams in school really that difficult?" Xia Mi asked curiously.

However, she kept looking at Su Xiaoqiang while speaking and didn't dare to look at Lu Mingfei.

"It's okay. I think generally, the teachers are quite sensible in setting questions and won't let students who study hard fail the exam," Lu Mingfei said. "The Magical Mechanical Design Course is an exception. Professor Mans, who sets the questions, seems to have a grudge against the students."

"Ah...then I'd better not choose this course." Xia Mi shrank her neck.

"Magic Mechanical Design is a very practical course, whether it's logistics..."

Before Chu Zihang finished speaking, Xia Mi interrupted him and said, "Whether it's logistics or frontline personnel, it's recommended to take elective courses, right? Senior brother, you've already said it once, but please also be considerate of junior sister. Do young and beautiful girls like me look like they are suitable for studying science and engineering?"

Chu Zihang's eyes showed a hint of illogical doubt: "Is there any connection between beautiful girls and being unsuitable for science and engineering?"

Xia Mi held her forehead with her hand.

Perhaps realizing that he had said something problematic, Chu Zihang added: "If you take this course and have difficulty learning it, you can ask me. I am doing well in the Magical Mechanics course."

"Really? How many points do you usually get in exams, senior brother?" Xia Mi's eyes lit up.

"Full marks." Chu Zihang said.

"I can never have a conversation with academic nerds like you." Xia Mi stuck out her tongue.

Su Xiaoqiang nodded in agreement.

Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

……

After separating from the other three people, Lu Mingfei returned to his own home - to be precise, the big villa that Uncle Su "lent" him.

Then he realized that his house was covered with dust from the floor to the furniture because no one had lived there for the entire semester.

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and was about to call for housekeeping service when his cell phone suddenly rang. The caller was Su Xiaoqiang, whom he had just separated from not long ago.

Lu Mingfei answered the phone, and Su Xiaoqiang's voice came: "Hello? Lu Mingfei, is your house covered with a layer of soil? I called a housekeeping service for you, you pay for it yourself, no need to thank me."

Without waiting for Lu Mingfei to answer, Su Xiaoqiang immediately said, "By the way, do you have time to come to my house tomorrow? My parents said that since it's rare for the two of us to be back from vacation, we should have a meal together as a family gathering."

"Family dinner? I want to join?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"Don't you want to come?" Su Xiaoqiang asked back, with the last syllable of his voice rising.

"What time will you arrive tomorrow?" Lu Mingfei asked immediately.

"Driver Uncle Li will pick you up at six o'clock in the evening." Su Xiaoqiang said.

"No problem." Lu Mingfei said.

"Remember to tidy yourself up before you come, change into a nice hairstyle and clothes, and you don't need to bring any gifts, my parents don't lack anything," Su Xiaoqiang reminded, "Forget it, it doesn't seem good to come empty-handed. How about you just buy some cigarettes, alcohol, etc. I see that everyone in my family who gives gifts to my dad brings these... but my dad wants to quit smoking..."

"Is it necessary to be so troublesome? This is not the first time I have dinner with my uncle and aunt." Lu Mingfei complained.

"Shut up! Listen to me this time!" Su Xiaoqiang said firmly.

“It’s just like the boyfriend meeting his parents-in-law in a TV drama…” Lu Mingfei complained in a low voice.

Su Xiaoqiang suddenly fell silent.

About ten seconds later, she threatened, "Anyway, dress formally tomorrow and don't be late, or you will bear the consequences!"

"Yes!" Lu Mingfei saluted into the phone.

……

After the housekeeper hired by Su Xiaoqiang cleaned the house and left, Lu Mingfei was planning to take a rest, but the phone suddenly rang. This time the caller was Senior Brother Chu.

"Hello, Senior Brother Chu? What's wrong?" Lu Mingfei asked after answering the phone.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for about two seconds before Chu Zihang said, "I have something I'm confused about and would like to discuss it with you."

Lu Mingfei immediately perked up: "Even Senior Brother Chu is confused about this matter, tell me now!"

Chu Zihang seemed to take a deep breath before asking, "What does it feel like to be attracted to a girl?"

Lu Mingfei almost threw his phone away.

“Heartbeat?! Why are you asking this, brother?” Lu Mingfei suddenly felt like he had been a giant panda for twenty years and was asked by an antelope, “Brother, what does it feel like to eat meat?”

Brother Antelope, is it possible that both of us are actually vegetarians?
"Because I can't figure out some things about this," Chu Zihang said, "You've been used to Chen Wenwen before, so you should know the feeling of being attracted to a girl."

For a moment, Lu Mingfei felt as if he was insulted.

“No, that’s not heart-throb…Okay, I admit that it might be heart-throb, but it’s not quite the same…” Lu Mingfei covered his face, “Anyway, Senior Brother Chu, we’re not talking about the same kind of heart-throb!”

"Wait," Lu Mingfei suddenly realized, "Brother, who are you attracted to? Sister Su or Xia Mi?"

Chu Zihang was silent again before he spoke: "Susie and I have always been friends and colleagues. I can sense that she has a special attitude towards me, but I don't have any thoughts in that regard."

"That's... Xia Mi?" Lu Mingfei's eyes twitched.

Chu Zihang was silent for a long time.

Lu Mingfei covered his face.

"My mother is looking for me. Let's talk next time. Bye." Chu Zihang hung up the phone.

Lu Mingfei put down the phone, turned to look at the window, his eyes turned cold: "Come out."

Xia Mi hung upside down from the eaves, pushed open Lu Mingfei's window, and floated down like a slender willow leaf. "You are so perceptive, how did you find me?" Xia Mi raised an eyebrow and said, "My power is the control of force, so I shouldn't have made any sound just now."

Lu Mingfei shrugged and motioned Xia Mi to sit down.

Xia Mi sat on the sofa, propped up one arm on the armrest, and looked at Lu Mingfei. Her originally beautiful human eyes had been replaced by golden eyes as blazing as the sun: "Are you really a mixed-blood?"

Lu Mingfei did not answer Xia Mi. At the beginning, he did think that he was a mixed-race with a high bloodline, but now, he himself was a little unsure.

Although the strongest power in his body now does not come from his bloodline, the power provided by his bloodline is indeed no longer at the level of a mixed-blood, and this is far from the limit of his bloodline.

"Forget it, you won't tell me anyway," Xia Mi said, "No matter who you are, at least we are not enemies now, right?"

"That depends on whether you are willing to cooperate," Lu Mingfei also stared at Xia Mi, "Remember the conditions we reached at school?"

"If you don't expose me, I will tell you everything I can." Xia Mi said while gritting her teeth.

This is a typical unequal treaty.

Lu Mingfei said he would not expose her, allowing her to continue pretending to be a mixed-race. This seemed to be a very valuable condition, but the problem was that she had no means or methods to ensure that Lu Mingfei would not breach the contract.

If Lu Mingfei goes back on his word, betrays the agreement, and exposes her, Lu Mingfei will not suffer any loss.

But for her, she couldn't regret telling Lu Mingfei the valuable information she knew. If Lu Mingfei betrayed her, she would have no way to make Lu Mingfei forget the information she had told him.

After all, given the circumstances at the time, no matter how unequal the treaty was, she seemed to have no choice but to agree to it.

But this doesn't mean that she has no way to resist Lu Mingfei. For example, when it comes to telling Lu Mingfei information, she can just... lie!
As the smartest Dragon King, Xia Mi was very confident in her ability to make up stories and lies. Besides, before coming here, she had already come up with a set of half-true and half-false information with almost no logical problems. It was impossible for Lu Mingfei to judge whether she was lying based on logical analysis.

But to Xia Mi's surprise, Lu Mingfei neither started asking questions immediately nor put on a suspicious look and asked meaningless questions like "You are not lying to me, are you?" Instead, he raised his hand and "pulled out" the long sword that made her feel extremely dangerous.

Could it be that he found out that I was trying to trick him and that's why he wanted to do it? That doesn't make sense. How could he have found out before I even told him?

Just when Xia Mi was about to jump up, Lu Mingfei held the sword horizontally and handed it to Xia Mi: "Here, take it."

Xia Mi was stunned, not knowing what Lu Mingfei was up to.

There is no such thing as alchemical weapons recognizing their master. As long as the bloodline is strong enough, even if the weapon is made by Norton, it will be activated in the hands of others and then used to attack Norton, the maker - of course, being able to activate is one thing, but if you use it to attack Norton, there is a high probability that Norton will use the weapon's own weaknesses to take it back.

Xia Mi carefully took the silver sword handed to her by Lu Mingfei.

She had vaguely felt the horror of this alchemical weapon before. Now that she had the artifact in her hand, should she use it to launch a sneak attack on Lu Mingfei while the distance was close enough?
This thought flashed through Xia Mi's mind and was immediately thrown out by her - although theoretically, as long as the attack was unexpected, even Norton would be injured or even killed by the alchemical weapon she made, but since Lu Mingfei dared to hand the weapon to her, he must have taken precautions.

Lu Mingfei did not take any precautions, because the Silver Oak Sword could almost be regarded as a part of his body, and with the teleportation power of the Space Gem, as long as he wanted, the sword would immediately return to his body no matter who held it, and if someone attacked him with the Silver Oak Sword, the sword would naturally merge into his body.

The reason why he gave the sword to Xia Mi was that after absorbing the power of the Mind Gem, the Silver Oak Sword had a unique application of its power - lie detection.

"To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I'll be frank. This sword has a lie detector function. Hold it in your hand and answer my questions. If the sword lights up yellow, it means that you have the subjective intention to lie to me," Lu Mingfei crossed his hands and put them in front of his chin. "You know the consequences, right?"

Although powerful mental power can interfere with the polygraph results, he had already tested it with Norton before. Even with Norton's mental power, which was second only to Constantine among the Dragon Kings, it was basically impossible to interfere with the polygraph results. Xia Mi, whose mental power was far inferior to Norton's, was completely unable to resist.

It’s a pity that the power of the Mind Gem in the Silver Oak Sword is not strong enough, otherwise he would directly use the power of the Mind Gem to control Xia Mi like Loki’s scepter. Would he be afraid that she would not cooperate?
Not knowing what Lu Mingfei was regretting, Xia Mi looked down at the sword in her hand, then looked at Lu Mingfei, a hint of suspicion flashing in her eyes.

She had never heard of any alchemical weapon with such bizarre ability as lie detection. Even Norton and Constantine couldn't do it, right?

"In addition, I need to emphasize that it tests whether you have the subjective intention to lie to me. Deliberately misleading me by telling only half the truth is also considered lying and will be detected," Lu Mingfei said, "If you don't believe it, we can try it."

"Just give it a try." Xia Mi snorted.

"How old are you this year?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"A seventeen-year-old youthful and invincible beauty!" Xia Mi said unhappily.

"Buzz--" The Silver Oak Sword hummed and burst into a dazzling bright yellow light rain like fireworks. Even Xia Mi was dazzled by the sudden light.

"I forgot to mention that the more the lie deviates from the truth, the stronger the sword's reaction will be." Lu Mingfei snapped his fingers, and the light of the Silver Oak Sword faded. He teased Xia Mi, "Judging from the reaction just now, this should be considered a huge lie."

"How do I know if this light is controlled by you?" Xia Mi asked.

"It's simple. Let me prove it by asking a question that I have no way of knowing. For example... how often do you wash your hair when you are a human?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Wash every day." Xia Mi said without hesitation.

The Silver Oak Sword lit up with a yellow light like a light bulb.

"I wash it every day when I'm not busy." Xia Mi changed her words.

The yellow light has weakened somewhat, but it still exists.

"I will wash before going out." Xia Mi changed her words again.

The yellow light weakened again, but there was still a trace of it.

"I will wash it before going out, but not if I can wear a hat." Xia Mi said with a dark face.

The yellow light went out completely.

"You should believe it now, right?" Lu Mingfei said, "You are a dragon, why do you care about personal hygiene like a human girl?"

"This is a necessary cover-up in order to disguise yourself as a human being," Xia Mi said.

The sword lit up again.

"Are dragons not allowed to be clean?" Xia Mi gritted her teeth.

The yellow light on the sword went out.

"Do you believe it now?" Lu Mingfei asked again.

"I believe it, what do you want to ask?!" Xia Mi glared at Lu Mingfei with gritted teeth.

Half-blood? You are a half-blood! You must be the descendant of the White King. Only the White King who controls the spiritual elements can create a lie detector that works on the Dragon King!

I knew the White King wasn’t dead yet!
"First of all, Norton said that after your rebellion against the Black King, you, Jörmungandr, took the opportunity to take away a very important legacy," Lu Mingfei stared into Xia Mi's eyes, "What is that legacy?"

After hesitating for a moment, Xia Mi said frankly: "A legion is probably the strongest army in the world right now."

The sword showed no reaction, proving that she was not lying.

"A legion? Tell me in detail." Lu Mingfei said.

"You should know Norse mythology, right? It is indeed the closest to dragon history among your human mythology. Although there are still countless errors, one thing is correct," Xia Mi said, "Do you know the underworld 'Helheim' that symbolizes the land of the dead among the nine realms in Norse mythology?"

Lu Mingfei nodded and motioned Xia Mi to continue.

"Norse mythology says that at the time of Ragnarok, Hela, the queen of the "Kingdom of the Dead" whose body is half human and half corpse, will stand on a large ship made of dead people's fingernails, and the ship will be filled with frost giants and the army of the undead to attack the kingdom of the living."

"Helheim is real, but it is not the land of the dead, but the land of the dead, and it is also the largest Nibelung in the world," Xia Mi said faintly, "and the so-called 'legacy' I took away is the coordinates of Helheim and the Legion of Deadpools that exists in it."

PS: I recommend a new book by an old author, "The Strange Stories of Seeking Immortals in the 90s", which has a unique theme. The link is in the author's words. Students who are interested can take a look~
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