"Me?" Lin Chen pondered for a moment, then said, "I'll be going to Heaven Dou City in a few days!"
"Heaven Dou City!" Zhu Zhuqing paused, then continued, "If you're free tomorrow, would you mind coming with me to register?"
"No problem!" Lin Chen readily agreed.
Zhu Zhuqing smiled slightly, "Thank you!"
"What are you being so polite for? We're friends, after all. If you ask me, you shouldn't be so serious all the time. You should smile more often. Your smile is very sweet!" Lin Chen said with a laugh.
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhu Zhuqing smiled shyly.
"That's more like it. You smile so beautifully, yet you always wear such a long face!" Lin Chen teased.
"Who has a long face!" Zhu Zhuqing snorted coldly, looking displeased.
As Lin Chen continued to tease her, Zhu Zhuqing's mood improved significantly, and the coldness in her expression lessened, replaced by more smiles.
"How about it? Want to go out for a stroll?" Lin Chen asked.
Zhu Zhuqing shook her head and said, "Forget it, I won't go out. I'll just cultivate!"
Suddenly, Zhu Zhuqing seemed to remember something. She asked curiously, "Lin Chen, what's your cultivation level now?"
"Me?" Lin Chen was stunned.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing nod slightly, Lin Chen smiled and said, "I won't tell you my cultivation level. I'm afraid it might discourage you!"
Zhu Zhuqing scoffed, unconvinced, "You don't look much older than me. At most, you're a Spirit Ancestor, right?"
"No!" Before Lin Chen could speak, Zhu Zhuqing immediately refuted her earlier statement.
Recalling how Lin Chen had flown her out of the Star Dou Great Forest and then back and forth in the Sunset Forest, all while Lin Chen showed no signs of heavy breathing or spirit power exhaustion, Zhu Zhuqing became even more curious about the man in front of her.
"Just tell me directly. Don't worry, I'm not that fragile!" Zhu Zhuqing said seriously.
Lin Chen chuckled and said, "Alright, I'm a Spirit Douluo now!"
"How is that possible? Who are you trying to fool!" Zhu Zhuqing rolled her eyes at Lin Chen and said.
Lin Chen shrugged, an expression of 'believe it or not' on his face.
Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly, disbelievingly, "Are you serious?"
Lin Chen nodded, his expression very serious.
"How is that possible? How old are you this year?" Zhu Zhuqing asked in surprise.
Lin Chen smiled slightly and said, "19, almost 20!"
Zhu Zhuqing was stunned. She still refused to believe it was true. She asked again, "Can I see your spirit rings!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a dazzling Taiji Diagram appeared beside Lin Chen, and a silver longsword emerged from the diagram. Around its body, dark spirit rings suddenly lit up: "Black, black, black, black, black, black…"
The room was instantly illuminated by red light. When two crimson spirit rings appeared before Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, her pink lips parted, her face filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible! The color of your spirit rings…" Zhu Zhuqing exclaimed in surprise.
After a moment of thought, she suddenly realized, "I know! You must have a Spirit Ability that changes the color of your spirit rings!"
Lin Chen retracted his Spirit, and the room returned to normal. He shrugged and said, "Think whatever you want!"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhu Zhuqing's mouth twitched. She then slowly stood up and said, "I'm going to cultivate!"
With that, Zhu Zhuqing walked into the bedroom without looking back.
"Bang…"
As the door closed, Lin Chen smiled helplessly and muttered to himself, "She was still hit hard!"
…
Night fell, and the bright moonlight sprinkled down, draping the Douluo Continent in a layer of silvery-white gauze.
Lin Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes. With a thought of the star chart, Lin Chen's figure slowly disappeared from his original spot.
In a suite on the top floor of the Rose Hotel, the man who was cultivating suddenly stood up. His eyes slowly opened, and crimson light shone in his dark pupils.
This person was Tang San. At this moment, Tang San was completely controlled by Lin Chen.
Tang San slowly left the bedroom, leaving only the sleeping Xiao Wu inside. Xiao Wu's lips kept making "smacking" sounds, and her face was filled with a joyful smile.
Tang San walked to the dining table in the hall and sat down. In the blink of an eye, a stack of white paper and a pen appeared on the table.
Tang San's body trembled slightly, his face struggling, clearly indicating that his bottom line had been touched, and he was very resistant.
After a long while, Tang San's face was blank. He picked up the pen on the table and began to write rapidly, "Swish, swish, swish."
…
Not far from the Rose Hotel was a small grove. Hidden within the dense woods was a figure. On a tall tree, a burly middle-aged man was concealed by intricate branches and leaves. He wore a tattered black robe, his skin was sallow, his hair disheveled, and he was covered in dirt from head to toe, like a homeless person. Faintly, a hint of alcohol could be smelled on him.
Yet, such a man could recuperate on a tree branch, which was enough to show his extraordinary strength.
This person was the renowned Clear Sky Douluo of the Douluo Continent—Tang Hao.
Tang Hao suddenly opened his eyes and stood up. A powerful aura instantly emanated from him. In the blink of an eye, the Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his hand.
"Swish…"
Just then, a terrifying sword qi slashed across. With a "Pfft," Tang Hao's left arm was severed, and blood gushed out.
Tang Hao grunted, using his spirit power to seal the wound and prevent it from worsening.
"Who is it? Why did you ambush me!" Tang Hao scanned his surroundings and growled in a low voice.
Having been struck by a single blow, Tang Hao, who was already not at his peak, now had his spirit power level plummet even further, to only level 89.
Not far away, Lin Chen also revealed himself. A dazzling Taiji Diagram slowly emerged, and a silver-white longsword broke through the diagram. "Black, black, black, black, black, black, red, red," eight spirit rings surged out, emitting a brilliant and dazzling light, constantly rotating around the longsword.
Separated by dozens of meters, the two stood facing each other. Tang Hao frowned tightly and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you, Your Excellency? We have no grievances, so why did you ambush me?"
Lin Chen's lips curled into a cold smile as he said, "Dead men don't need to know that much!"
As soon as Lin Chen's words fell, Tang Hao's pupils contracted. He made to swing his Clear Sky Hammer, but unexpectedly, the Clear Sky Hammer did not move. Instead, he immediately turned and flew towards the outskirts of Soto City.
Lin Chen snorted coldly, and with a Teleportation, he picked up the severed arm Spirit Bone that Tang Hao had left behind.
With a thought, fiery red phoenix wings quickly unfurled behind him. With a gentle flap of the massive phoenix wings, Lin Chen's figure transformed into a red streak of light and swiftly flew towards the direction Tang Hao had fled.
After a while, their figures had appeared dozens of miles outside Soto City.
Seeing the fiery red figure relentlessly pursuing him from behind, Tang Hao gritted his teeth and shouted in a low voice, "Why are you so aggressive, Your Excellency? Must you really drive me to my death?"
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