Twins???

Inside the Rose Hotel.

As soon as he entered the room, Su Mu looked at Zhu Zhuqing with an excited expression.

His gaze made Zhu Zhuqing a little uneasy.

She looked around at the room's furnishings.

The overall color scheme was rose red, creating a distinctly romantic atmosphere.

Red petals were scattered all over the double bed, and an air of intimacy filled the room.

Th-this isn't a respectable hotel, is it?

And the look he exchanged with the front desk just now wasn't right either.

Besides, how could a hotel this big have only one room available?

While Zhu Zhuqing was lost in thought, Su Mu interrupted her.

"Come here. What are you spacing out for?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Su Mu, who was sitting on the edge of the big red bed, and felt a little apprehensive.

No way. Could he... want more??

"Come on, hurry up!"

"I'll show you something good!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was still standing there, Su Mu urged her again.

"Why don't we wait? It's still daytime."

Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face turned slightly red. Whether it was a reflection of the room's decorations or something else, it was hard to say.

Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's words, Su Mu frowned.

What kind of wild, savage talk is that?

"I'm showing you the thing I bought earlier."

"What's going on in that head of yours?"

As he spoke, Su Mu glanced at Zhu Zhuqing's bunnies.

Hearing his explanation, Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head slightly, her earlobes burning with embarrassment.

She remembered that, although Su Mu had smashed the crystal in the general store, he seemed to have collected a lot of golden things.

At that thought, Zhu Zhuqing raised her head, snorted, and walked over to Su Mu.

After Zhu Zhuqing sat down.

Su Mu shot her a disdainful glance, and Zhu Zhuqing glared back at him.

Su Mu stopped teasing her.

He took a few tiny golden pellets out of the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night and placed them in his left hand.

"What are those?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at the glittering golden balls in puzzlement.

Without explaining, Su Mu picked up a golden ball with his right hand.

Amazingly, the golden ball held between Su Mu's fingertips began, as if by magic,

to slowly unfurl into a golden needle.

Zhu Zhuqing watched in astonishment.

"This is called hair gold!"

"It's very thin, but it's tough and sharp."

As he spoke, Su Mu held the golden Hair Crystal up to the sunlight.

It really was hard to spot.

"What use is it?"

Zhu Zhuqing was a little puzzled, though it was amazing.

Seeing her puzzled expression, Su Mu flicked the Hair Crystal into the quilt on the bed.

As Zhu Zhuqing looked on in confusion, a large lump slowly rose in the once-smooth quilt.

Recalling the description in the original story, Su Mu continued to explain.

"Once hair gold loses the protection of its crystal, it curls up. Inject Soul Power into it, and it unfolds again. When the Soul Power is gone, it curls back up."

"Hair gold becomes extremely strong when it's infused with Soul Power."

"Imagine what would happen if you fired this thing into someone's body."

Hearing Su Mu's explanation, Zhu Zhuqing understood. Puzzled, she asked, "If it went into someone's body, would it swell up too?"

Black lines appeared across Su Mu's face at her words.

Why does that sound so wrong?

"Am I wrong?"

Noticing that Su Mu's expression was a little strange, Zhu Zhuqing asked with innocent bewilderment.

"You're right."

Su Mu smiled as he answered.

"Although there's a lot of hair gold, not much of it is usable."

"I have five here. You can have them all."

"That way, you'll have another means of attack."

As he spoke, Su Mu handed Zhu Zhuqing the four golden balls in his hand.

"Weren't there five?"

After taking them, Zhu Zhuqing counted them several times and asked in confusion.

"Isn't there another one over there?"

Su Mu pointed at the bulging quilt.

Su Mu and Zhu Zhuqing spent quite a while working on it.

In the end, they had to take the quilt apart to get the piece of hair gold out.

"I don't know how to remove a Dragon Whisker Needle either."

"Once you use one, it's gone."

"Be careful not to stick one in me."

Su Mu cautioned Zhu Zhuqing.

This was Xiaosanzi's eighth-ranked Hidden Weapon.

It was also extremely vicious. It might not be lethal, but there was no way to remove it.

If it struck someone, the only way was to carve it out.

"Got it."

Zhu Zhuqing answered with a smile and put them away.

Looking at the quilt, which now had a large hole in it,

Su Mu felt a little helpless. He picked it up and went out with Zhu Zhuqing.

They went to ask the hotel for a replacement.

Otherwise, if someone discovered the damaged quilt when they checked out, there was no telling what rumors might spread.

After going downstairs, the two found the hotel manager.

They explained the situation.

The hotel readily gave them another quilt, though some of their deposit would be deducted.

But the way the staff looked at Su Mu and Zhu Zhuqing was somewhat suggestive.

Their gazes made both of them a little embarrassed.

Just as they were about to leave and return to their room,

three people entered the hotel.

The one in front was about 1.8 meters tall, roughly the same height as Su Mu.

He had broad shoulders and long golden hair falling down his back. Most striking of all were his differently colored eyes.

A woman stood on either side of him. Both girls were dressed to the nines and had tall, slender figures, leaning intimately against him.

Moreover, the two women looked very much alike, like a pair of twins.

Su Mu briefly noticed them, but paid them no mind.

It was only Dai Mubai, Shrek's boss.

Boss Dai in the early days, Mubai later on.

Back then, in the Star Dou Forest, with Golden Crocodile Douluo backing her, the little wildcat beside him probably had nothing to do with Dai Mubai.

Suddenly, Su Mu felt a small hand gently pinch his waist.

A cool, alluring mature woman's voice sounded by his ear. "What? Are you that envious?"

"Do you want twins too?"

"No, no, no!"

Holding the quilt, Su Mu hurriedly twisted his waist and answered.

He wondered whether he should follow the original story and get this little wildcat a "Netherworld Clone" for her fourth ring.

After the two had fooled around for a bit, they were about to continue on their way.

Just then, a voice came from behind them.

"Wait."

Su Mu and Zhu Zhuqing both stopped.

Accompanied by the two women, Dai Mubai slowly walked over.

His mismatched eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Zhu Zhuqing.

"Beautiful miss, you're not from the Heaven Dou Empire, are you?"

Hearing Dai Mubai's words, Zhu Zhuqing's pretty brows drew together slightly, but she did not answer.

The way he looked at her made her very uncomfortable.

Just as Zhu Zhuqing turned to leave,

Dai Mubai called out to her again.

"Beautiful miss, you're from the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire, aren't you?"

Hearing his words, Zhu Zhuqing frowned even harder.

What is he trying to do?

Could the family have posted a bounty to find me?

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's expression, Dai Mubai had his answer.

His mismatched eyes, which had been slightly narrowed, sharpened.

His gaze was full of resentment.