Is My Candied Hawthorn Big, Huh?

"Ah, sorry." Long Yao quickly waved his hand, then walked over to the candied hawthorn stall, bought a new one, and handed it to her. "Here. I'll pay you back."

That crisp, furious question was like a pebble dropped into a calm lake, sending an invisible ripple through the noisy street. The eyes of some nearby passersby were involuntarily drawn over, curiously watching the two handsome youths who seemed to have gotten into an argument. The cold Divine Sense from the Divine Realm that enveloped Long Yao also climbed to its peak at that moment, as if the moment Long Yao showed the slightest disrespect or stepped even a little out of line, an invisible Sword of Judgment would descend from the heavens in the next second. Hiss! Tang San really is a daughter-con, huh! Long Yao complained inwardly, speechless.

However, faced with Wang Dong's gaze, which looked as if it were about to spit fire, Long Yao's reaction was completely beyond her expectations.

There was no arguing, no excuses, not even the slightest trace of panic. He only froze slightly, then a faintly apologetic yet incomparably sincere smile appeared on his face. He waved his hand naturally, his movement relaxed and easy, as if saying, "This really was my fault," then turned around cleanly and walked straight toward the little stall from before.

"Boss, one more candied hawthorn. The biggest, reddest skewer you have," he said to the stall owner, his voice gentle and clear, while handing over a Silver Soul Coin with no intention of asking for change at all.

The stall owner froze for a moment, then beamed as he took the money. With nimble hands and feet, he picked out the plumpest candied hawthorn with the most evenly coated sugar shell and handed it over.

The entire process flowed like water, without the slightest delay. When Long Yao turned back again and held that brand-new candied hawthorn, still carrying a trace of warmth, in front of Wang Dong, the Little Princess of the Divine Realm was actually unable to react for a moment.

She had already prepared a stomachful of words to refute him, and was ready to release her martial soul at once and teach this "blind fool" a lesson if he dared talk back. But now, all her preparations had fallen flat. Not only had the other party not talked back, he had instead solved the problem in the most direct, most faultless way. It felt as if she had gathered all her strength to throw a punch, only for it to land on cotton. The frustration was indescribable.

"Here. I'll pay you back."

Those simple five words came from his mouth with a frankness that made it impossible to refuse.

Wang Dong had her hands on her hips, her Pink Blue big eyes still glaring at him, but the anger in them had unknowingly faded by more than half, replaced instead by confusion and curiosity. She began carefully sizing up the youth in front of her.

He really was tall; she had to tilt her head up slightly to see his face clearly. His features could not be called breathtakingly handsome, but put together, they were unusually harmonious and pleasant to look at. Especially those black eyes, as deep as the night sky, and that faint smile at the corner of his mouth, which made his whole person seem full of approachability. He did not have that overbearing feeling other Soul Masters did at all.

But the more he was like this, the more awkward Wang Dong felt inside. She snorted, turned her head to the side, and glanced at that crystal-clear candied hawthorn from the corner of her eye, but her mouth refused to let him off. "You think one candied hawthorn settles it? The one I had earlier was picked out after I chose carefully. It was the last one!"

Although she said that, her body was very honest. Her nose tip sniffed lightly, and the sweet-and-sour scent of caramel mixed with hawthorn made her swallow despite herself.

Just then, Wang Dong suddenly felt as if she were being scrutinized. She whipped her head back and found the other party's gaze staring straight at her. That gaze was very clean, without the slightest impurity; he was simply looking at her, as if admiring an interesting work of art. This naked, undisguised stare made Wang Dong, who had been treated like a moon surrounded by stars all year round, feel her cheeks heat up for no reason.

"You... what are you looking at!" Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, she instinctively took half a step back, and a powerful aura belonging to a Soul Master burst uncontrollably from within her body!

Buzz—!

Two Soul Rings abruptly rose from beneath her feet. One ring was bright yellow, Representing a hundred years, while the other was a deeper purple with even stronger light, Representing a thousand years! The yellow and purple halos reflected each other, spiraling around her body. A sharp and noble aura spread out instantly, and the phantom of the Light Goddess Butterfly flashed behind her, its magnificent wings carrying a heart-shaking beauty.

The surrounding passersby let out a wave of low cries and retreated even farther. At around twelve years old, she already possessed two rings, and they were even the optimal Soul Ring combination of a hundred-year ring plus a thousand-year ring! This was absolutely a genius among geniuses!

That Asura Divine Sense from the Divine Realm also produced a slight fluctuation because of the Soul Power Wang Dong released, as if warning Long Yao that what he was facing was not an ordinary youth he could casually provoke.

However, Long Yao's expression still did not change. He did not even blink, only quietly watching those two Soul Rings, watching Wang Dong's "I'm not easy to mess with" appearance, while the smile at the corner of his mouth deepened instead. That look seemed to say, "Mm, very interesting."

Under his gaze, Wang Dong's aura weakened instead. She also realized that showing her Soul Rings over a single candied hawthorn was truly making a fuss over nothing. Her face flushed red, and in some panic, she withdrew her Soul Rings and martial soul, then glared fiercely at Long Yao.

That glance carried a hint of embarrassment within its anger, and matched with her handsome face, it looked even more like she was acting cute.

In the end, she reached out, "snatched" the candied hawthorn from Long Yao's hand, and turned to leave without even looking at him. At the same time, she muttered quietly, "At least you know what's good for you... I'll let you off this time..."

She walked very quickly, her back carrying a bit of the feeling of fleeing in defeat. After walking more than ten meters away, she seemed to remember something and pretended to glance back casually, only to discover that the Black-Clad Youth was still standing in place, smiling as he looked in her direction. That gaze made her heartbeat quicken by half a beat for no reason. She hurriedly turned her head back, quickened her footsteps, and disappeared around the corner of the street.

Time: Douluo Calendar Year 2030, autumn, 8:45 p.m.

Location: Shrek City, South City Main Road

Audience: 22,109

Equipment: Vast Sea Ring

Items: Silver Soul Coin x9, Copper Spirit Coin x90

First Martial Soul: Soul Breaking Spear [Traits: Armor Breaking, Soul Devouring, Penetration]

Second Martial Soul: Chaos Holy Dragon (Hidden) [Traits: Strength, Time, Space]

Soul Power: Level 45 (Soul Ancestor) [Status: Shielded by Vast Sea Ring, External Perception at Level 24]

Soul Rings: [Soul Breaking Spear] First Soul Ring (Yellow Hundred-Year), Second Soul Ring (Purple Thousand-Year), Third Soul Ring (Black Ten-Thousand-Year), Fourth Soul Ring (Black Ten-Thousand-Year)

[Chaos Holy Dragon] First Soul Ring (Black Thirteen-Thousand-Year), Second Soul Ring (Black Twenty-Eight-Thousand-Year), Third Soul Ring (Black Forty-Six-Thousand-Year), Fourth Soul Ring (Rose Gold Hundred-Thousand-Year)

Soul Skills: [Soul Breaking Spear] First Soul Skill: Swift Shadow Stab, Second Spirit Skill: Whirlwind Spear, Third Spirit Skill: Armor Breaking Spiral, Fourth Soul Skill: Thousand Spirit Spear Rain

[Chaos Holy Dragon] First Soul Skill: Star Ring, Second Soul Skill: Holy Dragon Claw, Third Spirit Skill: Void Claw, Fourth Spirit Skill: Time and Space Roar

Soul Bones: None

Soul Spirits: None

Reward Stash: [Million-Year Spirit Beast Inverse Scale]