An Unexpected...

An Unexpected...

"This! This, and this too!"

Her slender finger swept through the air over every item on the stall. Ning Rongrong touched her wrist, and a small pouch filled with Gold Soul Coins appeared in her hand.

"Pay up. I want everything I just pointed at!"

The vendor nodded and bowed, hurriedly calculated the total, and named a price. Ning Rongrong generously slapped down more than enough Gold Soul Coins, then stored her purchases in her Soul Tool.

After briefly sensing the remaining space and stored items within her bracelet, Ning Rongrong happily narrowed her eyes.

These were all treasures she had sifted out from the masses!

Though these treasures were nothing much to her, the Little Princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and many of them did not even catch her eye.

She simply enjoyed the thrill of digging gold nuggets out of the sand!

For a Soul Master with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, lacking money was something that could never happen. After all, their Martial Soul was innately capable of sensing treasures with exceptional strength and precision.

This ability allowed them to exchange the smallest price for the most valuable things.

For example, Ning Rongrong.

And Ning Fengzhi as well.

Thus, calling the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects, "rich enough to rival a nation" was no exaggeration at all.

Of course, from a certain perspective, it also made up for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's lack of combat ability.

As the saying went.

Money could not do everything, but without money, one could do nothing.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had demonstrated that saying perfectly.

After all, they had no Combat Power.

So when Ning Rongrong came out shopping, she had also dragged Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing along.

Unfortunately, Zhu Zhuqing was naturally rather aloof.

Although women were naturally fond of shopping, Zhu Zhuqing still instinctively restrained herself.

As for Xiao Wu, there was even less need to mention her.

Instead of wearing her usual close-fitting clothes, she wore a somewhat oversized long dress with a high collar.

Just from that outfit, it was clear how much inconvenience the events of the day had caused her.

Naturally, Xiao Wu did not have such an extensive wardrobe. This dress had actually been lent to her by Ning Rongrong.

Otherwise, given Xiao Wu's personality, how could she possibly go shopping with the purple marks on her neck exposed?

It was not like they were hickeys.

And even if they were hickeys, there was nothing to show off about!

Seemingly recalling some unpleasant scene, Xiao Wu hurriedly took a sip of water, rinsed her mouth, then disgustedly spat it into the nearby grass before wiping her lips.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong looked speechlessly at Xiao Wu's unusual behavior.

Ever since the incident at noon, Xiao Wu had remained in this state.

She had frantically brushed her teeth in the dormitory.

After coming out, she would occasionally take a sip of water, rinse her mouth, and spit it out again.

Whether a first kiss was truly sweet, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong did not know.

After all, they too were only theoretical Grandmasters.

But seeing Xiao Wu like this...

I don't recall eating any garlic?

After a few flickers, Lu Yuan appeared before the three girls. He awkwardly scratched his cheek, his face full of gloom.

The moment Xiao Wu saw who it was, she reflexively dry-heaved.

Clearly, the psychological trauma was far too great. It probably would not fade anytime soon.

Ning Rongrong raised her brows and took two steps forward, blocking Xiao Wu.

"Well, well! Isn't this our examiner? What kind of man bullies a little girl?"

"Then how about I bully you instead?"

"You'd better think that through! Oh, right! You probably still don't know who I am, do you?"

"Who cares who you are? Get on first and buy the ticket later. Besides, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo aren't here."

With a wicked grin, Lu Yuan extended his hand and slowly reached toward Ning Rongrong, whose face had turned pale and green by turns.

A small hand suddenly seized Lu Yuan's large paw.

"Enough. Stop pretending."

Lu Yuan grinned and lowered his hand.

"Zhu Zhuqing, that's no fun. At least let me scare her first before exposing me."

Only then did Ning Rongrong realize they had been toying with her, and her little face flushed bright red with anger.

She stomped her foot furiously and prepared to head back.

"Do you need me to take you back?"

"No! Miss can walk on her own!"

"Then we'll be going first?"

"Go, go! Miss can find the way back without you taking me!"

"..."

A gust of cold wind swept past. Ning Rongrong subconsciously turned to look behind her and was instantly terrified stiff.

There was no one there.

Of course, that wasn't quite accurate.

More precisely, the places on the street where people should have been standing were now completely empty.

After all, the pedestrians and street vendors had counted as people too.

That was why "there was no one there" wasn't entirely accurate.

She stood there stiffly in bewilderment for a moment before gritting her teeth, stomping her foot, and forcing herself to walk back.

Little did she know that Lu Yuan, following behind her, had nearly laughed himself sick.

Zhu Zhuqing did not laugh, but the corners of her lips rose for an instant.

"Boss, what is this?"

"Spatial Concealment."

Lu Yuan rubbed his nose awkwardly.

The name sounded impressive, but in reality, it was just optical invisibility.

He manipulated space, projecting the scenery from elsewhere to conceal them.

Of course, this was only concealment.

Their bodies had not vanished. They could still make sounds, be touched, and be attacked.

However, if used together with Lu Yuan's Kamui, this move would truly be impossible to guard against.

"In short, Ning Rongrong can't see us."

Lu Yuan gave a simple explanation and quietly followed behind Ning Rongrong.

After following her for some distance, with the city gate already nearly in sight, Zhu Zhuqing hesitantly asked:

"Is it really appropriate to keep following her?"

"What's inappropriate about it?"

Lu Yuan dispersed the projection around his head and looked at Zhu Zhuqing as he asked back.

He could see the others because he was the one activating this skill.

But within the effect of this skill, they could not see him.

Therefore, to avoid the awkward situation of Zhu Zhuqing talking to thin air, Lu Yuan had no choice but to turn off part of the projection.

To outsiders, the scene now looked rather horrifying.

A head floated in midair—and could even speak.

But in Xiao Wu and the others' eyes, it was an absurdly hilarious sight.

Xiao Wu ultimately could not hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Keep wasting time and she'll disappear from sight."

Embarrassed into anger, Lu Yuan covered himself with the projection again, but anyone could hear the awkwardness in his voice.

Night fell.

Walking along the country road, Ning Rongrong hummed loudly.

The country road in the morning was full of hazy charm.

The country road at noon was full of rustic simplicity.

The country road at dusk was full of poetic beauty.

The country road in the middle of the night.

Was perfect for telling Ghost stories.

A resentful voice drifted into Ning Rongrong's ears with the wind.

"I was wronged!"

"I was so wronged!"

"Little girl passing by, did you hear that?"

Ning Rongrong's teeth chattered in fright. Though her body still faced forward, her eyes had begun furtively scanning her surroundings.

"HAHAHAHA!!!"

A burst of laughter suddenly rang out behind Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong first flinched in fright, then realized that the voice sounded strangely familiar.

When she turned around—

She happened to see Lu Yuan and the others emerging from the projection.

Ning Rongrong's face turned from green to white, then from white to red.

And when she thought back to that strangely eerie voice from before—

"LU YUAN!!!"

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"

Ning Rongrong charged toward Lu Yuan and the others with claws bared.

But Lu Yuan suddenly froze for a moment, then his expression changed drastically.

Four black soul rings appeared and lit up at once.

Ning Rongrong abruptly stopped.

What did that mean?

She had only been joking!

Was he actually taking it seriously?

Lu Yuan naturally saw the confusion on Ning Rongrong's face, but he had no time to explain in detail.

With a flick of his hand, he pulled a Flying Thunder God Kunai from the Storage Space and threw it toward Ning Rongrong. Then he traced a line through the air with his fingertip.

"Draw Ground as Prison!"

Before his words had even faded, Lu Yuan had appeared in front of Ning Rongrong. One hand caught the Flying Thunder God Kunai, while the other seized the back of Ning Rongrong's collar.

"Kamui!"

Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong's figures seemed to ripple at almost the same instant.

Then—

A massive hammer, wrapped in gale-force winds and lightning, came hurtling through the air.

It instantly passed through Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong's bodies before slamming directly into the Spatial Barrier Lu Yuan had drawn.

In an instant, more than ten tiny circular ripples trembled across the Spatial Barrier. They slowly spread outward before finally settling back into calm.

At the center of those ripples was that enormous lightning-wreathed hammer!

Fortunately, the Spatial Barrier was sturdy enough.

And fortunately, his reaction speed had been increased by fifty percent.

Otherwise, Lu Yuan had no doubt that they would have been smashed into pulp beneath that giant hammer.

"Clear Sky Hammer!"

"Tang Hao!"

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