Tang Sect's Dou Soul Hall

Leng Yulai's fingers lightly brushed over the obvious indentation in the bedsheet, and her gaze gradually turned dangerous.

Lu Jun's throat tightened. His mind raced, yet he could not come up with any reasonable explanation.

Was he supposed to say that there was an Ice Empress inside him, one who had adapted to the New Era and loved snacks and binge-watching short dramas?

"Aunt-Master..."

Lu Jun had just wanted to explain when Leng Yulai's expression turned strange.

"Was there really no one else in your room?"

"Yeah. I just slacked off for a bit. I was cultivating just fine, then watched some short dramas... yeah."

Lu Jun offered a rather far-fetched explanation.

Leng Yulai gave him a meaningful look, then suddenly leaned closer, her red lips nearly brushing Lu Jun's ear.

"The next time you secretly bring a girl back, remember to tell me beforehand. That way, I won't have to inspect the place."

Warm breath brushed against his ear, and Lu Jun instantly flushed from his neck to the tips of his ears.

"Aunt-Master! I really didn't!"

Had she directly confirmed the Ice Empress's existence?

Wait, how did she know? What evidence did she have?

But from the look of things, Leng Yulai seemed to know only that someone had been here, not who it was.

Leng Yulai was already smiling as she headed for the door. Before leaving, she looked back at Lu Jun.

"Don't worry, I won't tell your teacher. But that girl's concealment abilities are quite good. Even I didn't find much trace of her."

"Do you want to know how I discovered it?"

Since the other party already knew, there was no point hiding it, so Lu Jun said,

"...How did you find out?"

At least she did not know it was the Ice Empress.

"Because there was a scent in your room that didn't belong to you. That lingering fragrance was the scent of another woman."

"Though it was faint, I still caught it."

"Alright, I'm leaving. You're only nine, still too young. Your main task right now is cultivation, understand?"

Watching Leng Yulai lecture him so earnestly, Lu Jun let out a breath of relief.

"I understand, Aunt-Master. I'll know where to draw the line."

"Mm. Keep cultivating, then. I won't disturb you any longer."

After the door closed, Lu Jun collapsed onto the floor and let out a long breath.

At the same time, the Ice Empress's displeased voice sounded in his mind.

"This woman is so annoying. I've lived for hundreds of thousands of years, and this is the first time someone has mistaken me for some secret little lover!"

Lu Jun had a headache.

"It's good enough that we got through it. Let her misunderstand if she wants. That's still better than her discovering you."

The Ice Empress said, "I seriously suspect this woman has a dog's nose. She could even smell my scent. Why can't I smell my own?"

"Could she have been bluffing you?"

"Probably not. Now that she's said it, I can smell it too. No wonder she misunderstood. So that's what it was." Lu Jun sniffed.

One scent had been left behind earlier by Leng Yulai, while the other was the lingering scent of the Ice Empress.

Ice Empress: "..."

"Alright, now that a top-tier powerhouse is living here, please don't come out whenever you please," Lu Jun reminded her.

"Then do you still need me to teach you how to use Ultimate Ice?" The Ice Empress sounded reluctant to let it go.

"...Of course. We just need to be more careful."

Lu Jun felt somewhat uncomfortable.

This sneaking-around feeling was actually rather thrilling.

Afterward, Lu Jun prepared a table full of dishes as usual and waited for Leng Yaozhu to come home.

Yet at some point, Leng Yulai had drifted barefoot to the kitchen entrance. The belt of her nightgown was tied loosely, revealing half of a snow-white shoulder.

"You usually do the cooking?"

"Yeah."

"I didn't expect you, brat, to be so domestic. I always thought my sister was the one taking care of you." Leng Yulai curled her lips.

"My teacher has always been the one taking care of me. Without her help, I don't even know where I'd be now."

Lu Jun truly cherished this.

This era was not like the old days.

Even if you had a good Spirit and great talent, life as a Soul Master would not necessarily go smoothly.

In this era, money and resources were everything.

With money and resources, even the worst Spirit and talent could be pushed all the way to Titled Douluo.

And for those who had money, resources, and power, there were only three ways to deal with talented Soul Masters without a background.

Treat them to dinner, cut off their heads, or take them in as dogs.

When Leng Yaozhu returned, she found her younger sister already at the table, wolfing down the food.

"...The first thing you do when you come back is this?"

"Not bad, Sis. You've got someone using top-tier ingredients to make you a late-night meal every day and wait for you to come home. No wonder you moved out." Leng Yulai mumbled through a mouthful of food. "When I get the chance, I'll come mooch a meal too."

"...You clearly know why I moved out." Leng Yaozhu sighed and silently handed her younger sister a napkin.

"Right. That Qiangu Dongfeng is already married, yet he still has improper thoughts about you, Sis?"

Leng Yulai said unhappily.

"That dog of a man is two-timing and shameless."

As she spoke, Leng Yulai seemed to recall something and said to Lu Jun, "When you grow up, you can't go around chasing girls everywhere, understand?"

Lu Jun silently lowered his head.

You should tell that to someone else. It has nothing to do with me.

"Enough, why are you telling a child these things?" Leng Yaozhu scolded her. "He's still young. Don't lead him astray."

"He's al—" Leng Yulai had been about to say that this child was mature beyond his years, but the words caught in her throat as she remembered something.

Forget it. She had eaten his food, so she would keep his secret for him.

Only then did she lower her head and continue devouring the food.

"Your Spirit Soul successfully ascended, right?" Leng Yaozhu looked at Lu Jun.

Lu Jun nodded. "Mm, it's already a thousand years old. I'm now a Level Thirty-One Soul Elder."

"That's good." Leng Yaozhu let out a breath of relief. "An accident happened today. People from Tang Sect Dou Soul Hall invaded the Spirit Ascension Platform."

"Dou Soul Hall? Them again?"

Leng Yulai abruptly raised her head.

"Aren't they an organization that specializes in punishing evildoers and cults across Douluo Continent, one that prides itself on justice?"

"Why would they attack one of our Spirit Pagoda's Core Disciples today?"

"Perhaps it has something to do with Lu Jun's Ultimate Attribute Spirit?" Leng Yaozhu was also puzzled. "I personally went to the location they infiltrated and captured one of their fighters to interrogate him."

"Oh? You captured a fighter from Tang Sect's Dou Soul Hall? Looks like we really are going to clash head-on with the Tang Sect."

Leng Yulai looked eager for a show.

"They were the ones who provoked us first."

Leng Yaozhu's expression chilled.

"They attacked our Core Disciple for no reason, even going so far as to invade our Spirit Ascension Platform world at all costs. Who knows what they intended to do to our people?"

Soon, the Soul Guidance Communication device on Leng Yaozhu's body rang.

She took it out and glanced at it several times, and her lovely face shifted slightly.

Leng Yulai asked,

"What is it, Sis?"

"The fighter I captured confessed."

Leng Yaozhu looked at the message and spoke calmly.

"They don't know the specific details either, but among Tang Sect's Dou Soul Hall missions, there has always been one requiring them to search for a Weapon Spirit with an Ultimate Attribute."

Lu Jun understood the moment he heard it.

Damn it, everyone in the Tang Sect is following Tang San's orders.

So they've all been eyeing me.