Nighttime Ambush

Watching Jiang Nannan's departing figure, Wang Dong'er asked softly, "Your Sister Nannan isn't going to suspect that the two of us are having an affair, is she?"

"Probably!" Li Changsheng nodded and admitted it.

"What do we do, then? I'm still an unmarried girl. If I stop hiding my true identity in the future, wouldn't that be awkward?" Wang Dong'er said worriedly.

"Why the hell are you scared? It's not like we're actually having an affair. I seriously can't believe you!"

Li Changsheng was speechless. He did not want to explain too much to this idiot and instead turned his attention back to the soul bone before him.

"Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, ten-thousand-year cultivation, priced at nine and a half million Gold Soul Coins!"

Seeing that number, Li Changsheng's eyes widened. As though he had misread it, his face filled with shock and regret.

"Fuck, I sold it too cheap! Damn it, I took a huge loss this time!"

A ten-thousand-year soul bone could sell for so much. Then couldn't the one Mu En had given him be sold for tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins?

And what about him? He had only asked Wang Dong'er for five million.

Holy shit!

The more Li Changsheng thought about it, the angrier he became, until he was too furious at himself to speak.

Wang Dong'er broke into a bright smile. Looking utterly delighted, she naturally understood what Li Changsheng was thinking.

She had never bought or sold soul bones either, so she had not exactly cheated Li Changsheng at the time. It was simply that neither of them had expected the difference in value to be so enormous.

Just then, Ice Empress's voice rang out in his mind. "Little Changsheng, that Whale Rubber on your left is pretty good. It suits you well and can improve your physical constitution."

"Whale Rubber?"

Hearing Ice Empress's voice, Li Changsheng's eyes immediately lit up.

The reason he had come here was for this piece of Whale Rubber.

Although the information listed it as thousand-year Whale Rubber, its true age had already reached ten thousand years, making it exceedingly valuable.

Of course, compared with a supreme treasure like a soul bone, Whale Rubber was somewhat insignificant. In the world of the Douluo Continent, whether in terms of rarity or the enhancement it gave soul masters, soul bones were beyond question. Otherwise, why would every soul master want a soul bone best suited to them? That was precisely why.

"What, you want this thing?"

Just then, Wang Dong'er leaned over. After noticing that Li Changsheng intended to buy the Whale Rubber, she could not help explaining.

"Then you're mistaken. This isn't thousand-year Whale Rubber, but ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber. It's just that they don't know what they're looking at and failed to recognize it!"

Li Changsheng chuckled, a flicker of green light flashing through his eyes.

Ten-thousand-year Demon Whales only came from the deep sea. Although the chief of their clan had been slain by Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago, their status and strength still could not be underestimated.

So long as one had the strength, not only ten-thousand-year ones—even hundred-thousand-year ones—were possible.

"Oh? Really? How could you tell?" Wang Dong'er looked astonished as she asked in great confusion.

"Secret!"

Li Changsheng smiled faintly and kept her in suspense before going to pay.

How the hell could he tell? If Ice Empress had not reminded him and if he had not known there was a piece of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber here, with his knowledge, he would probably have needed decades to figure it out!

After the two paid and bought what they needed, they left the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and headed toward Shrek Academy.

However, before they had gone far, Li Changsheng sensed faint killing intent spreading through the surroundings.

"What's wrong?"

Seemingly noticing that something was off, Wang Dong'er blinked and asked softly.

"We've got a tail. They're probably after you," Li Changsheng answered.

"After me? Are you sure?"

Wang Dong'er's brows furrowed slightly as she said doubtfully, "If I remember correctly, this should be my first time walking down the street using my real appearance. In that case, logically, they shouldn't be targeting me."

"So you mean this killing intent is aimed at me?"

Li Changsheng was also somewhat puzzled. He had been so well-behaved these past few days and had not provoked anyone. Why had assassins still set their sights on him?

That made no sense!

"Maybe." Wang Dong'er nodded in acknowledgment.

"Whatever. We'll ask them when the time comes!"

According to the original plot, Dai Huabin had hired people to kill Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er. But Li Changsheng had no grudge with him. Could that brat really be blaming him for losing his status as a Core Disciple?

If that was truly the case, then that brat had brought death upon himself.

Buddha Tang: That's my fucking line!

"Come out!"

After leading Wang Dong'er to an uninhabited place, Li Changsheng stopped and shouted toward the empty surroundings.

"Not bad, kid. You could actually sense our presence!"

Along with a voice full of mockery and puzzlement, six figures dressed in black robes, their faces obscured, appeared.

Clearly, they had been waiting here for quite some time.

"Heh, you're just too weak."

After glancing at the six of them, Li Changsheng asked calmly, "Dai Huabin sent you, didn't he?"

"That cannot be disclosed!"

The leading man in black answered.

"We're about to die. Can't we at least know the truth?"

Li Changsheng smiled. "At least let us die knowing who did it."

"Fine. Kid, you guessed right. It was indeed Young Master Huabin. He was quite willing to spend money to kill you." One of them answered.

"Money? Dai Huabin?"

Hearing that name, Wang Dong'er clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.

All she had done was cause him to lose his status as an official Core Disciple, yet that bastard had actually hired murderers. He had gone too far.

"How much did he pay you? I'll give you double!" Wang Dong'er declared generously.

"Sorry, but in our line of work, we can't betray our employer. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone despise us? We wouldn't be able to keep doing this." The leader refused.

"In that case, let's settle this with our fists. I'd like to see whether you can kill us!"

Wang Dong'er let out a light breath, then released her martial soul, the Light Goddess Butterfly.

She rose into the air, her straight, slender jade-like legs exposed. Three soul rings—yellow, purple, purple—appeared around her.

"Two mere Soul Elders want to resist us? You're overestimating yourselves!"

The leader sneered disdainfully. His eyes narrowed, his figure flickered rapidly, and he was the first to attack.

"Soul Elder? I'm not a Soul Elder!"

Li Changsheng replied with a smile before throwing a punch directly at him.

With a deafening boom, to everyone's surprise, the one forced back was the man in black.

One had to know that his cultivation had already reached the level of a Soul Emperor. He could absolutely be considered a formidable expert.