Journey to Heaven Dou, Open and Covert Missions

Inside the carriage, the three chatted casually, sharing anecdotes from the mainland, and were quite looking forward to their upcoming training.

However, in just over ten minutes, Dugu Yan, whose hair had begun to turn crimson, walked into the driver's seat.

"Xiao Li, I heard from Grandfather that our first stop is Heaven Dou City? You've been assigned a mission, so you can show up openly. Grandfather is also planning to announce it publicly. This time, I can finally go see Lingling, right?"

Dugu Yan stopped excitedly in front of him. She was genuinely looking forward to it. The last few times she returned to Heaven Dou City, she had to hold back from seeing her best friend for various reasons.

For more than four years, she and Ye Lingling had communicated entirely through letters, and she could hardly remember what Ye Lingling looked like anymore.

Han Li glared at her, who was acting rather impulsively, and sure enough, he heard laughter coming from Shui Bing'er and Xiu'er nearby.

He had just said "Destiny will guide us," and within ten minutes, she had already seen through his deception.

"Of course you can. Actually, you could have done it before. There's no need for you to hide it. Anyway, the Heaven Dou Empire wouldn't dare to give Grandfather a hard time."

Han Li nodded, reached out and pulled her into his arms, playing with her hair.

"It's all because of Grandfather. He said that Prince Xue Xing saved him and dragged it out until now. But now he's finally repaid the favor."

Dugu Yan shifted her body, finding a more comfortable position, completely unconcerned that he was playing with her hair in circles on his hand.

Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er and Xiu'er watched this scene with normal expressions, without showing any strangeness. They were simply used to it.

Over the past four years, the group has spent every day together, and with the addition of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, their relationship has long since changed.

In private, the two of them did engage in more intimate actions, but due to their personalities, only Dugu Yan did not shy away from it.

Upon hearing Dugu Yan's words, Han Li couldn't help but smile slightly.

Dugu Bo, well, although his personality is a bit eccentric than most people, he is really stubborn when it comes to repaying kindness.

We agreed to go to Spirit City in six months, but it's been delayed until now.

Xue Xing was also cunning; knowing Dugu Bo's temperament, she deliberately kept him hooked while treating him with great courtesy. Small favors were unnecessary, and there weren't many important matters to attend to, so Dugu Bo couldn't find a way to repay her.

In other words, Han Li finally couldn't stand it anymore, and six months ago, out of a desire to help others, he directly summoned his Good Son.

Caught off guard, the Unicorn Horse pulling the cart went berserk and nearly stabbed Xue Xing right through the kidney.

Fortunately, Dugu Bo was nearby and did his best to save Xue Xing's kidneys with top-quality medicinal herbs.

Otherwise, even if Xue Xing can wait for the arrival of the Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master, her kidneys will probably be completely ruined.

Of course, after this incident, Dugu Bo and Xue Xing were even. No matter how much she tried to persuade him to stay, he refused to continue serving as a guest elder and chose to become a free Soul Master.

That's why Dugu Yan mentioned earlier that he was preparing to reveal his identity and join the Spirit Hall.

"Alright, anyway, once we arrive in Heaven Dou City, Grandfather's identity will be revealed, and then you can go find her however you want."

"Well, you can bring Bing'er and Sister Xiu'er along too, since I don't think you're interested in meeting the Heaven Dou Crown Prince anyway."

Towards the end, he turned his head to ask the two women for their opinions.

"The famous contemporary Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master? I've heard Sister Yan mention him many times, and I'd like to get to know him."

Shui Bing'er nodded. Compared to carrying out official duties with Han Li, she was indeed more interested in Ye Lingling.

"I'm fine with anything, it's up to you, Xiao Li."

Xiu'er didn't object. She wasn't very interested in either of them. Since Xiao Li wanted her to go with them, she might as well go with them.

Aren't you going?

Dugu Yan in his arms twisted her body and looked up at Han Li.

"Lingling is a great beauty, but she usually wears a veil and is quite low-key, so she's not well-known. You might regret it if you don't go."

Dugu Yan narrowed her eyes, her gaze full of teasing.

"Since you put it that way, then you can have it. Don't forget, I'm on a mission. Once my identity is exposed, my every move will probably be watched, and I won't have the freedom you have."

Han Li pinched her cheek, clearly in a joking tone.

That's right, Han Li did come here with a mission, both overt and covert.

On the surface, as the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, he should indeed make an appearance, and his first stage appearance represents the Spirit Hall's display of goodwill towards the Heaven Dou Empire.

After all, the Spirit Hall's attitude has always been to maintain stability, and its attitude towards the Two Great Empires in recent decades has been to be close to the Heaven Dou Empire and close to the Star Luo Empire.

Moreover, the excuse was quite reasonable. Han Li was originally from the Heaven Dou Empire and was a viscount.

In addition, although several years have passed, the disastrous move by the Heaven Dou Empire at that time is still fresh in people's minds. It is only natural for His Holy Son Your Highness and inquire about it, right? Thus, this became his first mission upon his debut.

Of course, secretly, he also carried Qian Daoliu's instructions to meet with Qian Renxue.

There's no other meaning to this; the main reason is that Qian Daoliu asked him to provoke Qian Renxue.

If we could get her to give up her undercover mission, that would be best. It's not too late for her to go back to full-fledged cultivation now.

Qian Daoliu watched as Han Li and the others beside him rapidly advanced to the Soul King realm. Even though he believed that Qian Renxue would definitely become a god, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

But Qian Renxue was good in every way except that she wouldn't listen to advice and was extremely stubborn. Even when Qian Daoliu wrote to her mentioning the cultivation speed of Han Li and others, she still insisted on continuing to go undercover.

Han Li this time was to come and fight her.

Yes, it's that simple and straightforward.

His combat strength has already been tested by Qian Daoliu, and he can easily handle a mere Qian Renxue.

Qian Daoliu also told Han Li about Qian Renxue's background, that she was the daughter of the former Pope, including the so-called undercover plan.

Of course, he still had his pride and concealed the most crucial information, not mentioning who her mother was or what Qian Xunji had done.

During the conversation, Han Li pretended to be extremely shocked and mentioned that he had previously met Xue Qinghe and had given a false name.

Qian Daoliu couldn't help but smile upon hearing this. Of course, he knew this, and he had also told Han Li that the immortal Immortal Herb that Broad Hill had sought back then was given to Qian Renxue.

So, don't hold back when the time comes; just do whatever works best.

Han Li couldn't help but gasp. These days, Grandfather on the mainland seem to love their granddaughters quite a bit, but they can also be really ruthless.

First, Dugu Bo thought his granddaughter was unworthy of having External Soul Bone, then Qian Daoliu had someone beat his granddaughter severely. How wonderful!