On the Road

Zhou Huan glanced at Zhang Lexuan beside him, who hadn't eaten much, and said, "Sister Lexuan, when we get to Mingdu, let's explore the city properly. There's bound to be lots of delicious food there."

Zhang Lexuan nodded. "Okay."

Then, seeing that Zhang Lexuan didn't want to eat anymore, Zhou Huan habitually handed her a wet wipe.

However, no one paid much attention to Zhou Huan at this time, mainly because there were too many couples present.

When dog food is scattered all over the ground, everyone gets used to it, especially since Wang Dong'er is still feeding Huo Gua.

Although it was because Huo Gua could only use one hand, the scene was still filled with a romantic atmosphere.

Zhou Huan glanced at Huo Gua and Wang Dong'er out of the corner of his eye, then looked at Wang Qiu'er, and found that the Little Soul beast was completely indifferent. It neither approached nor watched, but just sat quietly on the other side, like a lonely little animal.

All that's missing is the song "Snowflakes are falling, the north Xiao Xiao".

Zhou Huan sighed inwardly and stopped thinking about the love triangle over there.

However, Zhou Huan then remembered that in the original timeline, Huo Gua and his group encountered two sects that came to participate in the competition not far from Mingdu.

One of them was called Heavenly Armor Sect, which was a pretty good sect, but unfortunately they ran into Shrek in the second round of the preliminaries.

The other one is called Heavy Sky Gate, a Soul Engineer sect native to the Sun Moon Empire, which is rather weak.

I wonder if we'll run into the Heavenly Armor Sect and the Heavy Sky Gate again this time, since we're both teams coming to Mingdu.

Just as Zhou Huan was thinking this, several horse neighs suddenly rang out, and then a group of fourteen people dressed in black appeared not far away.

Soon, the team arrived near Zhou Huan and his group.

Then, an elderly man walked over with two young men.

After the introductions, Zhou Huan learned that the old man's name was Han Zhanhu, and that this group was indeed from the Heavenly Armor Sect.

Sure enough, following the main character group of Huo Gua's seven-person group, you're bound to encounter every single one of them.

Moreover, Han Zhanhu acted rather relaxed and casually when facing the Tang Sect members. Although he was not impolite or disrespectful in his words, the Tang Sect did not even have a senior leader; they were all young people. This made it difficult for Han Zhanhu to take them seriously.

On the contrary, Han Zhanhu and other members of the Heavenly Armor Sect were quite enthusiastic about Zhou Huan's Shrek Team.

Zhou Huan was left speechless; it really was true that it's good to have a powerful backer.

After a pointless conversation, Han Zhanhu led his Disciple back to their camp.

Zhang Lexuan, who was standing to the side, seemed to have watched a good show and chuckled softly, "So, did you enjoy being the captain?"

Zhou Huan was speechless and sighed slightly. What's so enjoyable about it? Being the team leader also means being responsible for receiving and entertaining people. This kind of socializing is actually very tiring, mainly mentally.

However, Zhou Huan quickly smiled, grabbed Zhang Lexuan's hand, and said, "I think I've done a pretty good job as team leader. Please give me a reward, Team Leader."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lexuan's pretty face immediately turned bright red, and then she pinched Zhou Huan's arm hard. "If you keep acting up, I'll kick you."

This little brat, talking about "rewards" in public! Doesn't he have any respect for me, his Senior Disciple Sister?!

However, Zhou Huan didn't care at all and pulled Zhang Lexuan's hand to sit down to the side.

As for the others, they were already tired of seeing that sour scene.

Before Zhou Huan could continue teasing... uh, no, continue cuddling with his Senior Disciple Sister, he heard a pesky, fly-like voice. "Hey, there's a beautiful girl here!"

Immediately afterward, a fat man with small eyes and a lewd face walked over and went straight towards Wang Qiu'er.

Zhou Huan raised an eyebrow at the sight.

This is the kind of suicidal act you're going to commit!

Why did you have to mess with this Little Soul beast of all people?!

After the Heavenly Armor Sect team arrived, Zhou Huan knew that the Heavy Sky Gate would definitely join the fray as well.

Unexpectedly, instead of causing trouble for the Tang Sect, the fat man immediately took a liking to Wang Qiu'er.

Isn't that just courting death?

Sure enough, the next second, Wang Qiu'er said coldly, her face expressionless, "Get out!"

Upon hearing this, the sleazy fat man immediately launched into a mindless and idiotic exchange. "You dare tell me to get lost? Do you know who I am? I'm the Young Master of Heavy Sky Gate! I can have my dad crush you in a heartbeat, you believe me?!"

Everyone was speechless upon hearing this. How could such a fool be raised?

In fact, almost no one even glanced at the sleazy fat man; they continued doing what they were doing.

For example, Xiao Xiao was playing a childish clapping game with Wang Qingya, Wang Dong'er was feeding Huo Gua, who was eating rather slowly, He Caitou was fiddling with his Soul Tool, and Wu Feng was fanning her Young Master Ning...

Seeing that everyone was completely ignoring him, the sleazy fat man couldn't hold back any longer and immediately started cursing as he walked up to Wang Qiu'er.

Just as Wang Qiu'er was about to slap the fly to death, Zhou Huan snapped his fingers, and a chill swept through the air—

Then, an ice sculpture appeared two meters away from Wang Qiu'er!

The lewd fat man's expression was still frozen in the ice, only his two small eyeballs could still move.

Only then did Wang Qiu'er's murderous intent dissipate.

Zhou Huan had sensed Wang Qiu'er's condition, which was why he made his move. Since even Mingdu hadn't entered yet, there was no need to kill a fly.

This Little Soul beast is really getting emotional!

Indeed, either erupt in silence or die in silence.

At this moment, seeing Zhou Huan take action, many others took a second look at the ice sculpture, which was of no surprise to them.

Only Ji Juechen's eyes lit up, instantly fixing on Zhou Huan. He thought to himself, "This is a master, definitely a formidable opponent!"

Soon, two more middle-aged men approached. Seeing their young sect leader Ice Seal, and unable to unfreeze him, they were immediately alarmed, but still managed to maintain their composure and asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"

Zhou Huan glanced at the two middle-aged men and said indifferently, "Take that fly and get lost. The ice on his body will naturally melt in three days. Let me remind you, sometimes, nurturing a brainless person can destroy an entire sect."

His tone was gentle, but to the two middle-aged men, Zhou Huan's words felt like falling into Frozen Hell.

So the two dared not linger any longer, and hurriedly left with a large cloth wrapped around the ice sculpture of the lewd fat man.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao's little girl voice rang out. "Master Zhou, you were so domineering just now! Especially that last sentence, you're probably planning to attack their sect, aren't you? Tsk tsk, this is the first time I've seen Master Zhou act so pretentious!"

Zhou Huan: "..." I shouldn't have taught you all these profound and sophisticated civilized words!

Then Fengchu Zhou Sichen added, "Our captain is a prodigy destined to rule the martial world for eternity!"

Zhou Huan: "..." Sure enough, showing off gets you struck by lightning!

Then, Ji Juechen walked over and bluntly expressed his wish. "Captain Zhou, I want to fight you."

Zhou Huan: "... Ahem, well, Brother Ji, we're almost at Mingdu, let's talk when we get there. It's not a good time to fight while we're on the road. Um, now that everyone's eaten and drunk their fill, we should set off. Wang Dong, stop feeding him, the squad leader is going to burst. And squad leader, even if you enjoy being fed by Wang Dong, you can't eat five or six bowls in one meal, can you?"

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

Immediately, everyone burst into laughter, even the usually serious Ji Juechen was no exception.

This made Wang Dong'er blush bright red.

Only then did Zhou Huan nod in satisfaction. "Hmm, it's good that your attention has been diverted."

Fighting the Sword Maniac is up to anyone who wants to fight; Zhou Huan won't. If he wins, he'll be entangled with the enemy; if he loses, that's impossible—it'll just look fake.

Zhang Lexuan, who was standing to the side, clearly saw through Zhou Huan's intentions, so she nuzzled his arm and whispered, "He's quite cunning."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Huan smiled and said, "That's called being both wise and brave."

Zhang Lexuan subtly rolled her eyes. "How are those two geniuses going to solve Wang Qiu'er's problem? Not only is her inner conflict unresolved, it's getting deeper and deeper."

Sighing inwardly, what could Zhou Huan do?

So, I could only reply, "Time is the best healer." But in my heart, I added, "If there's anything else..."

After listening, Zhang Lexuan nodded and said nothing more, because this kind of thing really could only be done by herself, and it was meaningless for others to say anything more.

After tidying up, the group quickly set off again.

Mingdu, the most advanced metropolis in the Douluo World, is something Zhou Huan is looking forward to. If it weren't for the fact that Crown Prince Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Crown Prince had joined forces with the Holy Spirit Cult, he would have wanted to come here to see it long ago.

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