Two Gods Passing By Like Ordinary People
As evening fell, Zhou Huan and his group finally arrived in Mingdu.
The moment Zhou Huan stepped into Mingdu, he felt as if he had been transported to another world.
The difference between Mingdu and ancient cities like Shrek City, Star Luo City, and Heaven Dou City is simply too great.
This place looks like a modern metropolis!
Shrek City, Star Luo City, and Heaven Dou City, the three largest cities in the Original Douluo Continent, are not without tall buildings, but they are far from having the dozen or so-and-a-half-story buildings that are ubiquitous in Mingdu.
Suddenly, Zhou Huan felt as if he had returned to Blue Star.
In terms of technological level alone, Mingdu is far behind Blue Star, but compared to Star Luo City and other former Douluo cities, it can already be considered modern.
It's not that Zhou Huan dislikes retro style, it's just that he misses the modern style of Blue Star.
Although the area is often smoggy, has severe light pollution, and the air outside is filled with car exhaust, that place I can never go back to is still home.
Seeing Mingdu for the first time gave him a feeling of coming home, which made Zhou Huan both amused and exasperated.
Zhang Lexuan, who was standing next to Zhou Huan, clearly noticed the change in Zhou Huan's expression and asked softly, "What's wrong? You seem a little dazed. Is something the problem?"
Hearing this, Zhou Huan shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just haven't experienced this kind of metropolitan atmosphere for many years, and I miss it a little."
Zhang Lexuan was a little confused and blinked curiously. "Huh?"
Zhou Huan smiled slightly, took Zhang Lexuan's hand, and gently squeezed it, saying, "I'll tell you later."
Zhang Lexuan didn't ask any further questions, only replying, "So mysterious. Let's go, let's check into the competition hotel first, everyone's been traveling a long way."
Zhou Huan nodded, and together with Zhang Lexuan, led everyone to a sixteen-story hotel.
Mingyue Hotel.
This is the official hotel designated for the participating teams.
Unsurprisingly, although Shrek would never be welcomed by the Sun Moon Empire, they were, after all, consecutive Reigning Champion the Soul Master Competition, so the suites they were assigned to stay in were naturally the best.
Even for the sake of the Sun Moon Empire's dignity, they couldn't just arrange accommodations for the teams that had won consecutive Reigning Champion.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be looking down on Shrek, but rather looking down on the Soul Master Competition.
If you look down on the Soul Master Competition, then why do you hold it in the first place?
Therefore, the Sun Moon Empire would never do something that would contradict itself.
The Tang Sect Team is different. Although Huo Gua's seven-person group were the champions of the previous Soul Master Competition, the Tang Sect was not.
Therefore, Huo Gua and his companions received what could be described as the worst possible accommodations.
Enraged, Wang Qingya was about to pull out her black card, but Xiao Xiao immediately stopped her. She couldn't just abandon her teammates and go find a better hotel suite to stay in.
It wouldn't make sense for Wang Qingya to book accommodations for over a dozen people from the Tang Sect all by herself, which is why Xiao Xiao didn't give Wang Qingya the opportunity to be so domineering.
After checking in, the Tang Sect Clan went to the second floor of the hotel, to a double room; while the Shrek Seven Devils went to the large suite on the top floor.
It can only be said that one generation plants the trees, and another enjoys the shade.
Zhou Huan naturally moved in without any hesitation. After enjoying the large, soft bed, he immediately began his work of exploring Mingdu.
As for how to investigate Mingdu, that was naturally left to the various small animals whose souls he had controlled with the Floating Pagoda. The Cockroach Army, the Gray Rat Army, and the Ant Army were already prepared.
These inconspicuous little animals are completely ignored by everyone.
Who knows how many cockroaches, gray rats, and ants are Zhou Huan's eyes and ears in the entire Mingdu right now?
Being in the enemy's stronghold, it's essential to be aware of everything around you.
After surveying the area within a kilometer of the Mingrui Hotel with an almost Heavenly Eye perspective and finding nothing amiss, Zhou Huan withdrew his gaze and headed towards Zhang Lexuan's suite.
"Clap clap clap."
After the door opened, Zhang Lexuan looked at Zhou Huan and said, "Aren't you tired? You didn't even rest before coming here."
Zhang Lexuan said that, but she still stepped aside; she couldn't very well turn Zhou Huan away.
After closing the door, Zhou Huan gently hugged Zhang Lexuan from behind, smelling her hair, and said, "Come here, this is the best place to relax and rest."
Zhang Lexuan patted Zhou Huan's hand and said reproachfully, "Don't move around."
After that, the two of them didn't really do anything. They just lay on a large armchair, watching the egg-yolk-like sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly feeling each other's warmth.
After a long silence, Zhou Huan finally said, "Sister Lexuan, I feel like the happiest person in the world right now."
After hearing this, Zhang Lexuan smiled gently, "Holding each other like this makes you the happiest person?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Huan's eyes immediately lit up. Excitedly, she blurted out, "Can it do anything else?"
Obviously, Zhou Huan was then pinched hard on the waist by Zhang Lexuan, and received another eye roll from his girlfriend. "Don't think about those things."
After a moment, Zhang Lexuan rested her head on Zhou Huan's chest, her face slightly flushed, but she still whispered, "Um, um, we can only do that after we're married."
Now Zhou Huan was intrigued and immediately asked, "When shall we get married? I'm available anytime."
Zhang Lexuan: "... Shut up." I shouldn't have discussed this with him. We've only been dating for a few months; how can we be getting married so soon?
Seeing that Zhang Lexuan was genuinely shy, Zhou Huan decided to stop while she was ahead and changed the subject. "The competition doesn't start until the day after tomorrow, so let's explore Mingdu properly these next few days. A metropolis like this must have plenty of new and interesting things to see and do. We can't come here too often."
After hearing this, Zhang Lexuan nodded. "Okay, whatever you say."
She doesn't actually like shopping, but she's happy to go out with her boyfriend.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Lexuan asked, "Have you decided how to play the match?"
Zhou Huan casually replied, "We'll deal with whatever comes our way. Don't worry, your boyfriend is super strong."
Zhang Lexuan: "..." Is that what I meant?
And so, the two chatted casually, and two hours passed quickly.
Night began to fall.
After having a small meal of the hotel set menu, Zhou Huan pulled Zhang Lexuan away from the Mingyue Hotel.
With such a beautiful view, we can't just stay in the hotel and loung around all day, but we can't really do anything about it.
So, to calm his restless heart, Zhou Huan decided to take Zhang Lexuan out for a stroll around Mingdu at night.
It must be said that although it's not as extravagant Nightless City, Mingdu's nights are still dazzling and colorful.
With a variety of novel Soul Tool, bars, barbecue stalls, snack shops, and even acrobatic performances on the pedestrian street, the nightlife is quite vibrant.
At that moment, in a charming dessert shop, Zhou Huan placed two enormous cups of ice cream in front of Zhang Lexuan, saying, "Try it. They say it's a specialty of this shop, and it's delicious."
Zhang Lexuan took a small bite, and her eyes immediately lit up. "Mmm, it's delicious, you should try some too."
As she spoke, she scooped a spoonful of food for Zhou Huan, using a different spoon, of course.
Just as Zhou Huan took a bite of ice cream, suddenly, his whole being was jolted!
But he dared not show any unusual behavior, and even Zhang Lexuan, who was sitting opposite him, did not notice anything amiss.
In fact, Zhou Huan appears calm and collected on the surface, but inside he is like a raging Yellow River, completely out of control.
Just a second ago, the Five-Colored Godhead in Zhou Huan 'Sea of Consciousness not only vibrated, but also sent out a message: there were other Godhead nearby, and they were complete Godhead —two of them!
Zhou Huan was instantly dumbfounded. Could there be two divine pathways here? Could they sense my Godhead? Could they capture me for research?
After refining the Five-Colored Godhead, Zhou Huan had come to understand why the Godhead, which was still Five-Colored Ball at the time, was interested in Le Wuxue, who had unleashed "Light Judgment".
It was probably at that moment that Le Wuxue revealed the aura of "Godhead".
Later, after Zhou Huan refined the Five-Colored Godhead and gradually came to understand Five-Colored Godhead, he made a bold guess: that Le Wuxue possessed a shattered divine Godhead of the Angel God.
However, Zhou Huan never saw her again after the Le Wuxue Freshman Competition.
Regardless of whether Zhou Huan's guess was correct or not, he did not intend to contact Le Wuxue now, because if the guess was true, then getting close to Le Wuxue now would not be a good thing.
But now, at this very moment, what does he feel?
Two complete divine Godhead!
Therefore, at the instant the Five-Colored Godhead trembled, Zhou Huan immediately unleashed the hidden Soul Skill of the Floating Pagoda to its fullest potential.
Without making a sound, yet sealing off and shielding everything about oneself layer by layer within the body.
As for investigating those two suddenly appearing Godhead, Zhou Huan felt that his brain hadn't been slammed in a door, and he wouldn't be so mentally unstable as to lose his mind to that extent.
Meanwhile, as Zhou Huan calmly fed Zhang Lexuan ice cream, a young couple walked past the dessert shop, each eating an ice cream cone.
The handsome man said, "Zhenzhen, I think I just sensed a very faint Godhead power."
The girl with the Baozi face took a bite of ice cream and said, "I didn't feel anything. You must have frozen your brain from eating ice cream. Where did this Godhead come from in the Douluo Continent? That Tang..."
The handsome man quickly coughed twice. "Why are you talking about him?"
The Baozi- faced girl rolled her eyes at her husband speechlessly. "What are you afraid of him for?"
The handsome man shook his head. "It's not that we're afraid of him, but we've all become hands-off managers, so we don't need to concern ourselves with the affairs of the Divine Realm anymore. Let him do whatever he wants; we'd be much better off living a carefree life."
Hearing this, the Baozi- faced girl nodded in agreement. "That's true. We've been gods for tens of thousands of years, and it wasn't easy for us to finally relinquish our God Position. Our strength has even advanced a step further, but I feel like we've neglected Rongrong and Oscar a bit."
The handsome man replied, "For mortals, the God Position is an opportunity to ascend to heaven in one step; we have not treated them unfairly in the slightest."
However, the girl with the Baozi face gently shook her head. "But for Deity, God Position are the greatest constraint. We have been Second-level Deity for tens of thousands of years, and our strength has not improved at all. But now, after relinquishing our God Position, we have all reached the High God-level." [Note [1]]
The handsome man replied, "Without God Position, they can't even break through to the god level, let alone anything else. Alright, let's not talk about this anymore, it's pointless. We're here to watch Little Ya'er's competition; nothing else matters."
The girl with the Baozi face smiled kindly upon hearing the name "Little Ya'er".
At this moment, the streets of Mingdu were bustling with people, but no one could hear the young couple's conversation, as if they didn't exist.
Note [1]: The realms above the God level and their corresponding levels in this book are as follows:
Levels 100-109: Tier 10 -- God-level -- God Official
Levels 110-119: Eleventh Rank -- True God-level -- Third-level Deity
Levels 120-129: Twelfth Order -- Transcendent God-level -- Second-level Deity
Levels 130-139: Thirteenth Rank -- High God-level -- First-level Deity
Levels 140-149: Fourteen Ranks - Half-step God King level
Levels 150-159: Fifteenth Rank -- God King level -- God King
Special note: At the same level, having God Position does not necessarily mean being stronger than not having God Position.
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