A moment later, Li Qingxuan's face was flushed red as he glared furiously at Ye Guyi and Tang Ya. But there was nothing he could do to either of them, so he could only sulk in silence.
"Young Master, don't take it so seriously."
"If that won't do, Guyi will let you kiss her back!"
Tang Ya and Ye Guyi sat obediently on either side of him, smiling with delight.
"You two!"
Li Qingxuan was so angry that he got up and left.
"Young Master, don't go! Wait for us!"
"Young Master, Guyi was wrong. Guyi promises she'll only kiss you once next time."
No matter how the two called after him, Li Qingxuan chose to shut them out.
When he reached the first floor and crossed Neon Bridge, Ye Guyi and Tang Ya finally caught hold of his wrists.
"Young Master, walking is tiring. Guyi will carry you to Heaven Dou City." Ye Guyi smiled gently.
"Why are you going to Heaven Dou City? When I escorted the Crown Prince away, what did I miss?"
Tang Ya was completely confused, as though she had lost a huge chunk of her memories.
"Hehe, Tang Ya, you'll find out if you just follow along." Ye Guyi gave a mysterious smile.
Ye Guyi told Tang Ya that there was no way she would tell her. If Tang Ya had obediently called her Vice Pavilion Master, she would not have made things so difficult for her.
Tang Ya helplessly spread her hands and could only follow Ye Guyi toward Heaven Dou City.
How arrogant. When had I, Tang Ya, ever suffered such humiliation?
On their way to Heaven Dou City, Ye Guyi and Tang Ya saw quite a few clothes that they had designed being sold throughout the streets.
"Who would have thought that Tang Ya would earn soul coins through clothing designs on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago?"
Ten thousand years later, Tang Ya simply would not have had the leisure to design clothes.
Although the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago was far behind the future in every kind of facility, life was at least truly much more relaxing.
Along the way, they spotted an open-air Martial Arts Stage in the distance.
It was surrounded by a large crowd, and Ye Guyi and Tang Ya stopped to watch the match.
At that moment, a distinguished young man stood on the Martial Arts Stage.
"Today, Heaven Dou Royal Academy is holding a sparring match here. Is there anyone who wishes to take the stage and spar with the members of our Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy?"
Yu Tianheng!
Li Qingxuan looked around, but no one seemed willing to challenge Yu Tianheng.
As he watched, he spotted the other six members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy on the other side of the Martial Arts Stage, including Dugu Yan, whom he had been looking for.
In that case, he could challenge Yu Tianheng and defeat all of them at once. That would make things much more convenient when he went to Dugu Bo's residence later.
He leaped down from Ye Guyi's arms and sprang straight onto the Martial Arts Stage.
The sudden move caught Ye Guyi off guard.
The surrounding crowd was also stunned for a moment. Yu Tianheng looked at the boy, who was far younger than him, and asked in confusion,
"Are you sure you want to challenge me?"
"Sure. But the ones I want to challenge are all seven of you from Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
It was Yu Tianheng's first time seeing such a confident boy. But confidence was not necessarily a good thing. This was a perfect chance to see what gave the boy the right to be so confident.
"That boy looks like he's only nine or ten. He's probably several years younger than Yu Tianheng. Is he really going to challenge him?"
"We don't even dare to, but he does?"
"It's good to be young and hot-blooded, but he picked the wrong opponent."
Quite a few people thought Li Qingxuan was merely trying to attract attention.
They even assumed that he might not have graduated from a junior academy yet.
"Boy, you're unlucky. Choosing me was not the right decision. If you want to challenge our other six team members, you'll have to get past me first."
"Enough talk. Come on," Li Qingxuan said indifferently.
Seeing how decisively the boy acted, Yu Tianheng immediately summoned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
Blue chains of lightning burst forth, and a lightning dragon appeared behind Yu Tianheng. Three soul rings followed—yellow, yellow, and purple.
Yu Tianheng had only recently broken through to become a Soul Elder. He had come here to find suitable soul masters to test his skills against. He had not expected everyone else to be too afraid to step forward, while the first challenger would be this young boy.
His courage was commendable, but he was a little too confident.
A huge wheel suddenly appeared behind the boy, dazzlingly bright, its rim radiating golden light.
The instant the soul rings appeared, Yu Tianheng froze where he stood.
Three soul rings appeared side by side—purple, purple, black.
The moment the black soul ring emerged, the air around them turned oppressive. The soul masters who had been joking moments ago instantly fell silent.
"A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!"
The boy before them was actually a Three-Ring Soul Elder.
That was simply unbelievable. The highest limit for a first soul ring should not exceed five hundred years. Just what kind of monster was this boy?
"Two thousand-year rings and one ten-thousand-year ring... Boy, how did you do it?"
Yu Tianheng was envious.
Truly envious. At less than ten years old, Li Qingxuan had already reached the realm of a Three-Ring Soul Elder.
"Defeat me, and I'll tell you."
Yu Tianheng said no more.
"Third Soul Skill, Thunderous Fury!"
"First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!"
He did not dare underestimate his opponent. He immediately unleashed his third and first soul skills at the same time. Empowered by the third soul skill, the strength and force of his first soul skill increased severalfold.
Yu Tianheng's arms instantly transformed into dragon claws as he charged at Li Qingxuan.
"Dragon claws?"
The next moment, the two figures appeared in the center of the Martial Arts Stage.
The Eternal Sun Wheel transformed into blazing sunlight and entered Li Qingxuan's body. His pupils instantly became eyes like the sun itself.
His entire body shone brilliantly, like a blazing sun that would never fade.
When Yu Tianheng's hands collided with Li Qingxuan's, the scorching heat forced him to grit his teeth.
The heat could injure him even through his dragon claws, greatly shocking Yu Tianheng.
After several clashes, Yu Tianheng began to struggle to hold on.
"What kind of attack is this? How can it be so strange?"
Yu Tianheng looked at his slightly scorched palms in utter confusion.
"This is a trait of my martial soul. Unless your dragon claws become stronger, you won't be able to drive away this heat."
"First Soul Skill, Blazing Sun Radiance!"
"Third Soul Skill, Sun Wheel Light Split."
The first soul skill activated first. The Eternal Sun Wheel instantly appeared high in the sky, spinning rapidly as it released an incredibly dazzling light.
In an instant, the soul masters present and Yu Tianheng all covered their eyes.
"Since when could the sun become this bright?"
"This boy's martial soul is truly strange. It actually resembles the sun."
"Close your eyes, quickly!"
Yu Tianheng shut his eyes and could only rely on his senses to predict Li Qingxuan's movements.
"Behind me!"
Yu Tianheng instantly stretched out his dragon claw and blocked the attack from Li Qingxuan's clone behind him. But in the next moment, two more attacks came from both sides, their scorching fists striking his waist.
A wave of searing pain made Yu Tianheng's body tremble slightly.
"Second Soul Skill, Thunderous Force."
His second soul skill was an area attack, unleashing all-encompassing lightning power in the surrounding area.
But just as the lightning descended, the three clones reached the end of their ten seconds and instantly transformed into Light Explosions, detonating around Yu Tianheng.
The violent explosion made the surrounding eaves tremble.
"Was that an earthquake?"
What was going on?!
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