Why Give It to Him? Luo Li, What's Wrong with You?

"Banner Carrier... it's him?!"

"He still came..."

For a moment,

Mu Chen, Luo Li, Ye Qingling, and the others watched the calmly approaching youth, who seemed like a god or demon, with varying expressions.

The youth clearly had done nothing,

yet everyone felt as though they faced a great enemy, as if he were a deity, a demonic ancestor...

[ Ding—Congratulations, Host, for checking in with the official pairing of the Great Thousand World: Mu Chen and Luo Li! ]

[ Reward obtained: Thunder Emperor Treasure Arts, Nine Leaf Sword Grass Treasure Arts! ]

Hiss—

Meanwhile,

Qing Luo, who had intended to come out and suppress Fortune's Child,

could not help clicking his tongue slightly when he saw the system rewards.

Another two Ten Fiends Treasure Arts.

Adding the Kirin Treasure Technique and True Phoenix Treasure Art he had obtained before, he now possessed four of the ancient Ten Fiends Treasure Arts from Perfect World!

If he got two more,

wouldn't he be rewarded with something like the Six Paths Reincarnation Heaven Technique...

After all,

he could not use all four Treasure Arts one after another every time he fought, could he?!

He had to consider whether his opponent could take a beating...

"You're the Banner Carrier..."

Just as Qing Luo was reflecting on this,

Mu Chen's astonished voice rang out. His gaze at Qing Luo was filled with shock and disbelief.

Mainly because,

the way the other party had appeared was simply too domineering...

It was hard for him to believe it.

In order to obtain a Heaven Grade Spirit Beast, he had borrowed the power of various factions, manipulated tens of thousands of students, and exhausted every method before finally acquiring the Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon's spirit essence.

Yet Qing Luo,

had not even shown himself. With nothing more than the suppression of a banner, he had nailed a powerful Heaven Grade Spirit Beast deep beneath the earth veins.

What was even more terrifying was that the Heaven Grade Spirit Beast Qing Luo had nailed down was stronger than the Spirit Beast Mu Chen had painstakingly hunted...

With one rising and the other falling,

Mu Chen suffered quite a severe blow.

He had thought

that the gap between them would narrow after arriving in the Northern Cang Realm.

He had never expected it to grow wider instead...

As soon as those words were spoken,

Luo Li, Ye Qingling, Chu Lin, and the others all turned to look at Mu Chen.

The reason was that Mu Chen's words were rather thought-provoking.

If he had not known the Banner Carrier beforehand,

a normal first reaction would have been: So this is the Banner Carrier. The Banner Carrier is truly terrifying...

But Mu Chen had asked a question instead: You're the Banner Carrier?!

That meant

he had likely known the other party before coming to the Northern Cang Realm!

"You know him?"

Chu Lin asked.

For a moment, everyone turned their eyes toward Mu Chen, wanting to hear how he would answer.

"Mm."

"He's from the same academy as me. It's quite unexpected. He... is very strong!"

Mu Chen did not elaborate too much.

However, even though he disliked some of Qing Luo's actions, he still gave a fairly impartial assessment.

Very strong?!

Did you even need to say that?

Couldn't we see it ourselves...

Upon hearing this,

surprise appeared on Chu Lin and Ye Qingling's faces.

They had not expected that the greatest dark horse of the Northern Cang Realm had come from the same place as Mu Chen.

Was he from some great clan?!

Or some holy land...

Mu Chen was already terrifying enough. Now, another Banner Carrier who was even more terrifying than Mu Chen had appeared.

They could not help but speculate about Mu Chen's background.

"He didn't participate in the Spirit Road. We never saw him there."

Luo Li asked.

For a moment,

everyone turned their gazes toward Mu Chen once more.

They also wanted to know.

With the potential and strength the Banner Carrier had displayed, he was absolutely qualified to participate in the Spirit Road.

"Well..."

"The Spirit Road selection has standards set by the Five Great Academies. I don't know why he wasn't selected either!"

Mu Chen said after thinking for a moment.

He did not say it outright, but the meaning behind his words was not difficult to understand.

Qing Luo was strong, but Mu Chen had participated in the Spirit Road. That meant Qing Luo was inferior to him in some respect.

In fact!

This was the only point in which Mu Chen felt he could be proud and surpass Qing Luo.

He had always believed

that since the Spirit Road qualification selection had chosen him, it meant he was certainly stronger than Qing Luo in certain aspects.

To prevent these people from asking questions that would be difficult for him to answer,

Mu Chen looked at Qing Luo and said,

"I didn't expect you to have grown to this point. But I'm not bad either. Once I enter Northern Cang Academy, I'll catch up to you."

Hear that?!

The Banner Carrier was very powerful,

but Mu Chen not only knew him, he was not afraid of him at all!

In fact,

Mu Chen's words truly left everyone astonished and shocked...

"Let's go!"

Mu Chen said to Luo Li.

"I said, leave the spirit essence behind!"

Just as Mu Chen was about to leave, Qing Luo spoke coldly.

He could tell

that Mu Chen was putting on an act.

But Qing Luo had no intention of indulging him.

The reason he had not interrupted earlier

was that he wanted Mu Chen to jump a little higher, so that his fall would be even worse.

Upon hearing this,

Mu Chen paused and turned to look at Qing Luo.

"Your spirit essence is underground. This spirit essence is mine!"

"I'm talking about the one in your hand!"

Qing Luo pointed at the Heaven Grade Spirit Beast's spirit essence clenched in Mu Chen's hand. "Leave that one behind!"

Hiss—

As soon as those words were spoken,

a wave of murmurs rose from the surroundings.

Everyone looked at Mu Chen in surprise, including Luo Li.

Mu Chen had acted as though he were very familiar with Qing Luo earlier, but judging by the situation now, they did not seem all that close...

Noticing the looks around him, Mu Chen's expression turned extremely ugly.

Qing Luo's words...

were no different from slapping him across the face.

"This is the spirit essence I extracted from the Spirit Beast I killed. Are you trying to rob me?"

Mu Chen replied in an equally indifferent tone.

He did not want to oppose Qing Luo yet, but under the current circumstances, he could not back down.

Otherwise, what would Luo Li think of him?!

"Yes. If you don't give it to me, I'll take it by force!"

Qing Luo said it bluntly and casually.

But those words

sounded especially grating to Mu Chen...

He admitted that Qing Luo was very powerful and that he was not his match at this stage, but wasn't it a little too domineering to look down on him like this?

Did Qing Luo not care about their former academy ties at all?!

"Give it to him!"

As Mu Chen's expression turned incomparably ugly and he considered how to recover his dignity,

Luo Li spoke calmly.

"What..."

"Luo Li, we obtained this spirit essence together. You know this spirit essence is very important to me!"

Mu Chen stared at Luo Li in disbelief.

He had not expected

Luo Li to actually speak up for Qing Luo...

What was their relationship?

Did they know each other in the Northern Cang Realm?!

Mu Chen's mind was in chaos. The various encounters and setbacks he had experienced after meeting Luo Li filled his heart with a sense of crisis and suspicion...

"I can help you find the spirit essence of another Heaven Grade Spirit Beast. This one should be given to him."

Luo Li remained emotionless as she spoke.

"Why?"

"Why should we give it to him? Luo Li, what's wrong with you?!"

Mu Chen clenched his fists and looked at Luo Li with immense pain in his eyes.

He did not know what had happened.

Why was the girl who had always centered everything around him now standing on his enemy's side...

Did she not know

that compared to the spirit essence of a Heaven Grade Spirit Beast, what he cared about more was her attitude?!

Luo Li did not respond to Mu Chen's questioning, nor did her expression change...

She did not know how to explain it.

She knew very well how stubborn the smiling, sunny youth before her truly was.

If she told Mu Chen

that the spiritual energy in her mark had all been drained away by Qing Luo, Mu Chen would definitely seek revenge for her.

Back on the Spirit Road,

she had already experienced such separation. They had finally managed to meet again, and she did not want tragedy to strike once more.

Luo Li knew very well what the consequences of fighting the Banner Carrier would be...

Even King-ranked experts like Yan Xiao and Zhou Ling had been beaten out of the Northern Cang Realm by him and eliminated from Northern Spirit Academy.

She believed in her own judgment and believed that the youth would become a peerless hero.

But the current Mu Chen was still too weak...

"Why?"

Mu Chen looked at Luo Li in unbearable grief. "I can give him this spirit essence. I don't want anything else. I only want to know why you're speaking up for him?"

Luo Li: ...

"I..."

Luo Li parted her red lips slightly.

She could sense Mu Chen's anger. She wanted to tell him, but she couldn't.

Behind Mu Chen,

Ye Qingling, Chu Lin, and the other Spirit Soul Realm students all stared at the scene in astonishment.

Some of them even wore teasing, mocking looks.

Just now,

Mu Chen had used King Luo's name to forcibly snatch the Heaven Grade Spirit Beast's essence from their hands.

Now, it seemed that Mu Chen's relationship with King Luo was not very good.

There might even be some hidden circumstances...

Among them, Ye Qingling and Chu Lin were the most curious, and the two subconsciously exchanged a glance.

The former was driven by a woman's strong curiosity.

As for the latter, he was Luo Li's crazed admirer.

He had thought Luo Li was already taken. Seeing the situation now made him quite happy.

"As expected of King Luo..."

"It hasn't been long, yet you already have a level-seven Spirit Seal. Looks like you've gained quite a lot during this time!"

Just as everyone was shocked and curious

about what exactly had happened between Mu Chen and Luo Li,

Qing Luo's unhurried voice slowly echoed out...