P.S. (I revised the previous chapter. If you read it before eight last night, you can take another look, or you might get confused later.
If you have thoughts about the plot or spot anything problematic, feel free to point it out. The author writes and posts on the same day, so there's time to make revisions.)
Notting Academy.
Xiao Wu hid under her blanket, silently reading the pua tactics the girls in the chat group were sharing.
What they said seemed to make some sense.
Xiao Wu looked down at herself. She was small, and she was only a Soul Master at the moment.
Right now, she was completely lacking in everything but looks. She had no figure, money, or strength.
Bibi Dong, on the other hand, might have been an idiot, but she had great conditions.
Besides, Bibi Dong was far more popular than she was. Even if Bibi Dong's popularity was all because people hated her, it was still popularity.
As soon as Bibi Dong showed up at Lin Chen's side, she'd bring a huge amount of attention and traffic with her. There was no doubt that she'd get the Diary Copy's Hidden Reward that day.
"Should I share this with the girls? I don't feel like I have much of an advantage."
Xiao Wu murmured to herself, her heart full of indecision.
In the end, Xiao Wu gave in.
Better to let the girls in the chat group she was close to get the reward than Bibi Dong.
After all, you shouldn't let the good things go to outsiders.
Xiao Wu and Bibi Dong only had an ordinary relationship in the chat group—and that was before Xiao Wu knew Bibi Dong was the enemy who had killed her mother.
Otherwise, Xiao Wu would have immediately spilled the beans about where she and Lin Chen were. She'd never let her enemy Bibi Dong get the reward, even if it killed her.
[Love Eating Carrots: Girls, the city I'm in is called Notting City, in Fasinuo Province, right where the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire meet.]
[Love Eating Carrots: Lin Chen and I are studying at Notting Academy, a junior Soul Master academy in Notting City.]
[Love Eating Carrots: I've told you everything. Whether you can beat Bibi Dong is up to you.]
After sending her messages in the chat group, Xiao Wu felt reluctant to share the information.
She'd have to ration her Super Carrots from now on. She couldn't keep eating them as extravagantly as before.
She wasn't the only one who had Lin Chen to herself anymore. If she ate them too quickly, she might finish off her Super Carrots in just a few days.
"Wah, it's all Bibi Dong's fault! Why did that idiot suddenly come to Notting Academy?"
"Now I have to cut back on my Super Carrots. It's all Bibi Dong's fault."
Xiao Wu blamed that idiot Bibi Dong. Why couldn't she just stay at Spirit Hall?
Once Xiao Wu had eaten enough Super Carrots and become a powerhouse, she could help him wipe out Tang Hao and Tang San. Tang Hao was her enemy, too.
When the girls in the chat group learned where Xiao Wu and Lin Chen were, the whole group erupted.
[Love Eating Carrots: Xiao Wu, you really are a good sister. Now that I know where Lin Chen is, I'll set off to find him as soon as I get my First Soul Ring.]
[Cat Yearning for Freedom: Hmm? I'm about to get my First Soul Ring, too, but my situation is a bit tricky. I'll see if I can slip away.]
[Yanzi Will Return: Are you all little girls? @I Am Little Princess, @Cat Yearning for Freedom.]
[I Am Little Princess: Yeah, I only awakened my Martial Soul recently.]
[Cat Yearning for Freedom: Yeah, me too. I'm about the same age as Lin Chen and Xiao Wu.]
[A Little Fox: By the way, how old are the members of this chat group? Any of you girls want to share?]
[A Little Fox: I'll go first. It's been six years since my Martial Soul Awakening.]
[Yanzi Will Return: Someone of my generation.]
[Cold Eating Melon Girl: Someone of my generation.]
[I Have No Mother: It's been ten years since my Martial Soul Awakening. I'm your big sister.]
[I Don't Have the Surname Yu: Do I even need to say it? I could be your aunt.]
[I Don't Have the Surname Yu: By the way, I'll answer for that idiot Bibi Dong, since we're from the same generation.]
[Sea God's Most Loyal Believer: Uh, I think I'm a bit old. I'm too embarrassed to say.]
[I Am a Grass: ???]
[I Am a Grass: Why don't you ask me, then?]
Back Mountain, Holy Soul Village.
Ah Yin counted her age. She must have been at least several tens of thousands of years old.
As for a hundred thousand years, she hadn't actually lived that long. Her age limit had simply reached a hundred thousand years.
A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast hadn't necessarily lived for a hundred thousand years. Some Soul Beasts could cultivate several years' worth of cultivation in just one year.
But Ah Yin had been alive for at least several tens of thousands of years, ever since the moment she was born.
"Alas, I feel like I could be the group's matriarch."
Ah Yin's branches and leaves swayed gently as she sighed to herself.
But in the next moment, she changed her tune:
"Still, you can't count a Soul Beast's age that way."
"Hmm, I should still be in the prime of my youth. I ought to count as a beautiful young girl."
[Sea God's Most Loyal Believer: @I Sleep Every Day, you're the only one left, girl. How old are you?]
[I Sleep Every Day: I'm in the prime of my youth.]
[Sea God's Most Loyal Believer: I see. Then you're my little sister.]
Deep in the Lake of Life.
Gu Yuena read Bo Saixi's message, glanced at her own enormous, mountain-like dragon body, and thought about the time that had passed since her birth.
Her face couldn't help but flush. A faint pink hue showed between her beautiful silver scales.
But then she steeled herself.
"That's right. There's nothing wrong with what I said. Even if I've been asleep for hundreds of thousands of years..."
"But I, the Silver Dragon King, am a Divine Beast, and my lifespan is infinite. As long as I'm alive, I'm still in the prime of my youth."
Notting Academy.
High above, the battle between Tang Hao and the three others had reached its fiercest point.
Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer, as large as a small mountain, crackled with lightning as he attacked Bibi Dong and the two Douluo frantically. Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo.
Faced with Tang Hao's attacks, the three of them didn't try to meet them head-on. Instead, they kept dodging.
When it came to offensive power, neither Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, nor Gui Douluo Gui Mei could compare to a Power Attack Type Martial Soul like the Clear Sky Hammer.
Seeing this, Tang Hao began to grow anxious.
Why was Bibi Dong nothing like he'd imagined?
"Haha! I never thought that the current Martial Soul Hall Pope would be such a coward, not even daring to face me head-on."
"You bring shame to the name of Spirit Hall. You're a level-97 Super Douluo, and you have two level-95 Super Douluo with you."
"And yet, facing me, a level-94 Titled Douluo, you still have to avoid my edge. What a joke."
Seeing that his attacks weren't landing, Tang Hao stopped swinging his Clear Sky Hammer and taunted the three of them.
"Heh."
"Tang Hao, don't try to provoke us. If I'm not mistaken, the injuries you're carrying are already starting to ache, aren't they?"
"If attack power were all that mattered, the world wouldn't have separate Agile Attack Type, Power Attack Type, and Support Type classifications."
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