Zhou Yi was surprised by Lin Chen's suggestion that they go to the Soul Beast Forest.
After Lin Chen made the request, Zhou Yi agreed without hesitation.
"Star Dou Forest? What kind of place is that?"
Zhou Yi was stunned. He'd searched for ages, but even on the maps of the Star Luo Empire's great auction houses, he couldn't find a place by that name.
"Have you never heard of it?"
"What's wrong with you, kid? You're not going to Suotuo City anymore? You're running off to some mountain wilderness to dig up old bones?"
Lin Chen gave a meaningful smile.
"Old poison, some treasures aren't found in ancient ruins. That place may be out in the wilderness, but it's possible there are soul beasts there that even the titled Douluo have never seen."
Zhou Yi was shocked.
Soul beasts that even titled Douluo had never seen?
His eyes flashed with excitement. He looked as if he'd been given a new lease on life.
He immediately stood up.
"Fine! I don't believe anyone else, but I believe you, kid. Even if we're going to the ancestral home of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, I'll still risk my life to go with you."
Lin Chen knew.
He knew that Lin Chen had revealed the astonishing effects of the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well.
Zhou Yi trusted Lin Chen without question.
So Lin Chen had something to gain.
Perhaps it was a genuine treasure!
"Fine. Let's set out right now." Lin Chen smiled.
The two of them vanished in a flash, concealed by the moonlight.
Like ghosts, they disappeared through the window of the inn.
However, what Lin Chen hadn't noticed was that beneath the shadow of a tree outside the inn, a tall, slender figure was silently watching him leave.
"..."
Qian Ling'er tightened her grip on the hilt of her sword.
Her eyes, clear as autumn water, were full of confusion.
It seemed she had sensed something.
A thought had suddenly occurred to her: perhaps the mysterious young man was the owner of the Diary, and that person had been Lin Chen all along.
"The source of the Diary... is him?"
Qian Ling'er murmured to herself.
She could sense the movement of Zhou Yi and Lin Chen, and the power of the laws of time and space was undergoing an intense shift.
Or perhaps—
She had crossed through time and space, and had some special sense of what existed there?
"Maybe I should find him and ask him about it."
Qian Ling'er said softly.
She had the talent to conceal her presence. With a flick of her wrist, she transformed into a faint golden streak and quietly followed them.
At the same time, high in the sky, less than a hundred miles from Suotuo City.
"Whoosh—!"
A piercing whistle tore through the air.
Qian Ling'er had already flown to the summit.
Her enormous angel wings spread wide, each feather burning with a pure, brilliant flame.
She was like a meteor streaking across the heavens, leaving a long golden trail across the sky.
"Close... it's just ahead!"
Qian Ling'er's heart suddenly clenched.
She sensed a faint... resonance!
A resonance from deep within her soul, like the echo of something sacred and ancient. As the sole heir of the Six-Winged Angel, she had the strongest sensitivity to it!
That was the feeling of kindred spirits...
The resonance of blood, a unique connection between kindred souls. It had to be an angelic soul bone. There was no mistake.
"It really exists... here in the Star Dou Forest!"
"Another angelic soul bone really exists!"
Qian Ling'er's eyes shone with an intense, feverish light.
"It really could be..."
She recalled the words she'd read in the Diary...
If the Diary was true, if that young woman really was the descendant of an Angel—
Then Qian Ling'er had to see her, no matter what.
At present, she was only a disciple of the Spirit Hall.
But you're telling me she's going to have a descendant?!
Elsewhere, Lin Chen's slender figure abruptly stopped as he followed the path toward the Star Dou Forest.
"That feeling..."
He turned and looked toward the area beyond Suotuo City.
At that moment, the proud soul of his Martial Soul seemed to sense the will of an ancestor from an unimaginably high place. He couldn't dismiss the feeling.
It was almost as if a call from the soul had suddenly arisen...
A divine angel's shadow hovered behind her.
"Could that feeling... be the breath of an angelic soul bone?"
Qian Ling'er's pupils burned with excitement.
She stood above the canopy, her beautiful eyes brimming with astonishment. That aura... could it belong to her ancestor, the one who possessed the Six-Winged Angel?
And just then—
Lin Chen's Diary updated once more in everyone's minds.
[Of course, there's one problem: our Tang San's current situation is still pretty tragic. Everything's come from that great father of his.]
[Everyone knows Han Chen is a coward. He dares to challenge a Titled Douluo, but he only managed to escape from that place by pretending to be dead. Does that make him a man?]
[After Ah Yin sacrificed herself, he lost his will to live. He might as well have been dead already, yet somehow he made a child spend every day cooking for him.]
[He got drunk and ran away. Fortunately, he didn't know Tang San had been taken in by her. Otherwise, he might have gone straight there and killed Tang San.]
Bi Biyao, far away at the Spirit Hall, let out a long, cold laugh.
"Heh... I should've killed him long ago."
"Luckily, that old fool wasn't completely useless. At least he knew Ah Yin had already been exposed, so he made her run."
"Hmph..."
Bi Biyao sneered coldly.
[If Tang San hadn't awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul later, and if that little brat hadn't had a bit of luck, Tang San would've become nothing more than a tool for the Clear Sky Clan.]
[One father is a selfish, cold-blooded coward, and the other is a self-righteous old man who only cares about clan rules...]
[I can't help but be suspicious...]
[Once Han Chen learned that Ah Yin had already been exposed, why did he still send her away? Was he deliberately trying to send her to her death? Was it all so that he could inherit her soul ring?]
[That doesn't make sense, does it? Why do those men all act in exactly the same way?]
Everyone: "Huh?!"
Wasn't this supposed to be a joke?
What did that have to do with Tang San's father and son acting exactly alike? Don't tell me Tang San was involved in this too.
Xiao Wu, this is bad!
But they had long believed everything in the Diary.
Even if he made up some nonsense, they'd still believe him.
Now...
Even if he were to say something completely absurd, everyone would still trust him.
"How could that be..."
Ah Yin's soul had sunk into despair.
Elsewhere, deep in the Star Dou Forest.
The pale, aged Han Chen was tying Tang San to a tree. His gaze was venomous.
"Martial Soul Hall, so this is how it is! One day, I'll destroy your Martial Soul Hall!"
Han Chen ground his teeth.
But a moment later, he forced himself to calm down and looked at Tang San beside him, speaking softly.
"Xiao San, you've been exposed now. If you don't want to be killed, you need to become stronger."
"Come back with me to Clear Sky Clan. They'll protect you there."
At the same time—
Lin Chen was walking along the path leading to the Star Dou Forest, a faint smile on his lips.
"Perhaps after reading the Diary, Tang Chen will realize that when it comes to attacking, he's really quite..."
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