After Ye Lingling successfully obtained her Fourth Spirit Ring, the group began their return to Heaven Dou City. The journey had gone perfectly.
A day later, Ye Liangchen and the others emerged from Sunset Forest. Suddenly, more than a dozen Soul Masters clad in black robes stepped out from the woods a thousand meters away. Upon seeing Ye Liangchen's group, they immediately ran over.
Judging by the auras emanating from these black-robed people, they were all Soul Saints. Dugu Bo thought it was an enemy attack, so he directly released his Flood Dragon Martial Soul and nine spirit rings, glaring at them with piercing eyes.
"Who are you?"
Seeing a Titled Douluo, the others were immediately startled. Dugu Bo's Martial Soul had now evolved into a Flood Dragon; his hair, eyes, and skin were no longer green, and he looked much younger. They did not recognize him.
"Your Excellency, we mean no harm. We merely wish to ask whether any of you encountered this person in Sunset Forest?"
At that moment, the Soul Saint leading them took a portrait from his robes and questioned Ye Liangchen's group.
Damn! The person in that portrait looked a little like the disguise he had used before! But it was only hand-drawn, so none of its expression or bearing could be made out at all.
The moment Ye Liangchen saw the portrait, he guessed that they were from Spirit Hall. It was probably because he had injured Snake Lance and Pufferfish with his gun earlier, and Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit Hall to send people looking into him.
Go ahead and search! That was just a disguise he had casually made up. Even if they turned the entire continent upside down, they would never find him. Ye Liangchen smugly thought to himself. Trying