Dai Mubai

Looking at Da Ming and Er Ming, Zhu Zhuqing still felt a bit of fear.

So, when she saw Da Ming and Er Ming walking toward them, she quietly hid behind Luo Yan.

Luo Yan noticed her movement and gently took her right hand to signal that she was safe.

Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Xiao Wu but did not pull her hand away.

"Da Ming, Er Ming, let's go!"

After packing up, Luo Yan didn't waste any time and led the four of them toward the exit of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Not long after, the group of five emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest and began walking through the small town just outside its borders.

Da Ming looked at the novel sights and asked curiously, "Big Brother, are we going to walk all the way to Suotuo City?"

He had just bought a map of the continent and knew there was still quite a distance to cover before reaching Suotuo City.

Er Ming, on the other hand, was looking around everywhere; he had bought many things along the way, most of which were snacks.

During their tens of thousands of years in the Star Dou Great Forest, they had only ever eaten raw or roasted meat, and they simply couldn't resist the food of the human world.

Moreover, most things in the human world were fresh and exciting to them.

Xiao Wu was also bouncing around, directing Er Ming to buy all sorts of items.

Only Zhu Zhuqing remained relatively calm, walking quietly by Luo Yan's side.

"Don't worry about Xiao Wu's affairs. We'll hire a few carriages at the town gate in a moment; we'll ride there, there's no need to travel on foot!"

Luo Yan waved his hand, explaining his thoughts.

He hadn't decided on heading to Martial Soul City yet.

Judging by how the Demon King Phantom had fought against Tang Hao earlier, the cultivation of a peak Fifth-Rank Demon King was only comparable to a Super Douluo between level 95 and 96.

Even with Da Ming and Er Ming, he estimated it still wouldn't be enough.

One had to remember that Bibi Dong could still unleash the strength of a level 98 peak Douluo, not to mention the level 99 Qian Daoliu.

Luo Yan didn't want to take the risk.

He planned to harvest a wave of resentment points in Suotuo City to see if he could undergo another bloodline evolution.

If that didn't work, he would go to Heaven Dou City; with their current strength, they could walk sideways anywhere except for Martial Soul City.

Hearing this, Da Ming didn't say anything more and followed quietly behind Luo Yan, keeping his divine sense on Er Ming to prevent him from suddenly going berserk.

After a while, the group finished exploring the town.

They hired two carriages at the town gate and headed toward Suotuo City.

Suotuo City was located roughly at the midpoint between Nuoding City and the Star Dou Great Forest, about 500 kilometers away from the forest.

If they traveled at full speed, they might have arrived in less than a day.

However, the carriages took four and a half days to slowly reach the gates of Suotuo City.

As the "granary" of the Kingdom of Barak, Suotuo City could be considered one of the major cities of the entire Heaven Dou Empire, situated in the center of the most fertile Lima Plain within the kingdom.

The city gate was at least ten times larger than that of Nuoding City.

Furthermore, people were coming and going at the gate, and the population flow was incomparable to that of Nuoding City.

Not to mention the number of soul masters; basically, out of every ten people, nine were soul masters.

By this time, the sky was already beginning to darken, and Luo Yan wasn't in a hurry to get to business: "Let's find a place to stay first!"

Thinking of the Rose Hotel where Dai Mubai stayed, Luo Yan's eyes lit up.

Although it wasn't time for Shrek Academy's enrollment yet, he remembered the original story mentioning that Dai Mubai would bring different women to the Rose Hotel almost every day.

Perhaps if they went now, they could catch a show.

Thinking of this, Luo Yan continued to Zhu Zhuqing: "Zhuqing, didn't you come to Suotuo City to find Dai Mubai?"

"I know where he is; perhaps if we go now, we might run into him!"

Luo Yan knew that Zhu Zhuqing had come to the Heaven Dou Empire specifically to ask Dai Mubai why he had abandoned her and fled in the first place.

This was a knot in Zhu Zhuqing's heart, and he hoped she could resolve it herself.

Hearing Luo Yan mention Dai Mubai's name, Zhu Zhuqing's body trembled slightly.

"I..."

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Luo Yan, wanting to explain something.

But before she could speak, Luo Yan interrupted her: "Let's go see what this Third Prince you have such high hopes for is actually doing!"

After saying that, he took Zhu Zhuqing's hand and walked toward the Rose Hotel.

Xiao Wu, standing to the side, saw Luo Yan holding Zhu Zhuqing's hand, pouted, and dissatisfiedly grabbed Luo Yan's other hand.

However, Luo Yan had already told her about Zhu Zhuqing's situation before.

She also knew the relationship between Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai, so hearing that Luo Yan was taking Zhu Zhuqing to find him, she became interested as well.

Da Ming and Er Ming didn't have much interest and followed quietly behind Luo Yan.

By the time they arrived at the Rose Hotel, the sky had completely darkened, with only the lights from the neighboring shops still glowing.

The bustling street was now left with only a handful of people walking about.

Luo Yan looked around, but he did not spot the figure of Dai Mubai.

It seemed he had come at the wrong time; it was possible that Dai Mubai had not left Shrek Academy today.

Luo Yan secretly felt it was a pity.

However, just as he was leading Xiao Wu and the others into the hotel to book rooms, the receptionist who had been processing their paperwork suddenly looked behind Luo Yan and smiled, "Young Master Dai, you're here!"

"The room upstairs is still being held for you; you can just head up yourselves!"

A young man's voice also came from behind Luo Yan: "Beautiful Miss Zhao, thank you very much. If you're free later, you're welcome to come up for a drink!"

Luo Yan found this voice completely unfamiliar, but he felt his right hand, which was holding Zhu Zhuqing, suddenly pull away.

It seems he really did come after all!

Luo Yan had not expected his luck to be this good, running into him the moment he arrived.

He had thought he would have to wait a few days before he could bump into Dai Mubai.

He immediately released his hold on Zhu Zhuqing.

Sure enough, the moment he let go, Zhu Zhuqing turned around to look at Dai Mubai.

At first, Dai Mubai's gaze was entirely on the twins in his arms, and due to the backlight, he did not recognize Zhu Zhuqing right away.

However, Dai Mubai still noticed the incredibly vast assets on Zhu Zhuqing's chest.

His eyes lit up instantly, and with an aggressive gaze, he looked at Zhu Zhuqing and said, "Beauty, why are you still all alone so late at night?"

"Why not come up and sit with me? Don't worry, I will absolutely give you the feeling of being at home!"

Dai Mubai had not paid any attention to Luo Yan and the others at all.

At this moment, the four of them also turned around to look at Dai Mubai, who was embracing the twins.

Xiao Wu understood the implication in Dai Mubai's words; her little face darkened, and she wanted to step forward to teach him a lesson, but she was held back by Luo Yan.

Zhu Zhuqing's face was also ashen at this moment.

She had not expected that the support she had been longing for would turn out to be like this.

When Zhu Zhuqing had first obtained Dai Mubai's location, she had thought that once she found him, she would work hard to cultivate with him so they could return to fight for the throne.