New Information from Li Jianqiu

Two days later, facing the setting sun, two long figures appeared outside Soto City.

Throughout the journey, Oscar did not let Zhu Zhuqing stop at the small frontier towns outside the Star Dou Great Forest, but instead headed straight for Soto City, leaving both of them looking travel-worn.

"Because of the Soto Grand Spirit Fighting Arena, Soto City attracts many Spirit Masters and spectators who come to compete, so there are plenty of inns here.

The most famous one is the Rose Hotel, but it's basically fully booked. Aside from that, there are the inns outside the Soto Grand Spirit Fighting Arena; while the hygiene is decent, the crowd is mixed, and it's easy to run into trouble.

There is a nice inn in the south of the city. Although it isn't famous, the hygiene and food are excellent, and it's quite quiet."

Oscar spoke to Zhu Zhuqing as if he knew the place like the back of his hand. Although he hadn't stayed at these hotels in Soto City, Soto City was the core of the Sky Net, and she knew everything about this place.

"Let's go to the one in the south of the city. I've troubled you throughout this journey."

Zhu Zhuqing's voice was ethereal, yet filled with apology.

The two had traveled together, and along the way, she noticed that Oscar's pace had quickened significantly, as if he had some urgent matter to attend to, so she didn't want to trouble him any further.

"It's no trouble. You're new here and unfamiliar with the surroundings; as your senior, I should look after you."

Hearing Oscar say this, Zhu Zhuqing pursed her lips slightly. Throughout the journey, although Oscar was considerate, he never overstepped his bounds and had no ulterior motives toward her.

She understood that everything before was an accident; the person before her didn't owe her anything, and being able to act this way already made him an exceptionally good person.

But seeing Oscar's earnest expression, she still found herself inexplicably agreeing.

By the time Oscar finished the paperwork and booked a room for Zhu Zhuqing at the inn in the south of the city, it was already completely dark.

Zhu Zhuqing had wanted to keep him, but it seemed some powerful Spirit Fighting Masters had recently arrived in Soto City, and the rooms were fully booked with no vacancies left.

In the end, it was Oscar who comforted her by saying that Shrek Academy was not far from here, which finally put her mind at ease.

"Don't see me off, go back. It's less safe for a girl like you to be out at night than it is for me."

Oscar looked back at Zhu Zhuqing, who had walked him out of the inn, said with a smile, and then departed under her gaze.

In truth, the reason he had been so anxious along the way was that Zhou Chang had sent him a letter, stating that Li Jianqiu had gathered important intelligence and wanted Oscar to return immediately.

Not long after, Oscar arrived once again at Old Qing's blacksmith shop.

Seeing Oscar arrive, Old Qing rolled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead before saying:

"Old Li is waiting for you inside. There isn't much I can help with, but I hope you two won't push yourselves too hard."

"I know, Old Qing. It will be better after a while."

Oscar replied, then turned and walked into the courtyard.

At this moment, Li Jianqiu was sitting by the tea table processing some files. Hearing the sound, he looked up slightly, and upon seeing Oscar enter, his eyes filled with smiles.

"You finally returned. I heard from Zhou Chang that you picked up a pretty young girl in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

Seeing Li Jianqiu teasing him, Oscar immediately understood that although he was in a hurry to find him, it probably wasn't anything bad.

Could it be that the Sky Net had some new development?

But this wouldn't be enough to make Li Jianqiu look for him so urgently... could it be that there was news about the Blue Silver King and the Blue Silver Emperor?

After Oscar figured this out, the corners of his mouth lifted. He sat down casually in a chair to the side, poured himself a cup of tea, and after taking a sip, he squinted his eyes and said:

"Yeah, Dai Mubai's fiancée. She crossed the Star Dou Great Forest and ran all the way to Soto City.

Why is Uncle Li interested in these things? How about I play matchmaker between you and Wen Hua?"

"Fiancée... a fiancée is good, the Nether Civet... forget it, I knew I couldn't whet your appetite. Don't go playing matchmaker; you don't even consider the age gap between me and Wen Hua."

As he spoke, Li Jianqiu took a secret letter from his bosom and tossed it to Oscar.

The letter was small, the size of a secret missive sent via carrier pigeon in a bamboo tube, so the information on it was also very sparse.

It roughly stated that they had discovered Haotian Douluo frequently entering a certain mountain. Since they were local villagers, they pretended to be herb gatherers and followed him in.

They searched the mountains for a long time, finally encountering Haotian Douluo, who was disguised as a commoner, under a waterfall, only to be chased away by him.

The mountainous area described in the letter had few spirit beasts; it was impossible for a spirit beast of the Blue Silver King's level to live there.

The reason Haotian Douluo went there so often could naturally be guessed easily... the Blue Silver Emperor was there!

Thinking of this, Oscar's eyebrows arched slightly, and he said softly:

"It seems the state of the Blue Silver Emperor is even worse than we imagined."

"Don't just think about the Blue Silver Emperor. The Blue Silver Emperor is a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast; it will definitely produce a spirit ring and a spirit bone. The spirit ring must have been given to Haotian Douluo.

But although that spirit bone is a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone, the attributes of the Blue Silver Grass, even after evolving into the Blue Silver Emperor, don't seem very suitable for a battle spirit master who possesses the Haotian Hammer. I suspect Haotian Douluo will leave this spirit bone for their child.

And since he has to hide his identity, he can't carry the spirit bone with him at all times. It is highly likely that the spirit bone is hidden there as well!"

Li Jianqiu held a cup of tea, blowing on it while he spoke.

Hearing this, Oscar's heart stirred. He tapped his finger lightly on the tea table, thinking for a long time before looking up at Li Jianqiu and asking:

"Uncle Li, how are things going with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang now?"

"Thanks to you, Yu Xiaogang no longer acts like a teacher in front of Tang San, but he is still strongly recommending that he attend Shrek Academy. I estimate he will be coming over before long.

You really pitted Yu Xiaogang quite hard back then. Originally, Haotian Douluo shouldn't have taken it to heart, thinking that Yu Xiaogang was, at the very least, a master of theory who could provide Tang San with a stable childhood.

After what you said, Haotian Douluo must have gone to check Tang San's spirit power."

"His first spirit skill ended up being Blue Silver Entanglement, and it even carries snake venom, tsk tsk... I have no idea how he explained it to Haotian Douluo, but our people saw him appear at the junior spirit master academy with a bruised and swollen face."

Li Jianqiu said with a chuckle; in truth, if he hadn't been exposed to the theories of Oscar, he would never have thought there was anything wrong with what Yu Xiaogang did.

Unfortunately, theories like the Taiji interplay of yin and yang and the Daoist concept of following the natural way acted like a dimensional strike in this world, utterly crushing Yu Xiaogang, a pure theorist who could only summarize and speculate based on data from Spirit Hall and the Thunder Tyrant Dragon.

"He brought it upon himself. Once Tang San leaves the junior spirit master academy, I'll go take a look. If there's nothing else, I'll be heading off now."

Oscar set down his tea and spoke softly to Li Jianqiu, knowing that Sky Net was at its busiest right now, with Li Jianqiu often staying up until the dead of night to process secret reports coming in from all sides.

"Go on, go on. Your sister Wen Hua will be returning from Star Luo in a while; remember to prepare a gift for her on my behalf as well."

"Understood."

Oscar turned and walked toward the courtyard gate, waving his hand without looking back.

Watching Oscar's retreating figure, Li Jianqiu shook his head and thought to himself:

What is he in such a rush for? Could it be for that little girl he brought back from the Star Dou Great Forest?