Pluto's Exotic Energy

After following Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue to a training ground, the three of them soon saw Qian Renxue leave refreshed and cheerful, her arm linked through Ao Zhan's.

Hu Liena's face was bruised and swollen. Qian Renxue had hit her rather viciously, deliberately targeting her face.

"Brother, what did I do wrong?!"

Hu Liena felt aggrieved. She had not provoked that woman, so why had she been beaten?

And why had she been hit only in the face?

Xie Yue did not know either. Seeing his goddess in such a state made Yan's heart ache even more. "Nana, does it hurt? Should I go buy you some medicine?"

"Are your eyes blind?! I've been beaten into this state—how could it not hurt?!"

Hu Liena shouted at Yan, making him too afraid to say another word.

Still, Hu Liena absolutely could not swallow this humiliation. She had been beaten for no reason at all—if she could endure even that, would she not be a ninja turtle?!

Qian Renxue! So what if you have that monster Ao Zhan backing you?! My teacher is the Holy Maiden! I will definitely make you and Ao Zhan pay the price! Hu Liena thought viciously, hatred flashing in her eyes.

She had made up her mind that she would make Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue pay in the future!

Those two were utterly detestable. After beating her up, Qian Renenxue had even revealed her name and said she welcomed Hu Liena to come find her.

How outrageous!!!

As for whether she knew Qian Renxue's identity, she did not.

The main reason was that Qian Renxue had not needed to summon her martial soul to beat her, so Hu Liena assumed Qian Renxue was someone unknown within Spirit Hall.

After all, if she were the Pope's daughter and the Grand Worshipper's granddaughter, how could there be no news of her in Spirit Hall?

At night, in Ao Zhan's room, Qian Renxue happily kicked off her shoes and socks before jumping onto the bed.

After Ao Zhan made that promise, Qian Renxue became even more dependent on him and even clamored about sleeping with him.

At first, Qian Daoliu and the others refused. A lone man and woman sharing a room, with the woman being beautiful and infatuated with the man—would Qian Xunji not soon become a grandfather out of the blue?

How could that be allowed?!

Even if they wanted the two to end up together, now was not the time!

How old was Qian Renxue, after all?!

But their refusal was useless. Qian Renxue would not listen, and even Ao Zhan could not persuade her otherwise.

In the end, Qian Daoliu and the others could only agree, though they sternly ordered Ao Zhan not to do anything improper—at the very least, nothing could happen before Qian Renxue came of age.

Ao Zhan repeatedly assured them.

In truth, even without Qian Daoliu and the others saying so, he would not have done anything like that.

Qian Renxue was still underage. If he crossed the line, it would be all too easy to draw the supreme power of censorship. Before such power, even with the Ultimate War God System, he would only be instantly killed.

Besides, he was not some perverted lolicon.

Rather than worrying about him making a move on Qian Renxue, it would be more accurate to say he needed to guard against Qian Renxue making a move on him.

Every time he woke up, Qian Renxue would be wrapped tightly around him like an octopus. She would not listen no matter how often he told her not to do that.

She even occasionally wanted to do something improper, but he stopped her every time.

"Brother Zhan! Let's have a pillow fight!"

Qian Renxue's little face was flushed as she hugged a large pillow.

A pillow fight was a game he had played with Qian Renxue before. Put simply, the two of them would grab pillows and hit each other with them.

Since the pillows were stuffed with down, getting hit did not hurt at all.

Qian Renxue had loved the game the first time she played it. Afterward, she often asked Ao Zhan to play with her, though she always lost.

"Xue'er, stop fooling around. I'm a little tired today, so let's get to sleep."

Ao Zhan rejected Qian Renxue's suggestion, took the pillow from her arms and laid it on the bed, then urged her to sleep.

"Then I want you to tell me a story!"

"Alright. What story?"

"The story you didn't finish last time—about the Fruit Warrior Team going to the seventh level of Flower Fruit Mountain and exposing that reclusive master."

"After Dongfang Qiubai revealed the matter of the reclusive master, the group headed to the seventh level of Flower Fruit Mountain..."

After coaxing Qian Renxue to sleep, a sharp gleam suddenly flashed in Ao Zhan's eyes. System, are you sure Tang San will be born within the next few days? he asked inwardly.

A day earlier, the system had told him that Tang San was about to be born, and that immediately caught his attention.

He had not forgotten what the system had told him before.

He remembered it clearly: the system had once said that the Alien Energy of the Super Beast Team, Pluto, and the Snow Empress had come here with him.

The Snow Empress's Alien Energy was inside Qian Renxue, Miao Tiaojun's Alien Energy was with him, while Pluto's Alien Energy and the Alien Energy of Huo Linfei's group of seven had vanished without a trace.

He had wanted to search for them, but the system told him that only after Tang San was born could he find traces of the Super Beast Team's Alien Energy. The system had also said that there was no need to go to great lengths to search for Pluto's Alien Energy—it was in Spirit Hall, hidden within someone's body.

It was merely hidden too deeply, like a shadow. Ordinary methods could not detect it at all.

Only when Tang San, the original protagonist, was born and the gears of fate began to turn would Pluto's Alien Energy reveal itself.

That was why Ao Zhan had patiently waited and had not asked around.

Compared with the Alien Energy of Huo Linfei and the others, Pluto's Alien Energy was far more dangerous.

He had to first determine who possessed that Alien Energy. If it belonged to someone harboring ill intentions toward Spirit Hall, he would immediately act and nip the danger in the bud.

And now that Tang San was about to be born, he could finally find Pluto's Alien Energy. He wanted to see who had obtained it.

"Yes, Host. Tang San will be born tomorrow night," the system replied.

"Then Pluto's Alien Energy will appear as well?" Ao Zhan asked.

"Yes, but you will have to wait a while longer."

An inscrutable glint passed through Ao Zhan's eyes. System, tell me honestly. Do you already know whose body contains Pluto's Alien Energy?

After all, if the system did not know, it could not possibly say that he would need to wait a while after Tang San was born.

It definitely knew something—for instance, that Pluto's Alien Energy required a certain condition to emerge.

After a brief silence, the system said, "I have a guess, but I do not know whether it is accurate."

"Tell me. I'll help you think it over."

"My guess is that Pluto's Alien Energy is in..."

The system told him its guess. Surprise appeared in Ao Zhan's eyes. "How could it be him? He doesn't have anything in common with Pluto."

"Host, do not be deceived by appearances. Pluto is not truly that dark. Even within the Mysterious Underworld Black Hole, which can swallow everything, there are shining singularities. And within Pluto's cold heart lies his love for Tian Yu," the system said.

"Then, if you put it that way, I think I understand why you believe Pluto's Alien Energy will only appear some time after Tang San is born."

Thinking this, Ao Zhan began secretly planning what to do next.

P.S.: Everyone, take a guess—whose body contains Pluto's Alien Energy?