An Encounter with Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing's Hopes Shattered!

However, Xiao Wu knew that Zhuqing had come all the way from the Star Luo Empire to find a man—possibly her boyfriend. Once she realized that, she felt slightly relieved.

Ding! Congratulations, Host. The God of Speed has developed a slight fondness and curiosity toward you, triggering the Critical Reward: Xuanyuan Sword Sheath. The age of your first Spirit Ring has increased by five thousand years.

Xiao Tian: ???

Xiao Tian, who had been cultivating in another tent, suddenly received the system reward. His face was full of confusion. He had not even done anything to Zhu Zhuqing, and she already had a favorable impression of him?

It felt like trouble had fallen from the sky while he sat at home.

But he liked it!

He had no idea whether Xiao Wu had said something to Zhu Zhuqing that had made her curious about him.

All he could say was that she had been a great wingman!

Still, what was the Xuanyuan Sword Sheath even for?

Xiao Tian was filled with doubt. It could not be merely for protecting the blade, could it?

Now that Fifteen was his Martial Soul, it did not need maintenance or protection, did it?

Besides, Fifteen hardly came out under normal circumstances, so he had no use for this Xuanyuan Sword Sheath.

With no other choice, Xiao Tian could only let the Xuanyuan Sword Sheath gather dust in his Soul Tool for the time being.

Perhaps it would become useful once Fifteen evolved into the Xuanyuan Sword later on?

By noon the next day, Xiao Tian's group finally arrived in Suotuo City.

"Let's find a hotel to stay in first, then take a look around the city. What do you think?"

Xiao Wu said excitedly.

Suotuo City was considered a major city, completely incomparable to Notting City. After traveling for so long, she truly wanted to explore it properly.

The others all nodded, indicating that they had no objections.

Originally, Xiao Tian, Tang San, and the others had suggested simply finding a small hotel to stay in, since they would only be there for one night.

But both Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu said there was no need to save money. The former was from an aristocratic family and had a wealthy background, so she was not short on money.

The latter simply wanted to see what a grand hotel in a big city looked like.

Thus, by pure coincidence, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing both chose the largest hotel in Suotuo City.

Rose Hotel.

Xiao Tian silently observed a second of mourning for Dai Mubai. It could not possibly be that he would happen to walk in with a pair of beautiful twins, could it?

Xiao Tian truly could not remember exactly when Dai Mubai had entered. Those were minor details, and unimportant.

The group arrived at the front desk. Seeing Xiao Tian and his group of five, the receptionist behaved normally and lazily asked, "How many rooms would you like?"

"Two double rooms and one standard single room."

Xiao Tian replied calmly.

It seemed Dai Mubai would not be coming over at this point, right?

In the original story, the receptionist had said there was only one room left and gave it to Tang San and Xiao Wu. Then Dai Mubai later walked in with the twin girls, and they discovered it was the room he had originally reserved. The receptionist had made a mistake, which led to the conflict that followed.

After Xiao Tian paid the deposit and handed the other two room cards to Xiao Wu and Tang San, he was about to go check out the rooms when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Waiter, where is the room I reserved?"

At the entrance, Dai Mubai walked in with his arms around the pair of twins, one on each side. He kissed each beauty on the cheek.

When the receptionist saw him, a fawning smile immediately appeared on his face. "Young Master Dai, rest assured. We reserved the room for you long ago, and we even prepared plenty of little props inside. The entire room has been arranged according to your requirements."

Xiao Tian helplessly shook his head. Dai Mubai, Dai Mubai, you really knew how to pick your timing.

But in the original story, Zhu Zhuqing had also seen Dai Mubai doing that sort of thing with the twin girls. All he could say was—

If it was a blessing, it was not a disaster; if it was a disaster, there was no avoiding it.

Good luck.

"Good, good, good. Well done! Take this Silver Soul Coin as your tip."

Dai Mubai casually tossed a Silver Soul Coin onto the receptionist's hand.

The receptionist grinned. His monthly salary was only three Silver Soul Coins. Young Master Dai truly was Young Master Dai—one tip was already a third of his monthly wages.

It really had to be said that Soul Masters had it good. They never lacked money, and he truly envied them.

If he were a Soul Master, he would never work as some receptionist.

Dai Mubai then turned his gaze toward Xiao Tian and the others, who had already turned around. More precisely, thirty percent of his attention fell on Xiao Wu, while seventy percent was focused on Zhu Zhuqing.

From the very beginning, he had felt a resonance from his Martial Soul. When he looked at Zhu Zhuqing, he did not know why, but he felt a strange sense of familiarity. (The two had never met.)

On Zhu Zhuqing's side, her expression had already turned terrifyingly cold. Her eyes were fixed on Dai Mubai's distinctive pair of eyes.

This was a trait brought by the Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul of the Star Luo Dai Family: heterochromia.

Combined with the disturbance in her own Martial Soul, she immediately knew that the person before her was likely Dai Mubai, the Star Luo Third Prince to whom she had been betrothed since childhood!

Ever since she learned three years ago that Dai Mubai had fled the Star Luo Empire, she had felt as though the sky had collapsed.

Dai Mubai was nothing but a coward!

He had left her, a girl, alone in the Star Luo Empire to face Dai Weisi and her own sister.

That was why she had trained so desperately over the past three years.

Yet even so, she had still held on to a sliver of hope. Perhaps Dai Mubai had been avoiding the royal family's scrutiny while secretly building up his strength?

She wanted to defy fate—or, to put it plainly, she did not want to die! She did not want her cultivation to be crippled!

Although she hated this arranged marriage, in order to survive, she could try competing alongside Dai Mubai in the royal family's selection trials.

It was not as though she had never considered waiting until she became stronger before fleeing the Zhu Family and escaping the empire. But she knew the chances of evading the empire's pursuit were slim.

Even on her journey from the Star Luo Empire to this place, she had no idea how many waves of assassins she had encountered. She had only made it out thanks to good luck; otherwise, she probably would not even have escaped the empire.

After what Yu Xiaogang had said yesterday, that sliver of hope in her heart had immediately risen from one part to five or six.

But now, looking at Dai Mubai's utterly debauched expression...

She knew that her hope had shattered!

Xiao Tian thought, Zhuqing, you're so naive. Have you ever considered that your sister may have deliberately let you leave to find Dai Mubai? Otherwise, with you being just a Soul Grandmaster and having little real combat experience, no amount of luck could have gotten you out of the empire alive while it was hunting you down!

Standing beside Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu and the others could all clearly sense the icy aura radiating from her.

Everyone wore a different expression.

Yu Xiaogang thought, Oh no... could that be Dai Mubai?

Tang San, meanwhile, looked as though it had nothing to do with him.

Xiao Wu frowned slightly. Could that be the person Zhuqing came looking for? She ran all the way here from the Star Luo Empire just to chase girls?

Xiao Tian thought, You're dead meat.

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