"I understand. So what brings you here this time?"
Luo Chen asked. Though he'd more or less accepted his fate, he still wanted to see if there was any chance of turning things around.
After all, the moment he went to Spirit Hall, his identity would be exposed...
Did this Titled Douluo in front of him really not know? Surely he knew what Luo Chen was like.
He was just an honest, ordinary transmigrator—not Bibi Dong's son or some young master of Spirit Hall.
Luo Chen's question clearly made Xiongyue Douluo hesitate for a moment, but in the end, he shook his head.
"I've already sent someone back to report to the Second Worship and the Great Worship. Until I receive further orders, I'll stay by Young Master's side and protect your safety."
"...Then I really appreciate all your hard work, Elder Xiong Yue."
"It's only what I should do."
Luo Chen gave a couple of bitter laughs and glanced at Xiongyue Douluo, feeling terribly unlucky.
If he could, he'd have ordered Xiongyue Douluo to go back and report on his own, then used the chance to run away.
After all, you could call it protection if you wanted, but with his identity still unverified, to put it bluntly, wasn't this just surveillance?
But there was no helping it. The man was a Titled Douluo, so Luo Chen could only let him do as he pleased.
"Then let's head home first. You don't have to stand beside me every second. It's too conspicuous."
Luo Chen had just turned to continue walking home when he saw Xiongyue Douluo following right behind him. He could only wave at him helplessly.
Xiongyue Douluo was quite obedient about this. After answering Luo Chen, he vanished from sight.
Though Luo Chen could no longer sense him, he knew the man had gone into hiding to carry out his duty of "protecting" him.
Luo Chen made it back to his little rented room without a hitch.
As usual, he started cultivating as soon as he got home. But this time, knowing that someone was watching him every second, he couldn't settle into his cultivation.
After cultivating all night without making the slightest progress, he decided to go out early the next morning.
Since his cultivation hadn't improved at all the night before, he gave up trying. Before Xiongyue Douluo made his next move, he decided to let himself go and spend a few days having fun in Nuoding City.
He'd treat it as a chance to relax—or perhaps as his last stretch of carefree days.
He wandered aimlessly through the streets. Luo Chen had been in a pretty good mood, until his eyes seemed to play tricks on him: two small figures, one dressed in blue and the other in pink, were approaching from the distance.
Luo Chen froze. Before he could even rub his eyes and look again, Xiongyue Douluo's voice sounded in his ear.
"Young Master, could I speak with you in private?"
At the same time, Luo Chen got a clear look at the people across from him.
The little boy was Little Scumbag Tang San, whom he'd crossed paths with a few times two days ago.
As for the little girl beside Tang San, with her pink dress, her one-of-a-kind look, and the way she bounced along beside him, Luo Chen knew who she was without having to think.
Without hesitation, Luo Chen turned and ducked into a nearby alley. Xiongyue Douluo appeared at once.
"Young Master, did you just see that pink-haired girl?"
Xiongyue Douluo's eyes were slightly bloodshot as he spoke, excitement in his voice.
A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!
As a Titled Douluo, he'd recognized Xiao Wu's true identity at a glance.
He'd never imagined that what he'd thought was a mission to investigate information about Spirit Hall's second young master would lead him, by sheer chance, to a hundred-thousand-year transforming Soul Beast.
And not just any one, but a young, incredibly weak Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit.
Whether he reported this to Spirit Hall or captured Xiao Wu himself, it would be an enormous stroke of fortune.
Xiongyue Douluo's heart began racing before he could stop it.
But Luo Chen was still there, so he needed to hear his opinion.
After all, if Luo Chen's identity was eventually confirmed beyond doubt, then one of the most powerful people in all of Spirit Hall would be standing right in front of him.
He might be a Titled Douluo without disciples or descendants, but Luo Chen wasn't.
If he used this chance to earn the young master's favor, perhaps he could even get a Soul Bone!
"Young Master, to be frank, do you know about Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?"
"That girl is a young, transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Kill her, and you can easily obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!"
Xiongyue Douluo had already worked it all out. As long as Luo Chen gave the word, he'd immediately capture Xiao Wu and bring her to him, then help transport her to Spirit Hall to be kept in captivity!
But as Xiongyue Douluo indulged in his fantasies, he failed to notice Luo Chen's furrowed brow.
As a transmigrator, how could Luo Chen not know what even Xiongyue Douluo knew? If he wanted to, he could even force Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself to him right now.
But the key point was that he wasn't an idiot.
Tang Hao wasn't someone you could casually provoke in the early stages.
"Elder Xiong Yue, what level are you now?"
After thinking for a moment, Luo Chen spoke slowly.
Xiongyue Douluo was taken aback, then immediately realized that Luo Chen must be questioning his strength. He hurriedly thumped his chest.
"Rest assured, Young Master. I'm a level 92 Power Attack System Titled Douluo, and my Martial Soul is the Earth Mountain Demon Bear. After that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformed, she lost all her cultivation and had to start from scratch."
"She's just a Soul Master in her teens now, still in her infancy. I could capture and kill her with one hand!"
Xiongyue Douluo laughed heartily as he spoke, but his introduction only made Luo Chen furrow his brow even more.
Level 92. Luo Chen couldn't tell whether Tang Hao had truly left or whether Xiongyue Douluo's level was simply too low for him to sense Tang Hao's presence.
After all, he'd crossed paths with Tang Hao not long ago. He didn't really believe Tang Hao had already left.
With Tang San on one hand and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast on the other, Tang Hao wouldn't have left so easily.
If he had left, then that would be fine. Luo Chen wanted a Soul Ring and a Soul Bone too.
But if he hadn't...
If Xiongyue Douluo made a move, Luo Chen figured he'd get caught in the crossfire as well.
"Elder Xiong Yue, if she really is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, as you say, and she's appearing so openly in the human world, what if a Titled Douluo from another faction has their eye on her too?"
Luo Chen asked as tactfully as he could.
It wasn't that he was kindhearted. He simply didn't want to do anything without being sure of the outcome.
If Xiongyue Douluo were incredibly strong, that would be one thing. The problem was that level 92 didn't seem like enough to measure up to Tang Hao.
But Xiongyue Douluo merely waved away Luo Chen's concerns.
"Don't worry, Young Master. Spirit Hall is the strongest force in the world today. Even if another faction has its eye on her, we'll just take her from them!"
"If you're still worried, then watch me capture that Soul Beast and present her to you right now!"
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