First Meeting with Dugu Yan

Qian Daoliu moved quickly; no sooner had Luo Chen returned to his room than Guang Ling Douluo came knocking with a beaming smile.

"Little Chen, when shall we set off?"

Guang Ling Douluo spoke with a grin the moment he pushed open the door and saw Luo Chen.

Qian Daoliu had already explained the ins and outs of the matter to him, and like Qian Daoliu, he assumed it was merely a childish whim of Luo Chen's, a desire to see the outside world.

"Let's tell Grandfather and head out now, Grandpa Guang Ling."

Luo Chen replied with a smile.

He didn't care what his grandfathers thought; as long as they were willing to accompany him, that was all that mattered.

Once they arrived, they would naturally believe him, and he would be able to secure all the immortal herbs.

Soon after, having spoken those words, Luo Chen bid farewell to Qian Daoliu alongside Guang Ling Douluo, and was promptly whisked away from the Worship Hall.

They did not choose the fastest mode of travel, which would have been for Guang Ling Douluo to fly him there at full speed.

Instead, they chose to pay for a carriage within Martial Soul City.

Naturally, this had been arranged by Guang Ling Douluo, under the pretext of allowing Luo Chen to broaden his horizons and see the world outside.

Luo Chen, who had originally intended to do just that, naturally did not refuse.

"Chen'er, are you so certain that what was in the letter is true? The Great Worship and I have lived for so many years, yet we have never heard of any Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."

Inside the carriage, as he watched the commoners and spirit masters passing by on both sides of the streets of Martial Soul City, Guang Ling Douluo began to strike up a conversation.

To this, Luo Chen, sitting right beside him, merely smiled.

"Let's go and see, Grandpa Guang Ling. If it happens to be true, we'll have struck gold."

Although Guang Ling Douluo didn't take it too seriously in his heart, he still nodded with a smile on the surface.

"Fine, fine, fine. We'll do as Chen'er says."

He truly doted on Luo Chen, and he wasn't alone; not one of the seven old men in the Worship Hall could look at Luo Chen without smiling.

Luo Chen was simply too likable, possessed immense talent, and given Qian Daoliu's attitude toward him, he had already become the second darling of the Worship Hall, right after Qian Renxue.

The old man and the young boy chatted idly as they traveled, and soon enough, they left the boundaries of Martial Soul City.

Days passed one by one, and following the carriage, Guang Ling Douluo took Luo Chen to many places, helping him gain a great deal of experience.

Whenever they encountered terrain the carriage could not cross, Guang Ling Douluo would carry Luo Chen across, then proceed at top speed to the next city where they could rest and regroup.

After more than a month of such days, Luo Chen and Guang Ling Douluo finally stopped at an inn.

"Chen'er, how about this? It's getting late, so why don't we head in tomorrow?"

At the dining table inside the inn, Guang Ling Douluo looked up at Luo Chen while enjoying the food.

Just ahead lay their destination: the Sunset Forest.

But considering it was already late at night, Guang Ling Douluo made this suggestion.

"Alright, I'll listen to Grandpa Guang Ling."

Luo Chen nodded, offering no objection and agreeing readily.

However, his clear, unmasked voice drew the side-eyes of the other guests in the inn.

Grandpa?

Guang Ling Douluo's appearance was very youthful; sitting together with Luo Chen, to outsiders, they looked more like brothers or a teacher and student with a significant age gap.

Thus, Luo Chen's use of the word "Grandpa" attracted quite a few gazes.

But neither Luo Chen nor Guang Ling Douluo paid it any mind.

Just as Luo Chen was still burying his head in his meal, he suddenly heard a voice transmission from Guang Ling Douluo before him.

"Chen'er, do you see those two in the corner?"

Luo Chen was slightly stunned, then looked up in the direction Guang Ling Douluo was pointing.

There were three people sitting at that table.

The moment Luo Chen saw the badges on the chests of two of them, he froze.

He looked at Guang Ling Douluo, his eyes filled with a desire for confirmation.

To this, Guang Ling Douluo nodded without hesitation.

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. One is a Spirit Saint, likely an elder of their clan, and the other two should be juniors."

Luo Chen understood, but even after returning to his room on the second floor to rest, his mind remained on the three people he had just seen.

Guang Ling Douluo might have only noticed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder taking his juniors out to hunt for spirit rings, but what Luo Chen had noticed was different.

Because among those three, besides the two with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon badges, there was a girl with purple hair and green eyes.

The girl was sitting next to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon junior mentioned by Guang Ling Douluo, and although she lacked the clan badge, she was wearing the same uniform as the other, which Luo Chen could tell was a school uniform.

So, just before they parted ways, Luo Chen asked, and learned from Guang Ling Douluo that she was likely from the Heaven Dou Academy.

"Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan?"

Luo Chen lay on the bed, unable to sleep for the entire night.

It wasn't until the next morning that Guang Ling Douluo knocked on his door to take him down for breakfast.

"Grandpa Guang Ling, have those three people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan left yet?"

Guang Ling Douluo, who had been smiling, froze for a moment at these words, then swept his spiritual power across the area and shook his head.

"Not yet. Why, Chen'er, are you interested in them?"

Guang Ling Douluo's face quickly returned to a smile, and he asked while leading Luo Chen downstairs.

Luo Chen nodded truthfully.

"Grandpa Golden Crocodile often talks about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Since we finally ran into them today, I want to see just how powerful this Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, hailed as the number one beast martial soul in the world, really is."

Of course, there was one thing Luo Chen didn't say out loud.

That girl was 90% likely to be Dugu Yan. If he could find her, it might save both him and Guang Ling Douluo a lot of time.

After all, the Sunset Forest was not small. Luo Chen only knew the general location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as described in the original work; when the time came, he would still need Guang Ling Douluo to use his spiritual power to help him search.

If they had Dugu Yan, however, things would be different.

Not to mention whether Dugu Yan knew where her own home was, as long as she was in their hands, Dugu Bo would naturally come knocking, which would certainly save them a great deal of time.

As for Guang Ling Douluo, he let out a hearty laugh upon hearing Luo Chen's words.

He raised his hand and patted Luo Chen on the shoulder.

"Good, very good! Tell me, Chen'er, how do you want to test them? With your Grandpa Guang Ling here, you can play however you like!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly at this.

"No rush, Grandpa Guang Ling. They must be heading to the same destination as us. It won't be too late to show ourselves after they enter the Sunset Forest, right?"