First Encounter with Qian Renxue

At dusk, after several days of travel, Luo Chen finally stepped down from his carriage in front of a nearby inn.

This was a wooden inn; it didn't look very large and had many flaws in its exterior, but it at least looked like a place to rest.

Striding into the inn, Luo Chen discovered that a fair number of people were already scattered about inside.

Including the innkeeper, everyone present was a spirit master.

Moreover, Luo Chen could sense that most of the people here had higher spirit power than his own, with only a few below level twenty who were just there to join in the bustle.

However, what surprised Luo Chen was a figure in the corner who resembled him.

She was draped in a black robe, her face obscured, and one could only infer from her slender frame that she was likely a woman.

For some reason, from the moment he entered this inn, Luo Chen felt a faint palpitation in his heart.

Or, to be more precise, it was his martial soul.

The Six-Winged Angel martial soul, which he had designated as his second martial soul, seemed to have a connection with that young girl.

No way...

Having just sat down, Luo Chen felt a faint, ominous premonition.

What was the Six-Winged Angel? In the original work, it was a god-bestowed martial soul.

For something to resonate with the Six-Winged Angel, the object must surely belong to that same category, and in all likelihood, it had to be of the same lineage—or, to be even bolder, of the same origin.

Female, same origin...

Luo Chen subconsciously swallowed hard, and the ominous premonition in his heart intensified.

This isn't right, is it?

He suddenly wanted to switch to a different inn to rest.

After all, there was only one person in the original work who could fit these speculations of his.

The young mistress of Martial Soul Hall, the Qian Family, Qian Renxue!

Sure enough, just as Luo Chen had guessed, before he had even warmed his seat, he felt a gaze fixated upon him.

It went without saying who it was.

Luo Chen suddenly felt his life was a bit bitter; Qian Renxue could be considered the one person he least wanted to run into right now.

After all, him not being from the Qian Family yet possessing the Six-Winged Angel was a setting too heaven-defying; if Qian Daoliu were to find out, he would truly be captured.

The only thing to be thankful for was that he still had the Death Spider Emperor as his first martial soul to serve as a cover.

Just like that, under the gaze that was both astonished and somewhat scrutinizing, Luo Chen calmly finished his dinner, went upstairs, and entered his reserved room.

"Click!"

The wooden door was shut tight, and Luo Chen slumped onto the hard bed, lost in thought.

In truth, he was a bit uneasy; he didn't know if that person, who was likely Qian Renxue, would set her sights on him.

Regarding this person, in the original work, aside from being forcibly dumbed down to fall in love with the protagonist, Qian Renxue didn't have any major dark history, so he didn't actually dislike her; on the contrary, he even felt a fair amount of goodwill toward her.

But the crux of the matter was that he was too special right now...

If he could, he still hoped he wouldn't be noticed.

Luo Chen could be certain that if that really was Qian Renxue, regardless of the reason she appeared here, there was definitely at least one Title Douluo by her side.

That was terrifying; under the pressure of such a powerhouse, a little spirit master like him who didn't even have a single spirit ring had no means of escape.

With a long sigh in his heart, Luo Chen closed his eyes.

This kind of thing could only be left to fate; he needed to rest now, and according to his original plan, he would set off early tomorrow morning to hunt spirit beasts and obtain his spirit ring.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the black-robed woman followed Luo Chen upstairs after he returned to his room and entered her own.

At this moment, she was sitting in her room, having removed her robe.

It revealed the face of a mature young girl.

She had the same golden hair as Luo Chen and a pair of identical purple eyes.

It was just that the color was not as deep as Luo Chen's.

It was precisely the person Luo Chen was worried about: Qian Renxue.

"Elder Snake Lance, go find out the background of that brat from earlier and report to me tomorrow."

"Yes, Young Mistress."

Just as Luo Chen had thought, Qian Renxue was indeed very curious about who this brat was—someone with the same hair and eye color as her, who could also trigger a resonance with the Six-Winged Angel within her body.

Furthermore, she had already taken actual action, though she hadn't made direct contact with Luo Chen.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Qian Renxue finally received the intelligence brought back by Snake Lance Douluo, which recorded everything Luo Chen had done in Nuoding City.

Including the part where he beat up the Grandmaster and revealed his martial soul.

"Death Spider Emperor?!"

The moment she saw that name, the hand Qian Renxue used to hold the intelligence report trembled involuntarily.

She was even more familiar with this martial soul than Yu Xiaogang; it was, after all, that woman's martial soul.

Possessing many features similar to her own appearance and capable of stirring a palpitation within her, as if there were some sort of connection, coupled with the intelligence she had just received...

Qian Renxue was already somewhat dazed, and naturally, Snake Lance Douluo, standing before her, had also fallen into deep thought.

Although he did not know about the mutual resonance between Qian Renxue and Luo Chen, he was not blind.

The Death Spider Emperor mentioned in the report, along with the hair and eye color, were all right there in front of him.

But he was no fool; he knew what should be said and what should not. Being an old fox, he would keep his mouth shut for a lifetime if his Young Mistress did not bring it up herself.

With that thought, he simply faded into the shadows, no longer disturbing Qian Renxue, and resumed his duty of protecting her from the dark.

At this moment, Luo Chen, who was being thought of by Qian Renxue, had no idea he was already being targeted.

He had left the inn without stopping at the first light of dawn, heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest he had been longing for.

He had only just arrived at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

To be safe, he had even specifically asked the innkeeper if Qian Renxue was still there before leaving, only departing once he received an affirmative answer.

He did not want to run into Qian Renxue again and cause more trouble.

This was not something he could gamble on.

"I hope this trip can end sooner."

Sighing slightly in his heart, Luo Chen observed his surroundings while continuing to venture deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

There was almost no danger in the peripheral zone; it was mostly inhabited by ten-year soul beasts, with even hundred-year soul beasts being rare, so the risk factor was low and Luo Chen could handle it with ease.

However, correspondingly, he could not find the soul ring he desired here.

Regarding his own soul rings, Luo Chen had a rough goal in mind.

His first soul ring should be 800 years or above, and his second soul ring should be at least a thousand years.

This was his current best psychological expectation.

It was also a testament to his confidence in his own physical fitness and his two great martial souls.

Not to mention his years of training, the physical transformation brought about by these two top-tier martial souls was simply immense.

If not for the fear of certain risks, he would have even wanted to attempt a thousand-year first ring.