"Chu-- Men--!!!"
Liu Erlong wiped the cream off her face, ready to give chase.
"Sister Erlong, I was just trying to liven up the atmosphere. All this fighting and killing..."
"I'll liven up your head!" Liu Erlong used her greatsword like a rock, swinging it down toward him with full force. "You stand right there!"
Xiao Wu also snapped to her senses. She stomped her feet in a huff, wiped her face, and joined the pursuit.
"Creepy uncle, my new dress! It's all your fault!"
For a time, the forest was filled with laughter, along with some less-than-harmonious chaos.
Half an hour later.
Chu Men finished washing up, the bruises on his face already gone.
He changed into a clean black martial outfit and walked out of the wooden cabin, feeling refreshed.
He glanced back at Liu Erlong, who was still huffily wiping down her armor, and Xiao Wu, who was sitting nearby with her cheeks puffed out in a sulk.
He chuckled and said, "I'm off to class!"
Liu Erlong didn't even look up, saying coldly, "Get lost!"
Chu Men didn't mind. Whistling, he hopped onto his Harley Fat Boy and sped away in a flash.
At the same time.
The gates of Blue Tyrant Villa slowly opened. Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao sat in a carriage emblazoned with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan crest, heading toward Blue Tyrant Academy.
Outside the gates of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi's carriage also slowly set off, the wheels rolling over the bluestone road with a steady rumble.
In the shadows of a building at the Crown Prince's Mansion, three figures in yellow flashed by, darting toward the same destination.
About an hour later.
Liu Erlong was in the forest cabin, patiently teaching Xiao Wu cultivation methods and combat techniques, when two figures appeared silently in the courtyard ahead.
Leading them was none other than the elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Zhentian.
Following behind him was the clan's "genius," the arrogant-looking Yu Songtao!
Hearing the commotion, Liu Erlong looked up and saw these two uninvited guests. Her brows furrowed immediately, and her tone was quite hostile:
"Why are you here?"
Yu Zhentian's gaze swept over the courtyard, which was still damaged and unrepaired, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes. He said in a deep voice:
"Erlong, I have come to speak with you about something—the matter of the Lightning Soul-Guided Device."
Liu Erlong patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder, signaling for her to go back and rest.
Then, she replied coldly, "That is not something the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan needs to worry about."
The line was drawn clearly!
"This is no small matter!"
Yu Zhentian's tone turned serious. "The Lightning Soul-Guided Device is of great significance. If it could be used by our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, it would surely..."
Liu Erlong turned around, leaving Yu Zhentian with nothing but her back.
Yu Zhentian's eyes turned sinister. "I heard it was a teacher named Chu Men who tinkered this thing together, right?"
Although his tone was inquisitive, the threat was obvious.
He, as a clan elder, knew a thing or two about Liu Erlong.
She was Yu Luomian's illegitimate daughter, unrecognized by the clan, and naturally unworthy of the surname Yu.
But she was, after all, the former Horn of Slaughter of the Golden Iron Triangle, possessing a mutated Fire Dragon Martial Soul and the strength of a thirty-something-year-old assault-type Soul Saint. Her talent and strength were beyond doubt!
However, he didn't believe for a second that she could have researched a soul-guided device.
Therefore, the crux of the matter still lay with that insignificant Soul Sect named Chu Men.
Hearing this, Liu Erlong's eyes turned icy, and she snapped:
"Yu Zhentian, just try laying a finger on him!"
The air instantly turned frigid.
Just as the two were at each other's throats, the familiar roar of a Harley motorcycle echoed from outside the courtyard.
Chu Men rode in on his bike, pulling off a drift much more stylish than the last, and parked gracefully at the gate.
Today's class had been much easier; he'd spent two periods bragging to a group of fangirls.
Chu Men was still walking with a spring in his step!
Just as he had rehearsed countless times in his mind, he elegantly took off his sunglasses, trying his best to display the flair of a celebrity!
However, he discovered two strangers in the courtyard.
"Yo, looks like the Dean has guests!"
Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao turned their heads in unison to look at Chu Men.
Six eyes met!
A faint, unusual scent drifted through the air!
Chu Men leaned against his Harley motorcycle, his eyes narrowed, watching the scene before him with keen interest:
"Unfriendly visitors, indeed!"
[Yo, who are these two?]
[Look at those lightning symbols on their clothes; they must be from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.]
[The netizen above is sharp. I'd say there's an eighty percent chance. An innocent man is innocent, but his treasure makes him a target! They're here for the streamer.]
Yu Zhentian looked toward Liu Erlong, his tone carrying the condescension of an elder toward a junior:
"Erlong, if you are willing to return to the clan, I can take charge and help you restore your status as a direct descendant."
He paused, his peripheral vision sweeping over Chu Men. Just as the intelligence reports stated, his tone couldn't help but carry a hint of disdain:
"This must be that Soul Ancestor named Chu Men, right? He can join as well, as a guest elder."
Liu Erlong crossed her arms over her chest, leaning against the doorframe, her gaze as cold as frost.
Now that the main players had arrived, she was, conversely, in no rush.
Chu Men took off his sunglasses in a leisurely manner and tucked them into his breast pocket, as if he hadn't heard a word.
Seeing the cold attitude of the two, Yu Zhentian's expression darkened immediately:
"Erlong, you need to think clearly. Without the protection of the clan, you won't just be facing those forces coveting the Soul-Guided Device; I fear even the Blue Tyrant Academy..."
Yu Songtao followed up immediately:
"Cousin Erlong, if those within the clan find out that you've left Soul-Guided Device technology in the hands of an outsider, I'm afraid they won't let it go so easily!"
The moment he finished speaking, a sudden burst of laughter rang out.
"Hahahaha!"
Chu Men laughed so hard he couldn't straighten his back, pointing at Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao, tears almost streaming from his eyes. He looked directly at Liu Erlong:
"Are they really from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? Are they always this hilarious? Did they cultivate so much that they broke their brains?"
[Streamer: Were you two sent by Tianheng to be clowns?]
[Classic villainous threats, and not even delivered well. I suggest you come to our school for some remedial training!]
[The number one beast martial soul in the world? Their strength might not be number one, but their arrogance is second to none! Coming in and trying to snatch things right away—they're worse than bandits!]
Yu Zhentian whipped his head around, looking at Chu Men squarely for the first time, like an aging lion:
"Kid, you've got guts!"
He released the pressure of a Soul Douluo, and the air around Chu Men began to distort.
"Heh, what a joke!"
Chu Men stopped laughing and jabbed the Inversion Pen against his own body. His tone was nonchalant but carried absolute confidence:
"The Blue Tyrant Academy is doing just fine; it doesn't need any messy clan protection. As for whoever wants to cause trouble, just bring it on! I'd like to see how many blind fools dare to run wild on this turf!"
Having said that, Chu Men cast a provocative glance at Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao, practically spelling out, "You two are the ones running wild."
"You!"
Yu Zhentian hadn't expected a mere Soul Ancestor to withstand his pressure, let alone speak to him in such a manner. His beard bristled with rage:
"You don't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth!"
He turned his head back to look at Liu Erlong, as if even acknowledging Chu Men was beneath his station:
"Erlong, your management of this Blue Tyrant Academy is subpar! You're letting any old riffraff in."
"You can say that again."
Chu Men scoffed, walking slowly to Liu Erlong's side to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her. He stared straight at Yu Zhentian, his tone filled with undisguised mockery:
"Otherwise, how else would two big garlic cloves like you have been able to waltz right through the gates of the Blue Tyrant Academy?"
"What are you looking at! Still daring to glare at me? Xiao Wu, close the gate and release the dogs!"
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