I Am Her Maternal Great-Uncle

Yue Guan spoke indifferently:

"We have come to Heaven Dou City to handle some matters. Arrange a place for us to rest."

"Oh, right!"

Yue Guan suddenly looked at Su Chen and instructed Salas:

"This young friend, Su Chen, is an honored guest of our Spirit Hall. Remember, do not neglect him; fulfill any requests he may have."

Salas nodded in agreement: "As you command, Elder." He then said to Su Chen:

"If you have any business in Heaven Dou City, feel free to send someone to contact me at Spirit Hall at any time."

Su Chen nodded in thanks: "Many thanks. Please have the Bishop arrange for someone to take me to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a while."

Hearing this, Hu Liena asked with some confusion:

"You are leaving so soon?"

Su Chen nodded and said: "The sooner I finish my business, the sooner I can take you out to have some fun."

"I may be out for two or three days. Rest assured and wait for me at Spirit Hall; I will come find you as soon as I am done."

"Alright!"

Hu Liena nodded without saying anything more, and the group followed Salas into Spirit Hall.

Not long after.

After chatting with them in Spirit Hall for a while, Su Chen stood up, ready to attend to his real business.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well—the sooner he finished harvesting it, the better. He did not like to drag his feet, and he still needed to cultivate inside to increase his immunity to water and fire.

As for Shrek, they would likely be starting school in the next two days, and he could not afford to be late.

If he arrived late and the cat maid reconciled with Dai Mubai, wouldn't that be a massive loss?

Seeing Su Chen stand up, Hu Liena asked: "Are you leaving now?"

Su Chen nodded, then looked at Yue Guan and Gui Mei to instruct them: "Do not follow me in secret. I have matters to attend to, and if Dugu Bo discovers you, it will be difficult for me to negotiate with him."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged a glance, their faces showing a hint of embarrassment. Had Su Chen guessed it already?

Hu Liena stepped forward, kissed Su Chen on the cheek, and lowered her head to whisper:

"Then I will wait here for your return. You must be careful."

Su Chen patted Hu Liena's head and turned to walk outside, where Salas had already arranged a carriage.

In the main hall.

Seeing that Su Chen had left, Yue Guan looked at Hu Liena and asked:

"Nana, should we still follow him?"

Gui Mei also turned his gaze toward Hu Liena. Although their mission was to keep an eye on Su Chen, everything had to revolve around Hu Liena; this was Bibi Dong's explicit instruction.

Hu Liena pondered for a moment and said: "Let's not follow him for now. After all, he has already specifically requested it. If we continue to tail him, he will certainly be displeased!"

Xie Yue asked with a strange expression:

"Then are we still going to the Sunset Forest?"

"Heh." Yue Guan turned to look at Xie Yue with a smile and asked: "Have you two broken through to level fifty?"

Xie Yue and Yan both shook their heads. Yue Guan said huffily: "Then why go to the Sunset Forest? You two should focus on your cultivation these next two days!"

"Strive to break through to level fifty so that this trip won't have been in vain."

Yan and Xie Yue looked embarrassed. One had just broken through to level forty-eight, and the other to level forty-nine; reaching level fifty seemed impossible.

Yan suddenly looked at Hu Liena and asked:

"By the way, Nana, what level are you now? Why can't I sense your spirit power rank?"

Xie Yue also looked at his sister with a strange expression. He had noticed that ever since Hu Liena had been with Su Chen these past few days, she seemed to have become much stronger all of a sudden.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei also looked at Hu Liena. They had long since noticed her oddity—first level forty-nine, then level fifty... and after that night, she had jumped straight to level sixty.

This clearly involved a secret regarding Su Chen, and they understood that this secret was the very purpose of their trip, so the two of them had never asked.

Hu Liena smiled faintly and said to Yan and Xie Yue: "A level sixty Spirit Emperor. I could easily beat both of you. As for why, that is a secret!"

"What?"

"How is that possible!"

Yan and Xie Yue clearly did not believe it. They had always been on par with Hu Liena, with little difference in their spirit power levels.

They remembered that not long ago, Hu Liena had just broken through to level forty-nine; how could she suddenly be level sixty now?

Hu Liena did not speak, feeling proud in her heart:

Should I tell you that I now have Purple, Purple, Purple, Purple, Red, Red spirit rings?

Should I tell you that I have two hundred-thousand-year spirit bones?

Should I tell you how strong my current power is, or how terrifying my trump card has become?

On the other side.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Su Chen arrived in a Spirit Hall carriage. After stepping down, he pulled aside a noble female student who was heading out the gate and spoke up:

"Classmate, could you do me a favor?"

As he spoke, Su Chen took out one hundred gold soul coins, signaling that as long as she helped, they would all be hers.

The female student had initially been somewhat impatient, thinking, One hundred gold soul coins? Are you trying to brush off a beggar? I'd give you two hundred just to get away from me. But the moment she saw Su Chen's tall, upright figure—over 1.8 meters—and his perfectly exquisite, handsome face, she instantly dropped all negative emotions and took the initiative to say:

"Ye... yes, of course. Whatever help you need, I can do it."

After she finished speaking, her round, chubby face flushed with a rosy glow.

Seeing this, Su Chen knew that talking about money would only hurt their rapport. He put the gold soul coins away and, using that (reader-handsome) face of his, said gently:

"Could you please help me find Dugu Yan from your academy? Just tell her that someone is at the gate with a very important matter to discuss with her."

Upon hearing this, the round-faced girl's expression dimmed slightly as she said, "You're looking for Senior Dugu? I don't know if she'll come; after all, there are quite a lot of people who try to hit on her. How about you ask me out instead..."

Su Chen added another sentence:

"My name is Dugu Qiubai. I am a distant cousin from her mother's side. According to our family hierarchy, she should call me Great-Uncle."

"Just tell her that her Great-Uncle has come to see her. She wouldn't dare not come out to meet me, would she?"

The female student: ???

This completely bewildered the round-faced girl.

Dugu Qiubai?

Great-Uncle? They both share the surname Dugu... it must be true!

"Then wait here for a moment. It'll take me a little time to find the senior."

Su Chen nodded with a smile:

"Alright!"

"I'll be waiting for you!"

The round-faced girl felt shy and trotted away.

Su Chen felt a sense of mischievous pleasure in his heart. I've already impersonated your Great-Uncle; there's no way you won't come out to hack me to pieces, right?

Meanwhile.

Dugu Yan felt increasingly nervous. Dugu Bo had asked her several times already. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but the contents of that diary were simply impossible to reveal!

Ye Lingling was also standing to the side with a conflicted expression, feeling in her heart that this Su Chen was truly rotten to the core.

"Senior Dugu, I've finally found you."

The round-faced girl had spent quite a while asking around the academy before finally locating Dugu Yan, who was watching the water at the fountain.

Dugu Yan's heart tightened instantly. She looked at the newcomer, feeling uneasy as she asked:

"Junior... what do you need from me?"

This round-faced girl was younger than Dugu Yan, and the two were not familiar with each other, which made Dugu Yan feel tense... Could it be that that bastard has arrived?