Heaven Dou City.
"Xiao Wu, don't be mad anymore. Didn't I leave them in the Summoning Space and bring only you out with me?"
Walking down the street, Jiang Li softly coaxed Xiao Wu at his side. "Xiao Wu? Sister Xiao Wu?"
Of course, he was genuinely coaxing her, but saying that he had brought only Xiao Wu out while leaving Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing in the Summoning Space—
That was just him saying what Xiao Wu wanted to hear. After all, they had already entered Heaven Dou City.
As prosperous as Heaven Dou City was, it was not somewhere a tiny place like Suotuo City could compare to.
If anyone saw Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, it would be easy for them to realize that they were the missing daughters of the Star Luo Empire's Zhu Clan. That would inevitably stir up trouble for no reason.
So, they could only let the two sisters temporarily hide in the Summoning Space.
"Humph!" Xiao Wu snorted and turned her head away, deliberately refusing to look at Jiang Li.
Xiao Wu still had not gotten over Jiang Li summoning her back from Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest without her consent.
She had clearly told Jiang Li to summon her only after he reached Heaven Dou City, yet before she had even gotten a look at her old rabbit burrow in the Star Dou Great Forest, Jiang Li had summoned her away.
How could that not make her angry?
Xiao Wu had made up her mind. No matter what, she would not forgive Jiang Li so easily this time.
Especially when having her clearly was not enough for him—he had insisted on contracting those two bad women from the Zhu Clan!
"Xiao Wu, I think I saw someone selling candied hawthorns over there. Do you want some?" Jiang Li asked, having noticed Xiao Wu glance at the candied hawthorn vendor earlier.
At those words, Xiao Wu's brows twitched, and she was clearly tempted.
But she still remembered the decision she had just made—not to forgive Jiang Li so easily.
"Humph!" Xiao Wu answered Jiang Li with another snort, though she could not help swallowing afterward. "Who wants candied hawthorns?!"
Jiang Li smiled faintly. "All right, wait here. I'll go buy some for you."
After spending so long with Xiao Wu, how could Jiang Li not understand her personality?
All he could say was that this little girl transformed from a Soft Bone Rabbit was soft from head to toe, even down to her bones—except for her mouth, which was stubbornly hard.
Naturally, he understood the insincerity in Xiao Wu's words.
"Go quickly!"
Seeing the smile on Jiang Li's face, Xiao Wu knew he had seen through her thoughts. She stopped pretending and, embarrassed into anger, shoved him.
"All right, all right."
Jiang Li did not mind. He simply smiled and agreed repeatedly.
Then he headed into the distance to find the candied hawthorn vendor who had passed by them earlier.
I don't mean to forgive him. I'm only worried that if he gets angry, he won't help me look for Mom anymore.
Yes, that's right. That's all it is. I don't mean to forgive him at all, not even a little!
Standing where she was, Xiao Wu watched Jiang Li's retreating back and whispered to herself, using a voice only she could hear as she hypocritically hypnotized herself.
"Boss, how much are these candied hawthorns?" Jiang Li asked after catching up to the vendor carrying the candied hawthorn stand.
"One Copper Soul Coin per skewer," the vendor replied.
Hearing that, Jiang Li clicked his tongue slightly. Heaven Dou City was indeed prosperous, but things were genuinely expensive here.
In Notting City, one Copper Soul Coin could buy at least three skewers of candied hawthorns.
Jiang Li glanced over the candied hawthorn stand in the vendor's hands, then took out a Gold Soul Coin. "Here's one Gold Soul Coin. I'll take all of them."
Although there were at least thirty skewers on the stand, Xiao Wu and he obviously could not eat that many.
But Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing were still waiting in the Summoning Space for him to coax them.
Though the two of them were not as lively and restless as Xiao Wu, and they understood the need to temporarily hide in the Summoning Space, seemingly not minding it much.
But whether they minded was their business. Since he was buying some anyway, Jiang Li naturally could not play favorites.
"Certainly, sir!"
The vendor's face lit up. He had run into a wealthy customer. Completing this sale was far better than trudging around the city all day, working himself to the bone.
After accepting the Gold Soul Coin Jiang Li handed over, the vendor did not remove the candied hawthorns skewer by skewer. Instead, he directly gave Jiang Li the entire candied hawthorn stand, woven from straw and wooden sticks, along with all the hawthorns on it.
Jiang Li took the stand, casually plucked off two skewers, and placed the rest of the candied hawthorn stand into the Summoning Space.
He then turned to head back toward Xiao Wu.
At that moment, he suddenly saw a young man in luxurious brocade robes, accompanied by several lackeys, blocking the path of a blue-haired girl. "Miss Ye, could I trouble you to come with me?"
The girl appeared to be under twenty. Her figure was perfectly proportioned, slim where she should be slim and curvy where she should be curvy. She wore a sky-blue dress, while waterfall-like blue hair flowed down her back.
Her large blue eyes were as clear and beautiful as her hair, her gaze so limpid that one could see to the bottom, without the slightest impurity. Her long lashes curved upward slightly, and every blink seemed as though they could speak.
Yet what drew the most attention was the blue begonia-shaped hairclip nestled among her hair.
This was—
Ye Lingling, the owner of the Nine-Heart Begonia, the finest healing Martial Soul on Douluo Continent?
As someone whose Summoning Grimoire Martial Soul possessed the ability to form contracts, Jiang Li had long coveted Ye Lingling's top-tier healing Martial Soul, the Nine-Heart Begonia, from the original story.
Who would have thought such good fortune would come his way?
He had only just arrived in Heaven Dou City and already encountered her being harassed by thugs. Wasn't this heaven helping him?!
Ye Lingling frowned, her face full of displeasure as she looked at the foppish youth blocking her path. "Sorry, Prince Xue Beng. I have plans with Yanzi and need to meet her immediately, so I cannot go with you."
Well, damn. Jiang Li had been wondering.
Although Ye Lingling's Martial Soul was purely a healing Martial Soul and possessed no combat power.
One had to know that the Nine-Heart Begonia had such harsh conditions: there could only be two inheritors in the same generation, and they could not possess any Soul Skills other than healing.
Yet not only had its inheritance not been cut off, it had even earned the title of the finest healing Martial Soul in the world. There had to be powerful experts protecting it behind the scenes.
Just like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which possessed the finest support Martial Soul in the world and was protected by two Title Douluo, Bone and Sword.
So how could an inheritor of the Nine-Heart Begonia, protected by powerful experts, possibly be harassed by some suicidal thug in Heaven Dou City?
But upon hearing the name Ye Lingling had spoken, Jiang Li immediately understood.
Xue Beng?
Wasn't he the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Imperial House who, after Qian Renxue disguised herself as the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, had been killed until he was the only one left?
He had seemed like a foppish prince, but he had actually been hiding his strength behind a foolish facade. In the end, he had picked up a huge advantage and become the king of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Heh, what a coincidence.
Didn't Xue Beng like pretending to be weak while concealing his strength?
Why not try it with me?
Perfect. In those Douluo Continent fanfictions Jiang Li had read in his previous life, regardless of which side they supported—
If a protagonist transmigrated to Douluo Continent without beating up the foppish Prince Xue Beng at least once, they would be too embarrassed to call themselves a novel protagonist or a transmigrator.
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