Azure Flame Sky Luan (Asking for Recommendations)

"What's your name?"

"How old are you now?"

"Where do you live?"

"Do you have any other family?"

"What martial soul did you awaken?"

"What level is your Soul Power now?"

After Gao Lu agreed to travel together, Qian Renxue approached Su Chen. Interest gleamed in her eyes as she began interrogating him as though conducting a household registration check.

Su Chen silently thought, If it's a blessing, it won't be a curse; if it's a curse, there's no escaping it.

Running into Qian Renxue did not seem entirely bad for him.

His first Soul Ring had come from an eight-hundred-year Blazing Pheasant. His second Soul Ring needed to be at least two thousand years old.

Without someone powerful to support him, a Soul Ring configuration that defied common sense could easily get him captured and studied by some major faction.

He had to dispel Qian Renxue's doubts, truly earn her trust, and make her willingly become his backer.

What came next depended on Su Chen's "performance"!

As a seven-year-old child, he naturally had to make full use of the advantages of being young!

Faced with the questioning, Su Chen's little face turned wary. Rather than answering, he looked toward Gao Lu for help.

Under the watchful stares of the two golden-armored guards, Gao Lu was so nervous that he walked with the same arm and leg moving together, cold sweat streaming down his back.

When Su Chen asked him for help, he could only give a bitter smile and nod, signaling for Su Chen to answer honestly.

Su Chen's expression was perfectly controlled. He did not answer too eagerly and still maintained a certain degree of vigilance.

"My name is Su Chen. I'm seven years old."

"My martial soul... the Battle Soul Grandmaster who awakened it for me said it was a Three-Legged Fire Crow. This time, I wanted to absorb my second Soul Ring."

He had not said much, but he had revealed quite a lot of information.

Qian Renxue and the two golden-armored guards all showed shocked expressions.

A twenty-level Quasi-Soul Grandmaster at seven years old!

What did that mean?

It meant that Su Chen absolutely possessed Innate Full Soul Power and had raised his Soul Power by nine levels in just over a year!

Even within Spirit Hall, such a person was unprecedented!

Qian Renxue's gaze became fervent. It was fate! She had come to hunt her fifth Soul Ring, only to encounter such a genius.

What was the flower language of genius?

First come, first served!

This genius had to come home with her.

Su Chen's tense, wary little face made Qian Renxue even more certain that this had been an accidental encounter.

Not some carefully orchestrated approach.

Qian Renxue had already made up her mind. When they left the Star Dou Great Forest, she would definitely take this genius with her.

The expression on her pretty face became increasingly gentle, even carrying a trace of the maternal glow of someone coaxing a child.

"Su Chen... from now on, I'll call you Xiao Chen."

"Xiao Chen, my name is Qian Renxue. You can call me Sister Xue'er. The two guards behind me are named She Long and Ci Xue. You can call them uncles."

"We're from Spirit Hall, and we are absolutely not bad people. I came to hunt my fifth Soul Ring this time, so I can help you hunt your second Soul Ring as well."

Su Chen inwardly rejoiced. This was certainly a good thing.

On the Douluo Continent, few people could receive such treatment—having two Titled Douluo help them hunt their second Soul Ring.

Then he had to choose the target for his second Soul Ring carefully.

Though that was what he thought inside, he outwardly showed a resistant attitude that kept others at arm's length.

Even Liu Bei had visited Zhuge Liang three times.

If he let Qian Renxue obtain him too easily, she would never value him. He needed to make her pay a sufficiently high sunk cost.

Su Chen's slender brows furrowed as he kept edging closer to Gao Lu.

"I don't even know you. Why are you being so nice to me? What exactly do you want?"

Like an old hen protecting her chicks, Gao Lu tightly shielded Su Chen behind him. Regret filled his heart. Had he known, he never would have come to the Star Dou Great Forest.

This was Nuoding Academy's genius, yet Qian Renxue, who claimed to be from Spirit Hall, clearly wanted to take Su Chen away.

"My lords, I am the headmaster of Nuoding Academy, and this is a student of our Nuoding Academy. He's still young—he's only seven. Let him study at our Nuoding Academy for a few more years."

She Long and Ci Xue flanked the two of them, each folding his arms with an expression of absolute confidence. As for Qian Renxue, she stood in front of Su Chen and Gao Lu.

The scene rather resembled thuggish bullies forcibly abducting a young woman.

The more Su Chen resisted, the more excited Qian Renxue became. It felt as if a kitten were constantly scratching at her heart. She stared passionately at Su Chen. If she waited another five years for a genius like this, it would be too late.

Leaving aside Su Chen's top-tier cultivation talent, Qian Renxue would never let him go merely because his martial soul could resonate with hers.

Qian Renxue took a deep breath and revealed her most charming, most amiable smile.

"Headmaster, the fact that you personally brought Xiao Chen out to hunt a soul beast shows that you are sincerely nurturing him."

"Ask yourself this: with Xiao Chen's talent, can he truly receive the best training at a junior Soul Master Academy?"

"If you truly want what is best for him, then you must learn to let go. Don't become a burden that prevents him from heading toward a better future."

Gao Lu lowered his head at those words. With Su Chen's talent, great sects and powerful families would all fight to recruit him.

Nuoding Academy truly was holding Su Chen back.

"Sigh..."

Joy flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes, and she then looked at Su Chen.

"Xiao Chen, your headmaster is weak. What good second Soul Ring could he possibly help you hunt?"

"Your Uncle Snake Lance and Uncle Ci Xue are both Titled Douluo powerhouses. Whatever second Soul Ring you want, they can get it for you."

"Even your third, fourth, and fifth Soul Rings in the future can be entrusted to them. We mean you no harm. We only want to train you better and fully bring out your talent."

Su Chen timely showed shock and hesitation.

"Titled Douluo!"

Gao Lu was also stunned. These two guards in golden armor were actually both Titled Douluo powerhouses.

If Titled Douluo powerhouses could serve as guards, then what kind of background did Qian Renxue possess?

Gao Lu did not dare think any further.

This was not something a mere Soul Ancestor like him could investigate.

"Xiao Chen, this lady is right. Our Nuoding Academy cannot provide you with the best training."

"My lady, please leave Xiao Chen's second Soul Ring to you. My strength is limited, so I only dared bring Xiao Chen around the outer region. With you here, we can venture deeper."

Qian Renxue was overjoyed. Bringing such a genius under her wing was absolutely something worth celebrating.

"Alright. Let's go to the mixed region and choose the best second Soul Ring for Xiao Chen."

Without realizing it, Qian Renxue had already been thoroughly hooked.

She took the initiative to dispatch two Titled Douluo to select the most suitable second Soul Ring for Su Chen.

They ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, entering the mixed region from the outer region.

Perhaps it was luck!

Just as they entered the mixed region, a cry rang out from the sky.

It was an avian soul beast covered in azure feathers. Its body was two meters long, and its wingspan exceeded four meters. Tiny flames burned along the edges of its wings.

Qian Renxue named the soul beast.

"An Azure Flame Sky Luan. Among avian soul beasts, it possesses extreme speed. No prey targeted by it has ever successfully escaped, and its short-range bursts are comparable to teleportation!"