"Honored guests of the Earth Dragon Sect, here are your room cards. Please take them!"
None of them paid any attention to the commotion outside.
After nearly a dozen days on the road, everyone from the Earth Dragon Sect was already utterly exhausted.
So they headed straight to the hotel arranged by the Sun Moon Empire.
Originally, Nan Qiuqiu was supposed to share a room with her mother.
But she was a married woman now, after all.
So, with special approval from the sect elders,
Nan Qiuqiu was allowed to share a room with Luo Feng.
And so, amid the cheers of their fellow disciples,
the young couple finally walked off together.
"Darling, the tournament is still a ways off!"
"How about we taste the forbidden fruit tonight?"
"Oh, get lost! What goes through your head all day?"
Despite her coy rebuke, Nan Qiuqiu thoughtfully tossed Luo Feng a towel.
"Hurry up and wash yourself. Who wants to hug a stinky pig like you?"
That was Nan Qiuqiu.
A knife-sharp tongue, but a tofu-soft heart.
Throughout their journey, the two had been exchanging flirtatious glances every day.
Now that they finally had a quiet space to themselves,
how could Nan Qiuqiu possibly keep him a thousand miles away?
"Haha, I'll be right back!"
With her permission granted, Luo Feng was overjoyed.
Having lived two lives,
he was finally about to say goodbye to bachelorhood for good!
Just thinking about it made him happy!
However, just as Luo Feng stepped out of the bathroom in his robe and prepared to head straight into the bedroom,
he caught sight of something dark out of the corner of his eye.
That dark figure was crouching beneath the ornamental rockery outside their window.
He was also extending his spiritual sense toward them, seemingly inspecting something!
"I didn't think this world had peeping Toms too!"
The next instant!
The intruder seemed to realize that his whereabouts had been exposed.
He actually turned into a wisp of black smoke and tried to leave.
But that action revealed his identity.
"An Evil Soul Master?"
"Well, well, you've got a death wish!"
Smack!
Without the slightest hesitation,
Luo Feng activated his Time-Stop Skill.
Soon, the entire world fell still once again.
Even the beads of sweat dripping from Luo Feng's head hung suspended in midair.
They looked crystal clear.
"Darling, wait a moment!"
"Let me go see who that little rat is first!"
After glancing at Nan Qiuqiu, who was combing her hair in the bedroom,
Luo Feng swiftly flew outside.
Luckily, he had not acted rashly earlier.
Otherwise, this Evil Soul Master would have gotten a free show.
Something too intimate to describe!
Watch me wring your neck!
However, when Luo Feng saw who the intruder was,
he froze.
Because he recognized this fellow.
He had appeared in the anime.
It was Tang Dai, who fought on behalf of the Holy Spirit Cult.
This fellow's martial soul was an enormous skeleton.
In the original story, Xiao Xiao had defeated him.
"If I kill you just like this, I'll probably draw the Holy Spirit Cult's attention!"
"Then I'll give you a little makeover. Consider it a minor punishment!"
Had he been an ordinary Evil Soul Master,
Luo Feng would have crushed his skull outright.
But the man was also a contestant.
Moreover, he was a contestant representing the Holy Spirit Cult.
Luo Feng hesitated for a moment.
He did not care himself. If one came, he would kill one; if two came, he would kill the pair.
But when he thought of his petite wife and his equally delicate mother-in-law,
he decided it was better not to provoke these pests that clung like dogskin plasters.
Leave them to Huo Yuhao!
But this bastard peeped on me getting intimate with my lovely wife. I can't just let him off!
Crack!
The next instant, Luo Feng's punishment arrived.
First, he pulled out half the hair on the fellow's head.
Then he broke off his two front teeth.
Next, he scooped some dust off the ground and drew two little turtles on the fellow's face.
Once he had finished, Luo Feng kicked as though shooting for a goal!
He sent Tang Dai flying like a hidden weapon into a fishpond two hundred meters away.
Then he strolled leisurely back to his room.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on once again using your innate skill in actual combat!] [Your proficiency has risen to LV3. Each Time Stop now lasts one minute, and the cooldown has been reduced to one hour.] [Ding! Congratulations! Your soul power has risen to rank 51. The system is matching you with an appropriate Soul Ring and Soul Skill. Please wait...]
Everything had worked out perfectly!
It was time to go back to his wife.
As for what Soul Skill and Soul Ring he would receive?
That could wait until he finished his real business. There was no hurry!
"You rascal!"
"Have you washed up?"
"If you're clean, come in and close the door!"
As it turned out, Luo Feng's timing with the Time Stop had been absolutely perfect.
The moment he stepped inside, he heard his lovely wife calling from the bedroom.
Luo Feng swallowed.
His eyes gleamed as he slipped inside.
What followed was naturally too intimate to describe...
As for the Evil Soul Master Tang Dai, he should have been a formidable six-ring expert.
But when he opened his eyes,
he found himself in an ornamental fishpond.
Two teeth were missing, and more than half his head was bald.
What he found most unbearable, however, was the crowd gathering around him.
Men and women, young and old, were all snickering, pointing, and whispering!
How humiliating!
"Damn it!"
"Argh!"
Ignoring the pain in his scalp and mouth,
the Evil Soul Master lifted his soaking robe and desperately covered his ugly face!
With a muffled cry, he hurriedly forced his way out and fled!
He could not blame anyone else for this.
He had only himself to blame.
Meng Hongchen had merely made an offhand remark.
And Tang Dai had eagerly trotted over to serve his head up on a platter.
Now he could only swallow his bitterness like a mute eating bitter herbs, unable to voice his suffering.
"That kid from the Earth Dragon Sect is rather interesting. Can he teleport?"
Just like Long Aotian, who had been defeated earlier,
when the news reached Meng Hongchen,
the girl arrived at exactly the same conclusion.
But plenty of details did not add up.
If Luo Feng could teleport,
then how had Tang Dai been sent flying?
And how had he suffered such injuries?
What was the mechanism behind it?
Beside Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen also seemed to be taking the matter seriously now.
He even specifically sent someone to take a photograph of Luo Feng.
"Interesting!"
"It looks like plenty of interesting opponents have come this time!"
"When I saw that Huo Yuhao was injured, I thought things would be a little dull. Now this is more like it!"
"I have to face this Luo Feng myself. My guess is that he has a high-grade Soul Tool!"
His opinion differed somewhat from his sister's.
Since Xiao Hongchen's martial soul and Soul Skills were closely integrated with Soul Tools,
his perspective was somewhat skewed as well.
But that was fine too.
At least it draped another veil of mystery over Luo Feng!
By the time he and Nan Qiuqiu appeared again, it was already time for the evening banquet.
Princess Vina was the host.
The leading experts of the Heaven Dou Empire had all gathered together.
Originally, only Nan Shuishui's name had been on the guest list.
But Luo Feng's brilliance had been far too dazzling.
There was no hiding it.
So the young couple had been added to the invitation list.
What surprised everyone, however,
was that the Shrek Seven Devils seemed to have appeared at the banquet as well.
But that was only natural.
After all, Princess Vina and Huo Yuhao were on good terms. Having finally reunited, they naturally wanted to spend some time together!
When she saw Luo Feng and Nan Qiuqiu approaching,
the beautiful princess immediately stepped forward to make the introductions.
"Yuhao, let me introduce you to a rising talent from our Heaven Dou Empire!"
Upon hearing Princess Vina's words,
Huo Yuhao politely raised his wineglass, then looked toward the entrance.
He happened to catch sight of the young couple affectionately draped around each other's shoulders!
"It's him!"
"Oh? Yuhao, you know Luo Feng?"
Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words,
Princess Vina looked a little surprised.
"I wouldn't say I know him. We just crossed paths this morning!"
"A friend of mine from the inner court, Wang Qiu'er, is quite interested in him!"
"I wonder if it would be convenient..."
Huo Yuhao, are you using me to do someone a favor?
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