Ice Extreme Divine Crystal's Willing Offering, Breaking Through Level 50, Ultimate Metal's First Soul Core (4K)

"You're too kind, Sect Master Nan."

Hearing Lin Qing's polite yet distant form of address, Nan Shuishui sighed softly, her gentle voice tinged with reproach. "Little Lan called me Aunt Nan in her letters. Calling me Sect Master Nan sounds so distant that I can't help feeling hurt."

"Aunt Nan."

Lin Qing readily obliged. Given the decade-long friendship between Lin Lan and the Earth Dragon Sect, he felt no aversion to Nan Shuishui. There was nothing wrong with a younger brother following his older sister's lead and calling someone aunt.

"Follow me."

Nan Shuishui broke into a soft smile, the clouds of sorrow on her pretty face instantly giving way to sunshine as she led the way with graceful steps.

Watching from the shadows, Zheng Zhan raised his vigilance to the utmost and followed the two at a measured distance.

With the Level 9 Soul Tool, Azure Sky Jade Moon, protecting Lin Qing, Unbreakable Douluo had no fear whatsoever of Nan Shuishui attacking him. What worried him was that she might set her sights on Lin Qing's talent and use gentle persistence to keep him here.

After learning that Lin Qing's destination was Dragon City, Zheng Zhan had looked into the city's power structure to some extent.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect and Earth Dragon Sect were Dragon City's pride. Heavenly Dragon Sect Master Yu Zhentian was a nine-ring Titled Douluo, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's combat strength gave him a commanding voice. For Nan Shuishui, a woman, to control the Earth Dragon Sect, she surely possessed deft social maneuvering skills in addition to her Soul Douluo cultivation.

If he lost Ultimate Metal on this trip to the Far North, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen would not need to lift a finger. Zheng Zhan would slit his own belly on