Three new commands. This time, because he had the permission level, he did not encounter any obstacles, though the OP commands could only be assigned to permission level 1.
Li Chen directly added permission for Wine Fox. With level-one permission, even level 99 and a third-level god were no different, possessing the corresponding authority.
The authorities he assigned to Wine Fox were Element, Divinity, Judgment, Purification, and Protection.
That was right; aside from Element, everything else originally belonged to the Angel God. Anyway, she was already missing, so she probably would not have any objections.
Inside Spirit City, an orange-haired girl stood at a street corner, looking around in a daze.
Ju Zi did not know where this was.
Not long ago, she was still in the ruins of that small town on the border of the Sun Moon Empire. Suddenly, she felt her feet go empty, and after a dizzying spin, she arrived in this unfamiliar place.
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
She raised her head, her gaze piercing through the passing crowds to land halfway up the mountain.
That building was too conspicuous, making it impossible for anyone to ignore. It featured a columnar structure, a golden dome, and an exterior facade covered in some kind of metal-textured material that gleamed brightly in the sunlight.
After only a moment she withdrew her gaze, lowering her head as she walked forward along the street, observing the city with unruffled composure.
It had a hexagonal layout, the streets spreading out radially along the terrain.
She noticed that the city walls were embedded with six huge reliefs: a sword, a hammer, a dragon, a chrysanthemum, a crown, and an incomplete human figure. Every relief was so detailed that even the scale patterns were clearly visible.
Ju Zi stared at the relief of the sword for a few breaths, rapidly running through all known family crests and empire totems in her mind.
A crown.
Ju Zi stared at the crown relief for a few breaths, her brows knitting slightly.
Was this the territory of the Star Luo Empire?
She pulled her gaze back, her heartbeat quickening by a couple of beats involuntarily.
"Little girl, you've been standing here for quite a while. Are you having some kind of trouble?"
She turned her head sideways. An old woman had appeared beside her at some unknown time. The woman was not tall, with a slightly hunched back, wearing a washed-out grey cloth tunic. She carried a bamboo basket over her arm, which held a few bunches of green vegetables and a piece of meat wrapped in coarse cloth.
The wrinkles on her face were deep, but her eyes were unexpectedly clear and bright, looking at her with a smile.
Ju Zi's heart tightened at first; she had been staring at the reliefs too intently and hadn't noticed anyone approaching.
Yet this old woman had a kind appearance, and her tone carried concern rather than scrutiny, so she relaxed slightly, a well-behaved and slightly awkward smile appearing on her face.
"Hello, granny," Ju Zi lowered her head slightly. "I'm just... coming to such a big city for the very first time, and I got a bit dumbfounded looking at it."
The old woman let out a chuckle, her gaze shifting from Ju Zi's shabby clothes to the frayed cloth shoes on her feet. She did not ask any more questions, only saying, "You look unfamiliar, child. You're not a local, are you?"
Ju Zi nodded. "I came from a very far place. There's nobody left in my family, so I want to find a place to settle down."
The old woman sized her up for a few breaths, a quality in her gaze that Ju Zi could not quite put her finger on-more like she was looking at something she already understood in her heart.
After her gaze lingered on Ju Zi's face for a moment, the old woman withdrew it and said in an ordinary tone, "It's not easy being out on your own. Have you found a place to stay yet?"
Ju Zi shook her head. "I just entered the city and haven't found one yet."
The old woman sighed, her gaze lingering on Ju Zi's thin face for a moment before she said, "You're a young woman; you can't just wander around the streets like this.
Spirit City has rules. Anyone lingering on the streets at night will be interrogated by the patrol guards, and those who can't explain their origins will be taken away."
Ju Zi lowered her eyelids. "I'll just find some place to make do for the night."
"Then what about tomorrow? The day after?" The old woman looked at her, a worldly practicality in her tone. "I'm a lonely old woman living in that alley ahead-three tile-roofed rooms, with two empty.
If you come, you can keep me company, help me sweep the courtyard, fetch water, and run errands. I won't charge you rent either; whenever you find a proper path and want to leave, you can go, and I won't stop you."
Her lips moved, but she did not speak. Having wandered alone for a month, she had learned one lesson: do not trust anyone easily.
As if seeing through her thoughts, the old woman suddenly chuckled. "Are you afraid I'm plotting something against you? Or that I'll sell you off?"
She did not nod, but she did not deny it either.
The old woman looked at her reaction without getting angry. "My house is the third one in that alley. If you really have nowhere to go tonight, you can come by yourself. I won't lock the door tonight."
Having said that, the old woman did not say anything more, turning around and walking leisurely into the alley.
She hesitated in place for a while, but ultimately chose to follow. She wanted to gather some intelligence through this old woman.
Heaven Dou City, the drill ground.
The Promotion Tournament was not like the Preliminary Tournament with multiple arenas running simultaneously; there was only a single arena here, showcasing the individual strength of soul masters to the fullest extent.
The very first match was between Cloudtop Academy and Canghui Academy.
When Shi Nian learned that their opponent was Cloudtop Academy, he had gone to investigate the relevant intelligence, only to find out that the other party was from the Haagen-Dazs division.
This team was a dark horse that had surged forward on a winning streak. Their battle record was clean and crisp, ending almost every match with an overwhelming advantage.
All that was known was that the entire team consisted of soul ancestors; no other intelligence was available at all.
Either this team's confidentiality work was airtight, or someone was intentionally blurring the information.
Shi Nian's eyes narrowed, the corners of his mouth hooking into a trace of a smile. He actually leaned toward the latter.
Let me see what kind of skills you people really have.
On the other side of the arena, Li Chen did not care about the battle at all, studying the skill design of this Douluo Kill with Wine Fox instead.
"This skill name sounds bad." Li Chen poked a charcoal pencil twice against a piece of paper. "'Venomous Breath' is too ordinary. Change it to 'Heavenly Descent of the Jade Scales'; it sounds more prestigious."
Wine Fox tilted her head and stared for a long time, her fox ears twitching. "Isn't that the same name as Little Yanzi's skill?"
"What's wrong with sharing a name? Just change it to the exact same skill. It's totally reasonable for a grandfather and granddaughter to have the same skill." Rightorously crossing out "Venomous Breath", Li Chen scribbled the four characters for "Heavenly Descent of the Jade Scales" crookedly beside it, then looked up and thought for a moment. "This character's skills aren't finished yet. What other skills do you think can be added?"
Dugu Yan stepped onto the arena. The representative sent up by Canghui Academy was a tall, large-built young man.
The two sides summoned their martial souls as the referee shouted to prepare. The young man fielded by Canghui Academy summoned a wide, heavy greatsword.
"Deng Ren, Martial Soul Meteoric Iron Greatsword, level 43 attack-system soul ancestor."
Dugu Yan likewise summoned her martial soul: two yellows, two purples, and one black-five soul rings. Her voice was cool and flat: "Dugu Yan, Martial Soul Jade Netherworld Python, level 51 control-system battle soul king."
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