Perhaps it had been out of insecurity, or perhaps there had been some other reason.
Back then, during the Peerless Tang Sect era,
After Wang Qiu'er saw Luo Chen at Shrek Academy, she had not approached him to reveal who she was. Instead, she had clashed with him.
In the end, after she finally managed to tell Luo Chen how she felt, he had disappeared...
Only now had she finally seen the Luo Chen she had yearned for day and night.
"Long time no see, Qiu'er." Luo Chen smiled and went over to greet her.
That single, simple sentence made Wang Qiu'er lose control of her emotions once more.
Luo Chen had no idea how long they hugged. All he knew was that no matter how he comforted her, Wang Qiu'er refused to let go, terrified that he might suddenly vanish again.
Luo Chen felt helpless too. My suddenly disappearing wasn't my fault!
It was clearly that damned system refusing to let me transmigrate!
Luckily, Dong'er hasn't transmigrated here yet. Otherwise, once Dong'er and Qiu'er met, it'd really feel like being back at Shrek!
Outside the Sky Screen, Hu Liena watched the two of them clinging tightly to each other.
"Seriously? Isn't one hug enough? Do they have to keep hugging?"
"How long has it been since I last hugged Luo Chen?"
Meanwhile, inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in Heaven Dou City, just as Ning Rongrong was about to vent her emotions,
She noticed Zhu Zhuqing walking toward her, looking utterly lost.
"Zhu Zhuqing, what brings you here?" Ning Rongrong asked.
"I... was just looking around," Zhu Zhuqing said instinctively.
"Looking around?" Ning Rongrong looked at Zhu Zhuqing in confusion, then cut straight to the chase. "Did Dai Mubai and the others go whoring again?"
At those words, Zhu Zhuqing instinctively averted her eyes.
She had crossed the Star Luo Empire alone and gone to Shrek Academy to find Dai Mubai. She had never imagined he would turn out to be this kind of person.
"I'm telling you, none of them are decent people. Dai Mubai plays around with twins, and Ma Hongjun has been venting his evil fire since he was little..."
Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing everything Luo Chen had told her back then.
This let Zhu Zhuqing see Dai Mubai and the others-or perhaps Shrek Academy itself-for what they truly were.
"Is that why you cut ties with Shrek Academy?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.
"Of course. I'm the princess of the mighty Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Why should I mingle with such a disgusting bunch?"
"If I'm going to stay with anyone, it'll be Luo Chen!" Ning Rongrong declared haughtily.
"Luo Chen?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Luo Chen within the Sky Screen.
Within the Sky Screen, Luo Chen took Wang Qiu'er toward Heaven Dou City.
Since Wang Qiu'er had no Federation identification, she could not take the Soul Guidance Train.
Luo Chen could only borrow a Purple Mecha from a nearby Spirit Pagoda branch to make the journey.
It was Wang Qiu'er's first time seeing this kind of mecha, and she could not help feeling curious.
Although she already knew she had arrived on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years in the future, she had stayed in the core region of the Star Dou Forest until now. This was her first time venturing out.
Seated in the Purple Mecha's cockpit, Wang Qiu'er watched the ground gradually shrink outside the window and could not help asking,
"I saw your memories before. Was the era in your memories this period?"
"It should be," Luo Chen replied.
After all, traces of him existed in every era except the Ultimate Douluo era ten thousand years later.
But his main era was still the Dragon King Era, so when he exchanged memories with Wang Qiu'er, that was probably what she had seen.
"Are these things common in this era?" Wang Qiu'er asked, pointing at the mecha.
"Why did I see so many different colors in your memories?"
"More or less. Mecha are divided into grades too," Luo Chen explained.
"There are five grades: white, yellow, purple, black, and red."
"White Mecha are Basic Mecha. Even beginners can pilot them, and they don't require soul power."
"Yellow Mecha are mass-produced and primarily used for combat."
"Starting with Purple Mecha, they have to be custom-made. Both the materials and the Soul Guidance Arrays used are incredibly rare."
"As for Black Mecha, not only do they place extremely high demands on the pilot's soul power and spiritual power, but their value is already comparable to a good suit of Battle Armor. A Soul Emperor piloting one can wield the strength of a Soul Saint."
"And Red Mecha are true Divine Mecha. They can fuse with soul spirits."
After the earlier Five Gods' Duel, Luo Chen had also been considering whether to build himself a Divine Mecha and combine it with one of his soul spirits.
Outside the Sky Screen, after hearing the detailed introduction to mecha, Jing Hongchen had another revelation!
"I was wondering why our mecha research kept getting stuck here. It turns out we were heading in the wrong direction!"
"The better the mecha, the better the metal it requires, while ordinary White Mecha and Yellow Mecha can use ordinary metals instead."
"As it happens, a group of Blacksmiths has already learned hundred refinement. We can put it to use in this round of mecha testing."
At that moment, Jing Hongchen felt that the throne of the Sun Moon Empire was beckoning to him once again.
The Purple Mecha passed through the clouds, and after flying for a while, the outline of Heaven Dou City gradually emerged.
However, rather than going straight to the Blacksmith Association, Luo Chen headed to Heaven Dou City's most upscale shopping mall.
"Let's get you a new outfit first. It's time to change out of those clothes from ten thousand years ago." As he spoke, Luo Chen took Wang Qiu'er by the hand and led her inside.
Wang Qiu'er did not resist, simply letting Luo Chen hold her hand.
When they entered a lavish clothing store, several sales assistants immediately came over.
They asked whether Wang Qiu'er wanted to buy clothes.
Wang Qiu'er had yet to adjust to this and instinctively hid behind Luo Chen.
"Yes, we're here to buy clothes." Luo Chen had never expected that Wang Qiu'er, who had feared neither heaven nor earth ten thousand years ago and dared to confront Zhang Lexuan head-on,
Would actually become shy and socially anxious after coming to the Dragon King Era.
Then Luo Chen chose a short blue-and-pink dress with a fitted waist, along with a pair of pale blue heels.
He had Wang Qiu'er go into the fitting room to try them on.
Several minutes later, when Wang Qiu'er appeared before Luo Chen again, his eyes lit up. Even the sales assistants around them could not stop praising her figure and looks.
In all their years working at Heaven Dou City's shopping mall, they had never seen a woman with such stunning looks and such a beautiful figure.
Her long blue-and-pink hair fell smoothly over her shoulders, lending an even cooler air to her exquisite face.
She wore a short dress with a fitted waist, its clean-cut shape hugging her waistline and outlining her tall, slender figure. The short hem revealed her straight, fair legs.
Her pale blue heels clicked lightly against the floor, their simple, elegant design subtly echoing the color of her eyes.
Outside the Sky Screen, Hu Liena saw Luo Chen's entranced gaze fixed on Wang Qiu'er and immediately bristled with anger.
"If I wore that outfit, I'd look better in it than she does!"
Within the Sky Screen,
Luo Chen immediately said, "We'll take this outfit. Pack up one of every item of clothing you have in this size and send them to this address."
As he spoke, Luo Chen wrote down an address, then took out a card Chen Xinjie had given him before.
"Just charge this card."
Luo Chen had no idea how much money was on the card. All he knew was that no matter how much he spent, the money never seemed to run out.
"Of course!" The sales assistant immediately beamed with delight. She had landed a big spender! It looked like this month's sales target was in the bag.
Not long after the sales assistant charged the card, a call from Chen Xinjie came through.
"Luo Chen! What's going on with the Star Luo Empire Federation? You owe me an explanation!"
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