An Unexpected Blow
Jiang Mingyuan didn't answer Tang Wulin, but suddenly quickened his pace. In the blink of an eye, he had covered a distance of 56 meters.
Just as Tang Wulin was about to chase after him, he saw Jiang Mingyuan come down, turn around, and, right in front of Tang Wulin, open his mouth fiercely and bite the candy off.
Jiang Mingyuan swallowed it and pursed his lips.
"Ugh! This is awful! I'll never eat it again!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin was shocked and hurriedly went to Jiang Mingyuan's side to apologize and beg for forgiveness.
While Tang Wulin was focused on Jiang Mingyuan, he didn't notice a burly man walking backward out of a shop behind him.
He pointed at something in the shop and cursed, completely unaware of Tang Wulin behind him. By the time Tang Wulin realized what was happening, it was too late, and the two bumped into each other.
Tang Wulin stumbled forward and crashed into Jiang Mingyuan's arms. The burly man, on the other hand, fell forward and landed face-first in the mud.
"Who!!!"
That big man was clearly not someone to be trifled with. He scrambled to his feet, and his voice was so loud that it could be heard clearly by ordinary people within a hundred meters.
"Who's so blind as to bump into me!"
The burly man turned around, and without asking what had happened, patted Tang Wulin on the shoulder with his large hand.
"Where did this brat come from? I'll beat you up and that'll be the end of it."
As he spoke, the burly man raised his other fist, about to strike Tang Wulin on the back.
However, Tang Wulin was not someone to be trifled with; all his gentleness and smiles were reserved for his companions, especially Jiang Mingyuan.
Before the burly man's fist could land, Tang Wulin instantly turned around and caught the man's fist with ease.
The onlookers all showed expressions of shock, as did the burly man.
"You, how could you possibly be?"
The burly man was shocked that Tang Wulin had caught his attack so easily. He was used to being arrogant, but he wasn't stupid. He instantly realized that he might have kicked a hornet's nest.
Before he could explain, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted from Tang Wulin.
The big man felt as if a real dragon was standing in front of him.
Tang Wulin only exerted a little more force, and the big man couldn't hold on any longer, slowly kneeling on the ground, just Douluo I with Yang Nianxia, without any suspense.
Just then, three more burly men jumped out of the shop.
"Kid, I advise you to be sensible and let him go right now. Otherwise, we won't be so polite."
Tang Wulin glanced at the three men coldly. All of them possessed Soul Power, and the one standing in the middle, who was in the lead, should have level 50 Soul Power. However, Tang Wulin was confident that they were no match for him.
"Are you even being reasonable? He clearly provoked me first."
Tang Wulin said righteously. If things could be reasoned with, he still hoped to avoid a fight.
Tang Wulin's performance and demeanor at this moment were incredibly heroic.
Tang Wulin reached out and rubbed his slightly reddened forehead, feeling as if he had just bumped into a steel plate.
Jiang Mingyuan watched this scene silently from Tang Wulin's side. She slowly lowered her head, her eyes gradually losing their luster.
She looked down at her toes.
Jiang Mingyuan suddenly remembered a sentence from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
You have already chosen the path to your deaths!
Just then, another person came out of the shop.
Unlike the menacing appearance of the burly men, the person who stepped out was not particularly tall. He wore a light yellow dress, looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, had long, flowing hair, and was quite handsome.
"What are you doing?" The girl in the yellow dress frowned as soon as she stepped outside and saw the scene before her.
The burly man at the head of the group instantly lost his anger and turned to the girl respectfully, saying, "Your Highness, a blind fool bumped into one of our men."
"Hehe."
This ability to turn the tables on Jiang Mingyuan was truly amusing.
The girl in the yellow dress looked in the direction the burly man pointed, and when she saw Tang Wulin's face clearly, she was instantly stunned.
"Wow, so handsome!"
Tang Wulin's face had completely lost the immaturity of youth, instead exuding a mature charm. He was tall and handsome, with a sharp glint in his eyes, making the girl in the yellow dress completely captivated.
Just as she was about to step forward to strike up a conversation, a nimble red figure suddenly appeared between the two of them.
What are you doing?
The girl in the yellow dress was a little confused. Whose child was this, and why was he here all alone?
Tang Wulin saw that more and more people were gathering around, and he remembered that Wu Changkong had just told them not long ago that it was best not to cause trouble.
Tang Wulin reached out and gently comforted her, stopping the situation from escalating further.
The two walked away against the flow of people, but Jiang Mingyuan pouted, still looking indignant.
The reason why the Spirit Pagoda branch in Star Luo City is not as magnificent as the one in the Douluo Continent is partly because its infrastructure capabilities cannot match those of the Douluo Continent, and partly because it is suppressed by the imperial power.
Jiang Mingyuan contacted his teacher in advance, asking her to inform the Spirit Pagoda. The two had just entered the first-floor hall of the Spirit Pagoda when Jiang Mingyuan displayed his identity token.
Immediately, a woman in her twenties or thirties greeted them with a smile and welcomed them inside.
"My surname is Lü. I am the manager of the Soul Spirit Sales Department at Luo Cheng's Spirit Pagoda branch. Please follow me."
Manager Lü led Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin to a lounge and personally poured them tea.
With a light clap of her hands, a tablet with a display screen appeared in her palm.
"This contains information on all Soul Spirit under 80,000 years old within this tower. Please examine it carefully."
Tang Wulin took the tablet and examined it carefully. It has to be said that there were far more types of Soul Spirit than they had seen in the Spirit Pagoda in Aolai City.
Jiang Mingyuan picked up his teacup idly, the fragrant aroma of tea wafting into his nose.
Jiang Mingyuan took a small sip, and immediately, the warm tea flowed down his throat, making him feel warm all over.
Manager Lü had already quietly left the lounge, leaving only Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin in the room.
Tang Wulin was intently examining the Soul Spirit, while Jiang Mingyuan stood up and casually wandered around the rest room.
She walked up to a bookshelf and randomly picked out a book.
This was a book of trivial trivia, like "100,000 Whys." Jiang Mingyuan casually flipped through it, and whether it was a coincidence or not, she was instantly unsettled when she glanced at the subheadings on this page.
100 tips for girls' breast development!
Jiang Mingyuan hurriedly closed the book, glancing back with a guilty conscience.
Thank goodness.
Tang Wulin was completely focused on the tablet and didn't notice himself at all.
Jiang Mingyuan looked around the room and saw no surveillance cameras or anything like that.
Driven by curiosity and with an academic research mindset, Jiang Mingyuan turned the page again.
However, this book did indeed disappoint Jiang Mingyuan.
Even in today's information society, marketing accounts wouldn't mention this.
However, Jiang Mingyuan did remember one of them.