"Friend, what kind of force is this Primordial Sect? Why is everyone talking about it? Could it be some incredibly powerful force?"
Qian Renxue, wearing Xue Qinghe's appearance, approached a vendor and asked.
The vendor looked Qian Renxue over. When he saw his dazzling golden hair, he frowned slightly and muttered, "As expected of the Primordial Sect. Even barbarians have come running to join."
"B-barbarian..." Qian Renxue was a Soul Saint, after all. How could she have missed what the vendor said? She couldn't help raising an eyebrow.
He was the dignified saintess of Spirit Hall, the possessor of the Angel Martial Soul, a prodigy born with rank twenty innate Soul Power, and His Highness the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. Yet a mere vendor had called him a barbarian???
What kind of joke was this?
Although the people of Douluo Continent couldn't understand the vendor's words, the heavenly screen possessed some power that conveyed their meaning to all living beings. Thus, everyone on Douluo Continent heard what he said.
"How dare he!" Xue Ye couldn't help cursing. "He dared call my crown prince a barbarian? Who gave him the guts?"
Elsewhere, veins throbbed wildly on Qian Daoliu's forehead. In all his years, this was the first time he had heard anyone speak of the Qian Family that way.
The vendor glanced at Qian Renxue's clothes. Though they weren't like the local fashions, they looked exceptionally luxurious. Clearly, this was some family's young master or young lady seeking an immortal encounter.
"You can't have come from some backwater corner of the mortal realm, can you? How could you not know about the Primordial Sect?"
"The mortal realm?" After committing the term to memory, Qian Renxue shook her head.
"No wonder, then." The vendor fixed her with a serious stare and nodded. After giving Qian Renxue a suspicious look, he asked, "Then do you have spirit stones?"
"Spirit stones? What are those?" Qian Renxue shook her head blankly. She had only just arrived; how was she supposed to know what spirit stones were?
"You don't even have spirit stones, yet you dare come talk to me? Scram, scram, scram! Don't get in the way of my business." The vendor's expression changed at once, and he waved her away in disgust.
Qian Renxue took a deep breath and suppressed her anger for the time being. When had she, Qian Renxue, ever fallen so low that even a vendor looked down on her?
"Looks like asking people isn't going to work. I can only see what's going on with this Primordial Sect first." Qian Renxue watched the stream of people and followed them.
Meanwhile, on Douluo Continent, everyone saw His Highness the Crown Prince being driven away by the vendor.
In the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Emperor Xue Ye flew into a rage. "A common street vendor dared insult my Heaven Dou Crown Prince! He must have eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's gall! If we weren't separated by an unknown space, I would have him torn into ten thousand pieces!"
The civil and military officials hastened to join in condemning the vendor for having eyes but failing to see. One after another, they comforted the emperor, saying that the crown prince was only a tiger temporarily stranded on the plains and would make a name for himself sooner or later.
In Spirit Hall's Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu's white beard trembled. "What a lowly commoner who knows not whether to live or die! He dared insult the saintess of my angel lineage. If Xue'er were here, cutting him down with one stroke would be getting off lightly!"
Bibi Dong, on the other hand, couldn't help smiling. Qian Renxue had her moments of making a spectacle of herself too.
Several old noble families in Heaven Dou who had been suppressed by Xue Qinghe for years hid in their residences and laughed at the heavenly screen. "Heaven Dou Crown Prince, was it? Didn't he still end up being chased away by a peddler?"
At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai folded his arms and raised an eyebrow, unable to suppress a sneer. "He certainly put on plenty of airs as crown prince back in Heaven Dou. I never thought he'd see a day like this."
Ning Rongrong nodded in agreement. "Exactly. After all that pretentious fuss about his status, he couldn't even manage to ask for directions. It's killing me!"
Just then, Yu Xiaogang cleared his throat. Seeing everyone turn their eyes toward him, he felt his vanity instantly satisfied and spoke at a leisurely pace. "What are you all making a fuss about? Isn't this perfectly normal?"
"His Highness the Crown Prince was born noble, and his pride has long been carved into his bones. How could he understand such things?"
At this point, he deliberately puffed out his chest and turned the subject to Tang San, undisguised pride filling his voice.
"Only my disciple Tang San endured hardships from an early age. His mind has long been tempered as firm as a rock, and he has mastered all ten of my core competencies of Martial Souls."
"This theory is a universal truth wherever you go. When Tang San appears in a moment, you'll see what a real monster is. He certainly won't be like His Highness the Crown Prince, unable to handle even a common street vendor."
Flender and Liu Erlong hurriedly chimed in from the side. "Xiaogang sees things clearly, as always!"
Yu Xiaogang grew even more pleased with himself. Stroking a nonexistent beard, he added, "I've studied Martial Souls for so many years. Would I need to guess at something this trivial?"
Hearing him, everyone nodded and agreed. Ning Fengzhi also smiled and added, "Grandmaster's foresight is beyond the rest of us."
Meanwhile, Tang San's heavenly screen finally showed some activity.
What appeared before the people of Douluo Continent was not immortal mountains and seas of people, but a stretch of shattered walls and ruins stained red with blood. Faint, muffled sobs could be heard from a corner. An air of despair hung over the entire capital; it seemed to have suffered a great calamity.
Having just found his footing, Tang San frowned slightly and surveyed his utterly unfamiliar surroundings. Like Qian Renxue, he couldn't understand the locals' cries for help.
Yet a force conveyed their meaning into his mind, and he immediately realized he had arrived in an entirely unfamiliar world.
The Tang Sect's teachings had long been carved into his bones: in unfamiliar territory, the first priority was to hide oneself well, keep one's eyes and ears concealed, and never reveal one's movements lightly.
Relying on the Blue Silver Emperor's naturally keen senses, Tang San immediately detected footsteps drawing closer from not far away. Without a trace of panic, he tapped the ground with his toes and silently slipped into a hollow behind a broken wall to hide.
Before long, a black-robed demonic cultivator with bloody Qi all around him came walking over.
He seemed to have noticed something and headed in Tang San's direction. At that moment, everyone's hearts rose into their throats.
But after reaching a corner, the demonic cultivator suddenly stopped. As everyone watched, he swept aside a corpse beside him, and the next second, a baby appeared before their eyes.
The baby slept soundly, utterly unaware that the world outside had been turned upside down.
"I knew I sensed a trace of pure life. Sure enough, someone's still alive." The demonic cultivator chuckled and snatched the baby up.
"Heavens!" Ning Rongrong couldn't help covering her mouth at the sight, her face filled with terror.
Dai Mubai's hands clenched into fists as he shouted angrily, "What a vicious fiend! An entire capital has been reduced to shattered walls and ruins, and the streets are full of corpses, yet he won't even spare a baby in swaddling clothes. He truly has lost all conscience!"
Liu Erlong could no longer contain her anger. Gritting her teeth, she said, "What kind of evil demon is this? Slaughtering the city wasn't enough, and now he's going after a baby too? If I were there, I'd tear him into ten thousand pieces and avenge the wronged souls of the whole city!"