"Of course. Everyone should know their place. I hope you, guard, won't overstep your bounds either."
Ling Bai's expression remained unchanged, but the hidden barb in his words irritated She Chong slightly. She Chong stared fixedly at Ling Bai's face and said disdainfully,
"Always hiding your face."
With that, he took the dishes the innkeeper had respectfully presented and went upstairs.
She Chong was an eight-ringed Soul Douluo, so he naturally noticed that Ling Bai wore an Ice Silkworm Mask. However, he could only tell that Ling Bai's current appearance was somewhat strange. It was like seeing someone who had undergone cosmetic surgery in the future—you knew they had altered their face, but not what they had originally looked like.
"What a pity..."
Ling Bai shook his head. Whether for himself or the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, befriending Xu Jiujiu, the princess of the Star Luo Empire, would clearly bring more advantages than disadvantages. If She Chong had not guarded her so vigilantly, this would have been a perfect opportunity.
"Forget it. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I should finish the assessment task first."
Early the next morning, stepping beneath the dawn and facing the chill of frost, Ling Bai officially entered the Youyao Forest. The fresh air, laced with the fragrance of mixed vegetation, was invigorating. He stopped at the Chaos Line, where light and darkness met.
The greatest difficulty of the Red-Level Task was neither the Snake Empress's formidable strength nor capturing her alive, which was several times harder than killing her. It was finding that ten-thousand-year Medusa in the vast Youyao Forest.
This was also one of the reasons Ling Bai had decided to give up the Six-Winged Angel and use the Death Prison Spider Emperor instead.
"Demon Spider Summoning."
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