"Yearning Heartbroken Red?" Zhang Lexuan was stunned for a moment, then a blush appeared on her pretty face as she secretly glanced at Lu Cheng in front of her.
"What do you want that thing for?" Lu Cheng frowned slightly.
"Choose something to enhance her martial soul... As my whetstone, if she is too weak, it would be beneath my dignity."
"A Moon Martial Soul, then try this..." Xiao Huo, observing his expression, hurriedly handed over a light blue immortal herb.
But Zhang Lexuan did not reach out to take it.
She just stood quietly in place, her pretty face full of stubbornness.
"I want the Yearning Heartbroken Red." Zhang Lexuan stared fixedly at Lu Cheng, saying each word clearly.
"You want a..." Lu Cheng's face was cold as he examined the stubborn beauty, but she did not retreat at all, meeting his gaze.
"Forget it, she's going to die anyway, so what's the difference..." A few seconds later, Lu Cheng glanced at her indifferently and waved his hand casually.
Xiao Huo hurriedly took out a pure white flower and inserted it into a black stone.
"Drip your heart's blood onto it, then try to pick it while thinking of that person..." Xiao Huo guided her softly from the side.
Pfft~
Zhang Lexuan suddenly slapped her chest, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and sprinkled it on the snow-white flower.
Her slender hand gently pinched the stem, and she slowly closed her eyes.
Lu Cheng felt somewhat helpless, arms crossed over his chest; it was indeed a waste of effort.
If all these later events hadn't happened, he could understand that woman picking the Yearning Heartbroken Red, but the problem was... with all these messy incidents now, he didn't believe Zhang Lexuan could actually pick it.
But the next instant, the black stone fell to the ground while the pure white flower fell into the beauty's hand.
Everyone fell silent.
They looked at Lu Cheng with strange expressions.
Lu Cheng's eyelid twitched; this... how is this possible?!!
Zhang Lexuan stared blankly at the Yearning Heartbroken Red, as if remembering something.
It was unknown how long passed before she opened her eyes and looked faintly at Lu Cheng:
"Brother..."
"Shut up."
Lu Cheng said coldly.
"Since you are a whetstone, then honestly become stronger, and then when I reach the pinnacle, be crushed to death by my own hands. Swallow this Yearning Heartbroken Red early. If you want to learn from Xiao Wu, I am certainly not Tang San..."
"Brother... are you really that heartless?" Zhang Lexuan's eyes reddened, her slender hand pinching the flower stem, and she bit her red lips.
"Who is your brother?" Lu Cheng sneered.
"Don't forget... your whole family died tragically at my hands. Have you forgotten to take revenge so quickly? Zhang Lexuan, I really overestimated you. Choosing you as my whetstone might have been a waste."
After speaking, he signaled Xiao Huo to perform the sacrifice.
Red fire circled into a protective barrier, blocking the view inside.
Zhang Lexuan, however, stared blankly at the Yearning Heartbroken Red.
A line of clear tears flowed down her face.
Past happiness seemed like a dream; now that the dream had awakened, she had to face all this heaviness...
Roar~!
The fire spread wildly.
A giant figure originating from the ancient era stood at the peak of this valley, and the aura it emitted made even the Crow, who had just advanced to a ninety-sixth-level Super Douluo, twitch his eyelids wildly as he looked at this figure in astonishment.
Advancing to Titled Douluo, logically, shouldn't produce such momentum.
'But this kid... tsk tsk tsk, he is indeed a prodigy.'
He had just wanted to show off and find time to spar with him, but now it seems he had better avoid his edge for the time being.
Lu Cheng stood in mid-air.
His eyes opened slowly, and it was as if there was a three-legged golden crow in each, emitting a dazzling, scorching light.
Soul Rings rose from his feet.
Five eerie, bright red hundred-thousand-year spirit rings emitted a terrifying aura, pressing down on the crowd of immortal herbs until they couldn't breathe, causing them to lower their petals one after another, as if in submission.
"Sun-Shooting Avatar!"
Coldness flickered in Lu Cheng's eyes.
He gave a soft shout.
A long bow appeared in his hand, and in the hands of the giant behind him, a magnificent giant bow also appeared.
Lu Cheng gazed toward the direction of Shrek Academy.
Is it far?
Extremely far, probably at least several thousand kilometers away.
But his ninth Soul Skill was to anchor a location; after shooting, the arrow would rush toward that position with accelerating power. The longer the distance, the more terrifying the power.
For every kilometer it passed, it not only didn't consume energy but instead accumulated energy.
And he... had once stayed at Shrek Academy.
That counted as having an anchor point.
Lu Cheng slowly raised the Sun-Shooting Bow, aiming at the direction of Shrek Academy, and the giant behind him did the same.
Two fingers slightly bent, hooking the arrow, and he pulled it fully.
The next instant, that fiery red arrow swept forward with terrifying momentum, piercing through layers of clouds and whistling toward the direction of Shrek Academy.
It dyed the entire sky fiery red.
The arrow disappeared into the sky above the valley in an instant; only bursts of rumbling could be heard from afar.
The phantom behind Lu Cheng dissipated, and he landed in the valley.
"What a deep grudge." The Crow sighed.
"Heh, I'm just demanding an explanation. Xuan Zi's eye is not enough..." Lu Cheng said indifferently.
Whatever Mu En plotted against him, he would take it back bit by bit.
For now, this was just a little interest.
Boom~
Lu Cheng threw out the dying blood-eroding python from who knows where, splashing up a cloud of dust, and examined Zhang Lexuan.
A flippant smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"Absorb it...
I hope you can shoulder the responsibility of being my whetstone.
Don't let me down, my dear sister."
Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.
Sea God's Pavilion.
At the peak of the ancient golden tree.
Xuan Zi grumbled: "Old Mu, you even told Shaozhe, but you didn't tell me. Isn't this treating me like an outsider?"
Mu En shook his head and sighed softly.
"You have always had a big mouth. If this matter were leaked and that girl found out, all my plans would go down the drain."
"This..." Xuan Zi's face twitched.
"And you were actually shot blind in one eye by him? And you neglected your duty, leaving Lexuan and the others alone in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest?" Mu En's tone suddenly became heavy.
He examined Xuan Zi sternly.
"I wasn't... I was just in a hurry to report to you." Xuan Zi's face was awkward as he scratched his head.
"In this matter, if Lu Cheng hadn't appeared, the Inner Academy Disciples would likely have suffered heavy casualties. Xuan Zi, you cannot shirk the blame!!" Mu En said coldly.
Xuan Zi's body trembled. Facing Mu En's reprimand, he was truly afraid.
"Imprison yourself in the Sea Gods Pavilion for three months. Without my order, you are not to take a single step out," Mu En said coldly.
"Yes..."
Xuan Zi's face fell, and he spoke weakly.
Mu En slowly closed his eyes, and the memory of that boy's gaze from that day surfaced again.
Fear?
No, it was more like a kind of mockery, derision.
Was everything really going as smoothly as he had expected?
At this moment, even he dared not guarantee any of it.
"That Lu Cheng is too arrogant!" Yan Shaozhe hurried over, learned the details from Xuan Zi, and his eyes flashed with anger.
"This is demanding an explanation from Shrek Academy..." Mu En sighed leisurely.
"After all, it was something I promised him back then."
Notes:
Bonus chapter since I'm in good mood~
Psst... currently we are at 41 PS, Nine more to go
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