“Hehe, this is just my way of showing appreciation, isn’t it?”
Zi Ling’s dimples deepened as she said with a smile, “Besides, I didn’t expect any reward for helping him. Him giving me a jade pendant in return was already an unexpected gain…”
“Hmph, Princess, you’re just too kind!”
The little fox rubbed against Zi Ling’s embrace. Clearly, Zi Ling had helped others quite a bit.
“Alright, alright, you’re so naggy!”
Zi Ling pouted, then continued, “It’s not easy to get out and have some fun, so hurry up, I want to play to my heart’s content…”
With that, Zi Ling hugged the little fox and dashed towards the depths of Tian Yuan Imperial City…
………………
“Damn it, I didn’t expect Princess Zi Ling to actually help that little bastard Lu Chen!”
In another luxurious street in Tian Yuan Imperial City, Elder Mu Hua gritted his teeth, his face filled with suppressed frustration.
Clearly, being reprimanded by the Law Enforcement Elder and losing hundreds of thousands of holy crystals was extremely difficult for Mu Hua.
Moreover, the person he had to bow to was Lu Chen, whom he looked down upon.
Mu Yuan, beside him, also had a gloomy face and clenched fists. This matter was even more humiliating for him.
After all, he had been slapped hard in the street by Lu Chen, which practically made the Floating Tower Ancient Clan lose all face.
“Yuan’er, are you alright?”
After Mu Hua calmed his thoughts, he looked at Mu Yuan beside him.
“No… I’m fine. I was just careless and ambushed by that little beast. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been like this!”
Mu Yuan touched his still throbbing face, then said in a deep voice.
Mu Hua frowned upon hearing this. He could feel that after what just happened, Mu Yuan’s mindset seemed a bit imbalanced.
Although Lu Chen might have ambushed him, being able to slap Mu Yuan into such a state clearly meant he was not to be underestimated.
“Yuan’er, I think Lu Chen is not simple. Perhaps we should take him seriously!”
Mu Hua then slowly said, trying to comfort Mu Yuan.
“Enough! I said I was just careless! That little beast just ambushed me. Otherwise, I would have crushed him with one slap!”
Hearing Mu Hua’s words, Mu Yuan somewhat broke down and quickly said, his tone extremely cold.
“Yuan’er, don’t be careless…”
Mu Hua felt Mu Yuan’s emotions were about to spiral out of control and quickly used a soul secret technique to shout at Mu Yuan.
“I said I was just careless!”
Mu Yuan’s face flushed red as he roared in a low voice.
Many people around them heard Mu Yuan’s roar and turned their heads to look.
“Oh? Isn’t that the Floating Tower Ancient Clan’s prodigy who was defeated with one slap?”
“I’m laughing. He’s still yelling here after being beaten so badly he couldn’t take care of himself…”
“Tsk tsk, is it that hard to admit someone else is strong?”
Some people around had already recognized Mu Yuan’s identity.
“Damn it… I said I was just careless…”
Hearing the surrounding discussions, Mu Yuan’s face became even uglier.
However, the people around him said nothing, just looked at Mu Yuan with a half-smile, seemingly mocking his stubbornness…
“Yuan’er, you don’t need to explain. As long as the Luo Tian Grand Banquet begins and you suppress Lu Chen with absolute strength, all the rumors will fall apart on their own…”
Watching the increasingly distraught Mu Yuan, Mu Hua murmured in his heart.
At the same time, Mu Hua also felt a faint unease in his heart. Perhaps Mu Yuan’s temperament wasn’t outstanding; it was just that he hadn’t encountered anything that could break his psychological defense before…
“However, it’s fine. Yuan’er has made ample preparations this time. Even if his temperament is a bit lacking, he will definitely stand out at the Luo Tian Grand Banquet…”
Mu Hua clenched his fist and murmured in his heart.
………………
As time slowly passed, more and more prodigies and powerhouses entered Tian Yuan Imperial City.
However, due to the deterrence of the Luo Tian Immortal Clan, before the Luo Tian Grand Banquet began, even though many prodigies and powerhouses were extremely arrogant, they dared not act wildly in Tian Yuan Imperial City.
Conflicts like the one between Lu Chen and Mu Yuan were extremely rare and simply wouldn’t happen.
West City of Tian Yuan Imperial City.
The West City area was a somewhat desolate region, filled with numerous broken walls and crumbling ruins, seemingly having experienced a very fierce battle.
In the West City area, a large amount of terrifying residual laws still lingered.
The numerous residual laws and destructive aura made this area resemble a vast, desolate Ancient Battlefield, exuding an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.
Lu Chen slowly arrived at West City and walked into a palace that had already vaguely become a ruin.
This place was filled with extremely terrifying destructive aura, mixed with violent demonic power, laws, and evil qi…
The convergence of various auras made this area almost a forbidden zone, exuding an extremely dangerous aura.
It was precisely because of the intertwining of these terrifying forces that this area had never been repaired, still maintaining its ruined appearance.
In various areas of the ruined palace, there were prodigies and powerhouses from major top forces. They used the many terrifying auras of the West City Ruins palace to temper their bodies.
The numerous violent forces here made this area a natural treasure for body tempering.
This was also one of the reasons why the powerhouses of Tian Yuan Imperial City had not repaired this area.
After all, such a natural body-tempering treasure land that required no resources was not easy to find.
“It is indeed very strong. The tempering effect is good, comparable to consuming some top-tier body-tempering divine liquids!”
Lu Chen stepped into the ruined palace, where endless violent auras surged, and murmured in a low voice.
Because of the continuous surging of these violent forces, the dragon-elephant particles within Lu Chen’s body subtly showed a tendency to transform into prime-elephant particles.
As the dragon-elephant particles continuously transformed, Lu Chen’s physical body exuded an even more terrifying aura.
“Perhaps, if I cultivate here for a while longer, I can advance my Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength even further!”
A thought emerged in Lu Chen’s mind. The dragon-elephant particles within his body continuously gave him strong confidence. Lu Chen even had an idea of wanting to stay where he was and continue tempering his body.
“Unfortunately, I have more important things to do…”
Lu Chen sighed softly, then suppressed the many thoughts in his heart and resolutely stepped forward with firm strides.
