Douluo—Chapter 53: The Surprise of Ye Renxin. Qian Renxue's Little Pride
At the south gate of Heaven Dou City, in the shadows of a corner,
a white carriage was quietly parked.
Beside the shaft, Ye Renxin, dressed in a gray robe, seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
Seeing Dai Chengfeng and Zhu Fan approaching, he immediately perked up, clasped his hands together, and smiled amiably: "You two, I'm here."
Dai Chengfeng raised his lips, revealing a gentle smile, and returned the greeting: "Sorry to have kept Senior Ye waiting so long."
Ye Renxin waved his dry but powerful hands, shook his head, and said: "Lingling and I just arrived..."
At this point, a hint of mystery flashed in his eyes, and he added with a smile: "By the way, Your Highness, I have prepared a surprise for you during this trip..."
"I hope that the Fourth Prince will like it when the time comes."
Hearing this, Dai Chengfeng's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. "A surprise?"
Ye Renxin stroked his gray beard, his smile growing more mysterious, and nodded heavily: "I promise it will surprise you, Your Highness!"
Without waiting for Dai Chengfeng to ask further, Ye Renxin quickly added: "As for what it is, don't ask, and I won't tell you."
"After all, if you know it in advance, how can it be a surprise?"
Turning around, Ye Renxin lifted the curtain of the carriage neatly and made a gesture of invitation: "Your Highness, shall we set off?"
Dai Chengfeng nodded. "Okay."
"Since Mr. Ye doesn't want to say it, I'll look forward to it."
He then took Zhu Fan and walked toward the carriage together.
Zhu Fan stepped inside, approaching Dai Chengfeng. He lowered his voice, eyes flickering with curiosity, and whispered: "Chengfeng, what do you think Mr. Ye's surprise will be?"
Dai Chengfeng shook his head slightly, also full of curiosity and anticipation. "I don't know either."
"But if Senior Ye specifically mentioned the surprise, I think it shouldn't disappoint us... I'm curious!"
Zhu Fan frowned slightly, looking thoughtful. "Chengfeng, even you can't guess it?"
"It's intriguing—could it be medicine... or something else?"
Zhu Fan smacked his lips.
As Dai Chengfeng and Zhu Fan entered the carriage, Ye Renxin turned over and approached the driver's seat, gently whipping the whip in his hand.
The carriage started slowly.
Gurgle...
The wheels rolled on the bluestone road, producing a dull sound as they gradually drove away from Heaven Dou City.
At this moment, on the tower of the South Gate, a red-haired strong man in guard's armor looked at his young master with curiosity.
"Your Highness, what are you looking at so intently?"
"Nothing, maybe I saw it wrong. It seems I saw a... bastard!!!"
The crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, (Xue Qinghe) Qian Renxue, bit her silver teeth, her face full of anger.
Silently watching a white carriage slowly leave Heaven Dou City,
She thought to herself:
'I must have seen it wrong.'
'After all, that little bastard—it's said that because he rashly led troops to attack Wuping City, and under the intervention of the third prince Dai Mubai, he was arrested directly by the Shadow Killing Guard under Star Luo Emperor and imprisoned on death row.'
'And Star Luo Emperor personally ordered that no one is allowed to plead for mercy or visit.'
Thinking of this, Qian Renxue's beautiful eyebrows furrowed, but her depressed mood suddenly lifted, replaced by a hint of happiness and pride.
'Little tiger, although you took advantage of my carelessness and won once by chance...'
'But!'
'You still lost to the cruel succession system of the Star Luo Empire.'
'It's a pity I don't have a chance to fight you again.'
'Otherwise, I, Qian Renxue, will prove that I am never inferior to others in my life!'
Soon, Qian Renxue looked at Porcupinefish Douluo again. "Remember to let Grandpa send someone to keep an eye on him. If that little tiger is going to be executed, let Grandpa save him."
"He's rare!"
"Yes!"
Porcupinefish Douluo nodded in agreement.
Then he looked at his young master's back, scratched his head in confusion, and muttered softly: "When you heard Dai Chengfeng was imprisoned, you were so happy you couldn't sleep all night. You kept muttering: 'Bastard, deserved it, die quickly...'"
"Now I hear Dai Chengfeng might be executed, and it was you who asked the Great Priest to send someone to rescue him..."
"Why I don't understand this?"
...
Outside Heaven Dou City, inside the carriage, the atmosphere was simple and warm.
Dai Chengfeng looked up at Ye Lingling sitting opposite him.
Today, Ye Lingling looked very different from before.
She had taken off her stiff Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy uniform and was wearing a white, slim dress.
The material of the long skirt was soft, perfectly outlining her slender figure. A few strands of hair fell beside her fair cheeks, adding a touch of coolness.
Dai Chengfeng was momentarily stunned, but he quickly regained his composure. "Miss Ye, we meet again."
Ye Lingling raised her eyes and looked at Dai Chengfeng, and her lips moved slightly as if she wanted to smile. But the smile disappeared at the corner of her mouth.
It seemed she was not used to such an expression, and a trace of embarrassment flashed in her eyes.
Dai Chengfeng looked at her and couldn't help but smile and shake his head. "If you can't laugh, don't force it."
Ye Lingling nodded slightly, her long eyelashes trembling, and her voice cold: "Thank you, Chengfeng... Your Highness, please understand."
"Just call me Chengfeng—like before you came back."
"Don't be too reserved."
"After all, with Senior Ye in the future, it's hard to say..."
Dai Chengfeng didn't continue, but his eyes were full of expectation.
In his mind, he had already planned a large medical school for the Star Luo Empire, which could teach auxiliary soul masters and accept civilian students.
Ye Renxin would be the first dean.
Ye Lingling listened to Dai Chengfeng's words and hummed softly, and a faint hint of happiness flashed in her eyes.
Looking at the cold, shy Ye Lingling, Dai Chengfeng shook his head and chuckled again.
Ye Lingling had never been a talkative person. She was like a quiet crabapple flower, preferring to stay quietly in the corner.
Dai Chengfeng didn't force a conversation.
For a moment, the carriage fell into a peaceful silence, broken only by the soft sound of wheels rubbing against the ground as it moved.
Until Heaven Dou City disappeared entirely.
Dai Chengfeng slightly lifted the curtain, poked out half his head, and asked curiously: "Senior Ye, where are we going next?"
Ye Renxin turned his head. "Star Dou Great Forest."
He paused and added: "But this time, we may have to go a little deeper."
"After all, the dark gold terror claw bears I'm looking for are all thousands of years old, and these soul beasts have extremely strong combat power. Even if they're only a thousand years old, they're not weaker than some low-level soul beasts of three or four thousand years."
It seemed he was worried Dai Chengfeng would worry about the dangers of venturing into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Ye Renxin smiled and reassured him: "But your Highness, you can rest assured."
"With my poison and Nine Heart Flowering Apple Martial Soul, combined with Zhu Fan's level 83 combat power, there will be no danger as long as we don't encounter soul beasts over 100,000 years old."
Dai Chengfeng nodded. "I trust Senior Ye's Nine Heart Begonia martial soul's healing ability."
After all, the Nine Heart Flowering Apple martial soul was known as a miracle among martial soula. Even if Ye Lingling was only at level 20, it could heal injuries at a visible speed.
With Ye Renxin's level 81 soul douluo as long as his uncle isn't killed instantly, he should be able to recover quickly, right?
Dai Chengfeng silently thought.
From this, he believed that as long as they didn't encounter a 100,000-year-old soul beast, there should be no danger.
"I hope everything goes smoothly on this trip!"
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