"Dai Shao, you're so naughty~"
"Dai Shao, come catch me~"
Just as Xiao Feng was half-lying on the sofa, gently swirling a glass of red wine while admiring Zhu Zhuqing's flawless and curvy figure, a burst of playful laughter suddenly came from the room next door.
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Xiao Feng was slightly taken aback and showed a somewhat strange expression.
The voice of the man next door sounded very familiar—it was clearly Dai Mubai's voice.
Dai Mubai was a regular at the Rose Hotel. Knowing how well he understood the place, Xiao Feng wouldn't believe it wasn't intentional.
Dai Mubai had purposely booked the room next to Xiao Feng's, probably to vent his dissatisfaction.
"Childish!"
Xiao Feng sneered disdainfully.
After several hours of intense refining, Zhu Zhuqing had fully absorbed the medicinal power of the Narcissus Jade Muscles and Bones. Not only had her spirit power risen to level 30, but her skin had also become smoother and more delicate.
However, just as the smile on Zhu Zhuqing's face hadn't yet faded, the playful noises from the next room reached her ears.
Zhu Zhuqing naturally recognised Dai Mubai's voice. To her, his incompetent rage was more amusing than anything else—it was like the howling of a sore loser.
Seeing this, Xiao Feng's lips curled into a mischievous smile. He picked Zhu Zhuqing up by the waist and headed toward the nearby bed.
(20,000 words omitted...)
[T/N: Ok, Mars(2)]
The Next Morning
Under Dai Mubai's resentful and unwilling gaze, Xiao Feng supported the now unsteady Zhu Zhuqing and led her to the hotel's dining area.
Xiao Feng paid no attention to Dai Mubai, the "foolish victim." After having breakfast with Zhu Zhuqing, he took her and left Soutuo City.
Zhu Zhuqing's projection task was to gain the strength needed to defeat Zhu Zhuyun, so Xiao Feng was required to help her grow stronger quickly and head to the Star Luo Empire to defeat Zhu Zhuyun.
Zhu Zhuyun was seven years older than Zhu Zhuqing, and their cultivation talents were similar. By now, Zhu Zhuyun's spirit power was likely around level 40.
After Zhu Zhuqing had consumed the Narcissus Jade Muscles and Bones, her spirit power had risen by seven levels, reaching an absolute control of level 34.
However, since Zhu Zhuqing had yet to absorb her third spirit ring, her power was still suppressed at level 30.
Once Zhu Zhuqing obtained a suitable third spirit ring, coupled with the feedback boost from the ring itself, her power would skyrocket to level 35.
By that time, all Xiao Feng needed to do was give Zhu Zhuqing another immortal herb and her power would break through to level 40, making defeating Zhu Zhuyun relatively easy.
After leaving Soutuo City, Xiao Feng summoned the corpse puppet of the Blue Feather Eagle, holding Zhu Zhuqing as they jumped onto its back. They controlled it to head toward the Star Dou Forest within the borders of the Star Luo Empire.
The Star Dou Forest was one of the three largest spirit beast habitats on the Douluo Continent. It was comparable in size to the Barak Kingdom and spanned both the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
Two-fifths of the forest lay within the Heaven Dou Empire, while the remaining three-fifths were in the Star Luo Empire. It was a massive, complex, and dense primaeval forest.
The spirit beasts there were also extremely dangerous—the deeper one ventured into the forest, the stronger the spirit beasts became.
In theory, any spirit master with enough strength and luck could find the most suitable spirit ring for themselves within the Star Dou Forest.
Xiao Feng and Zhu Zhuqing were lucky. Not long after they entered the Star Dou Forest, they found a suitable third spirit ring for Zhu Zhuqing.
The owner of that spirit ring was a Shadow Leopard, roughly 1,700 years old.
After absorbing the ring from the millennial Shadow Leopard, Zhu Zhuqing's power broke through to level 35, and she awakened a new spirit skill: "Nether Shadow Transformation."
Nether Shadow Transformation had a simple ability—it allowed Zhu Zhuqing to double all her attributes for half an hour, making it a rare self-enhancing amplification spirit skill.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing successfully absorb the third spirit ring, Xiao Feng did not rush to give her the second immortal herb. Instead, he led her through the Star Dou Forest to train in combat against suitable millennial spirit beasts.
In the following days, every time Zhu Zhuqing fought a millennial spirit beast, Xiao Feng protected and guided her, allowing her combat skills to improve rapidly.
Only after Zhu Zhuqing had fully adapted to her newfound strength did Xiao Feng take out the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and give it to her to consume.
As expected, Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power rose to level 40 after consuming the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum.
Xiao Feng then spent several more days helping Zhu Zhuqing find a suitable fourth spirit ring before they headed for Xingluo City.
Xingluo City, the capital of the Star Luo Empire, was even more prosperous than Heaven Dou City.
Since Zhu Zhuqing was still officially Dai Mubai's fiancée, the two separated upon entering Xingluo City to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Zhu Zhuqing chose to return to the Zhu family to publicly challenge Zhu Zhuyun, while Xiao Feng stealthily infiltrated the Crown Prince's mansion where Davis resided.
Although the mansion was heavily guarded, with a robust Spirit Douluo stationed there, Xiao Feng, who was skilled in disguise, saw the security as full of holes.
Disguised as a servant, Xiao Feng easily sneaked into the kitchen and added something to Davis's food.
It was a third-grade poison—colourless and odourless—that would not kill immediately but would take three to four days to manifest.
This way, even though Davis had servants test his food, they would not detect Xiao Feng's poison in time.
By the time Davis succumbed to the poison in a few days, Xiao Feng would have long since left the Star Luo Empire.
Meanwhile, under the watchful eyes of the Zhu family, the battle between Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing finally concluded.
"Impossible!"
Zhu Zhuyun, whose limbs had been crippled by Zhu Zhuqing, struggled to sit up, her face twisted in a snarl. "Two months ago, your spirit power was only level 27. How could you have reached level 43 so quickly? You cheated! You must have cheated!"
"I didn't cheat. I only fled into the depths of the Star Dou Forest to escape your pursuit, where I just happened to find two immortal herbs!"
Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's words, Zhu Zhuyun instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, her whole demeanour collapsing.
(End of Chapter)
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