Chapter 22: If Love Lasts for a Long Time, How Can It Depend on Being Together Day and Night?
"What are you dazing off for? Stunned silly?"
Zhou Chen's voice rang in Hu Liena's ears, scaring her into a shiver. She hurriedly said, "No, I just..."
"Given our relationship, there is no need to explain."
Zhou Chen said with a smile.
Hearing these obviously somewhat ambiguous words, Hu Liena's white ears immediately turned red, and she stammered somewhat, "What relationship do we have? Do not speak nonsense."
"Haha, do not be nervous, just joking," Zhou Chen said with a laugh.
Teasing a beautiful young girl felt truly good. The discomfort caused by killing so many people just now was washed away.
Originally, he wanted to learn from domineering CEOs and pin Hu Liena against a wall, but his height only reached Hu Liena's waist, so he really had the will but not the strength.
"If you speak nonsense again, I will... I will ignore you!"
The shy Hu Liena finally revealed her ultimate weapon.
"Alright, alright, I will not say it."
Facing Hu Liena's powerless threat, Zhou Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile, "Sending a gentleman a thousand miles must eventually come to an end. You and I... let us part ways here."
As he spoke, Zhou Chen's smile gradually disappeared.
Hu Liena's eyes instantly reddened. She hesitated for a moment before saying in a low tone, "Then you... leave quickly. With such a big commotion just now, Elder Chrysanthemum will probably chase over very soon."
"En."
Zhou Chen nodded. He suddenly winked and said with a smile, "Although we are parting now and do not know when we can meet again. However, if love lasts for a long time, how can it depend on being together day and night? One day, we will meet again."
"Remember my promise, Your Highness the Saintess."
After speaking, Zhou Chen turned around and left without looking back.
Leaving only Hu Liena, staring blankly at his back... shedding tears.
Unknown how much time passed, the sky had turned bright. Hu Liena was still standing there blankly, looking and looking in the direction Zhou Chen left, motionless.
"Swoosh!"
Suddenly, accompanied by the sound of breaking wind, a golden stream of light arrived above Hu Liena at extremely fast speed from the sky.
The golden stream of light stabilized its figure in mid-air. It was precisely the Spirit Hall Elder, Level 95 Title Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan.
At this time, Chrysanthemum Douluo looked at the scorched and shattered earth below, the rivers evaporated to nothing, the surging crimson magma columns, and the quietly standing Hu Liena, truly having a face full of confusion.
To destroy this area of a thousand meters radius into this state, it would require at least a Soul Douluo above Level 80 to possibly achieve it!
"Here... what exactly happened?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo looked down at Hu Liena below and questioned sternly.
Hearing this, Hu Liena raised her head and lied indifferently, "Elder Chrysanthemum, as you can see, a battle occurred here. Zhou Chen's family elders arrived in time and exterminated all the men in black who wanted to assassinate us, including a Soul Emperor."
Regarding the news that the men in black were the Star Luo Empire imperial family's Secret Guards, Hu Liena did not say.
Because she knew that saying it was useless.
The current Spirit Hall was not yet ready to fall out with the two great empires, so even if they knew the Star Luo imperial family Secret Guards assassinated the Saintess, they could only let it go.
As for Zhou Chen's true strength, she did not plan to reveal it either, but instead found a reasonable excuse.
"What? Zhou Chen's family elders did this?"
Hearing these words, Chrysanthemum Douluo's pupils instantly constricted, and the shock in his heart reached the extreme!
Sure enough, behind that kid indeed stood a powerful Soul Master family. And judging from the scene before his eyes, his family indeed possessed quite astonishing strength. This was consistent with Spirit Hall's deduction.
Now that the interception failed and they instead forged a deep hatred with the Soul Master family behind that kid, Spirit Hall's plan could be said to be a total failure.
And all of this was to be blamed on Hu Liena.
If not for this silly girl's sudden overflow of kindness, running away with that exceptionally talented kid...
The more Chrysanthemum Douluo thought about it, the angrier he became. He landed in front of Hu Liena and said coldly, "Girl, where is that kid now? In which direction did his family elders take him?"
"Elder Chrysanthemum, I cannot tell you."
Hu Liena gave a miserable smile, suddenly knelt down, and looked up, saying, "I failed Teacher's expectations and betrayed Spirit Hall's grace of upbringing. Please punish me!"
"Humph, girl, you are simply stubborn! Do you know what a huge threat letting such a genius escape poses to my Spirit Hall?"
Pointing at Hu Liena, the exasperated Chrysanthemum Douluo almost shouted out.
Hearing these words, Hu Liena said with both shame and sorrow, "Please punish me, Elder. Whether you kill me or cut me, I will have absolutely no complaints!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Spirit Hall has already let one genius run away; do you want me to kill another genius as well?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo said angrily.
At this moment, his face, which was even more beautiful than a woman's, was almost twisted.
After a long while, he let out a breath of pent-up air and said coldly, "The death penalty can be avoided, but living punishment cannot be escaped. I will take you back to meet the Pope right now and let her punish you!"
After speaking, Chrysanthemum Douluo's figure flashed, and carrying Hu Liena, he turned into a golden stream of light and disappeared into the horizon...
Meanwhile.
In Holy Soul Village, very close to Notting City.
Zhou Chen sat in an empty room, quietly circulating the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, healing the injuries within his body.
Beside him were the three people: Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Marcus.
Last night, before Zhou Chen ran away with Hu Liena, he woke the three up and instructed them to separate from him and head to Holy Soul Village first to meet him.
At that time, Yu Xiaogang and the others were also very confused.
It was agreed that they would help Tang San hunt Soul Beasts, so why did they have to leave in the middle of the night and even split into two groups, as if they were escaping?
However, as a qualified subordinate, Grandmaster did not question Zhou Chen but resolutely executed the order, successfully escaping the Hunting Soul Forest and arriving at Holy Soul Village.
This was the benefit of working with smart people.
If it were a brain-dead idiot with low IQ, they would definitely pester Zhou Chen with endless questions, wasting all the escape time, and finally be easily caught by that ladyboy Chrysanthemum Douluo.
"Pfft!"
Suddenly, Zhou Chen spat out a large mouthful of congested blood, and his pale face finally showed a trace of rosiness.
"How is it?" Yu Xiaogang asked with concern.
"Much better," Zhou Chen lied.
That earth-shattering sword strike had overdrawn his already weak body. Forcibly using power that surpassed his own would definitely come with a price!
To completely recover from his current injuries, it would take at least a few months.
However, he would not tell Grandmaster and the others these facts.
It was better not to expose his own weakness. If he told others and they harbored malicious intentions, he would be in big trouble.
Being consistently cautious (afraid of death), he maintained a certain degree of vigilance toward everyone.
After all, the ancient saying goes: If the monarch is not secretive, he loses his minister; if the minister is not secretive, he loses his life.
(End of this chapter)
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