Chapter 33: The Complexity of Xu Jiujiu
"That kind of spider soul beast with a thunder attribute is called the Electric Grid Spider. It releases a special spider silk that can interfere with surrounding thunder elements."
"However, the mental power of the Electric Grid Spider is very weak, and its control over the thunder element is not very obvious, so it's considered an ordinary soul beast."
"But I think, with your strong mental power, a very powerful soul skill might appear."
After listening to Zhang Lexuan's introduction, Lin Qinghan's eyes lit up. Interference with thunder elements? In his opinion, that definitely meant interference with magnetic fields.
If he obtained the soul skill of this soul beast, he might gain the ability to manipulate electromagnetic fields.
"This is very good. Let's set off early tomorrow morning."
It was just preparing supplies, so naturally, it didn't take them much time. It was still early, so Lin Qinghan took the two girls to stroll around Xingluo City.
Tang Ya had never been to Xingluo City before, and Zhang Lexuan had been practicing hard since childhood, rarely going out to play.
Lin Qinghan was holding a handful of honey gourds and handed one to Zhang Lexuan and Tang Ya.
Lin Qinghan hid the taste in his mouth that was similar to the past. It seemed that the snack stand owner back then had lied—this was not some exclusive secret recipe at all.
Zhang Lexuan's eyes lit up when she took the first bite.
She had a miserable childhood. After coming to Shrek, she immersed herself in cultivation and rarely tried street snacks. For a moment, she was genuinely surprised by the taste.
The three of them ate as they walked. Along the way, people saw a man with two beautiful women following him, and looked at Lin Qinghan with jealous eyes.
Although Lin Qinghan looked young in front of Zhang Lexuan, he was still ahead of his peers in the Douluo Continent. Standing at about 1.7 meters tall, it was normal for passersby to envy him.
However, Lin Qinghan didn't care. He hadn't been out in a long time, and he was only ten years old in this life, so he was still quite playful.
The three of them forgot the time while playing and didn't return to the Lin family until late at night.
Having eaten so many street snacks, they naturally skipped dinner and went straight back to their rooms.
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The Xingluo Empire's Imperial Palace, the Princess's Mansion.
Xu Jiujiu was wearing a pale yellow palace dress. Under the moonlight shining through the open roof of her room, she looked holy and solemn.
To facilitate her practice of the Xingguan Martial Spirit, her room had obviously been specially designed—the roof could be opened at will.
"Your Highness, I heard from the Supervisory Team today that the Prince Consort took two women and strolled around Xingluo City for the whole afternoon."
There were several figures outside the Princess's Palace. The leader was clearly reporting what he had found today.
However, after saying this, the subordinates outside Xu Jiujiu's door fell silent.
"Don't worry about it. Let him go."
Strangely, Xu Jiujiu did not get angry after hearing this, as if it had nothing to do with her.
"Don't report such things to me in the future. Leave now—I want to practice."
The subordinates outside the Princess's Palace responded and then left.
However, inside the palace, Xu Jiujiu sat by the bed for a long time, her gaze gradually becoming complicated.
As for the two women with Lin Qinghan, thanks to the royal family's powerful intelligence system, Xu Jiujiu naturally knew their identities.
One was an orphan of the Tang Sect, and the other was the youngest elder of Shrek.
She couldn't figure out how these two women, who clearly weren't related to Lin Qinghan, had become so close to him.
However, after a brief thought, Xu Jiujiu decided to let it go.
Over the past few years, the royal family had seen Lin Qinghan's enormous potential, and his strength was steadily growing.
Now, only two people in the Xingluo Empire were above the Super Douluo level. One was too old to act freely, and the other was purely an auxiliary healing Title Douluo.
The empire's high-end talent had no hope of breaking through to Super Douluo.
Thus, the Xingluo Empire lacked top-level combat power now and in the foreseeable future.
Lin Qinghan's importance to the royal family's future was too great. Even if Xu Jiujiu wanted to refuse the marriage proposal, it might not be possible.
In the royal family, interest outweighed everything. Even familial affection was fragile in the face of absolute benefit.
However, Xu Jiujiu had a good impression of Lin Qinghan. As for his seemingly philandering attitude—within the royal family, that was the most insignificant shortcoming.
"Lin Qinghan, I can't avoid you. I just hope you won't disappoint me too much."
Finally, Xu Jiujiu smiled helplessly, then entered a cultivation state under the starlight.
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The next day
Lin Qinghan and Zhang Lexuan set off early for the Xingdou Great Forest.
They had already discussed the soul ring hunting range.
They were headed to the mixed area of the Xingdou Great Forest, close to the core region.
This was the transition zone between the mixed and core areas. Zhang Lexuan had encountered a 100,000-year-old soul beast near here before.
It was indeed dangerous for the two of them, but with Lin Qinghan's powerful spiritual detection, it should be manageable.
Thanks to his soul compression training, Lin Qinghan's endurance had greatly improved.
With the help of his spiritual stance, Lin Qinghan and Zhang Lexuan flew directly to the edge of the Xingdou Great Forest in just half a day.
"It's best not to fly in the Xingdou Great Forest. Let's walk into the mixed zone."
Lin Qinghan originally wanted to fly directly to the outer edge of the forest, but gave up after Zhang Lexuan's reminder.
"The Electric Grid Spider's living habits are very strange. As a lightning attribute soul beast, it prefers to live in places with dense water elements."
On the way, Zhang Lexuan explained the Electric Grid Spider's behavior to Lin Qinghan.
"This kind of soul beast isn't rare in the mixed zone, but its habitat is closer to the core area."
"According to the map, we should be able to find a suitable one pretty easily."
Zhang Lexuan pulled out a sheepskin map and pointed to the aqua blue areas.
Lin Qinghan nodded, quietly admiring her. She really was an excellent student of Shrek Academy—her knowledge of soul beasts, even the less conventional ones, was thorough.
Though Lin Qinghan had strong spiritual power and learned quickly, he'd only half-heartedly studied soul beast knowledge and hadn't paid much attention to soul guides.
What Lin Qinghan didn't know was that Zhang Lexuan had focused on learning about lightning attribute soul beasts because of him.
"It's nearly impossible to find a suitable soul beast outside the Xingdou Great Forest. Let's cross it quickly."
"Okay. Accept my spiritual connection first."
Now deep in the Xingdou Great Forest, Lin Qinghan naturally didn't dare be careless. He opened his spiritual stance to a suitable range and initiated a connection with Zhang Lexuan.
Zhang Lexuan accepted it directly, and everything within several thousand meters around her was suddenly clear in her mind.
Even though she had experienced this several times, Zhang Lexuan still marveled—what kind of soul beast had given Lin Qinghan such a convenient detection skill?
And it appeared on Lin Qinghan, a soul master with such a strong lightning attribute.
She still didn't know that Lin Qinghan possessed more than one martial soul. She simply thought his martial soul had both lightning and spiritual properties.
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