Douluo Dalu: The Frozen Throne

Chapter 202: As the competition approaches, the weaknesses of the Hongchen siblings and Xiao Hongchen
Time passed quietly.

In the past half month, the number of tourists received by Xingluo City has increased sharply. All hotels and homestays are full due to the large influx of people. Many people even have no place to stay and have to sleep on the streets or even stay temporarily in hotels in villages and towns near Xingluo City.

You know, Xingluo City is one of the rare giant cities in the world today, with a permanent population of 8 million and a floating population of 20 million. But recently, this number has probably more than doubled...

There is only one reason for such a big change. The once-in-five-years event, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, will be held in Xingluo City.

There are four empires on the continent today, and the Soul Fighting Competition is held every five years. Each time, it is held in the capitals of the four empires in order. If Xingluo City wants to hold one, it has to wait for twenty years, which is half a lifetime for an ordinary person. No matter what the reason, this has great appeal to the people of the Xingluo Empire and even people from other countries.

In recent days, teams of students from all over the mainland have arrived in Xingluo City to register, and the Xinghuang Hotel is almost full, which shows how large the total number of people is.

The extraordinarily lively scene made the little girl Meng Ning very happy. Since others didn't want to go out, she pulled Dugu Yan, who had always had a low sense of presence, to go out together. For some reason, Dugu Yan never refused Meng Ning, and the relationship between the two is now very good.

Shu Yan temporarily gave up on condensing the second soul core. He was still lacking some skills and his physical injuries had just recovered. Even if he tried again now, he would probably end up with injuries. It would be better to relax for a while and try again later.

In recent days, Shu Yan has been with Xu Jiujiu, and Ling Luochen and Su Tong also got their wish and advanced to the Soul Saint realm at the last moment.

Although the cultivation speed of soul masters with ultimate attributes is a bit slow before they break through to the Soul Saint level, they have the advantage of not having a bottleneck. As long as they have accumulated enough, it is very easy for them to break through.

As for the seventh soul rings of the two, Shu Yan had already made preparations. He did not have the time to take the two to hunt the hundred thousand year soul beast for the time being, so he simply asked Xue Ling for help and asked her for two god-given soul rings to give to the two women.

After solving the two people's spirit ring needs, everything can be said to have come to a temporary end.

Before this, Shu Yan gave some of his immortal herbs to Qiangu Yueyin and Tian Ling, and asked the Medical Immortal Douluo to refine a few pills that condensed the essence of immortal herbs and gave them to Luo Qinghan and others...

Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo also recently finished their training and came to visit the princess's mansion. A year is not a long time, but it has brought a lot of changes to them. Now that the Fighting Spirit Competition has started again, looking at those young geniuses who are full of vigor and vitality, the two are quite emotional, as if they saw their former selves in them.

As graduates of Shrek's inner courtyard, they would really like to meet this year's Shrek Seven Devils and the reserve team. After all, as far as they know, this year's reserve team is extremely interesting.

Compared with these two best friends, Ling Luochen obviously had no interest in this.

She had no sense of belonging to Shrek Academy, and her purpose of joining Shrek Academy was only to become stronger. The identity of the Shrek Seven Devils was now just a thing of the past for her, not to mention that there was also Ma Xiaotao in the team this time, who was at odds with her in every way. They were incompatible, just like Grandpa Ling and Dou Ling's Tianyang Douluo. Anyway, she was too lazy to watch anything.

At the same time, the Shrek Seven Devils, led by Taotie Douluo Xuanzi, and seven reserve members have also begun to rush to the Western Legion of the Xingluo Empire, preparing to wipe out a bandit gang called "Hand of Death" hidden in the Mingdou Mountains...

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Switch perspective.

On the other side, the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy team came to participate in the competition.

The boy and girl, who looked about 60% similar to each other, and the other team members looked curiously at the cities and streets outside. The Sun-Moon Empire was different from the original Douluo Three Kingdoms. Due to the rapid development of soul guides, the cities of the Sun-Moon Empire already had the feeling of modern cities. In comparison, the Xingluo City, with its exquisite and elegant architectural style and the style of a Jiangnan water city, seemed quite ancient. Since most of the participating team members were young people around 20 years old, and most of them were visiting Xingluo City for the first time, they naturally couldn't hide their curiosity.

The busy streets were crowded with people. The journey to the Star King Hotel by carriage was not far, but because the flow of people and vehicles was too heavy, the speed of travel was really embarrassing.

Sitting by the window and looking at the outside world, Xiao Hongchen rubbed his smooth chin. Whether it was the excitement of coming to a new country or the upcoming fighting spirit competition, all of this made him feel extremely interesting. He even felt that no one could be his opponent.

However, he did have the confidence to do so, as he was a rare genius in the dual cultivation of soul master and soul mentor in the Sun-Moon Empire, and the grandson of the Master of Mingde Hall. He reached the Soul King level at the age of fifteen and was hailed as the number one genius in the history of the Sun-Moon Empire.

Although his sister Meng Hongchen is slightly inferior to him, she is also a rare genius. Zhu Qing Bingchan is known as the king in the cracks. The horrible poison in her body makes countless powerful soul beasts tremble with fear. Even Xue Di and Bing Di couldn't help but sigh when they mentioned her.

The fifteen-year-old Meng Hongchen has grown into an extremely attractive girl. Under the warm sunshine, her straight long silver hair shines faintly, as if twinkling with stars. Different from Xiao Hongchen's delicate and handsome appearance, Meng Hongchen's facial features are more delicate and three-dimensional. There is a unique exotic charm in her beauty, but overall, she is a beauty who is not inferior to Ling Luochen or Su Tong.

"Xingluo City... is quite interesting."

Xiao Hongchen stretched lazily in a casual posture with a smile on his face all the time, and his feet were directly placed on the small table in the middle of the carriage, as if there was no one else in the carriage. Others, even the two old men who led the team, frowned, but in the end, they did not say anything.

Meng Hongchen, who was standing by, propped up her head and looked at the surging crowd outside with a smile on her face. She looked at Xiao Hongchen beside her, and then said in an irrefutable tone:
"Brother, since we're new here, I allow you to exercise your rights as an older brother. Take me shopping tonight, and you will pay for all the expenses."

Xiao Hongchen sat up, his expression inexplicably dazed for a moment, and then became a little distorted.

"Sister, just tell me what you want to buy and I'll ask someone to buy it for you. As for shopping, there's no need for that..."

As early as in Mingdu, Xiao Hongchen had been used as cheap labor by Meng Hongchen more than once. Although he was used to being proud, what could he do for his own sister? In the end, he could only do as he was told.

And it is well known that accompanying a woman shopping is as difficult as researching a level 10 fixed-type soul guide shell, especially when they ask questions about life and death while buying clothes or jewelry, which is even more impossible to answer, because no matter how you look back, it is always your fault. What is even more terrifying is that when shopping, women's physical strength is almost endless, and they are truly like perpetual motion machines, while men...

Xiao Hongchen felt that he would never forget that darkest day. After spending a day with his sister in Mingdu, he returned to the academy drowsily. His sister was full of energy, but he seemed to have been drained of energy by life. In the end, he was so tired that he fell headfirst into the green plants beside the academy path and slept soundly until the next morning...

Fortunately, there were few people on that path, otherwise his reputation...

Hiss—Xiao Hongchen got goosebumps just thinking about it now.

After all this, Xiao Hongchen has obviously seen a lot and has deeply realized the horror and difficulty of accompanying a woman shopping.

What!? Sister, you want your brother to kneel down for you?
This won't do! Absolutely not! I have my dignity too!

What!? You want me to choose between going shopping with you and kneeling down?
Then I, your brother, can make a choice. Look, are you satisfied with my kneeling posture?

If that doesn't work, I'll give you another one...? (Hesitantly)
(End of this chapter)