Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 323 Raging Through the Stars
"Luo Chen, are you alright?" Yao Haoxuan asked, standing at the door of Ling Luo Chen's room.

"I'm fine." Ling Luochen's voice came from inside the room. "I've heard about what happened. You don't need to offend so many nobles for my sake, and I can't marry you either. I'm sorry."

She had always known that Yao Haoxuan was interested in her, but she had clearly rejected him. Yao Haoxuan was a good person, and she didn't want to keep him hanging on.

“I know that there has always been someone else in your heart. Although you only treat him as a younger brother on the surface, it’s only a matter of time before that feeling changes as he grows up. I understand that very well. So I’m not here today to express my feelings to you, but to say goodbye,” Yao Haoxuan said.

"Saying goodbye? Where are you going?" Ling Luochen's voice inside carried a hint of doubt.

"Heavenly Soul Empire, Heavenly Fighting City!" Yao Haoxuan said, "Don't worry, you will soon be free."

"You...you want to?" Ling Luochen was startled. She finally understood Yao Haoxuan's intention in suddenly requesting the emperor to grant him a marriage.

This is an attempt to buy time.

If she were forced to abolish her soul power, those nobles would definitely urge her to do so, and she would have no choice but to die to prove her innocence. She would rather be dead than a cripple.

But with him doing this, Xu Jiawei will have to deal with his marriage proposal first. This emperor, who likes to smooth things over, will definitely not step in himself, but will let her family decide.

However, her family lives in a border city of Xingluo, and it takes several days for them to travel there and back.

If Yao Haoxuan travels at full speed, it will be more than enough time to reach Tiandou City.

"Luo Chen, we're friends, right?" Yao Haoxuan asked with a smile.

“Of course!” Ling Luochen did not hesitate. Back when the two of them were still the Shrek Seven Devils, Yao Haoxuan was always the one who stood in front of her. In terms of friendship, who could surpass Yao Haoxuan in her eyes?

However, friendship and affection are different things, and Ling Luochen cannot confuse them.

"As a friend, this is all I can do for you, Luo Chen. After you leave with him this time, just stay with him. As for his feud with Shrek Academy, you can simply stay out of it. Don't worry about it anymore. Just live your own life. If you have time anytime, you can still come and visit your good friend." Yao Haoxuan's eyes were glistening, but he held back his heartache. His martial soul was the domineering Heaven-Shaking Ape. As a dignified man, he should, of course, say goodbye to his beloved in the most cheerful and gentlemanly tone.

After saying that, Yao Haoxuan walked out of the house without looking back and left Xingluo City!

Ling Luochen walked to the door, gently touched the closed door, and whispered, "Thank you, Haoxuan!"

A day later, Yuwen Tuo and the others returned to the Body Sect.

With the level seven healing bottle, his soul power was quickly restored.

There are less than half a year until the next Soul Master Competition. Although this competition is meaningless to him personally, even if he participates, it will only be a pure bullying of weaklings. On the other hand, Xiao Xiao and others may still be able to gain some experience.

But his purpose wasn't to participate in the competition; it was for those soul tools. He couldn't let Huo Yuhao blow up Mingdu again.

Firstly, it harms too many innocent people.

Both are too wasteful. With so many soul tools, it would be better to collect them and use them to bomb enemy troops in the future, rather than using them to bomb civilians.

In the original story, Huo Yuhao was unaware that so many fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs, capable of exploding at the slightest touch, were buried there.

Since Yuwentuo knew this, he had naturally made preparations in advance. When he returned last time, he asked Vina to collect as many storage soul tools as possible, the bigger and the more the better, so that he could store as many as he could. In addition, he continued to kill evil soul masters. Yuwentuo remembered that the people from the Xishui Alliance would appear and even held a soul master competition with other organizations.

There are so many evil spirit masters there. It's rare to see so many evil spirit masters gathered together. How could he not go and slaughter them until there's a river of blood?

Therefore, he needs to continue to improve his skills, and he should make good use of these six months.

His next target is the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

It's time to go and get the immortal herb. Before, he was worried about arousing Tang San's suspicion, but now that he is also a candidate for the Divine Trial, he has the support of the God of Destruction and the God of Elements. With such backing, he has more confidence.

Just as he recovered and was about to set off, someone sent him a message informing him that Yao Haoxuan was at Jiang Peng's house and was anxious to see him.

Yuwen Tuo was puzzled. He had no dealings with Yao Haoxuan before, so why was he looking for him? If he had anything to do with Jiang Peng, Jiang Peng wouldn't be home these days; he'd be in the Divine Fire Purgatory with Miaoxin.

However, he still met with him, precisely because someone he had never spoken to before suddenly wanted to see him, which was more likely to be something unusual.

Yuwen Tuo immediately rushed to Tiandou City and found Yao Haoxuan at Jiang Peng's residence.

Yao Haoxuan's first words were, "Yuwen Tuo, I've proposed to Luo Chen, did you know that?"

"So what?" Yuwen Tuo asked, puzzled.

It's a marriage proposal, not a forced marriage.

Ling Luochen is beautiful, of noble birth, and incredibly talented. It's perfectly normal for men to like her, and it's not shameful for her to propose marriage openly.

As long as the balance is right—first, not forcing Ling Luochen against her will, and second, not using any despicable or forceful means to humiliate her—Yuwen Tuo will not get angry over this.

"You didn't come here specifically to cause trouble because Luo Chen rejected your marriage proposal, did you? Let me tell you, you've come to the wrong person. Although you're not within my scope of revenge, you're still a Shrek graduate. If you mess with me, I still won't show any mercy."

"With your personality, it's no wonder you and Luo Chen are like siblings. One is aloof and cold, and the other is indifferent. Your personalities don't complement each other at all. Why does she like you so much?" Yao Haoxuan said helplessly.

"What exactly do you want to say?" Yuwen Tuo was getting impatient. He and Yao Haoxuan weren't friends, and he didn't have time to chat with him. He was planning to head to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

"I've come here hoping you'll hurry and rescue Luo Chen," Yao Haoxuan said immediately.

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Tuo's heart tightened. "What happened? What happened to Sister Luo Chen?"

"Here's what happened," Yao Haoxuan recounted the events of the past two months.

It all started with a titled Douluo framing Ling Luochen, nobles demanding his execution, the royal family's attempts to appease him agonizingly, and finally, the decision to cripple his soul.

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Tuo angrily punched Jiang Peng's house into ruins. "So, you're a Giant Strength Douluo and a Purple Spirit Douluo? Do you think I, Yuwen Tuo, don't have enough Title Douluo heads?"

"Brother Yao, thank you for delivering the message. I'll set off to rescue Sister Luo Chen right away!" After saying this, Yuwen Tuo didn't return to the Body Sect. Instead, he went to find Vina and asked her to pass on a message to Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao. He then immediately took off and headed towards the Star Luo Empire.

(End of this chapter)