Douluo: Twin Origins, Suppressing the World

Chapter 228 Even if you're on drugs, you still can't win.

"But……"

Xiao Hongchen understood this perfectly well, but he still harbored a glimmer of hope.

After all, this might be the only way for him to overcome his inner demons...

He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, and his knuckles were clearly visible and white.

Meng Hongchen sighed softly and continued, "And even if you can somewhat contend with those two in the later competitions through this method, what then?"

"If you cut off your own future, will you still be able to stand on the same level as them ten or twenty years from now?"

"No, that's not right. You probably wouldn't be able to be on the same level as those geniuses you suppressed before."

"Doesn't this further prove Jiang Xue's point?"

"If we really want to protest this statement, we should think about how to make progress in a down-to-earth manner, rather than gaining short-term growth through such a self-destructive approach."

Meng Hongchen's words made Xiao Hongchen remain silent.

Seeing this, Jing Hongchen felt a little relieved. He knew that Meng Hongchen's words had indeed touched Xiao Hongchen's heart.

Meng is not only less talented than her brother, but also much better in personality.

If laughter could be like a dream, he wouldn't have to worry so much.

Of course, this excludes the "fangirl" aspect.

After saying all this, Meng Hongchen did not urge Xiao Hongchen to give her an answer. Instead, she crossed her arms and waited quietly, giving him enough time to think.

That's all she could say; the rest she had to figure out for herself.

After a long silence, Xiao Hongchen sighed deeply, "I understand..."

He ultimately abandoned the idea of ​​sacrificing his future through drugs to achieve short-term, rapid growth.

Meng Hongchen is right. Even if he did that, he would most likely not be able to compete with those two in that competition, and might even make himself worse than those who were weaker than him before.

He shouldn't have done something so idiotic.

only……

The thought of Jiang Xue's disdainful face fueled a burning anger within Xiao Hongchen, which he could not quell.

In this respect, Meng Hongchen was actually in a similar situation to him.

Although the Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Son named Jiang Xue was very beautiful, her personality made it impossible for her, with her infatuated nature, to like him.

Perhaps part of the reason is that Ling Shuang raised her aesthetic standards so much during that competition.

only……

Meng Hongchen didn't know why, but she always had a vague feeling that Jiang Xue wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface.

I can't explain why, it's just a feeling from the bottom of my heart.

"Besides, didn't Jiang Xue herself say that she wasn't confident she could defeat Ling Shuang?"

"If we really meet in the competition, we'll watch as our male god Ling Shuang teaches this guy a lesson!"

"I just want to see if that guy can still maintain that expression after being defeated by others!"

Meng Hongchen waved her little fists. Compared to this so-called Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Son Jiang Xue, she had much more faith in her idol, Ling Shuang.

If she hadn't failed to find out Ling Shuang's address back then, she would have gone there now to ask him to come over and teach that arrogant Jiang Xue Shengzi a lesson.

Meng Hongchen never imagined that her idol, Ling Shuang, and that arrogant Jiang Xue were the same person. Seeing her grandson's mindset gradually return to normal, Jing Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief.

But his tightly furrowed brows remained furrowed.

Jiang Xue, the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult, is she a genius on par with Ling Shuang from back then...?

Jing Hongchen was deeply worried. The fact that the Holy Spirit had produced a genius of this caliber was not a good thing for them.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Holy Spirit Cult doesn't seem to pose much of a threat right now. How long can those crazed evil spirit masters remain calm?

The Holy Spirit Cult is a malignant tumor on the empire. If it is not removed, it will only grow larger and larger over time, eventually causing fatal harm!
It's a pity that neither His Highness the Crown Prince nor His Majesty has any intention of taking action against them.

Trying to negotiate with a tiger for its skin could backfire!

What's more, the Holy Spirit Cult now has such a brilliant and talented Holy Son!

What frustrated Jing Hongchen even more was that, in a sense, he had personally delivered this Holy Son into the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult.

…………

The news that Jiang Xue, the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult, had violently beaten Xiao Hongchen and others upon entering the cult quickly reached the ears of Crown Prince Xu Tianran and Emperor Sun and Moon.

Compared to the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult, Xiao Hongchen and the other original members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were clearly more loyal to them.

Therefore, upon receiving this news, Xu Tianran was both satisfied with the strength of the Holy Spirit Church's son and believed that it greatly increased his chances of winning the bet.

However, he was also somewhat dissatisfied, believing that this Holy Spirit Church's Holy Son did not take him, the Crown Prince, seriously.

This kind of thing happened right after they enrolled; it's absolutely outrageous!

Therefore, Xu Tianran summoned Zhongli Wu, the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, hoping that he could restrain this holy son.

Otherwise, if this holy son behaves too badly at the Royal Soul Master Academy, it will be difficult for him to be the crown prince.

Although Zhongli Wu believed that there was nothing wrong with the Holy Son Jiang Xue he had taught, he still agreed to the request due to Xu Tianran's identity and the current cooperative relationship between the two.

After returning to the Holy Spirit Cult, he sought out Ling Shuang again, hoping she would restrain her personality and behave more peacefully.

Ling Shuang reluctantly agreed.

In fact, this was not a difficult task for him at all.

At first, she acted this way simply to maintain her persona as Jiang Xue.

Otherwise, Ling Shuang is not that kind of person.

With Zhongli Wu's words, he could naturally act more calmly.

Otherwise, if he always acted like a bully, it would really make him feel a little uncomfortable.

There was another thing that surprised Ling Shuang greatly. After defeating Xiao Hongchen that day, he thought that Xiao Hongchen had been traumatized by his behavior.

But when I saw that guy the next day, the feeling of dejection was gone, but the anger in his eyes was quite astonishing.

However, Ling Shuang could understand this.

If he were called trash and then beaten up, most normal people, except for those with special interests, would be furious.

Ling Shuang didn't care what Xiao Hongchen and the others thought of him; he came here purely because of Zhongli Wu.

Otherwise, he should still be quietly cultivating with Gu Yuena at his Holy Spirit Cult stronghold, sometimes using the excuse of going to the stronghold in the far north to go back and see Jiang Nannan, Xue Di, and others.

(End of this chapter)