Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 231

Where are they?!

Three days later, Magistrate Li arrived at the carriage where Lin Chen was imprisoned and angrily asked him.

After Lin Chen transferred the girl, the caravan traveled for another three days before finally arriving at Tian Dou City. Just as Magistrate Li was preparing to take the girl out separately, wash her clean, put on makeup, and hand her over to the prince in the city, he discovered that the girl had already disappeared.

The princes in the city had a particular fondness for young, virgin girls; otherwise, given their nature, they would have already taken advantage of them countless times.

At this moment, Magistrate Li arrived in front of the carriage where Lin Chen was imprisoned and angrily asked.

Several other men were also imprisoned in the cell, and they all looked bewildered.

Actually, these men had wanted to touch the girl before, but because of Lin Chen's intimidation, they didn't dare to make any rash moves.

Although Lin Chen was currently concealing his cultivation level, his shouts still sent chills down the spines of the men.

"Lord Li, I don't know!" one of the men said.

Lin Chen seized the opportunity to put on an act, "Lord Li, we were all asleep last night and really don't know where that girl went."

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Li flew into a rage and shouted, "Guards! Take everyone in this carriage down and give them fifty lashes each! I refuse to believe we can't pry their mouths open!"

A group of soldiers came to Lin Chen's car, unlocked the cage, and took Lin Chen and the others out, where they began to be whipped.

"what!"

Several people cried out in pain, including Lin Chen, who even deliberately faked some bloodstains on his back to make it look very realistic.

During the incident, two men were beaten to death, and the rest were almost knocked unconscious. Only Lin Chen and the remaining three men remained conscious.

"Hmph, two dead, that's a few less gold soul coins. Men, throw their corpses to feed the dogs!"

"Yes!" the two soldiers answered in unison, and then dragged the two bodies away.

"Put them back in the car. We'll take them to the mine north of Tiandou City to work later."

Upon hearing Magistrate Li's words, one of the three who were still conscious immediately jumped out, knelt at Magistrate Li's feet, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Lord Li, please don't assign us to the mines, I beg you, I beg you, I have elderly parents and young children to support..."

Before he could finish speaking, Magistrate Li kicked him away.

"Get away! You're getting my clothes dirty."

The man who had been kicked cried out in pain, rolling several times on the ground. After a pause, his face hardened with malice. He decided to go all in, pointing at Lin Chen and shouting, "It was him! I saw it! He let that woman get away!"

Lin Chen was also startled by the loud shout.

Magistrate Li and the surrounding soldiers all cast questioning glances at Lin Chen.

"Tell me, did you do it?" Magistrate Li kicked Lin Chen to the ground and asked angrily.

Lin Chen shook his head repeatedly, his eyes filled with fear, and said in a trembling voice, "Lord Li, how could I possibly have that ability? Even if I did, I wouldn't dare let that woman escape in front of all of you officials!"

Magistrate Li nodded slightly, clearly leaning towards Lin Chen's explanation. How could an ordinary person possibly manage to take a woman away, especially so quietly and unnoticed?

"Hmph, I knew you wouldn't dare."

"Lord Li, I saw it all, it really is him, he, he is a Soul Master!" The person who had previously "framed" Lin Chen pointed at Lin Chen and shouted.

"Shut up! It's none of your business, a prisoner, to tell me what to do. He's a Soul Master? I'm a Title Douluo! Guards, give him another fifty lashes!"

"Ah!" A pig-like scream rang out again, and the man was knocked unconscious.

"Take them back."

A group of soldiers threw the men lying haphazardly on the ground into cages, and Lin Chen was the last one to go up.

With his robust physique, the whip barely scratched his skin.

"You'd better not try anything funny, or you'll suffer a terrible death," Magistrate Li said mockingly to Lin Chen. He then strode towards the front of the procession.

Lin Chen pursed his lips, turned around, and walked onto the prison cart.

"I never imagined that people could be so wicked," Qian Renxue said with a sigh, but her tone did not show any anger.

Lin Chen nodded in deep agreement. He was genuinely shocked when the man pointed at him and accused him of framing him.

"The human heart is truly as deep as the sea, impossible to fathom!" Lin Chen remarked with a sigh.

In the more than ten years before Lin Chen, and even in his previous life, he had never encountered such a thing. Today was the first time he had encountered it, and it was a lesson for him.

Lin Chen didn't kill that person just now. Even if he framed him, the people here don't pose any threat to Lin Chen.

This made Lin Chen understand a principle even more clearly—no, it should be said that he felt this principle even more deeply. Before absolute power, all tricks are useless.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Lin Chen frowned. He sensed the aura of an evil soul master.

Just after the two soldiers dumped the two dead men in a desolate wilderness, two evil spirit masters poked their heads out.

These two individuals, a Soul Master and a Soul Venerable respectively, were nothing more than ants in Lin Chen's eyes.

"Evil Soul Masters have actually appeared near the capital of the Heavenly Soul Empire?"

Despite some doubts, Lin Chen still released a wisp of spiritual power to investigate the route taken by the two evil soul masters.

Not long after, the two evil spirit masters returned to a cave with two corpses and reported to their leader.

"Useless! I ordered you to find a woman with a virgin body, why did you bring me back two corpses?!" the leader roared.

Using his mental power, Lin Chen easily detected the leader's cultivation level, which turned out to be that of a Soul Emperor.

"Your Highness, we did indeed search using the instruments you provided, but the coordinates suddenly disappeared halfway through. We only found two corpses there, and two wild dogs were eating them at the time!"

"Useless! What a waste of what I, the prince, gave you!" the Six-Ring Soul Emperor roared.

"Your Highness, please calm down! Your Highness, please calm down!" The two evil spirit masters knelt on the ground, trembling, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"roll!"

The person addressed as Your Highness waved his hand and said coldly.

The two evil spirit masters dared not delay and quickly ran out.

Then, the six-ring Soul Emperor said to a five-ring Soul King beside him, "You cover for me for a while, I need to go back to the palace for a while."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Then, the Soul Emperor, addressed as His Highness, put on his cloak and sped off towards the direction of Heaven Dou City.

Lin Chen took in everything.

(End of this chapter)