Douluo Continent: The World Shines with Stars

Chapter 28 Infiltrating Dongji City

Unlike the Heavenly Dou Empire, where the royal family is weak, this place is a good place for the development of various sects and academies. The three upper sects, the five elemental academies, and so on all gather here.

The situation in the Star Luo Empire is even more complex, with not only sects such as the White Tiger Sect and the Holy Dragon Sect, but also a large number of powerful family forces.

The western region of the Star Luo Empire is mainly composed of a mountain range, with the Mingdou Mountains as its core.

Apart from sects like the Star Crown Sect that live in seclusion here, it is almost deserted, with some soul beasts even appearing here, and hardly any pedestrians.

Xingluo City is located in the center of the Xingluo Empire, bordering the Tiandou Empire to the northeast, and is directly controlled by the royal family Dai family and their close relatives.

In the southeastern part of the Star Luo Empire, there are not only sects such as the White Tiger Sect and the Holy Dragon Sect, but also a complex area with numerous families.

For this trip, Xu Mingxi was naturally provided with bodyguards by his sect.

The person secretly following him was none other than his own grandfather, the Grand Elder Xu Chunyi.

On the surface, this was Xu Mingxi's first time traveling far away on his own. With his Soul King strength, he was more than capable of taking good care of himself while away.

But sometimes trouble doesn't come to you; it comes to you.

Xu Mingxi never imagined that one day she would be involved in such a cliché hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenario.

Just as he was driving his carriage towards Dongji City, the largest city in the southeastern region of the Star Luo Empire.

Suddenly, he saw a person dressed in tattered Soul Master attire lying in front of his carriage. From a distance, it seemed to be a woman.

Xu Mingxi had just stopped the carriage and hadn't even gotten off to check what was going on.

Four men in black emerged from the nearby woods; some carried long knives, while others had fangs.

They all wore spirit rings, one was a Soul Master and the other three were Soul Venerables, but to Xu Mingxi's dismay, only the Soul Master among the four of them had a purple spirit ring.

The others were either white or yellow, and there was even one oddball with a knife, making it two white and one yellow.

They saw that although Xu Mingxi was young, she was dressed extravagantly and was clearly not someone to be trifled with.

"Sir, we are from the Wild Wolf Gang. Our leader is a Soul King level expert. We only want this woman and will keep to ourselves. How about it?"

Although he felt the hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress plot was too cliché, Xu Mingxi still decided to save her.

The woman's clothes were torn to shreds during her escape, but it was still clear that the original fabric was definitely of good quality.

Xu Mingxi was just worried about how to fit in, but unexpectedly, someone came to her aid when she was sleepy.

"I'll count to three, then get out."

Xu Mingxi immediately released his martial soul and soul ring, and the four thugs stared at the pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul ring.

They had no intention of fighting back, didn't dare utter a single harsh word, and slunk away in disgrace.

A ten-thousand-year soul ring! Even the gang leader doesn't have one. Someone the gang leader doesn't dare to mess with, how could we little Karami possibly afford to offend him?

Xu Mingxi lifted the woman onto the carriage and took a quick look at her. The wounds on her body were all minor scratches and the like. She must have just been too tired and dehydrated to have fainted.

Xu Mingxi picked up the water bottle and gave her two sips, then summoned the Star Crown, fired a star net to trap her, and then ignored her.

As they got closer to Dongji City, the woman still hadn't woken up. Xu Mingxi deactivated the Star Network, carried her out of the car, and took a basin of water from his storage ring, splashing it on her face.

"Where is this?"

"Girl, you're awake. I just passed by and saw you lying here, badly injured."

Chen Qinghuang looked at the blond man in front of her, somewhat confused about the current situation.

She only remembered that she seemed to have encountered bandits, and that her grandmother Lingyi, who was protecting her, was stopped by men in black who suddenly appeared. Then she was chased by the bandits and fled all the way. After that, she couldn't remember anything else.

Could it be that this man saved me?

Chen Qinghuang blushed a little; it wasn't impossible for someone this handsome.

"Miss, miss, do you want to change your clothes? It just rained, and you're all wet." Chen Qinghuang finally realized what was happening and touched herself with both hands.

Thankfully, my clothes are okay, but they were quite wet. The ground next to me dried pretty quickly.

Chen Qinghuang borrowed the carriage from Xu Mingxi and took out clean clothes from her storage soul tool to change.

"Thank you for saving me, young master."

"It's nothing, but I saw you lying on the ground earlier, covered in injuries. Did something happen?"

Chen Qinghuang's pent-up frustration suddenly erupted. She didn't know how she had ended up being chased. Those bandits were smelly and ugly, and they terrified her.

"I...I don't know either, yesterday..."

Xu Mingxi could tell that this guy had never been out and about to gain experience; he just casually revealed all the information.

Chen Qinghuang, the 22-year-old daughter of the Chen family patriarch in Dongji City, is visiting her parents during the academy's holiday.

As Xu Mingxi expected, she rarely went out except for her home and the college.

Whether they were going out to play with classmates or acquiring spirit rings, they were well protected and had no idea of ​​the dangers of society.

Xu Mingxi handed her some dry food, and she, who had been hungry for most of the day, took it and put it in her mouth, making Xu Mingxi feel reluctant to lie to her.

Just as Xu Mingxi was trying to learn more, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar.

Upon closer inspection, it was a troop of more than a dozen black-armored cavalrymen, led by a serious-looking old woman.

"Get up and see if those are your family members."

Chen Qinghuang stopped putting the pancake into her mouth, stood up and looked out, then suddenly jumped up with joy.

"Grandma Lingyi, I'm here, right here."

The old woman naturally saw her too. Her serious expression instantly softened, and she came over to examine Chen Qinghuang carefully. She finally breathed a sigh of relief when she found that there was nothing wrong.

Only then did she notice Xu Mingxi standing beside her. She shielded Chen Qinghuang behind her and watched him warily.

"May I ask who you are, sir?"

"Oh, Grandma Lingyi, I'm so grateful to Brother Mingxi for saving me. He even gave me some food."

Chen Qinghuang completely forgot that even if Xu Mingxi didn't give it to her, she would still have it in her soul tool.

Upon hearing this, Lingyi's expression finally softened, and a smile returned to her face.

"Thank you for your help, young master."

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just happened to see her lying on the ground on my way to Dongji City."

"Young master, are you going to Dongji City? Why don't we go together?"

"This isn't a good idea."

Xu Mingxi pretended to be troubled as she looked at Chen Qinghuang, then at the black-armored cavalrymen beside her.

"Brother Mingxi, what's up? Let's go together."

Chen Qinghuang was quite outgoing, and perhaps because of Xu Mingxi's face, she grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the carriage.

After escaping the enemy's entanglement, Lingyi urgently returned to Dongji City and dispatched black-armored cavalry to search for the person, so it was impossible for them to be driving a carriage.

Lingyi handed the horse to a cavalryman and took Chen Qinghuang into Xu Mingxi's carriage.

(End of this chapter)