The sea of ​​clouds surged beneath their feet, occasionally revealing the sleeping mountains below.

No wonder...

Li Chen's voice faded into the howling wind, but his gaze pierced through the drifting clouds, looking towards the distant starry sky.

"Slow down, don't wake her up."

"it is good."

The dragon scales of the Czechoslovakian dragon shimmered with a dark luster under the moonlight. It deliberately softened the amplitude of its wing flapping, making even the night breeze gentler.

As dusk settled, Czechoslovakian Šolám's silhouette pierced the night sky over Xiamen.

At nine o'clock, the city lights shone like stars falling to earth, and the winding coastline was outlined with dazzling neon lights.

The area around the Water City Secret Realm was as bright as day, with colorful searchlights illuminating the fountain square, and the artificial waves shattered into thousands of crystals in the light and shadow.

Li Chen gently pulled the coat draped over Eileen's shoulders closer together; the sounds of laughter from the amusement park below could be faintly heard.

The Ferris wheel's colorful lights are reflected on the sea, twisting and turning into dancing snakes of light with the waves.

As Czechrom descended, the guards at the entrance to the secret realm didn't even notice the passing shadow.

It must be said that Czechrom is a natural-born stealth fighter in the darkness.

Enter the interior of the Water City Secret Realm.

The lake, shrouded in a thin mist, reflected the sunlight, and the surroundings were so quiet that one could hear the sound of water droplets sliding off the leaves.

"arrive."

Li Chen gently landed with Eileen in his arms. He looked down at the curled eyelashes of the person in his arms and lightly tapped her shoulder with his fingertips: "It's time to wake up."

"Um......"

Eileen buried her face deeper into the crook of his neck, murmuring dreamily with warm breath, "...I need a kiss before I can get up..."

A hint of a smile appeared in Li Chen's eyes.

His fingers ran through her loose blonde hair, tucking a few playful strands behind her ears.

As their fingers lingered, Li Chen leaned down and placed a light, dew-like kiss on Eileen's brow.

"Ugh...!"

The warm touch from between her eyebrows made Eileen open her eyes wide, her emerald pupils still shrouded in lingering sleepiness.

She instinctively grabbed Li Chen's collar, and a blush instantly spread from her ear tips to her neck.

"you......"

Eileen's lips parted several times but she couldn't utter a complete sentence. In the end, she could only bury her burning cheeks in her palms.

After all, she herself had said those coquettish requests for a kiss.

"Brother Chen?!"

A clear voice pierced through the thin mist, and Li Chen turned around in the direction of the sound.

Lin Lin was standing on a blue stone by the lake, a gentle breeze lifting the hem of his worn-out outer robe.

"Isn't this Lin Lin? Long time no see."

Li Chen's lips curled slightly, his fingertips subtly slipping between Eileen's fingers. "Let me introduce you, this is..."

Before she could finish speaking, Eileen suddenly buried her burning cheeks heavily in his shoulder.

Li Chen staggered half a step, his chest heaving as he chuckled softly, "Eileen, you should call her sister-in-law according to seniority."

"Ah?! Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law?!"

Lin Lin's voice suddenly broke into a split, and the kettle in her hand crashed onto the bluestone slab with a loud bang.

His wide eyes darted back and forth between Li Chen and Eileen, like a startled rabbit.

"What about Sister Yong...?"

Lin Lin's voice was somewhat weak: "Didn't you guys used to be..."

Then, Lin Lin suddenly fell silent.

He recalled Li Chen's mysterious whereabouts, frequently taking leave over the past six months, and Xin Yong's recently swollen eyes.

Countless fragmented clues exploded in his mind, making his temples throb.

"Brother Chen, you..."

Lin Lin swallowed hard. "Could it be... that he's two-timing me?"

"Shhh."

Li Chen raised his index finger to his lips and slowly made the sign "4" with his other hand.

"Holy crap...!" Lin Lin gasped, frozen in place as if struck by lightning.

He stared intently at the gesture, his lips trembling as they opened and closed several times before finally uttering a sigh.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly gave a strong thumbs up, his lips twitching as he squeezed out a few words: "Brother Chen...you're truly amazing."

His tone was a mixture of shock, admiration, and a hint of indescribable complexity.

Hey! What are you so smug about?

Eileen's ears instantly turned bright red, and her clenched fists rained down on Li Chen's chest, unconsciously lessening their force when they touched his clothes.

She bit her lower lip in embarrassment and annoyance, her emerald eyes glistening with tears: "Is something like this worth bragging about...?"

Eileen's voice grew softer and softer until it almost turned into a sob, and she buried her face in Li Chen's shoulder.

Li Chen remained silent, gently stroking Eileen's soft hair with his fingertips, letting her flutter in his arms like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"I'm angry." Eileen suddenly looked up, her eyelashes, damp with moisture, trembling slightly.

She pouted her cherry lips as if in a huff and whispered, "It'll only be better if we kiss."

"Good good."

Li Chen chuckled softly, then looked down at her pouting cherry lips, his Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily.

"You glutton. This is today's portion..."

Before he could finish speaking, several light, feather-like kisses landed on his lips, leaving behind a glistening, watery sheen.

Eileen's eyelashes trembled frantically, and her face, which had been puffed up with anger just moments before, was now completely red.

"Ugh, I hate it..."

"Brilliant."

Lin Lin never expected that Li Chen would change so much in just half a year.

"Oh, by the way, how are the bear apprentices doing?"

Chapter 546 The Bear Disciples Gasped

You mean those little guys?

Lin Lin grinned and casually wiped his nose with his thumb. "They're all having a blast at the Cloud Peak Martial Arts Arena."

A glint of pride flashed in his eyes as he casually gestured:

"Now we can hear the 'bang bang' sounds of boxing every morning. Sixty percent of them have already broken through to become Martial Arts Bear Masters. There are even seven or eight elite-level practitioners."

Li Chen raised an eyebrow slightly, stroking the end of Eileen's hair: "The quantity has exceeded expectations..."

Then, the tone suddenly changed, "But what is the Cloud Peak Martial Arts Arena?"

He squinted and looked at the distant, misty mountain peaks.

When I last came back, it was just an ordinary mountaintop.

At most, they built a few wooden houses.

Eileen also curiously peeked out, her hair brushing against Li Chen's chin.

"This...?"

Lin Lin rubbed his nose, his eyes suddenly turning serious. "Just letting those fluffy little creatures throw punches at the air won't do."

He turned and pointed to the misty mountain peak, where the moonlight gilded the newly built training ground.

"I specially asked the Steel-Armored Ravens to bring over the obsidian, and then I consulted the Swampert clan for three days and three nights to divert water-based energy..."

Suddenly, he pulled out a roll of blue-glowing blue drawings from his pocket and proudly unfurled it: "Look! Even the waterfall's impact zone has been adjusted to the curve of Xiong's apprentice's power generation!"

Several wet bear paw prints remain in the corner of the drawing.

A hint of approval flashed in Li Chen's eyes: "Not bad, that's quite thorough."

"Of course!"

Lin Lin's eyes lit up, and she straightened her back like a large dog that had just received a compliment:

"I practically wore out three copies of 'Analysis of Fighting-type Pokémon Muscle Groups' overnight. I just couldn't waste such a great training resource in the Secret Realm."

His cuffs were still covered in wet concrete, clearly indicating he had just come from the construction site.

"Hmm, well done. I'll go up now."

Li Chen nodded slightly, the night wind ruffling the stray hairs on his forehead.

As a streak of lightning flashed, the jet-black scales of the Czechoslovakian armor gleamed with a faint blue halo under the moonlight.

"Hurry up."

He picked up Eileen with both hands and then jumped onto Zekrom's back.

Eileen's hair billowed as she took off, brushing against his cheeks like flowing gold.

"Hold on tight."

When the Czech Röhm flapped its wings, the resulting airflow shattered the surrounding mist.

The moment the dragon's wings pierced through the clouds, the entire training ground appeared before our eyes like an isolated island floating in a silver sea.

The obsidian-paved arena still radiated warmth.

Li Chen, sitting on the back of the Czechoslovakian, stood atop the mountain, the night wind lifting the hem of his clothes.

Looking down, the figures leaping across the training ground are all visible.

Dozens of bear disciples were throwing punches in a neat formation, each punch sending shivers down the ground.

Among them, the figures of more than a dozen martial arts bear masters stood out.

They demonstrate the standard punching posture and correct the cubs' movements with their broad paw pads.

The moonlight cast a cold, sharp light on their fur, and each breath carried a visible white mist.

The most eye-catching part is the center of the field.

Three elite martial arts bear masters, each significantly larger than the others, were sparring. Their clashing punches traced pale blue trajectories in the air, silently shredding the falling leaves into dust.

The three martial arts bear masters stood in a triangular formation, their punches as swift and powerful as a storm, each strike precisely following the next.

The fluid, continuous attacks seemed to weave the air into an invisible net.

The sounds of boxing practice around them gradually subsided, and more and more of Xiong's disciples stopped their movements, their round eyes fixed intently on the demonstration.

A few were particularly engrossed and even unconsciously started mimicking the gestures, their short legs staggering as they imitated the steps of their predecessors.

One of the bear apprentices in the front row was so engrossed in watching that the tree fruit in its paw fell to the ground with a "plop," and the juice splashed onto the face of its companion next to it, without it even noticing.

The only sound in the entire training ground at this moment was the "whoosh" of fists cutting through the air. Even the late-returning Bobo quietly landed on the tree branches to watch.

Rumble...

Suddenly, a heavy tremor came from the ground.

Three more, even more robust martial arts bear masters entered the arena with synchronized steps.

Their gauntlets were wreathed in purplish-black energy fluctuations, and each step they took left spiderweb-like cracks in the obsidian ground.

The leading martial arts master suddenly roared, and the evil energy gathered in his right fist instantly transformed into a hideous demon face.

When it threw that straight punch, the violent airflow blasted the wooden stake ten meters away into dust, and the flying wood chips were scorched into black smoke by the residual energy in the air.

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