Before long, the two of them had already flown out of the city.
As the Flying Sword gradually ascended, Li Xun's field of vision broadened. Since the flying speed wasn't fast, he took the time to carefully observe the surrounding scenery.
Outside Longxing City lay a stretch of farmland.
Looking down from the sky, the crops in the evening resembled a dark green ocean with undulating waves.
But Li Xun had no mind to appreciate the view, as he realized, "Flying slowly only delays the cold, it doesn't prevent it."
"Then shall we speed up?" Sword Douluo chuckled, teasingly.
"Wait a moment."
Li Xun adjusted his stance, and as he looked down, he noticed a girl rapidly fleeing across the fields.
Chasing closely behind her were two Soul Beasts.
Li Xun felt the girl looked familiar, so he took a closer look.
To his surprise, it was Zhu Zhuqing, whom he had seen on the street at noon.
"Sword Grandpa, head that way," Li Xun pointed in Zhu Zhuqing's direction.
"Xiao Xun, that girl's Martial Soul is the Netherworld Spirit Cat. She must be from the Star Luo Zhu Family. Getting involved in this matter won't benefit us."
Sword Douluo had already noticed the figure below, but when he saw her Martial Soul, he decided not to intervene.
The Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire were hostile nations.
As the Zhu Family supported the Star Luo imperial family, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had no reason to save a member of their family.
"Sword Grandpa, I met this girl today. She has good talent, and I was thinking of introducing her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School," Li Xun turned to Sword Douluo with a smile.
Sword Douluo frowned, "The Netherworld Spirit Cat is a unique Martial Soul of the Zhu Family's direct lineage. Are you sure this will work?"
Under normal circumstances, the direct lineage of a family wouldn't switch to another sect unless under special conditions.
"Sword Grandpa, she's part of this generation's royal marriage alliance and is already at her wit's end," Li Xun looked at the small figure below.
The Martial Souls of the two empires' royal families were quite distinctive. With a little investigation, Zhu Zhuqing's identity could easily be uncovered.
So Li Xun chose not to hide it.
"..."
Sword Douluo remained silent for a moment, then controlled the Flying Sword to slowly descend, "Do you need me to intervene?"
Li Xun had always been decisive, and so far, there had been no mistakes. Out of trust, Sword Douluo did not oppose.
Moreover, even if the girl grew up and returned to Star Luo, she would only be caught in the power struggles.
This would be beneficial for Heaven Dou.
If she managed to win, she would still be grateful for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's help.
A smile curled on Li Xun's lips, "Sword Grandpa, you really need to help me this time. Later, you can say this..."
As the Flying Sword gradually approached, Li Xun looked down at the girl struggling to escape.
Twice now, I've saved your life. How do you plan to repay me?
Zhu Zhuqing's face was pale, and her Soul Power was nearly depleted.
Fortunately, the forest wasn't far away. Once she entered the woods, she could use her Martial Soul's characteristics to shake off the two Gale Devil Wolves chasing her.
She didn't know how things had come to this.
After parting with Li Xun, she had been hiding carefully, but she was still discovered by her sister's subordinates.
Left with no choice, she had to sneak out of the city.
She thought she had evaded the pursuit, but unexpectedly, she was targeted by two hundred-year-old Gale Devil Wolves.
"How could Soul Beasts appear so close to Longxing City? Could it be..." Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip, ignoring the pain, and quickened her pace.
The wound on her left shoulder, which had been hastily bandaged earlier, had reopened, and blood was slowly seeping out.
Although the Gale Devil Wolves were high-level, they hunted in packs and weren't particularly fast.
If it were an ordinary encounter, she could have easily shaken them off with her speed.
But now, she was injured, and a delicate balance had formed between the two sides.
"About five hundred meters left..."
Zhu Zhuqing looked into the distant forest, a trace of pain flickering in her eyes. She felt she was nearing her limit.
Would she even make it to that place?
Just as Zhu Zhuqing was beginning to despair, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from above.
In the next moment, a flying sword carrying two people abruptly appeared in front of her.
A young man leaped off the flying sword and landed steadily on the ground.
"Just a mere hundred-year-old wolf..." Li Xun started to say but quickly stopped himself.
This was Yu Xiaogang's classic line, and he felt it didn't quite carry the same weight when he said it.
Li Xun summoned his Martial Soul, and a yellow and a purple Spirit Ring slowly appeared beneath his feet.
"Wood Release: Tree World Genesis."
Li Xun clasped his hands together in the Snake Seal, circulating both his Soul Power and Spiritual Energy within his body.
Seeds of life rained down like a torrential downpour, and the moment they touched the ground, they rapidly grew into a dense forest.
Zhu Zhuqing's lips parted slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment.
She had recognized the handsome young man before her.
He was the same person who had saved her earlier that morning. Although his movements had been strange back then, he hadn't used any Soul Skills.
Seeing the yellow and purple Spirit Rings beneath the young man's feet, even Zhu Zhuqing, who had been born into the Zhu family, found it hard to believe.
"The second Spirit Ring is already a thousand-year one..." Zhu Zhuqing murmured to herself.
Just as she was lost in thought, the mournful howls of the Gale Devil Wolves suddenly came from behind her.
Zhu Zhuqing quickly turned to look.
The once open field was now covered in a dense forest that had seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
The trees weren't particularly tall, but they were unusually dense, and they seemed to have a will of their own, like vines, collectively surging toward the two Gale Devil Wolves.
Before the two wolves could react, they were surrounded by the plants closing in from all directions.
The Gale Devil Wolves' eyes gleamed with ferocity as they launched attacks to fend off the plants.
But soon, they realized something was wrong. Although their attacks could damage the surrounding plants, new trees quickly grew to replace them.
One of the wolves, seeing this, leaped with all its might, trying to escape from the center. But before it could jump very high, its legs were entangled.
It was dragged back down.
Awooo!
The moment the wolf hit the ground, the overwhelming mass of plants instantly covered it.
The thorns on the vines' surfaces acted like saws, grinding against the wolf's tough hide, forcing it to let out continuous howls of pain.
With one wolf down, the pressure on the other increased drastically, and it seemed it would soon follow the same fate.
Zhu Zhuqing stared at all this in a daze.
She couldn't understand why this young man, who seemed to be around her age, was so powerful.
Earlier, she had only been shocked by Li Xun's thousand-year Spirit Ring, but she hadn't expected his Martial Soul to be this formidable.
In her family, she was considered a genius.
But faced with two Gale Devil Wolves, all she could do was flee, let alone kill them.
"He only used one Soul Skill..." Zhu Zhuqing opened her mouth, trying to calm her emotions.
While Zhu Zhuqing was in shock, Sword Douluo was equally surprised.
When Yu Yuanzhen had gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he had only mentioned the injuries Li Xun had inflicted on Yu Tianheng, without going into the specifics.
Since they hadn't witnessed it firsthand, both he and Ning Fengzhi were surprised but didn't have a tangible sense of it.
It was only when he saw Li Xun's Soul Skill with his own eyes that he realized.
The once small saplings had grown to such an extent.
"Xiao Xun's first Soul Skill, both in quantity and scale, has become significantly stronger than before. And he has just recently advanced to Soul Grand Master," Sword Douluo said, his eyes gleaming as he looked at
the scattered seeds on the ground.
When he had helped Li Xun obtain his Soul Skill, he had speculated that this skill still had room for growth. Now, his speculation had indeed been confirmed.
"Miss Zhu Zhuqing, we meet again."
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