Sorry, I forgot about this one
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"Private Jiang Jue, do you think this tastes good?"
Meng Hongchen stood prettily in front of a food stall, poking Jiang Jue with her finger and asking.
The food stall was bustling, cooking up delicious snacks, with a faint fragrance wafting out. Because of the continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition happening these days, the street vendors had become very busy.
Even though sweat dripped from their bodies, they didn't forget to shout loudly, full of energy.
"How can you know if it tastes good or not without trying it, my General Meng?"
Jiang Jue gently ruffled Meng Hongchen's beautiful hair and spoke warmly.
He noticed that ever since they had spent a crazy day together before, Meng Hongchen had developed an interest in street food.
But that made sense — Meng Hongchen was raised under Jing Hongchen's care, eating only health-strengthening medicines and soul beast flesh. She was quite unfamiliar with these lively, smoke-filled snacks.
"That makes sense! Uncle, two portions please, one spicy, one not, both extra cumin."
Meng Hongchen counted off on her fingers and ordered from the busy old man.
"The spicy one is mine, the non-spicy one is Jiang Jue's."
Meng Hongchen whispered teasingly, smiling blissfully.
"Alright, little lady, just a moment."
The old man wiped sweat from his brow and continued cooking.
On the iron griddle, round dough balls were being flipped repeatedly, turning golden and fragrant.
"Wow! It smells amazing! Jiang Jue, try this."
After packing the food, the old man handed it to Meng Hongchen. She eagerly took one, put it in her mouth, and her eyes lit up. She then handed a non-spicy one to Jiang Jue.
"Mm, delicious. Let's go, let's check out some other places."
"Sure, sure."
Meng Hongchen munched on her food, while Jiang Jue held her slender waist as they bounced happily down the street.
Food, and a lover by her side — how could Meng Hongchen not be happy?
"Hm?"
While walking, Jiang Jue noticed two strange people coming toward them. These two were odd because one of their body parts was particularly prominent.
They were two men, both looking quite ordinary, but with strange physiques: one had an especially large right arm, while the other was small and thin, with a disproportionately large head — like a big-headed doll.
Both wore black cloaks and exuded a powerful aura.
Jiang Jue's eyes narrowed; he passed by them with Meng Hongchen but quietly dispersed his spiritual energy.
When they reached the end of the street, Jiang Jue suddenly glanced back, just as the big-headed man was staring at him.
Jiang Jue's lips curved into a slight smile and he nodded subtly at the man before disappearing around the corner.
"Second brother, what are you looking at?"
The man with the thick right arm looked at the big-headed man with some confusion.
"I sensed a strong spiritual energy fluctuation, coming from that little guy just now."
"How strong? How strong? Just a kid."
The thick-armed man scratched his head, puzzled.
The big-headed man was somewhat surprised, even doubting his own senses.
He was a Soul Douluo-level expert with a spiritual attribute martial soul — that spiritual energy almost matched his own.
How was this possible? The other party was just a young child.
"Yutao, I don't think I'm wrong. Don't forget what my martial soul is."
The big-headed man pointed at his head.
"Then second brother, shall we follow and see?"
"No need. So young, and here in Xingluo City, probably to compete in this Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition. We'll see them then."
"Don't forget the sect leader's mission."
The big-headed man said softly, then turned and continued walking.
"I'll follow you, second brother."
Yutao scratched his head again, still not fully understanding but following.
However, he remembered the sect leader's task clearly — find the genius... the genius with the original martial soul...
"Those two must be from the Original Sect."
Jiang Jue held Meng Hongchen's slender waist, thinking silently.
No way — their looks were just too distinctive to be mistaken.
One with a big head, one with a big arm, and appearing in Xingluo City at this time, obviously they were the Original Sect's Yutao and Langya brothers.
That was why he had released his spiritual power earlier, and indeed Langya had taken the bait.
He was laying down an impression for them, so the later people would notice him better.
"But these top-tier forces seem to be showing a generation gap collectively. The Holy Spirit Church's young generation is like this; the Original Sect is too. Master Zhongli Wu can't have offspring; Poison No-Death is the same."
Jiang Jue shook his head gently, pushing these distractions from his mind.
Anyway, this situation was favorable to him.
"Hey! Jiang Jue, are you still eating or not?"
Meng Hongchen glanced at Jiang Jue, then sneakily at the half-eaten dough ball in his hand — her own portion was already finished.
"Hahaha, here, for you, my General Meng."
Jiang Jue knew what Meng Hongchen was thinking, picked up a cumin-coated dough ball on a bamboo skewer, and put it to her mouth.
"Yum! Delicious! I want more!"
Meng Hongchen puckered up her mouth and pulled Jiang Jue forward.
Jiang Jue smiled warmly at her back, and the two walked lightly down the street.
"Rumble!"
Dark clouds gathered, and a heavy rain poured down.
"Jiang Jue, come catch me!"
Outside the Star Emperor Hotel, Meng Hongchen dashed inside lightly.
Jiang Jue strolled in the rain. As the rain neared him, it split to either side, as if Jiang Jue was cloaked in an invisible shield.
This was Jiang Jue's control over his soul power, spreading it around his body to repel the rain.
Just as Jiang Jue entered the hotel, several people rushed in from the rain.
Leading was a man with a dark round bald head carrying someone on his back, followed by several others in green clothes with a red monster emblem on their chests.
"People from Shrek? Looks like our ten-thousand-year strongest soul king, impressive record."
These arrivals were Wang Yan's Shrek battle team, though they looked rather miserable now.
Most were soaked, and some carried injured comrades with pale faces.
"Jiang Jue, what are you looking at? Hurry up."
Meng Hongchen called to Jiang Jue ahead.
Jiang Jue smiled gently at her and followed.
But before walking, he took a deep look at the dark-haired youth.
"He Caitou? Or Xu He?"
He thought silently, "If Xu Tianran knows you're alive, he'd be happy — after all, you're cousins."
Jiang Jue followed Meng Hongchen to the top floor.
Carrying Dai Yuheng on his back, He Caitou suddenly felt uneasy.
But seeing Dai Yuheng's face calmed him. Luckily, the corpse explosion didn't hit him, or his revenge plan would have been ruined.
"It must be my parents watching over me from heaven."
He Caitou thought to himself, not daring to credit his damned cousin.
(End of Chapter)