[My Surname Is Not Yu: How can you tell me to stay calm? I only packed my bags yesterday and rushed to Nuoding City, and I was just about to arrive.]
[My Surname Is Not Yu: Now you're telling me that Lin Chen has already taken a leave of absence and is no longer at Nuoding Academy. How do you expect me to accept this?]
[My Surname Is Not Yu: What on earth is going on? Why did Lin Chen suddenly take a leave of absence?]
[I Am the Little Princess: Sister Er Long, don't worry yet. I suspect it's Bibi Dong's fault. Otherwise, why would Lin Chen take a leave of absence right after Bibi Dong left Nuoding City?]
[Loves Eating Carrots: That makes sense! @I Am the Little Princess, you're so smart.]
[I Am the Little Princess: Uh, isn't this obvious if you just use your brain? Xiao Wu, I didn't realize you were quite so silly.]
[Loves Eating Carrots: I'm not silly!]
[My Surname Is Not Yu: @Pope of the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, what did you do to Lin Chen yesterday? Why did he suddenly run away?]
[Pope of the Spirit Hall: I only frightened and punished him a little yesterday. Who knew Lin Chen would be so easily scared that he'd run away immediately?]
Spirit City, Supreme Pontiff Palace.
At this moment, Bibi Dong had already returned to the Supreme Pontiff Palace. Seeing someone tag her in the group, she replied to Liu Erlong's question.
She hadn't expected Lin Chen to run away so suddenly. Originally, she had planned to frighten and punish him frequently, but it seemed that idea was no longer feasible.
However, thinking about how Lin Chen was so terrified that he fled gave Bibi Dong a sense of accomplishment.
What did Lin Chen running away represent? It represented that her intimidation yesterday had been completely effective.
After a week of being slandered, Bibi Dong finally felt vindicated.
You slandered This Pope in your diary, so This Pope scared you into running away in reality.
It was truly satisfying.
But Bibi Dong also felt it was a bit of a pity. Lin Chen running away meant she had to continue searching for that Little Brat.
After Nuoding Academy, she actually missed Lin Chen's flattery; that emotional value was truly off the charts.
[My Surname Is Not Yu: Bibi Dong, you really are a stupid woman. My hidden rewards are all ruined now. You owe me my hidden rewards!]
[Pope of the Spirit Hall: Hmph, Liu Erlong, just based on you, you still want to get hidden rewards? Stop daydreaming.]
[Yanzi Will Return: Everyone, don't get worked up. We're all sisters here. The most important thing now is to figure out Lin Chen's movements, otherwise none of us will have a chance to get hidden rewards.]
Heaven Dou City.
Dugu Yan watched the gathering storm in the Chat Group and immediately stepped in to act as a mediator.
Now was not the time for arguing, but for finding Lin Chen's trail.
Otherwise, if they wanted to get hidden rewards, they would truly have to rely on luck.
Because if Lin Chen didn't mention the names of the diary instance owners in the diary content that day, they wouldn't be able to obtain that day's hidden reward.
As for the question function, although it could make Lin Chen mention their names, once they used it, that day's hidden reward would vanish.
The diary instance's functions were becoming more complete and intelligent, giving them no chance to exploit the mechanics.
Therefore, unless a group member had something important—like when Ah Yin asked if Tang San was a transmigrator—
Or if there was a major conflict between Chat Group members, like when they argued over Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters—
Only in such situations would they use the Chat Group's question function; otherwise, they would never touch it.
[My Surname Is Not Yu: Who are sisters with a stupid woman like Bibi Dong? However, the most important thing now is indeed to find Lin Chen's trail.]
[Pope of the Spirit Hall: Listen to you talk, Liu Erlong. Are you even qualified to be sisters with me? What is your Spirit Power Level, and what is mine? We are not on the same level.]
[My Surname Is Not Yu: Hmph, don't get ahead of yourself, Bibi Dong. Isn't it just being a Titled Douluo? In a few months, I will be one too.]
...
Two days later.
Lin Chen finally reached his destination, Heaven Dou City.
Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, was the most prosperous and flourishing city in the empire.
Over these two days, because Lin Chen had been recording his travel experiences in the diary, he had hardly mentioned any of the diary instance owners' names.
As a result, the diary instance owners across the Douluo Continent were beginning to grow anxious.
For two consecutive days, they hadn't received any hidden rewards. This drove them crazy, and they were all searching for Lin Chen's whereabouts.
These were two days' worth of hidden rewards, which could equal or even exceed a whole month of check-in rewards.
Walking into Heaven Dou City, Lin Chen could see with his own eyes that the level of prosperity here was worlds apart from Nuoding City.
There were not only luxurious hotels but also various shops and entertainment venues.
Living here, one could not only enjoy the pleasures of life, but life was also extremely convenient.
The prerequisite, of course, was having enough gold coins; otherwise, you'd be the one starving to death on the streets.
Fortunately, Lin Chen had plenty of gold coins in his pocket, enough for him to live very well here.
After wandering around Heaven Dou City for a while, Lin Chen first found a hotel to stay in, then browsed through the clothing stores in the city.
After picking out a few nice outfits for himself, Lin Chen rushed back to the hotel to wash up and put on the clothes he had bought that suited him.
"Hmm, looks good."
Lin Chen stood in front of the mirror, looking himself over, and couldn't help but praise his appearance.
Now, he was fair-skinned and tender, with chubby cheeks, and with his black hair and golden eyes, he looked more and more like a little noble young master.
After tidying himself up, Lin Chen had a thought and summoned his black diary to begin completing today's diary entry.
Having arrived in Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo as his target, Lin Chen certainly couldn't go looking for him directly.
First, Dugu Bo's personality was very eccentric and wicked; the moment Lin Chen mentioned he was poisoned, Lin Chen's space jade slip might automatically trigger.
Because Dugu Bo might try to kill him the very next second.
Second, Dugu Bo's movements were unpredictable, so even if Lin Chen wanted to find him, he wouldn't know where to start.
Therefore, there had to be a middleman.
And for this middleman, Lin Chen already had a candidate in mind: Dugu Yan.
But now, what Lin Chen needed to do was to test the waters.
Previously, Lin Chen had guessed that Bibi Dong possessed a diary instance. Did Dugu Yan, this minor supporting character, also possess one?
If Dugu Yan had one too, that would be perfect; it would save him a lot of trouble.
[Finally arrived in Heaven Dou City. Tomorrow I'll go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to wait for someone.]
As Lin Chen began to update today's diary content and revealed his location—
Across the Douluo Continent, smiles appeared on the faces of many goddesses.
They finally knew Lin Chen's location; so he had run off to Heaven Dou City.
Among them, the diary instance owners currently in Heaven Dou City were so excited they were practically dancing.
They finally had a chance to obtain those hidden rewards too.