30: Chapter 30 Arrival in Tiandou City, the Excited Liu Erlong
On the afternoon of the next day, Su Ling finally arrived at Heaven Dou City.
During the journey, Su Ling also passed by the Sunset Forest, but Su Ling did not enter.
Although he was sufficiently prepared, he was still lacking a little bit.
Dugu Bo's whereabouts were very important. If Dugu Bo happened to come while he was collecting medicinal herbs, wouldn't that be a tragedy?
Although he already had two opportunities to escape via Teleportation, doing so would also alert Dugu Bo.
It would be even harder to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to retrieve medicinal herbs in the future.
He had to succeed on the first attempt.
Su Ling entered Heaven Dou City; it was clearly different from other cities.
Not long after, Su Ling heard the System's notification sound indicating a goddess within five hundred meters.
Several goddesses who had not appeared in the Douluo Continent novel had appeared.
Su Ling did not recognize these goddesses, and it was not easy to find them within a five-hundred-meter radius.
Although there were notifications, they were basically all with a Comprehensive Value of ninety or ninety-one; there were none with ninety-two or higher.
Su Ling asked around, then walked to the noble district of Heaven Dou City.
γ Ding... Detected a goddess within five hundred meters of the host whose Comprehensive Value meets the requirements! γ
γ Goddess: Qian Renxue (disguised as Xue Qinghe) γ
γ Goddess Comprehensive Value: 99 γ
γ Binding Requirement: Favorability above 60 γ
γ Current Favorability: Unknown γ
Su Ling looked at a magnificent gate a hundred meters away, with three large characters written on it: Crown Princes Mansion.
Before long, a carriage slowly passed by Su Ling and stopped directly in front of the mansion.
A goddess Comprehensive Value of 99; it was a pity it wasn't a full 100.
She had Innate level 20 Soul Power and possessed the Aptitude to become a god. In terms of Aptitude, no one in the Douluo Continent could compare.
Looking at her appearance, figure, and so on, there was nothing to fault.
At this time, Qian Renxue's age was actually not large; she was only two or three years older than Su Ling.
The carriage stopped, and a young man wearing a royal uniform stepped out. Looking from afar, his appearance was very ordinary, but his temperament was extraordinary.
After getting off the carriage, the young man went straight back to the mansion.
Su Ling did not continue to observe but continued to walk forward, because a few hundred meters further on was the mansion of Prince Xue Xing and the Fourth Prince, Xue Beng.
How should he deal with Dugu Bo?
Recalling the characters in these mansions and the original plot.
After thinking for a while, Su Ling had an idea.
Instead of asking for information to understand Dugu Bo's habits and waiting for an opening, it would be better to proactively ensure Dugu Bo could not return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
As for the method of helping Dugu Bo with treatment, Su Ling felt this was not the best way to obtain the medicinal herbs.
It would be better to save it to farm Dugu Yan's favorability; capturing Dugu Yan basically meant capturing Dugu Bo.
Su Ling already had a way to mobilize Dugu Bo.
Everything depended on Xue Beng; as long as Prince Xue Xing believed that without Dugu Bo's protection, Xue Beng could be harmed at any time, that would suffice.
In this way, he could keep Dugu Bo in Heaven Dou City or Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
He only needed a few days to finish his business at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The first step of the plan was to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; if he couldn't find it, everything else was in vain.
Seeing that it was about to get dark, Su Ling began to purchase supplies in Heaven Dou City before heading to the Sunset Forest tomorrow.
Also, he needed to look for the crystals for that Formation.
Night gradually fell, and Su Ling came to a street for Spirit Master trading.
There were shops, as well as some stalls set up by Spirit Masters themselves.
Su Ling asked around a few large shops, but no one knew about this kind of crystal.
Just as Su Ling was about to leave, the System notification sounded again.
γ Ding... Detected a goddess within five hundred meters of the host whose Comprehensive Value meets the requirements! γ
γ Goddess: Liu Erlong γ
γ Goddess Comprehensive Value: 93 γ
γ Binding Requirement: Favorability above 60 γ
γ Current Favorability: Unknown γ
It was Liu Erlong?
Su Ling looked around but did not find Liu Erlong; she might have just entered his five-hundred-meter range.
Should he go and farm favorability?
Su Ling browsed the stalls while searching; if he could meet her, it wouldn't be bad to farm some initial favorability first.
Walking along, Su Ling suddenly discovered that the crystals he needed were placed on an inconspicuous stall twenty meters away.
Su Ling walked over in a few steps.
"Hello, how much for this?" Su Ling asked.
"One thousand gold coins, no bargaining, take it or leave it." The speaker was a female voice, and the voice was very sharp.
"I'll take it. How many more do you have?" Su Ling said directly.
This item was rare and hard to find. Even if he was being ripped off, Su Ling still wanted it; after all, he was not short of gold coins now.
"Oh! Is that so?" The woman had her back to Su Ling and was dressed very plainly, but from the outline of her back, looking at her back alone, she could definitely be called a 'back-view killer'.
When the woman turned around, who could it be but Liu Erlong?
Liu Erlong looked to be about thirty years old, definitely in her most mature period, as if she were just waiting to be plucked.
As expected, one becomes like the people they associate with; Flender was a profiteer, and Liu Erlong was no worse.
Wasn't she relying on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and not short of money?
How was she here selling things too!
Could it be that Lanba Academy couldn't be subsidized anymore?
After all, Lanba Academy was an academy opened within Heaven Dou City; it could use the power of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for its grounds, but the daily expenses would certainly not be small over the long term.
After all, she only accepted commoner Spirit Masters; how much tuition could commoner Spirit Masters pay?
Looking at the System again, Liu Erlong's initial favorability towards him had reached 5 points. Perhaps it was because he wanted more of these crystals, allowing her to make a big profit, that she had such high initial favorability.
"I only have three here, the rest are not on me. If you want them, you can come with me to get them." Liu Erlong said.
Picking up the crystals and taking a look, Su Ling confirmed again that there was no mistake, then said: "That's fine, this is three thousand gold coins."
Su Ling took out several bags directly, all filled with gold coins.
Liu Erlong opened each one to take a look, then put them away and said: "Let's go, follow me."
γ Ding... Liu Erlong favorability + 2, obtained white treasure chest * 1 γ
Sometimes being straightforward and decisive can also arouse people's favor.
Liu Erlong was also a straightforward person; apart from matters of the heart, she wouldn't dally over anything else.
Beside Liu Erlong, Su Ling also carefully examined Liu Erlong's figure.
Her facial features were exquisite and moving, her eyebrows were like a painting. She wore a simple and ordinary cyan cloth dress, but beneath that robe was a perfect, fiery figure that ordinary women could not reach.
Liu Erlong was also slightly older, and her potential development was not good. Plus, because of love, she might have delayed some Cultivation, and the increase in age made her goddess Comprehensive Value only 93.
If they had met more than twenty years earlier, perhaps Liu Erlong's Comprehensive Value could have been around 95.
"Brat, keep your eyes to yourself, otherwise I will make sure you don't see tomorrow's sun." Liu Erlong said coldly.
Su Ling said: "Don't misunderstand, I'm just curious where you obtained these crystals. I've asked in all the major shops, and they don't have them."
Liu Erlong said coldly: "I obtained these by chance during my training in my early years. Don't ask for specific details."
This Liu Erlong really wasn't easy to get close to.
"Alright, then how many more do you have?" Su Ling said.
"There should be about a dozen left. What, you don't need that many?" Liu Erlong said.
Su Ling smiled and said: "I'll take even a hundred more. If you can obtain these crystals in the future, you can also sell them to me."
Liu Erlong did not speak. If they were easy to get, she would certainly have responded to Su Ling, but this item was obtained in the ruins of the Star Luo Empire during their early training.
She had also curiously picked up a dozen or so and occasionally came back here to set up a stall for a while to see if she could sell them.
Over these years, she had come no less than twenty times and hadn't managed to sell a single one, while also losing quite a bit of stall fees.
The items were in the Star Luo Empire, and it would take at least two months or so to retrieve them, so Liu Erlong did not respond to Su Ling.
Following Liu Erlong all the way, they walked for about forty minutes and arrived at a jungle, then walked inside.
This was behind Lanba Academy, and it was Liu Erlong's residence.
"You wait here, I'll go get them." Liu Erlong did not let Su Ling go to her place, making Su Ling wait more than a hundred meters away.
Although it was already dark, Su Ling could see the wooden house not far ahead; various flowers and plants were planted in front of the wooden house.
After about five minutes, Liu Erlong came out and threw a bag directly to Su Ling.
Opening it to look, there were thirteen left.
An Intermediate Defensive Array required four at a time; with these crystals, it could be maintained for a long time.
"Thank you!"
Su Ling also took out a large box, all filled with gold coins.
This wasn't obtained from the System; the gold coins Su Ling got from the System were only a few thousand. These were all picked up.
Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, the space spirit tool Su Ling picked up had more than half of its space filled with gold coins; it was all cash.
There were dozens of boxes, each with tens of thousands of gold coins.
So he was really not short of gold coins.
Of course, Su Ling had taken out a lot from this box he gave, and there was probably about fifteen thousand left inside.
Liu Erlong checked it and said: "There's too much."
After speaking, she took out a bag and was about to put some back for Su Ling.
Su Ling said: "No need, thank you for providing these crystals to me. They are very useful to me; keep the extra as a gift."
As for Liu Erlong, she was one of his own; a thousand or two gold coins were nothing.
γ Ding... Liu Erlong favorability + 3, obtained white treasure chest * 2 γ
See, giving a little more still has its benefits.
"By the way, may I ask your name, big sister? My name is Su Ling." Having developed to this point, Su Ling naturally wanted to get to know Liu Erlong. If he could let her discover his identity, perhaps he could increase her favorability a bit more.
"Liu Erlong!"
Without saying a single extra word, Liu Erlong put away the box containing the gold coins and turned to leave.
Damn, she was even colder than Zhu Zhuqing.
Only, after walking a few steps, Liu Erlong suddenly turned around and looked at Su Ling, saying: "I see your Soul Power fluctuations are not bad. What level are you, and how old are you?"
Liu Erlong often taught students in the advanced class of Lanba Academy. Along the way, she had also discovered that Su Ling was different from the other students she had seen.
"Level 43, nineteen years old." Su Ling answered truthfully.
This immediately attracted Liu Erlong's attention. At this age, with this Soul Power, he was simply prepared for the upcoming Spirit Master competition.
Not recruiting him into Lanba Academy would be a crime.
"Very good, very good!" Liu Erlong rarely smiled.
γ Ding... Liu Erlong favorability + 2, purple treasure chest * 1 γ
"You are Su Ling, right? Are you interested in coming to my Lanba Academy? I am the Dean of Lanba Academy. As long as you come, you will be the captain for this upcoming advanced competition, and also the chief of our academy." Liu Erlong said directly.
Su Ling said: "I'm sorry, I already have an academy."
"You already have an academy?"
Liu Erlong was a bit disappointed, thinking to herself, that's right; someone so talented would definitely be held tightly by major academies, how could they let him go to other academies?
"You can go; pretend I didn't say anything just now." Liu Erlong said.
But when Su Ling was about to leave, Liu Erlong, who had walked a few steps away, suddenly turned back to look at Su Ling. She seemed to want to try again, saying: "Which academy are you from?"
It was coming; Su Ling was just waiting for her to ask this.
"Shrek Academy, why?" Su Ling said with a puzzled look.
"What? Shrek Academy! That academy of Flender's?" Liu Erlong said with an excited look.
Su Ling nodded and said: "That's the one."
Liu Erlong suddenly remembered something and said again: "Your name is Su Ling, Su Ling... Oh, I remember now. More than ten years ago, I heard Boss Fu mention that he had saved a young boy named Su Ling. Could it be that it was you, kid?"
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