358: It's so destructive

Liu Rushi also felt that something was amiss; she suspected that Xu Ruoying already knew she was monitoring her. However, Liu Rushi was an extremely conceited person. She carefully recalled the entire process of her surveillance and believed that it was impossible for her to leave any flaws. With Xu Ruoying's ability, it was impossible for her to discover her existence. So, where exactly did the problem lie?

After venting her frustration, Liu Rushi was contemplating a countermeasure when she suddenly heard a knock at the door. A voice came through, saying, "Hello, I'm Cuihua, the hotel's customer service. Is our esteemed guest doing alright?"

"Good! Couldn't be better!!!" Liu Rushi fumed.

"Please, guest, try to keep quiet. Other guests are complaining about the terrible smashing sounds coming from your room, which is severely affecting their rest and well-being! Cuihua would like to remind our esteemed guest to please take care of public property. Damaging hotel items requires triple compensation..."

"Scram!!!" Liu Ruyan shrieked.

...Cuihua scurried away, but soon, a higher-level hotel manager came knocking again, infuriating Liu Ruyan to no end. Yet, she was helpless. After all, she still had to maintain her demeanor as a Martial Commander, so she could only patiently discuss compensation with these people...

Xu Ruoying had vaguely understood the situation from the commotion outside and was secretly laughing so hard that tears were almost squeezed out. To avoid giving herself away, she had to hold it in, but her mood was already incredibly uplifted!

"Hmph, you think being a Martial Commander makes you great? This is Great Ming, a place jointly governed by my Xu Family and the Imperial Family! You're still too green to fight with me..." She scoffed inwardly, then picked up a cup of milk tea, took several large sips, and let out a satisfied sigh. Then, she opened the great ming golden melody chart, and Long Yuan's singing quickly filled the air...

Just as the Southern Yue City concert was about to take place, in a treacherous area outside the northeastern part of Great Ming, a chaotic Qi was subtly stirring Heaven and Earth, with faint bloody light emanating, making it feel somewhat eerie and terrifying...

Outside the dangerous area, there were many beastmen and Human Race members, all wearing the Blood Wolf Hall's attire. The dripping wolf head totems on these outfits made the place even more awe-inspiring!

However, these people also looked troubled, as they could clearly sense that the Qi in the center of the forbidden zone seemed a bit off. And that place was where the Wolf Saint of the Blood Wolf Hall secluded himself to Cultivate. Could it be that something went wrong with his Cultivation?

Thinking of this, these people involuntarily knelt down towards the center, muttering prayers and offering incredibly devout blessings to Heaven...

In the center of the forbidden zone, the Wolf Saint's colossal figure appeared and disappeared in a Bloodmist, no one able to discern his true appearance...

"Strange, why have I lost contact with my weakest Clone? I sent him to Wind Wolf Mountain many days ago to organize the beast tide, and he's been missing ever since. Could something have gone wrong?" The Wolf Saint's murmuring voice came from within the blood mist. It was clear that he had already sensed that something might have happened to that Clone.

The ability to sense the Clone's situation from such a great distance was somewhat related to Blue Star's Heavenly Dao. After all, both parties shared a Bloodline and connected Divine Souls, naturally maintaining a subtle link in the ethereal realm. But now, the Wolf Saint found that this link had been completely severed. Therefore, he concluded that something had likely happened to that Human Race Clone. Either he was eliminated by someone, or he was trapped in some forbidden zone, causing the Divine Soul connection to be temporarily cut off. He leaned more towards the latter because, in his opinion, there was no one in Southern Yue City capable of threatening his Clone. Even if he couldn't win, it would be easy for the Clone to escape with his strength.

"Now is a critical moment for me to Breakthrough to Martial God. I'd better let the eldest go and check..." The Wolf Saint pondered. Although that Human Race Clone was relatively weak, only at Martial Commander Cultivation, he carried his Bloodline and part of his Divine Soul. Naturally, he could not be lost and had to be retrieved as soon as possible, otherwise, incomplete Divine Soul and Bloodline would also affect his perfect Breakthrough. If he were to Breakthrough to Martial God with incomplete Divine Soul and Bloodline, it would leave weaknesses and loopholes, becoming a Breakthrough point for opponents, which the Wolf Saint absolutely could not accept.

Soon, a burly, fierce-looking man with a bushy beard emerged from the blood mist, walking out of the forbidden zone and heading towards Southern Yue City...

This was the eldest of the Wolf Saint's three Clones, and also the strongest, having reached the Peak of Martial King. With him dispatched, the Wolf Saint was very reassured. Let alone Great Ming, he could easily travel across Blue Star and return...

Liu Rushi finally left the Misty Rain Hotel. What bothered her most wasn't paying triple the hotel's losses, but Xu Ruoying's occasional pig-like laughter, which she found utterly disgusting. So, after paying, she quickly left and returned to Ran Yiyi's camp.

Ran Yiyi was about to make a call when she looked up and saw Liu Rushi, exclaiming in surprise, "Sister Liu, have you found out Long Yuan's whereabouts?"

Liu Rushi replied with a dark expression, "No!"

"No?!" Ran Yiyi was stunned, her face showing an expression of disbelief.

"That pig, Xu Ruoying, has been holed up and refusing to come out. There's nothing I can do..." Liu Rushi snorted.

"She's Long Yuan's agent, and the concert is about to happen soon. She's actually holed up?!" Ran Yiyi's eyes widened.

"That's right. I suspect she knew in advance that I would come looking for her, so she deliberately avoided contacting Long Yuan. Her goal is to prevent Long Yuan's whereabouts from being leaked..."

"This... Alright, Sister Liu, do you know what news I've received?" Ran Yiyi suddenly smiled.

Liu Rushi was taken aback, asking curiously, "What news?"

"Long Yuan's true identity!" Ran Yiyi said with a smile.

"Really?! What is his true identity?!" Liu Rushi asked in pleasant surprise. Although she had speculated before that Long Yuan must have imperial Bloodline and a strong Xuanhuang Aura, she still couldn't completely confirm Long Yuan's true identity, and this was one of the reasons why she hadn't fully decided to befriend Long Yuan on this trip.

Ran Yiyi hesitated slightly. Such information was not supposed to be casually revealed to outsiders, but she thought that those who disclosed the news knew it would spread sooner or later, and its value would not be as great then. It would be better to reveal it to Liu Rushi now to gain some favor. One must know that Liu Rushi was a young Martial Commander with unlimited potential in the future, and gaining her favor was of immense value. So, she said, "Long Yuan is actually the Ninth Young Master of the Prince Fus Mansion!"

"What?! He's Prince Fu's ninth son?! That useless prince?!!!!" Liu Rushi exclaimed in shock. She never would have imagined that Long Yuan would be Prince Fu's son. This completely shattered her worldview. How could a person with Prince Fu's character and uselessness possibly have such an outstanding son as Long Yuan?

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