Chapter 237 - This Girl Is Spicy
With such power, they could do whatever they wanted in a place like Thunder Fire Town.
However, Long Chen noticed a young man at the center of the group, protected by them. The young man was clad in luxurious, green, brocade clothing, and he had a fair, hairless face. He seemed to be about Mo Xiaolang’s age, but he radiated arrogance. He was clearly an aristocratic young man who was used to living a life above others.
Long Chen picked up on a familiar aura from him. After some thought, he recalled that it was the Level Two Blazing Thunder Combat Body. This teenager also had a Blazing Thunder Body. He was undeniably one of the Dawn Trading Alliance’s young prodigies. Long Chen guessed that he was at least at the mid Heavenly Core Realm.
“That guy is great in all aspects, but he is no match for you.” Mo Xiaolang had a keen eye. With just one glance, he could analyze this person in great detail.
“You know him?” asked Long Chen.
“I think he is Li Qingling, Li Ziling’s younger brother. The amount of attention he gets from the Dawn Trading Alliance is only second to Li Ziling. He is three years younger than her, and it is estimated that he will achieve the late Heavenly Core Realm by the time he is her age,” said Mo Xiaolang.
“It looks like the resources provided by the Dawn Trading Alliance are definitely not lesser than the Lingwu family, perhaps even more. If the Lingwu family didn’t have you, they wouldn’t be able to keep their mayor title,” mused Long Chen.
They continued chatting and drinking wine when the arrogant Li Qingling took a look around and announced in a shrill voice, “The Dawn Trading Alliance will be reserving the whole restaurant. Everyone must leave within fifteen minutes! Cashier, put it all on my tab! My older sister is coming from Yuanling City, give her the grandest welcome you can. She is one of the top three prodigies of Yuanling City! You will be rewarded generously for this. If you slack off, don’t think you can continue running this restaurant!”
Long Chen put down his chopsticks and smirked.
To be honest, with the power that the Dawn Trading Alliance held in Fire Thunder Town, Li Qingling was not being too unreasonable. At least he had offered to pay for everyone. The other cultivators from smaller factions, despite having eaten half their meals, had no right to say anything when the Dawn Trading Alliance’s name was used, so they left on their own.
The group of blue-armored guards were not just there for display. If they were obedient, the guards were friendly, but anyone who disobeyed them would suffer.
Li Qingling was pleased when he saw the place emptying. Most patrons had left, and Li Qingling gestured and said, “Boss! Quickly clean this whole place up. Don’t let me see a smidge of dirt here! If my sister isn’t satisfied, I’ll kill your whole family!”
The boss of the Fire Thunder Restaurant was terrified after Li Qingling’s threat and quickly called all his staff over to clean up the mess left behind by the other patrons. Li Qingling smiled, very satisfied.
“Young Master, there’s someone on the second floor who hasn’t left,” reported one of the guards in his ear.
“What?” Li Qingling jumped up. He had not expected anyone to refuse to leave. This was blatant disrespect! Furious, he led his group of guards to storm the second floor, arriving in front of Long Chen and Mo Xiaolang.
“Big Brother, should we leave?” asked Mo Xiaolang.
Being escorted by even more guards, Li Ziling entered the Fire Thunder Restaurant with the five older emissaries by her side.
“Say, what do you think she’ll do when she sees her brother screaming on the ground, his head looking like a pig?” Long Chen was curious.
The moment he asked the question, a portion of the restaurant collapsed along with a chorus of cries. A huge plume of dust rose to the sky. Long Chen could faintly see the iciness and rage on her face.
“This girl is spicy,” said Long Chen in shock.
She was so angry that she caused part of the restaurant to collapse, so she naturally had no intention of resting there. Her group left for the mountain range outside town, along with the pig-headed Li Qingling.
“They’re going to the Fire Thunder Mountain Range. There aren’t other mid Heavenly Core Realm cultivators amongst them, so the Blazing Thunder Crystal Soul must have been prepared for Li Qingling. Let’s follow them now.” Long Chen waved Mo Xiaolang over and followed them sneakily.
If Ling Xi were here, she would have noticed that Long Chen and Mo Xiaolang had picked up two pursuers.
Two black-clothed people were hidden in a dark corner, their eyes filled with bloodlust.
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Very quickly, the people of the Dawn Trading Alliance exited Fire Thunder Town and entered the Fire Thunder Mountain Range. Long Chen and Mo Xiaolang followed from afar, strategizing.
“Big Brother, the crystal soul is extremely violent. Although Li Ziling and the crystal soul are elementally the same, she will still exhaust a lot of power to suppress it. Since she will be exhausted moments after the suppression is complete, you’ll have a high chance of succeeding if you attack then. I’ll help you keep the five emissaries occupied. What do you think?” said Mo Xiaolang.
“That’s perfect. Haha, when your big brother gets the Blazing Thunder Crystal Soul, you’ll be rewarded generously,” said Long Chen with a grin.
“Big Brother, rescuing me out of the Azure Dragon Star was already the greatest gift ever. A Blazing Thunder Crystal Soul is nothing.” Mo Xiaolang smiled innocently.
The more Long Chen talked to him, the more he felt like he was the evil one. Or rather, no matter how he hid it, the evilness in him would be revealed whenever he was faced with Mo Xiaolang’s innocence.
Whatever. I’ll let him help me get the crystal soul. Next time, I’ll help him hunt the Earth-tier beast and deal with the people who murdered his family. Perhaps this is what Grandfather called ‘brotherhood.’ We take care of each other, share each other’s joy and tears, risk our lives together, and bask in glory together! Long Chen thought to himself.
The deeper they trekked into the Fire Thunder Mountain Range, the higher the temperature. Long Chen could faintly sense the auras of Blazing Thunder Crystals. After an hour, they arrived at a mine that wasn’t large but was well kept. There were at least a thousand blue-armored cultivators present, and all of them were at least the late Human Core Realm. They were guarding the mine tightly.
There was a hole in the wall of the mountain, which was the entrance. Miners entered and exited the mine belonging to the Dawn Trading Alliance. Those who exited were usually transporting Blazing Thunder Crystals that had not been processed yet. Those crystals were still covered in rock, dust, and soil, so they looked like plain rocks.
“Attention, everyone! Stop all mining now! Let Miss Ziling enter to suppress the Blazing Thunder Crystal Soul!” bellowed one of the emissaries.