Chapter 282: Missing Person Surfaces, Qian Renxue’s Distress

Liu Erlong’s gaze swept casually across the room, but her peripheral vision was glued to the Chat Group interface in front of her.

It had been exactly seven days since Lin Qingmo set off for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his fifth spirit ring.

During those seven days, there hadn’t been a single message from him in the Chat Group—not even a punctuation mark.

Even though she knew he was being protected by a Titled Douluo the entire time...

Liu Erlong’s heart still felt as if it were being scorched by fire day and night, and a lingering worry left her chest feeling tight.

Over these seven days, she had sent dozens of messages to the group.

All dozens of messages had disappeared like stones sinking into the ocean; there wasn’t even a read receipt.

It was the same for the others in the group.

Everyone had taken turns spamming the chat with inquiries, but they hadn’t received the slightest response.

Just then, the Chat Group buzzed as if it had been struck by electricity.

"!!!"

Liu Erlong’s pupils shrank, and she clicked on the Chat Group interface almost instantly.

The first message that met her eyes was from Lin Qingmo, who had been missing for seven days.

[Daddy Douluo]: [Image]

The stagnant water in the group, which had been silent for seven days, instantly boiled and surged because of this image.

In the image Lin Qingmo sent, there was a plant that was extraordinary to the extreme.

The golden trunk was straight, and the blue-silver leaves spread out like feathers, their edges shimmering with a moist luster. Within the patterns of the leaf veins, fine purple lightning patterns were entwined.

Just by looking at the image, one could feel a surging vitality blowing toward them.

[Little Witch]: A-Qing, you finally surfaced!

[Little Witch]: What do you mean by the image you sent? What kind of rare treasure is this? A golden trunk, blue-silver leaves with a shimmer, and lightning patterns in the veins... I’ve never seen such a plant before.

[A Rogue Rabbit]: Could it be a new Immortal Herb that A-Qing found?

[Swallow~]: Other than top-tier Immortal Herbs, I really can’t think of any plant that could grow like this. It doesn’t look like an ordinary thing at all!

Looking at the messages frantically flooding the screen, Liu Erlong’s heart, which had been hanging for seven days, finally relaxed by more than half.

As long as he was okay and could send messages, it was fine.

But immediately after, a deep sense of confusion welled up in her heart.

This kid disappeared for seven days, and when he finally surfaced, he just sent a picture of a plant? That’s not how you tease people’s curiosity, is it?

[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: A-Qing, there hasn’t been a single message for seven days. Do you know how worried we were?!

[Bingbing]: Why send a picture of a broken tree for no reason? Are you bored? You didn’t show your face for seven days, and as soon as you come out, you start acting mysterious?

Bingdi’s message carried a thick sense of disdain.

She wasn’t interested in these Immortal Herbs or whatever.

Compared to these, she’d rather he reveal some information about that fat silkworm’s whereabouts.

She and the Snow Empress had searched for the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in the Extreme North for a long time but couldn’t find him.

The messages in the group were still refreshing.

Just as everyone was clamoring with questions, Lin Qingmo’s second message finally came out slowly.

[Daddy Douluo]: This isn’t some rare or exotic plant. It’s my Spirit.

As soon as these words came out, the Chat Group, which had been refreshing frantically, instantly fell into a dead silence.

The messages that were jumping wildly a second ago stopped right in their tracks.

After a full three seconds of absolute silence...

Question marks and exclamations directly filled the entire interface.

[A Rogue Rabbit]:???

[Giant Panda Cat]: Spirit?

[Little Witch]: Huh? A-Qing, isn’t your SpiritBlue Silver Grass? How did it directly turn into a tree? The difference is way too big!

[Swallow~]: Blue Silver Grass is herbaceous, but this is woody. How can they be the same?

[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: A-Qing! How did your Spirit turn into this? What on earth happened?

...

Outside the Zichen Hall in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

The gilded and jade-inlaid palace doors closed slowly with a creak, completely isolating the sound of clinking cups and chatter inside.

Qian Renxue, assuming the identity of Xue Qinghe, stood silently on the white jade steps outside the hall.

The evening breeze blew against her Crown Prince court robes, and the aura around her was as cold as three feet of solid ice frozen in the middle of winter.

She still maintained the gentle and modest demeanor a Heaven DouCrown Prince should have, her smile so perfect that not a single flaw could be found.

But the hand hanging at her side was clenched tightly.

Deep in her eyes, a hostility and anger that were difficult to appease surged.

Inside the hall, Emperor Xue Ye was sitting opposite Yu Yuanzhen, the Clan Chief of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Amidst the clinking of cups, they were discussing matters that made her feel as if she were sitting on pins and needles, with thorns at her back.

Yu Tianheng, the direct descendant Young Lord of this generation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the former captain of the Royal Fighting Team.

He had formally withdrawn from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and several core members of the Royal Fighting Team had also left the team along with him.

This matter had been brought directly to Emperor Xue Ye’s imperial desk.

In Emperor Xue Ye’s eyes, Yu Tianheng’s departure was never a simple school transfer for a student.

It was a bellwether representing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s attitude toward the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

The Upper Three Sects were closely linked, sharing the same interests.

The movements of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan directly affected the stance of the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School toward the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

From inside the hall came Yu Yuanzhen’s deep and steady voice.

"Your Majesty, my grandson’s choice is purely his personal wish and has nothing to do with the stance of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

He was very distressed by his grandson’s sudden wayward behavior.

What made him even more speechless was that after investigating, he found it was related to his ’trash’ son, Yu Xiaogang, who had been expelled from the Family.

Although Yu Xiaogang was trash...

He was still Yu Yuanzhen’s son.

He had expelled him from the Family due to pressure from the clan.

That didn’t mean he didn’t worry about his son.

Now, he had to personally come to Emperor Xue Ye’s side to explain.

Emperor Xue Ye did not argue; he just lightly tapped the tabletop.

The sound of his knuckles rapping on the red sandalwood table was exceptionally clear in the quiet hall.

Displeasure was hard to hide in his expression.

The dissatisfaction in his heart was almost overflowing.

It wasn’t just a matter of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s attitude.

More importantly, it was the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament a year from now.

That was the grandest event in the entire Douluo ContinentSpirit Master’s world, drawing everyone’s attention.

It was also a key battle upon which Emperor Xue Ye had placed high hopes and staked the reputation of the Heaven Dou Empire.

As one of the hosts, the Heaven Dou Empire naturally had to produce sufficiently brilliant results.

It would be best if they could suppress Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire in one fell swoop and hold their heads high.

But with Yu Tianheng leaving the team, the original Royal Fighting Team had directly disintegrated, and their ace combat power had been cut in half.

Emperor Xue Ye had immediately placed the burden of reorganizing the team and inspecting the strength of the new team entirely on Xue Qinghe.

What made Qian Renxue even more overwhelmed was...

Emperor Xue Ye had already spoken harshly: within ten days, he wanted to see the full strength of the newly formed Heaven Dou Royal Team with his own eyes.

If she couldn’t produce a result that satisfied him, the trust she had built up before Emperor Xue Ye over the years would be greatly diminished.

Standing outside the hall, Qian Renxue only felt a wave of mental and physical exhaustion.

No one knew better than she did.

The biggest variable for this new team was never Yu Tianheng, who had left.

But rather Lin Qingmo, who had been missing for seven days without a word.

(End of Chapter)

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