Chapter 377: A Tyrannosaur Girl

"Spirit Clan?"

All that talk, Lin Chuan only caught the last two words.

"Yeah, it's the Spirit Clan."

The black skinny youth said, "You still don't know? Recently the Cloud Kingdom and the Spirit Clan have been fighting over a piece of treasure land, sparking a dispute."

"Heavenly Cloud Academy has already dispatched several batches of students to the Treasure Land Secret Realm to contest it, but they can't beat the Spirit Clan."

"The cultivators of the Spirit Clan are truly ferocious."

The black skinny youth kept talking endlessly.

"We've just met, and you already tell me all this? Aren't you afraid of offending the Sixth Prince?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Afraid... I'm very afraid."

The black skinny youth said, "But I've gotten used to it; even if I don't tell you, they'll still use me for their amusement."

Lin Chuan could see the black skinny youth's subtle emotions at a glance.

Besides fear, there was also deceit.

Lin Chuan guessed that the Sixth Prince's men had forced the black skinny youth to say this, hoping to gain his trust.

Later they could have the black skinny youth stab him in the back.

Such a tactic works on hot‑blooded youths, but in Lin Chuan's eyes it is instantly seen through.

"Let them do whatever; I only follow the Academy's orders."

Lin Chuan was completely indifferent.

Let those kids play however they like.

Lying on the bed, Lin Chuan reopened his dream cultivation space and began refining his soul.

……

The following period was calmer than Lin Chuan had imagined.

The Sixth Prince Yun Xing and his men did not come to trouble him.

On the contrary, his sister Lin Yangyang caused quite a stir; as soon as she entered the Advanced Academy she beat every senior student she met.

Perhaps her reputation was so formidable that even the Sixth Prince dared not act rashly.

Otherwise, childhood shadows would resurface.

In the blink of an eye another half‑year passed, and Lin Chuan's cultivation made no breakthrough; rumors claimed he was cursed by disaster, now about to be fulfilled.

Many also said the anomaly back then was caused solely by Lin Yangyang, and Lin Chuan was merely a name without substance.

Being a genius on par with Lin Yangyang and Yun Zhi Yi, his cultivation was indeed lacking.

"Lin Chuan, the Academy's mission list has arrived."

One day, the black skinny youth hurried over.

These days, Lin Chuan also learned the black skinny youth's name: Xiao Kun, from a small town on the Cloud Kingdom's border.

In that town, Xiao Kun was also among the top few geniuses.

But after arriving here, his ambition was ground down, suffocated by the pressure of far stronger geniuses.

During occasional exchanges, Lin Chuan could hear in his tone a nostalgia for the past.

He wanted to act tough, yet his young age had been smoothed of its edges.

In the end he fell to become the person he once despised.

Lin Chuan watched as the youth Xiao Kun vacillated between aiding tyranny and seeking redemption, serving the Sixth Prince like a dog while playing the enthusiastic partner before him,

and finally weeping alone in the dead of night.

Lin Chuan didn't expose him, pretended ignorance, and smiled, "Did I make the mission list?"

"Hmm."

The black skinny youth Xiao Kun nodded, "I made the list too, and the Sixth Prince and his two friends were also selected."

"Ten in total."

"Two Divine Soul Realms, two Heavenly Union Realms, two Saint Realms, four Supreme Realms."

"I heard this mission is tough, requiring a battle against the Spirit Clan's super geniuses; among them is a Tyrannosaur Girl, ferociously fierce."

"Oh?" Lin Chuan's eyes lit up.

Tyrannosaur Girl? Extremely ferocious?

The entry matched.

The wings of destiny began to flutter again.

Lin Chuan's long‑standing calm finally stirred once more.

Seeing Lin Chuan still smiling, the dark‑skinned youth Xiao Kun was puzzled, "Lin Chuan, aren't you scared? Going into the Treasure Land Secret Realm, the Sixth Prince will surely strike at you."

"Even if I'm scared, I must follow the Academy's orders," Lin Chuan replied.

"Sigh."

Xiao Kun sighed repeatedly, his expression complex.

Lin Chuan smoothly asked, "Regarding the Spirit Clan, what else do you know? Any jade‑tablet intelligence or the like?"

"Yes, but it requires Spirit Stones to purchase," Xiao Kun nodded.

"That's easy."

Lin Chuan took out a Qian Kun bag, "Here are the Spirit Stones; go buy the most detailed information for me."

"Hmm…"

"Especially the one about the Tyrannosaur Girl."

"Got it, leave it to me," Xiao Kun replied and ran out.

He still thought Lin Chuan really didn't care, but he does have a sense of danger, huh?

But even if the intel is crystal clear, what use is it?

In the face of absolute power, Lin Chuan, who is only at the modest Deity Soul Realm, once he enters the Treasure‑land Secret Realm, his fate will be at the mercy of the Sixth Prince.

Running into the ferocious dragon lady would be a dead end.

"Should I tell Lin Chuan not to go?"

"Given his status, refusing the Mission Academy wouldn't help him, would it?"

"If he goes into the secret realm, the Sixth Prince might actually kill him; at that point, whether the Grand General is angry or not, there will be no good outcome."

To slay the Sixth Prince for Lin Chuan?

Then the Grand General would be completely trapped by the royal family,

Doing nothing?

The Grand General's daughter would also fall under the royal family's control.

Xiao Kun sees the situation clearly, which makes him even more terrified; he knows everything yet can do nothing, and that feeling is the most powerless.

"Never mind."

"Defying the Sixth Prince, I am certain to die; to stay alive, I have no choice but this—Lin Chuan, don't blame me."

"If I go to Di Yu and meet Yan Luo, don't say I caused it; I was forced, all blame lies with the Sixth Prince."

"All because you yourself have a genius bearing but lack the matching strength, because you set a marriage contract but couldn't keep it—these are all your own calamities."

Thinking that, Xiao Kun's inner guilt gradually dissipated.

This cannot be blamed on him, who is powerless.

Before the courtyard where the Sixth Prince lives, Xiao Kun glanced around, and after confirming no one was present, slipped in quietly.

In the courtyard, the Sixth Prince Yun Xing was practicing swordsmanship.

The cold Sword Intent rippled across the courtyard.

"Sixth Prince, your Sword Path cultivation is soaring, perhaps already nearing legend status? This time you will surely defeat the Spirit Clan's ferocious dragon lady."

"You worthless waste, can you even understand?"

Yun Xing coldly asked, "How's the matter progressing?"

Xiao Kun lowered his brows and said, "It's confirmed that Lin Chuan will enter the secret realm."

"Consider that you still have some use."

Yun Xing's mouth curled into a smile, and he gave Xiao Kun's shoulder several heavy pats.

"It's all thanks to your excellent teaching."

Xiao Kun said, "Lin Chuan truly is a conceited person; his inner self, twisted by his sister's suppression, knows it's forbidden yet insists on proving himself."

"The more I tell him, the more he pretends to be calm and in control of the whole situation; not only does he want to go, but he also gave me a large amount of spirit stones to purchase secret‑realm intel for him."

"Truly laugh‑to‑death."

"Intel? Hahaha," Yun Xing laughed heartily, "What use does a dead man have for intel? But if he likes it, just give it to him—fulfill his dying wish."

"He dies!"

"The whole Cloud Kingdom, only I am worthy of Zhi Yi's younger sister; having obtained her, I will become the next Cloud Emperor!"