Chapter 249: Meeting Again

The main gate of Barak Royal City.

Following the crowd, he easily passed the inspection by the city guards, and Ning Feiliu walked directly into Barak Royal City.

As a kingdom's capital, Barak Royal City was still somewhat prosperous.

Although it could not compare at all to the imperial capital, Heaven Dou City, it was taller and more prosperous than most towns in the northern region of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Even Tianshui Academy was smaller than this royal city.

Ning Feiliu was only slightly curious, then quietly summoned Xue Di to go find a hotel to stay at.

The hotel he looked for was naturally a top-tier one; after all, he was not short on money, nor did he need to intentionally keep a low profile.

Of course, he did not feel that this was intentionally keeping a high profile either.

It was just that ever since he began his travel mission, he had always been like this.

Upon arriving in a new town, the place to stay or reside temporarily must be the most comfortable one.

Of course, if there was none, he could also allow himself to stay in a slightly worse place.

It was not the behavior of a pampered young master, but if there is enjoyment to be had, why not enjoy it?

Must one insist on suffering when there is no need?

Especially since he had not been out of Slaughter City for long; Slaughter City was truly not a place for humans to stay.

He was mainly wary of the toxins in the food and drinking water there, so even if the food was delicious, he dared not try it, nor did he dare to let himself live too comfortably.

So he had been tense in Slaughter City for over eight months; could he not enjoy himself after coming out?

Ning Feiliu walked with Xue Di inside Barak Royal City, beginning to search for a grand hotel to stay at.

Only...

Ning Feiliu felt a bit strange; why did it feel like... the people around them were intentionally or unintentionally paying attention to them? Besides looks of admiration, there were also rather strange gazes...

It did not seem as simple as just thinking that their pair of a handsome man and a beautiful woman was easy on the eyes.

It was as if there was something strange about them.

Ning Feiliu even thought that because he had just come out of Slaughter City, the killing intent on him was too obvious.

However, he specifically used his Myriad Flower Psychic ability to restrain his aura, yet the people nearby would still secretly glance at them.

And the direction they were looking was... Xue Di's long white hair, and Ning Feiliu's...

Also his hair.

Ning Feiliu was a bit puzzled, and then when he passed by a grocery stall, there happened to be a mirror on it.

He saw his current appearance in the mirror.

His oval face had not changed, and his pair of willow-leaf eyes, originally gentle and refined, now still retained that gentle temperament, but there was a bit more coldness in his eyes.

His features were still as soft and handsome as ever, as if a god from the heavens had descended to the world.

But... his head of short hair, which had been as deep as the night, had now turned into slightly longer, pale-colored short hair.

This is...

Ning Feiliu touched his hair with some surprise.

"This guest... are you looking to buy this mirror?" the stall owner immediately asked with a fawning smile.

The cool and gentle temperament of Ning Feiliu and Xue Di clearly showed they were not ordinary commoners, so he naturally had the discernment to treat them with a good attitude from the start.

"Yes, I will take this mirror. How much?" Ning Feiliu then casually took out a Silver Soul Coin to settle the bill.

He held the mirror and looked at his white hair... somewhat lost in thought.

"When you woke up again, your hair had all turned white," Xue Di said at this moment.

Waking up again... that is to say, after he was resurrected using the Resurrection Forbidden Spell, his hair color had turned pale white.

So, is this considered the price of resurrection?

Ning Feiliu sighed; although it was quite good-looking, it was indeed a bit conspicuous.

Although the Spirit Masters of Douluo Continent all had hair of various colors, looking just like the colors of a rainbow.

But white hair color was indeed relatively rare.

Even Spirit Masters with ice-attribute martial souls rarely had white hair.

At least, as far as Ning Feiliu knew, the only one with a head of white hair was Xue Di beside him.

"Forget it, never mind." Ning Feiliu was too lazy to dwell on it and continued to look for a luxurious hotel to stay at.

Finally, he and Xue Di arrived in front of a luxurious hotel located in the city center, with the words "Barak Royal Hotel" written on the plaque above.

It was obvious that this hotel was the largest and most luxurious hotel in Barak Royal City.

And at this moment, a massive carriage procession was parked outside the door; it looked like some big shot was about to set out or had just arrived here.

Ning Feiliu did not see the pagoda emblem at the front of the carriage procession and walked straight in with Xue Di, intending to book a room.

But just at this moment...

"Pat-pat, pat-pat—"

The sound of many footsteps came from the stairs to the side.

A whole group of people walked down, surrounding a man and a woman, one big and one small, in the middle; they looked quite noble.

And the group of people surrounding the two in the middle almost all had quite powerful auras; the weakest must have had the cultivation of a Soul King, and the strongest was close to the level of a Soul Saint.

"Young Master, Miss, the carriage is already prepared," a servant walked over from outside the door and said respectfully.

Ning Feiliu did not think too much about it, nor did he intend to pay attention to this matter that had nothing to do with him.

He took out a Gold Soul Card, handed it to the hotel lobby front desk, and said, "Book one of your best and most expensive rooms."

"Good..." The lobby front desk immediately beamed with joy, took the Gold Soul Card, deducted the balance on it, and prepared to open a room for Ning Feiliu.

However, just at this moment...

"Feiliu?"

A somewhat familiar voice came from the side.

Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look... among the crowd he had just dismissed with utter disdain, a familiar figure stood there, looking at him with some surprise and excitement.

"Big Brother?!" he said, also filled with suppression and shock.

However, he then saw Ning Rongrong to the side and frowned slightly.

When Ning Rongrong saw him, she took half a step back, subconsciously shrinking her body.

At this moment, Ning Mingrui had already walked toward Ning Feiliu, and the others, including Ning Rongrong, had no choice but to follow him forward.

Ning Mingrui, however, first glanced at Ning Feiliu's striking white hair and said with a frown, "Feiliu, your... how did your hair turn completely white? If I hadn't heard your voice just now, I almost wouldn't have recognized you."

"A few things happened," Ning Feiliu said casually. He couldn't exactly say... that he had died once and then been resurrected.

Wouldn't that just make Ning Mingrui worry for nothing? So he chose to hide this matter from his friends and family from now on; besides, it didn't matter if everyone didn't know, as it was already in the past.

"You haven't had any news for nearly a year, you really worried Yanyan and me to death," Ning Mingrui immediately said in a hurry. "Where have you been, to not be in contact with us for nearly a year?"

"I went to a very secluded place for training, and that is where these things happened," Ning Feiliu said with a chuckle.

"And this is..." Ning Mingrui looked at Xue Di, who was beside Ning Feiliu, with deep curiosity in his eyes.

Hadn't his younger brother already pledged his life to Dugu Yan? Why was there another adult woman with a cold temperament and stunning beauty beside Ning Feiliu? "This is Xue Di, a companion I met on this journey and have been traveling with since," Ning Feiliu immediately said with a smile.

"Xue Di?" Ning Mingrui really felt that this name was a bit... too domineering.

However, he still nodded politely at Xue Di with a smile, "Hello, I am Feiliu's big brother, Ning Mingrui."

"Hello," Xue Di only nodded at Ning Mingrui, and then said nothing more.

She wasn't actually being cold; she was just not good with words and didn't know how to communicate with humans.

Ning Mingrui was suddenly at a loss.

Ning Feiliu stood up at this moment to explain, "Xue Di's personality is like this; she doesn't really like communicating with others."

Ning Mingrui had no choice but to stop saying anything.

"Speaking of which... didn't you say you were traveling along the Bei Jing? How did you appear here in Barak Royal City..." Ning Mingrui asked curiously again.

"Well... there was an accident, and after entering the Star Dou Great Forest, I could only walk west. Then I heard there was a town here, so I came here intending to rest for a while," Ning Feiliu said helplessly.

It just so happened that the exit to Slaughter City was closer to the southern part of the Douluo Dalu, completely opposite to the exit in the north.

Slaughter City was also on the northwest side of the Douluo Dalu.

When he first came out, he didn't know where he was in the Star Dou Great Forest, so he just kept walking in the direction of the setting sun to the west, which is how he arrived at this Barak Royal City in the southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire.

"What about you? Big Brother," he asked curiously at this time.

"Rongrong intends to study at a Soul Academy called Shrek Academy in Soto City, the second-largest city in the Balake Wangguo, so Father specifically had me bring people to escort her," Ning Mingrui hesitated for a moment, then said.

"Oh." However, in an instant, Ning Feiliu's expression turned cold.

When Ning Rongrong saw Ning Feiliu's expression and cold words, her face turned even paler.

However, she did not clash with Ning Feiliu like she used to, and just silently lowered her head.

Because she already knew her mistakes, and that Ning Feiliu would no longer indulge her.

So, clashing with Ning Feiliu... she would not do such a thing again.

Ning Mingrui, seeing this situation, sighed in his heart.

Feiliu, oh Feiliu, Rongrong has already become like this, are you still unwilling to forgive her? But as the saying goes, Ning Mingrui would not force Ning Feiliu to forgive Ning Rongrong.

In such matters, even as her big brother, he had no right to do so.

However... if he could let Feiliu see Rongrong's change, perhaps Feiliu would change his view of Rongrong.

"Then, do you want to come with us?" Ning Mingrui immediately said earnestly.

"No need," Ning Feiliu couldn't be bothered to join in the fun. Whether it was Ning Rongrong, or people like Tang San and Dai Mubai, he had no interest in going to see them in person.

If he had the time, he would rather go back to Heaven Dou City to see Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo.

Why go join in the fun with Tang San and the Shrek crowd?

Besides, it would be a good thing to let these outsiders teach Ning Rongrong a lesson.

Regarding someone like Ning Rongrong, Ning Feiliu had never changed his mind.

For such an ungrateful wretch, no matter how the family speaks or disciplines her, it is useless; instead, it only leads to resentment from one's own kin.

Only when an outsider gives her a profound and unforgettable lesson will she change her external personality.

As for Ning Rongrong potentially leaning toward outsiders in the future...

Ning Feiliu didn't care. With him supporting his big brother Ning Mingrui, could Ning Rongrong really turn the world upside down even with Tang San's help?

In the original plot, Tang San's Hidden Weapons might have led Ning Fengzhi to voluntarily act as a sucker, purchasing them in bulk to send him money, and Ning Rongrong might have had a slight resurgence.

But Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, compared to the Soul Guidance Devices of the Dou Er era, were backward equipment that had been rendered obsolete by the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Devices.

Ning Feiliu had the "Ornn" series of Soul Guidance Devices; once he went back and had Wuliu Pavilion start mass production, he naturally wouldn't look down upon Tang San's mass-produced Hidden Weapons.

If it were top-tier Hidden Weapons like the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus or the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, they might be able to compare with Soul Guidance Devices.

But the key is that, not to mention the materials for the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus and the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, Tang San hadn't even obtained them yet.

And these top-tier Hidden Weapons were simply not things that could be mass-produced.

Ning Feiliu's Soul Guidance Devices, however, could be mass-produced in large quantities, and their power was quite formidable.

So, if Tang San and Ning Rongrong wanted to use a hammer to turn things around, and Ning Rongrong became an outsider, wholeheartedly favoring Tang San and Shrek Academy, that would just happen to suit Ning Feiliu's wishes.

It would be the perfect opportunity to expel this ungrateful wretch from the sect!

In short, Ning Feiliu was not worried about Ning Rongrong and Tang San at all, and he had absolutely no interest in them.

If Tang San did not make an enemy of him, then they could live in peace.

But he would not get too close to someone like Tang San, who brought misfortune to everyone he approached, a guy who even made his own cheap teacher offer up his old lair.

Getting close to that little scoundrel, there is a small probability of piggybacking on his opportunities to become a god.

But the high probability is that, like characters such as Dugu Bo, Yu Xiaogang, Ning Fengzhi, Bai Chenxiang, Lou Gao, the Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape, they would all just end up as stepping stones for him.

If Tang San were to become his enemy, then he could not be blamed for being ruthless.

After all, although Tang San had Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao standing behind him at this moment, compared to Xue Di, a peerless Beast that had once approached seven hundred thousand years of age, even if Tang Hao used the final mystery of the Great Sumeru Hammer, Ring Detonation, he could not possibly be a match.

Later, with Tang San's help, Tang Hao regrew his severed limbs and his strength broke through to level 97 again; only by using the Great Sumeru Hammer's Ring Detonation Mystery did he defeat the level 98 soul power Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Right now, he only had level 95 soul power and was still nursing injuries; in the most optimistic estimation, a fight against Xue Di would result in a draw at best, nothing more.

Although Ning Feiliu only had level 66 soul power now, his true combat strength was not in the least bit intimidated by Soul Saints, let alone Soul Douluo.

With all Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and the Enhancement from his previous multiple soul rings, he now also possessed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a soul bone.

Added to that were the Enhancements from the two Runes, Dark Harvest and Presence of Mind, as well as over a dozen different soul skills.

After coming out of Slaughter City, he had also obtained the Samsara Domain.

The Enhancement effect of the Samsara Domain was not that strong, but compared to a Spirit Master without a Domain, it was still quite powerful.

Ning Feiliu would face no pressure even if he went up against Flender and Zhao Wuji of Shrek Academy right now; so what if he took the opportunity to kill Tang San?

Therefore, he was even more indifferent and did not want to join in the excitement.

"Big brother, I am very tired and want to go rest; you all go ahead," Ning Feiliu finally said dismissively.

I've had a cold for the past two days and my head really hurts badly, so I'm padding this chapter slightly; the next part is the Tang San-abusing segment, and I'll speed up the pacing as well, expecting to finish around a million words.

(End of this chapter)