Chapter 63: Who Stole My Good Luck?
"What kind of egg? That's called a Soul Core."
Fan Chen lightly knocked Xiao Bai on the head with his finger. Just woke up and already talking nonsense—clearly, he needed to put more effort into educating Xiao Bai properly.
"How does it feel?"
Qian Daoliu stepped forward and asked Qian Renxue about her current condition. Although he did not possess Fan Chen's ability to directly see the flow of soul power inside another person's body, he could sense the changes in Qian Renxue very clearly.
"My soul power itself hasn't increased much, but the speed at which it circulates has become faster…"
Qian Renxue explained her current situation to Qian Daoliu.
After listening, Qian Daoliu conducted a thorough inspection of her condition. Only after confirming there were no other abnormalities did he finally let out a sigh of relief.
"It seems the condensation of the Soul Core was successful."
Although Qian Renxue's soul power level had not risen significantly, her overall soul power reserves had increased several times, and her recovery speed had also been greatly enhanced.
If Qian Renxue were to fight Fan Chen now, she could rely entirely on her own soul power to grind him down until victory. As long as she kept a distance from Fan Chen, the tactic of summoning Xiao Bai would no longer have much impact on her.
Furthermore, Qian Renxue's own combat strength already surpassed Fan Chen's. As long as she exhausted the energy of the Reverse Edge Demon Armor, Fan Chen's defeat would be inevitable.
Fan Chen, standing to the side, had naturally realized this as well. His mind was already working at full speed, thinking of new ways to deal with Qian Renxue.
For Qian Renxue, the increase in strength made her very happy—especially since this improvement had come with Fan Chen's help.
"Alright, everything that needs to be done is done. You two little ones can go play now."
"Grandfather, aren't we training today?"
According to the normal schedule, today was supposed to be a training day. It was the same for Fan Chen, but the matter of the inner pill had disrupted the routine.
However, it wasn't that late yet. There was still plenty of time for training if they wanted to start now.
"No need. Training can wait until tomorrow."
Qian Daoliu did not explain further—after all, he also needed some time to process the information he had just received.
"Rest day! Come on, come on, Xiao Xue—I'll take you to watch Meng Xiaoyan get trained. It's super interesting."
Seeing that Qian Daoliu didn't seem joking, Fan Chen directly grabbed Qian Renxue's hand and pulled her toward the door.
"Brother Fan Chen, slow down—don't run so fast."
Qian Renxue was dragged along at a light jog, while Xiao Bai flapped its wings and followed them out.
Qian Daoliu watched them leave. In his golden eyes flickered with a hint of contemplation.
...
At the training ground.
Fan Chen dragged Qian Renxue straight to the spectator stands.
This completely threw Golden Crocodile Douluo off.
"You brat, why are you here? And why did Xiao Xue come as well?"
By all logic, at this time, the two of them should have been training with Qian Daoliu. How did they end up here instead?
"Probably because we're just too outstanding," Fan Chen said smugly. "We finished our training early, so we get to rest early."
"I don't believe a word of that nonsense. Xiao Xue, you explain—this kid never tells the truth."
Golden Crocodile Douluo rolled his eyes at Fan Chen and turned directly to Qian Renxue. After so many years of friendship with Qian Daoliu, he knew exactly what kind of person Qian Daoliu was.
Finishing training early? That kind of nonsense was something only Fan Chen would dare to say.
"Second Grandfather, it's just that…"
Golden Crocodile Douluo soon heard the full story from Qian Renxue. When he learned that Fan Chen had given Qian Renxue the item he had pried off the inner treasury gate yesterday, he was genuinely surprised.
After all, yesterday Fan Chen had been guarding that thing as if his life depended on it, terrified someone would snatch it away. Who would have thought that today he would hand it over voluntarily?
"Not bad. You're finally generous for once, kid."
"Master, can you stop ruining my reputation? How am I not generous?" Fan Chen protested. "I only have so few things on me to begin with. It's bad enough that you won't give me anything—now you even want to snatch what I already have."
"You're such a grown man, yet you keep thinking about a kid's stuff. Don't you feel ashamed?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo was stunned by Fan Chen's words, while Qian Renxue covered her mouth and laughed quietly beside them.
But thinking about it carefully, it did seem that Golden Crocodile Douluo had never really given Fan Chen anything to keep on his person.
Since Fan Chen had been brought into the Douluo Hall, he had only possessed two items that could be considered truly his.
One was the Water of Life, which had already been drunk entirely by Xiao Bai as a supplement.
The other was the inner pill pried off the inner treasury gate yesterday—and that had now been given to Qian Renxue and absorbed.
By that logic… Fan Chen really was quite generous. Whenever he got something good, he genuinely gave it away.
"Alright, alright, you're generous, okay?"
"But it's rare for you to get a rest day. Instead of going out to play, why did you come here? Thinking about extra training?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo deliberately changed the subject. Based on his understanding of Fan Chen, there was no way this kid had come here to train.
If he really had come for extra training, Golden Crocodile Douluo would start suspecting that something was wrong with his head.
"Of course not. I brought Xiao Xue here to watch a good show."
"By the way, at this time, shouldn't Meng Xiaoyan be starting free combat with Da Bai?"
A mischievous grin spread across Fan Chen's face. This was his favorite part of the day.
He could freely mock Meng Xiaoyan—because she simply couldn't beat Da Bai.
"You little brat. She was someone you brought in yourself, and she's a girl. You target her like this every day—aren't you afraid she'll get truly angry one day and stop talking to you?"
The way Fan Chen and Meng Xiaoyan interacted was extremely strange.
They both found each other unpleasant, and whenever one suffered a setback, the other would laugh mercilessly.
Yet, under normal circumstances, they could coexist peacefully. It didn't resemble a normal friendship at all.
"A girl? I don't see her as one. Someone like Xiao Xue—that's what counts."
Fan Chen was utterly indifferent. What kind of person was Meng Xiaoyan—how could he not know?
Anyone who could hang out with him—what kind of 'good person' could they be? Not scheming against her was already kind enough. If he suddenly treated her like a normal girl, she'd probably suspect he was about to set her up.
"Hm? Why isn't Meng Xiaoyan out yet? Don't tell me she saw me here and hid because she was afraid of being embarrassed."
Fan Chen scanned his surroundings. He only saw Da Bai lying quietly in the spacious training ground, resting.
Meng Xiaoyan herself was nowhere to be seen.
"I'm not sure. Fourth and Fifth haven't come out either. Could something else be going on?"
Seeing the empty surroundings, Golden Crocodile Douluo also sensed that something was off.
He immediately stood up and led Fan Chen and Qian Renxue to search for the others.
Just as the three of them stepped down from the spectator stands, they spotted Meng Xiaoyan and the others.
At this moment, Meng Xiaoyan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, her soul power fluctuations somewhat chaotic.
Guang Ling and Xiong Kuohai stood quietly by her side, guarding her.
When they saw Golden Crocodile Douluo approaching with Fan Chen and Qian Renxue, both of them were momentarily stunned.
"This aura… she's about to break through to rank ten."
Fan Chen looked at Meng Xiaoyan, who was in the midst of breaking through, feeling utterly speechless.
He had originally come to watch a show, only to find that she had chosen this exact moment to break through.
Now, not only was there no show to watch, but his situation in the competition a month later would also become even more awkward.
He had strengthened Qian Renxue, and now Meng Xiaoyan had broken through as well.
How was he supposed to fight this? He might as well just surrender outright.
"What's going on lately? Why does it feel like my luck is just this bad… Who the hell stole my good fortune?"
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