Looking at Jiang Chen standing dumbfounded at the door, Hu Liena pulled him inside with one tug.
The room was filled with pink decorations: a big pink bed, a sofa, curtains…
There were also quite a few roses, and a fragrance lingered in the room, very similar to the scent on Hu Liena's body.
"Se… Senior Sister, where do I sleep?" Jiang Chen was dumbfounded.
Hu Liena pointed at the big pink bed. "You sleep on the inside, I sleep on the outside."
"No way, right? I'm a guy." Jiang Chen couldn't help tightening his clothes.
Hu Liena glanced at him, suddenly leaned close to Jiang Chen, and breathed warmly: "You're so small, are you afraid Senior Sister will eat you?"
The warm breath hit his face, and Jiang Chen hurriedly turned his head away, blushing, inwardly cursing "fox spirit."
But thinking that he didn't need to sleep at night, he let out a sigh of relief. At night, he would always find a spacious place to cultivate, and sleeping was just a short nap during the day.
"Little Junior Brother, you're really fun." Hu Liena giggled charmingly.
Jiang Chen fearfully realized that the way she looked at him was like looking at a toy, and he immediately had a bad premonition.
His premonition was correct; in the following days, he would suffer all kinds of torment from Hu Liena… but that's a story for later.
Hu Liena stopped paying attention to Jiang Chen and took off her outer clothes.
"I haven't bathed in many days. I'm going to get comfortable first. Kid, you better not peek, okay."
"If I peek at you, I'm not human!" Jiang Chen was speechless inside.
Listening to the singing coming from the bathroom, Jiang Chen had nothing to do. Suddenly, an idea came to him, and he decided to wander around inside the Pope's Palace.
The Pope's Palace had many small palaces, pavilions, towers, small bridges, and flowing water everywhere. Many places looked very similar, and as Jiang Chen walked, he got lost.
Clearly, it looked like the way he came, but the more he walked, the farther it seemed, until he no longer knew which direction he was in.
Thinking of what Hu Liena said about the Elder Hall, deeper inside, having elders with strange tempers, he suddenly felt a bit panicked. If one of those elders with strange tempers had a twisted mind, wouldn't he be done for?
He didn't dare think further and hurriedly summoned Little Black Sparrow.
Little Black Sparrow was stopped outside the city gates. Under his summons, it quickly flew toward the Pope's Palace.
At that moment, bursts of shouting and exhaling sounds suddenly came, surprising Jiang Chen.
Was someone cultivating?
He immediately realized that there were many cultivation grounds inside the Pope's Palace, so it was normal for someone to be cultivating at this time.
Originally, he just wanted to wait in place until Little Black Sparrow arrived and then leave, but hearing that somewhat childish female voice, a voice rose in his heart: Go take a look!
Peeking at others cultivating was a major taboo, but once the thought emerged, it became unstoppable. The one cultivating was very likely that person, the one he admired most among women.
His feet followed his heart, and he couldn't help walking toward the direction of the sound.
After passing through an archway, he arrived at a martial training field. Standing at the entrance, he quietly watched the girl practicing her soul skills.
The girl looked about the same age as Hu Liena, with neat golden short hair reaching her ear roots, skin fairer than snow, and a delicate face that seemed even prettier than Hu Liena's by a few points. Her budding figure, however, was far less developed compared to Hu Liena's.
She wore a set of golden, tight-fitting combat attire. What shocked Jiang Chen was that three soul rings shone around her body.
Two yellow, one purple, two century soul rings, and one millennium soul ring.
This girl looked about the same age as Hu Liena, and Jiang Chen already knew Hu Liena was only eleven years old now, with her cultivation not yet reaching rank 30.
Yet the girl in front of him had already broken through to above rank 30.
Behind the girl, her clothes had split open, and a pair of pure white wings extended. Behind her also appeared a huge phantom. The phantom's face couldn't be seen clearly, but unlike the girl, the phantom had three pairs of wings, six in total.
"It really is her! The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Qian Renxue!" Jiang Chen's heart was far from calm.
"Who's there!" The girl shouted. Turning her head, she saw Jiang Chen standing at the edge of the martial training field.
The moment she saw it was an unfamiliar little boy, anger flashed in her eyes. With a flap of her wings, her body shot toward Jiang Chen.
Her first soul ring lit up, intense golden light gathering on her right fist. The fist turned golden and brilliant, wrapped in a terrifying sacred aura, as if it could purify and melt everything.
Seeing Qian Renxue coming with such momentum, Jiang Chen knew he'd be a fool not to run.
The surging power in her fist made his heart tremble, and with the huge gap in their levels, his poison might not even affect Qian Renxue.
Seeing Jiang Chen dart toward the archway, Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes blazed with golden light. Her second soul ring lit up, and beside her pure white wings appeared a pair of illusory wings, making her entire body somewhat ethereal as her speed surged again.
Feeling the intense fluctuations behind him and seeing the doorway just a few meters away, Jiang Chen knew he couldn't escape.
Gritting his teeth, his forward-moving body suddenly shot to the right without any warning.
Qian Renxue stared blankly as the child who had been running straight ahead suddenly veered to the right.
She stopped, the light on her fist fading. Turning to look at Jiang Chen not far away, she said coldly: "Who are you?"
At first, she had only thought Jiang Chen was an ordinary child and just wanted to scare him, but she hadn't expected this kid to be not so simple.
Jiang Chen, however, didn't know Qian Renxue had only intended to scare him. Seeing the coldness on her face, his heart jolted, and he felt a bit panicked.
His eyes rolled around, and he put on a pitiful look: "Big Sister, where is this? I accidentally got lost and can't find my way out. Can you tell me which way to go?"
Jiang Chen's acting was very good; that cute little appearance and pitiful expression were enough to stir protective instincts in many maternal beings.
But he unintentionally revealed a flaw.
Just moments ago, he had calmly dodged Qian Renxue's pursuit, yet now he suddenly changed like flipping a page, turning into a harmless little child.
If it were someone else, Jiang Chen might have fooled them, but the one in front of him was Qian Renxue, the clever, meticulous Qian Renxue whose keen observation missed none of his expressions or movements.
Golden light flared on Qian Renxue's fist again, like golden flames, emanating an aura that made Jiang Chen's heart palpitate.
"As far as I know, there is no child of your age in the Pope's Palace. Who exactly are you? How did you get in? If you don't tell me, you die!"
As the word "die" fell, Qian Renxue's entire body burned with golden light, stepping toward Jiang Chen one step at a time.
Jiang Chen's expression changed as he retreated. Finally, gritting his teeth, he said, "I'm the new disciple the Pope took in."
Qian Renxue paused for a moment, then sneered coldly: "Good, very good. Since you're her disciple, that makes you even less forgivable."
Her speed suddenly increased, closing in on Jiang Chen rapidly.
"My god, how did it turn out like this?" Jiang Chen turned and ran.