Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1875 Spider King Bi Family
The storage area was deep and long, filled with the smell of aged grains and dust.

Qingluo bounced through the shadows at the top of the shelf, pressing a tightness in her chest. She had taken the brunt of Gu Yuanchao's giant horn attack, and the shockwave had already caused her serious internal injuries. The cracks on her left shoulder armor caused by Chen Mu's sword light were also throbbing with pain.

"It'll be here soon, it'll be here soon..." This thought sustained her.

The storage area is over 200 meters long, and with the roof area connecting to the large stove shed in front, the entire chef's compound is over 300 meters deep.

Once you cross the last bit of this storage area, you'll be less than fifty meters from the towering rear city wall!

She believed that with the extraordinary climbing and jumping abilities granted by her eight-legged spikes, scaling the city wall would be much easier than for the guards behind her. As for the wall's defenders? The rear of the fortress was relatively poorly defended, and with the Chen family short-handed, the opportunity remained.

She shot out another spider silk, which stuck to a thick, load-bearing wooden pillar in front of her. With a twist of her slender waist, her body swung like an arrow toward the wooden back door of the storage area.

Bang!
With a dull thud, the wooden door was violently torn open inward by several strong spider webs!
Wood chips flew everywhere, and the somewhat empty scene outside the door came into view.

Hope is within reach!
The light shines brightly ahead!

However, her steps came to an abrupt halt after she had rushed out of the wooden door a dozen steps.

The open space leading to the city wall as she had imagined did exist, but the scene in the center of the open space was like an invisible ice wall, freezing her steps.

At an ordinary square table, a young man dressed in simple clothes and with a gentle and refined demeanor is leisurely sipping tea.

Opposite him, an old man with a weathered face, holding a copper pipe, was slowly exhaling smoke.

Beside the table stood two composed young men.

The air seemed to freeze.

A bead of cold sweat silently slid down Qingluo's temple.

The young man drinking tea put down his teacup, his voice calm and unwavering: "Miss Bi is here."

Qinglu smiled bitterly. The eight ferocious spikes on her back quickly retracted and disappeared. The light from the dark green carapace covering her entire body dissipated, revealing her delicate face.

She even straightened her slightly disheveled clothes and walked towards the square table with seemingly unhurried steps, as if she were just going to an ordinary date.

Just as she walked toward the square table, a whooshing sound came from behind her.

"Whoosh—" A figure in azure blue appeared first. Chen Mu, holding the Seven Kill Sword, calmly appeared to her left and behind her, the tip of the sword pointing diagonally at the ground, his gaze as sharp as ever.

Immediately afterwards, a flash of dark golden light appeared, and Zuo Jinhua appeared slightly behind on the right, her aura locked onto Qingluo.

Heavy footsteps thundered in, and Gu Yuanchao's burly body leaped out of the warehouse area gate, leaving a trail of crushed spider corpses and wood chips in his wake. He landed slightly behind Chen Mu, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at her back.

A moment later, Chen Shurui and Chen Bin also appeared, standing side by side with Gu Yuanchao, blocking all her possible retreat routes.

Qingluo stopped about three steps away from the square table, her gaze falling on the gentle and refined young man's face. She smiled and said, "You are as handsome as jade, a peerless gentleman. It is said that the peerless gentleman is wise and insightful, and his plans are flawless. Indeed, his reputation is well-deserved."

"Although I know you're waiting here like a spider running into a tree stump, I still can't help but ask, how did you manage to wait for me here so precisely?"

Chen Xiaojun picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and said calmly, "I dare not claim to be a master strategist. Would you be more credible than if I said I was admiring the moon here?" Admiring the moon? Believe you? There's a moon on the ground, isn't there?
Qingluo subconsciously looked up at the fluorescent band emitting a faint light from the rock strata hundreds of meters deep above her head, then looked down at Chen Xiaojun and the cup of hot tea in front of him, admiring the moon in this open space only a dozen meters away from the cold stone city wall at the back gate of the storage area?

She withdrew her gaze, looking at Zuo Jinhua on her right, then at Chen Mu on her left: "I see. The Fifth Young Master of the Chen family, like this Soul Saint, did not rush here, but rather 'guided' me from the beginning to ensure I did not go astray, so that I would eventually 'coincidentally' meet Young Master Wushuang here. And these people behind him, I suppose, were the same."

Chen Mu nodded slightly, his tone calm: "You flatter me."

As expected! Qingluo had been surprised earlier. Just when she was about to capture Gu Zijian in the kitchen, Chen Mu's appearance was strangely precise.

If he was the second line of defense set up by Chen Xiaojun, then everything makes sense.

"The moon has its phases," Chen Xiaojun said, raising his eyes as well, his tone as calm as if discussing everyday matters. "Where the heart leads, the light becomes the moon. Just as your heart is drawn to the city walls, the path beneath your feet naturally leads here. Besides,"

He withdrew his gaze and looked directly at Qingluo. "Weren't your eyes always 'watching the road', young lady?"

Qingluo felt a slight chill in her heart, but her face remained calm: "Young master's eyes are truly discerning. Even my meager ability to 'see the way' cannot escape them."

She paused, then asked, "I wonder if your eyes, so discerning and able to see through my deception, have any name?"

"The eyes are the mirror of the heart, reflecting the true nature of things." Chen Xiaojun avoided giving a direct answer. "This corner of the mountain fortress is extremely chaotic. The young lady comes from a family with profound learning, and her heart is like a web. If we don't lead the way for the young lady, we rough men are afraid we will never see her."

“No matter how dense the spider web is, it can’t withstand a single finger from you, young master.” Qingluo shook her head slightly, implying something, “It’s just that you showed mercy and didn’t tear the web completely.”

"The web is broken, where will the spider go?" Chen Xiaojun picked up his teacup and took a sip. "Keeping the web intact to watch the spider is more interesting than breaking the web to find the spider."

Then, a slight smile appeared on his lips: "Uncle Jinhua, how is it?"

Zuo Jinhua's gaze fell on Bi Qingxiu as if it were a physical object, and he said in a deep voice, "Bi Qingxiu, the Soul-Devouring Spider, possesses a ninth-grade Soul-Devouring Poison Spider Martial Soul, with outstanding talent."

"During the pursuit, his actual combat strength, battlefield adaptability, combat talent and thinking ability, although slightly inferior to his twin sister, the Death Maiden Bi Yunxiu, were worthy of his former position as the 25th on the list of prodigies."

"The twin blossoms of the Netherworld have risen to great heights! The Spider Queen Bi family has indeed produced two outstanding talents."

The Spider Queen Bi family has produced a remarkable pair of twin prodigies in this generation, and the one standing in front of Chen Xiaojun at this moment is the elder sister, Bi Qingxiu.

The Bi family's inherited martial soul was originally the Death Poison Spider, while Bi Qingxiu's Soul-Devouring Poison Spider was actually a mutated species, similar to Yan Choulong's Shadow Nether Dragon, which mutated from the Yan family's Dark Demon Dragon.

This martial spirit specializes in devouring and utilizing soul power and spiritual power, making it insidious and difficult to guard against.

Her younger sister, Bi Yunxiu, withdrew from the list of prodigies three years ago due to reaching the age limit. At that time, she was ranked fifth. Her martial soul was the advanced form of the Bi family's orthodox martial soul, a true kingly quality: Death Spider Emperor.

Now, she has even advanced to the Goddess Ranking, and the Prodigy Ranking has been renamed: Death Goddess.

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Note: Ranked 5th, Death Spider Emperor, appeared in Chapter 690, "Tang Chen and the Five Great Elders".

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