Douluo: Subversion Begins with the Arrival of the Traveler

Chapter 187: Youth (Seeking follow-up reading)

Ten days had passed in a flash. After Kong brought Paimon out of Tiandou, they embarked on their journey again.

But they are not without a goal this time.

Kong had given Qian Renxue a sword without an edge, so he could sense the location of the sword within a certain range.

Perhaps because the distance was too far, the sense was intermittent, so he could only take Paimeng and walk towards Wuhun City.

The note left by Qian Renxue said that the Spirit Hall was in danger. Although I didn't know what it meant, since there was no trace of her,
If we walk towards the Spirit Hall, we might be able to find some clues.

And if all else fails, you can go find Bibi Dong. She should be the person who knows best what happened to Qian Renxue.

"Traveler, your perception seems a little inaccurate?"

Sora leaned against a large tree. Paimon, who was hanging in the air beside him, raised his little hands to shield himself from the sun and gazed into the distance. After a long moment of recollection, he said to Sora:
"We don't seem to be heading towards the Spirit Hall."

"Um……"

Kong frowned slightly and spat out an unknown little grass from his mouth.
"The induction is correct. There is indeed the fluctuation of the Edgeless Sword in this direction."

"Then is it possible that Qinghe didn't return to the Spirit Hall at all, but went in the direction we are pursuing?"

"It's hard to say."

Kong shook his head. Logically, this shouldn't be the case.

After Qian Renxue left Tiandou, the only place she could go was the Spirit Hall. Could it be that the reason on the note she left behind caused her to appear here?

Kong didn't know the name of the place where he and Paimon were now, and there were no villages or cities around.

He followed his intuition and found Paimon here.

At first he thought of walking towards the Spirit Hall, the sensation should become stronger and stronger, right?
But as he walked, he sensed another edgeless sword.

This bladeless sword was closer to him than the others. After a brief thought,

So he decided to first look at the owner of the sword closest to him, to see if it was Qian Renxue or the little boy he met on the roadside.

"Let's go, we'll find out if we go over and take a look soon."

Sora stood up and brushed off the non-existent dust on his body, then led Paimon towards the Edgeless Sword, which they sensed was not far away from them.

"Yeah!" Paimon nodded and followed Kong closely.

After half a day's journey, the two finally saw a city standing in front of them.

"Traveler, there's a city ahead!"

Paimon said excitedly while flying in the air.

The two had been on the road for the past half month, and they had been walking through forests or trails, and had not seen any signs of human life for a long time.

"Well, let's go over and take a look. It seems... the induction from the Edgeless Sword is coming from that city."

Kong looked at the city not far away. If nothing unexpected happened, there was a bladeless sword that he had given away and its owner inside.

"Soto City?"

Paimon looked at the three words engraved on the city gate and read them out.

How did you get here?
Kong immediately found the background of this city in his memory.

Soto City is located at the junction of the Star Dou Empire and Xingluo. It turns out that the hometown of Shrek Academy is in a small village in Soto City.

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Sora took Paimon through the city gate, expecting to be questioned and asked to pay soul coins.

However, there seemed to be no such rules here, and the two of them easily passed through the city gate and entered the city.

"It's so lively here~" Paimon sighed as he looked at the endless stream of pedestrians in the city.

Although Soto City is not the central city of the empire, due to its geographical factors, there is frequent trade between the Star Dou Empire and the Xing Luo Empire. Soul masters and bounty hunters traveling on the edge of the two countries also like this place as a resting place, so it is also a densely populated large city.

As soon as he entered the city gate, Kong felt the strange gazes of people sticking their heads out, but most of them were looking at Paimon beside him.

Kong did not take any action on this, but took Paimon and went straight to the direction he sensed.

After passing through the bustling crowd on the street, the two came to a courtyard that looked a bit old.

The walls of the courtyard were covered with moss, and the gate was tightly closed. A rusty lock fastened two wooden doors together, which looked like they would fall off at any time. They did not seem very strong, as if a gust of wind would blow the door open.

This courtyard looks like a house that has not been inhabited for many years.

"Traveler, it seems no one lives here? Is Qinghe really inside?"

Paimon looked inside through the crack in the door curiously. The yard was desolate and overgrown with weeds.

"How about you fly in and take a look?"

Kong signaled Paimon to look at the not-too-high wall next to him.

"I do not want it!"

Paimon seemed to be thinking of some scenes from the past, and his little head was shaking like a rattle.

It is impolite to enter someone else's house without permission. Besides, it looks like no one has lived here for a long time. What if there are some vicious snakes, rats, etc. in there?

Wouldn’t you scare yourself to death?
"Coward~"

Kong Kong teased Paimeng and leaped over the wall into the courtyard.

"Hey~ wait for me!"

Paimon shouted and flew in as well. Looking at the deserted courtyard, he clung to Sora's shoulder, looking around with his big eyes.

“Crack~.”

There was a sound of a door opening on the right, and both of them immediately looked there.

"Eh? Someone's here!"

Paimon exclaimed in surprise when he saw a young man in tattered clothes and with a dirty face walking out of the room.

The young man walked into the courtyard with a long sword in his hand and a fierce look in his eyes.

"What a haunted bunch of guys, they actually found this..."

The young man said in a deep voice, swinging his sword towards Sora and Paimon.

But when he saw the face of the person coming, he staggered and said stammeringly:
“You…you…!!!”

"Maomao?"

Kong also looked at the person in front of him with some surprise.

Although the boy's figure and temperament had changed a little, he still saw at a glance that the long sword in the boy's hand was the Edgeless Sword.

And this young man was the very filial boy, Maomao, who Shelong Douluo of the Spirit Hall met on the roadside.

"Sir! It's really you!"

The young man heard someone in the courtyard calling out his nickname, and said in a trembling voice,
He took two steps at a time and walked up to Kong, then knelt down on both knees and bowed to him.

"Get up quickly."

Sora raised his hand slightly, and a gentle breeze lifted the boy up.

"Sir! I didn't expect to see you again! I, I..."

Maomao looked at Kong excitedly, his words a little incoherent.

(End of this chapter)