Douluo: Man in the Endless World, Auspicious Beast of the Far North

Chapter 39 Ling Luochen: You, you don’t want to~
"Little brother, this is Xuanbing City."

The young woman chuckled at Yunze.

A huge city towering in the snow came into view. Yunze looked curiously at this first human city he had seen since he traveled through time, and a complex emotion inexplicably surged in his heart.

Indeed, even though he was a sacred beast from the Far North, the eight years of daily interactions with Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor, and others had gradually reduced his human emotions in his heart. But when he really re-entered the human world, he still found that such emotions were not so easy to eliminate.

Ling Luochen on the side looked at Yunze with some confusion. Although the expression on his little face was still so calm, it seemed like he was hiding something.

"Are you okay?" After hesitating for a moment, Ling Luochen asked softly.

Yunze turned his head to look at Ling Luochen, and suddenly smiled, "Sister Luochen, are you concerned about me?"

Ling Luochen's pretty face was a little embarrassed. She turned her head away slightly and said in a slightly unnatural voice, "No."

Yunze didn't say anything, just smiled silently.

Xuanbing City is one of the largest cities in the northern border of the Tianhun Empire. Its area is naturally extremely large. The towering city walls are made of extremely solid rocks. Because it is covered with ice and snow all year round, the originally gray city walls have turned into the current blue over the long years, and it looks like a city of ice and snow.

Two rows of lightly armored guards stood at the city gate. These were soldiers from the Northern Frontier Army of the Tianhun Empire, and their cultivation was above the level of a Four-Ring Soul Sect member.

Once a tide of soul beasts attacks, they will take the lead and resist the wave of soul beasts.

Of course, in Yunze's opinion, if a beast tide really were to break out in the Far North, not to mention them, even the City Lord's Mansion and the Ling family would probably have to stay away from Xuanbing City.

As a well-known family in Xuanbing City, the guards naturally knew the identities of the Ling family and others, so they did not stop them like other soul hunting teams that wanted to enter the city, but let them leave.

"What are they doing?" Yunze asked with some confusion as he looked at the guards' actions while passing by the city gate.

The young woman walked beside Yunze and explained, "This is a tax. Soul hunting teams like these leave Xuanbing City and head to the Far North to hunt soul beasts. They have to pay a certain amount of toll both when they leave and when they return. Our Ling family has a good relationship with the City Lord's Mansion and the Northern Border Army Branch, so naturally they won't charge us any money."

"In recent years, the number of soul beasts in the outer reaches of the Far North has become increasingly scarce, while the soul beasts in the depths are extremely powerful, and the weather conditions are extremely harsh. Therefore, in recent years, most soul hunting teams have been unable to make ends meet. Soul hunting itself is also an important source of business for our Xuanbing City. As a result, Xuanbing City's income has been continuously decreasing."

Yunze listened silently.

“However, it’s also because the soul hunting business is difficult. Now many families, businesses and even soul hunting teams in Xuanbing City have gradually chosen not to make soul hunting their main business. Instead, they have cooperated with several surrounding cities and started to do some foreign trade business. For example, some local specialties of the northern border are wholesaled to cities in the central and southern parts. Although they are often forced to lower their prices, it is still much better than losing money to hunt souls by luck.” The young woman sighed.

While Yunze was communicating with the young woman, the two middle-aged men in front of him secretly glanced at Yunze from time to time.

"Is this the effect of the Ultimate Ice?" The shorter middle-aged man came up to the tall middle-aged man and spoke in a low voice.

The slender middle-aged man nodded gently, "That should be it. My martial soul seems to have been affected along the way. It has been operating on its own. Judging from his cultivation level, he should be around Soul Venerable. I didn't expect that he would have such a significant impact on a Soul Sage of the Seventh Ring."

"Fourth brother, do you think that if Luo Chen had any other relationship with him, would he get more benefits?" The short middle-aged man suddenly thought of something and quickly lowered his voice.

The middle-aged man known as the Fourth Brother frowned slightly. "You should know that since Luo Ze passed away, Luo Chen has never had much affection for the opposite sex. Of course, this is not her fault, but if we hastily match them up, it may have the opposite effect."

"But don't you think that Luo Chen's attitude towards this little guy is different from that towards others?"

"Indeed, to be honest, I have similar feelings. Although I've only just met him, I feel an indescribable sense of familiarity. Also, Han Yan usually doesn't like to communicate with others, but now she's chatting with him quite enthusiastically." "So, does that mean Luo Chen and him have a chance?"

"Lets see."

The two middle-aged men were both seven-ringed Soul Saints. With their realm, it would be easy for them to deliberately prevent Yunze and Ling Luochen from hearing.

The conversation between them was heard by the beautiful young woman, but she did not have any objection. Instead, she looked at Yunze and Ling Luochen with some anticipation.

Although Yunze was willing to follow the Ling family to Xuanbing City and was willing to visit the Ling family, it did not mean that he had complete trust in them.

Therefore, Yunze also noticed the occasional look and gaze from the young woman.

"Why does she always look at me and Ling Luochen?" Yunze seemed to be chatting with the young woman in a very natural manner, but he was thinking secretly in his heart.

Ling Luochen didn't react at all, but if you looked closely, you could see that his neck under his snow-white collar was actually a little red.

"Okay, great"

Ling Luochen lowered his head and didn't even dare to look at Yunze.

Along the way, even though she had no intention of taking the initiative, the ice elemental martial soul in her body was like being attracted by a magnet, constantly instigating her to get closer to Yunze.

With Ling Luochen's personality, it is naturally impossible for him to do such a thing!
So her current situation is a bit awkward.

The feeling of comfort coming from deep within her body and the pleasure from her martial soul made Ling Luochen feel like she was about to float up, but her girlish modesty forced her to stay where she was.

What's more, in addition to the ultimate ice, Yunze's auspicious beast physique is also very attractive to Ling Luochen.

Yunze never talked to Ling Luochen. After all, in his opinion, Ling Luochen was a very cold girl. If he chatted with her casually, she probably wouldn't be willing to pay attention to him, so he simply didn't take the initiative to talk to her.

But he found that there seemed to be something wrong with Ling Luochen beside him.

"Sister Luochen, are you feeling unwell?" He took a step closer to Ling Luochen, his tone filled with concern.

Ling Luochen, "!!!"

It was at this step that the ice elemental martial soul in Ling Luochen's body once again let out a joyful cry.

Woo~
Ling Luochen lowered her head and curled up her body, as if she had encountered something terrible.

Her voice was completely different from before, soft and sticky, "You, you don't~ don't get so close~"

Yunze, “.”

(End of this chapter)