Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 64 Han Ruoruo vs Ling Luochen (3k)

Due to some special reasons, the overall atmosphere in the inner courtyard has suddenly become a little strange recently.

However, according to Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming, the inner courtyard always becomes like this every time there is about a year left before the Fighting Spirit Competition.

Especially, the competition between the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance Department will intensify during this period, and sometimes it will even come to the Sea God Pavilion meeting. They can be said to be accustomed to this.

The Shrek Seven Devils can be said to be the external face of Shrek Academy. Both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance Department are eyeing this position covetously.

Although the academy explicitly stipulates that the Seven Monsters Challenge is held half a year before the opening of the competition, this is only on the surface. The competition behind the scenes can be said to have started since the end of the last competition.

The seven people who are now in the position of the Seven Monsters are all the most outstanding people in all aspects of the inner courtyard, but even so, many of them face a lot of pressure.

For example, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, and Ling Luochen are soul masters of the strong attack, agile attack, and control types respectively. The inner courtyard has the largest number of soul masters of the same type who are of the right age and have similar cultivation to them, so it is a bit difficult for them to maintain their positions in the Seven Monsters.

As long as they lose to the challenger, their position in the Seven Monsters will automatically disappear. Of course, they can also challenge the opponent again within the time limit to regain their position. This kind of healthy competition can greatly promote the improvement of both parties, so many people are very concerned about it.

As for Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, almost no one can shake their positions.

Among them, Ma Xiaotao has now broken through to the Soul Emperor, and her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul can be called the strongest fire-attribute Martial Soul below the Ultimate Fire. When the competition opens, her cultivation level will even be close to that of a Soul Saint, and her strength is well-deserved to be the first among the Seven Monsters.

Of course, this first place is when Shu Yan does not compete for the position of the Seven Monsters.

As for Dai Yueheng, he is special. He is the future heir of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion in the Xingluo Empire. In addition, he is also extremely talented. He can definitely break through to become a Soul Emperor before the Soul Fighting Competition, so his position in the Seven Monsters is almost absolutely stable.

Yao Haoxuan and Gong Yangmo both have special martial spirit abilities, and auxiliary spirit masters in the inner courtyard are rare, so the competitive pressure they face is almost zero.

It is worth mentioning that Gong Yang Mo's talent can be ranked third among these seven people. As an auxiliary soul master, he can catch up with the offensive soul masters in the team in terms of training speed, which is also an extremely rare thing.

In fact, it can be said that as long as he does not die, he will definitely have a place among the top auxiliary soul masters in the continent in the future.

Perhaps because they felt a sense of crisis, Ling Luochen and the others were no longer as at ease in their cultivation as before. Instead, they all went to Shu Yan and the others for additional training, as if they were determined to kill them if they couldn't.

Shu Yan and the others didn't refuse. They all had a pretty good relationship, and it was normal to help each other occasionally. Especially since the one who came to Shu Yan was a beauty like Ling Luochen, so while training her, they could also appreciate the completely different expression of the ice beauty. Why not do it?

However, Han Ruoruo, who has always been very open-minded about these things, was unusually hesitant this time.

For some reason, when she saw Ling Luochen "pestering" Shu Yan every day, she felt a sense of crisis inexplicably rising in her heart.

Ling Luochen has always been a cold person towards men. Although he looks cold and aloof in front of Shu Yan, Han Ruoruo always feels that something is not right.

Women's intuition is sometimes astonishingly accurate. After observing for a period of time, even though Han Ruoruo was slow in this regard, she finally saw the clues.

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Another day of extra training has ended.

The group left the fighting spirit area one after another, but Ling Luochen was the only one walking alone at the end. It wasn't that everyone was isolating her, but she had always liked to be alone and rarely chatted with others. Over time, everyone gave up on her.

Ling Luochen has been a loner for a long time, ever since she was studying in the outer courtyard.

But the situation back then was somewhat different from what it is now.

Ling Luochen was born into a noble family and had been pampered since childhood. Although she didn't have any strange habits in life, she had a serious obsession with cleanliness.

It was also because of her mysophobia and some other reasons that she had a bad relationship with almost all of her roommates at that time. She was ostracized and isolated by them. Over time, Ling Luochen's personality gradually became withdrawn and cold.

This situation was alleviated after she joined the inner courtyard, but the influence of that time was not completely eliminated. Coupled with the subtle influence of her own martial spirit on her personality, this created the Snow Princess Ling Luochen of today.

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The climate at the location of Shrek Academy can be said to be spring-like all year round. Walking on the secluded path, even at this time of year, there are still seasonal flowers blooming, the sound of insects chirping all around, and many fireflies flying in groups under the street lights on both sides of the road.

Just as Ling Luochen opened the door with the key and stepped in, the lights in the room suddenly lit up automatically.

The first thing you see is a small living room with a monotonous gray and white decoration style. The overall color scheme is extremely cold and there are very few decorations. If there were not an ice-blue flower in the vase on the table, many people would think that no one lives in this house.

Han Ruoruo sat quietly on the white sofa. When she saw Ling Luochen, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and then she said:

"Do you mind if I chat with you?" Ling Luochen tightened her grip on the door handle a little, but the expression on her face did not change at all.

She closed the door gently, then walked into the kitchen, poured a glass of water and placed it in front of Han Ruoruo, then sat down opposite her.

Just as Han Ruoruo was about to speak, Ling Luochen took the initiative to speak:

"I know that Senior Sister came to me to say something. I can tell you very clearly that I do have feelings for Shu Yan."

Han Ruoruo paused while holding the water cup, her expression visibly sank, but then she spoke with some confusion:

"Sister Luochen has many outstanding suitors both in the inner and outer courtyards. I really don't understand what it is about Ayan that attracts you to such a cold and aloof sister Luochen that you, the usually aloof and proud sister, take the initiative to fall in love with him..."

Ling Luochen was silent for a while after hearing this. After a moment, she spoke softly:

"I think my senior should know better than me what attracts me to him."

“For me, feeling comes first.”

"At first, I just saw him as a goal and a rival to chase, but as we got to know each other better, I realized he seemed to understand me very well and could easily answer many questions I never understood with what I thought were the most perfect answers."

"My life over the past nineteen years has been so monotonous and boring. Apart from cultivation, I can't even find anything meaningful to me..."

Having said that, Ling Luochen suddenly looked up and met Han Ruoruo's gaze, then she said frankly:

"Shu Yan's looks are unmatched among the male students in both the inner and outer courtyards. His cultivation talent and ability are one in a million. Someone like him can even be called perfect. Throughout history, how many people like him have appeared?"

"I once asked Shu Yan a question. I asked him what the purpose of his hard work in cultivation was. I imagined many answers, such as becoming stronger, invincible, and even power and status, but his answer was none of these..."

"He said that for him, being able to keep everything he likes and cares about by his side is the purpose of his efforts."

Han Ruoruo looked at Ling Luochen in astonishment, her mouth slightly opened, but no sound came out.

"Senior, if I really have to live for a reason, I think my answer is to pursue the perfection and splendor in my mind..."

After Ling Luochen finished his last words, the room fell into silence again.

It took so long that the water in the cup became calm, and so long that the moon was high above the plains and cloudless. Han Ruoruo finally sighed softly, then she looked at Ling Luochen who lowered his head and said softly:
"Maybe... I should have expected this day. He's so good, he deserves all the good things in this world, but I'm stingy, so stingy that I long for him to have only me in his world, so I can occupy all his pampering and love, and walk through this life quietly hand in hand."

"Junior sister, you shouldn't have competed with me. You can't possibly win against me. If you want to blame me, just blame me for being stingy. I don't want to share the flowers I carefully nurtured with others."

"Rest early, you look tired today..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Han Ruoruo stood up, opened the door and left. Her graceful figure soon disappeared under the dim light of the street lamp.

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After Han Ruoruo left, Ling Luochen silently picked up the crystal glass on the table in front of her and walked into the kitchen. After pouring out the remaining half glass of water, she first washed the glass, and then stood in front of the sink in a daze.

The faucet in front of me was still flowing with cool water. The sound of running water echoed in the eerily quiet room, making the surrounding environment seem even more lonely.

After a long while, Ling Luochen finally came back to her senses. She gently turned off the faucet, then continued to wash up in silence. Then she went upstairs and lay on her ice-blue bed, still lost in thought. Looking out the window at the hazy night, she couldn't explain her mood. She just felt as if her heart was swelling and uncomfortable, and she had the urge to cry, but no matter what she did, the tears would not come...

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The warm yellow light illuminated Han Ruoruo's beautiful profile. She sat in front of the window, staring through the green curtains at the room next door where the lights were turned off.

Ling Luochen's words inevitably touched her. She could guess what kind of psychological preparation and struggle Ling Luochen had gone through in order to say these words, but she really couldn't be generous enough to share her beloved with others.

This was also a torture for her, but her reason told her that everything she did was right. She was just protecting her own feelings, and it was necessary to nip in the bud any possible trouble.

The battle of emotions has always been like this...

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(End of this chapter)