Douluo Continent: I've joined forces with Tang San and taken Xiao Wu as my concubine!

Chapter 88, A Gentleman Helps Others Achieve Their Goals

Zhu Zhuqing fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Mengbei's offer was very tempting to her.

The soul bone of the 50,000-year-old Azure Feather Eagle is very suitable for her, and the improvement it brings to her is substantial.

In comparison, the wing-shaped external soul bone in her hand, though more precious, requires a long time to mature, and that is precisely what she lacks.

However, since external soul bones are more valuable than ordinary soul bones, Zhu Zhuqing was still hesitant and had not made up her mind.

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was hesitating, Meng Bei basically guessed what she was thinking. The little kitten was definitely tempted, but faced with such a significant matter, she couldn't make a decision right away.

Meng Bei didn't press the issue. He wasn't lacking in external soul bones; the system's recent mission reward had already given him one, but he just hadn't taken it out yet.

The reason he wanted to exchange for the external soul bone in Zhu Zhuqing's possession was not for himself, but for Rongrong.

Rongrong is a support-type Soul Master with weak combat abilities. In battle, she is often targeted by opponents and put in danger. If she could have the ability to fly, she could avoid most of the dangers by flying.

Meng Bei thought for a moment and said:

"Sister Zhuqing, there's no need to rush into a decision. Such an important choice definitely requires careful consideration. Just leave this Azure Feather Eagle's soul bone with you for now. Come find me when you've made your decision."

After saying that, Meng Bei handed the soul bone to Zhu Zhuqing again.

He then took the lead and walked back.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at the soul bone in her hand, hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't refuse.

She really needs to seriously consider whether or not to make the switch.

The fire raged for half the night, destroying countless trees.

However, Sunset Forest was no ordinary forest. There were countless powerful spirit beasts in the forest, so when the fire spread to a certain extent, it was extinguished by many high-level spirit beasts working together, and it did not cause irreparable damage to Sunset Forest.

Meng Bei and Zhu Zhuqing followed the charred marks back and soon rejoined the main group without any accidents.

For reasons unknown, Zhu Zhuqing did not tell Dai Mubai about the soul bone after returning, and Meng Bei cooperated by not saying anything more.

Next, we need to hunt down the soul rings of Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong.

So the group continued deeper into the area.

On the way, they happened to run into Flander and his companions who had returned.

In this forest, fire-related spirit beasts are indeed hard to find. Flander and the others searched for several days and finally found a thousand-year-old fire lizard in a cave. After hunting it down, Ma Hongjun obtained his third spirit ring.

Then, on their way back, they happened to run into Meng Bei and his group.

After the two teams met, they exchanged pleasantries. When Flander learned that Liu Erlong was hunting for a soul ring, he immediately offered to help her hunt for a soul ring.

Flander always had a special feeling for Liu Erlong.

When he was young, he teamed up with Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang to explore the mainland. During this time, he and Yu Xiaogang both fell in love with Liu Erlong.

Then Flander learned that Liu Erlong was in love with Yu Xiaogang, so in order not to disrupt the unity of the team, he upheld the virtue of a gentleman and helped others achieve their goals, giving up the person he loved to Yu Xiaogang, and even personally raising money to hold a wedding for the two of them.

However, due to various reasons, Yu Xiaogang, also known as the Master, and Liu Erlong did not end up together. Therefore, Flander's emotions are very complicated when he faces Liu Erlong now.

Meng Bei couldn't say anything about it.

Flanders could give up the woman he loved to someone else and even personally hold a wedding for her. Meng Bei asked himself honestly, he could never do such a thing.

If Meng Bei were in the same situation, he would only have two choices.

One option was to find a way to "eliminate" Liu Erlong first, thus making the situation irreversible.

Another option is to first find a way to disable Yu Xiaogang, and then force a relationship with Liu Erlong into a fait accompli.

Compared to Flander's actions, if Flander can be called a gentleman, then Meng Bei is undoubtedly a complete scoundrel.

Meng Bei didn't care; let him be a petty person if he wanted.

Don't believe me? Just look at who Liu Erlong listens to now.

Flander couldn't understand why his third sister (Liu Erlong was the third oldest in terms of age when the Golden Trio teamed up) had changed so much, becoming incredibly cold towards both him and Xiao Gang.

During every conversation, he was extremely sparing with words, as if he had absolutely nothing to say to them.

Could it be that after all these years, you're still holding a grudge about what happened back then?

Flander and Yu Xiaogang were both baffled.

Ma Hongjun has now obtained his third soul skill, so he is very arrogant. However, he soon became dejected because he learned that even the weakest Ning Rongrong had already broken through to level 30, and according to the time, she was even a day earlier than him.

Xiao Wu, who was two levels below him when she first entered the academy, has now reached level 40 Soul Master, a full ten levels higher than him!

Ma Hongjun was so dejected by these successive blows that even Flander couldn't sit still anymore.

Meng Bei's cultivation speed was already heaven-defying, and Flander suspected that Meng Bei had used some method that damaged his foundation, but how could Xiao Wu improve so quickly? She had just broken through to Soul Venerable a few months ago, and now she was Soul Master in the blink of an eye. It was completely against common sense! If this continued, how could he possibly win his six-month agreement with Meng Bei?

Fortunately, Meng Bei quickly took the initiative to explain the reason to Flander and the others, and emphasized that Tang San had taken away one hundred medicinal herbs.

Everyone's breathing quickened.

Flander thought that given the relationship between Grandmaster and Tang San, even if there were misunderstandings between them, they were still master and disciple after all. Tang San couldn't possibly refuse to give them any face. 100 plants, it wouldn't be difficult to get one or two plants for Hong Jun and Oscar each.

Thus, everyone looked forward to meeting Tang San again after returning.

In the evening, the team set up camp in the forest to rest.

Flanders, hoping to mend their relationship, personally built a tent for Liu Erlong as a gesture of goodwill.

However, although Liu Erlong accepted the tent, he only said thank you in a light tone and did not even invite Flander to sit down before closing the tent door directly.

Seeing this, Flanders could only return dejectedly.

After Flanders left, Meng Bei went to Liu Erlong's tent.

Meng Bei skillfully wrapped his arm around Liu Erlong's waist and criticized:

"Why are you still wearing leather armor? How can you rest properly like that?"

Liu Erlong explained, "We're still in the forest, and I'm worried about encountering danger."

Upon hearing this, Meng Bei removed his armor without further ado and said, "It's alright, I'll handle any danger."

As she spoke, she threw off the armor, revealing the delicate, close-fitting clothing underneath.

"That's more like it!"

After saying this, he pushed Liu Erlong down.

"Xiao Gang, why is Erlong's tent shaking?"

(End of this chapter)