Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 50 Gretchen's Painting

"The people at Shrek Academy are so slow..."

Lang Lei sat listlessly on a big tree, looking in the direction of Soto City.

Under the tree, Little Grey was sketching in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Xuanbing and Lihuo stood on either side of her.

"Who is Brother Lang Lei waiting for?"

Little Gretchen put down her paintbrush and looked at Langley, who was sitting on a tree branch.

"Miss, the young master must have his reasons for doing this," Xuanbing replied.

"Is that so?" Little Gretchen asked thoughtfully.

"Little Gretchen, don't listen to Xuanbing's nonsense, I'm just waiting for someone." At this moment, Lang Lei's voice came from the tree.

Then, Lang Lei jumped down from the tree.

"Sometimes, debts of gratitude are much harder to repay than material debts." Lang Lei stretched his body, which had become a bit stiff from sitting. "It's not that I can't repay them, but I always feel a bit uneasy, it's a strange feeling."

"So take this opportunity to pay off the favors I owed before, and then I can live a carefree life," Lang Lei patiently explained to little Greta.

"I don't understand the concept of 'debts of gratitude'..."

Little Gretchen shook her head, indicating that she didn't understand.

"Little Gretchen doesn't need to understand this," Langley patted little Gretchen's hair. "Just be happy every day."

"Yes, I understand." Little Greta nodded. "Has Brother Lang Lei waited for the person he was waiting for?"

"Here we are, aren't we?" Lang Lei pointed into the distance. "Otherwise, why would I have come down at this time?"

"I see~"

"What's wrong with little Greta...?"

"I'm drawing Brother Lang Lei." Little Greta shook Lang Lei's hand. "Brother Lang Lei, go upstairs and sit for a while longer, it'll be done soon."

"Okay, okay, I'll go up and do it." Lang Lei couldn't resist little Gretsch's pleading and immediately agreed.

Then, with a leap, he sat back on the tree branch he had just been on.

Ten minutes later—

"Okay, thank you, Brother Lang Lei."

As Lang Lei gazed aimlessly into the distance, Little Gretsch's voice drifted over.

"Are you done?" Lang Lei jumped down from the tree with a swift movement. "Can I see it?"

"Here you go, Brother Lang Lei."

Langley took the drawing that little Gretsch had given him and began to look at it.

In the painting, he is sitting on a tree, but unlike in reality, the tree is very, very tall, as can be seen from the background.

Little Gretchen truly lives up to her reputation as an internationally renowned young painter from a pre-Honkai civilization. Even using watercolor-like paints, she paints Langley with remarkable accuracy.

Anyone who knows Lang Lei will recognize him immediately upon seeing this painting.

However, unlike reality, Lang Lei in the painting is completely wrapped in dense chains, either around his neck or around his back.

Some of the lines extend towards the lower part of the painting, while more come from the sky, and one line comes from the distance.

The chains extending from under the tree are undoubtedly from Little Gresh, since she is now considered Langrei's killing suppressor.

The chains that came from afar must be a token of gratitude for saving my life. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be broken after this incident.

As for the chains from the sky...

Lang Lei wasn't sure, and had no way of guessing.

"Little Gretchen, these chains..."

Why did you want to draw these chains?

"I don't know, I just drew it based on my feeling." Little Greta also said she didn't know. Perhaps only Miss Knight could explain it clearly?

However, to be able to reach this level simply by drawing by feeling, without any formal instruction...

To be honest, sometimes talent is truly enviable.

Far away.

In short, we probably won't get any answers from Gretchen; we'll have to ask Miss Knight later.

Lang Lei returned the painting to Little Gretchen and watched as she carefully packed it away before putting it into the storage soul tool that Lang Lei had bought for her.

"Alright, Brother Lang Lei."

"bring it on."

Lang Lei squatted down and opened his arms. Little Gretchen skillfully climbed on top of him and sat on Lang Lei's forearm.

After Lang Lei held them securely, he stood up and looked at Xuan Bing and Li Huo.

"let's go."

"Yes, Master." ×2

Lang Lei didn't immediately take Little Gretchen and the others back to the inn. Instead, he wandered around outside for a while before leisurely making his way to his final destination—a restaurant.

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"That girl is pretty good-looking, Boss Dai. These flamboyant guys must be from Canghui Academy, right?" Ma Hongjun stared at a mature girl in a Soul Master team with very impolite and lewd eyes.

If this were in modern society, wow...

However, it must be said that the Soul Master's recovery ability and healing methods are still very commendable. Even though Dai Mubai was beaten so badly by Lang Lei that day, he can still move around now.

However, although he looks normal, one of Dai Mubai's eyes and his male reproductive organs are completely unusable, and one of his arms is still somewhat uncoordinated.

Dai Mubai was still furious about what happened a few days ago, and coupled with Flander's teachings and his own personality, he said without hesitation, "It's just a small Canghui Academy, what's there to brag about? What right do they have to be so arrogant?"

Neither Ma Hongjun nor Dai Mubai intended to lower their voices, and Soul Masters have much better hearing than normal people.

Despite the bustling activity and constant noise in the restaurant, the oldest of the eight men, a middle-aged man, still turned his gaze toward the Shrek group.

Ye Zhi Qiu frowned slightly. When he saw that the table of Shrek Academy students consisted of a group of young children with no particular characteristics, his expression turned even more unpleasant.

Oscar sat down next to Tang San and chuckled softly, "This is going to be good."

Tang San looked at Oscar with some confusion. "What kind of show is it?"

Seeing that Tang San was still unaware, Oscar explained to him in a low voice, "This is also part of the training that our dean told us. Dean Flander said: A Soul Master who dares not cause trouble is not a good Soul Master. As the saying goes, a person who dares not cause trouble is mediocre. Moreover, provoking people from the Soul Master Academy is the safest thing to do. At most, it'll just be a fight, and there won't be any major consequences."

Tang San smiled in agreement after hearing this: "Our Dean's sayings combined could form a collection of monstrous quotes. Judging from the age of those people... Canghui Academy must be an advanced Soul Master Academy."

It can only be said that they are a family of rats and dogs.

The way they can describe bullying the weak and fearing the strong in such a fresh and elegant way is truly astonishing.

Unbeknownst to them, at that very moment, Lang Lei and his group of four had silently appeared in a corner of the restaurant. After Lang Lei ordered a few of the dishes that Little Gretchen and the others liked, he began to quietly watch this famous scene unfold.

(End of this chapter)