From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 29: Bad News! Good News! [Please read on! Please vote!]

"Go! Speed ​​up!"

The boy stood at the very front of the soul-guided wooden cart, leading the Spirit Hall soul masters behind him as they ran in the sunset.

As night fell, the silver moon hung high in the sky, and the Milky Way seemed to flow backward. Chen Hong and his companions, covered in dust and dirt, finally arrived at the hilltop outside Baiyun Village.

Chen Hong, with a few stray leaves still clinging to his hair, scratched his head somewhat sheepishly. He cautiously spoke to Hu Liena, who wore a dark purple-rose dress, whose pretty face bore some scratches, and whose pale red eyes still held lingering anger:

"Um, can I make you a better one? Don't be angry, we've arrived at Baiyun Village, the place where the Soul Guidance Mithril Ore was discovered, it's just ahead."

When the Soul Power Wooden Cart sped at 100 kilometers per hour on the rugged dirt road, fortunately, with the protection of the Spirit Hall elders and Bishop Soto, Chen Hong, Hu Liena, and Chen Lin would have been seriously injured.

Hu Liena subconsciously tidied her slightly disheveled hair, glared at Chen Hong with displeasure, and then said coldly, "Be more careful in the future. Not everyone can save you every time."

"Ah," Chen Hong looked up at Hu Liena, his eyes widening in surprise. The gentle moonlight draped over the girl's hair, which was swaying in the wind. The girl's allure faded, leaving behind her original sincerity and purity.

"Thank you for your concern. I will be more careful in the future." After a slight silence, Chen Hong answered earnestly, and then led the group from the Spirit Hall toward the back mountain of Baiyun Village under the cover of night.

"Come with me, let's explore the mining area now, so we won't have trouble sleeping."

Chen Hong led his group towards the place where he had discovered the original mithril ore in the night. With the help of the high-level soul masters from the Spirit Hall, they quickly arrived at a small sandy hill and, with the assistance of the Spirit Hall elders and Bishop Soto, began to cut open the hill to extract the stone.

Soon, relying on his psychic martial soul, Chen Hong compared the composition of the scattered stone materials in the mine that the elders of the Martial Soul Hall had opened up using their soul skills.

"Hu Liena, the results are in." Chen Hong, covered in dust and dirt, poked his head out of the mine and looked at Hu Liena, who was standing outside, idly observing the unique scenery of the mountains under the moonlight.

"Oh, how did it go?" Hu Liena stood on the small hill, looking at the flickering candlelight in the houses of the small village not far away, her voice calm and serene.

Chen Hong looked up at the hilltop, gazing at the moonlight, and Hu Liena, who had also become part of the moonlight, suddenly laughed:

"Good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?"

"Hmm?" Hu Liena frowned and looked down at Chen Hong. The people from the Spirit Hall also slowly stopped their digging work. After all, they were not professionals and could not distinguish the composition of the ore.

"I want to hear both messages at the same time."

"Huh?" Chen Hong's head suddenly spun, staring blankly at Hu Liena, his brain's CPU was practically overheating.

"Hehe~ Go ahead, hear the bad news first." Seeing that her little scheme had succeeded, Hu Liena chuckled and then looked at Chen Hong below with clear eyes.

Are Soul-Guided Mithril Veins Important?

In the past, Hu Liena might have thought it was quite important, since it would at least equip the Spirit Hall's spirit masters with many simple spirit tools.

But now, looking down at Chen Hong, who was covered in dust and dirt, Hu Liena asked herself, does it still matter?

Isn't this bastard in front of me more important than a dead ore?

Hu Liena felt that the real gain from this trip was probably this slightly mentally unstable bastard in front of her.

"Bad news." Chen Hong paused for a moment, as if thinking, and then said, "The composition of the ore below may not be as good as we thought."

"And the good news?" Hu Liena looked at Chen Hong and smiled. It was just minerals. Once she caught this bastard and brought him to Wuhun City, all the minerals in the continent would be sent to him.

"Huh?" Hu Liena's attitude seemed a little different from what Chen Hong had expected. He scratched his head, not quite understanding, then grinned, revealing his white teeth:

"The good news is, the bad news is false! We've discovered a huge mine! Not only does it contain the same mineral composition as Soul-Guiding Mithril, but it also has an unknown associated mineral! Judging by its appearance, the vein beneath this mountain stretches for at least three kilometers!"

"Aren't you happy?! Isn't this unexpected?!" Chen Hong laughed and gestured excitedly to Hu Liena.

However, Hu Liena's face grew increasingly dark until Chen Hong, sensing the tense atmosphere, stopped smiling. Then, Hu Liena said coldly, "Vice President Chen Lin, we will not stop you from disciplining your son now."

Oh? There's such a good thing?

Hearing this, Chen Lin, who was in the mine, beamed with joy. Chen Hong had been too reckless the whole way, and he had wanted to beat him up for a long time, especially since the kid had driven them into a ditch, leaving him with a lingering ache all over. The Spirit Hall elder and Bishop Soto had saved Hu Liena and Chen Hong respectively, leaving Chen Hong all alone, uncared for and nearly crushed to pieces along with the soul power wooden cart.

"You brat, come here and get a beating. I've had my eye on you for ages." Chen Lin walked towards Chen Hong with a smile.

Chen Hong's expression changed, and he looked at his father arrogantly, threatening, "Old man, I advise you not to be disrespectful. You should know your place in the family. I'm going to tell Mom when we get back that you're ganging up with outsiders to bully her precious son!"

"You brat!" Chen Lin gave Chen Hong a flick on the forehead, chuckled and scolded, then smiled apologetically at the Spirit Hall group, "I'm sorry, my son is naturally impulsive and always likes to talk nonsense, causing you all trouble. Please forgive him."

No matter what, he is Chen Hong's father. How could he possibly collude with outsiders to bully his own precious son who has been smart since childhood?

He felt that his son was right about something: compared to the family atmosphere of his Soul Master friends, other families' children were either buried in cultivation or rarely came home from school, and it was as if the children had never been born. In his own family, although his son was too smart and had become an undercover agent in the family, he still liked the atmosphere of his family.

Besides, aren't children born to be played with? Although only Ning Lu is qualified to play with them, he can sometimes have some soup too, right?

Hu Liena watched the "friendly interaction" between Chen Lin and Chen Hong, a flicker of mixed emotions flashing in her eyes—a mixture of envy and jealousy.

Are there any normal family relationships in the Douluo Continent? That's a very good question.

Because the answer is extremely rare; in fact, what is normal is abnormal.

"It's alright. Send one person back to Wuhun City to deliver the message. The rest of you can rest for now."

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