I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

At this moment, Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan were in a high-end-looking private room, which was decorated with various exquisite items and also had many leisure items.

Xu Xingyu quickly estimated that if she bought everything in the room, it would cost tens of thousands of gold soul coins.

Even if someone is rich, they could never rent a private room like this, no matter how hard they tried to earn money throughout their entire life.

However, considering that Xu Xingyu, the owner of the bagged sword, wasn't particularly surprised.

Before Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan stood a young girl in a purple dress. Judging from her appearance, she looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, and her beauty far surpassed that of ordinary women.

Even though Jiang Nannan is not fully developed due to the age difference, she cannot compete with this girl.

The girl had an exceptionally good figure, and her violet dress paired with black stockings gave her an air of nobility that was nonetheless alluring.

Upon seeing such a young woman, countless people would inevitably be attracted to her and begin to fantasize about whether they could marry such a beautiful woman.

However, Xu Xingyu is not in this category, not only because he has Gu Yuena, a girlfriend who is far superior to the other party, but also because of the complicated relationship between them.

The girl in the purple dress is named Xu Jiujiu. She is the younger sister of Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire, and is also known as Princess Jiujiu of the Star Luo Empire.

Her relationship with Xu Xingyu is not something that can be explained in a few words.

But if we had to remove all the details and sum it up in one sentence, she was Xu Xingyu's fiancée.

Just like the marriage agreement between Wang Dong'er and Xu Xingyu, it was to make Wang Dong'er a hostage to prevent the Haotian Sect, which had been swallowed up by the Qiling Tower, from rebelling.

Then the engagement between Xu Xingyu and Xu Jiujiu is a similar case.

First of all, Xu Xingyu comes from the Duke of Xing Sheng's mansion, which can actually be considered a member of the royal family.

For the royal family, the most important thing is to ensure the purity of their bloodline, so that the royal family's inherited martial spirit, the Star Crown, can be passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, to prevent any accidents, every person with royal blood is assigned a royal fiancé or fiancé shortly after birth. If not, they wait until a new person is born.

However, these unmarried couples are not necessarily the kind who have to get married; it's more like a backup plan.

Marriage is an alternative option if neither party has been able to find a suitable partner.

It can only be said that although the society of Douluo Continent has advanced technology such as soul tools, its way of doing things is still somewhat feudal.

The person paired with Xu Xingyu is Xu Jiujiu.

Under normal circumstances, Xu Xingyu, a member of the royal family who already had a lover, would have his engagement to Xu Jiujiu canceled after their relationship was fully confirmed.

It was only because of Xu Xingyu's many deeds that the Star Luo Empire was unwilling to let go of such a talent. In addition, the timing of the dissolution of this engagement was up to their royal family, so the engagement continued to exist.

As for Xu Xingyu's opinion of Xu Jiujiu, in general, she is smart and capable with a clear sense of the big picture, but her personality is not very stable, and she can sometimes be blinded by immediate interests.

If you're just looking for a friend, he's someone worth getting to know; if you're looking for a romantic partner, you'll need to get to know him better.

However, the relationship between Xu Xingyu and Xu Jiujiu is ultimately different from the relationship between Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er.

Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er initially disliked each other, but various events eventually led them to develop feelings for each other, making them a couple who got engaged before falling in love.

As for Xu Xingyu and Xu Jiujiu, although they have good feelings for each other, it's only a friendship, and there's absolutely no romantic feeling between them.

If outsiders saw how the two interacted, they would never guess that they were actually engaged.

The main reason why Xu Xingyu didn't want to see Xu Jiujiu was because she didn't know how to handle her relationship with Xu Jiujiu.

Xu Jiujiu was fine. For her, as long as it was for the future of the Star Luo Empire, she would not mind selling herself. Moreover, Xu Xingyu was quite to her liking.

Although I don't know where I'll end up, it's not a big deal.

Just then, Xu Jiujiu spoke up: "It's great to see you again, Xingyu. It's been about a year since we last met, hasn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xingyu replied stiffly, "Pretty much, I think it was when we worked together to solve the mineral vein problem in the Mingdu Mountains?"

"Yes, and I also want to thank you for the Morning Star carving knife you gave me last time."

"You're too kind. I got what I wanted, so there's no need to be so polite."

At this moment, Xu Jiujiu seemed to only then notice that there was another person next to Xu Xingyu and asked, "Who is this person over here?"

Faced with the long-standing question, Xu Xingyu pondered for a while before introducing her: "This is Jiang Nannan, my classmate at Shrek Academy, the secretary of the Spirit Tower, and also one of my lovers."

"Oh, so this is my newest sister!" Xu Jiujiu said with a smile to Jiang Nannan, "Welcome to our big family. If you need any help in the future, feel free to talk to me anytime. After all, we're all family, so don't be too formal."

"Oh, I will, thank you, Sister Jiu Jiu." Looking at this princess who had already placed herself in the position of the mistress of the house, Jiang Nannan had a feeling of seeing Gu Yuena.

Both of them possess an innate noble air and a calm, confident demeanor.

The difference is that Gu Yuena's strength and beauty far surpass Xu Jiujiu's, so it feels like a low-budget version.

At this moment, Xu Xingyu suddenly asked, "So what brings you here this time? Putting aside whether Shrek Academy is busy or not, isn't your Star Luo Royal Academy busy preparing for the competition?"

"I apologize for contacting you so suddenly during the Soul Master Competition, but we at Xingluo recently received something. And there's something we absolutely have to show you."

After saying that, he handed a storage ring to Xu Xingyu.

Xu Xingyu took the storage ring and discovered that it was a specially sealed storage ring, and people could use their mental power to view the contents.

However, without the corresponding key, the contents cannot be retrieved and used.

It seems this thing is very important, otherwise Xingluo wouldn't be so cautious.

Why must I watch this? And what does it have to do with me?

With these questions in mind, Xu Xingyu began to use her mental power to check what was inside the ring, and the result completely baffled her.