Chapter 67: Dai Mubai, Prince of Star Luo

Watching the figures approaching closer and closer, Dust Douluo felt soul power surging within his body. With his rank ninety-seven cultivation, dealing with a thirty-level transformed soul beast would take only an instant to capture it alive, without causing any disturbance to the surrounding people.

Dust Douluo's hair fluttered without wind as a wisp of spiritual aura locked onto Xiao Wu. Just as he was about to lift his foot, he felt himself enveloped by a sharp intent to kill. Frowning slightly, he turned his head to look at the distant rooftop. "Who is there?"

On the rooftop, a sturdy man dressed in black was exuding a scarlet aura from his entire body, staring fixedly at him.

"Rongrong, Zhuqing, you two go back to the inn and wait for me." Dust Douluo's expression turned solemn, and his figure vanished abruptly, leaving the two young women staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Let's go back first and talk inside," Zhu Zhuqing said, her delicate eyebrows arching slightly as she pulled Ning Rongrong toward the inn.

"Yo, what a pair of gorgeous babes!"

Just as Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong turned around, a fat man in red howled from not far away, then sprinted over at an incredible speed, blocking their path. Stopping abruptly, his eyes shone with a lustful light as he darted his gaze up and down their bodies unceasingly.

This unbridled gaze made Zhu Zhuqing's expression sink. Considering potential subsequent troubles, she grabbed Ning Rongrong, who looked ready to snap, and tried to bypass him from the side.

"Hey, don't walk away!"

Ma Hongjun blocked their path once more, striking a pose he imagined to be handsome. "Which of you two wants to have an eternal romance with me that will never end? If both of you are willing, that would be even better!" With that, he winked heavily, thinking it exceptionally charming.

"Get lost, you fat freak!" Ning Rongrong gave Ma Hongjun a push, only to find that the man didn't budge an inch.

Ma Hongjun leaned forward with a lewd smile. "Beauty, why so hot-tempered? Give a guy a chance."

Furious, Ning Rongrong stepped back and was about to unleash a torrent of insults when Zhu Zhuqing pulled her back. Shoving the fat man aside, Zhu Zhuqing dragged Ning Rongrong toward the Cao Family Inn.

"What are you doing? I was talking to her, what business is it of yours? Or do you want to be my woman?" Having been pushed off balance by a woman when his guard was down, Ma Hongjun felt he had lost face in front of his companion, and said angrily.

Ignoring Ma Hongjun entirely, Zhu Zhuqing pulled Ning Rongrong right past him.

Seeing himself ignored, Ma Hongjun's face flushed red. He rolled his shoulders and stepped forward.

"Fatty, stop!" Dai Mubai looked at Zhu Zhuqing with a complex expression.

"What, Dai Fourth, have you taken a fancy to her?" Ma Hongjun paused, then spoke in a sour tone. "What about those twins of yours? Played out already?"

"It's not that I'm lecturing you, but even if you're sick of them, you shouldn't steal a woman from your brother! You got to enjoy yourself, dating different women three times a day, while leaving your brother to sleep alone?"

The more Ma Hongjun spoke, the sourer his tone became, and his gaze toward Dai Mubai grew increasingly hostile.

*This dead fat man!*

Dai Mubai gritted his teeth, glaring at Ma Hongjun with his heterochromatic eyes. Right now, he wished he could go up and tear this fatty to shreds.

"Zhuqing, listen to my explanation..." Circulating his soul power, Dai Mubai quickly bypassed Ma Hongjun, planted himself in front of the inn's doorway, and blocked Zhu Zhuqing and her companion.

"Oh, so you guys know each other..." Ma Hongjun froze, a sudden wave of bitterness gripping his heart.

Ning Rongrong was also dumbfounded. She glanced at Dai Mubai and asked Zhu Zhuqing, "An acquaintance?"

Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip. "He is Dai Mubai..."

Ning Rongrong gasped, covering her small mouth with her hand. "So he's that playboy prince who dumped you and ran away!"

Though Ning Rongrong did not speak loudly, everyone present heard every single word clearly.

The amount of information in that sentence was staggering. Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu all pricked up their ears, their gazes shifting repeatedly between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai's expression stiffened, his eyes staring gloomily at Ning Rongrong. "What do you mean by that? This is a matter between her and me, it seems to have nothing to do with you, right?"

When he first saw Zhu Zhuqing earlier, Dai Mubai had felt a flicker of joy. He had not expected Zhu Zhuqing to brave the hardships from Star Luo to find him in Heaven Dou. Running away was hardly an honorable thing to do, let alone abandoning the fiancée betrothed to him.

However, if Zhu Zhuqing was also someone who had fled, then his own escapism would undoubtedly gain a measure of justification in front of others—for instance, if the two of them were simply avoiding the sharp edge of adversity to accumulate strength...

As long as they stayed together long enough, his past mistakes would transform into a joint decision made by both of them. When that time came, he could hold his head high both in front of the royal family and his companions.

Yet all of this had now been exposed prematurely by the young girl in front of him.

"How does it have nothing to do with me? If my brother hadn't saved Zhuqing and brought her to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she probably would have been killed by your rivals long ago."

Ning Rongrong placed her hands on her hips, looking at Dai Mubai with utter contempt. "Zhuqing is already one of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile people now. You coward, don't ever come bother her again."

Oh!

Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, everyone present wore looks of sudden realization, having roughly grasped what was going on.

Was it not simply a struggle within the Star Luo royal family, where Dai Mubai, knowing he was outmatched as a prince, chose to abandon everything—including his fiancée—and flee alone to the Heaven Dou Empire to survive?

And the reason they could confirm Dai Mubai was a Star Luo prince rather than a Heaven Dou one was because the surname Dai belonged exclusively to the Star Luo imperial family.

Ma Hongjun wore a look of utter astonishment. He had never expected Dai Mubai to be a Star Luo prince; no wonder he possessed such a bitchy face.

*So you have flaws too! Dai Mubai, let's see if you ever dare show off in front of me again...* Ma Hongjun smiled lewdly.

"Brother, tell me whether my judgment of people is accurate or not! I could tell long ago that Dai Mubai was no good, yet you kept insisting he was a decent guy."

Xiao Wu also wore a look of contempt, leaning close to Tang San's ear to whisper, "Abandoning his own fiancée to flee to the Heaven Dou Empire, and spending every day indulging in debauchery with two women—a person like this is utterly rotten to the core."

"Even though we're on the same team now, you should keep your distance from him in the future."

Tang San frowned tightly. It wasn't that he was repulsed by Dai Mubai's character. Because of their hotel brawl, Dai Mubai's restraint—not pushing things to extremes despite his superior strength—had left a very favorable impression on him.

What Tang San was pondering right now was whether the "brother" Ning Rongrong mentioned was that same person from a few years ago.

Judging by Ning Rongrong's airs as a young mistress and her constant references to "our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect," her status within the sect was clearly not low. And given Li Xun's extraordinary talent, as Ning Fengzhi's direct disciple, he was very likely the older brother Ning Rongrong spoke of.

Thinking of Li Xun, Tang San's expression gradually darkened.

Li Xun had humiliated his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, a few years ago. Although that matter had nothing to do with the young girl before him, since both belonged to the same sect, their personalities and conduct would surely be similar after living and breathing together day in and day out.

He could not simply sit back and watch Dai Mubai be humiliated and repeat his teacher's tragic path.

"Miss, this matter is a private affair between Mubai and this Miss Zhuqing. It's never appropriate for outsiders to interfere; why not let the two of them resolve it themselves?"

Just as Dai Mubai's expression flickered between light and shadow, unsure how to retort, Tang San stepped forward with a smile to speak up for fairness.

"Aren't you interfering right now too? What right do you have to lecture me?" Ning Rongrong put her hands on her hips. "Besides, Zhuqing is under the protection of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect now. As the future successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, how am I an outsider?"

"And besides, who even are you to come sticking your nose into this?"