Shocking World War Emperor
Chapter 329 Zi Tiange

Chapter 329: Chapter 329 Zi Tiange

"It seems I was too lenient earlier; you didn’t take my words to heart at all!"

Ling Chen sighed.

The three youths looked at each other, confused.

Ling Chen said, "I told you every time I see you, I’d beat you; now that you’ve come back, does this count as our second meeting?"

"Since it’s our second meeting, shouldn’t I fulfill my promise and beat you once more?"

The three were utterly bewildered.

"Smack smack smack!"

Ling Chen moved, flashing past the three of them, and then the sound of crisp slaps rang out.

They couldn’t react in time before Ling Chen had already made his move.

"Now you can get lost!"

Ling Chen spoke again.

"Yes!"

This time, the three learned their lesson.

Instead of turning around, they ran back awkwardly.

This time, Ling Chen wouldn’t trouble them again, right?

"Stop!"

However, they had only run a few steps when Ling Chen spoke coldly again.

The three immediately stopped in their tracks.

After all, running backwards still counted as a second encounter.

But then, Ling Chen grinned and said, "I told you to get lost, why are you running?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Chen appeared in front of them again and delivered a slap to each of them.

...

The next day.

Ling Chen, accompanied by Ling Wu, arrived at a grand and majestic residence in the southwest of the King City.

Lin Xiaodu was left at the inn for cultivation.

After all, Xiao Du’s cultivation level was too low, and he needed to train hard for a chance to join the two Academic Palaces.

And Ye Zhenzhen stayed behind as Lin Xiaodu’s protector.

Above the residence’s gate hung a plaque.

The plaque bore two characters, lively as if dragons soaring and phoenixes dancing: Zi Mansion.

This was where one of the Eight Great Families, the Zi Family, resided.

Initially, Zi Lingyang had repeatedly invited him to visit the Zi Mansion, and now that he was here, it was the perfect time to pay a visit.

Approaching the gates of the Zi Mansion, Ling Chen said to the two guards there, "Please inform Young Master Zi Lingyang for me, tell him that Ling Chen has come for a visit."

"Alright."

The guard on the right smiled and nodded, saying, "Please wait a moment."

Even as guards of one of the Eight Great Families, these two didn’t carry with them an air of arrogance commonly found in such families, instead appearing quite amiable.

The guard on the left immediately went in to report.

Shortly after, the reporting guard returned: "My apologies, Young Master, but our young master is currently in closed-door cultivation."

"Hm, then we’ll visit another day."

Ling Chen smiled.

Indeed, he had come at an inopportune time.

Zi Lingyang had not been accepted by the two top Academic Palaces without examinations, so he needed to continue his cultivation to achieve good results in the upcoming enrollment trials and join one of the two Academic Palaces.

King Star Academic Palace and General Star Academic Palace actually held enrollment examinations every year.

They were generally aimed at the talents from the Royal Capital, that is, King City and the sixteen Guard Cities. It was just not open to cultivators from the Eight Mansions.

Only during the Eight Palaces Martial Competition would it be open to the talents from Xuan Tian Mansion and other Eight Mansions.

"Shall we go?"

Ling Chen looked at Ling Wu.

"Okay."

Ling Wu nodded and asked, "Where to?"

"The Qin Family."

Ling Chen smiled.

The Qin Family was located west of the Palace, right next to the Zi Family, with only a City Guard Army camp in between.

"Great!"

Ling Wu replied with a smile.

Qin Shi had already been admitted to General Star Academic Palace, so he probably wouldn’t be in closed-door cultivation.

The two were about to head toward the northwest when they heard a voice from behind, "Young Master Ling?"

Ling Chen paused and turned his head, only to see a young woman, and he said in surprise, "Lady Zi?"

The woman was indeed Zi Lingyang’s sister, Zi Ling’er.

Zi Ling’er, overjoyed, said, "Young Master Ling, Miss Ling, please come in!"

She had just returned from outside and unexpectedly ran into Ling Chen and his company.

"Alright!"

Ling Chen nodded, and together with Ling Wu, followed Zi Ling’er into the Zi residence.

"Young Master Ling, are you here to look for my brother?"

Zi Ling’er asked.

She knew that Ling Chen had a good relationship with Zi Lingyang.

"Yes."

Ling Chen nodded, smiling, "We originally came to visit your brother, but we heard he has entered closed-door cultivation. We were about to leave and thought to visit another day."

Zi Ling’er laughed, "Young Master Ling, you are too polite. If my brother knew you were here, he would definitely have come to meet you. Unfortunately, he just began his closed-door cultivation yesterday, and we don’t know when he’ll emerge."

"It’s all right."

Ling Chen smiled, "There’s no rush, we’ll have plenty of time to meet in the future."

Soon, the three arrived at Zi Ling’er’s courtyard.

In the living room.

Zi Ling’er personally poured tea for the two guests.

Ling Chen’s gaze was fixed on Zi Ling’er, causing her to blush.

"Congratulations to Miss Ling Er for becoming an upper-class Divine Thought Master!"

Ling Chen said with a smile.

"Upper-class Divine Thought Master?"

Ling Wu was visibly shocked.

During the martial contest at the Eight Palaces, she had seen Zi Ling’er, who was then a high-rank mid-class Divine Thought Master.

How much time had passed for her to have been promoted to an upper-class Divine Thought Master?

Zi Ling’er was stunned, then turning to Ling Chen, she curtsied, "Thank you very much, Young Master Ling, for the Star Soul Fruit."

"No need to be polite."

Ling Chen waved his hand casually, "The Star Soul Fruit was rightfully yours to begin with."

At that time, their practice bout was originally for the Star Soul Fruit.

But a subsequent anomaly had occurred, the Star Soul Fruits merged and transformed into an Immortal Star Soul Fruit, which they failed to obtain.

"By the way."

Zi Ling’er suddenly remembered something, a smile appearing on her pretty face.

She called over a maid and after giving an instruction, the maid quickly left.

"Young Master Ling, someone wishes to meet you."

Zi Ling’er said with a secretive smile.

"Who?"

Ling Chen inquired.

Zi Ling’er laughed, "Young Master Ling, be patient, that person will be here shortly."

"Alright."

Ling Chen nodded.

Soon after, hurried footsteps sounded from outside.

"Creak!"

The door was pushed open.

A young man appeared in Ling Chen’s line of sight.

He appeared to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with handsome features, but his level of cultivation was impressively at the eighth level of the Primordial Pill Realm.

Seeing the young man’s purple hair, Ling Chen knew.

The person Zi Ling’er mentioned was likely also from the Zi Family.

However, he was puzzled.

He was sure he only knew Zi Lingyang and Zi Ling’er from the Zi Family.

Who was this person?

As soon as the handsome young man entered the room, his eyes landed on Ling Chen, and a flash of surprise appeared in his gaze.

"Are you Young Master Lingchen?"

The handsome young man asked, somewhat excitedly.

"Yes."

Ling Chen nodded and said, "May I know who you are, sir?"

"Young Master Ling, I have long admired your reputation. My name is Zi Tiange."

The handsome young man said.

At that moment, Zi Ling’er laughed from the side, "He is the Princely Heir of our Zi Family."

"Princely Heir?"

Ling Chen was visibly shocked.

Looking at the young man’s level of cultivation, he knew he was no ordinary person.

But he had not expected him to be the Princely Heir of the Zi Family.

"Nice to meet you, Princely Heir!"

Ling Chen quickly greeted Zi Tiange politely.

Zi Tiange hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Young Master Ling, there’s no need for formalities. I also want to thank you for the lifesaving grace you have shown Lingyang and Ling Er!"