Tang San looked toward the black-clad girl in the corner.
Her face was indeed cold and beautiful, but the undisguised disgust toward Dai Mubai deep within her eyes, as well as the sense of relief and trust that instantly appeared when she looked at Lin Xia, inexplicably stirred a strange feeling in Tang San's heart.
"He is..."
Xiao Wu also tugged at the sleeve of the equally shocked Tang San and asked in a low voice.
She looked at Zhu Zhuqing, then Lin Xia, and finally Dai Mubai lying on the ground. She couldn't help feeling that the situation was rather complicated.
"So, before I obtain that divorce document..."
Lin Xia's voice rang out once again, pulling everyone's thoughts back.
He looked at Tang San, and beneath his calm demeanor was an unquestionable authority, like an invisible mountain pressing down upon him.
"He has to stay alive. At the very least, he cannot die by your hand."
Lin Xia's gaze swept over Tang San's left hand, which had retreated beneath his sleeve. His tone was calm, yet every word carried the weight of steel.
"Put your little toys away. If you show killing intent toward me again, or dare to make another move."
Lin Xia paused slightly.
His deep eyes seemed to contain vast stars drifting within them. An indescribably heavy pressure, as though it had originated from the ancient primordial world, silently spread through the room.
Although he did not deliberately target anyone, the air throughout the entire lobby instantly seemed to freeze!
"I'll take it as a provocation against Gengxin City."
The words "Gengxin City" struck Tang San's heart like a heavy hammer!
His pupils suddenly contracted.
This was not the first time he had heard that name!
In recent years, Gengxin City had become an iron-and-steel miracle that shook the entire continent. It was the source of Soul Tool technology, a place that even his teacher spoke of with solemnity and longing.
Just what was the background of this mysterious and powerful young man?
The intense apprehension in Tang San's heart instantly overwhelmed his killing intent and anger.
The fingers of his left hand slowly relaxed beneath his sleeve, silently withdrawing several hidden weapons.
Tang San took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging blood and the storm raging within his heart.
The purple light in his eyes gradually faded, leaving behind only deep vigilance and a faint, barely perceptible sense of frustration.
Xiao Wu sensed the sudden tension in Tang San's body and the change in his aura. She subconsciously loosened her clenched fists as well, looking at Lin Xia with vigilance and a trace of awe that she herself did not notice.
"Gengxin City..."
Dai Mubai repeated the three words in a low voice, struggling to comprehend their weight.
The fear in his heart deepened another level.
How could that legendary place have anything to do with Zhu Zhuqing?
Just who was this young man standing in front of him?
Lin Xia no longer paid attention to the various expressions of the people around him.
He turned around and looked down at Dai Mubai, who was kneeling on one knee and looking as miserable as a beaten dog.
There was no sympathy in his eyes, only cold calmness, as though he were looking at a tool that needed to be dealt with.
"Third Prince."
Lin Xia's voice remained completely emotionless, as calm as though he were stating the most ordinary fact in the world.
"Long time no see."
His deep eyes calmly looked down upon Dai Mubai, as though he were looking down at a speck of dust.
His voice clearly pierced through Dai Mubai's chaotic thoughts.
"It seems you've been enjoying yourself quite thoroughly during your time in Soto City. That's good. Now that you've had enough rest, it's time to clear your head and deal with some serious business."
Dai Mubai's body suddenly stiffened when he heard this.
He looked at Lin Xia with fear and uncertainty filling his eyes.
Could this man have been sent by his elder brother?
But what did "Long time no see" mean?
Did this person know him?
Or perhaps did he know this person?
Dai Mubai genuinely could not figure out who among the people he knew could possibly possess such terrifying strength!
Lin Xia clearly caught the fear and confusion in Dai Mubai's eyes.
The estrangement that came from years without seeing each other, combined with Dai Mubai's immersion in wine, women, and pleasure that had caused him to forget the past, made the corners of Lin Xia's mouth curve into a knowing smile tinged with faint mockery.
"Looks like the Third Prince has quite the memory for forgetting important people."
Lin Xia's voice was not loud, yet it clearly pierced through the deathly silence of the Rose Hotel lobby, carrying a calmness that seemed to see through everything.
He took half a step forward.
His invisible presence caused Dai Mubai to instinctively tense his paralyzed body despite the pain.
Lin Xia's gaze remained calm, yet it carried unquestionable weight as he looked directly into Dai Mubai's sinister, double-pupiled eyes, which were somewhat unfocused from shock and excruciating pain.
"I am Lin Xia, the Lord of Gengxin City. We've met before."
"Lin Xia, the Lord of Gengxin City!"
These seven words exploded through the deathly silent lobby like seven thunderclaps!
It was not only Dai Mubai who was stunned. Even Tang San and Xiao Wu behind him were dumbfounded.
"The Lord of Gengxin City?!"
Xiao Wu cried out in shock, subconsciously tightening her grip on Tang San's arm. Her large eyes were filled with disbelief.
Gengxin City, that legendary city of steel, the source of Soul Tool technology on the continent!
To young men and women like them who were still struggling within a Soul Master Academy, the Lord of such a city was practically a legendary figure standing above the clouds!
How could such an influential figure possibly appear in a remote place like Soto City?
And why had he personally witnessed their conflict with a prince of the Star Luo Empire?
Tang San's heart sank even more heavily, as though he had fallen into an icy abyss.
His scalp tingled.
"Lin Xia, the Lord of Gengxin City!"
The shock brought by this name far surpassed that of Dai Mubai's identity as a prince!
Countless thoughts instantly flashed through his mind.
The legendary Soul Tool technology, the deep cooperation with the Spirit Hall, the enormous power that controlled ninety percent of the continent's blacksmith industry.
An existence of this level possessed influence and power that were far beyond what a Star Luo prince who had yet to take control of the empire and whose reputation was already in tatters could compare with!
He had actually harbored killing intent toward this man just now and even used hidden weapons in front of him!
"Lin Xia?"
A faint sense of familiarity flashed rapidly through Tang San's mind.
The work-study student from Nuoding Academy who had refused his teacher and possessed a strange Soul Beast?
The name was the same, but how could that possibly be?
In just a few short years, how could an ordinary work-study student have grown into a towering figure who controlled Gengxin City?
This was far too absurd!
It had to be nothing more than a coincidence involving two people with the same name!
Even so, the pressure brought by the identity of the Lord Lin Xia standing before him was very real.
It seemed the trouble he had gotten himself into was far greater than he had anticipated!
However, seeing Dai Mubai's utterly miserable expression, which clearly showed that his relationship with this city lord was anything but good, Tang San's apprehension eased slightly.
An enemy of an enemy?
At the very least, the reason this city lord had stopped him from killing Dai Mubai just now was clearly not to protect him.
It took Dai Mubai several seconds before he could barely recover his senses from the tremendous shock caused by Lin Xia's identity.
He licked his cracked, bloodstained lips. A hoarse and unpleasant sound escaped his throat as he tried to force a smile, but the result looked even worse than crying.
"Heh.... So it is City Lord Lin who has graced us with his presence."
Dai Mubai's voice was filled with awkwardness and disbelief, along with a sense of unfamiliarity.
He struggled to stand to show his respect, but the paralysis affecting half his body and the excruciating pain in his ribs caused him to stagger awkwardly once again.
In the end, he could only remain half-kneeling and half-sitting on the floor, looking up at Lin Xia.
"Soto City is merely a small place. I didn't know that City Lord Lin would honor us with your presence here. May I ask if there is some important matter that brings you here to see this good-for-nothing prince?"
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