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"I have finished my work and I am leaving now. What about you?" Xuan Ming looked at Arou.
"I haven't been back for many years. I plan to take Xiao Wu back to see Daming and Erming." Arou said.
"Then I'll go first. See you in Soto City." Xuan Ming turned around and was about to leave, but after taking a few steps, he turned back.
"Can you find Xiao Wu? Or should I send you back?"
Ah Rou was stunned for a moment, "I can find it, no need to bother."
"Goodbye then." Xuan Ming activated his soul power and flew up, quickly disappearing into the woods.
Arou looked at Xuan Ming's receding back with mixed feelings.
It would be great if this guy could be more ruthless, so that she could hate him with a clear conscience...
"Hmm?" Arou turned around and was about to meet Xiao Wu, but Xuan Ming, who had left, suddenly flew back.
"What's wrong?"
Xuan Ming hesitated for a moment, "Would you like to... lead me the way?"
Ah Rou was slightly stunned, then couldn't help laughing, "You still don't know how to find the way?"
Xuan Ming's expression froze, "I'm not a local."
Without navigation and maps, he really couldn't understand how those soul masters found their way after entering the Star Dou Great Forest.
Besides, this forest is so big that he doesn't even know where he is now.
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After sending Xuan Ming out of the Star Dou Great Forest, Arou turned back to find Xiao Wu.
Now the people from Shrek should be looking for Tang San's third spirit ring, which will take at least several days.
"Where are you going next?" asked the Ice Dragon King.
"We can't really wait here for the Royal Fighting Team, right?"
"According to their speed, it will take at least several months for them to get here. I can't wait." Xuan Ming said.
The Royal Fighting Team set out from Tiandou City and traveled to the large fighting arenas in major cities of the Tiandou Empire to take on challenges. They would stay in each place for a period of time. Soto City was on the border, and according to the plan given by Qin Ming when they set out, this was their last stop.
"So, are you planning to return to the Yin-Yang Eyes?" asked the Ice Dragon King.
Xuan Ming looked towards the east, "I plan to go to Wuhun City."
"Wuhun City? Are you planning to give this thing to the Pope now?" said the Ice Dragon King.
"Soul bones are just a by-product. Besides... I also have to balance the current situation." Xuan Ming said.
"Qian Renxue's patience with me is almost over. I have to ask Bibi Dong to help me pull it off."
According to the Ice Dragon King's prediction, the special environment of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire would have little effect on his cultivation after he reached level 70.
Moreover, after he reaches level 70, Qian Renxue will definitely not be able to tolerate him.
Leaving is inevitable, but not now.
In order to prevent Qian Renxue from losing patience with him too quickly, or taking action against him in advance, for safety reasons, he still had to use Bibi Dong to hold her hostage.
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Wuhun City.
After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Xuan Ming found a carriage and headed here.
It has been eight years since I followed Qian Renxue to Tiandou City.
Over the past few years, Bibi Dong would send Yue Guan to visit the Wuhun Temple in Tiandou City on business trips almost every year to see him, and occasionally she would bring Hu Liena with her to check on him.
The first time Bibi Dong met him in person was at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition held in Tiandou City three years ago.
After all, Qian Renxue's possessiveness over him is too strong, and Bibi Dong will not risk a conflict with Qian Daoliu by competing with Qian Renxue over this matter.
For Bibi Dong, as long as he didn't get involved with Qian Renxue, it would be perfect. If there were some conflicts between them, it would be perfect.
And considering that he and Qian Renxue had not had a harmonious relationship over the years, Bibi Dong was quite satisfied with him.
Of course, if he really got together with Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong would definitely find an opportunity to get rid of him at any time.
Don't be too close to anyone, nor too far away...
After entering Wuhun City, Xuan Ming hid himself under a black robe and headed straight for the Pope's Palace.
On the surface, he was the one standing beside Crown Prince Xue Qinghe after all. Coming to Wuhun City without saying a word would inevitably arouse people's speculation, so it was better for him to keep a low profile.
Moreover, he was not a person with poor sense of direction. He could remember a road he had walked on once. However, there were no signs at all in a place like the Star Dou Great Forest, and he did not have much experience in forests.
When he had been in the Sunset Forest before, he either had Dugu Bo lead the way or relied on the Ice Dragon King's perception of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire to directly locate and navigate.
"Stop! This is a forbidden area! If you come any closer, I will kill you without mercy!"
Seeing Xuan Ming, who was dressed in a black robe and whose face could not be seen clearly, the hundred knights guarding the palace in front of the palace raised their swords and looked at him vigilantly.
Xuan Ming paused, took out the Pope's order and threw it to the guard in front.
The guard was slightly stunned. After seeing the pattern clearly, his face changed drastically and he knelt on one knee, "Greetings, Elder!"
Upon hearing this, the hundreds of palace guards performed the same action in unison.
"I want to see the Pope."
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Half an hour later, Xuan Ming was sitting in a side hall of the Pope's Palace, eating while waiting for Bibi Dong to arrive.
The door slowly opened, and a soft voice sounded outside the door, "No one is allowed to approach without my order."
"yes."
Xuan Ming turned his head and looked at Bibi Dong, who was wearing a black robe with gold patterns. He raised the dried meat produced in Yuexuan in his hand and asked, "Do you want some?"
Bibi Dong came over and sat opposite Xuan Ming. She naturally took the whole box of dried meat from Xuan Ming's hand, picked up a piece and started eating.
"What happened? Come here without saying a word."
"Arguing with Qian Renxue again?"
"No, I came to see you." Xuan Ming reached out to take the dried meat, but was slapped away by Bibi Dong.
"Huh?" Xuan Ming was a little confused.
"This is mine."
"It's mine now." Bibi Dong said lightly.
"Childish." Xuan Ming took out another box.
Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow, "How many do you have left?"
"Two boxes." Xuan Ming said.
When he was in Tiandou City, Tang Yuehua was worried that he would eat these snacks and not eat well, so she didn't give him much.
But this time he said he would be away from Tiandou City for a long time and would also be going into the Xingdou Great Forest. Tang Yuehua directly gave him all the inventory of Yuexuan.
Dried meat, preserved fruits, and various dry food, for fear that he would be hungry.
"Give me a box." Bibi Dong said.
"You are a Pope, are you really going to snatch food from me?" Xuan Ming said speechlessly.
"You came all the way here, but don't you bring any gifts?" Bibi Dong said.
"Gift? Yes." Xuan Ming took out the Eight Spider Lance and placed it on the table.
Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly, "External soul bone? Where did you get it?"
"I got it from the human-faced demon spider in the Star Dou Great Forest." Xuan Ming said.
"I already have something on my back, so I don't need this thing. I thought you're a big spider too, so I gave it to you as a gift."
Bibi Dong rolled her eyes at Xuan Ming and gave up hope on his words.
Picking up the external soul bone on the table, Bibi Dong released her mental power to sense the condition of this thing, "Two thousand years... What a pity, I already have..."
"External soul bones with similar attributes can be devoured and fused, right?" Xuan Ming said.
Bibi Dong's external soul bone, the six-winged purple wings, were produced by the 60,000-year-old Purple Winged Spider Emperor. It mainly gave her the ability to fly, making up for her lack of aerial maneuverability, but its increase in combat power was far inferior to that of the Eight Spider Lance.