Looking at the beautiful women who appeared before him, Dugu Bo's face darkened.
The hand that was about to put tea leaves in froze.
"Senior Dugu, long time no see!"
Xiao Wu Jie was still looking around.
Ning Rongrong smiled and waved casually at Dugu Bo, considering it a greeting.
"So it's the little girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School," Dugu Bo said with a forced smile.
His gaze swept over the other two young girls whose beauty was no less than his granddaughter's.
He looked up and gave Ye Qiu a dangerous look.
"So those two are the ones you want to introduce to me?"
"Yes!" Ye Qiu nodded. "They are the girls I mentioned to Yan Yan before."
"Your Excellency Dugu, this junior is Zhu Zhuqing!"
Receiving Ye Qiu's eye signal, Zhu Zhuqing bowed to Dugu Bo.
"This junior is Xiao Wu!" Xiao Wu Jie, her eyes full of curiosity, also came back to her senses and greeted him.
"Mm, hello!" Dugu Bo nodded faintly.
Ning Rongrong, however, was not very satisfied with his reaction.
She introduced the two girls' cultivation levels with a smile.
"Senior Dugu, they are both more outstanding than your granddaughter, you know. They are about the same age as me; Zhuqing is already level thirty-nine, and Xiao Wu is level thirty-eight!"
"What?!" Dugu Bo's pupils constricted in shock, his heart filled with astonishment.
Then his face quickly darkened again.
He glared at Ning Rongrong. This little girl actually dared to deliberately provoke him?!
"Hmph! It's just that they met this boy when they were young. If my Yan Yan had been like that, she might not be any worse than them."
Dugu Bo snorted coldly.
He quickly realized that their growth must be related to Ye Qiu, and perhaps they had also consumed the Immortal Herb produced here.
Ning Rongrong pouted: "You also know that we met him first."
"Alright, Rongrong!" Ye Qiu gave a wry smile, stopping her from continuing.
"Actually, the Immortal Herb you consumed all grew here. Senior Dugu has guarded them for a long time."
"No wonder I felt so comfortable as soon as I entered here. It really is a treasure land!"
Xiao Wu Jie's eyes curiously looked at the two bright lights in the mist in the distance, one blue and one red.
Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly; she had the same feeling, and the flow of spirit power in her body had accelerated quite a bit.
This was another good place for cultivation!
As Ye Qiu spoke, his Eternal Kaleidoscope Sharingan appeared again.
He also released the Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger from the Divine Might Space.
The tiger, who hadn't been outside for a long time, seemed very happy, jumping a few times and lowering its head to rub against Ye Qiu's leg.
Ye Qiu patted its tiger head and said to Ning Rongrong:
"Rongrong, take Xiao Wu Jie and the others to look around. I'll talk with Senior Dugu alone for a while. Remember not to get too close to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
"Got it!" Ning Rongrong pouted and no longer engaged in verbal sparring.
Ning Rongrong led the girls away. Xiao Wu Jie happily wanted to climb onto the tiger's back.
Zhuqing looked at the tiger and also recalled some things.
They hadn't gone far when Dugu Bo's originally cold face became thoroughly ugly.
"Hmph! Good boy, taking advantage of my Yan Yan's absence, you actually dared to bring them home?!
Don't think I won't dare to teach you a lesson!"
He stroked his beard and added:
"Yan Yan isn't here, so no one can protect you!"
"Senior, please rest assured. I treat them and Yan Yan the same. They will meet eventually."
Ye Qiu took the tea Dugu Bo had just brewed and poured it for both of them.
"You'd better be, hmph!"
Dugu Bo glanced at the retreating figures of the girls, feeling a bit bitter in his heart.
This boy really didn't understand.
He, an old man, liked peace and quiet.
Bringing so many women back, wasn't he trying to drive him away?!
What a scoundrel!
"Senior, you can actually look forward to it. One day, when they all become Titled Douluo and call you Grandpa along with Yan Yan."
Ye Qiu sipped his tea, his eyes narrowed.
From a certain perspective, compared to the Sword and Bone Douluo, this Old Poison was much easier to deal with.
"Hiss~!"
Dugu Bo was stunned. Thinking about it like that, he couldn't help but gasp.
What Ye Qiu said was very likely.
Such talent was rare in the World.
He glanced at Ye Qiu, a hint of anticipation and a smile flashing in his eyes, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Jie jie jie!"
Hearing this familiar laughter, Ye Qiu felt a bit embarrassed.
It was simply too rampant!
"Boy, your idea is very interesting, but what I'm thinking is for you and your women to call me Grandpa! And preferably a bunch of grandchildren! Jie jie jie!"
Dugu Bo looked at Ye Qiu with approval.
To have this boy and his women call him Grandpa—such a prestigious thing—just thinking about it felt great!
"That day will come!" Ye Qiu gave a wry smile and didn't refute.
After a while, Dugu Bo finally stopped laughing.
Putting away those fantasies, his face still held a smile.
"Alright, quickly tell me, what do you need me for?"
Ye Qiu also got straight to the point.
He said seriously, "I want to know the detailed process of your interaction with that Ye Xiu!"
"Oh? Did you meet someone else who had contact with Benefactor?" Dugu Bo immediately became interested upon hearing this.
"Sort of!" Ye Qiu nodded, after all, Da Ming and Er Ming couldn't really be considered individuals.
Dugu Bo looked at him strangely, wondering what "sort of" meant.
"Thank you, Senior!" Ye Qiu refilled his tea.
Dugu Bo didn't dwell on it, nodded, and recounted the entire story to Ye Qiu from beginning to end.
"The story begins when I discovered this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well…"
After hearing this part.
Ye Qiu finally understood the origin of the grudge between Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Pass.
It turned out that Dugu Bo wasn't the only one who discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well back then.
Chrysanthemum Pass of Spirit Hall also discovered it with him!
Dugu Bo's voice continued.
"Because of the dispute over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, we immediately started fighting!"
"At that time, I had just reached level eighty and hadn't obtained a spirit ring yet, while Chrysanthemum Pass was already a Spirit Douluo! I was naturally no match for him."
Even now, Dugu Bo still felt somewhat aggrieved when he recalled being beaten by Chrysanthemum Pass.
He picked up the teacup on the table, as if drinking tea in place of wine, and took a gloomy gulp.
"It was at that moment that Benefactor descended from the sky and suppressed that Old Chrysanthemum, then sealed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which is how this secret realm came to be!"
"That's it?" Ye Qiu finished listening, but didn't get much useful information, feeling a bit unsatisfied.
"That's it. Aside from him helping me hunt for a spirit ring and instructing me to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, we didn't have much more interaction!"
Dugu Bo shook his head.
To be honest, he and that person only met once.
Ye Qiu frowned, then simply took out paper and a pen from his Divine Might Space.
"Senior, do you remember exactly what his eyes looked like?"
"Of course I remember!" Dugu Bo nodded affirmatively.
Those emotionless, intensely oppressive, soul-capturing scarlet eyes, he still remembered them vividly!
"Then please describe them, Senior!" Ye Qiu handed over the paper and pen, and also asked:
"Also, did he have any other special features?"
"Boy, did something happen to you?"
Dugu Bo took the paper and pen, looking at Ye Qiu strangely.
"Yes, I did encounter some strange things," Ye Qiu nodded.
Ye Qiu's intuition told him that the unknown changes occurring in this World.
Were very likely related to that Ye Xiu!
"Alright, if you really run into trouble, just come find me. I'm just idling anyway."
Seeing that Ye Qiu didn't want to say more, Dugu Bo didn't ask further.
He was quite satisfied with this grandson-in-law.
Except that he had a few too many women.
But that wasn't a big deal, as long as he was strong enough!
These weren't big problems.
"Then thank you, Senior!"
Ye Qiu's face showed a slight smile.
Although this guy had a peculiar temper, he truly stepped up when needed.
He was a qualified grandfather.
Dugu Bo took the pen, lowered his head, and began to draw on the paper.
At the same time, his mind was recalling.
Some things that happened to Ye Xiu that he couldn't understand.
"Speaking of special features, there really is one!" Dugu Bo paused his drawing, looked up at Ye Qiu.
He said in a deep voice, "Benefactor seemed to not want people to remember him!"
"Doesn't want people to remember him?"
Ye Qiu raised an eyebrow strangely.
Was he doing something unspeakable?
"That's right, he didn't want people to remember him! That day, Chrysanthemum Pass's memory was deleted on the spot. At first, I thought this was just a necessary means to protect the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
"But it wasn't until Benefactor disappeared that I was shocked to discover through investigation…"
"Almost all traces of his existence had vanished from the entire Spirit Master's World, and even some people who had interacted with him, such as Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, lost the part of their memory related to Benefactor!"
"What?!" Ye Qiu was startled, his eyes wide. "Tang Hao also had contact with him?"
"That's right, these were all rumors circulating in the Spirit Master's World when Benefactor was still around!"
Dugu Bo nodded affirmatively.
At that time, there were rumors that someone could simultaneously defeat, or even instantly kill, the Haotian Twins, which caused a huge stir throughout the entire Spirit Master's World.
Others didn't know who it was, but he could guess from bits and pieces!
He couldn't possibly be mistaken!
"…"
Dugu Bo's words left Ye Qiu in a daze for a long time.
That guy seemed to have a Spirit Ability to delete memories, and his application of Spirit Ability was simply terrifying!
Dugu Bo continued to speak while drawing.
"Later, he was as if wiped away from thin air, as if he had never appeared, and no one knew about him except for a few individuals!"
"Among them… Bibi Dong, the current Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall, should still remember Benefactor's matters!"
"Is that so?" Ye Qiu rubbed his forehead.
Circling around, he still couldn't avoid that woman, Bibi Dong.
It seemed he would have to go to the Prince's Residence tonight and talk to Qian Renxue.
"Alright, it's done!"
Dugu Bo put away his pen with satisfaction.
Ye Qiu quickly picked up the paper.
"This… How is this possible?!"
With just one glance, Ye Qiu cried out in shock.
"It's very similar, isn't it! The same vibrant colors," Dugu Bo nodded proudly; he had put in a lot of effort.
"Senior, you didn't draw it wrong, did you?"
Ye Qiu looked at the pattern on the paper.
His heart suddenly pounded violently, and his body trembled with excitement!
Looking at the pattern on this paper, which was identical to his own eyes.
He remained in a daze for a long time.
What was vividly depicted on the paper was a complete black magatama, from which a scarlet six-pointed star was hollowed out and outlined.
In the center of that six-pointed star, a purple three-leaf pinwheel was embedded.
How was this just "similar"? It was exactly the same!
Ye Qiu suddenly had an unrealistic guess.
"Hmph! This old man definitely didn't draw it wrong!"
Dugu Bo snorted coldly, leaving no room for doubt.
Upon hearing this.
Ye Qiu examined it closely again.
There was indeed a slight difference.
And the only difference was…
Centered around that purple three-leaf pinwheel, there were faint, ripple-like patterns.
Spreading outwards, they covered the entire eyeball!
Could this be the Rinnegan?!
Ye Qiu's pupils suddenly constricted.
Thinking of this, he felt both joy and fear.
He excitedly asked Dugu Bo:
"Senior, what are these circles you drew?"
"How should I know?! But the ripples in Benefactor's eyes were actually very faint, very faint, a bit indistinct."
Dugu Bo sipped his tea; he had only seen two people with this kind of Spirit, so he didn't know much about it.
"Faintly discernible? Could it be that he is still evolving?"
Ye Qiu's heart was filled with doubts.
After taking a few deep breaths, Ye Qiu's emotions finally calmed down a little.
He wanted to verify the guess in his heart.
He couldn't help but continue to ask.
"Senior, you said before that that person's Spirit Ability was exactly the same as my Divine Might. I wonder if he had any other Spirit Abilities?"
"Other Spirit Abilities?" Dugu Bo's face showed difficulty; he had only seen a few himself.
However,
Dugu Bo remembered and pointed his hand in the direction of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well spring.
"Boy, do you still remember the two ice coffins in there?"
"I remember!" Ye Qiu quickly nodded.
Inside were Dugu Bo's son and daughter-in-law, who were also his future father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Dugu Bo had mentioned to him before that this was a contingency left by that Ye Xiu!
"This should also be one of Benefactor's Spirit Abilities, a contingency left in my eyes!"
Dugu Bo pointed to his own eyes, his emotions a little low.
"When You'er and the others were on the verge of death back then, this Spirit Ability was released from my eyes, freezing their last bit of vitality!"
"A Spirit Ability that completely freezes a person's vitality? And Amaterasu!"
Ye Qiu's heart jolted, and his blood flowed rapidly throughout his body.
He felt that his guess had a greater chance of being correct.
"Alas, all these years I've been running around, hoping to find a way to revive them..."
Dugu Bo sighed leisurely.
The tea in his hand tasted like wine to him.
"Don't worry, Senior, Father-in-law and Mother-in-law will have a day of recovery!"
Ye Qiu comforted him seriously.
His goal was to become a God, and he believed this kind of thing would be no problem!
"Heh, of course, I have placed great hope in you, I believe in you!"
Dugu Bo smiled.
He had bet on Ye Qiu a long time ago, even betting his granddaughter.
"Cough cough... Senior, I have one last question!" Ye Qiu scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
"What question? Hurry up and say it..." Dugu Bo waved his hand indifferently.
"Senior, how similar do you think I am to that Ye Xiu?"
Ye Qiu chuckled, leaning his face towards Dugu Bo so he could see more clearly.
"Hmm?" Dugu Bo raised his eyebrows and examined him carefully.
He stroked his beard and nodded.
"Very similar, extremely similar!"
Ye Qiu put away the smile on his face and suddenly looked at him very seriously. He said:
"Then do you think I might be your Benefactor?"
"Hmm?" Dugu Bo's teacup almost fell from his hand, his face full of astonishment.
He seemed somewhat disbelieving of what Ye Qiu said.
Raising his eyebrows, he asked:
"What did you just say, kid?"
Ye Qiu also knew that his guess was a bit hard for people to accept.
But this matter, he should have thought of it from the beginning.
After all, his appearance had clearly been transformed by the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, and his Eternal Kaleidoscope Sharingan was also activated through the combined effect of Purple Demon Eye and Looking Through Autumn Water Dew!
He never dared to think about such things before!
But now, with the appearance of Evil Blood and others, and Bibi Dong inheriting the Asura God Position.
He couldn't help but think about it!
He now desperately wanted to figure out what was going on with all these things.
Seeing this, he still patiently repeated himself.
"Senior, I said, could this junior, Ye Qiu, be the Benefactor you speak of?"
"..." Dugu Bo stared blankly at Ye Qiu, not reacting for a moment.
Just now, he thought he had misheard.
He had Ye Qiu say it again.
He didn't expect that he hadn't misheard at all; Ye Qiu had asked exactly that!
Slap!
Dugu Bo slammed the table heavily.
It startled Ye Qiu.
Even Xiao Wu Jie and others, who were riding on Tiger and strolling in the distance, were startled.
Dugu Bo glared at Ye Qiu, his expression dangerous.
His voice carried a hint of anger.
"Good kid, you want to take advantage of this old man, don't you?"
"You haven't even called me grandpa yet, and you want this old man to chase after you calling you Benefactor?"
"Damn it! Senior, how could I have such thoughts?" Ye Qiu smiled helplessly, quickly telling him to calm down.
"No such thoughts? Then why are you speaking such nonsense? You haven't fallen for women and lost your mind, have you?"
As he spoke, Dugu Bo pressed his hand on Ye Qiu's glabella.
Ye Qiu quickly pushed his hand away.
He explained, "I'm wide awake. It's just that there are too many similarities, and I'm just a little suspicious!"
"Too many similarities? Hmph! That's true!"
Dugu Bo snorted, having to admit that point.
"Honestly, if you had a bit more domineering aura, maybe if I saw you now, I'd immediately kneel and call you Benefactor!"
He sized him up from head to toe.
Then he shook his head again.
"But in this situation, you can only dream about it! Your suspicion is simply a fantasy!"
Dugu Bo stood up and stretched his body, glancing at him with disdain.
Ye Qiu opened his mouth, wanting to explain.
But he didn't say anything more.
This matter was indeed a bit fantastical, and he himself didn't quite believe it.
After all, he didn't seem like someone who would cause so much trouble, did he?
He had made this Douluo Continent so complicated that he couldn't quite figure it out!
"Eh? Senior, where are you going again?"
As soon as Ye Qiu closed his mouth, he saw Dugu Bo raising his hand, preparing to form a seal, seemingly about to leave the secret realm again.
"Where? Don't you know?"
Dugu Bo glared at him, then glanced at Ning Rongrong and the others who had been attracted by the sound of his table-slapping just now.
Ye Qiu immediately understood.
He gave a bitter smile: "Senior Dugu, you don't need to leave. I just brought them here to visit you, and we'll leave after dinner at most!"
"Hmph! Then dinner is up to you. Just call me when it's time to eat!"
Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment, then flicked his sleeve and walked into his room.
Looking at the closed door, Ye Qiu sighed helplessly.
He still felt that he was very likely Dugu Bo's Benefactor, but he couldn't prove it to him now.
"Xiao Qiu~ What happened just now?"
Xiao Wu Jie's somewhat soft and charming voice sounded in his ear.
Ye Qiu turned to look.
A large tiger head stood outside the wooden shed.
Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu Jie were straddling it.
Xiao Wu Jie was in front, Ning Rongrong was behind.
Ning Rongrong's eyes held a cunning smile, while Xiao Wu Jie's eyes were sparkling, her face flushed.
Ye Qiu observed them strangely for a while before realizing the reason.
On the tiger's back, Xiao Wu Jie was clutching Tiger's fur, while Ning Rongrong was directly embracing Xiao Wu Jie, not being very well-behaved.
Ye Qiu rubbed his forehead, giving a helpless glance at Ning Rongrong, who was blushing and giggling.
When it came to being a hooligan, Ning Rongrong was more adept.
He suppressed the thoughts in his mind.
Regardless of whether that Ye Xiu was himself or not, it was temporarily irrelevant to his current self.
He knew nothing.
He could only act according to his own ideas based on the current situation!
He walked to Tiger's side and stroked Tiger's head.
Then he looked up at Xiao Wu Jie and Ning Rongrong.
"Nothing serious!"
Not seeing Zhuqing with them, Ye Qiu couldn't help but ask.
"By the way, where's Zhuqing? She's not cultivating in some corner again, is she?"
"Haha~ Ye Qiu, you guessed right, Zhuqing is cultivating again!"
Ning Rongrong's body trembled as she laughed.
Xiao Wu Jie, whom she was holding, kept whimpering, very resistant.
If she hadn't been leaning against her, she would have probably fallen down.
"Rongrong, can you stop taking advantage of Zhuqing and Xiao Wu Jie all the time?"
"What? Is my fiancé jealous? When you weren't looking just now, Xiao Wu Jie also bullied me!"
Ning Rongrong pouted; she was just returning the bullying she had received earlier.
Ye Qiu ignored her and went directly to Tiger's side, flipping onto Tiger's back.
Ning Rongrong consciously moved back a little.
This allowed Ye Qiu to sit right in the middle of the two girls.
"Xiao Qiu~"
Feeling the familiar aura surrounding her.
In an instant, joy appeared on Xiao Wu Jie's face.
However, her smile didn't last long before it turned into endless shyness.
After gently patting Tiger, making him walk slowly.
Ye Qiu gently held Xiao Wu Jie in his arms.
Taking over Ning Rongrong's job.
Compared to Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu Jie had no resistance to Ye Qiu whatsoever.
Gently covering Ye Qiu's hand, her pretty face flushed like a cooked shrimp, she lay motionless in his arms.
She gently exhaled hot breaths, murmuring constantly.
"Xiao Wu Jie, Rongrong, if either of you gets bullied in the future, just tell me! I'll help you bully them back!"
Ye Qiu spoke very seriously, but his hand movements were not at all polite.
Xiao Wu Jie, in a daze, hummed softly through her nose.
"Then, then wouldn't all the advantages be taken by you!"
Although Ning Rongrong was sitting behind him, she could still see Xiao Wu Jie's reddening ears.
Shyly, she hugged Ye Qiu, bumping him with her small body, only to stumble herself and almost fall.
"You're really getting more and more improper!"
Ning Rongrong mumbled.
Although there was some disdain in her words, she also hugged Ye Qiu's waist, pressing her whole body against him.
As the Tiger beneath them walked, her body also moved up and down.
Ye Qiu also felt her gentle massage, the strength soft and tender, very comfortable.
After Tiger walked for a while, Ye Qiu also saw Zhu Zhuqing, who was sitting cross-legged in the distance from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, cultivating seriously.
If Zhuqing sat behind, it should be better than Rongrong, right?
Ye Qiu tilted his head and thought.
Then he felt that sitting in front, like Xiao Wu Jie, and letting him hold her was also very good!
"Hiss~!"
Ye Qiu, who was lost in his imagination, suddenly gasped, his body stiff, and he shivered.
His body seemed to be partially frozen by the cold air overflowing from the ice spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"Ye Qiu, do you think I'm not as good as Zhuqing?" Ning Rongrong's somewhat dangerous voice came from behind him.
Feeling the warmth from Ye Qiu's body through her palm.
Ning Rongrong's face was also burning hot.
"No, I was just thinking about what to eat for dinner!" Ye Qiu dared not speak carelessly at this moment.
But their bodies were pressed tightly together, and Ning Rongrong could easily feel Ye Qiu's abnormal heartbeat.
"Why is your heart beating so fast? Are you lying!"
Ning Rongrong grabbed Ye Qiu, unwilling to let go.
"Nothing of the sort! In this situation, isn't your own heart beating very fast too?"
Not to mention that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could strengthen the vitality of Spirit Beasts and Immortal Herbs.
Just Ning Rongrong's constantly changing grip on him was enough to make him shiver in fear a few times.
Xiao Wu Jie, who was in Ye Qiu's arms, was already sweating.
Having already had skin-to-skin contact with Xiao Qiu, she naturally understood that not only Xiao Qiu was behind her, but Ning Rongrong was also causing mischief.
"Hey! Rongrong, I'm really not lying, go easy!"
Ye Qiu's somewhat pained voice came through.
The Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger carried Ye Qiu and the two girls, constantly circling the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, striding forward.
A quarter of an hour passed.
After entering the range of the turquoise ice spring.
Aside from Ning Rongrong, Ye Qiu, who should have been very robust, and Xiao Wu Jie, who was a battle Spirit Master.
Because they had sweated a little, they were successively invaded by the cold air and couldn't help but shiver!
...
After an unknown amount of time.
Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes, and what met her gaze was only Ning Rongrong.
Tiger had already run off to the herb garden nearby to choose suitable compensation for his labor.
At this moment, Ning Rongrong was biting a crunchy carrot, playing with Xiao Wu Jie's beloved food.
"Rongrong, where are Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu Jie?"
Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Rongrong strangely.
Her face was flushed with shyness, yet beaming with joy, as if she had discovered a new World.
It turned out she could also use the method she taught Xiao Qiu to massage him...
"Ah~ Zhuqing, have you finished cultivating? Xiao Qiu and Xiao Wu have gone into the room."
Ning Rongrong looked up, her eyes twinkling with a smile, pointing towards the wooden house in the distance.
"What are they doing in there?" Zhu Zhuqing got up and stretched her graceful body.
"Changing clothes, they'll be out soon!" Ning Rongrong bit into a carrot, using both hands to cover her burning face.
"Why are you asking Xiao Wu for food again!" Zhu Zhuqing said with a blush, looking at her helplessly.
"I'm hungry, and Xiao Qiu bought enough for me when he got it. Xiao Wu still has a lot!"
With that, Ning Rongrong stopped talking and focused on playing with the carrot in her hand, taking a bite now and then.
Before long, Xiao Qiu came out of the small wooden house, holding Xiao Wu's hand.
Zhu Zhuqing quickly went up to him.
"Xiao Qiu!"
Holding the fiery girl in his arms, Xiao Qiu, whose body had already relaxed quite a bit, still wanted to hold her for a while longer.
"Mmm, have you finished cultivating?"
"Not really, I'm just a bit hungry!" Zhu Zhuqing leaned into Xiao Qiu's embrace, her stomach rumbling slightly.
At noon, seeing the three of them being lovey-dovey, she felt too embarrassed to eat alone.
"So that's it. I thought you ended your cultivation early to spend time with me!"
Xiao Qiu wrapped his arm around her waist, gently pinching the soft flesh there.
His voice carried a hint of disappointment.
"Tonight, tonight I can accompany you!" Zhu Zhuqing, blushing, looked up at him with a shy expression.
Her arms around Xiao Qiu tightened slowly, letting him feel her tenderness.
"That won't be necessary. I have to go out tonight!" Xiao Qiu shook his head and smiled, then pecked her red lips.
"Is that so?" Zhu Zhuqing obediently leaned against his chest, then curiously glanced at the blushing Xiao Wu beside her.
"Xiao Qiu, why did you two change clothes when you were perfectly fine?"
"It's all Rongrong's fault, she got our clothes dirty!"
Hearing Zhu Zhuqing bring this up, Xiao Wu felt a bit indignant.
Her eyelids were flushed a deep crimson.
She huffily glared at Ning Rongrong, who had just walked over.
"What do you mean I got them dirty? It was clearly Xiao Qiu himself!" Ning Rongrong stuck out her neck, biting her carrot, speaking incoherently.
"Cough cough... Alright, there's no need to argue! Both of you are right!"
Xiao Qiu awkwardly stopped their quarrel.
He gently released Zhu Zhuqing from his embrace.
"Since everyone's hungry, let's go to Heaven Dou City to buy some food first!"
Being tormented by Ning Rongrong earlier had indeed consumed a lot of his energy, and Xiao Qiu was also a bit hungry.
"Mmm, Xiao Wu Jie is also a bit hungry!" Xiao Wu looked at Ning Rongrong, then hugged Xiao Qiu's arm, pressing herself against him.
She had sweated a lot earlier, and her body still felt a bit delicate.
"Then let's go!" Xiao Qiu's eyes activated his Divine Might Space, bringing the girls inside, and then he began to form hand seals.
Before long, they had already arrived in Heaven Dou City.
It was dusk, and the orange sun dyed the sky a golden-red.
Xiao Qiu led the three girls down the street.
"Wow! Rongrong, you really didn't lie to Xiao Wu Jie, this place is much bigger than Soto City!"
Xiao Wu jumped and skipped happily, excitedly looking at the buildings around them, which were even more luxurious than those in Soto City.
The previous resentment on her face had long vanished.
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes also sparkled with wonder.
For her, this was like experiencing a foreign land.
"Of course! I have no reason to lie to you!"
Ning Rongrong pouted. The carrot she had been biting was long gone.
She wouldn't display such things in public.
Compared to her newly discovered method, she still wanted to learn Zhu Zhuqing's, as Xiao Qiu seemed to enjoy that one more.
"Xiao Wu, don't go too far. Go with Rongrong to buy some food now. Tomorrow, let Rongrong take you all out to have some fun!"
Xiao Qiu helplessly pulled the lively soft rabbit into his arms.
He wanted to prevent her from looking here and there, wandering too far, and getting lost in the crowd.
...
Dugu Bo's room was quite dim.
At this moment, he was holding a poisonous pill emitting a dark green light.
His dark green eyes reflected its glow.
Dugu Bo occasionally infused some spirit power or poison, trying to understand the formation of this poisonous pill.
Ever since he learned that Spirit Bones were not a complete solution, he had been researching this item.
He was so engrossed that he didn't notice the passage of time.
Outside.
Xiao Qiu and the others had already returned to the secret realm.
A knock came from the door.
"Senior Dugu, come out and eat!"
Hearing Xiao Qiu's call, he finally came back to his senses.
"Coming!"
With a simple response, the dark green bead in his hand immediately darted into his mouth.
The door opened, and Xiao Qiu and the others had already prepared the meal.
"Senior Dugu, are you still researching that poisonous pill?" Xiao Qiu helped him serve his rice.
"Mmm, I have a tiny bit of a clue, still trying!" Dugu Bo nodded and sat down at his spot.
"No need to rush too much. It's fine if you can't figure it out! I can get Yan Yan an external Spirit Bone, so you won't have to worry!"
"You brat can make Spirit Bones explode, but do you think external Spirit Bones are like cabbages?"
Dugu Bo said irritably.
Such things, compared to the rarity of a Ten Thousand Year spirit ring, were practically on par!
"Senior Dugu, please believe Xiao Qiu, he can definitely do it." Zhu Zhuqing handed him the chopsticks from the side.
At the same time, eight spider legs suddenly extended from behind her.
"This is... an external Spirit Bone!" Dugu Bo's eyes widened, almost making him stand up again.
"Zhuqing and Xiao Wu both have one," Ning Rongrong said sourly, poking the rice in her bowl with her chopsticks, her eyes fixed on Xiao Qiu.
"Mmm mmm, I have one too!" Xiao Wu swallowed the food in her mouth, and a red light glowed around her body, materializing a phantom that looked like clothing.
Dugu Bo watched in a daze, marveling at Xiao Qiu.
"I didn't expect you, brat, to be so lucky."
Xiao Qiu smiled mysteriously.
"Haha... Actually, I currently have a Spirit Bone similar to Zhuqing's Shadow Spider Lance, which I can lend to you for now, Senior."
With a whoosh.
Dugu Bo couldn't hold back anymore and stood up directly.
"You brat aren't joking, are you!"
"Of course not!"
Xiao Qiu directly took out the Eight Spider Lances that the Man Faced Demon Spider had dropped and presented them to him.
Dugu Bo reached out his hand, then slowly pulled it back.
"Forget it, I'm still fine now. I've already mastered some techniques for sending toxins into the poisonous pill. This item is very rare, so this one should be left for Yan Yan!"
When he said "very rare," Dugu Bo looked at Xiao Qiu with a constipated expression.
"Alright!" Xiao Qiu didn't insist, but he mostly wouldn't let Dugu Yan use this Spirit Bone now.
After all, he was still very fond of Dugu Yan's beautiful snake appearance.
Perhaps he could find something more suitable later.
"But brat, if you really have such good luck, you can get a few more to serve as inherited Spirit Bones for my Dugu family."
"Hehehe!"
"Senior, can you even say such a thing?" Xiao Qiu looked speechlessly at the somewhat deluded Dugu Bo.
"Even if you really got them, it would only bring disaster to your descendants."
"Uh... that's true!" Dugu Bo, who was laughing loudly, froze for a moment and patted his head.
Then he instructed Xiao Qiu again:
"But you brat also need to be careful. It's best not to expose an external Spirit Bone that hasn't been fully integrated. That scene just now made even my heart flutter!"
"This junior understands... Let's eat!"
Dugu Bo hadn't had such a lively meal in a long time.
Fortunately, he was already accustomed to his granddaughter and Xiao Qiu feeding each other.
Therefore, his appetite was surprisingly good.
After finishing the meal, Xiao Qiu bid them farewell.
Before leaving, he gave him the Blood-Colored Swan Kiss for self-defense.
After Xiao Qiu sent the three girls back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
The sky had already completely darkened.
After spending some time with them, Xiao Qiu planned to head to the Prince's Residence to meet Qian Renxue.
"Xiao Qiu, when are you coming back?"
Xiao Qiu walked out the door, just about to activate his Divine Might to leave.
Ning Rongrong, however, followed him out.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Qiu looked at her strangely.
Ning Rongrong blushed, leaned close to his ear, and whispered.
"Cough cough... Next time, next time!" After hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Xiao Qiu coughed vigorously.
"Don't you believe me? I've already practiced well, definitely not worse than Zhuqing!" Ning Rongrong said, gritting her teeth in embarrassment, holding onto him, not letting him leave.
"No!" Xiao Qiu swallowed ungracefully. "Of course, I'm very willing to cooperate with you, but I don't know when I'll be back, so you should rest first!"
"Alright then, I'll try harder," Ning Rongrong pouted, leaning in to kiss Xiao Qiu.
Xiao Qiu was not shy either; his hands already on her waist, he pulled her into his embrace and cherished her for a while.
"Alright, tomorrow I'll trouble you to look after Xiao Wu and the others."
"Mmm!" Ning Rongrong nodded gently.
Watching Xiao Qiu disappear before her, she covered her slightly aching chest, feeling a bit resentful.
...
Prince's Residence, study!
Xiao Qiu's figure appeared inside. He had entered the secret room but didn't see anyone, so he came here.
"Who's there!?"
Swish!
Before Xiao Qiu could stand steadily, a sharp shout rang out, and at the same time, two rods flew towards him.
They constantly revolved around him, imbued with terrifying spirit power.
Xiao Qiu naturally recognized these two rods.
He bowed to the empty space.
"Xiao Qiu greets the two seniors!"
As his voice fell.
Two figures, one blue and one red, appeared.
It was Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, the two brothers who had rushed from Soto City.
"Xiao Qiu, why is it you, brat?" Jiang Mo Douluo, clad in red armor, looked at him in surprise.
"Senior Jiang Mo, Xiao Qiu is here to fulfill the agreement made with Qian Renxue this morning."
Hearing him call Qian Renxue by her name, Jiang Mo Douluo frowned and put away his Spirit.
The other Dragon Subduing Rod also flew back, landing in the hand of Qian Jun Douluo, who was wearing blue armor.
Qian Jun Douluo looked at him with some surprise.
"I didn't expect your space-type Spirit Ability to be so fast for travel?! If I had known, I would have let you transport us brothers!"
His two brothers had traveled without much rest to reach Heaven Dou City this afternoon.
And according to Xiao Qiu's words, he had already returned this morning.
"Hehe... If there's an opportunity, Xiao Qiu would naturally be willing to oblige!" Xiao Qiu cupped his hands.
His eyes scanned the surroundings, but he didn't see Qian Renxue's figure.
Before he could speak.
Qian Jun Douluo said, "Wait patiently, Xiaoxue has gone to bathe."
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