Madam, You Wouldn't Want Anything to Happen to Your Daughter, Would You?

"What did you do to Xiao Wu?!"

Ah Rou, who had been gentle and refined just a moment ago, had fierce killing intent bursting from her eyes.

Back then, Ah Rou had willingly sacrificed herself to Bibi Dong for Xiao Wu's sake. It was no exaggeration to say that Xiao Wu was Ah Rou's life.

A smile peculiar to an island-nation male lead curled Qian Guxing's lips as he said:

"Madam Ah Rou, your daughter Xiao Wu is at Nuoding Academy right now, and she has a very close companion there. Just so you know, that companion's father is a Titled Douluo."

Ah Rou's soul trembled violently, her eyes filled with despair. After she had risked her life to save her daughter, Xiao Wu had traveled a thousand miles to hand over her head, running straight under a Titled Douluo's nose.

It was like a teammate she had risked her life to protect had gone straight to the enemy's crystal.

Anyone would have lost it.

"However..." Seeing Ah Rou fall apart, Qian Guxing moderated his approach to keep her from becoming so agitated that her soul disintegrated:

"I can help save your daughter."

Ah Rou fell silent. She was a Soul Beast with a simple mind, but she wasn't stupid.

Clearly, Qian Guxing's help would come at a steep price.

But what did she have left to lose?

She had already sacrificed her body to Bibi Dong, and her hundred thousand years of cultivation had become a Soul Ring and a Soul Bone.

To save her daughter, Ah Rou made up her mind. She raised her eyes to Qian Guxing and said:

"What must I pay?"

Feeling that steadfast motherly love, Qian Guxing couldn't help reflecting that the gap between people—no, between parents—was sometimes greater than the gap between a person and a pig.

That beast Tang Hao had raised Tang San on photosynthesis alone. If Tang San hadn't been a transmigrator, he would have starved to death long ago.

Ah Rou, on the other hand, had protected Xiao Wu with her life, and now she was willing to sacrifice everything.

The two weren't even on the same level.

"Rest assured, Madam, I'm not a bad person."

Qian Guxing said:

"You only need to cooperate with my Soul Skill and make a contract with me. I promise I can protect your daughter and let her grow up safely."

"How can I trust you?" Ah Rou stared intently at him.

Qian Guxing shrugged. "Because you can only trust me."

In truth, Qian Guxin could have sworn an oath on his Martial Soul as a condition to win Ah Rou's trust.

But Qian Guxing wouldn't do that. After all, who could say what the future held? A mere Ah Rou wasn't worthy of making Qian Guxing stake his Martial Soul and his future.

Ah Rou looked at Qian Guxing, gritting her teeth in anger, but there was nothing she could do. Indeed, all that remained of her was a remnant soul dwelling in Bibi Dong's Soul Bone, unable to perceive anything outside.

If Qian Guxing abandoned her, Ah Rou would be no different from dead. Thinking of her daughter under a Titled Douluo's nose, Ah Rou was so panicked that she was at a complete loss.

"You... can you really protect Xiao Wu?" Ah Rou's eyes grew moist, making her look pitiful and vulnerable, while Qian Guxing looked like the male lead in a lewd electronic music video.

Qian Guxing nodded without hesitation.

"The one you sacrificed yourself to is the Pope of Spirit Hall, and I'm the Pope's disciple. I have Twin Martial Souls and Innate Level 20 Soul Power. Even if you're a Soul Beast, you know what that talent means, don't you?"

Innate Level 20 Soul Power!

Twin Martial Souls!

Hearing about Qian Guxing's talent, Ah Rou's pupils shook. She had lived for tens of thousands of years, so of course she understood what that talent meant.

As long as Qian Guxing didn't fall, he would surely become Spirit Hall's white-jade pillar holding up the heavens. It wasn't even impossible for him to become Pope!

With such talent, he was indeed qualified to protect Xiao Wu.

Ah Rou gazed deeply at Qian Guxing. She had a faint feeling that once she agreed, she would lose her freedom forever, but she had no right to refuse.

As long as Ah Rou still cared about Xiao Wu, she wouldn't give up this chance, even if she was being deceived.

"All right, I agree!"

Why do I feel so wicked...?

Looking at Ah Rou's aggrieved expression, as though she were an innocent woman being forced into prostitution, Qian Guxing felt a little ashamed, but also a strange sort of excitement.

Now that Ah Rou had agreed, Qian Guxing had no need to say anything more. He immediately activated his Soul Skill.

A rune took shape and went straight into Ah Rou's soul.

Ah Rou felt a vast power of rules boldly reshaping her soul.

Although the process was quite overbearing,

Ah Rou needed only a single thought to reject it.

Even so, Ah Rou could only endure Qian Guxing's power in silence. For her daughter, she could swallow any grievance!

The power of the Nature Contract fully merged into the depths of Ah Rou's soul, becoming a mental imprint that altered her thinking. Qian Guxing became the person who would forever hold first place in her heart. She had to obey his orders and make him her highest priority.

At the same time.

Outside.

Ah Rou's soul, which had been dwelling in the Soul Bone in Bibi Dong's right leg, emerged from the bone in a translucent form. The power of nature throughout the Star Dou Great Forest seethed and converged on Ah Rou.

Ah Rou's body began to solidify at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Ling Yuan Douluo, and all the others from Spirit Hall stared wide-eyed in shock.

Flesh remade, the dead brought back to life!

This was no less than a miracle!

The Soul Power within Qian Guxing was rapidly depleted. Behind him, his Ancient Tree of Nature Martial Soul swayed, acting as a relay as it frantically drew in the power of nature from heaven and earth and poured it into Ah Rou's body.

In the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

At the edge of the Lake of Life, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python sensed the astonishing tide of energy and looked toward Qian Guxing.

"What a strange energy fluctuation. It doesn't seem like a sacrifice, or the absorption of a Soul Ring, and it certainly isn't a Soul Beast breaking through. What could possibly attract such a vast amount of natural energy?"

Wariness appeared in the Sky Azure Bull Python's eyes.

Qian Guxing's level wasn't high, but the Ancient Tree of Nature was a super-god-level Martial Soul. As long as he reached level one hundred, he could attain the rank of God King!

Thus, the power of rules revealed by the Ancient Tree of Nature Martial Soul allowed Qian Guxing, at just level twenty, to resurrect the dead Ah Rou through the Nature Contract!

The Sky Azure Bull Python, with his hundred thousand years of cultivation, could sense how extraordinary it was.

"Er Ming, don't be rash."

The Sky Azure Bull Python stopped the restless big fool, the Titan Giant Ape.

Deep within the Lake of Life.

The fluctuations of the Star Dou Great Forest's natural power naturally didn't escape the notice of Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts.

To be precise, Di Tian and the others had noticed when Qian Guxing formed his First Soul Ring. Through a spatial crystal, they stared at Ah Rou, who had returned from the dead, their eyes full of shock and apprehension.

"His First Soul Ring alone can resurrect a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. What kind of monster is he?" Xiong Jun's face was full of shock.

Zi JI looked at Di Tian and asked:

"This person will surely become a god in the future. Should we kill him in advance to weaken the Divine Realm's fighting strength?"

Di Tian's expression was grave. Before he could speak, the auspicious beast who bore the Star Dou Great Forest's fortune, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, said:

"We mustn't attack him. I can feel that if we become his enemy, the entire Star Dou Great Forest will face a catastrophe that will sweep over its head!"