Nan Qiuqiu

Why buy two Oak Cake Rolls? Of course, Liu Xing had insisted on getting one too. He wanted to taste what the Oak Cake Roll Liu Yingying had been thinking about day and night actually tasted like.

"Ahh!"

Liu Yingying took the Oak Cake Roll from Luan Yu and took a huge bite. Her cheeks puffed up like a little hamster's, unbearably adorable. As the Oak Cake Roll entered her mouth, happiness bloomed across her little face. She looked even happier than when she had eaten the Strawberry Sundae.

Liu Xing looked at Liu Yingying in surprise, then at the Oak Cake Roll in his hand. Was it really that delicious? He tried taking a bite and chewed. Instantly, his face twisted up. It felt like he had bitten into a piece of wood, his mouth full of sawdust. Looking at Liu Yingying's blissful expression, Liu Xing felt like they were not eating the same thing at all.

"Pfft! Don't waste food. You have to finish it."

Seeing Liu Xing's miserable little face, Luan Yu laughed gleefully and twisted the knife a little deeper.

Then, she looked at Liu Yingying as though she were looking at a warrior, her face full of admiration. This little one was definitely no ordinary person. She had the potential to become a Titled Douluo!

Liu Xing's little face fell. He could only blame himself. He had been the one to ask for an Oak Cake Roll, so even if he had to hold his nose, he had to finish it.

Liu Yingying finished her Oak Cake Roll in just a few bites. Then she looked at the gloomy-faced Liu Xing in surprise. "You don't like it? Oak Cake Rolls are really delicious. I want to eat one every day from now on."

Liu Xing looked at Liu Yingying as if she were an alien. Oh, no, that was wrong. She actually was an alien.

With her little hands behind her back, Liu Yingying smiled gently. "If you don't like it, don't force yourself. I'll help you eat it."

Liu Xing immediately handed the bitten Oak Cake Roll to Liu Yingying and said emotionally, "Ying Bao, you're my savior."

Liu Yingying did not mind at all. She took the Oak Cake Roll he had bitten and smiled. "If you call me Ying Bao, should I call you Xing Bao from now on?"

Liu Xing smiled awkwardly. "You don't have to call me that. If you keep calling me that, it feels a little..."

Liu Yingying blinked, smiling sweetly. "I think it sounds quite nice, Xing Bao."

"No, no, no. I'm begging you, Liu Yingying, don't call me that."

Goosebumps rose all over Liu Xing's body. He had not felt much when he called Liu Yingying Ying Bao, but the moment she called him Xing Bao, he felt uncomfortable all over.

Watching the two little ones chat and laugh, Luan Yu merely looked on with a smile, filled with anticipation for the life ahead.

Luan Yu led the two toward the northern part of the city. Since she needed to head to the Far North to search for rare ice-attribute metals and make ice-type Soul Tools, she would be staying in Dragon City for several months. She had simply rented a civilian house in the north of Dragon City for an entire year. After all, she did not know whether she would find the rare metals she wanted within a year. If she could not find them, there was nothing she could do but return. At that point, she could only check the auction houses to see if they had what she needed.

Ordinary materials were easy enough to obtain. Some auction houses and merchant associations sold them. However, specific rare metals were exceptionally scarce and had to be sought out personally. Ice was famously rare, just like light, darkness, space, and similar attributes. Rare metals with such attributes were priceless and unavailable on the market.

The Sun Moon Empire certainly had these rare metals. However, although she was a Titled Douluo, she disliked dealing with the imperial family and had no fondness for the fawning nobles either. She had not joined any faction. Other than her elder sister, she was all alone, traveling all over the world. She was one of the rare independent Titled Douluo on Douluo Continent.

Soul Master cultivation required far too many resources. It was difficult for a lone cultivator to achieve anything. Whether it was hunting Spirit Beasts, pills to increase cultivation, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to strengthen one's foundation, advanced meditation methods, or special simulated cultivation grounds, none of these were things an ordinary independent cultivator could acquire.

Luan Yu had only managed, with her elder sister's help, to grow into a Rank 9 Spirit Tool Master through many hardships. Of course, that also had much to do with her talent. The Ice Phoenix Sword might not have been an exceptionally powerful tool Martial Soul, and it could not compare to the Clear Sky Hammer, known as the strongest in the world, or the Seven Kill Sword of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School, but it was still a top-tier tool Martial Soul. It also possessed the rare ice attribute, which was why Luan Yu had attained her current cultivation.

Given her elder sister's status, obtaining some advanced metals was possible. However, top-tier rare metals were not so easy to get. They were contraband explicitly forbidden by the Sun Moon Empire from private trade. With her status as a Rank 9 Spirit Tool Master and her elder sister's standing, she could obtain these rare metals if she were willing to join the Sun Moon Empire. But Luan Yu did not want to become involved like her elder sister.

So, she could only personally gather the materials herself.

But now that she had Liu Xing and Liu Yingying, there was no way she could bring two children around four years old into the dangerous Far North. Even as a Rank 9 Spirit Tool Master, she found it difficult to move about there. If she encountered the Far North Three Kings, whether she could return alive would be a question. How could she possibly take two children in with her?

Thus, she planned to first bring the two little ones to the rented house, then hire others to look after them. At the very least, they should not starve to death before she returned.

"Ah, it's you two! My name is Nan Qiuqiu. What are your names?"

Looking at the pink-haired little girl before him, Liu Xing felt a bit of a headache. He had not expected to run into the little girl and her group again after their brief encounter.

"My name is Liu Xing, and this is Liu Yingying."

Liu Xing pointed at Liu Yingying as he introduced her.

"Huh! Are you brother and sister?"

Nan Qiuqiu put her hands on her hips and tilted her head.

"No."

Liu Xing shook his head.

"You're lying to me. Your hair is the same color, and your names are so similar. How could you not be brother and sister?"

The little girl looked completely unconvinced as she said indignantly.

"We really aren't brother and sister. It's just a coincidence."

Liu Xing spread his hands helplessly.

"I don't believe you, unless..."

Seeing Nan Qiuqiu's little eyes rolling around, Liu Xing could tell at once that she was plotting something. Helplessly, he asked, "Unless what?"

"Unless you call me Elder Sister."

Nan Qiuqiu looked expectantly at Liu Xing and Liu Yingying. At the Earthly Dragon Gate, she was the youngest and most doted-on child. The friends she had grown up with were all older than her, and they all spoiled and indulged her. So she also wanted younger brothers and sisters who would call her Elder Sister. Unfortunately, her mother was so disappointing. ε=(ο｀*))) Sigh! Qiuqiu sighed.

"If you don't believe us, then forget it."

Liu Xing said indifferently. Asking him to call a little girl Elder Sister was impossible. Absolutely impossible. Even if he were made to jump from Dragon City's walls and fall to his death, it would still be impossible.

"Come on, call me, call me! As long as you call me Elder Sister, Elder Sister will take you to eat something delicious. Elder Sister has lots and lots of money, and there'll be all the cake you can eat."