Meeting Old Acquaintances

The next day.

Morning sunlight streamed through the trees, dispersing the thick fog.

A little bird accidentally flew into the Angel Domain barrier at the cave entrance and immediately let out pained chirps.

The bird's cries woke the sleeping girl.

With Qian Daoliu's comfort last night, Le Ling had quickly emerged from her nightmare and slept exceptionally soundly.

For the past two nights,

Le Ling had initially fallen into the pain and sorrow of her mother's death from illness and her father's murder.

But with Qian Daoliu there to comfort her, she was always able to quickly pull herself out of the nightmare and drift into sweet dreams.

However, she knew nothing about how Qian Daoliu's comfort allowed her to escape her nightmares so quickly, and she did not remember it at all after waking up!

And because Qian Daoliu did not want her to recall that pain and sorrow again, he had no intention of reminding her, lest she remember those painful things!

At that moment, the man who had spent the entire night meditating in cultivation sensed the girl in his arms stirring and knew she was awake.

But he pretended not to notice and continued cultivating with his eyes closed.

Le Ling stretched lazily, and her hand inadvertently touched something unusual.

Huh?

What was this?

Before she could react, she heard a muffled groan from above her. Its owner seemed to be holding something back.

Sensing that something was wrong, Le Ling immediately opened her eyes and saw the familiar sharp jawline and sexy Adam's apple.

She could not help swallowing.

"Ling'er, what are you looking at?"

Qian Daoliu lowered his gaze, looking at her with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

Le Ling instantly panicked. Looking flustered, her eyes darted away at once.

"I... I wasn't looking at anything..."

Before she could finish speaking, she noticed something else was wrong. She seemed to be lying in that rotten man's arms!

Oh my god!

Don't tell her she had been lying there all night too?!

But she had clearly fallen asleep leaning against the stone wall behind her last night. Why was she lying in his arms when she woke up?

"Was it you?"

Le Ling sat up from his arms and demanded, "Before I fell asleep last night, I was clearly sleeping against the stone wall beside me. Did you pull me into your arms?!"

Qian Daoliu said calmly, "I was sitting here cultivating last night. You got uncomfortable in your sleep in the middle of the night and forcibly climbed onto my lap. You even used me as a cushion and pillow. I couldn't push you away no matter what!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

"How could that be possible?!"

Le Ling retorted disbelievingly, "Even if I really did climb onto your lap to sleep, how could a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo like you fail to push away a Soul Elder like me?! No one would believe that!"

Qian Daoliu pulled her into his arms and pressed her against his chest, his gaze turning suggestive. "So, you admit that you climbed onto my lap last night?"

The crisp, cool scent washing over her instantly reminded Le Ling of the familiar feeling of their past intimacy.

"I..."

Looking at his handsome face so close to hers, she actually froze for a moment!

But she quickly came to her senses. Le Ling forcefully pushed him away.

Then she stood up and scolded him petulantly, "What am I admitting?! You were clearly the one who pulled me into your arms, you shameless rogue!!"

With that, she turned angrily and headed toward the cave entrance.

Seeing her bristling like an angry fox, Qian Daoliu chuckled. He stood up, flashed forward, and blocked her path.

"Where are you going?"

"None of your business!"

Le Ling glared at him. "Open your domain!"

Qian Daoliu smiled as he met her glaring eyes.

"Tell me what you're going out to do, or I won't open it."

"You..."

Le Ling gritted her teeth. "I remember there's a small pool nearby. I'm going to freshen up, all right!"

Looking at her resentful beautiful eyes, Qian Daoliu turned around, withdrew the domain, and headed straight toward the small pool.

They had lived in this cave before, so he naturally remembered the nearby pool.

Walking behind him, Le Ling glared unhappily at the man's back. If she could beat this rotten man, she would have gone up and beaten him already!

It was bad enough that he had married another woman, but he had even had a son with her!

Although the woman he had married for an alliance had been dead for many years, every time Le Ling thought about it, the anger in her heart still surged upward.

She would probably hold that grudge for the rest of her life!!

Walking ahead, Qian Daoliu could naturally feel the fiery glare boring into his back. He knew what she was angry about.

But he could not change what had already happened. From now on, he could only do his best to make it up to her.

Soon, the two arrived by the small pool. After washing up, they ate some food Qian Daoliu had stored in his Storage Soul Guiding Device.

Afterward, they continued onward through the Star Dou Great Forest in search of a suitable ten-thousand-year soul beast.

After walking for about an hour,

just as the two passed through a patch of tall grass, the voices of a young girl and two men suddenly drifted over from not far away.

"Wow~ Grandpa Jian, you're amazing!"

"Old Sword Head, showing off in front of Rong Rong now, are you!"

"If you don't like it, come at me."

"You coward! Fine, I'll come at you!"

"One little jab and you're already getting carried away. Go stand off to the side!!"

Clang, clang—

A burst of sword energy rang out, followed by a tremendous boom. Something seemed to have fallen straight to the ground.

Curious, Le Ling walked over to take a look.

"Ling'er..."

Qian Daoliu wanted to stop her from going over,

because from the conversation between those three just now, he had already guessed who they were.

But Le Ling had moved too quickly, and it was already too late to stop her!

When Le Ling approached the three, she first saw the young girl who had spoken at the beginning. She was around one meter sixty-five tall, with a very well-proportioned figure.

Her simple long dress gave her a clean, refined air, and she looked like a noble young lady who had received an excellent education.

Two men stood beside the girl.

One wore a blue robe, with silver hair cascading down his back. His features were handsome, and he looked like a reclusive master beyond the mortal world.

The other had a withered face, shriveled muscles and skin, and deeply sunken eye sockets.

He was not the type with explosively bulging muscles, but his entire frame was astonishingly huge, as though his clothes were held up entirely by his skeleton.

His voice was extremely hoarse, like wind blowing through fallen leaves. Most striking of all was his height—he was nearly two and a half meters tall!

When Le Ling saw these two men, a strange sense of familiarity suddenly flooded her mind.

She felt as if she had seen them somewhere before, but she could not remember where!

As she stood there trying to recall, the three people in the distance noticed the movement behind them and all turned around.

"You're... Xiao Le?"

Hearing the name Xiao Le, Le Ling finally remembered who the two men were.

"Brother Chen, Brother Gu, it really is you two?"

She walked over with a smile to greet them.

"What a coincidence. I never expected to run into you here."

Hearing Le Ling call those two men brothers, Qian Daoliu, standing behind her, raised an eyebrow. He had not expected Ling'er to know the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's two guardian Douluo.

At that moment, when Chen Xin saw the woman walking toward him, it felt as though something in his heart had begun to beat again!

Yesterday, I received notice that the book is about to go on PK, probably on Saturday.

To avoid exceeding the word limit, there will only be one chapter today and tomorrow for now. After it goes on PK on Saturday, updates will return to two chapters a day. I hope you all understand!