Are There Any Rewards?

Before long, the group arrived at the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Gasp—" Shi Yueyi sucked in a sharp breath.

She hadn't expected it to be this kind of place.

She suddenly remembered something: on West Mountain outside Mingdu in the Sun Moon Empire, there seemed to be a place very similar to this one.

There was a lake there, its surface likewise resembling the convergence of yin and yang. The difference was that this place used extreme heat and extreme cold, while that place was divided by the sun and moon.

It was called the Valley of Asking Love of Qiankun.

Legend had it that the grandfather of the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, a mysterious force within the Sun Moon Empire, had once been lost there for years.

This showed that places where yin and yang converged were destined to be anything but ordinary.

Then the great opportunities obtained by the first generation of the Shrek Seven Gods were probably inseparable from this place as well!

As far as she knew, on Douluo Continent—and even on the Douluo Continent that would expand to twice its size in later generations—there were likely only these two places with such conditions.

So my guess was right.

"Your Highness, look at that!" Stingray Douluo's voice trembled. "That thing... could it be the Aromatic Silk Beauty Yang Wushuang once mentioned? And that one—could it be the martial soul of Chrysanthemum Douluo that we know, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?"

Qian Renxue grew solemn.

"..."

Her eyes flickered.

So the greatest opportunity in the world had always been right beside her.

Yet for more than ten years, she had never discovered it.

She had not even noticed it at all.

Now that this place had suddenly appeared before her, she was somewhat caught off guard.

She glanced at Shi Yueyi, only to find that the girl was staring in dumbfounded shock, as though she had seen an immortal realm.

It didn't look like an act.

Could it be because she, the sun, had walked together with Shi Yueyi, the moon?

What an absurd reason!

...It actually sounded rather reasonable.

"Take this place," Qian Renxue said decisively. "Even though we don't recognize all the varieties of immortal herbs here."

Shi Yueyi swallowed. "Didn't you say this place is under the control of that Poison Douluo? Are we just taking it by force?"

"The royal family has never said this place belongs to him." Qian Renxue sneered. "He merely seized it by force. He has no legitimate claim."

Stingray Douluo's expression turned grave. "That old bastard... will be a little troublesome. She Long and I can't reveal ourselves for the time being. Does Your Highness intend to ask your teacher and the others to act?"

"Teacher?" Qian Renxue froze. "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

"No." Shi Yueyi suddenly spoke. "Don't let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect know about this place."

Stingray Douluo rubbed his chin.

"Why? Do you know something about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?" Qian Renxue asked with interest.

"There's no time to explain. If you want to hear it, I'll tell you after we return." Shi Yueyi shook her head. "Brother Xue, if you trust me, then trust me. You may not have gone among the common people very often, so there may be some things that have happened which you aren't entirely aware of."

Qian Renxue gave Shi Yueyi a deep look.

This girl's understanding was a little too far ahead of her time.

Or rather, she seemed to know some things a little too completely.

What other surprises could she give her?

"Your Highness, what do you think?" Stingray Douluo asked.

Qian Renxue rubbed her fingers together. "I trust Little Shiyue. In that case, we can only call upon our reserve strength."

"There are other experts? Experts who can beat Poison Douluo flat?" Shi Yueyi asked "curiously."

"Beat him flat?" The corners of Qian Renxue's lips curled up. "He's just a venomous snake. If I weren't worried that attacking him would poison the Heaven Dou Empire until only high-ranking cultivators remained, I would have dealt with him long ago."

Poison Douluo was bottom-tier among Titled Douluo.

But he could make every other soul master below that bottom tier disappear.

That was why Qian Renxue had never acted against Poison Douluo—she was worried that he would go mad.

The last person to go mad had declared more than ten years ago that he would "launch the Soul Hunting Operation against the soul master world," in the very year she had come to Heaven Dou.

Then he had been forcibly suppressed by her grandfather and the other worshippers.

If Dugu Bo truly went mad, he would be a Titled Douluo among the Fallen Ones—using the words of ten thousand years later, a genuine Evil Douluo.

Even locking him in Slaughter City would be going easy on him.

"Uncle Cixue, prepare to deliver a message for me." Qian Renxue immediately displayed her decisive side. "We won't stay here any longer. We'll return to Heaven Dou City at once, and then you'll go fetch reinforcements."

"Which ones?" Stingray Douluo asked solemnly.

Qian Renxue thought for a moment, and then two figures suddenly popped into her mind.

One azure, one gold.

"I heard that some birds specialize in catching snakes—one snake per claw." Qian Renxue interlaced her fingers. "Help me pass on a message. Tell them that I haven't visited the seniors in a long time. If they agree to come out of seclusion this time, I will certainly show my gratitude in person."

Stingray Douluo was startled, then immediately cupped his hands.

"Understood."

Qian Renxue looked toward the southern sky, in the direction of Spirit City.

The worshippers of Spirit Hall had not appeared for decades, perhaps even a century.

Even some of the older generation of Titled Douluo might not know they existed.

They were far too reclusive!

The Qing Luan Douluo and Radiant Feather Douluo she had just thought of were relatively better.

Qing Luan Douluo's martial soul was, after all, the Azure Luan Divine Bird. Compared with the other worshippers, he would occasionally go out for a stroll.

Birds always yearned for the sky.

Radiant Feather Douluo, meanwhile, simply had that kind of nature. He loved having fun.

Conveniently, the two of them also had a fairly good relationship. It was said that they had been partners in their youth: Qing Luan was responsible for scouting, while Guang Ling drew his bow and fired arrows, dispatching their opponents cleanly and efficiently.

However, after becoming worshippers, they appeared far less often. It seemed they had not even emerged during the expedition to Sea God Island.

"Let's go. We'll head back first."

Qian Renxue turned around, only to discover that Shi Yueyi was gone.

"Where is she? Where did she go?"

"I'm here." Shi Yueyi poked her head out from the treetop nearby.

"What did you run up there for?" Qian Renxue asked with an amused smile.

"I was looking in the direction you were staring at just now. I'd better go there less often in the future, in case some hidden big shot captures me." Shi Yueyi stood bathed in moonlight. "I value my life."

Qian Renxue smiled at Shi Yueyi, then waved. "My little follower, you've rendered great service!"

"So, are there any rewards?" Shi Yueyi blinked. "If there aren't, I'm not coming down."

With the worshippers making their appearance, the appetizer at the beginning was about to be replaced with the main course.

It was time to start connecting with some parts of the original plot, and some conflicts were coming as well. Please keep following along.

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