Poison's Bane, Ten Thousand Devouring Poison Fangs!

"Xiao Wu, will you really behave and listen to me?" Ye Qiu leaned close and whispered in her ear.

"O-of course, I'll definitely listen to you, as long as you don't bully me." Xiao Wu did not know where to put her hands and looked rather flustered.

"Then be good and go back to Holy Soul Village for the holiday." Ye Qiu's voice suddenly turned serious. He looked at Xiao Wu earnestly and gently released her.

"But I don't want to..."

Xiao Wu froze for a moment, her little mouth already puckered as she looked at Ye Qiu with hurt-filled eyes.

"You have to go whether you want to or not."

Ye Qiu frowned and spoke firmly. Left with no choice, he forcibly took her hand, their fingers interlocking as black fluid wrapped around Xiao Wu's hand.

Through their shared thoughts, Ye Qiu immediately told Xiao Wu that there was a Titled Douluo in the place he intended to visit.

Xiao Wu trembled, her face going pale as fear rose in her heart.

Ye Qiu sensed the terror deep inside her and gently pinched her cheek. "Will you listen now and stay in Holy Soul Village?"

Xiao Wu stared blankly at Ye Qiu before nodding. Looking at him worriedly, she asked in confusion,

"Ye Qiu, why are you going to a place like that?"

"I can't tell you that yet, but I promise I'll bring you a gift when I come back." Ye Qiu smiled softly, released her little hand, and pinched her cheek. "All right, be good and help me pick up that towel."

Thinking about how Ye Qiu was about to leave her behind and go off alone, Xiao Wu became unhappy. She seemed not to hear a word about the gift he mentioned. Gritting her teeth, she slapped his hand away and said sweetly, like a resentful little wife being abandoned, "Pick up your own things. I'm Sister Xiao Wu! I'm not waiting on you."

With that, Xiao Wu glared at Ye Qiu and briskly returned to her bed. She lay there without moving, curled into a ball like an injured kitten.

"Quite the temper."

Ye Qiu shrugged and ignored her. Turning around, he took out his little stash and counted out several dozen Gold Soul Coins.

Soul Masters could receive one Gold Soul Coin every month, Soul Grand Masters ten, and Soul Elders one hundred. Over the years, he had saved quite a bit. Every year when he returned to Holy Soul Village, Ye Qiu would take out several dozen Gold Soul Coins and give them to Old Jack.

After putting away the money, he took out the small cloth bundle containing his lollipops and packed everything together. Just as he was about to get up and go over to Xiao Wu, a figure appeared at the door, a gem-studded belt around his waist.

Before even stepping inside, Tang San greeted Ye Qiu. "Ye Qiu, I heard you broke through to level thirty-two?"

"Little San, I didn't expect your news to be so well-informed. No need to envy me, brother. You'll get there sooner or later too!" Ye Qiu looked at Tang San, who had walked over to him, and lightly patted his shoulder.

The smile on his face was brighter than ever. He was still hoping Tang San would give him more hidden weapons someday so he could draw up all their blueprints.

"Although I'll become a Soul Elder sooner or later, I'm still far behind you and Xiao Wu." Tang San gave a bitter smile. At the beginning, his cultivation had clearly been ahead of theirs.

But Ye Qiu truly worked hard as well, dragging Xiao Wu onto the bed to cultivate day and night.

"By the way, what's wrong with Xiao Wu?" Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, who was lying motionless on the bed. He had never seen her like this, except when Ye Qiu had beaten her up badly, but Ye Qiu had not hit her in a long time.

"Oh, maybe she's just tired from cultivating lately." Ye Qiu chuckled and gave a fairly plausible excuse.

Lying on the bed, Xiao Wu listened to Ye Qiu's voice and clenched her pearly teeth in irritation. Cultivating with Ye Qiu could help him, and she did it willingly. She wasn't tired at all! "Hmph!"

A cold snort came from Xiao Wu's bed.

"Ye Qiu, don't tell me you bullied Xiao Wu again?" Tang San gave the two of them a strange look and smiled teasingly. They must have had another quarrel.

"Nothing of the sort!" Ye Qiu waved his hand. This time, he really had not bullied Xiao Wu.

"Then why does Xiao Wu look so unhappy?" Tang San looked surprised. Whenever Ye Qiu hit Xiao Wu, he always admitted it.

"Maybe she's a little upset because I can't spend the holiday playing with her." Ye Qiu spoke casually as he stuffed his little stash into the bundle Xiao Wu had prepared for him.

"I see." Tang San nodded, but soon noticed something was off. "Hm? Xiao Wu isn't going back to Holy Soul Village with us this year?"

"Not her. Me."

"You?!" Tang San stared at him in surprise, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Yes, me. I want to take this last holiday before graduation to travel around and see the outside world." Ye Qiu spread his arms like an ambitious young man about to set his ideals free, his face brimming with conviction.

Tang San's lips twitched slightly. Ye Qiu looked completely unlike his usual frivolous self. Besides, something about it felt rather strange.

"Then let me wish you a pleasant journey in advance!" Tang San did not try to stop him. He knew Ye Qiu had always been very opinionated, but he began worrying about where Xiao Wu would go instead. "But what about Xiao Wu?!"

"As for Xiao Wu, that depends on her." Ye Qiu shrugged casually and turned to look at Xiao Wu, who had already sat up, her eyes full of resentment.

In the end, Xiao Wu still decided to follow Ye Qiu's wishes and spend the holiday in Holy Soul Village. At the very least, once she got there, she could eat and drink well at Old Jack's house, and she could be the big boss of Holy Soul Village!

Night had fallen, and all of Notting City was shrouded in darkness, though light still shone in the Seventh Dorm.

Xiao Wu quietly packed her things by herself.

Meanwhile, Ye Qiu and Tang San sparred outside the dormitory.

Because he was concealing some of his abilities, Ye Qiu did not use his full strength.

Likewise, Tang San did not go all out either.

But even if Tang San did go all out and use hidden weapons, Ye Qiu was not afraid in the slightest. Tang San's hidden weapons could not harm him at all.

Not only did Tang San lack any powerful hidden weapons at this point, he did not even have any decent poison.

And Ye Qiu's Third Spirit Skill

happened to counter all of Tang San's poisons.

Third Spirit Skill, Ten Thousand Devouring Poison Fangs! Ye Qiu had only told Tang San and Yu Xiaogang that his teeth were simply poisonous. In truth, his Third Spirit Skill could devour any poison from every direction, then transport and store it in the rows of gleaming white fangs in Venom's mouth.

If it stored some particularly deadly poison, anyone bitten by it could only pray for good fortune.

That was also why Ye Qiu dared to head alone into Sunset Forest and tweak Dugu Bo's beard.

Wishing everyone a happy life!