Douluo: Capturing Goddesses, Starting with Qian Renxue
Chapter 5

Becoming the First Person Xiao Wu Met

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After the kiss ended, the moment Feng Hao let go, Qian Renxue first took two deep breaths.

Then she said angrily, "Hao, you went too far. I haven't thought about these things yet. How could you act so recklessly? What do you take me for?"

Seeing how upset she was, Feng Hao hurriedly explained, "Sister Xue'er, I couldn't hold myself back. Thinking that we would have to part for now, and that the next time we met would be years from now... I couldn't help myself."

"This was my first kiss. I'll wait for you in Heaven Dou City. I'm leaving first."

Qian Renxue shot him a resentful glare. Since he had put it that way, she could not bear to blame him anymore.

"Mm!"

Feng Hao watched Qian Renxue leave. Looking at her retreating figure, there truly was a moment when he considered simply going with her to Heaven Dou City now.

But in the end, he held himself back.

With today's kiss, he no longer needed to worry about his place in Qian Renxue's heart.

There was something else he had worried about just now: that after he had offended her like that, Snake Lance Douluo would suddenly appear and teach him a lesson.

But it seemed that he would not interfere in Qian Renxue's affairs, so long as Qian Renxue was not in mortal danger.

Feng Hao then quickly left the area and prepared to depart from the Star Dou Great Forest.

After parting with Feng Hao, Qian Renxue's cheeks still flushed whenever she recalled what he had done.

Snake Lance Douluo, who had come out and followed beside her, could also tell that she had completely fallen for Feng Hao.

He asked Qian Renxue in a low voice, "Miss, should we send someone to keep an eye on him and investigate his background?"

"That won't be necessary. Our people should be used as much as possible against the Heaven Dou Empire. You need not concern yourselves with Feng Hao. Just keep watch on Heaven Dou City. If he arrives there, contact him for me." Qian Renxue spoke sternly.

"Miss, aren't you worried that he might be from some great clan?" Snake Lance Douluo asked anxiously.

Spirit Hall had made many enemies across the continent, and there were some enemies they themselves had already forgotten.

He feared that some great clan had deliberately arranged this chance encounter in order to deal with Spirit Hall.

"No. The martial souls of those great clans are all recorded in Spirit Hall. Hao's martial soul definitely does not come from any great clan. If any clan possessed a martial soul like his, they would have unified the world long ago." Qian Renxue said seriously.

After Feng Hao left the Star Dou Great Forest and reached its outskirts, he was preparing to sell the Spirit Beast bones nearby when he encountered someone unexpected.

She was a little girl of five or six, dressed in a pink skirt. Her plump little face was so adorable that anyone who saw her would want to reach out and pinch it.

Xiao Wu!

He had not expected to run into Xiao Wu. It looked like she had just left the Star Dou Great Forest and was preparing to enter the outside world.

When Xiao Wu noticed someone observing her, she looked fearfully in Feng Hao's direction.

She had only just taken human form. She knew that the people who had killed her mother belonged to Spirit Hall. She had come to the human world intending to first learn about Spirit Hall, then seek an opportunity for revenge.

Since coming out, aside from the people who had killed her mother, this was the first other human she had encountered.

Her Soul Power was only at level thirteen, while this human before her carried a bundle of Spirit Beast bones over his shoulder.

With one glance, Xiao Wu could tell that these Spirit Beast bones were several thousand years old.

This person was terrifyingly powerful. She was worried that he might attack her.

Feng Hao could see the fear in her eyes.

Feng Hao walked closer with a smile and said gently, "Little sister, how did you get here?"

"My parents brought me here to find a spirit ring, but something happened to them, and now I'm all alone. Sob..."

After all, Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast. She quickly decided how to deal with the situation.

However, she ultimately did not possess a human's skill at lying, and her simple story was easily seen through.

Her crying, on the other hand, was genuine.

She sensed danger at that moment, and when she thought of her mother, sorrow naturally welled up within her.

She feared that something would happen to her as soon as she came out. Her own death did not matter; what saddened her was that she would not be able to avenge her mother.

As someone who knew the plot, Feng Hao naturally knew she was lying.

But he would not expose her. Instead, he followed along with her words. "Did something happen to your family? You're all alone with no one to rely on. Let me take you away from here. Do you have any other relatives? If you do, I'll take you to find them."

"No, I don't have any relatives left. Big Brother, would you be willing to take me in?" She looked at Feng Hao with reddened eyes, pitiful and helpless.

"Of course. Stop crying. You won't be cute anymore if you keep crying." Feng Hao walked over, crouched down, and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

When Feng Hao wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes, Xiao Wu's whole body stiffened slightly.

His hand was somewhat rough against her skin, yet she could feel an unusual tenderness from it.

She could sense the gentleness in Feng Hao's heart at that moment. He was definitely not as frightening as she had imagined.

Feng Hao truly felt sorry for her now, because he knew her story.

She had originally wanted to avenge her mother. Yet because she met Tang San, she ended up sacrificing herself as well.

Although she was later resurrected, the suffering she had endured could not be erased simply by coming back to life.

Now that Feng Hao had encountered her before Tang San, he would not let her follow the same path again.

He wanted to save her and let her be a carefree little rabbit, happily hopping about.

"I won't cry. From now on, I'll work hard and avenge my family." Xiao Wu said with a determined gaze.

"Mm! When the time comes, I'll help you too. My name is Feng Hao. What's yours?" Feng Hao asked.

"My name is Xiao Wu. Wu as in dancing."

"Xiao Wu, that's a very cute name. Let's leave this place first!" Feng Hao took her hand and led her outside.

"Brother Feng Hao, are those Spirit Beast bones you're carrying?" She changed the subject at this moment.

Because she could sense Feng Hao's gentleness.

She wanted to know why Feng Hao had come to hunt Spirit Beasts.

"Mm." Feng Hao nodded.

"Brother Feng Hao, what are these Spirit Beast bones used for?"

"They can be exchanged for money. They let us eat." Feng Hao said.

"They let you eat? Brother Feng Hao, how many Spirit Beasts do you have to kill just to eat?"

She seemed to be curious about how many Spirit Beasts Feng Hao had to kill. But in truth, she wanted to know whether Feng Hao was being too cruel.

Because Feng Hao knew her identity, he said solemnly, "Xiao Wu, this world has never been equal. The strong devour the weak. It has always been this way."

"Take your family, for example. They encountered someone stronger, and so they came into danger. Even the most ordinary little rabbits eat grass in order to survive. Grass is alive too, but when it gets eaten, who can it complain to?"

"I hunt Spirit Beasts to survive, but I do not slaughter the innocent. After entering the Star Dou Great Forest, I only killed those that took the initiative to attack me."

"Whether Spirit Beasts or humans, there are good ones and bad ones. The ones that attacked me wanted to eat me, so I killed them in the end. They did not die unjustly."

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