First Meeting with Qian Daoliu

Su Yu merely smiled and did not continue provoking Qian Renxue.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

Su Yu slapped his forehead and said, "Sister Xue, as far as I know, Chrysanthemum Douluo of Spirit Hall loves flowers and plants and is highly knowledgeable in this area."

Qian Renxue nodded. "That's right. Yue Guan cherishes flowers like his life and knows all kinds of rare flowers and herbs like the back of his hand."

"Back in the day, the dragon race had numerous gods. Aside from the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, there were several other Dragon Kings."

"Unfortunately, most of those Dragon Kings also fell in that battle."

"Many rare flowers and herbs grow where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings were buried."

"One of them is identical to that Chrysanthemum Douluo's martial soul."

"Those rare flowers and herbs each have wondrous uses, but unfortunately, they do not recognize them and have no idea of their exact effects or proper harvesting methods."

"I hope Sister Xue can obtain relevant records from Chrysanthemum Douluo. Once I break through to Soul Elder and head to Star Dou Forest, I can gather the herbs I need..."

After hearing Su Yu out, Qian Renxue nodded. "Leave it to me. I'll get you the relevant books."

Su Yu smiled faintly. "Thank you, Sister Xue."

After watching Su Yu leave, Qian Renxue took out a sheet of letter paper and began writing to her grandfather.

After recounting the events, Qian Renxue added at the end—

[After returning to Heaven Dou City, Su Yu also told me some secrets.]

[Because this matter is of great importance, it is inconvenient to discuss it in a letter. I hope Grandfather can come see Xue'er in person.]

[Also, please ask Elder Ju for an illustrated guide to rare flowers and herbs. It is urgently needed.]

[Written personally by Xue'er.]

"Snake Lance!"

At her call, a figure entered the secret chamber and waited for Qian Renxue's next instruction.

Qian Renxue placed the letter into an envelope and ordered, "Make a trip back to Spirit City and deliver this letter to my grandfather."

Snake Lance nodded in acknowledgment, accepted the letter, and turned to leave the secret chamber.

Meanwhile, Su Yu returned to his room.

He threw himself directly onto the bed, relaxing all over as he sprawled into a limp heap.

Xiao Wu's figure surfaced in Su Yu's mind.

At this point, Xiao Wu and Tang San had not yet met. Presumably, she had not entered Asura's sight either, so Tang San had naturally lost his Asura Sword Sheath.

However, with Qian Renxue around, the Heart of the Sea God could no longer possibly fall into Tang San's hands. Perhaps in this life, he could only attain Asura Godhood rather than, as in the original work, becoming the bearer of two gods at once.

Su Yu turned over and stretched his body as he pondered Gu Yuena's words.

If he became a god, he would come into such conflict with Asura. This was something Su Yu had never anticipated before.

"It's like two sequences competing for the same Godhood... No, that guy has already fused with the Godhood..."

Give up becoming a god and honestly become a Peerless Douluo, ruling the mortal world?

Don't be ridiculous. That choice was equivalent to placing his life and death in someone else's hands.

Not killing you today only meant I didn't feel like dealing with you today.

When I truly want to kill you, you won't even have the ability to resist.

Having no sword in hand and having a sword but choosing not to use it were two entirely different things.

What was more, only by becoming a god could one gain eternal life!

Eternal life...

In the darkness, Su Yu's eyes gleamed.

He had to admit that whenever he thought of those two words, his blood surged, as if his entire body were filled with motivation.

Then he thought of Gu Yuena's injuries.

In the original work, Gu Yuena's injuries would not heal until twenty thousand years later.

Why could they heal twenty thousand years ahead of time now?

"Surely the Life God King didn't choose to betray the God Realm and help the Dragon God's remnants, did she?"

After thinking for a while without finding an answer, Su Yu shook his head. Then he sat up and began meditating instead of sleeping.

The jade rabbit vanished, and the Golden Crow rose.

After traveling through the night, Snake Lance Douluo finally entered Spirit City and arrived at the solemn, sacred Angel Holy Temple.

Under the morning sun, the entire Worship Hall shimmered with golden light, magnificent and resplendent.

Qian Daoliu stood outside the great hall, seemingly having waited for Snake Lance for quite some time.

Snake Lance bowed, presented the envelope with both hands, and respectfully said, "The young mistress absorbed her sixth soul ring yesterday and has become a Soul Emperor. This is the letter she ordered this subordinate to deliver."

Hearing that Qian Renxue had broken through rank sixty and become a Soul Emperor, Qian Daoliu nodded without commenting.

In Qian Daoliu's view, the so-called Nation-Stealing Plan had delayed his granddaughter far too much.

Without that plan, Xiao Xue could have remained in the Worship Hall and had more time to focus on cultivation.

Qian Daoliu opened the envelope and read its contents.

After reading of Qian Renxue's experiences in Star Dou Forest, Qian Daoliu's expression turned solemn. He asked Snake Lance, "An eight-hundred-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King?"

"There is such a soul beast in Star Dou Forest?"

Snake Lance nodded, his face revealing lingering fear. "This is what Su Yu said. This subordinate has no way to judge that soul beast's exact age, but its aura was indeed extremely powerful."

"When facing it, Chi Xue and I even lost the courage to fight..."

Qian Daoliu's expression grew grave as he looked at the last few lines.

"An illustrated guide recording rare flowers and herbs?"

Qian Daoliu looked at Snake Lance and ordered, "Go find Elder Ju. Ask him for an illustrated guide recording all kinds of rare flowers and herbs, then bring it to me."

"This subordinate obeys."

Snake Lance bowed, then headed down the mountain.

As a worshipper of the Angel God, Qian Daoliu knew many secrets unknown to the world.

In the eyes of ordinary people, once soul beasts reached one hundred thousand years, they had already reached their limit.

After that, they either transformed into humans and began life anew, or died a thousand years later.

Yet Qian Daoliu knew that in this world, certain soul beasts with powerful bloodlines could cross that boundary and continue growing, thereby becoming so-called Beast Kings.

Judging from the contents of Qian Renxue's letter, that so-called Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King was undoubtedly a Beast King.

But whether it truly possessed eight hundred thousand years of cultivation was something even Qian Daoliu could not determine.

Before long, Snake Lance returned from the foot of the mountain, holding a book titled Immortal Herb Catalog.

After putting away the Immortal Herb Catalog, Qian Daoliu transformed into a streak of golden light and flew directly toward Heaven Dou City.

Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Residence.

Su Yu sat below Qian Renxue, concentrating on dealing with the breakfast in his hands.

Qian Renxue swallowed her food and said, "Don't go to school today."

"Huh?"

Su Yu's cheeks were stuffed full as he made a muffled sound to express his confusion.

Qian Renxue explained, "A 'distinguished guest' is coming. You should meet him as well."

Hearing the deliberately emphasized words, Su Yu nodded thoughtfully.

After finishing breakfast, Su Yu, who had been ordered to skip class, returned to his room. He sat cross-legged once more and began meditating.

After an unknown amount of time, a maid's voice sounded outside the door.

"Young Master Su, His Highness requests your presence in his study."

Su Yu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.

Led by the maid, Su Yu arrived at the study and saw Qian Renxue, whose brows and eyes concealed a hint of delight.

Qian Renxue waved to the maid. "You may leave first."

The maid bowed, then withdrew from the room.

"Come with me."

Qian Renxue beckoned to Su Yu, then opened the hidden door leading to the secret chamber.

Upon entering the familiar secret chamber, the first person Su Yu saw was a middle-aged man in a gray robe with upright features.

The Angel God's chief worshipper, the level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo known as "Invincible in the Sky"—Qian Daoliu!