Star Dou Great Forest, beside Life Lake.
The Sky Azure Bull Python's enormous vertical pupils fixed on Qin Chuan as he emerged from the bottom of the lake.
It was somewhat displeased that this human had entered Life Lake without its permission, but then it remembered that Titan Giant Ape had been saved because of him.
The anger in its heart immediately ebbed away by more than half.
Hearing that Xiao Wu seemed to have met Qin Chuan before, the Sky Azure Bull Python asked in surprise, "Sister Xiao Wu, you know him?"
Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form. She had gone to the human world only a few years ago and had little experience, with a simple and innocent heart.
The human world was complicated and dark. The Sky Azure Bull Python had always worried about her and opposed her going there, but unfortunately, its objections had done little good.
Xiao Wu furrowed her delicate brows, reluctant to think back on it. She answered vaguely, "I wouldn't say I know him. We just had a fight earlier."
Whether in Star Dou Great Forest or the human world, she had always been the big sister. Now, facing her two little brothers, how could she admit that all seven of them had been defeated by him, unable to fight back at all?
Just thinking about it made her feel terribly aggrieved.
"What? Sister Xiao Wu, this human actually dared to provoke you!" Titan Giant Ape panted heavily. The moment he heard that, he exploded!
His body was covered in wounds. Large patches of his skin were charred black, and a gash across his chest spilled blood in a steady stream.
Yet none of that could hide his ferocity.
As soon as he heard that Qin Chuan had once provoked Sister Xiao Wu, he forgot everything else. He shoved his pain to the back of his mind, sprang over on all fours, raised two fists like boulders, and smashed them down at Qin Chuan, as if to crush everything in their path.
"A mere human dares to provoke Sister Xiao Wu? You're asking for death!"
"Second brother, wait a moment."
"Er Ming, stop!" Everyone was startled. No one had expected Titan Giant Ape to act like this.
The Sky Azure Bull Python let out a thunderous shout, its voice booming like rolling thunder. Its Python Tail swung as it tried to stop Titan Giant Ape from attacking Qin Chuan.
But someone was even faster. A crimson blur flashed past like lightning, and a terrifying howl seemed to echo across the vast land.
With a resounding crash, a massive body was suddenly blasted away, flying back even faster than it had charged in. It raised a great wave and smashed through several towering trees.
"Second brother?" The Sky Azure Bull Python was shocked, its voice full of disbelief. Xiao Wu, meanwhile, was frightened pale. She stood frozen, staring in disbelief at the red-haired man beside Qin Chuan.
The Sky Azure Bull Python quickly used its mental power to sense Titan Giant Ape. Only after confirming that he had suffered nothing more than a few superficial injuries did it breathe a sigh of relief. It turned back and regarded the Scarlet King gravely.
"Senior, what do you mean by this? I did, after all, save Titan Giant Ape's life. Is this how you repay a benefactor?" Qin Chuan furrowed his brow, looking displeased as he demanded an answer.
Titan Giant Ape was tremendously powerful, far stronger than an ordinary Titled Douluo. Even injured, he was still terrifying.
Just now, Qin Chuan had even felt the breath of death from that punch.
At his words, the Sky Azure Bull Python's expression softened, guilt showing in its eyes.
"I'm sorry for putting you in mortal danger just now. My second brother's recklessness will be compensated for. Take this as an apology."
It sat on the ground and lowered its head toward him, like a slumbering dragon. Its body gleamed with a cold blue light.
It looked at the Scarlet King, whose aura was completely concealed, then extended its head toward Qin Chuan. Its rich Soul Power surged as it retrieved an unusual metal from the bottom of the lake, glowing with dense vital energy.
"Life Spirit Gold!"
Qin Chuan and the Scarlet King cried out at once. Neither had ever imagined that the Sky Azure Bull Python would possess such a rare treasure as Life Spirit Gold, and both were astonished.
It wasn't as large as the piece Di Tian had given him, but it was still the size of a ping-pong ball, radiating an alluring, concentrated aura of life.
"Big brother! Have you gone mad?!"
"Why did you bring that out? So what if this brat has a helper? The two of us together can still beat him!"
Titan Giant Ape got to his feet, his anger burning even hotter. He hadn't heard a word the Sky Azure Bull Python had said. Like an indestructible little King Kong, he charged over again, this time straight at the Scarlet King.
But just as he passed the Sky Azure Bull Python, its tail smacked him down. The whole ground shook.
"You recognize this metal, so you must know its value. I'll offer this piece of Life Spirit Gold as compensation for my second brother's rash behavior."
The Sky Azure Bull Python looked at Qin Chuan with great reluctance. It found the treasure hard to part with, but after glancing at Xiao Wu and Titan Giant Ape, it still handed it over.
Qin Chuan's actions had not only saved Titan Giant Ape, but Xiao Wu as well. Both of them had been targeted by those people. If it hadn't arrived in time, the outcome would have been unthinkable.
The Life Spirit Gold had originally been something it planned to use to repay Qin Chuan. It hadn't expected Titan Giant Ape, that reckless fool, to create this situation.
Thinking of that, it glanced at the Scarlet King too. This man made it feel deeply threatened, and it couldn't help but grow wary, Soul Power flowing through its entire body.
"In that case, I'll accept it." Qin Chuan grinned so widely his mouth nearly reached his ears. His anger vanished, and he hurriedly put the Life Spirit Gold into his Universe Bag. He moved as if afraid the Sky Azure Bull Python would change its mind, making the Scarlet King's mouth twitch.
But when the Scarlet King remembered that Qin Chuan had obtained two pieces of Life Spirit Gold in just two days, he couldn't help envying such astonishing luck.
Having lived for nearly three hundred thousand years, he understood the value of this treasure even better than Qin Chuan. If Di Tian's piece of Life Spirit Gold had gone to him back then, he would have had a ninety-percent chance of surviving his next three-hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
After the Sky Azure Bull Python explained everything, Titan Giant Ape and Xiao Wu understood what had happened, and the conflict between them and Qin Chuan was resolved.
Titan Giant Ape had a fiery temper, but his mind was as simple as Xiao Wu's. He soon treated Qin Chuan as a friend and began talking about the battle with the God-Demon Realm's guardian.
Just as Qin Chuan had expected, the God-Demon Realm's guardian had an incomparably powerful body and an endless array of divine abilities and secret techniques. Under his powerful attacks, Titan Giant Ape had quickly been overwhelmed and driven onto the defensive.
If Qin Chuan hadn't warned them and the Sky Azure Bull Python hadn't arrived in time, both he and Xiao Wu would have been trapped in a desperate situation.
"By the way, since you're also from that thing called the Starry Sky, do you know Yu Linglong?" Xiao Wu suddenly grew excited. Her beautiful eyes fixed on Qin Chuan, brimming with anticipation.
"Yu Linglong? I've never heard of that person."
Qin Chuan shook his head. He had never heard that name before, not even on Earth Star.
But thinking of Qin Feng, who had come from the Starry Sky, he couldn't help asking, "What, is she from another domain too?"
How many people had come from the Starry Sky, and what factions did they belong to...
He knew nothing about any of it. Now that Xiao Wu seemed to know one of them, he asked her right away.
"I don't know either, but her footwork and fighting style back then were very similar to that guy we ran into yesterday." Hearing that Qin Chuan hadn't heard of her, Xiao Wu looked a little disappointed.
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