Flame God Eye

"Xiaogang, I can assure you that I absolutely had nothing to do with this."

"I'll investigate the situation and find the source of this story."

"But there's one thing I need to make clear to you in advance. The person who first wrote the story didn't get it from a book. It was passed along by word of mouth, and it was very likely made up by someone who admired you. It's just that some details got muddled as it spread. Finding the real source and holding them responsible will be difficult; it'll take some time."

Looking at Yu Xiaogang like this, Flender felt a chill in his heart.

As a shrewd businessman, how could he fail to see what Xiaogang meant?

Clearly, after becoming a God Teacher, he had been fawned over by countless people of noble status. On top of that, he had a god's disciple. His status had gradually changed.

That meant people like them were no longer as useful to him.

Naturally, their status was no longer equal.

Still, for the sake of his dream and Shrek Academy's enrollment, Flender could only suppress that faint discomfort in his heart.

Of course, this had been arranged by Qian Yu.

With the war won and no powerful foreign enemy left, the struggle for power within their ranks was about to begin.

A few small maneuvers would be enough to gradually drive them apart.

This was only the first step.

Next, he would gradually divide and dismantle his enemies, even turning them against one another until they became sworn foes, with their own people killing each other.

With Tang San absent, there was no absolute force to keep them in check. Faced with clashing interests, who would willingly be the one others could bully?

In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.

With the blazing sun overhead, Qian Yu sat in the courtyard, gazing straight at the sun.

As he circulated his cultivation technique, streams of pure Sun True Fire were drawn toward him and gathered in the Holy Wings behind his back.

As the Sun True Fire flowed into them, the pale-gold Holy Wings took on a hint of red. While steadily strengthening the wings themselves, the power was also transformed and harmonized before slowly flowing into Qian Yu's eyes.

He had tried many times, but had never been able to directly absorb the sun's power to temper his eyes. His eyes were simply too fragile, while the Sun True Fire was too overbearing.

Even the cultivation method for the Purple Demon Eye couldn't harmonize it.

If not for the protection of the God-level Head Soul Bone, he would have already blinded himself.

Fortunately, after many experiments, he discovered that he could absorb Sun True Fire through his External Soul Bone, the Holy Wings, then combine it with Sacred Light and harmonize the two in the right proportions before channeling the power into his eyes. This allowed him to temper his eyes and increase his spiritual power more quickly.

By now, it could no longer be called the Purple Demon Eye. Qian Yu had named it the Flame God Eye.

The Flame God Eye belonged to him alone.

Once the Flame God Eye reached its full potential, its power would surely far surpass that of the Purple Demon Eye.

"I've pulled even further ahead of Tang San!"

Only when he felt his spiritual power growing tired did Qian Yu stop cultivating.

"Young Master!"

Seeing that Qian Yu had stopped cultivating, Lüzhu immediately brought him a towel to cool his face.

"Lüzhu, has Hu Liena sent any news?"

Qian Yu was very concerned about this.

After all, he still hadn't obtained his third Soul Ring.

They didn't have much time to begin with. For all they knew, Tang San might return to the Douluo Continent from the Divine Realm in a few years.

By then, the situation would be even worse.

For now, the most important thing was to increase his strength as quickly as possible.

"She sent word three days ago. She's found a definite location. Judging by the time, she should send another message this afternoon or tomorrow."

Lüzhu handed Qian Yu the secret letter Hu Liena had sent.

It looked like an ordinary letter from home, but certain characters in it had clearly been circled.

"Found Elder Brother; also discovered traces that may belong to Snake Lance Douluo."

Put together, the circled characters formed the precise message she wanted to convey.

Qian Yu had taught Hu Liena this method himself.

No matter what one did, it was better to be cautious.

"Has she found Snake Lance Douluo?"

Seeing the message in the secret letter, Qian Yu fell into thought once more.

If it were only him and Lüzhu hiding in Heaven Dou City, they could avoid exposing themselves as long as they didn't act rashly, no matter what happened.

Even with Hu Liena added to their number, they could still hide their identities with the Angel Head Soul Bone.

But if a Titled Douluo joined them, that was another matter.

In this era, Titled Douluos were incredibly rare.

No matter how well one disguised oneself, the moment a Titled Douluo's aura leaked, they would surely be found.

"Looks like we'll need to prepare another safe place to hide."

After thinking it over and over, Qian Yu couldn't come up with a suitable location.

The Douluo Continent was practically crawling with Tang San's people.

He had considered going to the Sun Moon Empire to make a new start, but the problem was that he had no idea where the Sun Moon Empire was.

To get there, they would have to cross the sea, which was still Tang San's territory.

"Then we'll make them suffer a little and set up a place to live in the Star Dou Great Forest."

In the end, after thinking it over, Qian Yu decided that they should hide in the Star Dou Great Forest.

He just didn't know where the Ferocious Beasts were hiding these days.

"Lüzhu, go buy plenty of daily necessities. Remember, don't be afraid of the trouble. Send people to several different shops and make multiple trips."

Qian Yu gave Lüzhu his instructions.

They still hadn't learned anything definite about Snake Lance Douluo and the others, but it was best to prepare for every eventuality in advance.

Lüzhu then went off to get things done.

The next day, Hu Liena delivered a secret letter right on time.

Just as she had said before, she had found Snake Lance Douluo—and Porcupinefish Douluo as well.

But there was one crucial problem: their foundations had been damaged.

On top of that, there were other complications.

Hu Liena wanted Qian Yu to come over.

Whether he should go or not was a major question.

They had been in contact for a long time, and Hu Liena had proven trustworthy—but what if something went wrong?

What if he ran into trouble himself?

"Lüzhu, for the time being, stay in Heaven Dou City and focus on your cultivation. Carry out the earlier plan if you can. If you notice anything amiss, cut ties immediately."

"Your own safety comes first. Once I'm done with this, I'll find a way to get you a top-grade Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone."

In the end, Qian Yu decided to go.

He had no choice. He needed a Soul Ring of excellent quality and a high number of years.

He had to take the gamble.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to dangle a carrot in front of Lüzhu.

Even though Lüzhu was trustworthy, there was no harm in dangling a carrot when the opportunity arose.

"Young Master, are you going alone?"

Lüzhu looked at Qian Yu, worry still clear in her eyes.

"It's fine. I'll actually be safer on my own."

Qian Yu was confident in his abilities.

With his current strength, he could kill even a Five-Ring Soul King.