The next morning.
Ying Chengfeng's house renovation plan was in full swing.
A group of beautiful girls engaging in civil engineering was quite an interesting sight.
Ying Chengfeng stood atop the hilt of the massive ice sword, contemplating the Breath-Severing Sword.
He stood there for three whole days.
The house renovation was completed.
Ji Qingyi took charge and allowed the people from Skywater Academy to leave.
However, Shui Bing'er insisted on staying behind.
"There is no room for you to live here," Qian Renxue said to Shui Bing'er with dissatisfaction.
Watching Qian Renxue's jealous appearance, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but find it amusing.
"What is your relationship? You don't look like siblings."
Come to think of it, Shui Bing'er had also been curious about Qian Renxue's Martial Soul over these past three days.
Qian Renxue always carried an air of being superior to her, yet too lazy to bother with such trifles.
Hearing Shui Bing'er's question, Qian Renxue was momentarily stunned.
She also couldn't figure out what kind of relationship she and Ying Chengfeng had.
They were probably very, very good... friends, right?
At this moment, Ying Chengfeng, standing on the giant sword, finally opened his eyes.
Like a gust of wind, he arrived in front of Shui Bing'er, "Don't ask what you shouldn't."
"It seems to be a very special relationship, then," Shui Bing'er smiled faintly.
But seeing the sharp look in Ying Chengfeng's eyes, she wisely stepped aside.
Qian Renxue wanted to know the answer to this question as well.
Although her body was only nine years old.
Her consciousness had lived for nine extra years.
Even if those were nine abnormal years, if you halved it, she could be considered to have the mental age of fourteen.
She wasn't a little girl who didn't understand anything.
Over the past three years, Ji Qingyi had also instilled some knowledge about men and women in her.
Qian Renxue leaned in close to Ying Chengfeng and whispered, "So, what is our relationship?"
"The best in the world?" Ying Chengfeng looked at her and chuckled.
In truth, Ying Chengfeng didn't know either.
Back then, Qian Renxue had asked him why he was so good to her.
Ying Chengfeng hadn't answered.
At the time, he had abducted Qian Renxue for nine years.
If Qian Renxue hadn't chosen to go with him back then, but had chosen to stay in Martial Soul Hall instead.
Then he likely would have faced massive, massive trouble.
He was very grateful that Qian Renxue was willing to go with him.
He had also decided to help her gain maternal love and change her destiny.
But it seemed that was all there was to it.
Speaking of Qian Renxue's destiny, it wasn't entirely accurate to say she brought it upon herself.
In the later stages, Qian Renxue's temperament was influenced by the will of the Sea God, leading her to mistakenly love Tang San.
But if Qian Renxue's will had been firm, she wouldn't have fallen for such low-handed tactics.
The Nine Angelic Trials were even more of a farce.
He had never heard of a trial that required the release of carnal desire to pass.
The bane of *Evil Soul Master*s, the holy angel?!
Wasn't it supposed to be absolutely sacred, provided one cut down the inner demon Tang San?
Passing the Angelic God Trial by releasing carnal desire?
And Tang San actually helped her pass the Angelic God's trial?
If the Angelic God hadn't died and still had consciousness, she would have raised her sword and hacked her to pieces.
It was simply an affront to the heavens!
If she hadn't been tampered with at the core, Ying Chengfeng couldn't find any other reason.
But whether that was the case or not, he had no way to be certain.
No matter what, Ying Chengfeng felt that the Angelic God position was nothing but a massive trap.
It made no difference whether one had it or not.
The Angelic God was already dead, and the rules of the Angelic God Trial had likely been tampered with by someone.
And the person most likely to have tampered with the Angelic God Trial was, in all probability, the Sea God.
That lecherous old geezer was truly shameless.
Just as shameless as Yu Xiaogang.
Rather than inheriting a trap-ridden Angelic God position, it would be better to become a god on one's own.
A god was merely a realm that transcended the Title Douluo, after all.
He just didn't know if the current Qian Renxue had the potential to become a god independently.
Ying Chengfeng sized up Qian Renxue, feeling a sudden urge to crack open her skull and see what was inside.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Qian Renxue felt a sense of familiarity in Ying Chengfeng's gaze.
It was very similar to the look he had given that Yu Xiaogang three years ago.
The look one gives an idiot.
So, am I an idiot?
This thought popped into Qian Renxue's mind.
Damn it!
Qian Renxue grabbed Ying Chengfeng's arm and bit down hard.
"Let go," Ying Chengfeng said, his tone helpless.
"What was that look just now? Speak!" Qian Renxue demanded, dissatisfied.
Ying Chengfeng shook his head and said, "It's been hard on you, too."
"What are you talking about?" Qian Renxue didn't understand a word of it.
Ying Chengfeng smiled but remained silent.
He only complained internally: Your family's genes are absolutely heaven-defyingly twisted!
Qian Daoliu is abnormal, Qian Xunji is abnormal, and Bibi Dong is abnormal.
Take Qian Daoliu for starters; he could have just properly nurtured Qian Renxue to become a god, but instead, he insisted on having his granddaughter infiltrate and usurp the Heaven Dou Empire.
May I ask, what is the point of that?
Even if one wanted to usurp the Heaven Dou Empire, they could have just impersonated Emperor Xue Ye and been done with it in one step.
A God-level Torso Bone for perfect disguise, all just to play the role of a crown prince waiting to ascend the throne?
And waiting for over a decade at that.
Honestly, this is not a maneuver a sane person would pull.
As for Qian Xunji, forget it, there's nothing to say; he belongs at the same table as Yu Xiaogang.
Finally, there is Bibi Dong, who is purely brain-damaged.
She is the equivalent of a top-tier university student who studied herself stupid, only to be swindled by Yu Xiaogang, who barely has a primary school education.
The problems with these three are getting progressively worse; it would be a miracle if Qian Renxue turned out normal.
At this moment, the look Ying Chengfeng gave Qian Renxue held a bit more sympathy.
"Are you homesick?" Ying Chengfeng asked.
Qian Renxue was stunned, then fell into deep thought.
"My family doesn't need me anymore, anyway." Qian Renxue didn't understand why Ying Chengfeng asked this, and she said anxiously, "Do you not need me anymore either?"
Ying Chengfeng shook his head with a light laugh, reached up, and flicked her forehead. "What are you thinking about?"
Then, Ying Chengfeng continued, "I was wondering if your mother would even recognize you once you grow up a bit more."
"It doesn't matter," Qian Renxue said faintly.
"That's true," Ying Chengfeng thought of something and said, "Your Martial Soul is the best proof of identity."
"I mean, I don't really need her anymore either," Qian Renxue said, looking at Ying Chengfeng earnestly.
Hearing this, Ying Chengfeng fell into a silence.
He couldn't help but look toward the house where Yu Feiyan lived.
At this moment, Yu Feiyan was undergoing a special type of cultivation to heighten her sensitivity.
Ying Chengfeng was cultivating Yu Feiyan specifically to slap Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong in the face.
And the ultimate goal was to make Bibi Dong accept Qian Renxue.
Yet now, Qian Renxue was actually saying she didn't need her anymore?
"Absolutely not!" Ying Chengfeng said solemnly. "How can there be any reason to give up halfway?"
"Then what do you want?" Qian Renxue wore an expression that said she would agree to anything.
Ying Chengfeng looked at her, speechless. "You're leaving me hanging like this, and it's really uncomfortable, you know?"
Qian Renxue lowered her head to ponder for a moment before asking, "Where exactly are you hanging?"
Ying Chengfeng noticed her gaze had turned strange. "What on earth are you thinking about?"
Qian Renxue immediately turned her head away, her mind involuntarily drifting to the things Ji Qingyi had taught her.
Her entire face suddenly burned, as if she were about to sprout an extra brain.
A love-struck fool.
"You're acting weird!" Seeing her posture, Ying Chengfeng felt completely bewildered.
How did this conversation end up awakening something so incredible?!
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