Douluo: No More Pretending, Qian Renxue Is My Wife

Qian Ye waved his hand. "No need to be polite. With the bond between us, this is nothing!"

"Besides, didn't you help stand guard for me yesterday? We're helping each other."

Qian Renxue giggled. "Then Xiaoxue will start absorbing the soul ring. Big Brother Qian Ye, you have to guard me, okay?"

"Don't worry. I'll definitely keep you safe." Standing guard was nothing to him.

Qian Renxue nodded, put away her blade, then sat down cross-legged to meditate and began absorbing the soul ring.

Standing guard was a dull and tedious task. It could take a few hours at most, or several days and nights at worst.

Qian Ye himself was exceptionally gifted, so it had only taken him a little over three hours.

Logically speaking, Qian Renxue's talent was no worse than his, but she would still need several hours.

Qian Ye felt that he should find something to do during those hours.

"Little Li Flying Dagger, never misses!"

Qian Ye took out a small knife, recalling the signature technique of Li Xunhuan, the protagonist from Gu Long's novel Little Li Flying Dagger.

When Li Xunhuan's flying dagger was not thrown, it was one thing. Once thrown, it never missed, striking vital points and killing enemies from a hundred meters away.

Unless he did not wish to hurt someone, his flying dagger generally never missed its locked-on target.

That was where the saying "Little Li Flying Dagger, never misses" came from.

The Li Xunhuan in the novel was both a hero and a tragic figure.

The so-called brotherhood he cherished ended with his brothers betraying him at every turn.

Yet Li Xunhuan remained a man of loyalty and affection in the martial world.

It could also be said that he had only drifted through the martial world out of helplessness.

Now that Qian Ye had obtained the Little Li Flying Dagger skill, he naturally had to try it out and see whether it was truly that miraculous.

In his view, when Li Xunhuan used his flying daggers, he must have relied on inner force, technique, proficiency, Spiritual Power, and other factors.

When all of those came together, his daggers became swift, fierce, and accurate.

Qian Ye figured that, on top of all that, adding Soul Power should make his attacks even more powerful.

It was like the hidden weapon techniques Tang San had brought from the Tang Sect of that other world, such as the Silent Sleeve Arrow and Dragon Whisker Needle.

Such hidden weapons required technique and practiced firing to be accurate.

When combined with one's focus and Soul Power, synchronizing speed and strength, they could achieve even more outstanding results.

First of all, whether it was inner force from that world or Soul Power from this one, both were forms of supernatural energy.

Energy that could erupt in an instant, like firearms and ammunition.

Whoosh—

The small knife in Qian Ye's hand shot out instantly and stabbed into the trunk of a tree a hundred meters away.

He gave a wicked smile.

A Triumphant Return

Only upon getting closer could one see that there was now a headless fly beneath the blade.

"Little Li Flying Dagger, never misses. It truly lives up to its reputation."

Qian Ye retrieved the knife with Soul Power, feeling very satisfied.

As for the world of Douluo Continent, although it was a fantasy world, its overall combat power was not particularly high.

Ordinary soul masters could not withstand Tang San's hidden weapon attacks.

Hidden weapons and blade techniques from martial arts worlds like this could threaten a soul master's life.

The hidden weapons Tang San had brought from the Tang Sect in that other world—sleeve arrows, flying daggers, needles, and other mechanism-type weapons—were purely hidden weapons by nature.

Even without being imbued with Soul Power, magic, mana, divine power, or any other mystical force, they could kill high-level soul masters.

As long as they struck a vital point.

The premise was that they had to hit.

The Silent Sleeve Arrow was clearly the lowest-grade hidden weapon.

It was fired directly by hand and was not as powerful as mechanism-type hidden weapons.

However, hand-fired hidden weapons were not without their advantages.

Take the Dragon Whisker Needle, for example. It could be hidden in the gaps beneath one's fingernails. Once the opponent was struck, the needle remained inside their body, and without a specialized secret method, it was extremely difficult to force it out.

If it remained inside for a long time, or if the user melted the Dragon Whisker Needle with Soul Power, removing it would require cutting open the flesh and carving it out directly.

Otherwise, leaving it in the body would make life worse than death, causing unbearable pain whenever it flared up over time.

Compared with the Silent Sleeve Arrow, the Dragon Whisker Needle was undoubtedly an exceptionally vicious hidden weapon.

Guanyin's Tear and Bodhi Blood were somewhat strange.

King of Hell's Sticker.

Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder, Phoenix Leading Nine Chicks, Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, Bat Wing Samsara, Tight Back Flower Loaded Crossbow, and Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

All of these were extremely powerful mechanism-type hidden weapons.

Especially mechanism hidden weapons such as Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus and the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, which were area-of-effect weapons capable of destroying an army of tens of thousands.

The Peacock Feather was also an extraordinarily powerful, destructive hidden weapon.

Half a day later.

Qian Renxue opened her eyes. Dark clouds had already filled the sky, as though it were about to rain.

But there was now a gleam in her eyes.

The reason was simple: she had finished absorbing the first soul ring of her Six-winged Angel.

Qian Renxue looked around but did not see Qian Ye anywhere. She immediately rose nervously and searched in every direction.

Yet she could not find him.

Huh?

Qian Renxue muttered to herself, "Where did Big Brother Qian Ye go?"

"Looks like you succeeded?"

Qian Renxue waited for a while longer, but he still did not appear. She became so frightened that tears spilled from her eyes.

"Waaah, waaah, waaah..."

Suddenly, his voice came from above her.

Qian Renxue was overjoyed and quickly looked up. Sure enough, she spotted a little boy sitting on a branch high in the tree.

It was Qian Ye.

Giggle, giggle, giggle—

Qian Renxue burst into laughter through her tears. "Big Brother Qian Ye, why did you climb up the tree?"

"To guard you, of course!" Qian Ye leaped down from the tree and landed in front of Qian Renxue, reaching out to wipe the tears from her face.

Then he gave her a light tap on the forehead. "Crying again?"

Qian Renxue squirmed. "I was worried about you!"

"Mm. Let's eat something first."

"Okay. Xiaoxue is hungry too."

After the two finished eating and rested for a while, they continued on their journey in search of soul beasts.

Sunset Forest was vast. The deeper they went, the taller the trees became and the more gloomy the forest felt.

In places untouched by sunlight, the air was filled with a moldy, decaying stench.

But after natural evolution and absorption by the plants, it was not too noticeable.

The fragrance of leaves, flowers, and fruit emanating from the plants was also quite enchanting.

Half a month later.

Qian Ye finally led Qian Renxue out of Sunset Forest, having gained quite a lot.

Over the past half month, Qian Ye had finally finished absorbing all six of his soul rings.

For his Nunchaku Martial Soul, the first soul ring was purple and three thousand years old. The second was black and ten thousand years old. The third was black and thirty thousand years old.

His Carrot Martial Soul had also absorbed three soul rings: a purple five-thousand-year ring, a black twenty-thousand-year ring, and a black forty-thousand-year ring.

As for the Twenty-Four Winged Eternal Angel Martial Soul, Qian Ye did not intend to absorb any soul rings for it yet.

His cultivation had now reached Level 33.

Qian Renxue's Six-winged Angel had also absorbed two soul rings. The first was yellow and seven hundred years old, while the second was purple and three thousand years old.

Her cultivation had also broken through to Level 22.

Her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Host: Qian Ye!

Gender: Male!

Age: 6!

Constitution: 33 (Normal: 100)!

Number of Martial Souls: Three Lives Martial Soul!

God-tier Martial Soul: Twenty-Four Winged Eternal Angel Martial Soul (Awakened, no soul rings)!

Weapon Martial Soul: Nunchaku Martial Soul (Awakened, Soul Rings +3, purple, black, black)!

Food Martial Soul: Carrot Martial Soul (Awakened, Soul Rings +3, purple, black, black)!

Soul Bones: None!

Soul Power Level: 33 (Soul Elder)!

Qian Ye checked the system panel. Sure enough, his abilities in every aspect had increased.

He had originally come to Sunset Forest intending to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

However, it was extremely dangerous there, and Dugu Bo was guarding it, so he had not planned to go.

Besides, Qian Ye was in no hurry. He could let Poison Douluo guard it for him a while longer.

After all, Poison Douluo was blind to the value of those Immortal Herbs.

As for Tang San, he had not even been born yet.

As long as Qian Ye entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before him, that would be enough.

During the half month that the two had been missing, Elder Hall had not been peaceful at all.

Qian Daoliu sent Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other nine great elders of Elder Hall out to search for them.

Yet they found nothing.

How could they know that Qian Ye had merely taken Qian Renxue to Sunset Forest to absorb soul rings, rather than being kidnapped?

Qian Daoliu and the others believed that the two had not simply vanished—they believed someone had taken them.

It was only natural for them to think so.

After all, the two had left without even saying goodbye.

Two six-year-old children had vanished right under their noses.

No one would think that was normal.