Douluo: I Won't Hide It Anymore, Qian Renxue Is My Wife

Qian Ye had no idea who had stolen him here. If it had been a beautiful soul beast or a beautiful soul master, that would have been fine!

But if it had been the Titan Giant Ape or the Sky Azure Bull Python, that would be hilarious.

Or could it have been that big silver dragon?

Qian Ye felt that no matter what, he could not possibly be that unlucky.

Could it have been Bi Ji, or perhaps Zi Ji? Both seemed possible.

It was fine if a beauty had stolen him, as long as it was not Xiong Jun or Beast God Di Tian.

No matter how much Qian Ye thought about it, he could not figure it out. Only after glancing around did he take in the scene before him.

This was a lake, surrounded by towering trees. Enormous branches blocked out the sky, and lush leaves concealed the lake completely. Though it was daytime, only a tenth of the sunlight could reach this place.

The lake water was crystal clear, as pure as a pool of amber, pristine like a gemstone.

"The water is so beautiful!"

Qian Ye caught a strange odor coming from his body.

He immediately wanted to bathe in the lake.

"It doesn't matter who stole me here last night. As long as I'm alive, it's fine!"

As soon as Qian Ye thought that, his heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly took off his pants and looked down to inspect himself. Thankfully, nothing that should have been there was missing, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was not being overly suspicious. He had simply recalled an old story about a homeless man who woke up one day and discovered that his "little brother" was missing two important parts.

"My brother is still here, and nothing's missing. Otherwise, all those goddesses would have gone to waste!"

After that false alarm, Qian Ye wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took off his pants, leaped up, and jumped into the lake to bathe.

He swam and swam and swam... feeling thoroughly refreshed.

The lake water was freezing to the bone. It truly was not a suitable place for bathing.

Just as Qian Ye was about to go ashore, he spotted a small island in the middle of the lake and wondered whether he should check it out.

The island was not large, at most around a hundred square meters.

Several lush little trees grew around it. They were not tall, but they were covered in fruit.

"Not bad at all!"

Suddenly, a small wooden cabin appeared before him, less than ten meters away.

When Qian Ye saw the cabin, he felt that something was wrong. Logically speaking, there should not have been any humans here.

He slowly approached the cabin and reached the doorway. The door was half open, but he could not hear any movement inside.

"What's going on?" Qian Ye muttered to himself.

After thinking it over, he decided to go inside and take a look.

Qian Ye pushed open the little wooden door and peered inside. His eyes suddenly lit up.

Near the window stood a small wooden bed. A little girl was sleeping on it, tiny in size and dressed in a pink skirt. She looked no bigger than a one-year-old child.

He could not understand why a little girl would appear on this island in the middle of the lake.

The little girl had her back to the outside. A fur blanket covered her lower body while her upper body was exposed. Her jet-black hair was braided into a long scorpion braid, looking very distinctive.

On top of the little girl's head was a pair of pink little ears that looked incredibly cute.

"Who is she?" Qian Ye felt that this little girl looked strangely familiar.

"Ding! Congratulations, Master, for checking in with the goddess Xiao Wu. Reward: one Million-Year Soul Ring!"

The system's childish female voice suddenly rang out.

Xiao Wu?

Qian Ye finally understood. The little girl lying on the bed was none other than Xiao Wu, the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit. No wonder her back had seemed so familiar.

So it really had been a beautiful soul beast that had stolen him away while he slept last night.

And that beautiful soul beast was Xiao Wu.

But why had she captured him?

Could she have taken a fancy to him?

Qian Ye gave a wicked smile. He was so handsome that it really seemed possible.

Huh?

Suddenly, he realized that he had already entered a soul beast den.

Qian Ye turned around and glanced at the lake behind him. Naturally, he knew that by the lakeshore, there should be a giant ape standing guard—the Titan Giant Ape.

With Xiao Wu included, there were three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in total. Had he not fallen straight into a soul beast den?

Based on Qian Ye's understanding of the Star Dou Great Forest, this place should be the central lake in the heart of the forest's core region.

Whether it was the Lake of Life, he did not know.

Qian Ye thought it probably was not.

After all, the guardian of the Lake of Life was Di Tian, whose true form was the Golden-eyed Black Dragon King. He was also known as the Beast God and was the Silver Dragon King's first guardian.

Therefore, Qian Ye believed this lake was not the Lake of Life, but merely the central lake. The Lake of Life should be nearby, where the Silver Dragon King hid herself. There was no way she would allow the Sky Azure Bull Python to occupy it.

"As long as this isn't the Lake of Life, it's fine!" Qian Ye had no desire to face three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, followed by Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Zi Ji, and other powerful soul beasts with cultivation levels of hundreds of thousands of years.

No matter how long he lived, he could not fight them.

Not to mention the Silver Dragon King herself—a demigod dragon. How could he possibly beat her?

"Bad uncle, who are you?"

Just as Qian Ye was lost in thought, a childish voice questioned him from behind, startling him awake.

He immediately turned around and saw a little girl standing before him. She was less than a meter tall and looked around one year old, with a delicate doll-like face.

Her eyes were large, her cheeks pink, and her features exquisite, as though they had been carefully carved. Her little jade-like legs were remarkably long.

It really was Xiao Wu. Her legs were long.

But that "bad uncle" was suffocating!

Do I look that old?

Qian Ye rubbed his stubbly chin. "Damn!" Only then did he realize that after staying in the Star Dou Great Forest for over half a month, he had not had time to wash his face. His beard had grown out. No wonder Xiao Wu had randomly called him uncle!

Qian Ye sighed and looked at the serious little girl before him. With those big eyes and pink cheeks, he naturally would not treat her as an ordinary one-year-old girl.

Though her body was small, she possessed the body, cultivation, and intelligence of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Even the combined lifespan of Qian Ye's two lives was not as long as hers. "Little girl, was it you who stole me to the central lake last night?"

Xiao Wu narrowed her eyes and sized him up. After a while, she furrowed her brows and said seriously, "What if it was? What if it wasn't?"

"You humans come into the soul beast forest with no good intentions. That Man Faced Demon Spider died by your hand, didn't it?"

Oh?

You're a human now too!

Qian Ye smiled. He refused to believe that with his intelligence, he could not fool a spicy rabbit head. "Oh, I'm human, and you're human too. Neither of us should criticize the other, right?"

That was right! She had already transformed into a human. She could not expose the secret that she was a soul beast.

"Ahem, ahem."

Xiao Wu patched the flaw in her own words and glared at him. "I'm human, but I'm not the same kind of human as you. You're a bad person. I'm not."

"So please don't compare yourself to me, okay?"

Qian Ye: "..."

Xiao Wu, you're still putting on an act in front of me? I'll crush you every second of the day!

"What? Did I hit the mark? You have nothing to say now, do you?" Xiao Wu snapped.

Qian Ye did not get angry with her. "Actually, little sister, don't be mad yet. Some things aren't what you think they are."

"You... what do you mean?" Xiao Wu pointed a finger at his forehead and glared at him.

She still remembered how her mother had died at the hands of a group of soul masters, becoming the soul ring of that crown-wearing woman.

That was why she was so hostile whenever she saw humans entering the forest.

Trust

"What do I mean?" Qian Ye was dumbfounded.

"Say it!" Xiao Wu demanded angrily.

She was impatient and straightforward, always saying whatever was on her mind.

She did not like beating around the bush.

Qian Ye smiled. "Say what?"

Xiao Wu remained stern. "What are you doing here? What is your purpose? What evil intentions do you have? You'd better tell me honestly, or I definitely won't let you off!"

"You're pretty domineering!"

"Not convinced?" Xiao Wu widened her beautiful eyes and cracked her knuckles →_→. She looked as though she was truly about to attack him.

Sigh...

Qian Ye sighed. Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, you really are something. "First of all, I'm a good person. I only came here to climb mountains and relax!"

"Don't look at me like that! You know what that Man Faced Demon Spider was like. It was vicious by nature, killing gods when it met gods, killing Buddhas when it met Buddhas, killing humans when it met humans, killing soul beasts when it met soul beasts—the nightmare of all soul beasts!"

"And it was the one that wanted to attack and eat me. I nearly died by its hand. Killing it was getting rid of a menace for the soul beasts, wasn't it?"

Xiao Wu could not refute that. Even she, alone, feared that Man Faced Demon Spider that had lived for more than thirty thousand years. "But that's not what I'm asking. Answer honestly!"

"I was spending the night in the forest yesterday. When I woke up, you had stolen me here. Who did I provoke?"

Naturally, Qian Ye would not tell her that he had come to kill soul beasts and absorb soul rings.

After all, even though she had transformed into a human, she was still a soul beast!

Lying was wrong, but a well-intentioned lie brought nothing but benefits.

Xiao Wu, don't blame me for being underhanded!

When Xiao Wu heard him say that, she felt she was in the wrong and softened her tone. "Well... I didn't know what you were doing. I thought you were a bad person, so I captured you."

Oh~

Qian Ye felt that Xiao Wu was still too innocent. Otherwise, in the original story, Tang San would not have been able to lead her around by the nose—calling him brother, sleeping with him, even sharing the same blanket with him for six whole years.

Six years. How many six years did a person have in a lifetime?

Qian Ye sighed. Since he was here, he could not possibly allow Tang San to deceive Xiao Wu again.

"Fate brings people together from a thousand miles away; without fate, they won't meet even face-to-face. Since we've met, it must be fate. My name is Qian Ye. What's yours?"

Is he really a good person?

He doesn't look like one. He's slick-tongued—a bad uncle!

Xiao Wu hesitated before saying, "My name is Xiao Wu. Wu as in dancing."

"Xiao Wu, what a lovely name. I think your mother must have given it to you, right?" Qian Ye asked, pretending not to know.

The moment Xiao Wu heard the word mother, her mood immediately sank.

"Waaah, waaah, waaah!" She instantly burst into tears.

"Xiao Wu, why are you crying?" Seeing her cry, Qian Ye knew exactly why.

He slowly approached her and stroked her head. "Don't cry, Xiao Wu. Don't cry."