Making Cards, Plotting Against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect

A gentle breeze drifted through the sky.

She Long was silent for a long while before answering, "She gave me a very strange feeling. Besides, no matter how I looked at it, that wasn't an ability a one-ring Soul Master should possess."

"You mean that girl is a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form?" Qian Renxue pondered the possibility. If she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, having some unusual abilities would not be strange.

According to the Soul Elder stationed there, the girl who called herself Wendy had not only discovered Qian Renxue from afar, but had also detected the hidden She Long.

If a Soul Master could detect a Titled Douluo, wouldn't that make Titled Douluos seem pathetic?

She Long was only level 92, not especially powerful, but he was still far stronger than Dugu Bo, the disgrace of Titled Douluos.

If the same logic was applied to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, then as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, she would naturally be comparable to a level 95 Titled Douluo. It would not be surprising for her to detect She Long.

"Miss, why would you think that?" Noticing Qian Renxue's wild idea, She Long gave a bitter smile.

"A hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form would only wish for more humans to die. How could she possibly come save people?"

"But it is also true that she can control those strange soul beasts." Qian Renxue thought aloud.

The soul beasts that had blocked the Wolf Bandits differed from ordinary soul beasts, but they were still soul beasts, weren't they?

"I'm more inclined to believe they were summons," She Long said. "Martial souls come in all shapes and forms. Any ability is possible."

"Is that so..." Qian Renxue pinched her chin as she thought. "Then did you notice anything about her? Could she truly leave while completely evading a Titled Douluo's perception?"

When Qian Renxue arrived, She Long had been following her. A one-ring Soul Master could not possibly vanish so completely that even a Titled Douluo failed to notice.

"Perhaps she had already left long ago. The one who met us may also have been a summon," She Long voiced his speculation.

"That makes some sense." Qian Renxue reflected. "Following that logic, even her appearance and name may have been fake."

"Ah..."

Qian Renxue sighed.

"When I have time to return, I'll ask Grandpa. He has seen much and knows much; perhaps he might understand something."

"I have a feeling that I'll meet her again."

"Miss's sixth sense?" She Long could not help teasing.

"Mind your own business." Qian Renxue shrugged helplessly. "Speaking of which, she mentioned Notting City. Earlier, I received some information from Father... cough, cough, from the Xueye Emperor."

"They said two powerful Soul Masters had fought there, causing the aftermath."

"If we follow this line of thought, and if what she said about Tang Hao is true..."

"A battle between Titled Douluos?" Qian Renxue murmured.

"Should we investigate again?" She Long hesitated slightly. They had learned some things about what had happened back then from the Grand Worshipper. Otherwise, they would not have been sent to protect Qian Renxue.

"Yes, reinvestigate Notting City." Qian Renxue made her decision. "Uncle She Long, after we return to Heaven Dou City this time, go to Notting City personally.

"Not only were the City Lord's Manor and Notting Academy destroyed there, even our Spirit Hall branch was smashed. We can rebuild it while we're there.

"And reinvestigate the connections between the three."

They had originally thought it was merely collateral damage from the battle, but now it looked more like a targeted purge.

"I understand." She Long nodded.

Qian Renxue and She Long left.

On the branches of a not-too-distant tree, a silver-haired girl sat quietly, listening to their conversation through the range of her perception.

"If I mentioned Shrek directly, the intent would be too obvious. Go investigate it yourselves!"

"What you find will depend on your own luck." Xu Qianqian leaped down from the treetop.

The information about Xu Qianqian made public in Notting City had stated, years ago, that she was dead.

"Even if you put in great effort, all you'll find is Tang Hao and Tang San."

Only Tang Hao knew she was still alive, and he could not possibly reveal it casually.

Tang Hao might even be afraid that she would go to Shrek Academy and kill Tang San, so he was probably holed up there around the clock.

Rather than saying she had met Qian Renxue, it was more accurate to say that she had used her domain to create a duplicate identical to herself to meet Qian Renxue.

She only had one life. There was no reason to take such a risk.

Knowing that Qian Renxue would soon arrive, Xu Qianqian had switched out the real thing and hidden her true body away.

With her domain reaching a thousand meters, she could do plenty of things.

Actually meeting Qian Renxue?

Forget it...

Xu Qianqian was extremely wary of Qian Renxue, afraid she might get sold and still help count the money.

So many days had passed since the events in Notting City, and the news had long since spread. Qian Renxue, who was lurking in Heaven Dou, definitely knew about it, though she might not have investigated it closely.

"A little reminder might bring unexpected gains."

To Qian Renxue, Tang Hao was the enemy who had killed her father. It was highly unlikely that she would not take it seriously.

After wandering about for several days, Xu Qianqian finally entered Heaven Dou City, the most prosperous city in the Heaven Dou Empire.

The dazzling array of goods was overwhelming, and the clamorous cries of vendors added to the bustling atmosphere.

Even the number of soul masters here was beyond anything Notting City could compare to.

Xu Qianqian was not short on gold coins, so she found an inn and settled in.

Standing in her room and looking out at the bustling street through the window, she subconsciously reached out to touch the storage ring on her hand.

"Two hundred thousand gold soul coins—more than enough for me to squander."

These gold soul coins counted as part of the inheritance left behind by her deceased biological father.

Closing the window, Xu Qianqian took a deep breath and extended her soul power into the ring.

"A storage ring... something like this isn't something an ordinary soul master could possess..."

Not everyone was Yu Xiaogang. He could enter some secret realm and fish out a storage soul tool for Tang San.

At present, storage soul tools were exceedingly rare on the Douluo Continent, and they were not so easy to forge either.

The space inside the ring was not large. If her foster father had not touched the things inside, then aside from the token from before, this was the only thing left that could confirm my identity.

"What exactly did Father tell me?"

A crystal ball lay quietly within.

On her way here, Xu Qianqian had touched it and probed it with soul power. Something inside had trembled slightly.

"Could it be related to my background?" Xu Qianqian poured soul power into it, and the crystal ball trembled again. "I hope it isn't something dangerous!"

With a sigh, Xu Qianqian withdrew her consciousness.

Then, she opened her martial soul, the Chronicle of Time, and transformed it into the Book of Wind under her control.

"Hmm..." Xu Qianqian kept her domain confined to the room. Emerald-green radiance gathered at her fingertips as she drew several strokes through the air.

Gusts of light wind rose within the room and rapidly converged at the spot she had traced.

Xu Qianqian's control over the primordial energy of heaven and earth was exceptionally precise. In moments, a card had been created.

Xu Qianqian picked up the card that had fallen to the floor between her fingers and held it before her eyes.

"Gale Wolf King, cultivation age: 999 years. Wind-element attribute. Soul skill..."

"Sure enough, creating a card that can be used without a domain is extremely difficult."

"However, if it doesn't exceed a thousand years, it probably won't draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's attention."

That was right—Xu Qianqian intended to stir up some trouble for Tang Hao.

Whether it was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast or the hope of breaking through the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's limits, she refused to believe the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not be tempted.

But there was one prerequisite to all this: she had to hide herself well.