After their conversation, Qi Dao did not leave the Crown Prince's Residence right away. He went to see his parents and told them what he had promised the uncles and aunts from the Soul Hunting group.
When Qi Father and Qi Mother learned that their old friends would soon arrive in Heaven Dou City, their faces lit up.
They had been in Heaven Dou City for years, and they missed those old friends dearly.
Qi Dao spent half a day with his parents before returning to Heaven Dou Academy to find Dugu Yan.
Dugu Yan had reached Level 55 before the Qualifiers. Half a year had passed since then, and she had absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone along the way. She was now Level 58.
They chatted for a while. Qi Dao told her how he had killed Tang Hao, then took out the Sixty Thousand Year Head Soul Bone and handed it to her.
"Senior, this is the Sixty Thousand Year Head Soul Bone Tang Hao had. Its quality is quite good. I saved it especially for you."
Dugu Yan accepted the Soul Bone with a smile. "A gift from you, A Dao? Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Their relationship had long since passed the point where the value of a gift mattered.
Qi Dao smiled. "Why don't you absorb it now? If you reach Level 60, I'll go Soul Hunting with you in the Star Dou Great Forest."
Dugu Yan smiled faintly.
"I'll do as you say."
With that, she took out a cushion, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing the Soul Bone.
Several hours passed.
A faint Soul Power Fluctuation radiated from her. Her tightly shut eyes slowly opened, and a delighted smile appeared on her slightly seductive face.
Qi Dao smiled. "How do you