His mouth was suddenly covered.
Jiang Nanchen looked at Qian Renxue and found her looking a little nervous.
"What nonsense are you talking about, brat? It's not like I was really going to hit you. There are people everywhere nearby!"
Qian Renxue shot Jiang Nanchen a glare.
What a disobedient little brat. He was driving her mad.
"Are you sure you won't shout? I'm letting go!"
Jiang Nanchen nodded frantically.
Qian Renxue released him, and Jiang Nanchen swiftly returned to where he had been standing.
"Scaring people like that... Your Highness, you really are a thoroughgoing villain!" Jiang Nanchen looked thoroughly disgusted.
Qian Renxue snorted and raised a brow with a smile. "Oh? Just now, you were calling me Crown Prince Brother every other word, and now it's Your Highness. You little brat, you change faces fast."
"I can't be bothered to explain. Once you're full, come back with me. You ate quite a lot this meal."
Qian Renxue stopped bickering with Jiang Nanchen, stood up, and pulled him away.
After leaving Gathering Immortals Tower.
"You didn't pay?"
Jiang Nanchen was full of question marks.
"Pay for what? I invested in this Gathering Immortals Tower. I'm the boss behind it."
Qian Renxue declared proudly.
He had finally asked!
She had been waiting for Jiang Nanchen to ask so she could show off properly.
I, Qian Renxue, am very rich. Rich beyond anything you can imagine.
She had thought Jiang Nanchen would be pleasantly surprised and admire her, making her feel a little smug inside.
But when she looked at Jiang Nanchen, she saw the smile curling on his lips—a smile that meant he had come up with a bad idea.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?"
Qian Renxue lightly poked Jiang Nanchen's shoulder.
Jiang Nanchen came back to himself with a grin. "Naturally, I'll be patronizing that restaurant often from now on. You know, I never got enough to eat growing up, and now I eat especially well. I'll be able to save quite a bit of money."
"How can you say that so matter-of-factly?" Qian Renxue was dumbfounded.
"What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine. Nothing wrong with that!"
Jiang Nanchen raised a brow and smiled, sounding utterly justified.
Veins bulged on Qian Renxue's forehead. Why did she feel like she had been set up? It was like raising a son.
No, no. What son? He was clearly just a foodie little brother.
Sigh, forget it. Having one more person was still much better than before.
Qian Renxue continued holding Jiang Nanchen's hand as they walked onward. Instead of lecturing him, she rambled on about the great principles of life.
Jiang Nanchen merely let it go in one ear and out the other, not taking any of it to heart.
Meanwhile, in Holy Soul Village.
Tang Hao left the home where he had lived for six years and arrived at a stone chamber.
The stone chamber was dark and damp. In its center grew a sturdy Blue Silver Emperor, its vines winding across the ground and its leaves glowing with a faint blue light.
Tang Hao wore a cloak, his face covered in stubble. Squatting before the plant, his rough fingertips brushed over its cool leaves.
"Ah Yin, I saw a child in Holy Soul Village who awakened an Angel Martial Soul." Tang Hao's voice was hoarse, his eyes surging with inextinguishable hatred. "That brat ran off early and went to Nording Academy. Don't worry. I'll find him and kill him with my own hands. Everyone in this world with an Angel Martial Soul should be buried with you."
The Blue Silver Emperor's leaves suddenly shook, rustling sharply. Its soft vines gently wrapped around his wrist with a tender strength, as though shaking their head to dissuade him.
Seeing this, Tang Hao clenched his fist instead.
"Don't worry. A mere Nording Academy can't stop me. Even Qian Xunji died beneath my hammer back then. A six-year-old child can't possibly stir up any trouble."
The leaves shook even more violently, and the entire Blue Silver Emperor trembled faintly. Its blue light flickered on and off as if it were anxiously trying to speak.
But Tang Hao was immersed in his own emotions and did not understand her meaning at all. He merely assumed Ah Yin was worried for his safety.
"Once I deal with him, I'll continue with what I need to do." Tang Hao rose to his feet and left.
The stone door slowly closed behind him. The chamber returned to silence, while the Blue Silver Emperor's leaves drooped weakly and its blue glow dimmed somewhat.
Tang Hao raced toward Nuoding City, Soul Power surging around him and carrying undisguised killing intent.
By the time he arrived at top speed, it was already late at night. He searched the area around Nuoding City and found no trace of Tang San, nor any trace of Jiang Nanchen.
Tang Hao immediately went to the academy office.
The moment he landed, he startled the sleeping headmaster awake. The man had been about to unleash a torrent of curses, but when he saw someone with such a terrifying aura, he shuddered in fright.
"Senior, what can I do for you?"
The headmaster asked with a trembling, flattering smile.
"I'm asking you!"
"Where did Jiang Nanchen from your academy go?" Tang Hao asked coldly.
"Jiang Nanchen! He was taken away by Porcupinefish Douluo."
The headmaster answered, deeply curious about the person before him as well.
What?
He had actually been taken away!
Tang Hao froze, clearly not expecting Porcupinefish Douluo's side to move so quickly.
Forget it. He was merely someone with impure bloodline, nowhere near a Six-Winged Angel. If they met again, it would not be too late to kill him then.
He immediately vanished.
The headmaster let out a sigh of relief. "What kind of people are these? Each one is more outrageous than the last."
After Tang Hao left, he stood atop the highest point in Nuoding City, waiting for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to return.
He took out a Pope's Token from his robes, one that recorded various Martial Souls. Under the bright moonlight, the token glimmered faintly.
Elsewhere, Jiang Nanchen returned to the Crown Prince's Residence and lay down on a comfortable large bed.
"This is so comfortable. Much more comfortable than where I lived in Holy Soul Village and Nording Academy."
Jiang Nanchen sighed in satisfaction.
"It's good that you're comfortable. This crown prince won't mistreat you. Tomorrow, after we register, I'll take you to the auction house to see whether there's anything suitable for you. We might even find a treasure useful for your Martial Soul."
Qian Renxue had no intention of letting this bargain little brother suffer any grievance.
He looked so much like her. If he were wronged badly enough to cry, her heart would ache.
"Crown Prince Brother, you're such a good person!"
Jiang Nanchen rolled back and forth across the bed.
"Remember to wake me tomorrow."
Qian Renxue smiled helplessly, got up, closed the door, and left. She made her way back to the study.
At that moment, Pufferfish had already been waiting in the study for quite some time.
"Young Master, that child looks so much like you?"
Porcupinefish Douluo spoke, though it seemed he had left half his words unsaid.
Qian Renxue naturally understood what he meant.
"I know what you mean. I've been undercover all this time. How could I have had the mind to look for a man? Besides, do you think any man in Heaven Dou City is worthy of me?"
"Even if there really were one, would I leave the child in some backwater like Holy Soul Village and Nording Academy?"
Qian Renxue's words had already made everything very clear.
She had no man.
Porcupinefish Douluo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Young Master, I understand. But what about this child? He'll eventually be exposed."
Qian Renxue did not care. "Then let him be exposed. By the day he is exposed, I expect he'll already be grown up and capable of handling things himself."
Her meaning was very clear.
Jiang Nanchen's talent was not weak. In six years, he would certainly be able to break through to the Soul Elder realm.
By then, he would be fully capable of standing on his own.
As the person in the middle, she would naturally have to take good care of him.
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