It's Okay, Even One Minute Is Great

Deep within Suotuo City's bustling district.

Large and small pharmacies lined the streets, and the largest among them was the long-established Hundred Herbs Hall.

This was the first choice for Soul Masters and commoners throughout the city seeking medicine or treatment, with a constant stream of customers.

Whale Rubber, a medicine for tempering the body, is really hard to buy. I've visited several shops, and they only had defective goods less than a hundred years old. Who knows how long they've been gathering dust in storage...

Qin Moyu stepped through the hall's doors. An ancient diary floated behind him out of thin air, its pages trembling faintly as an unusual phenomenon arose on its own.

Yet some unseen rule seemed to be at work, for none of the passing pedestrians noticed this spectacle.

Hundred Herbs Hall was bustling with people. Elderly men and women in particular gathered here, waiting in line for their prescriptions while forming little groups to chat about everyday matters.

For these elderly people living alone while recovering from illness, this place had become a far more comforting refuge than their empty, cold homes...

Ignoring the chatting crowd around him, Qin Moyu walked straight to the counter.

"Shopkeeper, can I ask you something?"

He deliberately lowered his voice and carefully leaned toward the plump middle-aged man. "Do you have any Whale Rubber here? I want the good-quality kind..."

The instant his words fell, the previously somewhat noisy hall went silent for half a second.

Qin Moyu: ???

No way, uncles and aunties, did they really hear that?

He instinctively looked around. The elderly men and women in the hall all turned their heads away, but their eyes carried an ambiguous, knowing teasing look.

Being young is great. So full of energy.

Tsk, tsk. That young man looks quite decent, but who would've thought he was so weak?

Young people these days, how could they compare to me in my youth? I was a seven-times-a-night man.

Who can't brag? Back in my day, I was a seven-hundred-times-a-night man...

At the same time, the fat shopkeeper behind the counter raised his brows high. He gave the handsome young man an astonished once-over, then said with a slow smile, "Easy, little brother, easy. Hundred Herbs Hall has been in business for many years. We have every kind of medicine here..."

"Ahem... let me clarify something first."

Qin Moyu's cheeks burned. He hurriedly raised a hand and coughed twice, trying to salvage his innocence. "Actually, I don't have kidney deficiency. A friend asked me to buy it for him..."

The fat shopkeeper's smile grew even more suggestive. Waving his hand, he said with practiced ease, "I understand, I understand. You're a fortunate young man, knowing how to nourish and supplement yourself at such a young age."

"Come, come, sit inside..."

Qin Moyu: "..."

Qin Moyu froze on the spot, the corner of his mouth twitching violently. He was completely speechless.

It's over. There's no clearing this up now! My lifelong reputation has been ruined!

Soul Land I Dugu Yan: "The classic 'I have a friend.'"

Soul Land I Ye Lingling: "Oh, Kidney Deficiency Bro is here?"

Soul Land I Shui Yue'er: "Isn't this Kidney Deficiency Bro? Haven't seen you in a few days, and you've gotten this pathetic."

Soul Land I Shui Bing'er: "Little sister, don't let them lead you astray. We shouldn't watch anymore."

Soul Land I Xue Ke: "It's okay, Brother Mo Yu. Even one minute is great..."

Soul Land I Qian Renxue: "??? Six six six. Is this still my innocent little sister?"

Heaven Dou Empire, Imperial Study.

Sandalwood incense curled through the hall, while a thick stack of memorials lay piled atop the desk.

"Xue Qinghe," dressed in plain white crown prince robes, sat before the desk with a vermilion brush between her fingers. Clad in luxurious heir-apparent attire, she looked gentle and refined.

Her hand did not pause as she reviewed the memorials. Glancing at Xue Ke beside her from the corner of her eye, she asked gently, "Little sister, are you really planning to go to Suotuo City?"

"Yes, Your... Your Highness." Xue Ke answered softly.

Xue Ke had deliberately removed her usual luxurious and dignified imperial court dress, changing into a light moon-white gown instead.

Silk gloves adorned with pearl pendants covered her hands, fitting snugly against her skin and perfectly revealing her jade-white wrists.

The moon-white skirt barely reached her knees, and as she walked, it faintly exposed a section of her fair, slender calves wrapped in lustrous white stockings.

Seeing how carefully she had dressed, Qian Renxue's fingers holding the vermilion brush paused slightly. She could not help asking, "You don't actually like him, do you?"

How long had it been? Xue Ke had paid attention to Qin Moyu for less than a day.

He was merely a handsome young man who treated people sincerely, yet he had made this normally detached imperial princess care so much?

Is this what the diary called a lovesick fool? As expected, Romance Continent is full of remarkable people?

Qian Renxue suddenly understood, and her resolve became firmer than ever.

She was going to become the woman who ruled over the powerhouses of Douluo Continent. She could not possibly be bound by mere love. No matter what, she would never become a lovesick fool like this...

"You worry too much, Brother. I merely wish to meet Qin Moyu for myself. After all... he is a very special person, isn't he?"

Xue Ke gently shook her head. Raising her eyes to Qian Renxue, her gaze was clear and earnest. "Besides, haven't you also long intended to make contact with him?"

Xue Ke had seen it clearly. Ever since the diary appeared and Qian Renxue located Qin Moyu in Suotuo City, she had quietly mobilized personnel to act in secret.

It was simply that her "brother" was deeply calculating. Xue Ke had no idea where those hidden guards were going or what their purpose was...

After a brief moment of contemplation, the calculation that had flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes vanished completely. She resumed the appearance of a gentle elder brother. "Very well. Since you wish to go, then go."

"While you're there, help me confirm what kind of opinion this transmigrator truly has of me and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family..."

"I will arrange for guards to accompany you in secret and ensure your safety along the way. But remember this: Qin Moyu's origins are far too mysterious, and his thoughts are difficult to fathom. You must be cautious around him and never give him your full trust."

Joy filled Xue Ke's heart at those words. She immediately bowed with dignified gratitude. "Thank you, Brother!"

Watching the anticipation in the young woman's eyes, Qian Renxue slowly lowered her gaze, concealing the deep, shadowy glint in her eyes.

Suotuo City, Qin Moyu...

In truth, what Qian Renxue truly feared had never been Qin Moyu's special identity, but the "One Proof, Eternal Proof" rule that stood above all ironclad laws within the Myriad Heavens Diary Copy.

"One Proof, Eternal Proof": Please do not commit any act that harms the high-dimensional visitor Qin Moyu. Otherwise, the future "He" will personally descend and erase every unfavorable factor.

No one dared test whether this rule was real. At the very least, she had no such intention...

Qin Moyu possessed the "Herrscher of Reason Divine Core," a genuine God King Level Martial Soul.

Just the tip of the iceberg that had been inadvertently revealed in the diary's recorded scenes was enough to disrupt the balance of power across Douluo Continent. At first, she had wanted to completely eliminate this unstable factor.

But unfortunately, leaving aside the Diary Copy's rules, even that small glimpse of Qin Moyu's Martial Soul was already beyond anything she could handle.

Thus, Qian Renxue decisively changed her strategy. There were no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. She would take the initiative to befriend Qin Moyu.

And that was also why she had agreed to let Xue Ke leave the palace...