Why Does This Feel Like an Old Married Couple Watching Their Child?

"Sigh, I guess I'll have to take action."

After killing Lin Gui, Zi Yan put her hands on her hips, extremely smug.

The enemy Qin Yu had been fighting for ages but couldn't defeat, I arrived and, with his help, took them down immediately. Isn't that a sign of strength?

"Yes, you're the strongest, you're the best, you did a great job."

"... I feel like you're making fun of me."

Although Zi Yan received Qin Yu's "praise," she immediately felt dismissed because of Qin Yu's indifferent attitude.

Qin Yu: It's not a feeling, I'm just being perfunctory.

Although he was indeed deliberately stalling for time, waiting for Zi Yan to come and gang up on Lin Gui together, he had already praised her before, and if he praised her again now, she would probably get all cocky.

After failing to take down Lin Gui in the first wave, Qin Yu stopped going all out and waited for Zi Yan to come over.

Why fight one-on-one when you can gang up on someone?

Where do we go now?

Xiao Yi Xian had been resting there for a while, then came over and asked.

After a moment's thought, Qin Yu decided...

"Whatever, I'll just wander around the Black-Corner Region."

While claiming to be just wandering around, Qin Yu actually intended to follow the senses of the Treasure-Seeking Sacred Body to pick up some treasures.

Having been held up by Lin Gui and his group for a while, the last Blood Sect elder must have already run far away, so it's not worth chasing after him.

"Yay!"

Before Xiao Yi Xian could even speak, Zi Yan was already dancing with joy.

She likes to pick fights every now and then, and when there are no fights, she travels around. That's the life she wants!

"This child..." ×2

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian found themselves standing together, looking at Zi Yan's appearance, and sighed at the same time, expressing their feelings in unison.

As soon as the words left their mouths, the two instinctively looked at each other, then turned their heads to look in another direction.

Why does it feel like an old married couple looking after a child?

After resting and looting the corpses, Qin Yu, along with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, found a nearby city to stay in.

At first, Zi Yan wanted to go to those large cities, but Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian were on the same side, and her opinion was directly rejected.

Xiao Yi Xian was simply worried that in large cities, there were many powerful individuals, and while Qin Yu and Zi Yan were both Dou Wang, she was the only Dou Ling.

If we really went to a big city, I'm afraid I would become a burden to the two of them.

Qin Yu's reason was quite simple.

There are treasures here.

Whether it was due to the improvement in his cultivation or some other reason, Qin Yu's senses, embodied by the Treasure-Seeking Sacred Body, underwent a significant change.

Previously, during his Da Dou Shi stage, he could clearly sense the ingredients of some Fifth-Rank Pill or Mystic Tier Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills.

But now that he's reached the Dou Wang, even the ingredients for Sixth-Rank Pill are nothing special to him.

In this little-known city, there is a treasure that can cause a strong reaction even if he has now reached the Dou Wang.

As for what exactly that treasure is...

Qin Yu needs to find it to know.

"Huh?"

As the three walked through the city streets, Zi Yan suddenly sensed something and looked towards the city's largest building.

Her intuition told her that there was something good there!

"Qin Yu! Let's go take a look over there!"

Qin Yu looked in the direction she was pointing and paused for a moment.

Zi Yan's treasure-hunting skills aren't much worse than his!

"Okay, let's go take a look over there."

Before long, Qin Yu and the others arrived in front of the building.

To their surprise, this place turned out to be a gladiatorial arena.

What kind of treasures might be in the arena? Perhaps it's an object worn by someone?

That would be...

"Hey you guys, what are you doing standing there at the door, neither coming in nor going out?"

The gatekeeper's sudden urging brought the three of them back to their senses.

Qin Yu and Zi Yan were pondering the possible location where the treasure might be hidden.

Xiao Yi Xian simply stayed because she saw that the two of them hadn't left.

"Let's go inside and talk about it."

Qin Yu wasn't going to waste any more time. Who cared where the treasure was hidden? He'd find out once he went inside.

The gatekeeper, seeing the three men's innocent yet foolish appearance, initially intended to rip them off with an entrance fee.

As it turned out, two out of the three were Dou Wang!

After demonstrating a series of face-changing techniques without deducting points to the three of them, Qin Yu and his companions successfully entered the arena.

The scene inside the arena was quite "lively".

The noise was deafening, a cacophony of shouts, cheers, and gamblers' cries as they placed bets, making one's eardrums ring.

The air was thick with the pungent smells of sweat and blood, mixed with a strange acidic odor.

The stands were packed with burly men shirtless and mysterious figures shrouded in black robes, their faces obscured.

There were even several scantily clad, glamorous women leaning against the railing, waving handkerchiefs at the crowd.

Xiao Yi Xian frowned and muttered something under her breath:

"This place stinks."

"Just bear with it."

Qin Yu casually agreed, glanced around, and then led the two to the edge of the stands, finding a relatively quiet spot to sit down.

The arena was quite large, even larger than the arena in the Inner Academy of the Jia Nan Academy.

On the arena, two Dou Ling are locked in combat.

Neither of them showed any mercy; every move was aimed at killing the other.

Every punch landed squarely, every slash drew blood; in less than half an incense stick's time, one of them was covered in wounds, while the other had several cuts and bruises.

In this arena, once you step onto the stage, it's a life-or-death struggle.

The gamblers in the stands were shouting wildly, some cheering for the people on stage, others simply venting their frustrations.

Qin Yu's gaze lingered on the two Dou Ling for a moment before he withdrew it, spreading out his Soul Power to sense the location of the treasure.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and his gaze fell on the ground in the center of the arena.

At this point, the battle on the arena was coming to an end.

The Dou Ling, covered in wounds, finally couldn't hold on any longer and was killed by his opponent with a single blow.

The victor, panting heavily, slammed his knife on the ground and let out a hoarse roar towards the stands, which immediately erupted in deafening cheers and curses.

The arena manager walked to the center of the ring, cleared his throat, and announced in a loud voice:

"Congratulations to this month's monthly gladiator tournament champion— 'Mad Blade ' Xie Liu!"

"According to the rules, the monthly champion will receive a special reward for this gladiatorial tournament!"

The shouts from the stands grew even louder.

The person in charge stepped aside with a smile, and on the arena behind him, the seemingly Plain and Unremarkable stone slab suddenly trembled slightly.

A crack appeared in the center of the stone slab, like a small door being pushed open from below. A delicate jade box slowly rose from it and stopped on the surface of the arena.

Qin Yu's gaze locked onto the jade box the moment it appeared.

That's it.

Zi Yan even jumped up from her seat, but fortunately this time, she didn't make too much noise.

"Qin Yu! That's...?"

As Zi Yan spoke, she turned her head and found that Qin Yu's gaze had also been locked onto the jade box.