Qian Renxue's Brain Was Finally Online (Please Bookmark!)

The three of them awkwardly chatted for nearly an hour before finally ending the toe-curlingly embarrassing conversation.

After watching Xue Qinghe and Xue Xing leave, Dugu Bo let out a sigh of relief.

"Sir... Lu Li, I have another residence in Heaven Dou City. If you don't mind, you can stay there for now."

Dugu Bo had originally intended to call him "sir," but the words reached his lips and he suddenly remembered that Lu Li was an expert who liked making himself look younger, so he changed his wording.

Lu Li's eyes lit up at this.

Dugu Bo really got it!

He had merely cured him of poison, yet the reward was even greater than he had imagined!

Sure enough, as long as Tang San was not involved, everyone he encountered was an extremely, extremely normal human being.

As for Tang San and those fake people around him, Lu Li truly could not be bothered to comment any further.

"Then many thanks."

Lu Li wore a dazzling smile. Being able to save the Gold Soul Coins needed to buy a house, how could he not smile brilliantly?

"Alright, I'll take you there."

Lu Li waved his hand at that.

Naturally, after leaving, he would not head straight to the residence. He first had to properly splurge in Heaven Dou City.

"No need. Just give me the address, and I can go there myself."

Dugu Bo froze for a moment before suddenly coming to his senses.

That was true. Experts generally did not like having others constantly following them around.

Dugu Bo did not know whether other people were like that, but he certainly was.

Dugu Bo wrote down the location of the residence on a piece of paper and handed it to Lu Li.

After Lu Li left, Dugu Bo even escorted him to the door. Even Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing had not received such treatment just now.

Dugu Yan felt as though the world had become something she no longer recognized.

"Grandpa, who exactly is that child? Why does it feel like you're even more respectful toward him than toward His Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Xue Xing?"

It did not merely feel that way—it was the truth!

Dugu Bo shook his head at his granddaughter.

"Yan Yan, remember this well. If you encounter that lord in Heaven Dou City in the future, you must be respectful—extremely respectful. Understand?"

Dugu Yan was confused. Dugu Yan was dumbfounded.

"Grandpa is a Title Douluo, yet he called that child a lord! Th-this... is this really the grandfather I know, the Title Douluo expert I know?!"

Seeing that his granddaughter wanted to continue asking, Dugu Bo immediately cut her off. "Alright, Yan Yan, don't ask any more questions. Just remember that if you see that lord in the future, you must be respectful—extremely respectful."

After speaking, Dugu Bo took the Earth Dragon Golden Melon from his storage soul tool.

In an instant, the Earth Dragon Golden Melon emitted a vast surge of soul power. Dugu Yan's gaze and thoughts were immediately drawn to it.

"Grandpa, th-this contains such immense soul power. How did you obtain it?"

Dugu Bo smiled.

If not for that expert, he and his granddaughter Dugu Yan would probably still be suffering from the torment of Jade-Scaled Serpent Poison.

How could that lord's favor possibly be repaid with a mere million Gold Soul Coins?

"Yan Yan, that immortal herb was given to me by that lord just now. Now do you understand why I told you to be extremely respectful when you encounter that lord in the future?"

Although this Earth Dragon Golden Melon had come from his own herb garden, in Dugu Bo's eyes, without Lu Li's guidance, he would never have known its medicinal effects at all!

So, by that logic, wasn't this item effectively a gift from Lu Li?

Dugu Yan's eyes widened as she looked at her grandfather in disbelief.

He gave it to him? That child?

What sort of background did this child have to be able to give away such a treasure? And just how powerful was the force behind him?

"Yan Yan, go absorb this immortal herb. It will bring you an unexpected surprise!"

After saying that, Dugu Bo directly stuffed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon into Dugu Yan's hands.

"Mm-hmm!"

Dugu Yan looked at the Earth Dragon Golden Melon in her hands, her eyes filled with anticipation.

Just how much will this treasure, with its immense soul power fluctuations, improve me?

Meanwhile, after leaving Dugu Bo's residence, Lu Li plunged headfirst into the most luxurious street in Heaven Dou City.

In no time at all, his Ancestral Dragon Ring was filled with spoils, most of them food.

He truly wanted to taste Douluo Continent's soul beast meat and see exactly how it differed from ordinary meat.

"I've shopped enough. It's time to go to the house Dugu Bo gave me."

Lu Li took out the note from his Ancestral Dragon Ring, glanced at the address written on it, and headed into the distance.

Meanwhile, within the Eastern Palace of the imperial palace, Qian Renxue dismissed the servants. After confirming that there was no one else nearby, she removed her disguise and returned to her true appearance.

"Young Mistress, when we were at Dugu Bo's residence today, I sensed an extremely dangerous aura lock onto me."

The two Title Douluo guards beside Qian Renxue, Stingray and Snake Spear, appeared out of thin air. Kneeling on one knee, they spoke respectfully to Qian Renxue.

"That's right. I sensed it too."

She Long knelt on one knee at the side and nodded in agreement.

When that aura locked onto him today, he had even seemed to see his grandmother, who had been dead for many years, waving at him.

Lu Li did not know that Dragon One had triggered its most basic protective mechanism.

Whenever it sensed a relatively powerful person nearby, its aura would immediately lock onto them so that it could protect its master in time.

Listening to her two guards, Qian Renxue's delicate brows furrowed.

"An extremely dangerous aura... With the strength of you two, Dugu Bo could not possibly emit such an aura. Could it be my imperial uncle?"

Dangerous light reflected in Qian Renxue's pupils.

She knew Dugu Bo's strength. He was absolutely incapable of making Stingray and She Long say such things.

Then the only possibility was her "dear imperial uncle," Xue Xing.

"No. Title Douluo are incredibly rare. There may be many Title Douluo capable of crushing both Stingray and Snake Spear, but they all belong to major factions. Unless an unrecorded Title Douluo has appeared beside Xue Xing, and that person is at least level ninety-five!"

Forget a level ninety-five Title Douluo—even a Quasi-Title Douluo could not possibly go unnoticed.

No matter how well one hid, there was no way to keep the commotion small when hunting a ninth soul ring. With the disturbance affecting everything within a hundred li, that person could not continue hiding and would only expose himself.

Qian Renxue rubbed her slightly aching brow.

The current situation left her somewhat uncertain.

"Young Mistress, what should we do next?"

Stingray and She Long were fairly capable in strength, but their intelligence truly was rather lacking. After all, they were military men.

Qian Renxue rose and walked to the window at the side, but the hand she raised to open it stopped halfway.

"Send more people. Keep a close watch on Xue Xing."

The plan to usurp the nation had reached its most critical stage. Qian Renxue did not wish to attract too much attention and disrupt the plans to come.

Suddenly, the image of that inconspicuous little boy standing behind Dugu Bo at Dugu Bo's residence today surfaced in Qian Renxue's mind.

"Uncles, have we thoroughly investigated everyone around Dugu Bo?"

Stingray and She Long exchanged a glance. Both saw confusion in the other's eyes.

"Yes, Young Mistress. We have investigated both Dugu Bo's family and the servants in his residence very thoroughly."

Stingray added from the side, "Yes, Young Mistress. Not only that, we have investigated and recorded the names and ages of everyone around Dugu Bo. Even if there are changes, we update the records promptly."

Qian Renxue nodded upon hearing this, then asked the two of them.

"According to the records, is there a six-year-old boy around Dugu Bo?"

A six-year-old boy?

Stingray and She Long racked their brains to recall.

Though they were not good at remembering complicated information, remembering a few names and ages was not a problem.

"Young Mistress, there isn't. Other than his granddaughter, there are no other children in Dugu Bo's residence."

The two recalled for nearly ten minutes before finally answering with certainty.

"Is that so? Then it seems our intelligence is outdated. Go investigate the origins of that six-year-old boy who appeared beside Dugu Bo today."