"I can..." A Yin hesitated. "Can I ask you a question?!"
"You're the mother of my future child. Ask whatever you want. I'm very patient with you," Qian Xunji said flatly.
"If... I mean, if." A Yin emphasized, "What would you do if many people came to kill me in the future?"
Qian Xunji revealed a surprised expression upon hearing this. Why did those words sound so familiar? It seemed he had heard them somewhere before.
"Are you hoping to hear that if many people came to kill you in the future, they would have to step over my dead body first?"
He suddenly remembered that, in the original timeline, Xiao Wu seemed to have asked Tang San that very question. He knew about it.
"Huh? Qian Xunji, is that what you think?" A Yin asked happily. "Is it?"
Qian Xunji declared domineeringly, "Who could kill you? Who would dare kill you? Even if your identity became known to the whole world!"
"As long as you're the mother of my future child, I won't even need to act. My old man will step in and settle everything. Don't ask me such childish questions!"
"You... you... you really have no sense of romance at all!" A Yin said angrily. How could there be someone so utterly unromantic?
"Anyone can say nice things. So let me answer you this: if that day truly came, Spirit Hall would flatten his forces. How about that?"
"Really?" A Yin blinked.
"As long as you're the mother of my future child..." Before Qian Xunji could finish, A Yin cut him off.
"Stop, stop, stop..." A Yin said. "Do you want a child that badly? With your status, it shouldn't be difficult for you to find someone suitable, right?"
"Indeed. Otherwise, why would you have obediently followed me?" Qian Xunji replied.
"I..." A Yin was left speechless. "Fine, I'll tell you the truth. Our Blue Silver Grass Clan..."
"Is your Blue Silver Grass Clan more fertile?" Qian Xunji asked, watching A Yin's face gradually turn red.
"How did you know?" A Yin's eyes widened.
"Although Blue Silver Grass is the most common wild grass on Douluo Continent, its vitality is exceptionally strong!"
"I figured that since Blue Silver Grass has such strong vitality, and you're the emperor among hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass, you might be even more fertile. I didn't expect it to be true!"
Qian Xunji gave a sly smile and stared at A Yin, his gaze roaming back and forth over her body with blatant aggression.
"What are you looking at? I'm telling you, not here!"
A Yin covered her chest with both hands and warned Qian Xunji indignantly, "Not here!"
"What are you covering up for?" Qian Xunji said teasingly. "It's not like I didn't see them just now. Weren't you crying out..."
A Yin stood up and covered Qian Xunji's mouth with both hands. "Don't say another word. I've never met anyone as shameless as you!"
"Cough, cough..." Qian Xunji smiled awkwardly.
"By the way, when did you take human form?" Qian Xunji was still curious about that.
"About twenty years ago?" A Yin answered.
"When soul beasts take human form, do they look six years old once the transformation succeeds?" Qian Xunji asked, stroking his chin.
"Yes... Wait, how do you know that? And why do you know so much?" A Yin asked in surprise.
Qian Xunji did not answer. How did he know? Naturally, because he had read the script. Otherwise, how would he know?
Over the following days, Qian Xunji took A Yin sightseeing everywhere. Of course, for him, it was also a way to clear his mind.
Although he was not the original owner of this body, the matter with Bibi Dong had still affected him psychologically. He simply had not felt it before, but as time passed, it became increasingly clear.
Of course, after each day of sightseeing, when night came, he did not forget to go mining in the forest.
Delun City.
"You beast, you animal!" A Yin followed behind Qian Xunji, limping as she gazed at him resentfully.
"Stop scolding me. Didn't you enjoy it too?"
"I..." A Yin was at a loss for words. "I didn't! Don't spout nonsense! You, you, you..."
"How about I let you rest for the next couple of days?" Qian Xunji said, turning back to look at A Yin's resentful gaze.
"You beast, you're being this kind-hearted?" A Yin asked in surprise.
"First, I'm not a beast. Second, I'm the father of your future child. Third, I'm actually not that much of an animal," Qian Xunji said.
Fine. He really had been mining a little too fiercely lately.
"I hope so!" A Yin sighed helplessly. If she had known it would turn out like this, she might as well have rotted in the ground back then.
The human world truly was wonderful, and staying by Qian Xunji's side was safe. Qian Xunji was just a little too excessive.
"How about we go to Yelin City tomorrow?" Qian Xunji asked as he turned around and supported A Yin.
"You beast do have a bit of conscience after all. But where is Yelin City? Why haven't I heard of it?" A Yin asked.
"It's normal that you haven't. Yelin City is a famous city within the Heaven Dou Empire. Its lantern festival is renowned across both empires. Why would ordinary people pay attention to that?"
"Then how do you know about it?"
"Cough, cough!" Qian Xunji smiled awkwardly. "Naturally, I heard about it from my dear disciple. They've been there."
A Yin also knew who Qian Xunji's dear disciple was. Saying that was more an act of self-mockery.
"Fine, then. I'll do as you say. I don't have the right to resist anyway, so I can only submit," A Yin sighed.
"How could you not? When you were on top, weren't you turning things around and singing your song of liberation?" Qian Xunji teased.
At those words, A Yin's face reddened all the way to her ears, as if steam were rising from her head.
"Qian Xunji, I'm going to kill you!" A Yin immediately reached out to grab Qian Xunji, but how could she possibly catch him?
Qian Xunji flashed aside and easily dodged her.
"With that little body of yours, you should train more. When you become a Titled Douluo, that'll be the time for you to resist!"
"A Titled Douluo..." A Yin looked up at the night sky and said weakly, "How long would I have to cultivate for that?"
To ordinary soul masters, Titled Douluo were already legendary beings. And Qian Xunji was now a Titled Douluo.
She probably would not have a chance to resist in this life. Forget it, let it be. Things were already like this—what else could she do?
Qian Xunji and A Yin entered an extravagantly decorated hotel in Delun City, where they had been staying for the past two days.
Qian Xunji sat at the edge of the bed and looked at her teasingly. Then he patted the bedside and said, "What are you looking at? Keep going. How long are you going to make me wait?"
"You, you, you..." A Yin gritted her teeth. "I should have just rotted in the ground back then..."
"It's not too late now. Just rot here with me," Qian Xunji said with a grin. Then he patted the bedside again, inviting A Yin over.
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