Sudden Upheaval

Xue Qinghe noticed Duan Yu's gaze. Turning around, he saw Duan Yu staring at him intently.

Xue Qinghe subconsciously looked down at himself. Seeing that everything was normal, he asked in confusion, "What is it? Why have you been staring at me?"

"Nothing."

"I just suddenly realized that my brother Qinghe is actually quite pretty."

Xue Qinghe's delicate face flushed from the teasing. He shot Duan Yu a glare. "If I'm pretty, then look all you want."

"Really?"

Upon hearing that, Duan Yu turned his head and leaned close to Xue Qinghe, staring straight at him from up close, completely unaware that it was sarcasm.

Xue Qinghe: "..."

Xue Qinghe turned his face away to keep him from looking, but Duan Yu refused to give up and insisted on looking.

After fooling around for a while, the two sat on the ground to rest.

With his hands braced behind him, Duan Yu looked at the crimson clouds filling the horizon and said, "Qinghe, I have some matters to deal with for a while, so I probably won't be able to come see you during this time."

"However, once I'm done, or after that old man obtains his eighth soul ring in two months, I'll come back to find you myself."

Hearing Duan Yu's words, Xue Qinghe felt a foreboding rise within him. He had the feeling that Duan Yu was about to do something during this period, so he asked:

"Where are you going?"

"Somewhere windy."

"Go to hell."

Xue Qinghe kicked him irritably and said, "Hurry up. Where exactly are you going? I don't want you getting into trouble and dying somewhere outside."

"Alright."

Duan Yu sighed and said helplessly, "After I settle Sister Yan's matter tonight, I'm going to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan tomorrow."

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"

Xue Qinghe froze for a moment. "You have connections with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"

"How could that be?"

Duan Yu leaned closer to Xue Qinghe and whispered, "I just feel like there might be something I need over there."

"You're going to steal from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?!"

Xue Qinghe abruptly stood up and stared at him in disbelief.

Usually, it was one thing for this guy to sneak into minor sects and rob a few things from independent soul masters. But now, his nerve had grown so large that he had set his sights on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was one of the Upper Three Sects. It had a Title Douluo guarding it, and it was nothing like those rundown sects.

"What do you mean, steal?"

Duan Yu widened his eyes. "Qinghe, it's one thing for people who don't know me to slander my character. But we've known each other for so long. How can you say that too?"

The corner of Xue Qinghe's mouth twitched. It was precisely because they had known each other for so long that he knew how bold this guy was.

When Duan Yu had only three soul rings, he had dared to go to the Strength Clan to steal things, and he had actually succeeded.

Before Xue Qinghe could speak, Duan Yu continued accusing him indignantly.

"I'm a dragon too. In terms of martial soul rank, my Spatial Dragon King is an existence that commands the authority of space. What is the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon? It's just an ordinary dragon that possesses lightning power."

"When the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's sect master sees me, he might even have to bow and kneel, honoring me as his lord."

Xue Qinghe: "..."

He felt that this person was truly a little insane.

It would be fortunate if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did not beat him to death, let alone honor him as their lord.

"Hurry up."

Xue Qinghe grew impatient and urged, "What exactly are you going to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for?"

"Alright, alright. I'm going there to see if they have any treasures."

Duan Yu admitted it directly. "I keep feeling that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is hiding something."

After Duan Yu finished speaking, he saw that the person beside him had remained silent for a long time. When he turned around, he found Xue Qinghe looking at him as if he were an idiot.

Then Xue Qinghe said, "Obviously. Which of the Upper Three Sects doesn't have some treasures? It would be suspicious if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan displayed everything out in the open."

"Ahem."

Duan Yu coughed lightly and explained, "No, what I mean is that my martial soul has been vaguely urging me to visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"I feel that there should be some treasure hidden there that can stir my martial soul."

Xue Qinghe was startled upon hearing this. He knew very clearly just how powerful Duan Yu's martial soul was.

But the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan possessed a treasure that could affect Duan Yu's martial soul? Then they truly had to find an opportunity to go there.

"Alright. Be careful tomorrow."

Xue Qinghe responded softly, with a trace of worry audible in his voice.

"Alright."

Duan Yu turned to leave after saying that. Before he went, he noticed the lonely look in Xue Qinghe's eyes, then came back and lightly punched him on the shoulder.

"Come on, don't worry, Qinghe. As long as no Title Douluo-level expert seals off space, nothing can happen to me."

"Don't miss me too much."

After saying that, Duan Yu turned and walked away. This time, unusually, he did not use spatial teleportation and simply strolled toward the outside at an unhurried pace.

Xue Qinghe watched his departing back, wanting to speak but hesitating. In the end, he said nothing.

As Duan Yu gradually disappeared into the distance, Pufferfish and Snake Lance appeared behind Xue Qinghe again. Without saying a word, they silently followed him.

Xue Qinghe looked at the vanished figure ahead and murmured softly, "You really are so free and unrestrained. You steal when you want to steal, and rob when you want to rob."

"If I were only Qian Renxue, rather than Qian Renxue, the Holy Daughter of Elder Hall, I would definitely follow you and roam the world with you."

Pufferfish and Snake Lance understood the implication behind their young mistress's words and consoled her:

"Young Mistress, let's go. Once the Spirit Hall Empire unifies the world, everything will be over."

"Yes. Once the Heaven Dou Empire has been fully infiltrated, Spirit Hall will naturally unify the world."

Xue Qinghe looked toward Xue Ye's sleeping quarters in the distance. Her eyes turned vicious as she muttered:

"Old bastard, it seems I need to speed up your death."

"Pufferfish."

"This subordinate is here."

"Go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy tonight. Tomorrow, follow Duan Yu to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"Yes. Huh?"

Pufferfish had thought that his young mistress would assign him something concerning Xue Ye, but he had not expected her to send him to be Duan Yu's bodyguard.

"What is it?"

Xue Qinghe's voice suddenly turned cold.

"If you won't go, I'll go myself."

Seeing that his young mistress was serious, Pufferfish reluctantly accepted. "Yes."

Duan Yu did not return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy right away. Instead, he went to the Icefire Yin Yang Well to search for the Immortal Herb he had overlooked.

Ah, where did it go?

I remember putting it right here. How could it be gone?

Duan Yu searched for a while but found nothing, leaving him rather confused.

He remembered placing that Immortal Herb near the icefire spring. How could it have vanished?

"Could it be..."

Duan Yu's gaze instantly turned cold as he summoned his Spatial Dragon King martial soul.

After four soul rings rose from beneath his feet, they lit up one after another and lightly collided, then overlapped to form a single soul ring.

A clear dragon cry rang out once more as Duan Yu displayed the Ring Fusion technique again.

Only, the last time he had used Ring Fusion was against Dugu Bo. This time, he used it to seal off the entire space of the Icefire Yin Yang Well!