Qian Renxue Is Stunned! Full of Benefits!

Tang Shuo only felt a wave of temptation.

A heat rushed abruptly from his lower abdomen, surging straight up to his crown.

At that very moment, Qian Renxue also looked at Tang Shuo.

Her dazed gaze instantly transformed into a cold sword.

Tang Shuo gave a start, sobering up instantly.

Almost by instinct, with a whoosh, he spun right back around, his heart pounding wildly.

I... I thought something happened to you!

Behind him came only suppressed, ragged breathing burning with fury.

After a long while, so long that Tang Shuo thought she would erupt and kill him in the next second, the rustle of clothing sounded from behind.

After a little longer.

A cold voice rang out.

"Turn around."

Only then did Tang Shuo slowly turn back.

Qian Renxue was already fully dressed; though her holy armor was still damaged, it covered all her modesty.

Yet her pretty face was currently coated in a layer of frost, her gaze cold enough to freeze someone solid.

She simply stared fixedly at Tang Shuo like that, without uttering a word.

She...

Having lived for so many years, her pristine, immaculate body had actually been seen completely bare by a man.

She wished she could strike out instantly and gouge out the eyes of the man before her.

Yet...

She could not fly into a rage.

He was right; he had turned around because he was worried about her, thinking she was drowning.

That concern was not fake.

If she vented her anger on him because of this, it would only make her appear unreasonable and ungrateful.

This stifled anger hung in her chest, unable to go up or down.

Humiliating.

Watching her look of wanting to kill yet forcibly restraining herself, Tang Shuo also felt like a ball of fire was trapped in his heart.

What kind of nonsense was this?

He hadn't wanted to look either.

Yet she just had to stand up at that most fatal moment.

The two of them stared at each other like this, neither speaking first, the atmosphere awkward to the extreme.

Suddenly, Tang Shuo's gaze fixed.

He saw a clear wound on Qian Renxue's fair, slender calf.

It must have been scratched by a sharp stone under the water when she slipped earlier.

The wound was not deep, but traces of blood were still oozing out, appearing exceptionally glaring against that snow-white skin.

Hesitating no longer, he stepped forward.

Seeing him approach, Qian Renxue instinctively took half a step back, her gaze vigilant.

"You're hurt."

Tang Shuo pointed at the wound on her leg.

He squatted down, and without waiting for Qian Renxue to react, a gentle white light lit up his fingertips.

That radiance overflowed precisely from the Copper Mirror Martial Soul in his palm.

As the light gently covered the wound, Qian Renxue only felt a warm, comfortable sensation wash over her, accompanied by a slight tingling itch at the injury.

In the span of just a few breaths, that wound healed at a visible speed, ultimately leaving not even a trace of a scar behind.

Having finished all this, Tang Shuo stood up, looking at her with an exceptionally solemn expression.

"Qian Renxue, I'll say it again."

"Just now, I really didn't mean to."

"I called you several times and you didn't answer, I thought you..."

"Stop talking!"

Qian Renxue suddenly spoke, interrupting him.

She glared fiercely at him, though her tone lacked its previous chill, carrying instead a trace of fierce annoyance.

"I know."

She paused, gritting her teeth as she spoke.

"I don't want a third person to know about today's matters."

"I promise you."

Tang Shuo nodded decisively.

Having obtained his guarantee, Qian Renxue's expression eased slightly.

She took a deep breath, completely suppressing the distracting thoughts in her heart as her gaze turned sharp once more, recovering that dignity belonging to the saintess of Spirit Hall.

Raising her eyes, she looked at Tang Shuo.

"Now, you can tell me."

"What on earth brought you to this Corrosive Poison Marsh?"

Tang Shuo met her gaze.

"For two things."

He spoke calmly.

"The poison of the Nine-Heart Toad, and the venom of a certain spider."

Qian Renxue's eyebrows lifted slightly.

"Spider venom?"

She raised her hand, a flash of light in her palm revealing an exquisite jade bottle.

The bottle was crimson, with faint flowing lights circulating over it.

"The venom of the Scarlet Flame Spider Emperor counts as top-tier among spider poisons."

Her tone was very flat, yet carried an inherent transcendence.

"You can't buy it on the market even with money."

Tang Shuo looked at that jade bottle.

He knew that toxic items of this caliber truly could not be measured in soul coins.

Only a behemoth like Spirit Hall possessed the channels and capability to collect them.

Qian Renxue casually tossed the jade bottle over.

"You saved me twice. Take this as a token of gratitude."

In her actions, she had never liked owing favors.

Tang Shuo reached out and caught it, feeling a mild warmth in his hand.

"Many thanks."

Making no polite demurral, he stowed it directly into his storage soul guide.

Seeing him accept it, Qian Renxue's expression remained unchanged as she continued:

"As for the toad venom..."

Her gaze cast back toward the depths of that marsh.

"Perhaps our goals are aligned."

"Oh?"

Tang Shuo was somewhat surprised.

"When you were carrying me away earlier, I caught a glimpse of something."

Qian Renxue recalled.

"A huge toad, entirely emerald green, with nine fleshy lumps on its back, entrenched beside a strikingly blue, exotic flower."

"That flower is the Moonlight Glazed Flower."

"I need its stamen."

"And that toad should be the Nine-Heart Toad you are looking for."

She paused, her tone growing a bit heavier.

"However, that beast is very strong."

"A conservative estimate puts its cultivation at least above fifty thousand years."

Fifty thousand years!

Qian Renxue was currently pondering how to utilize the terrain, how to set traps, and how to cooperate with Tang Shuo to seize the Moonlight Glazed Flower at the minimal cost under the condition that her soul power had not fully recovered.

This required a meticulous and detailed plan.

However, she heard a response she never expected.

Upon hearing the words "fifty thousand years," Tang Shuo's eyes abruptly lit up.

That radiance was neither apprehension nor solemnity.

Instead, it was...

Excitement!

Having undergone previous consumption and recovery, the soul power within his body was currently stirring restlessly at the bottleneck of level twenty.

He had been fretting over not finding a suitable second soul ring.

Wasn't this delivering itself right to his doorstep?

A fifty-thousand-year Nine-Heart Toad acting as his second soul ring was simply a heaven-sent gift!

Qian Renxue was still deep in thought.

"We must..."

Before she could finish speaking, Tang Shuo interrupted her.

"A plan?"

Tang Shuo looked at her, his expression somewhat peculiar.

"Can't we just kill it directly?"

This sentence was spoken lightly, as if he were talking about crushing an ant.

The air by the stream instantly froze.

Qian Renxue was completely dumbfounded.

She slowly turned her head, looking at Tang Shuo with the gaze one might reserve for a lunatic.

A level-twenty Great Soul Master.

Stating that he wanted to...

Go directly and kill a fifty-thousand-year soul beast?

Did he know what he was saying?

This was no longer self-confidence; this was arrogance without bounds.

Yet looking at Tang Shuo's taken-for-granted expression, a trace of wavering stirred deep within her heart.

This man harbored far too many secrets.

The Eastern Emperor Bell, the copper mirror, and that mysterious Solar True Qi...

Could his strength really be measured by his soul power rank?