Qian Renxue and Jin Hao's Feelings

Before long, Dugu Bo delivered Jin Hao back to the Prince's Residence. After arriving, Dugu Bo said to Jin Hao:

"Kid, attend your engagement first. I'll come pick you up in three days."

Hearing this, Jin Hao watched Dugu Bo prepare to leave and said:

"Your Excellency, if you have time, you can come watch my Engagement Ceremony."

In response, Dugu Bo said:

"We'll see. If I have time, this old man will come take a look."

With that, Dugu Bo left.

After Dugu Bo departed, the four people who had been following and protecting Jin Hao appeared before him and asked:

"Young Master, after Dugu Bo took you into that Poisonous Miasma, did you encounter any danger?"

"Yes, Young Master. When we saw you enter, we couldn't go in after you and were terrified that you might be in danger."

Hearing this, Jin Hao waved his hand and said to them:

"It was nothing. Don't worry."

Then Jin Hao thought of something else. Xue Ye would likely invite many sects to his Engagement Ceremony. Perhaps several days ago, before Jin Hao had even known he had a fiancee, Xue Ye had already sent out the invitations.

As the largest soul master force on Douluo Continent, Jin Hao believed that Spirit Hall would naturally receive the news as well. So he wondered who Spirit Hall would send.

Thus, Jin Hao asked:

"For the Engagement Ceremony Xue Ye arranged for me, who from Spirit Hall will attend? Or will they simply have the Cardinal in Heaven Dou City come?"

Upon hearing this, the four men did not know how to answer for a moment.

In the end, Jin Yi stepped forward and said:

"Young Master, according to the news we received not long ago, Master and Young Lord Qian Renxue are currently on their way here. They may arrive in Heaven Dou City as soon as tomorrow."

Jin Hao was also stunned upon hearing this. It was understandable for his grandfather, Golden Crocodile Douluo, to represent Spirit Hall and come see him, but why was Qian Renxue coming as well? Qian Renxue should not have known about the Undercover Plan.

After all, if Qian Renxue knew that he had come here undercover to shield her from disaster, then given her personality, she would definitely come find him and take his place.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, those who knew about this would not tell Qian Renxue. Yet she was coming now, and Jin Hao had no idea what had happened.

However, Jin Hao knew one thing: once Qian Renxue arrived in Heaven Dou City and met him, he would not escape a round of complaints.

So Jin Hao sighed and said:

"Alright. Since Grandfather and Xiaoxue will arrive in Heaven Dou City tomorrow, I'll go to Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City to find them tomorrow."

After saying that, Jin Hao said nothing more. He returned to his bed and began cultivating.

On a main road leading to Heaven Dou City, inside a Carriage, a golden-haired young woman asked the imposing old man beside her:

"Second Grandfather, is Xiao Hao really alright? Is he really undercover in Heaven Dou City?"

The one speaking was Qian Renxue. Having believed for more than twenty days that Jin Hao had died while obtaining a Soul Ring, Qian Renxue had only learned two days ago that Jin Hao, who had grown up with her, had not died and had gone undercover in her place. Even now, as she headed toward Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue still could not completely believe it. She felt that this was merely something her grandfather and Second Grandfather had said to stop her from being so despondent.

The reason was that when word first spread that Jin Hao, one of Spirit Hall's top geniuses, had suffered an accident and died while hunting a Soul Ring, others might have merely felt surprised. Those who had some friendship with Golden Crocodile Douluo had even come to express their regrets and tell Golden Crocodile Douluo not to grieve.

But Qian Renxue was different. When she learned that Jin Hao, the one person who had grown up with her, her only playmate, and the person she liked, had died in an accident while obtaining a Soul Ring, she initially refused to believe it. Qian Renxue could not believe that the person who had grown up with her had died just like that. So she immediately sought out Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qian Daoliu, hoping to verify the matter and have them tell her it was false, that nothing had happened to Jin Hao.

However, when Qian Renxue found Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, neither of them initially wanted her to know about the Undercover Plan, since Jin Hao had gone in her place.

Thus, both men pretended to be exceptionally grief-stricken. Golden Crocodile Douluo in particular had tears welling in his eyes as he spoke. Seeing this, Qian Daoliu thought that if he had not known the truth, he might really have believed that Golden Crocodile Douluo's grandson had died.

Moreover, to keep Qian Renxue from becoming dispirited, they told her that Jin Hao had met with an accident because he had encountered the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts of Star Dou Great Forest, the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, while hunting a Soul Ring.

They said that Jin Hao had died while hunting a Soul Ring because of them, hoping Qian Renxue would cultivate diligently, inherit the Godhead as soon as possible, and avenge Jin Hao.

As the two old men worked together to put on this act for Qian Renxue,

Qian Renxue believed it.

Afterward, Qian Renxue placed the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape of Star Dou Great Forest on her personal kill list.

So Qian Renxue began cultivating desperately, determined to avenge Jin Hao.

Qian Daoliu was delighted to see this. His granddaughter had already possessed great talent, and now she was cultivating with such diligence. He could already imagine the day Qian Renxue became a Title Douluo, then the Pope of Spirit Hall, and later the Angel God.

But the outcome was somewhat different from what Qian Daoliu had imagined.

From that day onward, Qian Renxue stopped leaving her room and stopped doing anything else. She even stopped sleeping, ate only when she absolutely had to, and sometimes went several days before eating a meal.

She remained in her room, relentlessly cultivating. At first, Qian Daoliu thought his granddaughter had simply been dealt a blow and was cultivating desperately, and that it might pass after a few days.

But after Qian Renxue continued cultivating like this for more than twenty days, Qian Daoliu saw her growing more haggard with every passing day of cultivation and realized something was wrong.

Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo both understood that they had underestimated the feelings between the two youngsters. They had wanted Qian Renxue to cultivate diligently, not to push herself so recklessly.

So Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo hurriedly went to find Qian Renxue and told her to rest properly and stop cultivating so desperately.

Then they received Qian Renxue's firm reply:

"Grandfathers, don't try to persuade me. I will cultivate and avenge Xiao Hao!"