Qian Renxue's Plans

After saying that, Qian Renxue ignored the two men's attempts to persuade her and continued training.

Seeing Qian Renxue continue training as if she did not care about her life, Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo both knew this could not go on.

Their repeated persuasion proved useless.

In the end, unable to bear watching any longer, Golden Crocodile Douluo said to Qian Daoliu:

"Big Brother, this isn't a solution for Xiao Xue. If something really happens to her like this, it'll be too late. Why don't we tell her the truth?"

Qian Daoliu replied:

"I never expected things to turn out this way. I had originally intended for Xiao Xue to train even harder after being shaken by this news."

"I knew the two of them were close, but I didn't know their bond was this deep. For the sake of gaining the strength to avenge him, she's disregarding her own body."

At this point, Qian Daoliu looked somewhat displeased at Golden Crocodile Douluo. Judging by the current situation, his granddaughter had been completely deceived.

Only then did Qian Daoliu continue:

"For Xiao Xue's safety, we can only tell her the whole truth now. I'm just afraid that after learning all this, once Xiao Xue realizes Xiao Hao took this disaster for her, who knows what she'll do."

"Big Brother, now isn't the time to think about that. What we need to do first is tell Xiao Xue the truth and stop her from hurting herself like this."

After Golden Crocodile Douluo finished speaking, Qian Daoliu nodded and said:

"Then let's tell Xiao Xue."

After saying that, Qian Daoliu and Jin E found Qian Renxue, who was still training desperately, and said:

"Xiao Xue, stop training like this. Xiao Hao isn't dead. He's only faking his death while carrying out a mission outside. If you keep training like this, Xiao Hao will be heartbroken when he comes back and sees you."

Yet upon hearing this, Qian Renxue did not stop training. Instead, she continued training as she said to them:

"Grandfathers, there's no need to lie to me. I must train desperately and avenge Xiao Hao. If Xiao Hao isn't dead, then let him appear before me. Otherwise, I won't believe any of it."

Clearly, Qian Renxue did not believe Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo. In her view, if Xiao Hao truly had not died, they should have told her long ago instead of only saying so now after seeing her train. To her, they were merely trying to deceive her into stopping her training so she could not avenge Xiao Hao sooner.

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo grew even more anxious. Why would this child not believe them?

But seeing Qian Renxue still training, the two men stopped concealing the truth and said to her:

"Xiao Xue, this is what really happened."

Then Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that after they had finished hunting Soul Rings and had just arrived outside Spirit City, Jin Hao received orders to go undercover. He had wanted to resist Bibi Dong's command, but Bibi Dong threatened him with Qian Renxue. In the end, so as not to delay Qian Renxue's training, Jin Hao could only agree to go undercover.

The two men also explained how, to give Qian Renxue more motivation to train, they had fabricated the news that Jin Hao's death was connected to two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. They had never expected the current situation to arise.

After Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Renxue everything, she stopped training as their voices fell silent.

Then she looked at them with disbelief in her eyes.

"Everything you said is true?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo spoke at this moment.

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, come with me to Heaven Dou City in a few days to see Xiao Hao. Xue Ye of Heaven Dou City has sent an invitation, saying he wants to arrange an engagement between Xue Qinghe and Shui Bing'er of Skywater Academy and has invited Spirit Hall to attend the ceremony. Xiao Hao is the one impersonating Xue Qinghe, so we can go see him while we're there."

After Golden Crocodile Douluo finished speaking, Qian Renxue understood one thing: Jin Hao was impersonating Xue Qinghe and was going to become engaged to another woman. How could she accept that?

Thus, Qian Renxue immediately decided to go to Heaven Dou City and see what Jin Hao was doing.

That was how the scene in the carriage from earlier came about. After boarding the carriage and setting off for Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue calmed down and began thinking about something else. When she first heard that Jin Hao was getting engaged, she had lost her reason and believed the news that Jin Hao was alive. But what if it was only another lie from her two grandfathers?

That was why Qian Renxue asked Golden Crocodile Douluo again.

Hearing Qian Renxue's words, Golden Crocodile Douluo once again told her:

"Xiao Xue, it's true. Xiao Hao is undercover in Heaven Dou City. Think about it: if Xiao Hao weren't there, would I, the Second Elder of the Worship Hall, really make a special trip here just because a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire is getting engaged?"

"So rest assured. We've also sent news of our journey to Heaven Dou City to the people protecting Xiao Hao. Once we arrive, we can find a safe place, and you'll be able to see Xiao Hao."

After Golden Crocodile Douluo finished speaking, Qian Renxue saw the certainty in his eyes and completely believed it now.

But after believing it, Qian Renxue had even more questions in her heart, and she felt even worse.

The reason was that once she believed Jin Hao was undercover, she began to think that Bibi Dong—her own mother—had forced him into it. Qian Renxue naturally understood the purpose. On the surface, it was to steal a nation, but in reality, was it not simply to keep Jin Hao busy with the Imperial Family's schemes and intrigues, wasting his training?

Moreover, according to her grandfather Qian Daoliu, she herself had originally been the primary target for this undercover mission. Bibi Dong had wanted to exploit her desire to get close to her mother and gain her recognition, sending her undercover not only to waste her training but also to stop her from bothering Bibi Dong again.

Thinking of this made Qian Renxue feel even worse, because she did not understand why Bibi Dong, her mother, hated her so much that she could even devise such a method to deal with her.

If she herself had truly been made to bear all this, Qian Renxue would not have said anything. The crucial point was that Jin Hao, who had grown up with her, had ultimately borne it all in her place. Qian Renxue could not accept that. At the same time, this was the first time she felt hatred toward Bibi Dong, the mother she had always wanted to grow close to. For a while, Qian Renxue did not know what to do.

And besides that, there was another issue: Qian Renxue still could not accept that Jin Hao was about to become engaged to another woman. Even if Jin Hao was doing so under someone else's identity, she still could not accept it.

In any case, whenever Qian Renxue thought of it, her heart ached. She was already thinking that once she saw Jin Hao, she would tell him that she would not let him go undercover just so she could gain Bibi Dong's care and recognition. Qian Renxue planned to bring Jin Hao back to Spirit City.