Qian Renxue Acting Cute, That Woman!

Some said that once you had the feeling that something was wrong, then something would truly go wrong one hundred percent of the time.

Ning Fengzhi now felt that he had fallen into just such a strange state, an uncomfortable feeling shrouding him.

He desperately wanted to find some clues in past events and in things that might happen in the future.

After racking his brains, however, he still could not come up with even one plausible possibility.

"Truly strange!"

"After all these years, this is the first time I've had such a feeling!"

"I really don't know what sort of event this feeling is warning me about!"

Ning Fengzhi muttered to himself.

His brows were tightly furrowed, his expression utterly gloomy.

Time passed without him noticing in the slightest. Even when Bone Douluo arrived at his side, he did not hear a single footstep.

"Fengzhi, what are you thinking about?"

Bone Douluo began, "From the look of you, it seems you're worried about something?"

Hearing this,

Ning Fengzhi snapped back to his senses.

He nodded solemnly and said word by word, "I have a bad feeling. I keep feeling that something may happen next."

"But given the current situation, I can't determine exactly what will happen!"

When he finished speaking,

Ning Fengzhi's expression carried a trace of dejection.

He had always believed in keeping the overall situation under control.

This time, though, the discomfort of being unable to control the whole picture was difficult for him to adapt to.

"Don't overthink it. Things have already reached this point, so we still have to keep doing what needs to be done!"

"And hadn't you always believed that when the boat reached the bridge, it would naturally straighten itself out?"

"This time, let's take things one step at a time as well!"

Bone Douluo sighed.

After everything that had happened recently,

the confidence he had once possessed as a Titled Douluo had weakened somewhat.

Ning Fengzhi did not immediately let it go.

After pondering for a long time, he said, "Although I believe that the boat will naturally straighten itself out when it reaches the bridge, we still need to keep some things under control."

"This time, there truly seems to be no way to control it. Perhaps we can only do as Uncle Bone said and take things one step at a time."

Bone Douluo nodded.

He gently patted Ning Fengzhi on the shoulder.

"Since that's the case, then keep preparing!"

"When the time comes, the truth will reveal itself!"

Inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Within the Eastern Palace, which symbolized the Crown Prince's status.

Qian Renxue did not go to the inn. After meeting Xue Ye, she returned directly here.

Ye Qingtian did not go anywhere else either, naturally following Qian Renxue back to the Eastern Palace.

After Qian Renxue dismissed everyone, she immediately reverted to her female form and affectionately linked her arm through Ye Qingtian's.

She rubbed her cheek against Ye Qingtian's arm, thoroughly enjoying this time of acting spoiled.

"Grandpa Tian, you broke your promise this time," Qian Renxue teased softly.

"How did I break my promise?"

Ye Qingtian asked in return, affectionately tapping her nose. "You say your Grandpa Tian broke his promise at the slightest disagreement. You little girl are becoming more and more presumptuous."

"You did break it~"

Qian Renxue pouted. "You said before that you would let me see your second Martial Soul, but when you fought Sword Douluo this time, you didn't even summon your Martial Soul!"

"You fought like that. When will Xue'er ever find out what your second Martial Soul is? If that isn't breaking your promise, then what is?"

Hearing this,

Ye Qingtian could not help but laugh.

He had thought Qian Renxue was referring to some serious broken promise.

He had never expected that the promise she meant was his failure to summon his Martial Soul.

"When it is time to summon my Martial Soul, Grandpa Tian naturally will not be careless. But when fighting Chen Xin, it truly had not reached the point where I needed to summon it!"

"You saw that Grandpa Tian could win easily without using my Martial Soul. If I had summoned it, wouldn't that have been a bit too much bullying?"

Ye Qingtian explained with a smile.

It sounded like an explanation, yet did not feel like one in the slightest.

Qian Renxue rolled her eyes and snorted. "Grandpa Tian, you just love twisting logic like this. If we go by what you said, then no one on this continent could force you to summon your Martial Soul."

She stopped there.

Qian Renxue did not continue speaking about the matter.

Acting spoiled was one thing, but she still knew exactly where to draw the line.

Taking the initiative to change the subject, Qian Renxue brought up her meeting with Xue Ye.

"Still, after what happened this time, Xue Ye's suspicions toward me should have eased considerably, right?"

"From the way he looked then, he was even preparing to subsidize every Soul Master in Heaven Dou City. He should be very pleased that Grandpa Tian captured a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for me!"

"By that reasoning, he will probably relax his restrictions on me quite a bit afterward. After all, he has now seen Grandpa Tian's strength."

"He must also know that if Grandpa Tian wishes to help me, it would be easy for me to usurp the throne!"

Ye Qingtian remained silent.

Listening to Qian Renxue, he considered it and found that it did make sense.

Whether it was the Heaven Dou Empire or the Star Luo Empire, they were ultimately only mortal kingdoms.

Before absolute strength, such empires could not accomplish anything. Even someone like Dugu Bo, one of the weakest among Titled Douluo, possessed unquestionably formidable strength.

I cannot defeat a single Titled Douluo.

But beneath the rank of Titled Douluo, I can beat every last one of you!

"The reasoning is sound, so, little girl, you should understand the importance of strength now."

"In the time ahead, you should still focus on improving your strength. Grandpa Tian knows that you want to achieve something."

"But with Grandpa Tian here, it does not matter even if you achieve nothing. Once your strength rises, everything will become much easier!"

Qian Renxue listened quietly.

If anyone else had said such things, she could not guarantee that she would listen.

But if the same words came from Ye Qingtian, she would take them in without even needing to think about it, not missing a single punctuation mark.

He had protected her since she was young. She understood better than anyone that Ye Qingtian truly treated her well and had watched her grow up.

If anyone claimed that Ye Qingtian wanted to kill her, she would one hundred percent be certain that she would kill the person who said it.

Such demonically misleading words—she could choose to die and attack herself, and Ye Qingtian still would not lay a hand on her!

"Xue'er understands. Xue'er understands your good intentions, Grandpa Tian!"

"Improving my strength is indeed the highest priority, and absorbing Xiao Wu's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring truly needs to be put on the agenda!"

"But under the current circumstances, even if I put this matter on the agenda, I may still be unable to absorb it for the time being and use it to make a breakthrough!"

Qian Renxue's expression suddenly turned somewhat grave, completely different from her earlier spoiled demeanor.

At the mention of these matters, her mood became very heavy.

"That woman must already know about what happened in Heaven Dou City!"

"And considering how much attention she paid to information about Yu Xiaogang, especially now that Grandpa Tian has killed Yu Xiaogang."

"This time, she will likely make a move!!"