"Then I'll be looking forward to it. Xiaogang, come with me over there. I'll tend to your wounds."
Bibi Dong smiled sweetly and pulled him toward a nearby cluster of rocks.
Qin Xuan had no interest in watching them flirt. At most, they would hold hands; Yu Xiaogang did not have the nerve to go any further. Sooner or later, he would deal with him.
Once they had gone far away, Qin Xuan surveyed the surroundings, roughly identified his direction, gathered Soul Power beneath his feet, and lightly tapped the ground. He once again experienced what it meant to be as light as a swallow, effortlessly leaping onto a tree more than ten meters tall before swiftly racing toward the foot of the mountain.
As soon as Qin Xuan left.
The forest halfway up Pope Mountain fell silent once more.
Bibi Dong helped Yu Xiaogang sit beside a knee-high boulder and thoughtfully took out gauze and medicine from her Storage Soul Tool to dress his wounds.
"Xiaogang, I'll treat your wounds for now. Later, I'll find you a healing-type Soul Master. You should recover by tomorrow, but you mustn't do this again."
As Bibi Dong carefully bandaged him, she admonished him.
"Mm, hiss." Yu Xiaogang responded softly, the medicine seeping into his wounds and causing a slight sting.
"What? Did I hurt you?" Bibi Dong asked worriedly.
"No, it's just that the medicine stings a little when it gets into the wounds. Um, Bibi Dong, there's something I want to ask you."
The right side of Yu Xiaogang's face was still badly swollen. Even the slightest movement made him wince in pain. He could only speak from the left side of his mouth, his words somewhat slurred.
"Mm. Go ahead." Bibi Dong nodded with a smile.
Though she said so, she was panicking inside.
She was afraid Yu Xiaogang would ask about what had happened between her and Qin Xuan in the little forest.
And Yu Xiaogang did indeed want to ask that, but upon seeing Bibi Dong's smiling face, he quickly gave up and skipped over the earlier topic. "I heard you say Qin Xuan seems to be going somewhere dangerous. Can you tell me about it?"
Bibi Dong froze. Slaughter City?
Then she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was not asking about the little forest.
Considering that Slaughter City had a cooperative relationship with Spirit Hall and had served for centuries as a place where Spirit Hall exiled and housed Evil Soul Masters, it was little known even within Spirit Hall itself. It was considered confidential.
Not wanting Xiaogang to fall into danger again because she had "leaked Spirit Hall secrets," Bibi Dong said, "Sorry, Xiaogang. Knowing about that place will not help your theoretical research at all. On the contrary, it will bring you great danger."
"I can only tell you that it is an extremely dangerous place. Nine out of ten who enter die, and almost no one who goes in ever comes out. Even Titled Douluo risk perishing there."
"Even Titled Douluo risk perishing?" Yu Xiaogang's eyes instantly lit up.
The humiliation Qin Xuan had inflicted on him earlier was swept away in an instant.
At the same time, he began imagining why that bootlicker who had always followed Bibi Dong around had changed so drastically overnight.
So he was being sent by Spirit Hall to a place where survival was nearly impossible.
In that case, after today, Qin Xuan would never be able to threaten him again.
He could still freely consult Spirit Hall's top-secret knowledge and expand his Invincible Theory.
The only thing he needed to watch out for was being more careful next time.
He could not let anyone catch him by the tail and threaten him again, leaving him humiliated with nowhere to complain.
Once his teeth had been knocked out, he could only swallow the blood.
After descending Pope Mountain, Qin Xuan did not rush to Elder Hall to find his two bargain-bin teachers.
Instead, he immediately followed his memories back home.
After tightly shutting the doors and windows, he summoned the system.
Qin Xuan-- Age: 19 Martial Soul: Everbright Sword Cultivation: Level 54 Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black Physique Level: Soul King Mental Power Level: Soul King Talent: S+ Self-Created Soul Skill: None Emotion Points: 63216 Blind Boxes: Silver Blind Box x1, Golden Blind Box x2
"Yu Xiaogang really is the ideal target for farming rewards. On our first encounter, he actually contributed sixty thousand Emotion Points."
Qin Xuan clicked his tongue inwardly.
[The host currently possesses one Silver Blind Box and two Golden Blind Boxes. Would you like to retrieve them?]
"Retrieve them."
As soon as he spoke.
A silver treasure chest and two golden treasure chests materialized from nothing and floated before him.
[Once retrieved, treasure chests cannot be stored again and may only be used by the host. Blind boxes exist for only one shichen and will disappear afterward. Please open them promptly.]
Qin Xuan opened the first silver treasure chest, which contained a silver card.
"What is this?"
Qin Xuan took out the card, and the blind box vanished automatically.
Silver light flashed across the card, revealing the image of a figure dressed entirely in fitted clothing, with a loose black-feather cloak draped over his shoulders. He looked exceptionally elegant and alluring.
Mo Ya--
Martial Soul: Mo Ya (Unawakened)
Soul Power: Level 55 (internal energy converted into Soul Power, approximately equivalent to level fifty-five)
Physique: Soul Grandmaster
Soul Ring Configuration: None
Introduction: A character from Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens, the prequel to The Qin Period. The foremost expert of the Hundred Birds organization under Han's great general Ji Wuye. Along with Bai Feng, he was one of Ji Wuye's personal guards. He was Bai Feng's most trusted friend and most reliable superior. He excelled at qinggong, acted ruthlessly, and never dragged things out. He had a profound influence on Bai Feng during his youth, driving Bai Feng to continuously surpass himself. In the end, he died protecting Bai Feng.
Mission Difficulty: B-rank
Mission Requirement: Before Mo Ya dies, bring him back.
Mission Reward: Mo Ya's absolute loyalty. Forty-thousand-year Wind Chaser Left Leg Bone.
Mission Validity Period: Three years.
"It's actually an interworld Recruitment Card. Not bad." Qin Xuan thought to himself. "But without the support of Soul Rings, his physique seems rather weak. He has the cultivation of a Soul King, yet his physique is barely at the level of a Soul Grandmaster."
"But since I still have three years, there's no need to rush over. It won't be too late to go after I make it out of Slaughter City."
Qin Xuan put away the card, placed it into the Storage Soul Tool at his waist, and opened the second blind box.
The blind box disappeared, and three ancient bamboo scrolls adorned with specks of golden light came into view.
Qin Xuan reached out and touched them. They transformed into specks of golden radiance and entered his glabella.
[Horizontal Sword Technique—wild as the wind, fierce as the waves, its momentum shook the heavens and its killing intent surged. Swift as lightning and endlessly changing, every move was fatal, never giving the opponent a moment to catch their breath.] [Vertical Sword Technique—simple and unadorned, killing with a single strike. No needless flair or embellishment; a perfect union of speed, power, and precision.] [Ghost Valley Breathing Technique—a breathing method and superior internal cultivation art that grants immunity to poisonous gases for a period of time.]
The instant this information appeared in Qin Xuan's mind, his eyes lit up. He immediately sat cross-legged and began circulating the Ghost Valley Breathing Technique.
After more than half a shichen, he took out an ordinary refined-iron longsword used for daily training from the Storage Soul Tool at his waist and began practicing Vertical and Horizontal Swordsmanship, completely absorbed in it.
Only after finishing both sword arts did he stop cultivating, the smile on his face impossible to conceal any longer.
"This really is like someone bringing me a pillow just as I was getting sleepy. It's actually the Ghost Valley Vertical-Horizontal Sword Arts and internal cultivation method from Qin's Moon World."
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