Meanwhile.
At the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest's middle region.
After a night's sleep, Qian Renchuan finally woke beside the campfire. He stretched, feeling refreshed from head to toe and full of energy.
But the moment he opened his eyes, he got a fright.
Several pairs of eyes had gathered around him, all staring at him strangely.
They belonged to Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei.
"What are you all doing?"
Qian Renchuan found their looks rather odd.
Qian Renxue frowned deeply.
"Big Brother, why did you fall asleep beside the fire? We couldn't wake you up, no matter how hard we tried."
As it turned out, when Qian Renxue and the others got up that morning, they found Qian Renchuan asleep beside the fire.
They were stunned.
Qian Renxue tried to wake him, but nothing she did worked.
Even Yue Guan and Gui Mei, two Titled Douluo, tried their own methods. They still couldn't rouse him.
That frightened all three of them. They thought something had happened to him.
Then, after a while, Qian Renchuan woke up on his own.
Qian Renchuan realized at once that it must have been caused by the system consuming his Soul Power to strengthen his Soul Ring the night before.
He scratched his head and put on an innocent face, laughing it off.
"Haha, I guess these past few days of travel wore me out. I slept so soundly I didn't hear you calling."
The three of them looked only half convinced, but they nodded thoughtfully.
It did make sense.
Given their boss's personality, the journey these past few days really had been hard on him.
He usually couldn't be bothered to walk a few extra steps. The fact that he had made it to the Star Dou Great Forest's