Dai Mubai swaggered around Shrek, relying on the thousand-year purple Soul Ring and Martial Soul he was so proud of.
That damned clown Li Qiu had actually outdone him in Soul Ring age.
And that put Li Qiu on a similar footing to him.
He had to find a chance to crush Li Qiu.
[Spirit Hall Saintess: @Love-Starved Little Angel, you little brat, don't latch onto this Saintess.]
[@A Leaf Knows Autumn, I'm sneaking out of Spirit Hall. This is so exciting.]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: @Spirit Hall Saintess, hee-hee, I'll make sure my dad treats you well, Auntie.]
Li Qiu found Little Qian Renxue rather mischievous and adorable.
Young Bibi Dong was innocent and romantic, too.
He smiled and replied with a thought.
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: @Spirit Hall Saintess, all right, be careful. Take a picture of Elder Lion so I can see what he looks like.]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: Fine.]
Young Bibi Dong aimed the translucent pop-up window at Elder Lion.
Elder Lion instinctively dodged with a quick sidestep, but she still caught him in the shot.
Then she sent it to the group.
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Huh, Elder Lion knows how to sidestep? Not bad...]
Li Qiu thought of that silly sidestep that had been trending on Douyin lately.
Still, Elder Lion was quite young at this point.
[Love-Starved Little Angel: Wow... Grandpa Lion looks so young... and so handsome!]
[In Sis Dong's timeline, he's only an Elder. In mine, he's the Fourth Worship.]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: @A Leaf Knows Autumn, you really weren't lying, group leader. He truly does become a worshiper. I wonder what you look like?]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: @Spirit Hall Saintess, of course. I'm a sincerely handsome guy; how could I lie to you? But if you want to see a handsome photo of me, get me some rare metals, like steel and Black Iron. A thousand jin.]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: What do you need that for? I don't have time right now.]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: I have time. I can get them for you too, Brother Qiu. But I don't want some deceptive photo. I want you to share your Pills with me. Doesn't one Pill from your side raise your level by half? You can only get one a day, so split it into three portions. I'll take one portion. I can give you ten thousand jin of steel and Black Iron, plus a thousand jin of Spirit Medicine.]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: @Love-Starved Little Angel, you little rascal, how dare you... take a share of our resources!]
Young Bibi Dong and Elder Lion quietly turned onto an empty road, then flew a dozen or so meters ahead.
Like thieves, they darted left and right.
And just like that, they slipped out of Spirit Hall without anyone noticing.
Young Bibi Dong's purple hair fluttered in the breeze. She pursed her cherry-red lips, thrilled by the excitement.
Elder Lion carried her through the night sky toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Looking down at Heaven Dou City, she saw lights glowing in thousands of homes. It had a warmth and bustle all its own.
Click...
She took a picture of Spirit City at night and sent it to the group.
[Spirit Hall Saintess: Well? Isn't it beautiful? @A Leaf Knows Autumn.]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Mm, it's all right.]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: It's beautiful! Super beautiful!]
[@A Leaf Knows Autumn, what do you think? Do we have a deal?]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: @Love-Starved Little Angel, of course. Let's divide the pills like this: one for me today, one for Young Dong tomorrow, and one for you the day after. What do you think?]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: Good, it's settled. I'll have someone prepare the steel, Black Iron, and Spirit Medicine.]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Mm. I'll give you a level-two or level-three Soul-Guide Sports Car then.]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: I want one too.]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Sure. One for each of you.]
Looking at Young Dong and little Qian Renxue, Li Qiu realized both members really had resources to spare.
He could count on them for the resources he needed to raise his level.
They really were two excellent members.
He liked them a lot.
At nine that night, little Qian Renxue gathered all the rare metals and Spirit Medicine she had ordered, then sent the entire batch to Li Qiu in one go.
Li Qiu promptly drew it all into the Five Elements Pearl's space.
When he needed to, he could enter the Five-Element Space and make Soul Tools.
He still had blueprints to draw.
He also needed to know what colors Young Bibi Dong and Little Qian Renxue wanted, as well as what kind of Soul-Guide Car Little Qian Renxue wanted.
Of course, he planned to make Soul-Guide Cars that could both fly and drive.
Just thinking about it felt great.
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: What color do you want your Soul-Guide Cars to be?]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: Naturally, this Saintess wants an elegant, noble purple.]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: I want pink-gold.]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: @Love-Starved Little Angel, what even is pink-gold? You've got me confused.]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: I want pink-gold, and that's that.]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: All right.]
After agreeing, Li Qiu drew a bee-sized Soul-Guide Drone on the Soul-Guide Furnace.
He wanted to see if the Soul-Guide Furnace could make it.
If it could, things would get interesting. One day, he could have a whole swarm of Soul-Guide Drones.
They could explode or scout ahead. They could attack from afar, defend, and reconnoiter. Perfect.
Wasn't I a genius?
He soon finished the drawing. It was rough and ugly, like a big-headed bee, a size larger than an ordinary one.
Then he tapped Complete, and the Soul-Guide Furnace began making it.
He only had to feed it whichever metals it needed.
Before long, a big, ugly bee appeared in his hand.
It looked ugly, goofy, and somehow cute all at once.
It was controlled with mental power and didn't use Soul Power.
After all, he had the Spirit Refining Art, and his soul power was three times that of an ordinary Soul Grandmaster.
With that, the Soul-Guide Bee should be able to fly quite far to scout.
He checked the Soul-Guide Bee's functions.
[Soul-Guide Bee: Reconnaissance. The host can currently send it up to eight hundred meters away to scout an area within an eight-hundred-meter radius. The host can also share its vision at any time. Currently, ten can be made.]
"Not bad. Ten is plenty!"
Li Qiu nodded. He could only control ten for now; any more would exhaust him, so it wouldn't be practical.
Soon, the Soul-Guide Furnace produced the Soul-Guide Bees one by one.
Just like 3D printing.
It was rather amazing.
They were level-three Soul-Guide Bees, too.
Ten appeared in his storage space.
With a thought, he used his mental power to send one Soul-Guide Bee flying out of the dormitory.
"Whoa, what a huge, ugly bee..." Oscar caught only a glimpse of a bee twice the size of an ordinary one flying out of the dormitory before it vanished.
Li Qiu activated the visual feed and could see whatever the bee saw.
This really was fun.
He searched for Tang Hao. Fortunately, the bee was controlled by mental power rather than Soul Power; otherwise, Tang Hao would probably sense it instantly.
But he found no sign of Tang Hao.
After all, the man was a Titled Douluo who could sense Soul Power fluctuations from a thousand meters away.
For now, the Soul-Guide Bee could only scout.
He could gradually upgrade its functions and increase its numbers.
Once he had hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of them, their power would be unimaginable.
Next, he drew a Laser Sword on the Soul-Guide Furnace's screen and tapped Start Production.
Before long, it produced a Laser Sword hilt.
Only when Soul Power was channeled into it did the Laser Sword blade appear.
A level-three Soul-Guide Laser Sword.
Whoosh... The Laser Sword blade shot out to a length of twenty meters.
Twenty meters in an instant, at the speed of light.
Who could possibly block that?
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