Clearly.
In this stretch of time as it had originally unfolded, Qi Zhou had likewise accepted the bowl of food the girl brought him.
Xu Taiping also discovered that the reward bestowed by the power of time this time was greater than on any of the previous occasions.
Only with great difficulty did he stabilize the qi and blood and true essence within his body.
When he came back to his senses, he discovered another divine soul mark in his mind.
Once the divine soul mark opened, Qi Zhou's voice rang out in his mind once again-
"You ask why I saved that little girl?"
"I never gave a damn about saving her."
"It was just that, while I was taking care of business in Buddha-Slaying Town, not only did it pour every day, but that Hong bastard kept blocking my way day after day. I got sick of looking at him, so I chopped him down with one stroke."
"I never meant to save that filthy girl!"
With those words, the contents of this divine soul mark came to an end.
It was far shorter than the first divine soul mark.
"There doesn't seem to be any particularly useful clue in this divine soul mark."
Xu Taiping felt somewhat disappointed.
At this moment, he was more interested in knowing why Lü Zhou had come to Buddha-Slaying Town, and his real purpose in killing that young master of the Hong family.
"Hee..."
Just then, the girl holding the chipped bowl suddenly smiled at Xu Taiping. Then, clutching the bowl tightly, she asked him with great curiosity:
"Daddy, when are we going home?"
The girl's question clearly wasn't a test, so Xu Taiping asked in return, quite at ease:
"Do you miss home?"
The girl murmured an assent and nodded emphatically,