One More Person to Trust

"I'll go recover the internal spiritual power I used up earlier."

After putting away the pills, Qian Renxue did not linger.

According to her agreement with her grandfather, she should have returned to the Douluo Continent long ago.

The reason she had delayed her return was simple: the internal spiritual power consumed in signing the Retainer Knight contract, along with the expenditure from the Blood Pact's feedback. If her grandfather saw her like this, there was no telling what might happen.

That was why she planned to recover completely before making a trip back to the Douluo Continent.

After Qian Renxue left, Jiang Li also emerged from the underground chamber. He washed up first, then went out for a good meal and stopped by the Knight Temple along the way. The forging methods for various high-grade items that he had previously asked others to collect had arrived as well, so he went to pay for them and gather everything they had collected.

He was already relatively wealthy among knights, and Qian Renxue had previously given him a pile of melted-down Gold Soul Coins to exchange directly for gold coins on the Holy Demon Continent and deposit in his Magic Crystal Card. He was therefore not short of money and could simply pay.

Besides, both his Storage Ring and Qian Renxue's still held large quantities of rare Demon Race materials, especially that pair of golden wings from a sixth-order demon, which was worth a considerable sum.

He simply had not taken them out to sell. In a small place like Haoyue City, they would not fetch a high price.

Only after finishing these errands did Jiang Li go to find his teacher and the others.

His teacher was no longer constrained by his innate talent. Coupled with his previous accumulation and foundation, his strength was rising rapidly. When Jiang Li arrived at his residence, he was hard at work cultivating and was not far from breaking through to the sixth order.

"Li, what brings you here?"

Ye Hua was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Li arrive so suddenly.

Now that Jiang Li's innate talent had improved, given his temperament, shouldn't he have been just like Ye Hua, working hard to improve his strength without wasting even a moment of cultivation time?

"Teacher, these are Light Spirit-Nurturing Pills I refined. One will help you break through to the sixth order more smoothly. The other is for Haochen. It can help him quickly recover what he used up before."

"Don't worry. These are high-grade pills. They won't affect anyone's innate talent."

Jiang Li gave both pills to his teacher, Ye Hua.

He did not go to deliver one to Long Haochen in person.

He had other things to do next.

Ever since the Equal Contract had transformed into a Blood Pact, he had also become able to sense Qian Renxue's emotional fluctuations.

He guessed that Qian Renxue wanted to return to the Douluo Continent.

That made sense. She had been away for so long; who knew what had happened on the Douluo Continent?

After all, she was no ordinary person there, but the next heir to the Angel Lineage.

So, before she left, he needed to prepare some local specialties from the Holy Demon Continent for her.

These specialties did not all need to be precious items, but they at least had to be useful to Spirit Hall.

Leaving everything else aside, the Magic Crystal Card in his hand, for example, could be very useful on the Douluo Continent as it was now.

He had already asked Qian Renxue about it. Transactions on the Douluo Continent were still primarily conducted using physical Gold Soul Coins. Although some merchant associations used Gold Soul Coin Cards instead, their use was extremely limited. Spirit Hall could promote Magic Crystal Cards, introduce digital currency, and reap the wealth of those major powers. At a critical moment, Spirit Hall, which controlled the core technology behind the Magic Crystal Cards, could turn those powers' wealth into a pile of cold, lifeless numbers.

Moreover, only Soul Masters could use Magic Crystal Cards, so they could not be used to reap the wealth of commoners.

They would make a very good weapon.

Beyond that, there were many spells used by mages and skills used by warriors. Although he could currently only collect skills used by knights below the sixth order, once these things were sent back to the Douluo Continent, they could become Self-Created Soul Skills. They might even break open the rigid thinking of many powerful individuals, giving rise to even more things.

In the end, Jiang Li spent all the Gold Soul Coins he had on him and filled two Storage Rings before returning to his residence.

When he returned, Qian Renxue was still meditating.

Jiang Li did not take a pill right away. Instead, he first tempered his body to gain better control over his strength.

The increase in his strength over this period had been nothing short of a leap.

As a result, some flaws had appeared in his otherwise perfect control over himself.

After night fell, Jiang Li was still sweating buckets, constantly swinging the Light of Judgment in his hand. He was carrying nearly two hundred jin of extra weight, and his spiritual power was completely exhausted.

It could almost be said that he had reached the limit of what he could endure.

Thus, every swing of his sword squeezed out all the strength in his body as he tried to break past his limits.

By then, Qian Renxue had finished meditating. After taking that pill, she had not only recovered everything she had previously expended, but had also advanced her cultivation another step.

Her knight cultivation had broken through to the fifth level of the fourth order, while her Soul Master level had risen from fifty-six to fifty-seven.

It had only been a little over three months since she had been summoned here, yet Qian Renxue's soul power had risen from level fifty-two to level fifty-seven-a full five levels.

No one would have believed it if they heard it.

"Meeting you was my good fortune."

Watching Jiang Li below as he swung his sword furiously, constantly challenging his limits, Qian Renxue murmured softly.

No matter what, she had to find a way to bring him to the Douluo Continent and let him properly experience its splendor.

On this trip back to the Douluo Continent, Qian Renxue wanted not only to let her grandfather know she was safe, but also to bring some things back to the Holy Demon Continent.

Only after taking a Light Spirit-Nurturing Pill refined by Jiang Li had she realized that the Douluo Continent had so many good things, but they had never made proper use of them.

This time, she would help Jiang Li collect as many of these items as possible. Besides Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine, she would bring as much of everything else as she could.

"Break!"

Just then, a low shout escaped Jiang Li's lips. Though he clearly had no spiritual power left, the Light of Judgment in his hand released an invisible wave of force that blasted one of the courtyard walls to pieces.

"It worked!"

After unleashing that strike, Jiang Li had not the slightest strength left. Utterly exhausted, he collapsed.

In the past, he would never have overdrawn himself so recklessly, not even in his own residence. Only when he was beside his teacher, Ye Hua, would he have drained his strength like this.

The reason was simple: unease.

This world was too dangerous. Something unexpected could happen at any moment.

He needed to maintain a certain degree of fighting strength at all times.

His teacher, Ye Hua, was one of the rare people worthy of his trust. His junior brother, Long Haochen, counted as half of one.

Now there was one more: Qian Renxue.

Just as he was about to hit the ground, something soft caught him.

It was Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue carried him back to the second floor and laid him on the bed in his room.

Jiang Li merely smiled calmly, then closed his eyes and sank into a deep sleep.

When he woke, it was already the next morning.

After getting up and washing briefly, he checked his condition before going to find Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue had clearly been waiting for a long time.

"I'll be going back for the next few days."

Before he could say anything, Qian Renxue spoke.

"I prepared these things for you in advance. Take them back with you."

Jiang Li handed the two fully packed Storage Rings to Qian Renxue.

Looking at the two Storage Rings, Qian Renxue was somewhat stunned.

She had never said anything about going back, so why had Jiang Li already prepared everything?

Still, no matter how she looked at it, it warmed her heart.

"Thank you. I'll bring you a gift."

She did not refuse, accepting the two Storage Rings directly.

"Don't leave yet. Come to the chamber. I have something to tell you."

Jiang Li felt that it was time to reveal a few things to Qian Renxue.

He would have her seize some of Tang San's opportunities before Tang San could.

"The chamber again!"

Although Qian Renxue did not understand, she still followed Jiang Li into the underground chamber.