How others treat me is how I will treat others; this is my way of life, it was, it is, and it will be.
"If you feel that I make you uncomfortable, then you had better understand that you made me uncomfortable first."
He never gave Ye Lingling a hard time, nor did he lose his temper with Tang Yuehua, because they were well-mannered and had no ill intentions towards him; in fact, they were quite kind to him.
But the young lady in front of us, while she was quite refined when pretending to be Xue Qinghe, showed no restraint whatsoever when she appeared as Qian Renxue, displaying an arrogant and domineering aura!
"Alright, I won't argue with you." Qian Renxue sat down, pointed to the person standing behind her, and lowered her voice.
"This person had been following us. You said she probably didn't know the way, so she just followed us. But this afternoon, after you left, she was still near the hotel."
"So?" Xuan Ming didn't even look up.
"I caught her after you left," Qian Renxue said.
Xuan Ming raised his head and glanced at Qian Renxue. "Oh? You actually caught a Soul Grandmaster with your bare hands? As expected of you, you're truly amazing."
Qian Renxue clenched her fists and took a deep breath. "Would you die if you didn't use sarcastic and sarcastic language?"
"I won't die, but it's uncomfortable to hold it in," Xuan Ming said.
"It feels better to say it out loud."
"Stop!" Qian Renxue's face darkened.
"Don't even think about driving me away; you can't escape this."
"Alright, what is it?" Xuan Ming lowered his head and continued eating.
When they arrived from the Star Dou Great Forest, the little girl did catch up with them two days before reaching Suotuo City. However, since she was a level 20+ Soul Grandmaster all alone, she posed no threat to him, so he didn't pay her any attention.
Moreover, he had roughly guessed the girl's identity while they were on the road.
At this age, with this level of cultivation, and possessing a top-tier cat-type Martial Soul, there's no one else besides Zhu Zhuqing, who chased after Dai Mubai from the Star Luo Empire.
"Do you know who she is?" Qian Renxue asked.
"I'm not a fortune teller." Xuan Ming said without looking up.
" Star Luo Empire, Nether Duke, the third young lady of the Zhu Family," Qian Renxue said in a low voice.
"Oh? So?" Xuan Ming asked without looking up.
He deliberately tried to provoke Qian Renxue into leaving because he knew she would definitely have designs on him.
Unfortunately, the more he angered her, the stronger Qian Renxue's tolerance became. This level of provocation couldn't even make her truly angry.
"Do you remember when I sent you to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?" Qian Renxue said.
Xuan Ming looked up, somewhat speechless, "You... you think I'm a social butterfly?"
"You're not at a disadvantage," Qian Renxue said.
"Hehe." Xuan Ming rolled his eyes at Qian Renxue and continued eating with his head down.
Qian Renxue wasn't angry. Instead, she sat down next to Xuan Ming, picked up a bowl of shrimp, and started peeling them for him. " The Nether Duke commands a large army, and more than half of the nobles in the Star Luo Empire are under his command. If war breaks out in the future, he will definitely be a big problem."
"If we can find a breakthrough and win him over without bloodshed, some things..."
"Do you think Xue Ke can influence the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's decisions in a war?" Xuan Ming asked.
Qian Renxue was taken aback. "Of course not."
"Then what makes you think she can do it?" Xuan Ming said speechlessly.
A family will not change its strategy because of a dispensable person.
For the Star Luo Zhu Family, the greatest value of these daughters, including Zhu Zhuqing, lies in their role as tools for maintaining an alliance of interests with the Star Luo Imperial Family.
Expecting a little girl to control a Nether Duke commands hundreds of thousands of troops?
Are you still half asleep?
"I don't expect her to directly influence Nether Duke's decision, but at least she can give him an option," Qian Renxue said.
"Of course, the premise is that this choice can give him real hope, rather than a false temptation or a useless pie in the sky."
The purpose of war is profit, and the Spirit Hall's plan is also based on profit. If war breaks out in the future, the core of profit will not change!
Faced with the Heaven Dou Empire's massive army and the Spirit Hall's powerful Soul Master legion, what are the chances of the Star Luo Empire winning?
When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one!
If Star Luo Empire has no chance of winning, and there is another option that can reduce the Zhu Family's losses, she believes that the Nether Duke will make the right choice.
A future war is inevitable, but what the Spirit Hall wants, what she wants, is definitely not just ruins!
"You're shameless to make deceiving people's feelings sound so noble," Xuan Ming said.
Qian Renxue said coldly, "I told you, you don't have to lie."
"Besides, didn't you do a pretty good job with Ning Rongrong?"
"Is it good?" Xuan Ming's expression was somewhat unnatural.
"It seems your standards have lowered quite a bit over the years."
"Thanks a lot."
Qian Renxue's face darkened. "How dare you say that?"
Xuan Ming is truly pushing her limits time and time again!
She had hoped this guy would build a good relationship with Ning Rongrong so that Ning Fengzhi would place his bet sooner, but what happened?
That bastard's attitude towards Ning Rongrong has never changed; he simply treats her like a child!
Fortunately, these two are at least good friends, and their relationship is still acceptable.
But this friendship alone was not enough to make Ning Fengzhi make up his mind!
She did want Xuan Ming to make another statement, but at least as soon as she opened her mouth, before she could even finish speaking, this bastard would start arguing with her in a sarcastic tone!
She finally realized that Xuan Ming didn't mean to argue with her.
The purpose of the argument was to avoid her further objectives!
Now, Ning Rongrong can't expect him to advance any further. She can only put some pressure on Ning Fengzhi to get him to take the initiative.
After all, Ning Fengzhi hesitated, but others wouldn't!
So many people are eyeing this guy!
Chapter 105 Turning Against Each Other Faster Than Turning the Page
"But Ning Rongrong is Ning Rongrong." Xuan Ming glanced at Zhu Zhuqing was standing not far away.
She is her.
"You're well aware of the Star Luo Empire's traditions; I think your idea is unlikely to succeed."
To put it bluntly, Ning Fengzhi and Jian Gu would even risk their lives for Ning Rongrong!
But would the Nether Duke really get so angry over Zhu Zhuqing?
One is the future of the sect, the other is a tool of the family; they are incomparable.
"But at least it's an option," Qian Renxue said.
"You promised you'd help me with these things."
Xuan Ming sighed, "Then what makes you think she'll side with us?"
"Of course I've already told her," Qian Renxue said.
The Spirit Hall has not yet broken ties with the two great empires, and in the eyes of the world, the Spirit Hall is still the holy land of Soul Master!
After catching the girl this afternoon, she also learned about the situation. Several years ago, the third prince of the Star Luo Empire Dai Mubai, knowing that he was no match for the eldest prince, Dai Weisi, secretly fled Star Luo Imperial City and hid in the Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.
The founder of that academy was Flender, the Four-Eyed Cat Owl was once famous throughout the continent. Even if the eldest prince of the Star Luo Empire wanted to make a move, he would not dare to offend such a powerful Soul Saint. After all, he was just a prince, not the crown prince.
Zhu Zhuqing, believing she had no hope of defeating her sister and wanting to follow and urge Dai Mubai, also came along.
To put it bluntly, all this young girl wants is survival and freedom. Compared to a cowardly fiancé who abandoned her and ran away, isn't Xuan Ming, with his immense strength and top-tier background, a much more worthy person to rely on?
Even disregarding Xuan Ming's status in the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and his unknown background in the Spirit Hall, his position in the Great Soul Arena and among the Seven Great Families alone would be enough to easily protect this young girl.
"Everyone says that most people in this world are either chickens or ducks, or cattle or horses. But you've gone and treated me, a cattle or horse, like a chicken or duck," Xuan Ming said.
"That's truly making the best use of resources."
Qian Renxue's eyes twitched slightly. "Don't put it so harshly. I haven't wronged you."
Although her motives were somewhat unseemly, she wasn't suggesting that Xuan Ming get involved with an old woman. Both Ning Rongrong and the Zhu Family's young lady in front of her were beautiful and talented.
"Then I should thank you?" Xuan Ming said.
"There's no need for such formalities between us," Qian Renxue said.
"..." Xuan Ming.
Are you alright? Did I upset you too much?
When did Qian Renxue become so shameless?
"I'm fine," Qian Renxue said.
"Since we're going to have you do the work, we can't treat you too badly."
Xuan Ming's expression was somewhat unnatural. "Could you... try to act normal?"
That's so weird!
When did Qian Renxue become like this?
"Stop rambling, are you in or not?" Qian Renxue asked.
To make the Nether Duke of the Underworld, who holds a large army, waver in future wars, he must be given enough hope and confidence!
Xuan Ming is among the top in the continent in terms of both status and personal strength.
Especially his current status in the eyes of the Seven Great Families, this degree of neutrality, and this guarantee, are what might shake the future Nether Duke and make him change his stance.
"She also has an older sister, who is the fiancée of the Star Luo Empire," Xuan Ming said.
Do you think he would abandon a future empress and choose this side instead?
Qian Renxue remained expressionless. "That's simple, I can handle it."
"Solve it?" Xuan Ming was taken aback.
"I'll create the same conditions for this Nether Duke, just as Xue Qinghe became the Crown Prince with an overwhelming advantage," Qian Renxue said.
"Having no other choice is the best choice."
"Isn't that what you said?"
"Are you planning to kill your whole family again?" Xuan Ming said.
"Today, to force them into a corner, they can kill Zhu Zhuyun. Tomorrow, if they're in a bad mood, can they kill Zhu Zhuqing too? And then wipe out the entire Zhu Family?"
"So ruthless, cruel, and ungrateful, how can you expect people to risk their lives for you?"
He had never been fond of Qian Renxue, not only because of what happened in Spirit City back then, but also because he knew very well that if needed, Qian Renxue would sell him out without the slightest hesitation!
It's a classic case that sharing joy is easy, but sharing hardship is difficult.
When something is valuable, treat it like an honored guest; when it is not, discard it like a worn-out shoe.
They change their minds faster than turning the pages of a book!
"You're too naive. That's just how things are in this world," Qian Renxue said.
"I'm naive? So, standing with you, I not only have to guard against the enemy in front of me, but also against the knife behind me. Otherwise, who knows if you'll suddenly stab me in the back while trying to win over the other side?" Xuan Ming said.
"In that case, isn't my wariness of you justified?"
"You!" Qian Renxue was speechless for a moment.
"I thought you'd change, but it seems you're still the same as before," Xuan Ming said.
Qian Xunji didn't treat Bibi Dong as a human being, but only as a dog he kept. That's why he could do such a thing because of a threatening remark. Qian Renxue was the same; she would kill him at any time if she felt he was no longer under her control.
The reason she hasn't made a move yet is simply because Qian Renxue feels he's under her control.