Romance Continent, a bunch of love-addled fools

"Brother, who's outside?"

The voice that suddenly came from inside made Porcupinefish Douluo halt just as he was about to leave.

Qian Renxue turned her head as well.

Both froze.

How had this kid noticed?

Although Porcupinefish Douluo hadn't deliberately concealed himself, with his strength as a Titled Douluo, even if he was merely standing outside the door,

he wasn't someone an ordinary boy without any Soul Power cultivation could easily detect.

Besides, Xu Fan was still lying in bed and couldn't see what was happening outside at all.

"Young master, this boy's perception is probably extraordinary."

Porcupinefish Douluo secretly transmitted his voice, his tone carrying some surprise and uncertainty.

Qian Renxue nodded slightly.

Had Xu Fan not spent over a decade mentally impaired and missed the normal time to begin cultivating, perhaps he really could have displayed some decent talent.

Of course, that was only speculation.

Qian Renxue gave Porcupinefish Douluo a look.

Pufferfish understood, and the two pushed open the door and went inside together.

Xu Fan curiously sized up the visitor.

"Brother, who's this?"

Qian Renxue introduced him with an unchanged expression:

"This is a colleague I work with in the palace. He happened to be passing by and stopped in to see you. You can call him Brother Ci."

Xu Fan understood.

It seemed his brother was quite popular in the palace.

Previously, a Soul Master friend had come to examine his injured legs, and today a colleague had come to visit.

Porcupinefish Douluo offered a casual pleasantry:

"I heard from your brother that your mind had returned to normal, so I came to see you."

"I see. That was thoughtful of you, Brother Ci."

Xu Fan hurriedly responded.

The two sides exchanged a few simple pleasantries.

Then Qian Renxue used urgent palace business as an excuse to have Porcupinefish Douluo leave first.

Before he left, the two exchanged a glance.

Naturally, Porcupinefish Douluo needed to hurry and carry out Qian Renxue's assignment, passing word to Spirit Hall.

Once the door closed again, Qian Renxue impatiently turned to Xu Fan.

"Little brother, weren't we just talking about hundred-thousand-year soul beasts?"

She returned to the bedside in a few steps and sat down.

Hearing this, Xu Fan twisted his lips helplessly.

His brother wasn't even a Soul Master, so why was he so interested in these hundred-thousand-year soul beasts?

Still, he cleared his throat and said seriously:

"Yes. Brother, you don't know this, but after a soul beast transforms into human form,

they need contact with human society and to experience the human presence, or their cultivation will stagnate.

Their strength is limited during the early stages of transformation, so they have to hide their identity as much as possible.

Ordinary people usually won't notice anything unusual, but experts at the Titled Douluo level are different.

Once they're exposed, you should know what happens to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, right?"

Qian Renxue nodded, keenly sensing something questionable about this.

"Since she risks being exposed at any moment, does she have some purpose in transforming and cultivating anew?"

Xu Fan answered quite straightforwardly:

"To avenge her mother.

Xiao Wu's mother was also a hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit.

But Bibi Dong hunted and killed her years ago, and she became Bibi Dong's Soul Ring."

Qian Renxue's expression briefly stiffened.

To think this actually involved Bibi Dong.

Xu Fan didn't notice the change in her and continued:

"Because of that, Xiao Wu bore a deep blood feud against Bibi Dong for killing her mother.

She came to the human world not only to hide her identity and cultivate and grow, but also carrying that knot in her heart.

With a plot like this, she should have endured humiliation and shouldered her burden, cultivated diligently, and finally sought revenge on her enemy.

But what happened?

Before it even started, the whole tone went off track."

Qian Renxue looked at him.

"Off track how?"

Xu Fan looked thoroughly disdainful.

"After Xiao Wu went to Nuoding Academy, she hadn't made any headway with her revenge, but she was already chasing Tang San around to play all day!"

"..."

Qian Renxue was momentarily speechless.

The more Xu Fan talked, the more animated he became.

"They called each other brother and sister so affectionately, sticking together all day.

And in the end, this brother and sister actually got together?

Was that sibling relationship innocent? Pah, shameless!"

He spread his hands and shrugged.

"Some readers even theorized that, to protect Tang San's pride, Xiao Wu

deliberately controlled her cultivation speed so her Soul Power Level always stayed behind Tang San's."

Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow.

"She could even do that?"

Xu Fan waved a hand, then couldn't help launching into another complaint:

"Exactly! Soul beasts that transform into humans cultivate much faster than human Soul Masters.

For Tang San's sake, Xiao Wu could even put her revenge on the back burner."

Qian Renxue fell silent for a moment before finally offering just one assessment.

"Incomprehensible."

"That's what I'm saying!"

Xu Fan slapped his thigh and reached his conclusion.

"The readers all say Douluo Continent should be called Romance Continent!"

Qian Renxue: "..."

Xu Fan was on a roll and showed no sign of stopping.

"You think Xiao Wu's the only love-addled fool? Isn't Bibi Dong one too?"

Hearing that name, Qian Renxue immediately looked over again.

Entirely oblivious, Xu Fan went on talking:

"When she was young, she was ready to die over Yu Xiaogang.

Later, after Qian Xunji forcibly split them up, her whole mentality became twisted.

Her heart turned dark, and all she could think about was taking revenge on society."

Qian Renxue: "..."

Though those words were harsh, she couldn't find fault with them, and even felt an inexplicable measure of satisfaction hearing them.

"What's even more interesting is that Bibi Dong isn't just love-addled herself-the disciple she trained is indigo that surpasses the blue!"

Qian Renxue raised her head and asked:

"You mean Hu Liena?"

"Exactly!"

Xu Fan snapped his fingers.

"Brother, you know quite a bit about Spirit Hall,

that's right, Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden, Hu Liena. Outstanding talent, considerable status, and boundless prospects.

But after meeting Tang San, she became completely obsessed."

He grew increasingly worked up as he spoke.

"She always leaked crucial secrets at critical moments, causing Spirit Hall's major operations to fail. A complete white-eyed wolf.

After Tang San rejected her, she spent a long time depressed and unhappy, causing her own Soul Power cultivation to stagnate."

Xu Fan clicked his tongue twice.

Qian Renxue kept shaking her head as she listened.

"How could the dignified Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall reduce herself to this over a man?"

"That's what being love-addled means!"

Xu Fan seemed to be getting carried away with his complaints.

"Stay near vermilion and you turn red; stay near ink and you turn black! Bibi Dong was already outrageous enough herself, and the disciple she raised turned out the same."

Qian Renxue nodded in wholehearted agreement.

It seemed she would have to keep her guard up around this Hu Liena in the future.

"Love-addled" was quite an apt description.

To think a demonic fox specializing in mental charm would instead end up so utterly bewitched by Tang San herself.

How ironic.

"Come to think of it, Bibi Dong's lineage really is interesting."

Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow, immediately intrigued. Was Xu Fan implying there was an even greater master?

"How so?"

Xu Fan said with a perfectly serious expression:

"Bibi Dong's disciple is like this, and so is her daughter.

You think Qian Renxue isn't love-addled too?"

Qian Renxue: "???"

Her entire body froze, and the corner of her eye twitched slightly.

How had the fire spread to her?