"They're all dead?"
Qin Xiao asked Du Gu Bo blandly.
Du Gu Bo nodded, "Almost, maybe, roughly around there..."
He didn't give a definite answer but instead gave a vague one.
Qin Xiao's heart stirred, and he suddenly realized, "Does that mean someone escaped?"
"Yes."
Du Gu Bo nodded.
A trace of awkwardness flashed across his face.
Logically speaking, Qin Xiao had asked him for help, but to have someone escape was indeed a bit embarrassing.
"Actually, it's not really my fault; they scattered too much during their escape, and the person who got away had a very strange Martial Soul, with Starlight Bodyguarding..."
Poison Douluo helplessly spread his hands, then Qin Xiao saw him fall into a frown, deep in thought.
"Starlight Bodyguarding, why does this Martial Soul sound so familiar, who was it again..."
He muttered under his breath.
"Star Crown Martial Soul, one of the most influential families in the Xingluo Empire."
Qin Xiao nonchalantly reminded him, without any curiosity.
"Right, right, right, it's the Star Crown."
Du Gu Bo nodded repeatedly, "Who would've thought you'd also pay attention to someone else's Martial Soul..."
However, Qin Xiao didn't seem very pleased.
Such a big fish had slipped through the nets of old man Du Gu Bo.
"Qin Xiao, there were so many of them, it's not a big deal if one got away."
Suddenly, Du Gu Bo smiled slyly, "Let's not get upset anymore, I'll tell you a secret instead."
"Just spit it out, and I'll listen first."
Qin Xiao said indifferently.
Du Gu Bo searched around, then pointing at the deceased Fleet Admiral, he said: "This guy is quite special; he's the Empire Marshal of the Xingluo Empire, quite the big fish himself, even more important than a Star Crown Soul Master. You should know, he's not only a Soul Douluo Level powerhouse, but also a regent of the Xingluo Empire. His death here is a severe blow to the Empire, practically losing an arm or a leg."
"Oh, the Marshal, really the Empire Marshal?!"
Qin Xiao was taken aback.
He had to admit.
This was indeed beyond his expectations, just as Du Gu Bo said, the Empire Marshal of Xingluo truly was a big fish.
"Since he's the Empire Marshal, he should have at least one or two soul bones on him, right?"
Qin Xiao mumbled, "All those people before were paupers; over thirty people, none as valuable as an Elder of the Hao Tian Clan."
Du Gu Bo: "..."
So, the way you judge a person's worth is by how many soul bones they have.
"Boom crack."
A bolt of lightning streaked across.
It landed accurately on the body of the Xingluo Empire Marshal.
In just an instant, there was nothing left of the body.
But it didn't disappoint Qin Xiao; three lustrous bones fell from where the body had been.
"There actually are some, and three at that."
"Hmm, as expected of the Xingluo Empire's Marshal, didn't let me down at all."
Qin Xiao nodded and praised, "Such a person, I'm willing to call useful."
Du Gu Bo was speechless.
What kind of twisted logic is this, those who can't burst out soul bones for you are useless?
It really is.
The world is getting worse by the day.
"Left arm bone, left leg bone, and one more, that is..."
"Skull!?"
Upon seeing this, Qin Xiao's eyes lit up, quite pleased with the spoils.
"Er Long, come over here."
Qin Xiao beckoned to Liu Erlong.
At his call, Liu Erlong hesitated for a moment but still stepped forward, coming to Qin Xiao's side.
"Thank you..."
Liu Erlong pursed her red lips, then began to speak.
But before she could finish, Qin Xiao cut her off.
"No need for thanks between us."
What!
Upon hearing Qin Xiao's words, Liu Erlong's face changed, and she immediately blushed.
What did Qin Xiao's words mean...
Were they not?
A bit intimate?
She lowered her head, almost burying it in her chest.
Did I say something? Qin Xiao, puzzled, shook his head and then said, "Stretch out your hand."
Liu Erlong's body once again quivered, she couldn't help but wonder what Qin Xiao was going to do.
Yet, she obediently stretched out her hand toward Qin Xiao.
After this event, she found her feelings for Qin Xiao had undergone quite a change.
"Here, they're all for you."
Qin Xiao said, and pushed the three soul bones into Liu Erlong's hands all at once.
"What are you saying, all these soul bones are for me?"
Liu Erlong clutched the hefty soul bones in her hand, her face a picture of disbelief.
These were soul bones.
The treasure countless Soul Masters dream of, given to her just like that?
And to give her as many as three at once.
You should know, even her own father Yu Luomian was not as generous as Qin Xiao.
"If I'm giving them to you, just take them."
"Whether you like it or not, you are my woman now. However, your Cultivation Level is still too weak, the Soul Power these soul bones provide might even lead to successive breakthroughs for you, you at least need to reach the Soul Douluo Level Cultivation in order to have some self-preservation ability. But based on your current Soul Power, these three soul bones might not even push your Cultivation Level to level 80. No, we need two more."
Qin Xiao thought about it seriously, then continued, "On second thought, your Soul Power at the moment, three soul bones might not be enough to break your Cultivation Level to level 80. No, I'll give you two more."
As he spoke, Qin Xiao took out another two gleaming soul bones and stuffed them into Liu Erlong's hands, under the astonished gaze of both Liu Erlong and Du Gu Bo.
This time, the two soul bones were the right arm bone and right leg bone.
Seeing this, Du Gu Bo's eyelids began to twitch uncontrollably, "The quality of the soul bones he took out this time is even better than the ones before..."
Indeed, it was true.
The soul bones Qin Xiao pulled out this time were obtained during the extermination of the Hao Tian Clan.
Coming from the Elders of the Hao Tian Clan, each of the two soul bones had been around for thirty to fifty thousand years.