"Then you must be very careful."
Qin Xiao didn't insist on taking Liu Erlong with him for Soul Hunting.
Because he knew Liu Erlong was not the kind to depend on others, and she had her own opinions on handling matters.
"Don't worry when I handle things."
Liu Erlong nodded emphatically.
"Right, there are two more things you need to be wary of."
Qin Xiao said, his expression growing serious,
Liu Erlong, upon hearing this, also sobered up, "What is it? Tell me, I'll remember."
"The first thing is to be wary of the Xingluo Empire. They failed to achieve their goal last time and might persist in finding another opportunity to act against us."
"The second thing is to be cautious about the Blue Electric Overlord Dragon Clan. Yu Yuanzhen's attempt on your life already showed strong intent to kill, and he even considered not sparing you. Although Yu Yuanzhen is dead now, I'm not sure if they will, like the Xingluo Empire, act against me through you."
As Qin Xiao spoke, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that my body has some issues now, and I can't exhibit the peak of my Cultivation Level. Otherwise, I would have already struck down the Xingluo Empire and the Blue Electric Overlord Dragon Clan."
"However, once I return, I will surely settle the scores with them. If there's one to be accounted for, not one will be spared."
After listening to Qin Xiao's words, Liu Erlong nodded firmly, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
While speaking, she took Qin Xiao's hand in hers, "You go with peace of mind, I'll wait for your return."
At this moment, she showed a rare tenderness.
Only...
Qin Xiao slightly frowned.
Why did that sound like she was 'sending him off'?
A night of passion.
When Qin Xiao woke up, Liu Erlong's figure was gone from his side.
By the simple wooden bed, there was a message left by Liu Erlong.
It simply read: I don't like farewells, so I'll wait for you at Blue Tyrant Academy.
"I never expected her to be so emotional..."
Qin Xiao smiled slightly, then got up.
As he stepped out of the room, several people were already waiting for him.
Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan all stood neatly outside the door.
Only...
They all seemed off somehow.
All of them had significant dark circles under their eyes, and Ning Rongrong's eyes were even red.
Qin Xiao furrowed his brows and asked, "What were you all doing last night?"
"Nothin', just sleeping."
"Just couldn't sleep with some things on my mind."
Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong exchanged a glance, making insincere remarks.
Suddenly.
Qin Xiao had a realization; he remembered what Liu Erlong had said before: the rooms here were not soundproof.
"I now strongly suspect that the reason Liu Erlong left early is because she'd be too embarrassed to see people the next morning, right?"
He mumbled to himself.
"Your Highness, where's President Liu?"
Dugu Yan asked curiously.
She wanted to know if Liu Erlong could walk out on her own after last night's 'battle.'
"Yanyan, you don't know, President Liu has already left."
"This morning I saw her leaning on the door as she came out. Even when she greeted me, her voice was hoarse."
Ning Rongrong answered.
Dugu Yan: "...."
Her gaze toward Qin Xiao began to change.
Your Highness is simply inhuman.
Calling him Qin Xiao seems less fitting than beast....
"Let's go, let's go, no more gossiping. Let's set off now."
Even Qin Xiao couldn't help but blush after hearing Ning Rongrong's words.
He hastily urged everyone to leave, leading the way out.
The others followed close behind.
But...
As Qin Xiao and the others were about to depart, he turned and shouted toward the stone cave where Du Gu Bo resided, "Du Gu Bo, I'm leaving. I'll leave the house in your care."
Elsewhere.
Du Gu Bo was actually standing at the entrance of the cave, sideways, allowing his line of sight to just catch Dugu Yan and the departing figures of Qin Xiao and the others.
When Qin Xiao's voice reached him, he smiled slightly, "Home, that word does have a nice ring to it."
But...
The more he pondered it, the more he felt something was amiss.
"Look after the house, look after the house?"
"Why do I feel like he's calling me a dog?"
Instantly, he got angry, shouting outside, "You little rascal, you'll regret this when you come back."
Only...
His shout echoed away, but nobody was there to hear it anymore.
The Icefire Polarized Eyes, nowhere could the figures of Qin Xiao and the others be seen.
"Well, it's a good thing they've gone far enough..."
Conversely, Du Gu Bo, seeing no response for a while, let out a long sigh of relief.
...
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, seven days hurried by.
When Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Flander returned from Soul Hunting in the Aquipeia Forest, the rotund Shao Xin trotted up to meet them.
Zhao Wuji grinned and joked, "Old Shao, what's up? Get chased by a dog?"
"Just you talk too much."
"Humph, without your chatter, no one would mistake you for a mute."
Shao Xin glanced at Zhao Wuji, huffing in annoyance, "President Liu, the Tyrant Dragon Family has come again."
"The Tyrant Dragon Family?"
Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Flander's faces all shifted simultaneously.
Especially Liu Erlong, recalling the words Qin Xiao had left with her before departing, felt an ominous premonition.
Trouble has come calling!
However, she wasn't too panicked; her formidable strength gave her confidence.
You should know, on this trip to the Aquipeia Forest, her strength had increased tremendously.
Not to mention gaining the eighth soul ring, her Soul Power had even reached level eighty-six.
Now, Liu Erlong was confident that with the power of four crowns of the True Dragon Nine Crowns activated, she could battle a Titled Douluo.
"Old Shao, how many people from the Tyrant Dragon Family have come, and do you recognize any of them? Who are they?"
At the side, Flander asked calmly.
"I've been in the Academy for two or three days now, and there are a total of two people. One is Yu Luomian, the Second Master of the Blue Electric Overlord Dragon Clan. The other is..."
Shao Xin said, hesitating.
Liu Erlong's gaze flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Who is the second one? Just say it, there's no need to beat around the bush."
Shao Xin said, "It's Yu Xiaogang."
"Yu Xiaogang, he actually dares to come back."
There was an uncontrollable rage in Flander's voice.
You see, the incident that happened last time was anything but pleasant for both sides.
"Mr. Shao, please take us there."
Liu Erlong stated emphatically.
...
Meanwhile.
In the backyard that belonged solely to Liu Erlong.
Outside the wooden fence, Yu Luomian looked at the simple wooden hut, with no telling what he was thinking.
"Second Uncle, if you want to go in, why don't you go?"
Yu Xiaogang, who looked even older than Yu Luomian, asked.
"This is the bottom line."
Yu Luomian answered solemnly.
Bottom line? A look of bewilderment appeared in Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
He didn't understand what Yu Luomian meant.
"Xiaogang, at any time, no matter what you do, you must have a bottom line." Yu Luomian's gaze rested upon Yu Xiaogang, speaking earnestly.
However, Yu Xiaogang obviously wasn't in the mood to listen to Yu Luomian expound on life philosophies. "Second Uncle, according to the information we got, we've searched for several days and haven't found any traces of my father. Could it be that after he slew Qin Xiao, he went elsewhere?"
He couldn't help expressing his own conjecture.
He felt that waiting here for Liu Erlong to return was meaningless.
Yet,
Yu Luomian thought otherwise.
After searching for several days with no news of Yu Yuanzhen, he wasn't as optimistic as Yu Xiaogang. A bad premonition had already taken root in his heart.
And proving his hunch wasn't difficult; he just needed to ask Liu Erlong whether Qin Xiao was truly alive.
So, during the days Liu Erlong was absent, he had been waiting.
Seeing that Yu Luomian didn't respond to his words, Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth and asked another question, "Second Uncle, if we find the True Dragon Nine Crowns, may I ask what your plans are for it?"
"What's the reason for asking that?"
Yu Luomian was taken aback for a moment before saying, "Of course, it is to be returned to the Nine Great Ancestor Mountains, awaiting a new person of destiny."
"Second Uncle..."
Yu Xiaogang couldn't help calling out to Yu Luomian upon hearing this.
"What? Xiaogang, are you thinking of trying whether the True Dragon Nine Crowns will recognize you as its master?"
Yu Luomian understood Yu Xiaogang's thoughts and asked with a hint of surprise.
In truth, he was shocked.
This good-for-nothing really is clueless.
Even Yu Luomian himself had never entertained the thought of trying to tame the True Dragon Nine Crowns, yet this good-for-nothing actually dared to dream of it.
"Second Uncle, as you know, my lifelong pursuit has been to prove my worth."
"But after wasting so many years, this is what I've come to."
"The True Dragon Nine Crowns is my last chance. If I don't try, even in death, I won't rest in peace."
As Yu Xiaogang spoke, tears welled up and overflowed.
Yu Luomian looked deeply at Yu Xiaogang without saying a word.
To be frank, if Yu Xiaogang weren't the only son of Yu Yuanzhen, he wouldn't have bothered to bring Yu Xiaogang along at all.
Such an annoyance.
"What are you doing here again?"
At this moment, behind them, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, Flander, Shao Xin, and others approached.
Yu Luomian and Yu Xiaogang almost simultaneously turned their heads to look.
"Er Long, you've returned."
A smile appeared on Yu Luomian's face.
Yu Xiaogang's body involuntarily trembled, and he shrank behind Yu Luomian.
He didn't even dare to lift his head to look at Liu Erlong and the others.
"Just get straight to the point, what is it?"
Liu Erlong stopped about ten meters in front of Yu Yuanzhen, crossed his arms, and looked indifferently at Yu Luomian.
Yu Luomian asked, "Er Long, don't you plan to invite me in for a sit?"
"I'm sorry, I have no such intention."
Liu Erlong abruptly shook his head, his face cold as ice.
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"Eh?"
Yu Luomian's expression changed; he could feel the distance between him and Liu Erlong growing wider.
Little did he know, Liu Erlong certainly didn't have a pleasant look on her face.
After all, Yu Yuanzhen had not thought to show any mercy when he took action.
He might not have intended to kill her, but he could have made her life a living hell.
"Fine, then I'll just sit next time I come."
Yu Luomian waved his hand somewhat dispiritedly and then said, "Er Long, we've come to ask if you have any news about your great-uncle?"
"Great-uncle?"
"Does he even deserve to be called that?"
Liu Erlong scoffed and said, "If you want to know about Yu Yuanzhen's whereabouts, there's no need to beat around the bush, he's already dead, less than a hundred miles outside of Tiandou City."
"Just a hundred miles outside of Tiandou City?"
"Impossible, we've had people searching for several days now and haven't found any trace of my father."
Before Yu Luomian could say something, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but leap out from behind him and question Liu Erlong's words.
"Heh, were you at the scene when Yu Yuanzhen died?"
Liu Erlong looked at Yu Xiaogang and sneered coldly.
"Second uncle, you, do you see Liu Erlong's attitude?"
"And, she keeps calling my father Yu Yuanzhen without any respect."
Yu Xiaogang shrank his neck, not daring to argue with Liu Erlong, and could only complain to Yu Luomian.
Hmph.
At Liu Erlong's side, Flander snorted disdainfully.
The current Yu Xiaogang was increasingly contemptible in his eyes.
Yu Luomian's expression changed several times, lowering his voice, "Er Long, stop calling him Yu Yuanzhen repeatedly; after all, he is your great-uncle..."
"Great-uncle, I have no such great-uncle!"
Liu Erlong also had no good expression towards Yu Luomian, "Putting aside whatever relationship I have with Qin Xiao, Yu Yuanzhen never thought of being merciful to me in his quest for revenge against Qin Xiao.
In his plan, he wanted to cripple Qin Xiao first and then torture everyone close to Qin Xiao, including me. Maybe because of you, I wouldn't have to die, but I would definitely have been worse off than dead."
"What, there's such a thing!"
Upon hearing Liu Erlong's words, Yu Luomian suddenly widened his eyes.
His face was full of disbelief.
Surprise.
It was truly surprising; he never thought his elder brother could be so ruthless.
"Believe it or not, that's up to you. Anyway, Yu Yuanzhen has been slain by Qin Xiao, dead without proof."
"What! You're saying Qin Xiao killed my father!"
Yu Xiaogang let out another cry of astonishment.
"What else? Could it be that Yu Yuanzhen killed himself?"
Zhao Wuji didn't need Liu Erlong to answer as he stepped forward, his face full of anger.
He bluntly said that if it weren't for the fact that the person before him was Yu Luomian, Liu Erlong's father, and if it were any other member of the Blue Electric Overlord Dragon Clan he had found, he would not have left them as anything but minced meat—such was already his mercy.
In his heart, all those who dared go against Qin Xiao and stood on Qin Xiao's opposing side were enemies to Zhao Wuji.
As for enemies, Zhao Wuji was never one to show mercy.
"My elder brother is dead, yet Qin Xiao lives!"
After listening to Liu Erlong's words, Yu Luomian's heart surged with tumultuous waves.
Incredulity.
Disbelief.
He couldn't forget how vibrant and confident Yu Yuanzhen was.
That indomitable spirit made Yu Luomian completely convinced that Yu Yuanzhen had become the strongest in the world, capable of achieving anything.
Handling someone like Qin Xiao should have been trivial, right?
But.
The outcome was that Yu Yuanzhen was dead, Qin Xiao alive—a result he could not accept.
"The sky has fallen, the sky of our Blue Electric Overlord Dragon Clan has fallen!"
He lamented in his heart.
Yet, his status dictated that he could not fall, he could not let outsiders see him as a laughing stock.
Looking at Yu Xiaogang by his side was even worse.
He seemed drained of all spirit, slumped on the ground, his eyes vacant, lost in a daze.
After a long while, Yu Luomian finally emerged from the vast sorrow.
He asked in a hoarse voice, "Er Long, can you tell me how strong Qin Xiao actually is, and how my elder brother died in battle?"
"No comment."
Liu Erlong didn't want to explain any further or say anything more to them, and she had also issued an eviction order, "You people should leave now, I'm tired. And my Blue Tyrant Academy will be renamed Shrek Academy, no longer having any connection with the Blue Electric Overlord Dragon Clan. It would be best if you do not come again."
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