Chapter 60: 60. Better Not Float
Talent.
It was what determined one's fate in Douluo Dalu.
One can reach a higher level with good enough talent. If you don't have enough talent, you can only live an ordinary life. Lucky for Xie Yue, the body he currently has is filled with talent. If not, the path to becoming eternal would be even harder for him.
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Enjoying the cool breeze, Xie Yue walked around the sect. A slight smile crept onto his handsome face as he strode leisurely.
He had already planned and thought about many precautions to avoid any possible events or encounters that could disturb his goal toward the Dugu Family. Calculating everything, Xie Yue was sure there wouldn't be any problem anymore in getting the immortal grass.
As such, Xie Yue decided to enjoy this evening alone to calm his pressured mind.
"Haa~ the air is not feeling suffocating anymore," Xie Yue muttered with a smile, his robe swaying in the air.
After all these years, today he was able to feel that the Douluo world was also familiar to him; it was the same feeling he had toward Earth when he lived there. It's as if everything about this world feels right for him only now. This feeling can't be described with words.
"But I better not float..." Xie Yue's aura changed again as he muttered. The relief and joy that arose inside his eyes disappeared when he thought about another person.
That person was none other than Xue Qinghe... or Qian Renxue in disguise.
It had already been one and a half years since Xue Qinghe's apprenticeship to Ning Fengzhi.
After becoming Ning Fengzhi's disciple, it took her only six months to completely capture Ning Fengzhi's heart. With that captured heart, she also gained Ning Fengzhi's trust.
So what could have happened that went against Xie Yue that time?
None other than Ning Fengzhi opening his smelly mouth.
A year ago, Ning Fengzhi, who understood that his disciple was filial to him and very trustworthy, had been overly proud of getting such a gem as his disciple.
He also felt guilty for lying to his beloved disciple until now about Xie Yue and Hu Liena. So without choosing an auspicious day, he decided to tell her the whole truth about them.
The problem is.....
That day was also the end of Xie Yue's hard-earned freedom.
And the biggest problem is....
Xie Yue was not aware that he had lost his freedom.
'Good thing that I was always careful and trusted my instincts. If not, everything would have gone wrong,' Xie Yue patted his old heart with an invisible hand to calm down as he remembered that one most unlucky day in his life.
That day was one year ago....
It was the same as any other day for Xie Yue. He went out of his sect, met Tang Yuehua, stayed in her house for two hours, chatting with her perfunctorily for a while before leaving.
If this schedule had continued, his next action would naturally have been to go hunting at night.
As someone who liked learning very much, Xie Yue naturally wouldn't miss out on his learning process.
Since he had already finished learning about Douluo knowledge, soul beast knowledge, music, and etiquette, Xie Yue only had medicine learning ongoing.
Since he had some free time, he chose torture learning as his next subject. And he had already started learning this subject on his own as early as when he just turned ten years old.
While Xie Yue was aware of the problems it could bring to him and only did it occasionally, during the past six months, he had already taken the lives of six more people for learning purposes—one person each month, no more than that; excluding fire soul masters.
Xie Yue was also satisfied with the progress he was making. In his free time, he would also ponder how to improve himself in this regard. When the next month's turn came, he would try his ideas on the victim. Like that, even though it had been only six months, he had already made good progress in this subject.
That day, after leaving the Moon Pavilion and shaking off those hidden guards, Xie Yue decided to go in the direction of his new target.
But when he took the first step, he stopped in his tracks as he felt something.
That feeling was very fleeting and minuscule. If it were any others, they would have ignored it; heck, they wouldn't have even noticed it in the first place. But Xie Yue was never the one to ignore even these minute feelings. His instincts screamed at him that what he felt was indeed true and not his imagination.
So without making a fuss, he turned around and left in another direction, spending his time playing around the city and returning to his sect three days later.
During the past few days, Xie Yue had been thinking about who was following and spying on him. Although he had that feeling for a fraction of a second, Xie Yue was sure there was someone behind him, watching him secretly. And importantly, that person was not weak....
Xie Yue was familiar with the feeling of being watched. From the time he arrived at the STGT sect at the age of six, he had been subjected to others' observation.
In his earlier years, Xie Yue couldn't sense that there were people spying on him. He didn't even get that feeling. His soul power was very low anyway, so it was not possible to know that.
But after learning from the Moon Pavilion and reaching over level 20, he became aware of those spying gazes. He could, at maximum, feel the gazes of someone at the level of Soul Saint. It was gradual development, and this talent he gained was the result of the environment he lived in.
Until now, he had no experience of feeling the gaze of someone more powerful than Soul Saint level. Maybe he really couldn't sense them, or perhaps there had been no one more powerful than a Soul Saint who spied on him until now.
When Sword Douluo followed and observed Xie Yue's routine, Xie Yue was around the age of eight. He had no experience of sensing at that time. Even until now, Xie Yue was not aware of Sword Douluo's visits. But with his intelligence and Ning Fengzhi's character, Xie Yue was sure that they must have observed him thoroughly.
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Knowing that the follower was stronger than a Soul Saint, maybe even a Titled Douluo, Xie Yue first doubted it was his master or his bone grandfather. But soon he dismissed it, knowing their character and their trust in him. There was no need for them to unnecessarily follow him since they were already sure of his nature and character. They also had high trust in him; Xie Yue was sure of this.
So after carefully sorting out the possibilities, Xie Yue was able to figure out the mastermind. When he came to the sect, he confirmed that his guess was correct.
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(This Day)
'When I first met her, I knew that something like that would happen one day. But I never expected it to happen so soon.'
'sigh... I underestimated her ability before. But not after that day,' Xie Yue thought about Qian Renxue.
When Xie Yue learned that she had become Ning Fengzhi's disciple, he thought about the problems she would bring him. But he only thought that it would take at least a year or more for her to focus her attention on him.
He believed that even with her excellence, it would take a year to fool the old shrewd Ning Fengzhi completely. But he never expected that she would succeed in just six months....
'Because of her, I lost most of the freedom I gained outside the sect.'
Sigh.
'But at least I took some precautions beforehand and melted all the whale glues before her attention turned to me....' Xie Yue thought.
As prudent as he was, he knew what to prioritize. So when he first came into contact with her, Xie Yue decided to melt all the whale glues within a few months and preserve them in the soul tool... Because of that, now at the age of eleven and a half and level 29, he had already consumed all the whale glues.
"Now, now.... Why don't I go and see my big brother? Hehe," Xie Yue muttered with amusement as he dismissed those worrying thoughts. He was someone who bore grudges in his heart. So of course, he would take revenge against those who disturbed him.
Now that Qian Renxue was still in the sect.... He couldn't miss any chance to bother and disturb her too.
"Its the time of sunset.... Really a good time to bath" With a malicious smile on his delicate face, Xie Yue turned and left in the direction of his father's disciple. Kekeke.
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AQ: Within how many chapters should i finish this book? 200-300 chapters or 400-500 chapters?
Tell me your opinions. Depending on this I will decide whether elaborating every details about the plot progress is necessary or not; Like today's chapter.
Take into account that every chapter will have around 1000-1500 words.
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