Spirit City.
Bibi Dong looked at the scout who came to report and asked, "You're saying that Li Qing suddenly appeared in Extreme North City, but he wasn't accompanied by the known Titled Douluo, but by three unknown individuals?"
The scout nodded, "Yes, two females and one male. Although they haven't made a move, their aura is extraordinary, and there's a high probability they are Titled Douluo."
Bibi Dong asked, "What do they look like?"
The scout replied, "One of the females has white hair, the other has green hair, and there's also a white-haired young man. They all have very striking appearances, unlike ordinary people."
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong immediately fell into deep thought.
She knew that Li Qing had gone out to sea a year ago, and she even had some conjectures about their destination. Now he had suddenly returned with three strangers.
Could they have been brought back from Sea God Island?
That shouldn't be the case.
Aren't the Spirit Masters of Sea God Island forbidden from leaving Sea God Island? How could they come to the continent with him?
Bibi Dong suddenly thought of a possibility.
Spirit Masters from Sea God Island are indeed forbidden from leaving Sea God Island, but rules are dead and people are alive. What if Li Qing became the Sea God's inheritor?
Wouldn't that allow him to break the rules?
However, the three people accompanying Li Qing didn't match the Titled Douluo from Sea God Island she had seen before. Were they newly promoted Titled Douluo, or had she guessed wrong?
Regardless, they had to be wary.
Spirit Hall had once launched an expedition against Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong had accompanied them that time. She knew the power of Sea God Island well; it was in no way weaker than their Spirit Hall.
If Li Qing truly brought people from Sea God Island back, then their troubles would be immense.
Originally, she was still hesitating whether or not to ask the Hall of Offerings for help in hunting spirit rings, but with this sudden change, she could no longer hesitate.
Otherwise, once Li Qing attacked with many Title Douluo from Sea God Island, Qian Daoliu would definitely throw her out to seek peace.
Because she knew that her standing in Qian Daoliu's heart was not heavy, at least not comparable to the entire Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu currently had no intention of going to war.
He only wanted to quietly wait for that day to arrive and help Qian Renxue take that final step.
Only by quickly breaking through to rank ninety-nine could she control her own destiny, and the best way to quickly break through to rank ninety-nine was to attach a spirit ring.
A hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.
Heaven Dou City, a certain clothing store.
Li Qing and the Titan Snow Demon King sat lifelessly on a chair, their eyes dull as they stared at the Snow Empress and the other female, who were constantly moving through various areas of the clothing store.
They had been careless.
Li Qing truly hadn't expected that two Spirit Beasts would be so interested in human clothing, and the kind that couldn't stop once they started shopping.
In just half a day, the two of them had already visited most of the women's clothing stores in Heaven Dou City.
Although Li Qing and the other male's bodies could withstand it, their spirits couldn't. Three full hours, six hours, even girls on Earth wouldn't be this exaggerated, right?
"Sister Xue, this is good, this is good—"
The Ice Empress suddenly took down a set of black lace panties, squeezed next to the Snow Empress, making the latter's little face flush red.
Li Qing was even more speechless seeing this. Those panties were all copied from the second floor of their Heaven on Earth. Who were they buying these things to wear for?
The most outrageous thing was that the Ice Empress dared to recommend them, and the Snow Empress actually dared to want them, buying several sets at once.
Li Qing sized up the two females, imagining them wearing those undergarments, and he had to admit, it really piqued his interest.
The Titan Snow Demon King said, "Boss, why don't you watch here while I go back to Heaven on Earth for another bite?"
Li Qing retorted, "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating. Tell me yourself how much you've eaten today. Who can keep up if you keep eating like this?"
The Titan Snow Demon King couldn't help but pout.
"Li Qing, pay!"
The two females finally finished choosing. After putting the items into the spirit tool Li Qing gave them, they both looked at Li Qing, making Li Qing feel like a big sucker.
After paying, the four walked out of the store, the two females still wanting to continue shopping.
Li Qing said helplessly, "That's enough. You've bought so much, can you even wear it all? If not, I'll give you money, and you can go shopping yourselves."
The Ice Empress said, "That's no fun."
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Li Qing: "So you weren't trying to buy clothes, you just wanted to torture me, right?"
The Ice Empress looked embarrassed.
Li Qing immediately understood that this was their purpose. He thought, how could a dignified fierce beast be interested in those impractical mortal clothes that only looked good?
After all, whether it was quality or texture, those clothes were far inferior to what they could conjure up.
Of course, those novel styles of underwear were an exception; they were products of the super-era, but only for men. Women might not find them very comfortable to wear.
"Let's go, home."
Li Qing was too lazy to bother with them. He took them back to the Dugu Residence, and after entrusting their living arrangements to the housekeeper, he returned to his own room.
As a blue pearl was taken out of the spirit tool, the temperature of the entire room instantly dropped.
Strangely, the sudden drop in temperature was confined to the room; the outside of the room was not affected in the slightest, as if the pearl was intentionally controlling it.
After absorbing the Spirit Bone earlier, Li Qing had studied the Ice and Fire Dragon King's inner core, but he hadn't figured out anything conclusive.
The inner core contained immense energy, but that energy couldn't be extracted. No matter what method Li Qing used, he couldn't extract even a trace of the energy within.
Li Qing wondered if he should try swallowing it.
However, this idea was immediately extinguished as soon as it was born, because the risk was too high, and he didn't want to lose his life due to his recklessness.
Isn't there another one in Death Canyon?
Once he knew how to use that yin and yang inner core, it would be clear how to use the Ice and Fire Dragon King's inner core, so there was no need to take this risk.
After studying it for a while longer and confirming that he couldn't figure anything out for the time being, Li Qing put it away.
He walked out of the room, and as he passed by the Ice Empress and the other female's room, he heard bursts of laughter and playful noises coming from within. From their conversation, it wasn't hard to tell.
They were trying on underwear.
Li Qing: "..."
It was only because he had some principles as a person, otherwise he would have pushed the door open to see what was going on, after all, just imagining such a scene was enough to make one unable to resist.
Shaking his head, Li Qing walked straight out of the Dugu Residence and arrived in front of a mansion not far away.
This mansion had already been bought by the Netherworld Sect, and now some members of the Netherworld Sect lived there, mainly to facilitate Li Qing's giving of orders.
"Sect Master!"
Seeing Li Qing arrive, the two non-living dead guards at the entrance quickly saluted.
Li Qing's identity and portrait had long been sent to all members of the Netherworld Sect, so there was no possibility of such a clichéd plot where they didn't even recognize their own Sect Master.
Li Qing nodded slightly and walked straight into the mansion.