I have added this story to my Patreon. You can support me and read the 40 latest and advanced chapters there. It also fed and motivate me to write more chapters!
Link: Patreon.com/AVRKingsTL
—------------------—
"Okay." Xue Qinghe sighed.
"But if I deliberately keep my distance, will Xuan Ming feel that I have neglected him and become even more distant from me? Moreover, some misunderstandings will only get deeper if they are not spoken of."
She was in a hurry to achieve success at first because she was worried that Xuan Ming had been indoctrinated by the Pope with something unfavorable to her while he was in the Pope's Palace.
But Xuan Ming kept denying it, which made her wonder whether Xuan Ming had begun to protect the Pope.
It was also because of this that she kept pursuing him relentlessly, but she didn't expect that this anxiety would make Xuan Ming feel disgusted with Xue Qinghe.
It's not that she hasn't thought about changing her approach, but thinking that changing means admitting her mistakes, she would rather make the best of it!
"Your Highness, there are priorities. What you should focus on now is his vigilance against you. If you don't solve this problem first, everything else will be useless." Tang Yuehua said.
"I know some of the things I said were inappropriate, but...are you being too harsh on this child?"
Xue Qinghe is not the kind of person who rushes for success. He is very tactful in doing things. Especially after establishing contact with Ning Fengzhi, the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, he has become more profound than before and will not let others see through his thoughts easily.
But now, regarding this child, she could clearly see Xue Qinghe's anxiety, even anger!
"Your Highness, if you regard this child as a precious treasure, don't think you can get him in a simple way." Tang Yuehua said.
"You can get it easily, and so can others."
"Precious things are always hard to come by."
"You also know that this treasure of his is not so easy to obtain. If you suddenly get it easily again, wouldn't you be suspicious?"
"And..." Tang Yuehua looked a little unnatural.
"Your Highness, that child is very smart. He knows everything. He may seem suspicious at times, but he will never fail to see the situation clearly."
"If you think he doesn't understand, then you probably don't see his situation."
"If you are stupid, you can't be considered sensible. If you are sensible, you will definitely not fail to see the situation clearly."
"The so-called knowingly committing a crime may mean that there is no other choice."
"…"
Xue Qinghe was silent for a long time, and his expression changed.
"I see."
…
Five years later.
The Star Forest.
"Master, it's fine if he just acts recklessly, but why don't you stop him?"
After driving away several ten-thousand-year soul beasts, Snake Spear Douluo came back to find that Xuan Ming was actually absorbing the soul ring of the twenty-thousand-year-old Ghost Shadow Leopard. Snake Spear Douluo's mentality exploded.
The fourth soul ring! 20,000 years!
Are you going to die? ?
"I stopped him? Do you want to hear to what you are saying?" Qian Renxue was speechless.
"Can I stop him?"
Last night they encountered a melee between several ten thousand year old soul beasts. They originally wanted to reap the benefits, but they didn't expect that the dragon martial soul bloodline aura on Xuan Ming's body attracted the attention of those ten thousand year old soul beasts, and they were forced to be involved in the battle.
In order to protect the safety of both of them, Snake Spear Douluo crippled the Ghost Shadow Leopard that rushed up first, and then went to lure away the remaining five ten thousand year soul beasts.
At that time, she was about to take Xuan Ming to retreat to the periphery, but this guy went up and stabbed the ghost leopard to death! He started to absorb the spirit ring without saying a word! What could she do?
"It's not the first time that he has absorbed the ultimate spirit ring beyond the age limit. Last time, the third spirit ring of 8,000 years was fine. This time... it should be fine too." Qian Renxue said.
"Young Master, this thousand-year spirit ring is not the same as the ten-thousand-year spirit ring!" Snake Spear Douluo said helplessly.
"You don't know that!"
After the death of a ten thousand year soul beast, its soul has not yet dissipated, and the horrible resentment contained in it will cause soul shock!
Only a soul master at least level 50 or above can withstand the impact of that kind of soul shock!
Moreover, the older the ten thousand year soul beast is, the more terrifying the soul shock is! For most soul masters, this twenty thousand year old ghost shadow leopard is already extremely reluctant even as the sixth soul ring!
"You think he doesn't know?" Qian Renxue said.
"He..." Snake Spear Douluo hesitated to speak.
"Young Master, when did he start absorbing spirit rings?"
"After you left last night." Qian Renxue said.
"Now...it's almost three hours."
Under normal circumstances, absorbing a ten thousand year spirit ring would take at least three to five hours. For an extreme spirit ring, the time would at least double.
Xuan Ming's body and mind were very strange. When he reached the third soul ring, Snake Spear Douluo could no longer understand him and could not give a rough estimate.
Now...
As time passed, the sun moved slowly from the east, gradually came to the west, and finally slowly sank.
Twelve hours, a whole day passed! When the sun rose above her head, Qian Renxue had already begun to regret and wanted to let Snake Spear Douluo forcibly interrupt Xuan Ming, but at that time the soul ring had been absorbed more than half. If it was forcibly interrupted, Xuan Ming would not only suffer a severe blow to his martial soul, but his soul power would also inevitably decline, so she hesitated.
After the sun had completely set, she began to feel a little scared.
Her sixth soul ring was more than 30,000 years old, but it took her less than eight hours to absorb it.
Twelve hours. It was the first time she saw someone spend so much time absorbing a spirit ring...
"Can you please not look like I'm about to die?"
Xuan Ming's speechless voice suddenly sounded, and Qian Renxue raised her head abruptly.
"You... succeeded?" Qian Renxue looked at Xuan Ming in disbelief as his figure grew taller and his aura became more suppressed.
Yellow, purple and black!
The four soul rings rose and fell around Xuan Ming's body, and an invisible pressure spread out, forcing Qian Renxue to passively release her soul rings.
Yellow, purple, and black!
Although their soul power levels differ by nearly twenty levels, their auras are almost the same.
"What is your fourth soul skill?" Snake Spear Douluo couldn't help but ask.
Xuan Ming looked at Snake Spear Douluo, "Do you want to experience it?"
"I don't want to!" Snake Spear Douluo's expression froze.
If it was a thousand-year soul skill, he could still pretend, but this was a ten-thousand-year soul skill, or even a twenty-thousand-year soul skill, and he didn't want to make a fool of himself.
"Is it an offensive spirit skill?" Qian Renxue asked.
"See for yourselves." Xuan Ming summoned the blood spear again, and the black soul ring under his body lit up quietly.
The next moment, the blood spear in Xuan Ming's hand suddenly split into four blood spear phantoms. The four blood spear phantoms were exactly the same as the original blood spear, emitting a terrifying and cold aura, as if they were life-threatening weapons from the Nine Nether Hell.
The blood spear phantom trembled slightly in the air, making a low humming sound, as if it was accumulating destructive power.
Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes were filled with shock. She could clearly feel the terrifying energy contained in these four blood spear phantoms. Even with her current strength, she did not dare to underestimate them.
Snake Spear Douluo widened his eyes even more, secretly thanking himself for not agreeing to try it just now. Otherwise, with his strength as a Titled Douluo, although he would not be injured, he would definitely be embarrassed.
"Go!"
Xuan Ming shouted in a low voice and pointed the blood spear in his hand forward. The four blood spear phantoms instantly turned into four blood-red lightning. Wherever the blood spear phantoms passed, the air seemed to be torn apart, making a sharp whistling sound.
They shot towards a small hill in the distance and reached their target in the blink of an eye.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the small hill was instantly blown to pieces, with dust flying and gravel scattering everywhere.
When the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, I saw that the original small hill had disappeared, and in its place was a huge deep pit, and the surrounding ground was covered with dense cracks.