A lion as big as an elephant was actually sucked dry by Jiang Chen until only a layer of skin remained. How could Xiao Ying not be terrified?
Jiang Chen's current image completely overturned Xiao Ying's previous perception of him.
Jiang Chen was speechless. He took out his water bag and rinsed his mouth.
He discovered there was still some taste left in his mouth. He rummaged through his storage soul tool but didn't find anything that could remove the odd smell.
The Pei Yuan Dan was quite fragrant, but he had given them all to Old Jack.
Jiang Chen had no choice but to sit down on the side.
He decided that in the future, he must carry some candies to remove bad breath with him at all times.
When he was with Qian Renxue, he had to maintain his perfect image.
Xiao Ying fearfully hid on the other side, with Qian Renxue separating her from Jiang Chen in between.
If he wasn't worried about disturbing Qian Renxue, Jiang Chen would have definitely scared this girl a bit.
The surging soul ring energy was impacting within Qian Renxue's body. She was wearing white, tight-fitting clothes, sitting cross-legged on the ground with a clean blanket beneath her buttocks.
Her delicate brows were slightly furrowed, indicating that absorbing this fifty-thousand-year soul ring was not that easy for her.
Jiang Chen quietly waited, without too much worry.
Three hours later, the energy fluctuations gradually subsided, and the sixth soul ring on Qian Renxue's body slowly took shape.
Qian Renxue opened her eyes and stood up. Her pretty face clearly showed joy.
"You, turn around," she said, looking at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen curled his lips and turned around. Who wants to look at you anyway?
Qian Renxue withdrew her martial soul. The four pure white wings retracted into her body. After the wings disappeared, the clothes that had been torn by the wings could no longer cover her back, which was as smooth and lustrous as congealed fat.
She quickly took off her outer clothes and changed into a new one at an extremely fast speed.
Xiao Ying vigilantly stared around, preventing anyone from peeking, especially keeping her attention focused on Jiang Chen.
"Done," Qian Renxue's voice sounded.
Jiang Chen turned around and quickly walked over.
"Miss, what skill did you obtain?" Xiao Ying couldn't help but ask first.
The Ninth Elder also walked over, equally curious.
Qian Renxue said, "It's a spiritual attack skill called Angel's Roar."
The Ninth Elder was startled and couldn't help but say, "It's actually a spiritual attack skill. This is one of the rarest types of skills. The attack is impossible to guard against. No, it's fundamentally impossible to defend against; one can only endure it head-on."
He was right. Spiritual attack-type skills were already extremely rare, and spiritual defense-type skills had never been heard of. To resist spiritual attacks, one could only endure them head-on.
Qian Renxue said, "This skill converts soul power into a spiritual shock for a large-scale attack. Those who suffer the attack will have their spirit violently shaken. If their spiritual power is more than twice weaker than mine, their soul will directly shatter. If their spiritual power is within twice mine, they will suffer spiritual damage and be accompanied by a stun effect."
"Of course, if their spiritual power is much stronger than mine, the effect of my skill won't be that obvious."
Jiang Chen smacked his lips. Qian Renxue had absorbed a lion's soul ring and actually obtained a lion's roar skill.
He couldn't help but think of the "Lioness Roar from the East of the River." In the future, if he were with Qian Renxue and she was in a bad mood, would she give him an Angel's Roar at any time...
That feeling would probably be quite sour and refreshing.
...
The return speed was much faster. Jiang Chen led the way at the front. Whenever powerful soul beasts lurked ahead, the group would detour around them.
When they exited the Star Dou Great Forest, it was already a day later.
They had actually stayed inside the forest for more than three days.
The group hurried back to the small town without stopping. After resting for one night, they began their journey back to Heaven Dou City.
Calculating the time, they had already been out for more than half a month on this trip. Returning to Heaven Dou City would probably take another eight or nine days.
On the carriage, looking at the two girls who had fallen into a state of cultivation, Jiang Chen felt extremely depressed.
That day, his forceful kiss on Qian Renxue, and the passionate singing of "Angel" afterward seemed as if they had never happened. Qian Renxue's attitude toward him had not changed at all; if anything, she had become a bit colder than before.
He couldn't figure it out, no matter how he thought about it and wanted to find an opportunity to ask Qian Renxue alone.
But Qian Renxue wouldn't give him that chance. She would either dodge, change the subject, or directly ignore him.
She never mentioned anything about feelings.
Clearly, she didn't dislike him, so why was she still rejecting him...
Moments later, Jiang Chen also entered a state of cultivation.
Qian Renxue quietly opened her eyes and looked at Jiang Chen, who was cultivating with his eyes closed. A smile appeared on her pretty face.
Love came too fast, like a tornado, catching her off guard. It was really too fast; she didn't want to confirm it so quickly.
It was purely because of the pride in her heart, the pride of being from the Angel Clan, that did not allow her to be conquered by a man so easily.
She had to make Jiang Chen feel that it was extremely difficult.
And there were some questions she needed to find an opportunity to ask clearly in advance, about that vixen...
She didn't believe that with such a bewitching vixen senior sister by his side, Jiang Chen would have remained well-behaved for so many years.
In her mind, she couldn't help but recall the scene of Hu Liena releasing her martial soul back then, wagging her tail, using all her means to charm Jiang Chen.
If there really was something going on between them...
...
Nine days later, Jiang Chen returned to Heaven Dou City.
The guards and the Ninth Elder secretly returned to the Temple. Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue returned to the imperial palace.
Jiang Chen asked Zhao Hu and learned that nothing unexpected had happened in these twenty-plus days. Only then did he and Qian Renxue feel relieved.
There were still a few days left until the one-month closed-door cultivation ended. Qian Renxue had no intention of coming out of seclusion now.
Coming out of seclusion would mean being inspected by Xue Ye for her cultivation progress. The Xue Qinghe, whom she had been disguising as, was previously at level thirty-nine.
This time, after breaking through in closed-door cultivation, she would definitely have to pretend to have broken through to level forty.
Xue Qinghe was now twenty-two years old; level forty still belonged to the ranks of geniuses.
At that time, Xue Ye would definitely arrange for experts to take her to the Star Dou Great Forest or the northern Icebound Forest to obtain a soul ring. She didn't want to have just returned and have to run out again.
She had to rest for a while first, no matter what.
Moreover, when she went out at that time, she would definitely be accompanied by imperial experts. She would need to make careful arrangements to avoid exposing herself.
Before coming to the Heaven Dou Empire, she had already absorbed the Angel God Armor torso bone. Apart from needing to wear a mask on her face, the skills attached to the soul bone could disguise changes in her body and voice.
On the other hand, it could also disguise her martial soul and aura, as well as the number and color of her soul rings, but it could not disguise soul skills.
This was also why, in all these years in the Heaven Dou Empire, she had never displayed combat in front of outsiders.
When she went out at that time, she would definitely have to bring Jiang Chen and the other guards along to avoid being discovered that she was pretending to absorb a soul ring.
...
At night, Jiang Chen finally seized the opportunity to be alone with Qian Renxue and entered her room.
He was prepared to have a showdown with Qian Renxue. If that didn't work, he would just do another forceful kiss.
When he came in, Qian Renxue was already sitting there grandly, waiting for him with a half-smile.
Seeing Qian Renxue's mischievous smile, Jiang Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he inexplicably felt a bit panicked.
He suddenly had a bad premonition, as if a great disaster was about to befall him.
Jiang Chen made a prompt decision and immediately retreated, smiling as he said, "Xue'er, you're not asleep yet? I just came in to take a look. I won't disturb your rest."
As he spoke, one of his feet had already stepped out.
"Stay right there," Qian Renxue coldly shouted.
There is still one more chapter tonight. The specific time is uncertain. The next major plot should be the Soul Master Competition. It feels a bit fast.
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