"You're pretty sensible for a girl!" Qin Sijing gave Xu Yichen a slight glare.
On hearing this, Xu Yichen quickly hid behind Chu Qin. Like Xu Shi Yun, was Xu Yichen also incredibly afraid of Qin Sijing?
"Auntie, where have you been?" Chu Qin asked with a smile.
Qin Sijing, holding a basket of flowers, said, "Xu Ying mentioned you were coming over this afternoon to learn how to cook porridge, so I went to the back garden of the Xing Luo Imperial Palace and picked some edible flowers for the porridge! I didn't expect you to come over now!"
"Flowers can be eaten?" Chu Qin asked, surprised and smiling.
"Of course, they can be eaten!" Qin Sijing replied. "These flowers were carefully selected by me, unique to the Sun-Moon Empire. Adding them to the porridge will greatly enhance the flavor. Chu Qin, would you like to try it?"
"Sure!" Chu Qin nodded with a smile, "Then, Teacher Qin, please teach me how to make flower porridge!"
"Don't call me teacher!" Qin Sijing said with an elegant smile, "I'm really not qualified to be your teacher! And, do I look that old?"
"Yes!" Before Chu Qin could speak, Xu Yichen piped up.
"You girl, are you itching for a spanking!"
Qin Sijing's brows furrowed.
"Chu Qin, protect me!" Xu Yichen quickly hid behind Qin Sijing upon hearing this.
Qin Sijing shook her head slightly and glanced at Xu Yichen before walking into the room.
Chu Qin also entered the room with Xu Yichen.
Qin Sijing quickly walked over to the kitchen counter and began to wash the flowers she had picked in clean water.
Looking at Qin Sijing's back, Chu Qin found it quite pleasing to the eye. Although he had no feelings for Qin Sijing because of Xu Yichen and Xu Shi Yun, appreciating beauty was everyone's right.
"Chu Qin, do you think my mother is beautiful?" Seeing where Chu Qin's gaze was, Xu Yichen suddenly came up with a whimsical question.
Upon hearing this, Qin Sijing immediately turned her head slightly, while Chu Qin quickly looked away, tapping Xu Yichen's forehead with a smile, "Auntie is definitely beautiful!"
"Then, who is more beautiful, me or my mother?" Xu Yichen asked.
"Don't they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder? You are more beautiful," Chu Qin replied.
"Hehe!" Xu Yichen laughed upon hearing this, "But, Chu Qin, who is Xishi? Is she as beautiful as me?"
"Never mind, it's no use explaining to you!" Chu Qin said with a smile. Then, he approached Qin Sijing, "Auntie, please share with me the secret of your porridge-making skills!"
"Okay!!" Qin Sijing replied.
The entire afternoon.
Chu Qin listened patiently and attentively to Qin Sijing's secrets of making porridge.
Only then did Chu Qin realize that making porridge was an art form, and not at all less challenging than cultivating Soul Power.
Of course, this was under the assumption that cultivating Soul Power came easily to Chu Qin!
Xu Yichen, on the other hand, watched Chu Qin with bored interest.
It wasn't until the evening that Chu Qin finally left.
"Mother, you said the porridge you make is your lifelong secret and that you wouldn't teach even me and my sister. Why did you teach Chu Qin?" After Chu Qin left, Xu Yichen asked curiously.
"If I hadn't done that, how would Chu Qin have come here? And how would you have had the chance to cling to him more?" Qin Sijing replied.
"But Chu Qin was talking to you all the time, not to me!" Xu Yichen pouted slightly, "How about this, mother, you teach me the technique of making porridge! I will teach Chu Qin!"
"Alright then!" Qin Sijing nodded, "But, can you really learn it, you girl?"
"For Chu Qin, I definitely can learn it!"
Xu Yichen said with confidence.
Hearing this, Qin Sijing felt an inexplicable sense of... loss.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Qin Sijing thought to herself.
She found that she was giving Chu Qin an extraordinary amount of attention.
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"Yes, a mother-in-law caring about her son-in-law is perfectly normal!" Qin Sijing finally figured it out.
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At the same time, Chu Qin arrived at the house belonging to Xu Ying, alongside Qin Sijing and Xu Yichen.
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For some reason, at this moment, Chu Qin's hormones were slightly elevated.
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"Yi Chen, what perfume is she wearing?" Chu Qin thought to himself. "And Aunt Si Jing's perfume seems to be off too!"
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"Chu Qin, is that you? The door isn't locked! Come in!" As Chu Qin was pondering, the voice of Xu Ying came from inside the door.
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"Okay!" Chu Qin said and walked inside.
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Soon, Chu Qin's hormones skyrocketed! Xu Ying was actually wearing a full-body outfit with linear patterns...
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Chu Qin quickly closed the door, "Xu Ying, what is this..."
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"It's specially prepared for you, do you like it?" Xu Ying said with a proud smile.
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"Sure..." Chu Qin smirked slyly, embraced Xu Ying, and walked straight into the inner room...
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The night passed without words.
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The next morning.
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Chu Qin summoned all his women to the central square.
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"Chu Qin, we're here. What did you call us for?" Longhuang, Lan Jing'er, and Xu Shi Yun walked out from the Kongming.
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"I'm taking you to the Martial Soul Hall!" Chu Qin said with a slight smile.
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"Martial Soul Hall, is that the place you mentioned, the one claimed to be the strongest force in the Soul Land with one hundred thousand Soul Masters?" Lan Jing'er said, slightly surprised.
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"Yes!" Chu Qin nodded, "But the one hundred thousand Soul Masters was just a number I threw out there."
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"Jing'er Sister, Huang Er Sister, Shi Yun Sister, you might not know this. The Pope of the Spirit Hall is also one of Chu Qin's women, our fellow sister!" Xiaowu said with a twirling smile.
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Hulena wasn't too surprised. It had been so long, and she already knew about Chu Qin and Bi Bidong's relationship.
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"We know! Chu Qin, you're also the Great Priest of Spirit Hall!" Longhuang replied.
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"Ah... you know? That's so boring!" Xiaowu's bunny ears drooped slightly.
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"Alright, then I'll start opening the Kongming!" Chu Qin replied.
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"Ah?" Xu Shi Yun said in a slight surprise, "Kongming can be opened again?"
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"It's not about reopening." Chu Qin replied, "Kongming can be set up in three places at most. You can teleport back and forth between these three places!"
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"This time, I placed it in the Martial Soul Hall. We can't set it up in the Xingluo Empire anymore," Chu Qin sighed a little, "But it's okay."
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"It's not far from the Martial Soul Hall to Yundi!" Chu Qin added, "Let's get started!"
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"Master Dugu, Devil Whale King, I'm going to have to ask you to continue guarding the Qinglong King's Mansion and the Kongming Soul Guidance Device!" Chu Qin turned and said to Dugu Bo and the Devil Whale King.
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"No, no, no!" Dugu Bo shook his head, "Chu Qin, I want to go to the Martial Soul Hall too!"
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"Ah? Grandpa, you want to go?" Dugu Yan asked, somewhat puzzled.
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"Heh heh! After devouring the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, and with the two soul bones Chu Qin gave me, my Soul Power has reached level ninety-seven; I must show off at the Chrysanthemum Pass!" Dugu Bo laughed boisterously.
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Hearing that, the women all smiled. The older generation is like that; a competition could last a lifetime.
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"Well then, Master Dugu, you come along too!" Chu Qin said, following with a laugh.
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"Since that's the case! Uncle Snake Spear, Uncle Spike Pig, you two stay behind as well!" Qian Renxue turned to the Thorn Porcupine Snake Lance behind her, "I'll talk to grandpa; you and Devil Whale King, please continue to hold down the fort here! When I return, there will be a grand reward!"
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"Yes, Young Master!" The two replied respectfully.
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"Then let's set off!"
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As soon as Chu Qin finished speaking, he poured his Soul Power into the Kongming, like he did back at the Holy Spirit Cult.
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The next second, besides the Devil Whale King and the two Douluo with the Thorn Porcupine Snake Lance, all others were swept into the vortex created by the Kongming.
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In the Martial Soul Hall, the Pope Hall.
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