"Du Gu Bo is your man?"
Qian Renxue repeated Qin Xiao's words incredulously.
"So Du Gu Bo took Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran away to protect them too?"
"That's right."
Faced with Qian Renxue's inquiry, Qin Xiao nodded again, "At that time, the situation was critical, and I didn't know if I would survive, so I entrusted Du Gu Bo to look after Zhu Qing and Yiran."
This time, after hearing Qin Xiao's words, Qian Renxue didn't know what to say.
"Ah, I fought a life-and-death battle with Du Gu Bo unnecessarily, never realizing we had the same goal," she lamented.
"This is a huge misunderstanding indeed," inserted Snakelance Douluo, smacking his lips and speaking with a complex expression.
In contrast, upon hearing Snakelance Douluo's words, Qin Xiao's expression also turned weird.
Indeed.
They had almost lost their lives to this huge misunderstanding.
"Thank you."
Qin Xiao rarely showed Snakelance Douluo a friendly face, "Otherwise, why don't you come with me to a place later, and I'll have Du Gu Bo detoxify you?"
"Du Gu Bo?"
Snakelance Douluo's eyes flickered, "He's not having an easy time now either, is he?"
Qin Xiao nodded, "Maybe somewhat lighter than you. After some more rest, he should recover, but you've been poisoned with Green Kirin Snake Poison..."
"Even if I'm poisoned with Green Kirin Snake Poison, I don't need him to detoxify me, otherwise wouldn't it seem like I'm inferior to him?" Snakelance Douluo shook his head firmly.
In his heart, it was acceptable to be not as strong as Du Gu Bo, but he absolutely wouldn't allow himself to be considered lesser than Du Gu Bo.
Otherwise, how could he continue to mix in the circle of Titled Douluos? Wouldn't he become the new disgrace among Titled Douluos?
"Well done, that's the spirit."
Qin Xiao praised, then turned his eyes to Qian Renxue, "Qian Renxue, you wouldn't want anything to happen to Snakelance Douluo, would you?"
Qian Renxue shook her head, "It'll be fine. When Porcupine Elder returns, with the traits of his Martial Soul, it won't be difficult to detoxify Snake Lance Elder."
Qin Xiao nodded, then said, "I've come this time to tell you something else, I'm going to be away for a while."
"Leaving?"
Qian Renxue was taken aback.
"That's right."
Qin Xiao nodded, "It might be three or four months, or maybe one or two years. In any case, I'll be back before the Continent's Soul Master tournament at the latest."
Having finished what he'd come to do, Qin Xiao planned to head overseas.
Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue couldn't help but say, "That long?"
Qin Xiao didn't tell Qian Renxue where he planned to go, just said two words, "Take care."
After Qin Xiao left.
Snakelance Douluo secretly let out a sigh of relief, "I don't know how Qin Xiao cultivates, what exactly is his Cultivation Level, does he grow stronger with stronger opponents? The pressure he's giving me now feels just like facing Pope His Holiness and the Great Priest."
In his voice was a sense of wariness.
After this incident, Qin Xiao's weight in his heart had skyrocketed.
Even as an Elder of Martial Soul Hall and a Titled Douluo revered by countless Soul Masters, he could only look up to Qin Xiao.
"I can't see through it either."
"Let's report this to Grandpa and let him decide," Qian Renxue also said with a complex tone.
However.
In her heart, it didn't matter to her whether Qin Xiao had become stronger.
What she cared about more was that Qin Xiao would safely return.
...
"Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Sword, you say that once people die they really can't be brought back to life?"
At the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect, Ning Rongrong, with tears streaming down her face, asked Sword Douluo.
"Ah."
"Rongrong, this is the 996th time you've asked me," sighed Sword Douluo helplessly, "I have heard of some soul skills that can revive someone within a short time after death. But, it has to be within a very short period. Qin Xiao has been gone for so many days now, and there's no trace of his body left, there's no saving him."
How could he not understand Ning Rongrong's feelings?
But reality is so cruel.
Those who have died, simply cannot be brought back to life...
"Then, then...."
Ning Rongrong's face turned pale, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't speak anymore.
The tears kept falling down her cheeks.
"Rongrong, don't cry, there's no bringing back the dead...." said Sword Douluo very helplessly.
"No, I will cry, I will cry," Ning Rongrong stubbornly said, "Maybe in another world, I can still see Qin Xiao."
"Rongrong, don't cry. Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao has come," said Sword Douluo all of a sudden, his eyes revealing shock as he pointed behind Ning Rongrong.
"Wuuwuu, Grandpa Sword, this is the 238th time you've lied to me, I won't fall for it," Ning Rongrong wiped the tears from her face with her hands, saying she didn't believe it, yet still she turned around.
Better be safe than sorry.
Being tricked by Sword Douluo once didn't matter...
As long as Qin Xiao could return.
She turned around, looking in the direction Sword Douluo had pointed.
But after just one glance, she couldn't divert her eyes anymore.
Under the moonlight, a tall, handsome young man was climbing the steps.
And when he noticed Ning Rongrong's gaze, a smile spread across his face.
"Ning Rongrong, just a few days without seeing each other and you've become a crybaby?"
"You know, crying all the time can actually make you ugly," said Qin Xiao with a grin.
On the other hand, Ning Rongrong was crying even harder, stretching out her hand and then looking at Sword Douluo, "Grandpa Sword, Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao has really come back, alive and well."
"Yes, he's come back," replied Sword Douluo, also shocked at his core.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.
This fellow, he's really got a strong life force.
Remembering the previous battles, he recognized he wouldn't have been the victor either.