SWNOVELXO Chapter 59: Chapter 59: He's just six years old!!!
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After entering the Tiandou Imperial City, Qian Renxue and her group stopped in a forest not far from Tiandou City. This was to rest and also to pave the way for Xuan Ming to return with a legitimate reason.
After all, if he disappeared in a haunted place like Sunset Forest for several months and suddenly came back, there must be a plausible reason.
"Have you figured out how to explain your disappearance for a few months?" Qian Renxue asked.
"…"
"Xuan Ming?"
Xuan Ming opened his eyes and took a deep breath, "I think this is something you should consider."
"I'm asking for your opinion." Qian Renxue said.
"I have no objection." Xuan Ming said.
"Be serious." Qian Renxue frowned slightly.
"Xue Qinghe will be here to pick you up tomorrow."
Xuan Ming sat up and said, "I was taken away by a soul beast. After I woke up, I survived in the wilderness of Sunset Forest. After going through untold hardships, I returned to Tiandou City. Is this an acceptable explanation?"
"This is too fake. You are a six-year-old kid who just obtained a spirit ring. How can you survive in a ghost place like Sunset Forest?" Qian Renxue said.
What appeared that night were thousand-year-old soul beasts and several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. Not to mention Xuan Ming, a child, it was extremely dangerous even for a Soul Saint. If he was not careful, he would be besieged and killed by the soul beasts.
Moreover, afterward, the Imperial Guards and a large number of soul masters entered the Sunset Forest to search, but Dugu Bo searched for several days and didn't see a single person.
"Do you believe that a child who is not even a soul master can escape from the hands of two soul master human traffickers?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Will you still believe that I am still alive after being affected by the battle between three Title Douluo?"
"Or will you believe that my first soul ring is 800 years old?"
"Fake? Aren't these fake?"
"But Barak's prince is also missing. If the reason is too hasty and people are unwilling to believe it, it will be easy to link Bars' disappearance to you," Qian Renxue said.
Whether it is true or not does not mean whether it is possible to happen, but whether people are willing to believe it.
"Then what?" Xuan Ming asked.
"If I only rely on suspicion and have no evidence, can I suspect that the previous friction between Tiandou and Xingluo was secretly manipulated by the Barak royal family? Or was it manipulated by several other kingdoms? In order to weaken the power of the Tiandou royal family?"
"It's inexplicable. You just open your mouth and doubt. What's the point of doubting?"
Qian Renxue was speechless for a moment.
She is just too sensitive.
"But if someone asks you how you survived in the Sunset Forest, how would you explain it?" Qian Renxue asked.
"What the hell is that for explaining!" Xuan Ming was speechless.
"I'm a six-year-old kid. I was able to survive in that kind of hellish place. Normal people would just think I was lucky and had a good life."
"Only a woman with a mental problem like you would ask me how I survived right away, as if you wished I would die in there."
Qian Renxue's expression froze, "I..."
"You, you, you, what do you mean? I just said I was scared and forgot. What can they do? Kill me?" Xuan Ming turned around. He really didn't want to pay attention to this woman who was full of calculations.
"Ahem."
Snake Spear Douluo couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he stood up and took Qian Renxue away.
"Master, he is only six years old."
A six-year-old child, any person with a normal mind would not doubt anything.
After all, what could be doubted?
"Six years old..." Qian Renxue's face looked a little unnatural.
She actually forgot that Xuan Ming was only six years old.
"Young Master, you are too anxious." Snake Spear Douluo said.
"Your first contact was not friendly. If you want him to be obedient, you should first eliminate the grudges in his heart instead of pursuing him like this."
Xuan Ming was originally hostile to Qian Renxue because of the matter of the Worship Hall. Even if he wanted to win her over, he should take it slow.
Even now, Qian Renxue and Xuan Ming are still close to strangers! If it was an ordinary child, Qian Renxue would have fooled him long ago.
But this kid is different. Based on his experience, the more proactive Qian Renxue is, the more vigilant he will be!
"Young Master, your mind is in turmoil," Snake Spear Douluo said.
If it were the Qian Renxue before, she would never be so reckless.
Being able to play the role of Xue Qinghe like that, there is no doubt that Qian Renxue's scheming and tactics are flawless.
Qian Renxue was indeed interested in this boy, but just because he was a genius was not enough to make her so flustered.
Ultimately, it's all because of the Pope.
Xuan Ming stayed in the Pope's Palace for several months, and according to the chief priest, he spent most of his time with Bibi Dong. This made Qian Renxue feel too much of a crisis, so she was so anxious that she lost her composure.
Qian Renxue cares so much about Xuan Ming, more because of Bibi Dong, because of her competitive spirit.
Qian Renxue cares so much because the Pope wants it.
Otherwise, even if it is really out of control, just destroy it, it's no big deal.
"I understand." Qian Renxue sighed.
She did worry too much because that woman had been in contact with Xuan Ming for too long, especially when Xuan Ming refuted her, she subconsciously thought that it was caused by that woman, and even completely forgot that Xuan Ming was not the kind of person who would easily trust others.
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Night falls.
It is winter now and we are in the north, so the temperature drops significantly at night.
"Aren't you cold?" Qian Renxue sat by the fire and looked at Xuan Ming who was leaning against a tree.
"I'm used to it." Xuan Ming said.
"I know you have a very bad impression of me. I won't explain anything here. You won't believe it anyway." Qian Renxue said.
"As for what happens next in Tiandou City, Xue Qinghe will tell you, so I won't say much."
"From now on, Snake Spear Douluo will also stay here. If you have any problems, you can find him."
"Yeah." Xuan Ming responded.
Qian Renxue walked over puzzledly, "Are you meditating?"
When a soul master is practicing, there will be faint fluctuations of soul power on his body.
Xuan Ming just leaned against the tree the whole afternoon, and she thought he was sleeping.
Only now did she notice the fluctuations of soul power in this guy.
"Yeah." Xuan Ming responded, still keeping his eyes closed.
"You have to sit still when you meditate, otherwise your mind won't be able to fully concentrate and your soul power won't be able to circulate completely." Qian Renxue said.
"No need to be so troublesome, I can just stand." Xuan Ming said.
"Standing?" Qian Renxue's eyes twitched slightly.
"Who taught you that?"
Meditation requires full concentration to feel and control one's own soul power and to absorb all kinds of energy between heaven and earth.
Therefore, when meditating, you must maintain a posture that can be maintained stably for a long time and allows you to concentrate, that is, sitting cross-legged.
In this posture, it also has an auxiliary effect on the efficiency of soul power circulation.
Just sitting there casually, the efficiency of cultivation can only be described as ridiculously low!
and...
No! You are meditating and talking to me?