Chapter 572: The Passing of Emperor Xue Ye

"Brother Jian, are you really with the Crown Prince... you two..."

Ning Rongrong raised her eyes to look at Qin Jian, her gaze extremely strange.

"There is a ninety-nine percent probability that she is not a man," Qin Jian said immediately.

Ning Rongrong's small mouth opened: "Not a man? He is a woman?"

"High probability, yes," Qin Jian said hurriedly.

He certainly didn't want Ning Rongrong to think his orientation was abnormal...

"So..."

Ning Rongrong's eyes narrowed: "Brother Jian, you found me another 'Xiao San' so quickly? Oh no, maybe it's Xiao Wu or Xiao Liu, or perhaps Xiao Qi or Xiao Ba?"

Qin Jian closed his mouth.

"I'm so annoyed!"

Ning Rongrong grabbed Qin Jian's left hand and took a bite.

The fine, dense teeth stung Qin Jian for a moment, but then the pain vanished.

Qin Jian looked at her appearing to bite down very hard and couldn't help but say: "Rongrong, you can bite me hard; it doesn't matter if you draw blood."

Ning Rongrong raised her eyes to glance at him, but slowly let go and rolled her eyes: "It's not like I wasn't mentally prepared. Anyway, I already expected it when Xue Qinghe took you away back then. She is naturally very good-looking, and if she is a woman, Brother Jian would definitely like her..."

"However..."

Her tone shifted: "Brother Jian, you can't keep going like this... I can probably guess that you have to break up with some people, but it shouldn't be endless..."

Her eyes drooped: "Otherwise, even if I am magnanimous, I wouldn't be happy with Brother Jian bringing back dozens of women..."

Qin Jian hugged her tightly, shook his head, and said softly: "It won't be like that, Rongrong. It won't take much longer; very soon, very soon I will jump out of this."

Ning Rongrong's eyes brightened: "Then Brother Jian, will you not find too many? Counting Xiao Wu and the others, seven or eight is enough, right?"

Qin Jian calculated silently... a bit awkward.

"Maybe, probably, perhaps... there might be ten," he lowered his head in shame.

Ning Rongrong: "......"

Na'er's voice immediately rang out from the bottom of his heart: "There are only nine God Trials, where would the tenth come from?"

Qin Jian: "......"

Na'er: "......"

Everything was understood without words...

The following month was a peaceful, mundane time for Qin Jian to flirt, while also stabilizing his soul power level at level 79, but for Heaven Dou City, it was a scene of chaos.

Originally, the back-to-back self-detonation incidents of Xue Beng and Xue Qinghe had already shocked the entire Heaven Dou Empire, and now the establishment of the Heaven Dou Judgment Hall had begun to settle accounts with those nobles who usually committed countless evils.

And it wasn't just the newly established Heaven Dou Judgment Hall; even the Spirit Judgment Hall was making mass arrests, as if it were a competition.

Today, Prince Xue Gao's second son was judged, and tomorrow, Duke Xue Hua's heir was sent to Death Canyon...

The nobles of the entire Heaven Dou City were in a state of panic, but the commoners were as happy as if it were the New Year every day.

On this Dalu, the status of commoners was the lowest, and they were exploited the most miserably. Spirit Masters with poor character would bully them, and the high-and-mighty nobles treated them like beasts of burden.

Therefore, the biggest beneficiaries of this large-scale liquidation were them.

Consequently, the prestige of the Spirit Judgment Hall, which presided over the trials, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind it, increased greatly.

Although this kind of prestige was something the rulers of the Dalu didn't care about, because they were already accustomed to manipulating and disregarding the thoughts and needs of the commoners.

But in this world, the endless number of ordinary people could actually pile up to kill a Spirit Master, it was just that such a situation had not yet occurred...

Finally, what pushed the chaos to its peak was... the passing of Emperor Xue Ye!

In one month, the lingering Xue Ye could no longer hold on, and his passing brought huge variables to the Heaven Dou Empire.

For the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a short month was naturally not enough for full preparation, and for Xue Qinghe, the questioning of his character by the court and the public also left him overwhelmed. At the same time, the voices of support among the nobles had become much fewer after this round of purging.

It seemed that the situation was still favorable to Xue Qinghe; as long as his bad reputation wasn't confirmed, no one could strip him of his Crown Prince position.

"Bang!"

Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's training ground, Qin Jian's figure traced a parabola and slammed heavily into the ground.

"Brother!"

Xiao Wu, who was watching from the sidelines, immediately rushed over to help him up.

Several electric arcs flickered on Qin Jian's body, making Xiao Wu's hands numb as she helped him.

"I'm fine."

Qin Jian shook off Xiao Wu's support and stood in the center of the field again. Standing opposite him was the "three-no" girl, Na'er.

"In a month, your control over elements other than ice and fire still hasn't made much progress," she said indifferently.

Qin Jian raised his hand, watching the electric arcs jumping on his palm, and said helplessly: "This is your talent, not mine. I really don't feel the same ease as when I control ice and fire."

"You took a shortcut with those two elements; there are no shortcuts for the others," Na'er said.

Qin Jian glanced at her, thinking to himself if he could truly merge with her, would he be able to...

"The progress in element control isn't great, but your own soul skill evolution has progressed quickly..."

Na'er didn't know what he was thinking and continued: "The First Soul Skill is a spirit attack, attached to the martial soul to affect the opponent; the Second Soul Skill is self-enhancement and opponent suppression, which is a manifestation of Spirit Power acting on yourself. The subsequent soul skills are all ways of using soul power, either by fusing elemental power or by borrowing the speed of the netherworld. You have already successfully adapted these and can perform them better in the future..."

"However, the consumption of fusion between soul skills still hasn't been lowered. The giant sword condensed by your Seventh Spirit Ability is very difficult to fuse with other elemental powers to strengthen..."

She floated up and said expressionlessly: "Combat power has improved a lot this month, but you still haven't reached your goal. With your level 79 strength, it's almost impossible to catch me."

Qin Jian: "......"

Ever since he mentioned the tenth person that day, Na'er started acting up. Taking the opportunity of him wanting to hone his soul skills, she took the initiative to be his sparring partner, and then created countless parabolic tragedies.

If it weren't for her promise that he could do whatever he wanted if he caught her, Qin Jian would have stopped playing with her long ago. With that effort spent on being abused, wouldn't it be better to go "fencing" with Xue Qinghe?

Unfortunately, no matter how much he burst forth, he was only barely crossing the threshold of a Title Douluo, still far behind Na'er, who could manipulate various elements at will.

What was even more uncomfortable was that Na'er's body was made of the Silver Dragon Spear, and the Love Mist Domain was ineffective against her...

My Spirit Power couldn't compete, my means of attack were countered, and my power level was suppressed; there was simply no way to fight...

If I want to play around as I please, the road ahead is long and arduous.

"Still practicing?" Na'er said casually.

Qin Jian curled his lips: "Not practicing anymore, it's not interesting at all."

Na'er curved her pink lips, then *whoosh, whoosh, whoosh* turned into a silver stream and returned into his body.

Qin Jian tidied up a bit, took Xiao Wu's hand, and walked out.

"Xue Ye has passed away; whether it's Qinghe or Rongrong, they've both become busy, and only I am an idler..."

"However, today my father-in-law asked me to stay behind to guard the sect, and then he took my teacher and Gu Douluo and went out; I don't know what he's planning to do..."

"He wouldn't go so far as to launch a sneak attack on Qinghe, would he..."

"......"

(End of this chapter)