Chapter 80: Because I couldn't figure it out, I decided to slack off

Qian Renxue returned to her room, lost in thought.

No matter how she looked at it, the expression and tone Nan Feihuang had just used meant he had fallen for her.

In truth, she could see that although Feihuang and Xue Ke were already betrothed, it was a purely political marriage; perhaps because of Nan Feihuang's excellence, Xue Ke had already grown somewhat fond of him, yet his feelings for Xue Ke remained merely respectful, devoid of love.

"Is it me you like? I'm afraid you aren't qualified yet! However, you can be utilized." Qian Renxue smiled slightly; she would one day return to her true form, and if she could leverage the fact that Nan Feihuang liked her to further bring him into her service, it would be no bad method.

When her "love-struck" side wasn't acting up, Qian Renxue was always profit-oriented, utilizing everything that could be utilized, even feelings.

On the other side, Nan Feihuang was full of confusion, "Strange, did Qian Renxue die this early?"

"And when we first met, that deathly aura hadn't spread yet. When did it start? That's right, it was after she rejected my father's request for an alliance. Could it be that her death has something to do with me?"

This was the only conclusion Nan Feihuang could deduce; after all, in the original story, Qian Renxue surely must have come to hunt Spirit Beasts, and a mere twenty-thousand-year Spirit Beast, guarded by two Title Douluo, shouldn't have posed a fatal threat to her.

Compared to the original, the only change was the addition of his group, or more specifically, the addition of him.

Nan Feihuang felt somewhat troubled; if Qian Renxue died this early, then the strategic plan laid out by Xun Yu would be completely disrupted.

"Sigh, if I had known, I would have brought Wenruo along." Nan Feihuang sighed; if Xun Yu were here, whether Qian Renxue lived or died would be secondary.

Because he would certainly be able to redesign the strategic plan based on Qian Renxue's life or death, and then leave it to Nan Feihuang to decide.

This had always been their mode of interaction: Xun Yu planned, and Nan Feihuang decided.

But now that Xun Yu was not by his side, Nan Feihuang had to judge for himself, especially if it were truly because of him that Qian Renxue was about to face a life-threatening danger.

Then Nan Feihuang would have to make a response based on the actual situation.

If there was no great danger to his own side, he wouldn't mind relying on his mother's power to save Qian Renxue; otherwise, he could only watch her die.

But if that happened, Xue Qinghe would go missing, and Xue Beng would inevitably inherit the throne.

Plotting for the Heaven Dou Empire would then become somewhat troublesome.

Killing Xue Beng personally was not impossible, but once an action was taken, there would inevitably be oversights.

"If you don't want people to know, don't do it"—this saying wasn't just empty words.

The crime of regicide was no small matter; even if Nan Feihuang didn't fear it, he would then only be able to use violence to seize the Heaven Dou Empire, which would undoubtedly cause great slaughter.

Nan Feihuang liked fighting, but he did not like slaughter.

Killing nobles who treated human life like grass was fine, but he couldn't bring himself to harm good nobles or even innocent civilians, no matter how "evil" he might be.

He had always known what kind of person he was; in his personal labels, hypocrisy took up the bulk, or one could call it false benevolence—he was just a hypocrite.

But a hypocrite is still a gentleman; to maintain his persona, Nan Feihuang would not take the lives of good nobles or innocent civilians. If possible, he hoped to remain a hypocrite for his entire life.

A general may kill in battle, but must not kill indiscriminately; this was his bottom line as a general.

It was also the main reason why, although he yearned for the power of the Overlord Xiang Yu, the Slaughter God Bai Qi, and the Ghost God Lv Bu, he never worshipped them as people; he still preferred divine generals like the Flying General of the Dragon City, Wei Qing.

In the end, after thinking for a long time without reaching a result, Nan Feihuang finally made a decision on his own.

That was... to slack off!!!

Whatever happens, happens. He hadn't even figured out what the cause of Qian Renxue's death was, so even if he wanted to help, he couldn't. He would just have to deal with things as they came; if he could save her, he would, and if he couldn't, then there was nothing to be done.

In any case, between him and Qian Renxue, there was only the intention of mutual utilization; don't look at how they called each other "Brother Xue" and "Feihuang" so affectionately, in reality, there was basically no genuine affection.

If Lv Lingqi were in danger, Nan Feihuang would definitely fight with his life.

The next morning, after resting for the night, the group was full of energy and prepared to set off again; they were already very close to the Star Dou Great Forest.

At their pace, it would take less than half a day to travel.

At the hotel entrance, Nan Feihuang saw Qian Renxue and the other two walking out as well. At this moment, not only Qian Renxue, but even Citun Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo had faces covered in dark energy.

This proved that even these two Title Douluo were facing a disaster of blood.

This made Nan Feihuang even more confused; what on earth were they planning to do? Even Title Douluo were going to die.

Could it be that they were going to find the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape for a group fight?

But with the strength of these three, even if they couldn't win, they shouldn't be unable to escape, right? Or, there was another possibility—could it have something to do with a Ferocious Beast?

Within the Star Dou Great Forest, the only powerhouses capable of leaving Title Douluo with no chance to escape were those Ferocious Beasts.

But according to the timeline, they should all be staying in the different space beneath the center of Life Lake, concentrating on absorbing the power of the Tianmeng Iceworm to cultivate.

With the strength of Citun Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo, they couldn't even pass the hurdle of the Titan Giant Ape, so how could they reach the center of Life Lake and offend those monsters?

Nan Feihuang shook his head; if he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't think about it for now and would continue to slack off. In any case, they weren't on the same path.

After leaving the small town, the two groups arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest one after the other.

As the largest gathering place for wild Spirit Beasts, the Star Dou Great Forest was naturally the place Spirit Masters most hoped to visit, because coming here meant they could advance to a stronger stage.

Qian Renxue's group did not stop and walked directly toward the depths; after all, they were hunting for her Sixth Soul Ring, and the hundred-year or thousand-year Spirit Beasts in the outer perimeter could not satisfy her requirements.

Her Sixth Soul Ring for her Six-Winged Angel had to be over twenty thousand years old and possess the holy attribute.

As for Nan Feihuang and the others, they had to hunt for Spirit Rings for Nan Feiling and Dian Wei first, so they wandered only in the outer perimeter at the start.

Perhaps they were lucky; they had only been in the forest for half a day when they encountered a Spirit Beast suitable for Nan Feiling.

Years ago, Nan Feiling had listened to Nan Feihuang's suggestion and mainly followed the path of primary control and secondary support.

The most special point of Nan Feiling's Ancient Thunder Book martial soul was that she possessed all attributes, but each attribute's power was relatively weak; she could only choose one or two to develop specifically, otherwise, it would be too mediocre. What she chose were the earth and wind attributes, so her first two soul skills were the earth-attribute "Array of Rock Walls" and the wind-attribute "Array of Tailwind."

The Array of Rock Walls, as the name suggests, creates a rock cage that is indestructible and belongs to a single-target control skill.

The Array of Tailwind is a group support skill, blowing a tailwind from behind that can accelerate, increasing the speed of all teammates by twenty percent. Although it cannot compare to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, it is still quite good; after all, it is a group support skill, and the soul power consumption is much lower than that of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Received notice from the editor, it goes on sale on Monday.

This is my first book, and I am very happy to be able to write it to the point of going on sale. No matter the results, everything is hard at the beginning; whether good or bad, I will finish updating it with all my might and will never give up halfway.

As a thank you to everyone, the day before the sale, there will be a double update today.

After it goes on sale, I will also update with full force.

Thank you, fellow book friends and masters.

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