Chapter 13: Qian Renxue Bestows a Treasure

"Hmm... an unfamiliar ceiling..."

Zhou Yi woke up from a comfortable large bed and looked around; the spacious, clean room was filled with exquisite interior decorations. Judging by the decor, it should be a hotel in a town.

"Hm? Where is Jin Ling!"

He shook his head, instantly becoming clear-headed, and fortunately discovered Jin Ling curled up into a ball not far away in the room.

Having set his mind at ease, he carefully recalled the events from before.

Actually, the Angel's Roar that Qian Renxue unleashed in her extreme unwillingness was quite powerful; during his unconscious state, he had even been fighting the materialized angel in his mind.

However, it could be considered a blessing in disguise, as his mental power had increased by another notch.

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"I was truly careless this time..."

Originally, after that move, neither he nor Jin Ling would have been hurt, and the opponent would have been knocked down directly; he had already been celebrating victory in his heart at the time.

Who could have guessed that a thick-browed, big-eyed flying-type battle Spirit Master would actually have a pure mental-type soul skill.

Of course, now he also understood that this person was Qian Renxue. Come to think of it, he had felt it was quite strange before, but he hadn't thought it through in detail during the high-speed battle.

Looking at it now, there must have been a Title Douluo guarding Qian Renxue at the time, and he had been there acting like an idiot, thinking about how to take her down.

If this Title Douluo wanted to hide their aura, he really wouldn't have been able to detect it. Qian Renxue was quite scheming to have someone hide, but fortunately, she had no malice toward him and even brought him back to recover. Otherwise, if he had been left lying in the forest, he might have been nothing but bones by the next day.

Setting that aside, fighting Qian Renxue this time was truly exhilarating; they could be considered to have exchanged blows. Regardless of how the original work described her, after seeing her in person with his own eyes, he felt that someone who could respect their opponent and fight wholeheartedly was quite good; being friends was absolutely no problem.

As for the power struggles behind her, that had nothing to do with him.

Thinking of the original work, the ending of the Spirit Hall was actually destined long ago.

Qian Renxue's plan to swap the fake for the real in Heaven Dou for many years was completely ruined by Bibi Dong's "beating the grass to startle the snake" backstabbing, causing over a decade of effort to go down the drain.

And what preparations did the Spirit Hall make for unifying the Continent under Bibi Dong's leadership?

Using the death of Qian Xunji as an excuse to attack the Clear Sky Sect, and later going to wipe out the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, consuming their own strength.

Since taking power, she only cared about expansion, completely failed to manage her own forces, oppressed other forces without any concealment, and exhausted their long-standing reputation. One must know how high the reputation of the Spirit Hall used to be; Tang Chen even traveled with Qian Daoliu, the pattern on the Spirit Hall Token also indicated that the Spirit Hall was very friendly with other forces, and both great empires could safely let young people come to the Spirit Hall to participate in competitions. As for helping commoners awaken their martial soul, that was a long-standing tradition of the Spirit Hall and had nothing to do with Bibi Dong.

Finally, when she could have helped Qian Renxue directly assassinate the Xue Ye Great Emperor, not only did she ignore it, she even backstabbed her, and then played a two-front war when both Star Luo and Heaven Dou had completely detected it in advance. Your Spirit Hall was already sandwiched between the two empires, and you still pulled this stunt.

From the actions since Bibi Dong took power, one could see that she didn't want the Spirit Hall to unify the Continent at all; instead, she wanted the Spirit Hall to be completely destroyed, and she didn't want other forces to have an easy time before it was destroyed.

This belongs to the typical "silly, sweet, and innocent" person who became a lunatic after being corrupted, wanting to take revenge on the whole world and actually having the ability to realize it.

Given the friendship of Qian Renxue bringing him back, if she is in any danger in the future and he has the ability, he will protect her; he won't participate in the power struggles.

……

Thinking about some random things, he also began to put on his clothes and got out of bed to stretch his body.

It seemed that Qian Renxue next door heard the movement, and before long, the sound of knocking on the door came.

Zhou Yi opened the door, and the two returned to the room together.

"Little brother, you have been unconscious for a day. How are you resting now?"

"I'm already fine. By the way, let's drop the 'little brother' bit; we can be considered to have become friends through fighting. Let me introduce myself: Zhou Yi, a level 28 battle Spirit Master. As for my partner, it is a Golden Feather Eagle named Jin Ling."

"Xue Qinghe, level 60 Soul Emperor, Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire." Qian Renxue looked at him with a smile, wanting to see what reaction he would have.

"So it is the Crown Prince. My apologies, my apologies." Zhou Yi said respectful words without any respectful attitude.

"Brother Zhou, looking at you, you don't seem surprised?" Qian Renxue was stunned for a moment.

"I didn't think about it in detail before, but now that I think about it, your attire and speech also show that you come from wealth and hold a high position."

Clearly, Qian Renxue did not expect him to have such insight at such a young age.

"So that's how it is..." She nodded.

"To be honest, let's count the previous contest as a draw. I won't hope for you to join the Heaven Dou Empire, but I still really hope to make friends with you. If you don't mind, call me Brother Xue from now on, how about that?"

"No problem, we can be considered to have become friends through fighting. Brother Xue, just call me Xiao Yi from now on." As he said this, Zhou Yi raised his fist.

Qian Renxue looked at him and also raised her fist; the two fists collided.

Afterwards, she was in a pleasant mood, with an uncontrollable smile on her lips.

"As your older brother, I want to give you a gift." As she spoke, she took out a ring from her Spirit Tool.

The ring was entirely bright silver, inlaid with a small, exquisite crystal wing.

"This is a storage Spirit Tool named 'Angel Wings', with an internal space of about 3 cubic meters. Take this as a greeting gift from me." As she spoke, she handed the ring to Zhou Yi.

"This... is too precious. I cannot accept it." Zhou Yi hurriedly refused.

"Do not refuse. This thing is not that precious to me, but with it, your future travels will be much more convenient. Also, since you have acknowledged me as your older brother, you don't need to be so polite with me."

After hearing this, he had no choice but to accept it and put it directly on the index finger of his left hand.

"Alright, thank you, Brother Xue. If there is anything I can help with in the future, just say the word. Although I don't intend to join any faction, I will help you." This was the first time Zhou Yi had received such a precious gift, and he felt a little moved.

"Hmm... also, take this token. If you have anything in the future, feel free to take it to the palace to find me." As she spoke, she took out a gold token from her bosom and handed it over. The style of the gold token was simple, but it contained a special energy flow, and the character "Heaven" was carved on it.

"Alright, don't worry. If I have the chance, I will definitely go find Brother Xue to hang out, as long as you don't find me annoying." Zhou Yi put it away and placed it into the ring.

"How could that be? I welcome your arrival at any time." Qian Renxue smiled.

"Come to think of it, I'm the one benefiting. You are the 'Divine Eagle Hero', the idol of so many young people. If others knew I was your younger brother, they would definitely envy me."

"Brother Xue, stop teasing me."

"Hahaha~" Qian Renxue couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw Zhou Yi acting shy again.

"Then I won't disturb your rest for now. By the way, I will be returning to Tiandou City in two days. If you are heading the same way, Xiao Yi, you can come with us."

Zhou Yi thought about it and agreed; after all, he couldn't just stay in the forest forever, he was almost becoming a savage.

Qian Renxue was also very happy to hear this; she patted him on the shoulder and left the room.