Douluo: Suzaku bathed in fire, I am the master of fire

Chapter 98 Return

On the other side, after Ye Qiu and the King of Slaughter separated, Ye Qiu took out a map, identified the direction, and flew towards Heaven Dou City. He had been stuck at level 50 for a year. Ye Qiu planned to return to Heaven Dou City to absorb the inner core and use it as a soul ring. He planned to use the God-given soul ring at level 70. The higher the age of the seventh soul ring, the greater the blessing of the Martial Soul True Body.

Dugu Mansion.

"Sigh, when will Xiao Qiu come back? It's been a year and a half. I hope nothing bad has happened to her." Dugu Yan pondered, looking out the window.

Ye Qiu has been gone for a year and a half. Dugu Yan is very worried about Ye Qiu. She knows that Ye Qiu is very strong, but the Killing Capital does not allow the use of soul skills, which means that one can only survive by using one's own means. Moreover, it is basically full of fallen people, who will stop at nothing. Sneak attacks are just commonplace. She doesn't know if Ye Qiu is still doing well.

Just as Dugu Yan was thinking about this, Ye Qiu arrived at Tiandou City.

"Finally arrived, it really was quite far." Ye Qiu thought to himself as he looked at the Heavenly Dou City in front of him.

After half a month, Ye Qiu finally returned to Heaven Dou City from the City of Slaughter. He didn't feel like it took long when he went there, but why did it feel like it took so long to come back? Could it be because he was homesick?
Probably, after all, it was the first time he had been away for so long, and the city of slaughter was so dark and gloomy that he was either killing people or on his way to kill people all day long, which almost drove him insane.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu shook his head. He decided to go back to the Dugu residence first. He hadn't seen Sister Yan and his teacher for over a year and missed them terribly.

Ye Qiu then landed, entered the city gate, and headed towards the Dugu Mansion.

On the other side, in Tiandou City, at the Crown Prince's residence.

Just as Master Xue finished her official duties and was about to rest, she received news that Ye Qiu had returned to Tiandou City.

"Huh? You're back? So fast? It's only been a year and a half." Master Xue's first reaction upon seeing the message in her hand was confusion, and her second reaction was shock.

"Thirteen and a half years old, passing the test of the Slaughter City? In just one and a half years? Tang Hao, the strongest genius of the Haotian Sect, took five years to pass the Slaughter City."

That woman took four years to pass through the Killing City, while Ye Qiu only took a year and a half?

"This is terrifying! How can he be so strong? I, Qian Renxue, possess the strongest talent and the strongest martial soul, yet I am still inferior to him?"

Qian Renxue felt incredibly conflicted. She had always been extremely confident in her talent, and besides her mother, who didn't acknowledge her and possessed exceptional talent, another one had appeared.

Moreover, he's nine years younger than Qian Renxue. According to intelligence, Ye Qiu is currently level 50, while Qian Renxue has only reached level 64 in the past year and a half. This is only because she squeezed out a lot of time to cultivate diligently. She hasn't slacked off in her cultivation during this period. Furthermore, when she left, Ye Qiu was only level 48, as Qian Daoliu himself said. With Ye Qiu's talent, it's impossible that he only increased by two levels in a year and a half. It's very likely that he hasn't obtained a soul ring and his soul power is stuck at level 50. If he had obtained a soul ring, he might be close to her level.

She was about to be overtaken on a bend, which was incredibly frustrating for her.

It's important to know that the City of Slaughter is a forbidden place for ordinary soul masters, where soul skills are prohibited; only martial souls and soul power can be used. Furthermore, one must be wary of attacks from fallen beings. All these conditions make the City of Slaughter a forbidden zone for ordinary soul masters. Yet, Ye Qiu has emerged from there in just one year and a few months, nearly a year and a half. How could she not be astonished?
'No, no, no, I'm his friend after all. I'm trying to recruit him. How can I be weaker than him? I have to meet him sooner rather than later. Otherwise, when he surpasses me next time, how will he respect me as a friend?'
I need to elevate my status as a friend first, otherwise he'll look down on me. Yes! I absolutely must do this, otherwise he'll definitely despise me, a friend whose social standing is lower than his.

Qian Renxue felt a sense of crisis. People younger than her had such high cultivation levels. She was nine years old and at level thirty-seven, but now she was only at level sixty-seven. What had she been doing for the past ten years?

Qian Renxue imagined it all. Sure enough, being love-struck is hereditary. She just didn't know it herself. Ever since she met Ye Qiu, she had never stopped getting information about him and knew his general direction.

When a woman becomes interested in a man, she's already close to falling for him. However, these are all just Qian Renxue's own imaginations, and self-inflicted imaginations are the most fatal.

But isn't that a bit too outrageous? However, upon further reflection, it's quite reasonable that the God of Love fell on the Douluo Continent.

For some reason, Ye Qiu's face suddenly appeared in Qian Renxue's mind, and then she felt her face burning. "Oh dear, what am I thinking? It must be because Grandpa keeps mentioning Ye Qiu that I'm like this. Humph, bad grandpa, messing with my Dao heart," Qian Renxue muttered under her breath, her face flushed.

(Qian Daoliu: Ah, right, right, just tell me if you've got your eye on someone or not.)
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After a year and a half, Master Ye finally returned to Tiandou City. His idea was to first go back to the Dugu Mansion to see if anyone was there.

Because of the excessive killings in the Killing City, Ye Qiu's temperament became somewhat cold, but he was much better than when he first came out. When he first came out, he didn't really want to kill people at the drop of a hat. Fortunately, after half a month of flying, seeing the scenery of the continent, and being influenced by the Vermilion Bird, his condition improved a lot.

Upon arriving at the Dugu residence, Ye Qiu knocked on the door to see if anyone was home.

At this moment, only Dugu Yan was in the Dugu Mansion. She was sitting on a chair in the courtyard, gazing at the sky, seemingly lost in thought.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

So Dugu Yan asked, "Who is it?"

"Yanyan, it's me." Ye Qiu's voice came from outside the door.

Upon hearing Ye Qiu's voice, Dugu Yan immediately went to open the door. After seeing that it was indeed Ye Qiu standing outside, she rushed over.

"Waaah, you're finally back! I was so worried about you. Why did it take you so long to come back?" Dugu Yan said, choking back tears.

"Uh..." Ye Qiu was stunned. What was wrong with this girl? Why did she cry as soon as she saw him? Even though they liked each other, it shouldn't be like this.

Little did Ye Qiu know that Dugu Yan had been thinking about Ye Qiu constantly for the past year, and had lost a lot of weight.

"Alright, I'm fine now. Besides, don't you trust my abilities?" Ye Qiu patted Dugu Yan's shoulder to comfort her.

"That won't do either. You're not allowed to go to dangerous places next time," Dugu Yan said, sobbing.

"Okay, I won't go to dangerous places anymore," Ye Qiu said helplessly.

At this stage, Tang San has already obtained all the opportunities he could: the Asura Inheritance, the Mandarin Duck Hot Pot, the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, and the Vast Ocean Universe Cover. He can get that later if he has the chance. As for the Eight Spider Lances, it doesn't matter whether he has them or not. What difference would it make if Tang San had them?
But where did Dugu Bo go? Ye Qiu sensed his surroundings but couldn't find Dugu Bo. He asked with a puzzled look, "Where's the teacher?"

"Grandpa went to the herb garden. For the past year or so, Lingling and Zhuqing have been keeping me company. However, Lingling broke through to level 40 yesterday and went to hunt for a soul ring this morning. Zhuqing was taken away by Qin Ming to fight a soul battle." Dugu Yan replied.

"The herb garden?" Ye Qiu looked puzzled. There's nothing to guard in the herb garden now, right? Dugu Bo just leveled up not long ago, what would he be doing there?

"Yeah, Grandpa got hold of a poison formula from somewhere and wants to make medicine." Dugu Yan rolled her eyes. What's so fun about poison?

"Uh... okay." Ye Qiu was speechless. Youxiang Qiluo had been figured out by Dugu Bo.

As for the Fighting Spirit? That should be the Royal Fighting Team's nationwide tour, probably not far from arriving in Tiandou City.

(End of this chapter)