Douluo Continent: A Thousand Miles of Cultivation

At this point, perhaps tired of scolding, the rabbit finally quieted down.

Qian Shui, who had remained unmoved by her presence, also stopped. He had barely gotten anything out of it; the destructive power of having several litters of rabbits was simply too great.

After putting down the rabbit, they lit a fire. Qian Shui also cooked corn on the cob and other vegetables, while the rabbit was always served carrots.

"Do you rabbits really like eating carrots that much?"

Looking at this rabbit spirit, who could be considered a goddess from a past life and resembled a little girl, Qian Shui had many ultimate questions he wanted to ask her. For example, he knew that normal rabbits didn't eat carrots, and the reason he used them to attract her was only because of the original story.

"Of course!" The crunching sounds continued, clearly indicating that he was thoroughly enjoying the carrots. "Carrots are so delicious!"

Seeing how enthusiastic she was, Qian Shui felt like throwing up. Firstly, he didn't like eating radishes or similar foods, and secondly, he had been making too many lately, so the smell made him want to stay away from them.

"You really don't know how humans came to be?" Qian Shui was still grappling with those questions.

"I've said it hundreds of times! I don't know!"

At first, the rabbit didn't want to answer at all, but the carrot meal was just too delicious! If in her mind humans were all bad, then the only good thing was the bizarre ways to cook carrots.

She truly didn't know. She had been living with a clear mind for eighty or ninety thousand years, and she was indifferent to worldly affairs and didn't care about these things at all. This matter seemed very important, but what did it have to do with her, a harmless soft-boned rabbit? In fact, a meal was more important and practical, and she didn't need to care about these things at all.

"Forget it, with your intelligence, you'd only get this much in a hundred thousand years. We can't count on you."

"You're the one with a low IQ! Your whole family has low IQs!"

Thinking of Ning Fengzhi, Qian Shui even silently gave her a thumbs up.

"I don't know, it's because I don't care! If it were my mom..."

She blurted it out, and suddenly felt a little sad.

"Your mother? You think you can rely on your mother for the rest of your life? I really don't know how you dared to take human form!"

She slumped down, "I...I'm just unlucky..."

Regarding being caught by Qian Shui, she felt it was just bad luck; in such a remote border town, she unexpectedly encountered someone who could see through her identity.

"Luck? You are indeed lucky to have met me."

"I must be incredibly unlucky!"

Qian Shui remained expressionless. Putting aside Tang Hao, who would have been killed at first sight, and considering the rabbit's future fate—dying and dying repeatedly, even jeopardizing the future of the entire soul beast race—it couldn't be more tragic. What was even more terrifying was the matter of her daughter, the Goddess of Light Butterfly? What divine gift? Did she even have a trace of a rabbit's characteristics?

"Forget it, at least I have no interest in killing you to hunt souls or making you sacrifice yourself. I'm only interested in what's in your head and the fact that you can take human form."

Upon hearing this, the rabbit threw the carrot head on the ground and pointed at Qian Shui's nose, cursing, "Hmph, you just said it yourself! Your filthy thoughts! You're not killing me now so that I'll sacrifice myself for you, so you can absorb Soul Masters beyond your level!"

"You might not believe me when I say you're stupid, but I have better ways to get you to sacrifice yourself."

Anyway, I know your identity. As long as I don't reveal it, I'll just get close to you and cultivate feelings for you. When the time is right, I'll create a large enough external life-or-death crisis. To protect you, I'll spare no effort, even fighting to the death. By then, you might even have fallen in love with me. If you don't sacrifice yourself, you'll die anyway; if you do, one of you can live. You know nothing, so you don't even have a choice.

Qian Shui simply recounted her original experience in a darker way, and that alone was enough to send shivers down Rabbit's spine.

"You... how could I possibly fall in love with a despicable and shameless human like you!"

Qian Shui's move was also a strategic one, to prevent the plot's inertia from pulling things back onto their original track.

Such words would plant a seed of doubt in the heart of this rabbit, who is completely ignorant of human relationships, and would prevent him from easily becoming the God King Tang.

Although with him around, the possibility is almost zero, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

"I need you to fall in love with me?" Qian Shui sneered. "You just need to think carefully: is such a thing even possible? Am I capable of doing it?!"

The sudden, stern question startled the rabbit, who couldn't help but consider the possibility and subconsciously kept glancing at Qian Shui.

At first glance, she appears as an older man, which is quite frightening. However, for female animals, appearance is always the primary factor of productivity. Even after she reveals her true form, Qian Shui is still quite good-looking.

The key is that Qian Shui is deep and cunning, with a changeable personality. On the surface, she doesn't think much of him, but once she gets close, she feels like she's standing on the edge of an abyss.

The more she thought about it, the worse it seemed. An ordinary soul master might only care about his soul rings and soul bones, and he would just die anyway. But this person in front of her seemed to be about to crush her bones and suck her marrow. The unknown is the most terrifying thing!

The rabbit grew increasingly frightened. If this person could manipulate even sacrifices in such a way, what about everything else? Thinking of this, she retreated step by step until she leaned against the large tree behind her.

"You're a demon!!!"

Chapter 98 The Fifth Soul Ring

The rabbit was entangled by an unknown plant. Startled by Qian Shui, she was completely flustered and almost forgot her 100,000 years of cultivation experience.

"Ugh!!! What is that?!"

Qian Shui smiled slightly: "I searched for him a thousand times, but after all that effort I couldn't find him. And then I just happened to run into him."

"What are you saying? Help me! I can't break free! If I die, you'll lose your spirit ring!"

With its life in danger, the rabbit didn't hesitate to ask for help.

"Didn't I say I don't want your spirit ring? If you're so capable, then sacrifice yourself! If you're forcing it on me, then I can only reluctantly accept it." After saying that, Qian Shui even took a bite of corn and chewed it comfortably.

"you*****!!!"

The rabbit was busy cursing, but it didn't notice that Qian Shui's eyes were gleaming as she looked into the distance.

"Good heavens, this must be the Blue Silver Forest! It's quite possible that this place is close to the Sunset Forest!"

This area was full of ordinary Blue Silver Grass. This stuff was common, and Qian Shui didn't pay much attention to it when he first arrived. But just now, he opened up all his senses. The blue, shimmering spots of soul power in front of him were too eye-catching.

Chinese people have always been familiar with the principles of natural cycles of generation and restraint. Thanks to Qian Shui's mature mind, if he were in his adolescence, he would really think that there are good and bad animals and plants, such as harmless rabbits and grass.

But with the story of killing all the wolves because of the deer and ultimately causing a disaster still in his mind, he couldn't possibly think that ordinary blue silver grass was just a simple thing.

Venus flytraps and pitcher plants, which are predatory, exist, so why is the blue silver grass special? Won't animal carcasses lying at the base of trees be absorbed by plants as nutrients? They all obtain energy from the outside world; there's nothing noble about them. The difference lies only in the degree to which they are controlled.

After finishing the last bite of corn, Qian Shui habitually got up, patted his bottom, and then, with a flick of his sword, freed the rabbit in an instant.

"Ugh!"

Before the rabbit could even say thank you, a rag was stuffed into its mouth, and Qian Shui tied it to its back.

Just when the rabbit thought Qian Shui was about to escape, it was led to stand in the tall tree canopy and did nothing.

As if talking to himself, Qian Shui said, "Blue Silver Grass, weak? Harmless? We could have just ignored it. But what a coincidence, we've run into a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast of the wood attribute!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the rabbit saw a semi-transparent object attach itself to Qian Shui's body, and four spirit rings, yellow, purple, and black, appeared one after another at his feet.

'How is this possible? He's only a Soul Master? How did he recognize me? Does he have an elder at least a Soul Douluo level?'

At this moment, Qian Shui took out Ming Xin and began to plan the incident. In his eyes, a huge ball of soul power appeared not far away. This was the total amount of soul power that only a soul beast with more than 50,000 years of life would possess, and there were countless balls of light of different sizes around it.

He was almost certain that this was the place where Tang Shenwang awakened the Blue Silver Emperor, so there was no point in holding back.

'The plan was for the fifth spirit ring to be a wood-attribute one. The reason for seeking out the Blue Silver Forest was to seize the opportunity to eliminate Tang Shenwang, but the probability was low. This was truly a coincidence.'

Both objectives compelled Qian Shui to wreak havoc in this picturesque place. After all, it was a plant, and its root system was perhaps its very essence; without significant destruction, it might not be possible to kill it.

He pulled out his Mingxin, crying out "Forgive me, forgive me!" and without hesitation unleashed his first and second soul skills in quick succession, leaping high into the air and charging straight at the brightest ball of light.

This terrified the rabbit behind them. Qian Shui carried her like a bag, without feeling anything, but she couldn't, especially when she was fully conscious. It was much more thrilling than riding a roller coaster. Moreover, at such a high speed, the inertia made her feel like her neck was about to snap.

But this person's fighting style was much more ferocious than he appeared. His continuous sword strikes shredded all the vines that were wrapping around him, and the rabbit's internal organs were subjected to a super-stimulating vibration massage, making the rabbit feel like it was about to collapse.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Flying Swirling Dolphin Technique!"

Just as it recovered, the rabbit went through another spinning charge, and this time it was completely disoriented.

"Tsk, 100,000 years... It's not even as good as a support character. I should have just knocked it out."

The rabbit would start cursing again if she heard that; she hadn't even condensed the first ring yet, she was very weak!

He dodged away, hanging the unconscious rabbit like a piece of cured meat on a tree outside the battle circle. Qian Shui shook his arm, preparing to start plowing the land.

"Third Soul Skill! Fourth Soul Skill!"

At this moment, Qian Shui was like the rotating blades of a harvester, clearing away the vegetation in the area where the rabbit was hanging and in front of it. No spirit rings appeared; there were only low shrubs, blue silver grass on the ground, and many tall trees.

After clearing these things, they treated the trunks of the tall trees as if they were giant tree trunks, kicking or throwing them at the ball of light.

At the same time, his body surged forward, and he charged straight up and delivered several more blows, causing some white and yellow spirit rings to appear.

When the giant vines tried to entangle him and the numerous thorns tried to pierce him, he retreated rapidly and began chopping down trees and smashing people as before.

'One against many! It's like fighting against an entire forest!'

Without stopping, Qian Shui repeated this fighting style.

She didn't know how much time had passed when the rabbit slowly woke up. The first thing she noticed was that she was hanging up again. She spat and was shocked by what she saw.

From where she was hung, a huge circular ring was about to close, and the ring was full of felled trees.

The trees had intact breaks, making it easy to identify that the huge ring was formed by these felled trees.

Meanwhile, Qian Shui, who caused all of this, was not far away, continuing to cut down trees and throw the trunks towards the center of the circle.

As he approached, the rabbit saw clearly that Qian Shui had simply wiped a large tree with his hand, which was quite unbelievable.

The Blue Silver Grass was ever-renewing, but the Blue Silver King, who had been hiding all along, had already determined it: 'Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Paw Bone!'

'But he's just a four-ring Soul Master. I don't know why he's so persistent; I can't get rid of him no matter what I do.'

When Qian Shui seemed to have finished cutting down the last tree and finally stopped, it was just dawn.

"Young Soul Master, step back! Your soul power is almost depleted!" An aged voice rang out from the arena.

The display of strength made the Blue Silver King realize that if this human wanted to leave, his Blue Silver Grass would not be able to stop him, and even his 80,000-year-old Blue Silver King was no match for him.

After all, their species are too weak, and apart from their strong vitality and adaptability, they have no means of attack.

"Leave? Can you even leave?" Qian Shui muttered to herself as she approached the rabbit.

Although the rabbit was full of questions, Qian Shui seemed to have no intention of leaving.

He then charged towards the large number of vines in the center of the circle again and began cutting them once more.

"My soul power isn't much, but fire counters wood!"

The inexplicable words left Blue Silver King bewildered. Qian Shui had four soul skills in total, which he had used countless times without interruption. What fire?

The next moment, Qian Shui's seemingly random words and actions were also an answer to it.

"Firebreaks, wooden chimney, all done. Now, what's next? Hehe!" Qian Shui grinned wickedly, looking at his masterpiece. His chuunibyou spirit ignited. "Qian Renxue Great Art! - Holy Flame! Hu Liena Great Art! - Foxfire Spreads Across the Plains!"

In plain language, it means "lighter".

He had studied his companions' skills a long time ago. Although he couldn't completely replicate them, he could still do simple things like striking a fire of the same nature.

Watching Qian Shui throw out small flames in each hand, the Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast army didn't even make a move, as if watching a clown.