Douluo Continent: A Thousand Miles of Cultivation

"Water God!" This made Tianmeng Ge extremely excited.

"I know you're excited, but don't get excited yet!"

The spiritual world materialized, and a super-sized fleshy worm with ten golden stripes pounced on Qian Shui. Unfortunately, it couldn't even break through Qian Shui's spiritual barrier and bumped its head against the wall.

"How could I not be excited! Five years! Five years! Do you know what I did for five years?"

Tianmeng's forelimbs slapped against Qianshui's mental barrier again and again, and with her tearful little expression, she looked as miserable as could be.

"Okay, five years have passed, I understand." Unfortunately, Qian Shui showed no emotion whatsoever, completely detached from his feelings. "Alright, quickly tell me what has happened in these five years."

"Tch! Heartless humans!" Tianmeng pointed, transmitting information from the past five years along with his mental power to Qianshui. "You don't even care about my life, brother Tianmeng."

Just as Qianshui was processing what had happened in the past five years, Tianmeng seemed to have noticed something. "Oh, by the way, it looks like your son is trying to run away. Aren't you going to check on him?"

"Huh? He was... by Grandpa..." Upon hearing about his son's situation, Qian Shui stopped and sent his divine sense directly to Martial Soul City, "Chao!"

Qian Daoliu, who was just in the Hall of Worship, had already gone to another place, while his son, with the little lamb, took advantage of the Spirit Hall's emptiness and quietly slipped out of the Pope Mountain. They had already run to the city wall of Spirit City.

"You continue, I'm going to find him. Don't tell anyone I was here, or I'll dump you on Di Tian!"

"Hey! Can't you talk this out properly?"

Unfortunately, Qian Shui hung up the phone as quickly as he forced his way in, disappearing without a trace in an instant, leaving Tian Meng alone to feel sad.

Tianmeng glanced at Miss Spider Queen, who was cultivating beside him, and shuddered again before continuing his work on the communications satellite.

...

"Gan Gan, are you ready?"

At eight years old, Qian Qingyu was already a big boy. He was dressed in a black outfit and leaned against the wall of Wuhun City, stroking the unchanged little lamb.

Seemingly understanding Qian Qingyu's words, the little lamb squinted its large, square eyes in a very human-like manner and even nodded.

"Alright! Let's go!" Holding the lamb, Qian Qingyu unfolded her six wings and with a gentle flap, flew smoothly over the Spirit City wall. "Whoosh! I'm free!"

Having identified the direction, Qian Qingyu sped towards Jialing Pass without any hesitation. She even knew to retract her six wings and not use her soul power at all, only using her body to run and avoid attracting attention.

What he didn't know was that his every move was being watched by his own father.

Just as he slipped into the Tianling Mountains, he bumped into a little boy. "Ouch!"

"Are you alright?" Qian Qingyu rushed forward to help the boy, who looked to be only six years old.

"It's nothing, it's nothing..." The black-haired, black-eyed boy stood up, patted his bottom, and scratched his head, saying, "It's my fault, I didn't see you."

Young Qian Qingyu was clearly encountering this situation for the first time and was somewhat at a loss. "It's my fault... I'm a higher level, but I didn't notice you. I'm so sorry~"

The little lamb with its tiny hooves glared at the boy, circling him in a blur, seemingly lost in thought.

"Huh? Gan Gan, you said he looks familiar? How could that be?" Qian Qingyu seemed to understand Xiao Yang's thoughts, her pale purple eyes staring at the boy and Xiao Yang in surprise.

"Hey bro, can you understand what it's saying?!"

The boy's surprise did not distract Qian Qingyu. He asked in return, "Little brother, what's your name? Where do you live?"

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Ning Qian, I'm six years old, my spirit is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and I'm a level 16 spirit master!" After introducing himself, the boy named Ning Qian ran behind a big tree and pulled out a little girl in a pink and delicate black dress.

"Stop hiding! Her name is Ning Qianqian, she's my younger sister! She's also six years old this year, her martial spirit is a longsword, she's a bit stronger than me, she's level 18!"

After the two siblings introduced themselves, Qian Qingyu understood that they were family members. Although he hadn't met them in Qibao City when he was a child, there were many people in the Qibao Glazed Tile School, so it was normal that he didn't recognize them all.

According to his great-grandfather, his father was a descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and a Soul Master with twin Martial Souls. He also had this in his childhood memories, so when he awakened his Martial Soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda appeared, which did not surprise him at all.

Perhaps Gan Gan meant that the boy was related to her by blood.

Aside from the disgruntled, arrogant silver-haired girl who made him instinctively a little scared, there was nothing else that bothered him; it was all quite reasonable.

"Oh, my name is Qian Qingyu, I'm eight years old, and my martial soul is a golden six-winged creature! I have good talent, and I'm already a level 58 Soul King!"

The adults often warned him that he had several martial souls that he must never reveal, so Qian Qingyu cleverly described his martial souls as six golden wings.

"Wow! Qingyu, you're amazing! You're already a Soul King at just eight years old!"

Seeing the surprise on her younger siblings' faces, Qian Qingyu felt a sense of pride, even though Ning Qian's words always sounded a bit like she was praising him.

According to his great-grandfather, he was extremely talented, possessing innate level 30 full soul power. At the age of six, after absorbing three thousand-year soul rings, he directly reached the level 40 Soul Master realm.

Although I haven't worked very hard these past two years, I still managed to reach level 58 quite easily.

"Where are your parents?" Qian Qingyu, who was two years older than them, crossed his arms and acted like a little adult. As the elder, he felt obligated to take care of his two younger siblings from the same clan.

"Uh..." Ning Qian seemed a little embarrassed, "Brother Qingyu, please don't be scared when I tell you this!"

"I am the Soul King! I'm not afraid. Tell me what's wrong, and Brother Qingyu will protect you!"

"Hehe... Actually, my sister and I sneaked out. I was afraid that if the adults followed us, they would think you were a bad guy..." Ning Qian scratched his head, seemingly a little embarrassed.

Upon hearing this, Qian Qingyu immediately became alert. He knew that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had a Title Douluo, and his two younger siblings seemed to be direct descendants. If they encountered a Title Douluo, wouldn't he be doomed?

Qian Qingyu tilted her head, released her senses, and scanned everything around her. She found that there was no one there, not even a Title Douluo, and was relieved.

"You guys are really something! You're so young and already doing bad things! How could you sneak out like that?! Don't you know how worried your family will be?!"

Upon hearing this, Ning Qianqian couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Gan Gan also squinted at Qian Qingyu.

Ning Qian's eyes twitched, and he said helplessly, "Brother Qingyu, you seem to be the same as us, right?"

Seeing that she had fallen into a disadvantageous position, Qian Qingyu's eyes widened as she tried to save face, "How can that be the same! I am the Soul King!"

"But Brother Qingyu, we're six years old and you're eight. We're not that much older than each other, so you don't need to hide it from us. We can just play together!"

"Hmm...you make a good point..." Qian Qingyu, not quite understanding yet, still tried to deny the facts, "No! I didn't sneak out!"

"Ah yes yes!"

"It's really not!" At this moment, the little adult Qian Qingyu could no longer act like an adult, and she was so anxious that she almost cried.

"Okay, okay, Qingyu is the best~ Let's go together, you don't want to go home anyway~"

When Ning Qian, who is two years younger than him, soothed him in a tone that was meant to coax a child, Qian Qingyu's little mouth almost pouted. But even someone as stubborn as him has some pride.

"Actually, I just went home!" Qian Qingyu thought he was telling the truth, but at the same time, he denied that he had sneaked out. "Little Brother Qian, why don't you come to my house as guests? It's a beautiful place!"

"It's not impossible, but Brother Qingyu can't sell me out!"

"No way! My home isn't far from Qibao City, but it's still separated from the entire Tiandou City!"

"Huh? Where is that?"

"It's in a huge forest, but let's go visit Heaven Dou City first—you know, of the two great empires' capitals, only Heaven Dou City is worth visiting right now!"

"Oh well…"

Seeing that Ning Qian seemed embarrassed, Qian Qingyu guessed what was going on, "Oh, don't worry, although Tiandou City is quite close to both your and my home, the city is so big, you definitely won't be discovered if you go there to play!"

The eldest brother, Qian Qingyu, patted his chest to assure everyone that everything was safe. The second brother, Ning Qian, said he would provide assistance. The third brother, Ning Qianqian, would shout "666!" (a Chinese internet slang term for something impressive). With the addition of a little sheep, the three of them and the sheep set off northward.

Target: Heaven Dou City!

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"six."

"Eight."

"I'm sorry."

"Pass."

"One two, three threes. Sigh, I won again... No fun."

"Weiss, can't you just let Sister Feng have her way?!"

"This is the only area where I can win."

At this time, Xingluo City seemed unchanged. The towering metal fence surrounding the city walls had not been dismantled, only five years of wind and frost had caused mottled rust to creep up on it.

However, Xingluo City is no longer completely closed off as it used to be. People are constantly entering the city, and it has completely changed its appearance from what it used to be.

"Your commander really did inherit Xue Qinghe's mantle. After a year of siege, he released the common people and ordinary nobles out of the city, leaving only the Zhu family and the royal family behind."

Two years later, Xingluo City was opened to the public and turned into a tourist attraction, making a fortune. It can only be said that it truly lives up to its name as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. The young man called Weiss, dressed in a luxurious aristocratic style, sat on the top of the Xingluo City wall and couldn't help but sigh after finishing his game of cards.

This man was none other than the defunct Star Luo Empire and its crown prince, Davis. Sitting with him on the ground was his wife, Zhu Zhuyun, and the one called Sister Feng was Feng Jingyi, who guarded Star Luo City.

"When will you let us go, or will you kill us?"

"Weiss! You asked again!"

With a soft sigh, Feng Jingyi put down the cards in her hand and gazed into the distance. "You are yearning for freedom?"

"Yes! Death is also a kind of freedom, isn't it?"

Feng Jingyi did not want to deny Davis. She only expressed her understanding: "People have the freedom to choose, but not the freedom not to choose. As long as people live in this world, they will make choices everywhere."

Choices will affect your life and everything you do. At this critical juncture, humans, celestial beings, and non-humans are all making their own choices.

Changing her tone, she continued, "Death is your right to choose, and imprisoning you is also my choice. Your departure or death has significant implications, meanings that cannot be replaced by your personal will. Do you understand?"

“I understand. The demise of the royal family will give some people an excuse, and so will the departure of the royal family, like my brother. So I can play cards with you here. As long as we don’t leave Star Luo City, everything is fine.” With that, Davis helplessly picked up the scattered cards and began to shuffle them smoothly.

Clearly, this has become the norm, but Davis doesn't know why Feng Jingyi is saying so much today.

As if sensing something, Feng Jingyi stood up and looked north, where the fluctuations in soul power seemed somewhat unusual.

Just then, Feng Jingyi's communication device emitted a sound, "This is Dugu Yan. There's no time to explain. They're going to besiege Xilu City. Xue Qinghe is still alive, but don't expect him to come back..."

Then came a series of static noises, clearly indicating that the other party's communication device was broken.

Both being Soul Masters, their hearing was quite sharp, and Davis and Zhu Zhuyun heard it clearly. "Aren't you going?"

During Davis's questioning, Feng Jingyi sat down instead, gesturing for him to deal the cards, "It's too late, but it's okay."

The imprisoned royal family of the Heavenly Dou Empire was not forbidden from knowing about the outside world; on the contrary, they could even see abridged military reports. So Davis knew a lot. "Is Xue Haizang guarding the Kingdom of Haagen-Dazs? He must have heard it too."

"The commander is currently in the Kingdom of Barak, so we don't need to worry about him."

"That woman has already reached level 99. Without you, is it really possible for anyone else to stop her?"

Feng Jingyi, who was waiting for the cards to be dealt, laughed when she heard Davis say that. "Shouldn't you wish your good brother a victory?"

"Hmph! Even nations can be accommodating, but humans and non-humans are unforgivable! If he gains the kingdom, will the Douluo Continent have a future? So, although we are unwilling to expel him from the royal family for the sake of the country, it is because Father and the old fogies still have a sliver of hope. But even they are willing to collude with them in the face of irrefutable facts!"

At the most embarrassing moment, Davis even shattered the cards in his hand.

"Alright, alright, why bother getting angry with those who have completely turned into evil soul masters?" Helpless, Zhu Zhuyun could only try to appease them.