Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 19 The True Fire of the Sun, the Ultimate Ice

Qian Renxue walked back to her room as if no one else was there. She was certain that her whereabouts had not been discovered, so she simply walked back with a normal expression.

Then, she packed her things and prepared to leave. They were just some odds and ends, things she had taken from the captured soul tools. Qian Renxue didn't really care about these things, but since she was currently penniless and couldn't spend money recklessly, she figured these little things might be able to be exchanged for some money later.

This place is no longer safe to stay in. Two people have died upstairs. The waiter who was serving the special meal might find the two bodies when he finishes his shift and goes to clean up.

However, if it were just two corpses, it wouldn't be so bad, but the loss of their package would be a serious matter. Qian Renxue had no doubt that the way these two delivered the package was a smokescreen by the people behind them. Moreover, the contents of this package were very strange; it couldn't be stored in her own storage soul tool. She quickly figured this out: this white tray-like object was undoubtedly a high-level soul tool, naturally unable to hold an ordinary soul tool.

She thought for a moment, then changed the packaging of the bone box. She put it in a cloth bag, slung it across her arm, and went downstairs.

"Shopkeeper, are there any shopping malls or similar places around here?" Qian Renxue asked the shopkeeper as she walked downstairs.

"Yes! Is this your first time visiting Xingluo City, sir? From here, just walk straight along the road after you leave..." the shopkeeper explained to her.

"Alright! Thank you, innkeeper. I'm going to buy some things. I have a relative who does business in Xingluo City, so I'll go visit him tomorrow." Qian Renxue smiled casually and left the inn.

After leaving the inn, Qian Renxue wandered around and eventually came to a small alley. It was already evening, and the original Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent obviously didn't have very advanced soul guidance technology, so there were no soul guidance streetlights in this kind of alley.

When she emerged from another entrance of the alley, she had changed her appearance again.

At times like these, she couldn't help but marvel at the power of such disguise and disguise techniques. If she wanted, she could have hundreds of identities, and her acting skills were superb, so it was no problem for her to disguise herself as various people in a short period of time.

The only potential problem is that her inherent temperament and personality make her perfectly capable of playing the roles of rich young ladies and gentlemen, but if she were an ordinary person, she probably wouldn't be able to do it for very long.

Where to go?

Qian Renxue thought to herself.

I traveled for a long time to reach Xingluo City. Am I going to have to leave now?

She narrowed her eyes. Leaving wasn't the case; the two dead weren't high-ranking officials or nobles, and it shouldn't warrant closing the city gates and sealing off the entire territory of Xingluo City. She had only saved a poor baby.

However, she became worried again. Although she had rescued the baby, what should she do? It was obviously not appropriate to keep the child with her. She had never been a mother before... she had little experience in raising children and had never experienced a mother's love.

After walking for about an hour, a row of walls appeared in front of her.

What place is this?

She walked along the wall and then went around it.

Behind the wall lies a slum?

Qian Renxue never imagined that slums would exist in Xingluo City today.

Although there were slums in the northeastern part of Tiandou City in her previous life, she focused on dealing with that area after becoming the Crown Prince. The Tiandou royal family arranged jobs for those capable of working there; although they didn't earn much, it was enough to ensure they had food to eat every day.

Qian Renxue took in elderly people and orphans who were unable to work and placed them in a place similar to a welfare home. She allocated funds from the Eastern Palace where she worked so that the elderly could spend their later years in peace and the children could grow up smoothly.

At that time, Qian Renxue was a sophisticated egoist and a ruthless female demon who killed enemies without hesitation. However, she still had a soft spot in her heart that belonged to an angel. When she saw ordinary people who were about to die, she couldn't help but want to save them.

She couldn't save everyone suffering, but with Tian Dou City under her watchful eye, she could save as many as she could. As long as the Crown Prince's position remained in her hands, she would try her best. It was true she wanted to usurp the Tian Dou Empire, but she didn't want a chaotic, ravaged land; she wanted a nation that genuinely submitted to her. However, the slums of Xingluo City were clearly not so fortunate.

Qian Renxue walked into the slum, and the people there looked at her with suspicion and ferocity.

She was now disguised as a middle-aged man, with a unkempt beard that looked like it hadn't been groomed in a long time, casually carrying what looked like a cloth bag. She dared not pretend to be an old woman anymore; if these homeless men did anything outrageous again, she would be exposed.

Qian Renxue twirled her fingers and continued walking into the slum.

There weren't many people in this slum; many of the bungalows were empty, perhaps because some of the homeless had died or something. Using her mental detection, she found a dilapidated house, and neither the house nor its surroundings were inhabited.

Qian Renxue walked around and found a small hole in the wall behind the house. Looking out of the hole, she could see a garden in the city on the other side of the wall.

It's an ironic place; a mere wall has transformed the two sides into two completely different worlds. Outside the wall, the wealthy and powerful indulge in extravagant revelry and dancing, while inside, the homeless suffer from hunger and cold, worrying about what to eat next.

She shook her head, banishing these random thoughts from her mind, and walked into the dilapidated bungalow. She opened her cloth bag and bone box and took out the soul tool.

"This thing seems to be able to preserve life," she thought to herself, then realized something was wrong, because no matter how much soul power she poured into it, she couldn't seem to open it.

Qian Renxue frowned. Her current soul power level was twenty-eight, which did seem a bit low... but the quality of her soul power far surpassed that of a typical Soul Master. Could this soul tool be that advanced?

Could it be that this soul tool doesn't contain just an ordinary embryo? Or perhaps the illegitimate child of some high-ranking official? But if the illegitimate child is placed here, could it be an order from the Empress?

Or there's another possibility: that this embryo is... a soul beast in human form?

Qian Renxue's thoughts were stirred again. She stared quietly at the small object. It wouldn't be impossible for her to carry it around all the time. She had just confirmed that as long as the embryo remained inside the soul tool, it wouldn't die. It was just that she couldn't put the thing inside the soul tool. Carrying a cloth bag around was too strange, like a middle-aged woman going to the market to buy groceries.

Perhaps we should take another look to see what kind of embryo is inside.

She hesitated for a moment, then decided to examine this mysterious object more closely. Carefully, she released her spiritual energy again, enveloping the tray. This was the first time she had directly contacted it, and instantly, a chill ran through her, invading her consciousness.

"Hmm?" Qian Renxue frowned. Her soul power attribute could be described as possessing the True Fire of the Sun, so according to the terminology of this era, it should be called the Ultimate Fire. She had seen this term in history books. Four thousand years ago, the original Douluo Three Kingdoms and the Sun Moon Empire waged a war. Faced with the sudden appearance of soul-guided weapons, the Douluo Three Kingdoms, led by a soul master possessing the Ultimate Fire, defeated the Sun Moon Empire.

The chill she felt at this moment, although not an extremely powerful fluctuation, contained an "artistic conception" that she had never encountered before. She had no doubt that if this power were amplified to a normal level, it would definitely be the ultimate ice.

"Human, the scent on you seems somewhat familiar to me."

Suddenly, a voice came from Qian Renxue's mental realm.

Although Xue Di was sealed inside the Conferred God Platform, she could still sense the outside world. This is described in Chapter 128 of the original Douluo Continent II novel:

Master Mingde's voice was gentle, as if he were speaking to his own child, with a touch of kindness in his gentleness.

"Pfft..." The white mist suddenly slammed into the golden light shield of the Conferred God Platform. Faintly, a scream seemed to echo in the spiritual world of the Mingde Hall Master.

The Master of Mingde Hall maintained his smile. "Actually, you should feel fortunate, because there are very few treasures that even I, the Master of Mingde Hall, would cherish so much..."

Therefore, it can be seen that the Snow Emperor is actually able to detect the situation outside the world, and even communicate with the outside world.

(End of this chapter)