Douluo Continent: You become gods, I become immortals

Chapter 63 A Feeling of Unease!

Just now, Zhang Qingxuan led Bictini into the Li family's main hall.

However, as soon as he entered the house, a beautiful figure rushed out like a swallow returning to its nest and threw herself into his arms.

The person who arrived was Li Yingxue, who had recently returned from her travels. At this moment, she looked up at Zhang Qingxuan with her small face upturned, her eyes slightly red, her hands tightly clutching Zhang Qingxuan's clothes, her voice trembling with tears: "Brother, how are you! I heard about what happened yesterday, it scared me to death!"

Faced with his sister's sudden enthusiasm, Zhang Qingxuan was both amused and exasperated. He gently patted her head and softly comforted her, "Hey, what could be wrong? I just had a little misunderstanding with that old guy, Golden Crocodile, and we exchanged a few words."

He waved his hand dismissively, a hint of smugness in his voice: "Don't worry, I'm incredibly lucky. Not only am I unharmed, but I also managed to swindle that old man out of a fortune!"

"But, but—" Li Yingxue wanted to ask for more details, but her gaze inadvertently fell on the little cutie she had never seen before on Zhang Qingxuan's shoulder.

Li Yingxue was instantly charmed and exclaimed, "Wow! Where did this little beast come from! My goodness, how can it be so cute?"

As she spoke, she immediately released Zhang Qingxuan, reached out her hands to hug Bictini, her face beaming with pure affection.

However, Bictini was clearly not used to this sudden intimacy.

A faint light emanated from its body, and then it vanished into thin air the next second.

Li Yingxue missed her target, her arms hanging in mid-air, frozen in place, dumbfounded: "Brother, it, it—"

Seeing his sister's discomfiture, Zhang Qingxuan shook his head helplessly and turned to Xiaobai, who was standing quietly to the side, and instructed, "Xiaobai, go and get some delicious snacks. This little guy is starving."

As a 100,000-year-old soul beast, Xiaobai had followed Zhang Qingxuan for many years and had extremely high standards, so he naturally recognized Victini's extraordinary nature at a glance.

She nodded slightly, then turned and left.

A moment later, Xiaobai came over carrying two plates of freshly baked fruit cakes that smelled sweet.

A bizarre scene unfolded.

Before Xiaobai could even get close, one of the small fruit cakes floated up on its own, drawing an arc in the air before slowly disappearing along with the plate. It was Victini eating while in stealth mode.

Immediately afterwards, the second, third, and fourth pieces flew up and disappeared one after another.

By the fifth piece, Victini seemed to have eaten too much, revealing its true form. It was holding the last small biscuit in its hand, its cheeks bulging, with a conflicted expression that said, "I can't eat anymore, but I don't want to give up."

The reappearance of Victini instantly ignited Li Yingxue's fighting spirit.

Li Yingxue suddenly activated her soul power, and soul rings appeared under her feet. Her figure shot out like lightning, heading straight for the small cake in Bictini's hand.

But the result was still the same.

Before she could get close, Victini vanished again in a flash, leaving only a string of silvery laughter echoing in the air.

"Tini!" (Trying to catch me? You'd better train for decades more, you silly little girl!)

Li Yingxue turned around abruptly and saw Bictini sitting casually on Zhang Qingxuan's shoulders, its two little legs swinging happily back and forth, even making a big face at her, doing its utmost to mock her.

"Brother! Look at it! It tricked me!" Li Yingxue stomped her foot angrily, her cheeks flushed red.

"Aren't you going to teach it a lesson? It's completely out of control!"

Zhang Qingxuan sighed helplessly and flicked his younger sister's forehead: "Alright, alright, she's still a baby who's barely half a day old. Why are you arguing with a child? How pointless!"

His gaze swept over his sister, and his tone suddenly turned serious: "Instead of arguing, you'd be better off practicing for a while. All you do is play all day!"

When cultivation was mentioned, Jin Ting, whom Zhang Qingxuan had met yesterday, came to mind, and he couldn't help but compare the two, his tone tinged with helplessness: "Can't you think about Jin Ting?"

"You two aren't that far apart in age. Because of his special constitution, he suffers excruciating pain whenever he cultivates his soul power. Even living is a luxury for him, yet he still grits his teeth and perseveres."

He walked up to Li Yingxue, his eyes filled with disappointment: "You have such great advantages right now, why don't you have even half the self-discipline and effort of others?"

These words were like a needle piercing Li Yingxue's heart.

She wasn't afraid of being lectured by her brother, but she was afraid that he would be disappointed in her or even neglect her.

Seeing that Li Yingxue's eyes were about to redden again, Xiaobai, who had been silently observing, stepped forward at the right moment and explained softly, "Young Master, you have misunderstood Yingxue."

"We've been traveling and refining our character during this period, so the time we've spent in seclusion has been relatively reduced."

"You just didn't see Yingxue's hard work behind the scenes."

Li Yingxue glanced gratefully at Xiaobai, but her gaze quickly returned to Zhang Qingxuan.

She stared intently at her brother's expression, her heart filled with unease. What she feared most was never being scolded, but rather the fleeting distance and disappointment in her brother's eyes.

Looking at his sister's pitiful eyes, which instantly transformed from a furious kitten into a pitiful puppy, Zhang Qingxuan felt most of the nameless irritation dissipate.

He eventually softened.

"Hey, you can go now." Zhang Qingxuan waved his hand, his voice softening.

"I need some peace and quiet first."

Upon hearing this, Li Yingxue knew that her brother needed some time alone.

She stopped being playful and instead silently suppressed all her emotions, lowered her head, and turned away in silence.

That figure looked much thinner than usual.

In the vast hall, only Zhang Qingxuan remained.

Xiao Bai stepped forward and gently placed the remaining fruit cakes on the table. As one of the people who knew Zhang Qingxuan best, she naturally noticed the unusual tone in Zhang Qingxuan's voice just now.

"Young Master, although Yingxue was mischievous just now, you seemed—exceptionally strict. Did something happen?"

Xiao Bai asked softly, a hint of worry in her voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qingxuan's gaze lingered on Xiao Bai's face for a moment before turning to Bictini, who was holding a small fruit cake with her cheeks puffed out like a hamster, and nodded gently.

"Hmm," he replied in a low voice, his fingertips unconsciously tracing the rim of the teacup.

"I suddenly felt a strange sense of unease, like something bad was about to happen."

Yes.

Zhang Qingxuan sighed, looking in the direction Li Yingxue had left with some self-reproach: "That feeling was particularly strong, like a fire was stuck in my heart. I was so emotional that I said those harsh words to Yingxue."

Xiao Bai was incredibly clever; upon hearing this, he immediately understood the gravity of the situation.

She didn't ask any more questions, but silently replaced Zhang Qingxuan's teacup with a warm one, and said softly, "Don't worry, young master, I will explain to Yingxue."

"But—when did this restlessness you've sensed begin?"

Zhang Qingxuan pondered for a moment, then his gaze fell on Victini again: "It was probably just now, at the very moment it completely acknowledged me as its master."

Xiao Bai followed his gaze and looked at the little beast that was once again intently munching on a cookie, a complex expression flashing in its eyes.

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