Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 92 Anyway, we won't starve to death
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"I was just reminding you not to speak recklessly. Do you think I'm just putting on an act?" Xue Qinghe said, somewhat indignantly.

“No, I just think you’re a bit out of touch with the occasion,” Xuanming said.

"Take the topic we just discussed, for example. It was clearly me who was wronged, but instead of speaking up for me, you took their side and spoke up for them. And then you had the nerve to say that you were doing this all for my own good?"

"Making me suffer is for my own good, bullying me is for my own good, right? Only by enduring the bitterest of hardships can one rise above others?"

"It's one thing to fool others, but to fool me?"

"Your Highness, have you forgotten who I used to be? Do you think I don't know whether enduring hardship can make me a superior person?"

He may have tolerated it before, but what was the result?
It's getting worse! I'm getting more and more unlucky!

There is no end to tolerance; it will only lead to more retreat until there is nowhere left to retreat!

If the outcome of forbearance is a dead end, then what is the point of forbearance?
on one's last legs?

Some people always think they can turn the tables, but in reality, the result of tolerance is only being squeezed dry and then discarded.

“But these things aren’t about right or wrong, they’re about whether or not they can be done,” Xue Qinghe said.

Do you think a Title Douluo would talk to you about right and wrong?

“But I wasn’t arguing right or wrong with a Title Douluo; I was arguing with you. And wasn’t it you who started by lecturing me? I was just expressing my opinion. You asked me, and I answered you, but you seem very dissatisfied that I have a different opinion from you,” Xuanming said.

"You seem to be asking for my opinion, but in reality, you just want me to agree and obey."

"If that's the case, why bother asking?"

"Do you think I'm like those lackeys, who just do whatever you say and then have to spout some boastful words?"

"First of all, you know I'm not that kind of person. Secondly, if I really did something like that, would you still trust me?"

Xue Qinghe was speechless for a moment.

If Xuanming truly learns to feign compliance, then he'll be the one in a panic!
“Whether you stick your neck out or not, you’ll get stabbed anyway. I really don’t understand why you two like to do such contradictory things,” Xuanming said.

Qian Renxue hoped he would bow his head, but if he actually did, she would never believe it and would only think he was faking it.

But if he doesn't bow his head, Qian Renxue will force him to bow his head again.

If you don't bow your head, you'll get beaten; if you bow your head, you'll die.

He maintained this attitude towards Qian Renxue not only because he himself was unwilling to back down, but also because he could not back down!

Qian Renxue treated him like a wild horse, not an equal. What she wanted was the thrill of taming him, and she wanted his resistance. If he groveled like those lackeys, Qian Renxue would lose interest in him and might even have murderous thoughts.

Because she might suspect that his current submission is a ploy to find an opportunity to throw her off his back!
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Upon entering Qibao City, Ning Fengzhi immediately led a group to greet them and personally guided Xue Qinghe and Xuan Ming on a tour.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is a gem-type martial soul that has been upgraded to a support-type martial soul. It is a top-grade treasure-type martial soul, and soul masters who possess the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda have extremely strong treasure appraisal abilities.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has grown to its current size not only because of its powerful support capabilities, but also because of its terrifying treasure appraisal abilities, which have allowed it to accumulate a great deal of wealth for the development of the sect.

In addition, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters will only combine with powerful Battle Soul Masters, which ensures that the sect's martial power has a basic support.

After inheriting the position of sect leader, Ning Fengzhi successively won over two titled Douluo, Jian Gu, to fill the gap in top-level combat power that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had always lacked. At the same time, he vigorously developed commerce, using it as a means to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's spies spread throughout the continent.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's intelligence capabilities surpass those of the Spirit Hall in many areas.

"Xuanming, don't look so down." Xue Qinghe gently nudged Xuanming.

"Smile."

"Why?" Xuanming asked, puzzled.

"Laughing for no reason, isn't that stupid?"

"Did you waste your time in etiquette class?" Xue Qinghe said in a low voice.

"Hehe." Xuanming chuckled twice without expression.

"Is this okay?"

"..." Xue Qinghe.

You've really made me feel incredibly ashamed!

"Teacher, Xuanming... he just said that, he didn't mean anything else, please don't misunderstand." Xue Qinghe looked at Ning Fengzhi with a wry smile.

"I know." Ning Fengzhi smiled and didn't take it to heart.

He naturally had informants and intelligence on the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy side as well, and he had investigated Xuanming quite a bit over the past two years.

He's a very straightforward person; he'll treat you the way you treat him. Although he has a bit of a temper, he's still more reliable than those two-faced people.

At least, I don't have to worry about being stabbed in the back by this kid at any time.

"It's getting late, let's go eat first. I think Xuanming is hungry too," Ning Fengzhi said.

Xue Qinghe was taken aback and looked at Xuan Ming, "Are you hungry?"

"I haven't eaten for four or five days. I just got back to the academy and you dragged me onto the carriage before I could even eat. Guess if I'm hungry or not?" Xuanming said speechlessly.

Xue Qinghe's eye twitched slightly. "Then tell me."

“Isn’t this because you have something important to do? You didn’t give me a chance to speak before,” Xuanming said.

"Besides, if I interrupt you and make you lose face, do you think you can let me off the hook when we get back?"

"Anyway, we won't starve to death, so it's no big deal to go hungry for a while."

"..." Xue Qinghe.

Don't make it sound like I'm abusing you!

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Having figured out why Xuanming was unhappy, Ning Fengzhi and his group went to the largest restaurant in Qibao City and ate as quickly as possible.

Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi discussed state affairs while eating.

Xuanming, as always, simply ate at the entrance, since he had no say in the matter.

"Grandpa Bone, that brother is so handsome."

Not far away, Gu Rong, who had been taking Ning Rongrong around, also arrived at the restaurant for dinner. As soon as the two arrived, they were attracted by Xuan Ming, who was sitting by the Xueqing River with a peculiar figure and was eating very quickly.

"Beautiful?" Gu Rong glanced at it.

"generally."

“Being better looking than you is just average,” Chen Xin said.

Gu Rong's face fell. "Why do you look like a ghost?"

"Grandpa Bone, Grandpa Sword has been here all along, didn't you see him?" Ning Rongrong asked in confusion.

“It seems you really are getting old and your eyesight is failing. Rongrong can see me, but you can’t,” Chen Xin said.

"You want to start a fight, huh?" Gu Rong's face darkened.

She takes advantage of her higher cultivation level to hide and suppress her aura to the extreme every time, appearing behind him like a ghost, and then pretending nothing has happened to mock him!

"Grandpa Sword, can you take me there?" Ning Rongrong hugged Chen Xin's leg and pointed to Xuan Ming in the distance.

Gu Rong squatted down. "Why didn't you let Grandpa Gu take you there?"

“I’m afraid Grandpa Bone will scare him,” Ning Rongrong said.

Gu Rong paused for a moment, and Chen Xin, whose expression remained unchanged for thousands of years, couldn't help but laugh. "Rongrong is right, don't scare the child like that."

"Grandpa Gu, don't be sad. I was just afraid you would scare him, I didn't mean anything by it!" Ning Rongrong said anxiously, holding Gu Rong's hand.

"I didn't say Grandpa Bone was ugly, I absolutely didn't mean that!"

"Grandpa Bone is the coolest!"

Hearing this, Gu Rong's wounded heart was somewhat soothed. "Is Grandpa Sword more handsome, or Grandpa Bone?"

“This…” Ning Rongrong hesitated for a moment, but seeing Gu Rong’s pitiful appearance, she decided to say something kind.

"Grandpa Bone! Grandpa Bone is even more handsome!"

"Did you hear that?" Gu Rong glared at Chen Xin.

“Rongrong is a kind child, and there are some things she just can’t bear to say,” Chen Xin said calmly.

"But some people should still have some self-awareness."

"You!" Gu Rong's expression froze.

"Rongrong, do you like Grandpa Bone more, or Grandpa Sword more?"

"Huh?" Ning Rongrong looked completely bewildered.

Why is there an increased difficulty level?
(End of this chapter)