Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

After Dongqing walked away, Xiaowu complained in a low voice, "I'm not young at all. I'm much older than you in real life!"

In fact, the physical age of any living being should not be linked to its mental age.

Living for 100,000 years does not mean you have a 100,000-year spiritual age, because spiritual growth requires you to experience trials and tribulations before you can truly grow.

This is also why many seemingly old beings actually have such a simple and innocent mind.

Of course, Xiao Wu and her mother A Rou, including the current Blue Silver Emperor A Yin, have not actually lived for 100,000 years, but their real age is over 30,000 years.

During this period, they spent most of their time absorbing the energy of heaven and earth to increase their soul power cultivation. It wasn't until they became 100,000-year-old soul beasts that they truly awakened their intelligence.

Soul beasts less than 100,000 years old possess sentience but lack intelligence.

It is worth mentioning that the Soft Bone Rabbit is a top-tier soul beast with a noble bloodline. Even when it is under 100,000 years old and has not yet developed intelligence, it will not act recklessly.

Chapter 95, Three Women

Wuhun City, Papal Palace, Rear Hall, Plum Garden.

Passing by the Tenglong Pavilion and through the arched gate into the central courtyard, one enters the private path leading to the rear hall of the Papal Palace. The surrounding gardens are planted with flowers, grasses, and trees that bloom in all four seasons. Currently, only a few old plum trees are still in bloom, making the area appear much more desolate compared to the bustling atmosphere of the Tenglong Pavilion.

The path passes through the east side of the Papal Palace's rear hall and leads to a long row of inverted L-shaped extensions with the shorter side facing south. Fifteen exquisitely decorated pavilions in a row separate the main hall from the rear hall.

Dongqing entered the back garden with light steps. The winding paths among the flowers led to a secluded spot. In addition to various flowers and plants, many tall spruce trees were planted on both sides of the paths.

Hu Liena, the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, lives here, but there is no one in sight outside the garden at the moment. Dong Qing guesses that she should be meditating and cultivating inside the house.

For Hu Liena, Dongqing's cultivation speed was simply too fast; at her age, she was only a level 30 Soul Master.

Now, Dong Qing is already a level 40 Soul Master. She is under a lot of pressure and has to work hard to meditate and cultivate, trying to improve her strength as much as possible.

A knocking sound rang out on the door.

"Senior Sister! Are you there?" Dong Qing gently knocked on the door. Her eyes, modified by the Eye-Piercing Dew, instantly saw through the not-so-thick wooden door.

From his perspective, Hu Liena was sitting cross-legged on a golden silk cushion, her beautiful eyes closed, and her eyebrows trembled slightly upon hearing his voice.

Her slightly foxy face was incredibly fair, as if it had been meticulously carved from smooth jade.

What's most amazing isn't her face, but her figure—a voluptuous curve that's irresistible, with an incredibly unfair waist-to-hip ratio.

Delicate without being pretentious, alluring without being seductive, beautiful without being vulgar.

Moreover, she was barefoot, revealing a pair of fair and delicate feet, which were placed on the golden silk cushion. Her small feet were as smooth as jade, with smooth insteps, rosy and elastic soles, and smooth and pink heels.

The five toes are neatly joined together, the big toe is full and round, and the other four toes are delicate and pretty, with fine and soft gaps between them. They are so cute and round that you can't help but want to hold them and take a few bites.

Above that were a pair of long, slender legs and a slim waist that could be easily grasped in one hand. She had a delicate and fair oval face, and her light golden short hair just reached her shoulders.

Her slender fox-like eyes, with an inward curve and outward upturn, willow-leaf eyebrows, delicate nose, and rosy lips, along with her bright, deep, and sharp gaze, exuded the unique sexy charm of the fox spirit.

"exist."

Hu Liena's muffled voice slowly drifted out from inside the house.

Crisp and pleasant to the ear, simple and direct.

For some reason, Dong Qing sensed a hint of sourness in his voice, but he didn't pay much attention to it and asked directly, "Senior sister, may I come in, junior brother?"

"Come in if you want, it's my room, it's not like I won't let you in," Hu Liena said quietly.

She felt a pang of sadness. As a woman, a woman who had reached physical maturity, she saw something different in Bibi Dong's eyes.

That is, Bibi Dong didn't just treat Dong Qing as a student; behind his back, the way she looked at him was impure.

From this moment on, Hu Liena discovered the dark side hidden in her teacher Bibi Dong's heart, a Bibi Dong filled with selfishness, domineering and possessiveness.

But she couldn't explain these things to Dongqing.

The door creaked open.

Pushing open the door, Dong Qing immediately noticed Hu Liena's somewhat unhappy expression. A sense of confusion arose in his heart, but he touched his nose and didn't pay too much attention to it.

Since she hasn't said anything, don't press her for details, lest you get yourself into trouble.

Be smarter in your dealings with people, especially with women; you need to be even smarter.

"Senior sister, how have you been lately?"

Dong Qing came to the opposite side of Hu Liena, placed a light gold futon on the ground, and sat down opposite her.

He did want to sit on a stool, but the stool was too high, and it would be impolite to look down at people while speaking to them.

"Thanks to my junior brother, I've been doing alright lately," Hu Liena said casually.

However, looking at her junior brother whom she hadn't seen for almost a month, she couldn't help but sniff him a few times with her delicate nose.

“You smell like a woman, or rather, like three women. And judging from the scent, besides the teacher’s scent, there are also the scents of two unfamiliar women.”

Hu Liena's eyes narrowed slightly, and the demon fox martial spirit behind her began to appear automatically.

“Junior brother, you had already met with two women in private before you came here.” Hu Liena’s fox tail suddenly stretched out and wrapped tightly around Dong Qing’s neck.

"Damn... this fox's nose is really sharp," Dong Qing cursed inwardly.

However, he seemed unperturbed, not caring about the fox tail wrapped around his neck, and calmly said, "Senior sister, you misunderstood. They are both 100,000-year-old soul beasts. One assists me in cultivating soul power, and the other is a 100,000-year-old soul ring that I prepared after reaching level 90."

In front of outsiders, Dong Qing must treat Blue Silver Emperor A Yin and Xiao Wu as tools, otherwise he would be an absolute outcast.

The hatred between humans and spirit beasts is far beyond what he can currently reverse.

"So they were two 100,000-year-old soul beasts... Wait... 100,000-year-old soul beasts? And two of them?"

After Hu Liena realized what was happening, she was completely shocked.

Unlike Bibi Dong, who had seen the world, she was shocked when two 100,000-year-old soul beasts suddenly appeared, both of which were Dong Qing's private property.

"Senior sister, what's wrong?" Dong Qing asked curiously, feigning ignorance.

"What's wrong?...You brat, how dare you ask me what's wrong? Those are two 100,000-year-old soul beasts! They represent two 100,000-year-old soul rings and two 100,000-year-old soul bones. How can you be so calm?"

Hu Liena reached out and pressed down on Dong Qing's shoulder. The golden silk futon beneath them moved forward silently by more than ten centimeters. She kept shaking Dong Qing's upper body, appearing extremely excited.

"Calm down, Senior Sister, you've lost your composure," Dong Qing said gently.

Although Hu Liena was swaying him around, his expression remained calm, as if nothing in the world could disturb his peace of mind.

"You brat, it's only been a short time since we last met, and you're already putting on airs. This is a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and it even has a 100,000-year-old soul bone! How can I, your poor senior sister, remain calm?" Hu Liena was completely unable to calm down.

If it weren't for the fact that Dongqing was her junior brother, if it were anyone else with a 100,000-year-old humanoid soul beast, which is the easiest soul beast to bully, she would have already asked Bibi Dong to kill Xiaowu and Blue Silver Emperor Ayin.

"Sigh, senior sister, I hope what I'm about to say won't be too much of a blow to your spirit," Dong Qing said helplessly, shaking his head.

If I were to tell her about my extraordinary encounter with the Yin-Yang Well, wouldn't she be so jealous that she'd hit me?

"Tch... A 100,000-year-old soul beast has appeared, what else can possibly faze me?" Hu Liena curled her lip in feigned disdain.

She couldn't believe that any extraordinary encounter could compare to controlling two 100,000-year-old humanoid soul beasts.

Chapter 96, Congratulations, Senior Sister

After half an hour.

"What...you and that woman found a bunch of rare medicinal herbs together?" Hu Liena felt her teeth were about to ache.

She stared intently at Dong Qing with a resentful look, as if blaming him for not taking her along, so that the two of them could share more of the divine medicinal herbs.

She didn't know when it started, but Dongqing's figure became more and more important in her heart, and now it even surpassed that of her biological brother, Xieyue.

And this is probably what they mean by "a daughter is no longer kept at home once she grows up"!

“She’s not called that woman. Her name is Qian Renxue. She’s the teacher’s biological daughter, although she always insists on calling the teacher ‘sister’,” Dong Qing explained.

“Your teacher really loves you; she told you all these things. She never told me about this before,” Hu Liena said, her tone filled with resentment.

"No way! Senior sister, are you sure the teacher didn't tell you?" Dongqing asked curiously.

He genuinely didn't know; Bibi Dong had never mentioned this matter to Hu Liena.

Moreover, judging from this, it seems that all my usual efforts have not been in vain.

However, Dongqing was unaware of this.

He is gradually embarking on a path of no return, a path leading to a dark, enclosed room.

Yes, he genuinely considered Bibi Dong his teacher, but... whether she now simply sees him as a student is unknown.

"What are you saying? Junior brother, do you even understand women? You're always so good to your teacher, so obedient to her, and you always know how to make her happy. Is it so strange that she treats you differently?"

Hu Liena's words carried an unconscious hint of bitterness.

She remembered this.

"Senior sister...do you like me?" Dong Qing asked in a low voice.

Hu Liena's behavior was so obvious that he was certainly not cerebral palsy.

Besides, this isn't a novel; how could such a thing happen? The woman's reaction was so obvious, yet the man still seemed completely oblivious.

"Nonsense, how could I possibly like someone like you, Junior Brother? Absolutely not. Besides, I hate men the most. And you can't have any strange thoughts about me, Junior Brother... You can't... This... this kind of thing... I actually..."

Hu Liena's cheeks instantly turned bright red as she forced herself to say things that even she couldn't convince herself of.

Oh no, we're doomed!

I just wanted to bluff her, but I didn't expect her to actually play along.

Dong Qing covered his face in disbelief. He was truly speechless. What should he do now?

Let's just pretend we don't know anything about this. We can't afford to have a busybody like that!

Ultimately.

As I said before... Dongqing can't get over the hurdle in his own heart since he's under eighteen.

"Uh... Senior sister, stop talking now. Of course I believe you. Since you don't like me, then forget it. Let's discuss something else now!"

Dong Qing quickly stopped Hu Liena from saying something increasingly inappropriate, not wanting her to have the opportunity to become his housekeeper, at least not yet, since he was under eighteen.

“Oh…” Hu Liena said with a reluctant expression.

At this moment, she looked slightly naive, with a hint of regret in her expression, as if she had something she loved right in front of her, but was too embarrassed to say it directly.

As the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, she was proud and arrogant, hoping that Dong Qing could take the initiative, but he seemed so insensitive and clueless, which made her very uncomfortable.