Chapter 48: Hahahahahaha, Lord Hao Has Succeeded!!!
Stone Village remained lively and cheerful.
After eating and drinking to her heart's content, Qian Renxue felt as if her entire body was filled with endless strength.
"Big sister, was it tasty?"
After Shi Yunfeng left, the little one came over while hugging his signature clay jar. Milk stains hung at the corner of his mouth as he approached with bright eyes.
"Yes, it was delicious. Thank you, little brother."
Qian Renxue smiled gently and wiped the milk from the corner of Shi Hao's mouth.
"Hehe, then big sister, do you want to try my beast milk? It's the most fragrant one!"
Sensing that she had no ill intent, the pure-hearted little Shi Hao generously handed over the clay jar, his large eyes full of innocence.
"But you can only drink a small sip, okay? Little one still needs the rest if he gets hungry tonight."
Looking at the thick liquid inside the jar that emitted a strange yet rich milky fragrance, Qian Renxue felt warmth in her heart.
This was clearly the little fellow's most precious possession.
"Big sister won't drink it. Little brother is still growing, so you should drink more."
"Sister, your legs are so white."
At this moment, Pi Hou, who had secretly drunk too much monkey wine and was slightly drunk, staggered to his feet. His eyes locked onto Qian Renxue's long, fair legs.
"They're even whiter than Sister Cui Hua, the prettiest girl in our village. I wonder if they're as soft as big white steamed buns when you touch them?"
Slap!
Before he could reach them, Shi Hao slapped his hand away and immediately stepped in front of Qian Renxue like a protective cub.
"Pi Hou, you're acting up again!"
"Grandpa Village Chief said touching a girl's legs casually is wrong. You can't disrespect guests!"
"And besides,"
After saying that, Shi Hao turned his head and glanced at Qian Renxue's smooth, white legs. Then he looked back at Pi Hou, his expression serious.
"What's so great about touching a woman's legs?"
"How could it be better than drinking beast milk?"
With that, he lifted the clay jar and gulped down another large mouthful, revealing a deeply satisfied expression.
Qian Renxue could not help but laugh at the scene.
Looking at this adorable little child, her playful side emerged. She deliberately stretched out her slender, jade-like leg and waved it in front of Shi Hao.
"Little brother, don't you really want to touch it? Big sister will let you touch it once, okay?"
However, Shi Hao looked at the dazzlingly white leg, then at the beast milk in his hand.
In the end, he firmly shook his head and said with a look of disgust:
"No."
Pfft!
Hearing this, countless lecherous viewers from the Douluo Continent watching through the sky screen spat out mouthfuls of blood.
"What a blessing wasted, you brat!"
"Let go of that little one! Let me do it!"
However, most people's attention was not focused on that.
"Look! The Young Miss ate so much meat from ancient relic beasts and even drank beast milk. Why hasn't her soul power fluctuated at all?"
Inside Spirit Hall, Ghost Douluo pointed at the information displayed on the sky screen with a shocked expression.
Under normal circumstances, the energy contained in those foods would be enough to blow up even a Titled Douluo.
Yet Qian Renxue appeared completely fine. The soul power level on the panel still remained around Rank 60, unmoving.
Aside from the faint reddish glow now faintly visible beneath her originally fair skin, there were no other changes.
This left everyone in Spirit Hall unable to understand what was happening.
"What's going on? Could those things all be fake?"
"That's impossible! You could feel the aura of that double-headed fire rhinoceros even through the screen!"
For a moment, the entire Spirit Hall erupted into a heated discussion.
In the end, they could only attribute it to the mysterious blessing of Liu Shen.
"I remember now. When our Young Miss first landed outside that village, she received a blessing from a willow leaf. Could it be…"
"Yes, I saw it too. It must be that willow demon's doing!"
"Exactly! Blessing? What a blessing? I think it's a curse! It locked the Young Miss's soul power, so she couldn't level up!"
…
Meanwhile, over at the Clear Sky Sect, they burst into schadenfreude-filled laughter.
"Hahaha, this is hilarious!"
"What genius of Spirit Hall? She ate so many heavenly treasures and didn't even gain a single level. She's just trash!"
"That's right! Our Brother Hao is amazing. Even though he only ate slop, he improved so much!"
"Becoming a god is just around the corner!"
…
However, only Gu Yuena saw through the truth.
She was horrified to discover that although Qian Renxue's soul power had not changed, the surging vitality emanating from her body was becoming increasingly terrifying.
That was the precursor to rebirth!
She was walking the cultivation path of that world.
…
On the sky screen, in the Great Wilderness.
After this simple yet luxurious dinner ended, Stone Village gradually grew quiet as night fell.
Lying inside the stone house, although Qian Renxue's body had been greatly nourished, the reality of this strength-revering world still left her uneasy without sufficient power.
After hesitating for a long time, she finally stepped outside and found the old village chief in the courtyard.
"Senior, I want…"
"I want to ask you to teach me some cultivation methods."
Qian Renxue blushed slightly as she spoke, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
After all, she had already eaten their food and drunk their wine. Now she was asking to learn their skills as well.
It really did seem a bit greedy.
However, after taking one look at her, the old village chief did not refuse. Instead, he chuckled warmly.
"Cultivation? That's a good thing."
"But our village doesn't have any profound techniques, just some methods for strengthening the body."
"If you want to learn, come tomorrow morning and follow the little one and the others. I'll explain the power of bone texts and how to circulate your blood essence."
"Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief!"
Hearing this, Qian Renxue was so excited she almost jumped up.
…
At the same time, on the other side of the village.
A burly middle-aged woman carried a large bucket of sour-smelling slop along with a pile of leftover bones, grumbling as she walked toward the village entrance.
"These wasteful kids. So many leftover bones, and they didn't even feed them to the dogs. Just throwing them away."
When she reached a dark pit outside the village, she casually dumped the contents of the bucket inside and walked away without looking back.
Splash…
After the woman left, a filthy figure covered in stench slowly crawled out of the darkness like a maggot.
It was Tang Hao.
Looking at the pile of leftovers mixed with dirt and saliva, along with the bones that had already been gnawed clean, he swallowed hard.
"Gulp…"
For the sake of becoming stronger, for the sake of survival, this once-mighty Clear Sky Douluo ignored the disgust. He grabbed a bone that someone had already chewed and stuffed it into his mouth, savoring it eagerly.
Slurp… slurp…
After an unknown amount of time, when Tang Hao had licked the last drop of slop clean…
Buzz!
A dazzling golden light suddenly burst out from the foul-smelling pit!
Immediately afterwards, a manic laugh echoed into the sky.
"Hahahahahahaha, Lord Hao has succeeded!!!"
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