After killing the Exotic Beast, Xu Qiu left with Xu Xiaoshuang.
He left behind a handsome silhouette.
It gave off the feeling of brushing off his sleeves after finishing a deed, hiding his name and fame.
But on the way back, Xu Xiaoshuang remained silent the entire time. She still seemed shaken. After returning home and taking a shower, Xu Qiu came out and saw her sitting on the sofa, secretly wiping away tears. He immediately walked over to comfort her.
“Xiaoshuang, what’s wrong? Are you still scared?”
“No… I just remembered Dad.”
Xu Qiu froze slightly.
Father Xu had passed away several years ago. Like Xu Qiu now, he had also been a Martial Artist. Later, when facing an Exotic Beast, he stepped forward to save others and ultimately died at its claws.
Xu Qiu fell silent for a moment.
He knew that his actions today had stirred up Xu Xiaoshuang’s memories.
“Brother is just like Dad, both of you are fools! Why do you have to care about other people? What if something happens to you? Are you going to leave me alone?!” Xu Xiaoshuang looked at Xu Qiu with red eyes. “You never think about me!”
Xu Qiu gently rubbed her head and said seriously, “How could I not think about you? Xiaoshuang, whether it’s me or Dad, we always put our family first. But in a situation like today, I had to act. Those people, just like you, have brothers and sisters. They have families too. Behind them are entire households!”
“What does that have to do with us…”
“Xiaoshuang, if everyone thought that way, humanity would have perished long ago!” Xu Qiu said solemnly. “The reason we can still live safely in Qingyun City is entirely because our predecessors fought with their flesh and blood! We don’t ask to be as selfless and fearless as they were. But at the very least, when disaster happens right before us and we can solve it, we should act. If everyone thought it had nothing to do with them, sooner or later humanity would be completely wiped out by Exotic Beasts! Eliminating Exotic Beasts is everyone’s responsibility! It concerns every Martial Artist, and even every single person!”
Xu Xiaoshuang paused, left speechless.
She knew she was being selfish.
But she simply did not want Xu Qiu to take risks. She was afraid that one day he would die at the hands of an Exotic Beast, just like their father.
He was her only remaining family.
Xu Qiu rubbed her head again and smiled. “You’re a good girl, Xiaoshuang. You understand what I’m saying. I know you’re worried about me. I promise you, I will never put myself in certain danger! No matter what happens, I’ll always put my own safety first! Look at that Blood Demon Rat today. It wasn’t even my opponent. One punch and it was done. Where was the danger? I only acted because I knew my own strength.”
Hearing this, Xu Xiaoshuang finally reacted. She looked at Xu Qiu with a trace of admiration in her eyes. “Brother, you were amazing today. You’ve only been a Martial Artist for a few days, and you can already instantly kill a Blood Demon Rat. Is an SSS-Grade Martial Soul really that powerful?”
“Of course it is,” Xu Qiu said with a proud grin.
It seemed her emotions had mostly settled.
Then he took out the gene potion.
It was a pale blue liquid stored in a test tube, crystal clear, with particles inside that resembled stardust.
It looked mysterious.
“Advanced Gene Potion. It’s my first time using it. I hope it doesn’t disappoint,” Xu Qiu thought to himself.
He did not use it alone. Instead, he poured out half for Xu Xiaoshuang.
Although she had not yet awakened a Martial Soul and become a Martial Artist, the Advanced Gene Potion could still strengthen the body and prolong life for ordinary people. Naturally, he wanted her to try something this good.
There were plenty of similar oral tonics on the market.
She did not doubt him.
The two of them drank it together.
As soon as the gene potion entered his body, Xu Qiu immediately felt the spiritual energy within him begin to rise steadily. The effect was greater than ten days of cultivation.
He had taken a huge step toward becoming a 1st stage high-level Martial Artist.
“Xiaoshuang, do you feel anything?” Xu Qiu asked.
She smacked her lips. “It tastes pretty good. Is there any more?”
“Uh… besides the taste, do you feel any stronger?” Xu Qiu’s mouth twitched slightly.
This was an Advanced Gene Potion.
A single bottle cost at least 10 million yuan.
It was not a beverage!
“Well… I don’t really feel anything.”
Xu Xiaoshuang shook her head.
Xu Qiu was stunned. What was going on?
Why did it have no effect on her?
Was it only effective for Martial Artists?
Xu Qiu was puzzled, but seeing that Xu Xiaoshuang felt no discomfort, he assumed the gene potion would gradually alter her genes over time.
It probably would not take effect immediately.
After all, she was not a Martial Artist.
Unlike him, she could not keenly sense changes in spiritual energy within her body.
That evening, the siblings ordered takeout.
For Xu Qiu, who now had tens of thousands of yuan on hand, ordering takeout was nothing. It was convenient and effortless.
Having just experienced an Exotic Beast attack, he was not in the mood to cook.
After dinner, the two returned to their rooms.
Xu Qiu continued meditating and cultivating. Although the Taotie Martial Soul devoured spiritual energy at a terrifying rate, he had gradually learned to control it.
It would not create too much disturbance and attract attention.
As for Xu Xiaoshuang, she grew sleepy after eating and went back to sleep. Enjoying the story? Read on at novelping.com.
In the middle of the night, Xu Xiaoshuang dreamed again.
Just like before, in the dream she was still the Empress who roamed the universe.
But this time, the Empress encountered a fatal crisis.
She was besieged.
Several terrifying beings at the same Emperor level surrounded her.
The battle was earth-shattering.
Countless stars shattered.
The Empress suffered unprecedented injuries and was on the brink of death.
At the final moment of her life, she chose to self-destruct.
The terrifying energy exploded like a star going supernova, lighting up the cold and silent universe.
The enemies who had besieged her were gravely wounded by the force. Some even fell on the spot.
Amid the raging energy, the self-destructing Empress used her final strength to perform a secret technique, sending a wisp of her remnant soul toward a distant part of the universe.
Enveloped in the light of the secret technique, the remnant soul streaked across countless star systems and finally landed on a blue-and-white planet.
It was Blue Star.
Xu Xiaoshuang jolted awake from the shocking battle. She sat up, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and murmured, “So that’s it! In my previous life, I was besieged to death. When I return to my peak, I will definitely take revenge!”
“Give me eighteen years to cultivate again, and I’ll drag emperors into the underworld!”
“Just you wait!”
Just as Xu Xiaoshuang was envisioning the future and igniting her fighting spirit, a calm voice sounded beside her. “The person in your dream was me, not your previous life. Also, let alone eighteen years, even eighteen hundred years of cultivation would not bring you to the Emperor Realm. No, you probably wouldn’t even leave Blue Star.”
Xu Xiaoshuang turned her head and gasped.
The Empress from her dream…
Was standing right beside her bed!
What on earth?
Wasn’t that my previous life?
Did my previous life come back to life?
“You… how did you come out of my dream?”
Xu Xiaoshuang’s little head was filled with question marks.