Chapter 10: Pixiu

  Even if she was taken away by these people, Qing Kuang didn't seem flustered at all. She was actually quite curious about this man in black, and through the changes he had just shown in his mental state, it was natural to think of the origin of his name - Double Souls. There were two possibilities: one, that there really were two souls cohabiting in his body, constantly influencing his thoughts, like her and Nan Gong Qing Kuang used to be; however, after she dealt with the Nan Gong family's affairs, Nan Gong Qing Kuang had truly passed away. Two, this person had suffered some kind of stimulation, having dissociative identity disorder - one moment he was that cold and ruthless person, the next he was a low-IQ, crying and wailing child.

  He just didn't know what it meant for that person to take her away. And his subordinates, who followed the orders of that ruthless dual soul with reason and justification, why did they also obey this innocent dual soul unconditionally?

  With a heart full of doubts, she quietly followed them away, with the glutton also following by her side. However, when she saw the golden beast shadow chasing from behind, she almost exploded in anger again.

  The Twin Souls City is as cold and unfeeling as its lord, with a sense of desolation that even the most violent and chaotic scenes can't dispel. The gap between each city in this void ghost realm is really huge, and the architecture here looks much more prosperous than Red Su and Black Cuo before, at least without houses collapsing and walls crumbling. It's clear that this is a place where strength speaks louder than words, where as long as your fists are hard enough, you can get better land, better food, and even better treatment. The way of survival here is so violent and direct, yet it also makes one's blood boil with excitement.

  The further she walked, the more astonished she became. What a contradictory city of double souls! She actually saw people smiling here, although few, but not none. Such scenes entered her eyes, and Qingkuang's doubts deepened in her heart.

  The lord's manor in the Twin Souls City is considered to be one of the most noble existences here, but it's only slightly more dignified than those poor people's homes. The courtyard has two entrances and exits, occupying a small area of land, and there isn't even a single guard at the gate.

  He didn't sit down until he had escorted her all the way into the hall, and then somehow transformed back into that cold and ruthless dual soul.

  "You can stay, eat this." He took the small pill that flew over to him, carefully looked at it and sniffed it, suddenly understanding why those people didn't dare harm the innocent Double Souls. What a ruthless heart, using drugs to control them, making them not dare to act rashly, for his own use. This person's mind is really meticulous!

  "If I don't eat!" Want to control her? Dream on!

  "If it weren't for the fact that he likes you, do you think I would have let you live this long?" Seeing her arrogant and uncooperative attitude, the temperature around both souls dropped, and a pair of phoenix eyes were filled with cold light.

  "You think you're so great, that you can take my life?" Hmph, threatening her? With a proud smile, he sat back in his chair, not giving an inch, and shot back a retort. He scratched his chin, narrowed his eyes in pleasure, and even let out a snorting sound, completely ignoring the two souls before him.

  "I'll kill you, as easy as turning over my palm!" However, just as he was about to make his move, the expression in his eyes changed, and he looked at Qingkong with a timid gaze, forcing out a smile.

  How did it change again? There was no sign at all.

  "Sister, stay... keep me company..."

  Seeing his childlike pure eyes, her reckless heart also moved. It was because of his panicked cry for "Mother" to save him that she softened and reached out to rescue him at the time. At this moment, looking at his bewildered and childish appearance, for a while, she didn't know what to say either.

  However, seeing Qing Kuang's lack of reaction, Shuang Hun carefully walked up to her, squatted down, and looked up at her with a pitiful expression. "Sister... keep me company... Sister is a good person, the best to me except for Brother... Good person!" As he said this, he stretched out his bony hand, wanting to pull Qing Kuang's hand.

  Even if he is mentally incapacitated now, she can't ignore the fact that he's a man. The kind of trembling that comes from her soul, she doesn't want to bear it. She hid her hands and asked with a light tone, disregarding his slightly hurt eyes, "Brother?"

  Originally a sentimental handsome face suddenly changed, standing in front of Qingkuang without any surprise, but instead calmly stood up, his eyes shooting towards Qingkuang like a knife, "You bullied him?"

  Changed face again? This speed...

  "What's going on with you guys?"

  "It's none of your business! Since he wants to keep you here, you're not allowed to leave until you die!" The dual souls declared without a doubt, as long as it was "his" wish, it would be fulfilled! Although he didn't see anything special about this bald girl at all.

  "I'd rather die than be stopped!" Neither Red Su City nor Black Slasher City had found any trace of Hui'er, and if this Soul City also yielded nothing, she would have to go elsewhere to search, so why would she stay here?

  He said he's leaving and left without another word, got up and walked out.

  "Sister... don't go... don't go..." Tears wet her face, the man blocked her path, stopping her in her tracks.

  "I have my own things to attend to." For someone as unguarded as this, it's possible to chat with him a bit more, and also speak in a softer tone.

  "Don't leave, don't leave... accompany me... Xiaobai is so lonely... miss you accompanying me..."

  "Xiao Bai?" The master of the majestic Double Soul City is called Xiao Bai?

  "I'm Bai Bai, Mo Bai, Gege...Mo Qing...you stay behind, okay?" The pleading words made Qing Yun hesitate for a moment, and she would rather talk to the cold and aloof dual soul than face this tearful dual soul.

  "I really have something on, so I won't be able to accompany you."

  "If something happens... I'll get my brother to help you, you stay here!"

  Looking at this persistent person, Qing Kuang also got a headache, "Why must you make me stay?"

  Upon hearing her question, the man immediately revealed a shy smile, which was so out of place with his black robes. "Sister, protect me, good person... I like..."

  "But I really have things I need to attend to, can I come see you again when I have time?" She felt uncertain about this promise, would such an opportunity arise?

  The man, rejected once again, had his eyes dim instantly, and even his shoulders slumped down, just like a discarded dog. When he lifted his eyes again, he regained his previous ferocity, "You dare to make him unhappy! I'll kill you!"

  With a clanging sound, he swiftly pulled out his dagger and deftly parried the attack, waiting calmly.

  "Not hitting...not hitting...brother...bro...waaahhh..."

  "But she bullied you!"

  "No, no, sister is a good person..."

  "She rejects you, and you still want to maintain her?"

  "Waaah... don't hit... don't hit, I'm scared..."

  "Ah... Ah..."

  Qingkuang stood by, watching him fall into a battle between heaven and earth, with strange and bizarre dialogue, sometimes being the cold-blooded person, and sometimes turning into a pitiful one.

  Two thoughts struggled for a long time, and in the end, the ruthless double soul won out. The scarlet eyes stared at her fixedly, wanting to pounce on her and tear her apart at any moment.

  "If you keep going like this, one day you'll go crazy."

  "I don't need you to care! You can stay or leave, it's up to you!" After saying this, the sleeves of the Double Souls fluttered and they vanished into thin air.

  Gazing inexplicably at his departing back, the anger in her heart began to rise as well. What a ridiculously arrogant man! Hmph!

  Just when Qing Kuang was in a fit of rage, the little golden guy appeared at the door, smiling ingratiatingly at Qing Kuang, his amber-colored big eyes shining with waves.

  However, as soon as he saw her, his good mood immediately disappeared, and he let out a cold snort, turning his back on her.

  The little golden guy didn't mind either, excitedly circling around Qingkuang and turning in circles, then plopping down on the ground with a thud. After another round of commotion, countless treasures were piled up into a small mountain, and they all pushed them in front of Qingkuang, watching her laugh.

  "Do you like baby?" Compared with that contradictory man, she'd rather deal with this little guy in front of her first!

  Amber-colored big eyes blinked, excitedly nodding straight.

  "Are all these babies yours?"

  A proud look flashed across her face, and she hastily turned away.

  "Do you want to give all of these to me?" He hesitated and pointed at himself, his reckless heart guessing.

  As she thought, the little guy nodded again and pushed the treasure in front of him forward a bit more.

  "But I don't have what you want on me!" Upon hearing this, the little guy excitedly circled around her again, chirping and squeaking.

  Looking at this little guy, thinking about her previous robbery skills and the ability to penetrate screens at any time, it's really admirable! This is simply a high-level master among masters! Moreover, what the little guy likes might be her life space, why not bring her under her own control?

  "Do you want to make a contract with me?" He asked tentatively, his heart also uncertain.

  But before the little guy nodded! The glutton next to him was not doing it, "Master ~ I don't want, don't want ~ she robbed Glutton's fruit, Glutton decided he didn't like her, I don't want to play with her ~ hum!"

  "Gluttony, don't be like that, friends should get along with each other!" He patted his little head and patiently comforted him.

  "That's also not wanted, she is a bad beast, gluttony doesn't want to play with her together~" With an arrogant turn of the head, Gluttony didn't even want to look at her again.

  "Gluttony, master doesn't like spoiled beasts!" A warning sounded, and lightly crazy turned his little head back again.

  "Master, don't you like feasting anymore? Waaah..."

  "Don't cry!" He always used this trick on her, and this time he had to put an end to this unhealthy trend.

  "Master, you really don't like me anymore, and you're even scolding me. I'm so sad..." The chubby little body sobbed uncontrollably, as if it had suffered a great injustice. However, before he could finish crying, the beast's shadow disappeared.

  Just as I was about to go crazy, a gluttonous voice suddenly echoed in my mind, "Ahh, let me out...let me out...Hmm? There's delicious food...Oooh oooh..."

  It felt like the hem of her clothes was being pulled, and she looked down at the little golden creature beside her with a mixture of surprise and curiosity. Was it this thing that made the food disappear? What kind of magical creature was this? Its small body could already hold so many things, and now it could even make a divine beast disappear - this was truly unbelievable!

  "Did you lock up the pastry shop?" Seeing the little guy nodding, Leng Qiang was even more astonished!

  The little guy let out a few loud meows, and when she didn't react, he suddenly became anxious. Without caring about her reaction, he directly tried to form a contract with her. A strong spiritual force surged forward, far surpassing the previous ones. Her brain throbbed in pain, but she managed to endure it. Closing her eyes, she focused her mind and conjured up a thick spiritual wall in front of her. Even she was startled by its intensity. When the little guy launched his first attack, he was still repelled, almost getting counterattacked. The golden wall continued to shine brightly. With unwavering determination, Leng Qian (Light Cruelty) redoubled her efforts, using this opportunity to temper her own spiritual force. As the wall finally collapsed, she was left with a pale face, her spiritual energy depleted, and cold sweat dripping down her face.

  The little guy's powerful spiritual energy and hers merged together, slowly fusing, the Heavenly Dao descended, causing everyone in the Twin Souls City to look towards the City Lord's Manor, what a strong pressure!

  At this moment, under the momentum of the little guy, the spiritual power in her body was also rolling non-stop, and then suddenly burst out, impacting her limbs. The three spiritual beads on the spiritual power spun desperately, with the fire-type spiritual bead being the most active, its color becoming even more vivid red. Then, another upgraded magic array was formed under her feet, a green magic array that originally had a spiritual star on it. On top of the magic array, spiritual stars began to flash, one or two, stabilizing in mid-air. The light from the Heavenly Rules and the Upgraded Magic Array was so brilliant for a moment that it even startled the people in the City Master's Mansion. Some were amazed, some looked down on her, while others had unpredictable thoughts...

  At this time, Qing Kuang was overjoyed in her heart. She really didn't expect that this little guy would actually let her advance? It's worth noting that the stronger one's strength is, the more difficult it is to advance, and they often stop making progress, unable to surpass themselves for the rest of their lives. When she first made a contract with him, advancing from a three-star great swordmaster to a five-star great swordmaster was already astonishing enough. She didn't expect that this little guy would actually let her transcend again in the Huang Jian realm, it's truly unbelievable! She felt astonished countless times, what kind of magical beast is this?!

  When the Heavenly Dao Laws and Advancement Arrays disappeared, there was an additional entanglement in the spiritual force, and another demon domain formed in the mind.

  "Mastermind"

  A sweet and gentle voice echoed in his mind, and suddenly he realized that he was talking to her!

  "Hmm... hello......" Logically speaking, this little guy is so powerful, it should be a divine beast! But why can't she speak either? Can only communicate with her in the sea of consciousness.

  The little master has a treasure, the little master has a treasure. The golden little guy looked like he could communicate with Qing Kuang now, and he was even circling around her, almost hugging her leg.

  "Uh..."

  "Baby~ baby~ our family has... many... want, want, baby..." Because of her contract with the little guy, she saw a dumbfounding scene - this little guy is a rich kid! Absolutely loaded! She really didn't expect that he actually had his own domain, why didn't she see it when she looked at Gluttony Spirit and the others before?

  What appeared in her mind was a boundless sea of gold and silver, almost dazzling her eyes. Countless treasures and rare artifacts, all sorts of mysterious devices, stretched out to the horizon. Just then, a black shadow suddenly appeared. Only to see that Gluttony was squatting with its little butt up, making "ah" and "wow" sounds as it fed something into its mouth, rolling around in happiness. When Qing Kuang looked at it herself, she was also stunned. Those precious medicinal materials, rare and exotic flowers and grasses, countless fruits, all went into Gluttony's belly, almost breaking Qing Kuang's heart.

  Emerging from the little guy's domain, he gazed at her amber-colored big eyes, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Uh... are those all yours?"

  "All are Ren's family, hehe, baby...baby...master people, big baby..." A wolf pounced, the little guy pounced into her arms, if she were a bit older, I'm afraid she would have been carried away by the excitement.

  Looking at her shining eyes, a burst of incoherent words, is this also treating her as a treasure?

  "So many things, how long have you been collecting them!"

  "Len doesn't remember... it's been a long, long time... if you like it, just take it..." Upon hearing this, Qingkong was even more furious. This kind of blatant robbery, she really couldn't bear to compliment!

  "What's your name?" Can't always be calling you little guy!

  "No... master, big baby, hehehe..." The little golden guy hugged her and let go, sniffing all over her body, with drool almost dripping out.

  Look at her greedy appearance, slightly funny, pulled her away, gave her a slap on the head, "I'm not a treasure." She was worried that if she continued to collect treasures like this, one day she would lose herself in the "treasure trove".

  Rubbing her head, the little guy didn't mind at all, and his sparkling eyes stared at her.

  "Look at you, so obsessed with wealth! I'll call you Pi Xiu from now on! Now bring out the delicacies."

  "Shy... shy... shy?"

  "Qilin!"

  "Shy......" Even if she couldn't say it clearly, she still obediently listened and let the pastry out.

  As soon as she came out, the puppy saw her and was more excited than seeing its own mother. It let out a loud bark and pounced on her, knocking the little golden puppy to the ground. The puppy was so excited that it started drooling, with saliva dripping from the corners of its mouth.

  For those who have made a 180-degree turn in their attitude towards food, I am speechless. It's really true that "as long as there is milk, it's mother"!

  Let's rest here for today and set off again tomorrow to find someone. That double soul didn't arrange a place for her either, but never mind, she can find one herself!

  She pushed open the door of a room and decided to settle down here. She had food, she had water for washing, and after solving the problem of dinner, she lay down to rest. However, soon after she lay down, many footsteps were heard.

  The door was kicked open with a loud crash, and several men rushed in, leering at Qingkuang.

  "Haha, it's been a long time since I've had a woman..."

  "Although he's bald, we've been starving for so long, as long as it's a woman, that's all that matters..."

  "Haha, who's going first? If not, I'll go first..."

  Looking at the five men in front of her, the temperature in her eyes suddenly dropped to freezing point. "One, shatter into dust; two, shatter into foam; three, nothing left, choose for yourself!"

  Five people looked at me, I looked at you, didn't understand her meaning.

  "Haha, when I pin you down beneath me, you little wench will know what to choose."

  "Right, right! Hurry up! I'm so eager..."

  "Haha, if I'm being honest, let's all go together and make her cry out for her parents... living a life like gods..."

  As they indulged in their obscene language, the slender hands had already begun to rise, but just at this critical moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the doorway, "I'll see who dares to touch my sister!"