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Chapter 354 Don’t you have it?

"What are you doing?!!"

Liu Huangli, who cherished elixirs as if they were his life, took a quick step and grabbed Qin Xiao's evil hand, looking at him in disbelief.

"...Save Him?" Qin Xiao began to doubt himself after seeing his extreme reaction.

“…Why? Why use such a precious elixir?!” Liu Huangli was puzzled.

Qin Xiao was silent for a moment, then he flipped over the medicine bottle and poured a few pills into his hand. After confirming that he was using the lowest-grade and cheapest herbal healing pills, he was puzzled: "This is very cheap."

"Isn't this a cheap thing?" Liu Huangli glared at him. "Not to mention that the cheapest pill costs one silver coin each. What if this thing wakes up and we—"

"Are the pills so expensive here?" Qin Xiao was surprised.

"Yeah, well, there's nothing we can do about it. This is national policy—No! I'm talking to you!" Liu Huangli nodded, realizing something was wrong, and snapped, "What if you can't defeat it if it wakes up?! You finally managed to wear it down and knock it unconscious, but you're trying to revive it instead of killing it?!"

"Didn't I tell you that I know Him?" Qin Xiao asked in confusion.

"When did you tell me—didn't you tell me that you weren't from the Beast Taming Sect?! You lied to me?!"

Qin Xiao: "...I'm really not, can you be more steady?"

Qin Xiao's ears hurt from his yelling.

"No, brother, don't you think your behavior is a little too weird?" Liu Huangli was very puzzled by his remarks of turning the tables.

"What's weird?"

Liu Huangli stared at him in disbelief for a moment, then decided to give up arguing with him: "What if it wakes up and attacks us?"

"killed."

The young man who had just been confident in his kindness had a blank expression on his face and uttered two cold words.

Liu Huangli: ...

"But it doesn't mean it can absorb whatever it attacks—"

"Yeah." Qin Xiao responded, slowly strangling its throat. After observing it for a while and finding that it showed no signs of waking up, he took out a storage ring and put it away.

His expression was calm throughout the whole process, as if it was no different from adopting kittens and puppies.

The Beastmasters who witnessed everything from the sidelines: ...

"Who is that kid? !! Who taught him to take other people's monsters like that? !!" Yuan Xuye was about to explode. He turned around and grabbed Yun Wangchuan's collar and yelled.

"He...he he..." Yun Wangchuan didn't know how to answer for a moment, and he hesitated for a long time without saying anything.

"Calm down, kid." The sect elder beside him glanced at him, looking as steady as a rock. "That kid is a jade, an evil cultivator."

"Evil cultivator?" Yuan Xuye let go of Yun Wangchuan and his face turned cold.

"Evil cultivators are not allowed either! How can he take other people's magical beasts so easily?!"

"Calm down Xu Ye, it's just a monster. Besides, there's no need to take it so seriously since you were planning to throw it away anyway." The middle-aged man crossed his arms, with a very wild hairstyle and beard, looking like he was too tough and easily broken.

Yun Wangchuan glanced at the middle-aged man and secretly curled his lips.

"...Yes, Master." Yuan Xuye lowered his head slightly, still looking unwilling. Under the gaze of the middle-aged man, he could only lower his head and say yes.

"Is that how you plan to carry it?"

Liu Huangli followed Qin Xiao, still in disbelief.

Qin Xiao was already beginning to feel annoyed with him, so he glanced at him without answering.

"Why don't you speak?" Liu Huangli persisted.

Qin Xiao ignored him, dodged his outstretched hand, and continued walking slowly.

"……Hello!"

A flaming hand suddenly stretched out. Qin Xiao dodged it abruptly, stepped back three feet, and looked at him coldly, "What are you going to do?"

Qin Xiao saw early on that he was at the upper level of the Xuan realm and had extraordinary strength. He must be stuck at the same bottleneck as Mo Hanshang, and should be at the half-step Earth realm.

"I'm just asking, why are you so cold?" Liu Huangli said with a smile, "You look quite unfamiliar. Is this your first time participating in the competition?"

"...Yes." Qin Xiao didn't want to answer, but was afraid that he would continue to pester him, so he said softly.

"Oh, I see. Then you know me, right? I'm very capable. Since you helped me just now, if you need my help--"

"No need." Qin Xiao refused coldly, thought for a moment, and added "thank you".

Liu Huangli: ...

"You know me, right?" Liu Huangli originally thought that his fame, if not throughout the entire continent, should at least be known to all the participants in the competition. He had indeed encountered many challengers and admirers along the way, but he did not expect to receive such a cold response from the young man.

"...Probably, I know." Qin Xiao actually had no impression of him at all, but considering his strength, he should be quite famous. After thinking about it, he said ambiguously.

Liu Huangli had never been treated so coldly since joining the Royal Academy - except for the freak in the team, he had never been ignored so thoroughly.

It has to be said that Qin Xiao did attract his attention.

It's not just because of his cold attitude, but also because of that unpredictable aura.

Liu Huangli's brown pupils narrowed slightly, and his red hair swayed gently like willow branches, sparkling especially brightly under the light filtering through the leaves.

"You—this ring must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Liu Huangli originally wanted to ask him about his realm, but the moment their eyes met, he changed the subject and asked casually.

Qin Xiao followed his gaze and looked at the vermilion ring on his hand without answering.

"This one looks very similar to the one I had my eyes on before, but unfortunately I didn't win the bid." Liu Huangli said this without feeling embarrassed. He seemed to want to use jokes to bring the two closer together, and said with a smile.

"How long ago?" Qin Xiao glanced at him.

"Well... not long ago, about ten days before the competition started." Liu Huangli said with a smile.

Qin Xiao said "Oh" and said nothing.

"You spent a lot of money on this, right? How about I buy it for double the price?" Liu Huangli's eyes rolled, and he really couldn't bear to part with the ring.

He had taken a fancy to it a long time ago, as it was a perfect match for his fire attribute. With it, he could even achieve twice the result with half the effort in short-term training. Unfortunately, it was snatched away by someone else.

"No way."

"Why? If I'm not mistaken, you don't have a fire attribute. This won't be very useful to you. Why—"

Qin Xiao's tone remained calm: "If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. There's no reason why."

Liu Huangli didn't want to give up easily: "I already said double the price——"

"I'm not short of money."

"How could you not be short of money?! I see you're not that old, what about elixirs, spiritual herbs, magic crystals, etc. -"

"My father will give it to you."

Qin Xiao didn't listen to the second half of his sentence. Qin Xiuyun was not stingy in giving him gold coins and elixirs, and he didn't really need those magic crystals.

Unexpectedly, when Liu Huangli heard his words, his eyes widened and he looked at him in increasing disbelief: "Why are you still spending your father's money?!"

Qin Xiao was puzzled: "Don't you have a father?"

The air was momentarily stagnant, and Liu Huangli stared at him, not knowing for a moment whether he was scolding him or was simply confused.

After their eyes met for a moment, Liu Huangli withdrew his doubts from Qin Xiao's calm eyes.

"No, no..." Liu Huangli rubbed his temples, "I'm not thinking that I'm too old to rely on my parents anymore—"

"Oh, I see." Qin Xiao remained calm, "Then you are really amazing."

Liu Huangli choked and was about to explain.

"My father forced it on me, so I was embarrassed to refuse." Qin Xiao glanced at him, "How could you refuse?"

Liu Huangli choked again.

How could he refuse?

His father hadn't given him anything since he turned sixteen, and he didn't think he should ask for anything from his parents, so he never brought it up. The magic crystals, gold coins, and elixirs he'd acquired through countless trials and tribulations, each one hard-earned, so he treasured them dearly.

Liu Huangli has always been like this, and he naturally thought that others were the same. In fact, almost everyone around him was like this. There had never been a Qi cultivator who accepted funding from his parents so unscrupulously.

"...Then, what will you do if your father no longer helps you?" Liu Huangli asked.

Qin Xiao had no idea about this. "Whatever I have to do, I'll do it."

Liu Huangli was speechless.

Good... rustic idea.

Liu Huangli was about to say something when he suddenly noticed something strange. He stopped and looked around. When he looked at Qin Xiao, his tone was a little strange.

"Do you...do you feel that we have walked this road before?"

Qin Xiao paused and looked back at him: "Is there?"

"...Yes." Liu Huangli observed carefully for a few times and nodded solemnly, "You——"

This road was led by Qin Xiao.

Liu Huangli frowned slightly and looked at Qin Xiao with complicated eyes, his eyes dark and unclear.

Qin Xiao stopped and looked around, pursed his lips, a little confused.

In fact, he couldn't see anything unusual, and he couldn't tell whether he had walked there or not. After hearing what Liu Huangli said, he could only stand where he was, his eyes gradually becoming suspicious.

Isn't he lost again?