Although he had already greeted Xu Tianran's mother in his heart, Xiao Qiang still pretended to be nice to Xu Tianran on the surface.

After all, my own strength is limited now, and it is not the time to offend him casually.

"You don't have to do this, Earl Xiao. I also want to meet you, a young man who has won glory for our Sun Moon Empire. Now it seems that heroes are born young. This is a personal gift from me. I hope Earl Xiao will not refuse it."

As Crown Prince Xu Tianran was speaking, a guard came up to Xiao Qiang with a tray in his hand.

There were two bottles on the tray, and Xu Tianran was introducing them slowly. "The white jade bottle contains some Mysterious Ice Marrow Fluid, which is a great tonic for ice-attributed soul masters. But the thing in the blue bottle is even more precious. It contains the 100,000-year-old Tears of the Evil Eye Tyrant, which can greatly enhance the spiritual power of soul masters. It is a rare treasure in our Sun Moon Empire."

"Your Highness, as the saying goes, no merit, no reward. I haven't reported these things to the teacher yet, so I really don't dare to accept them privately."

But Xiao Qiang heard that this was the "personal" gift from Prince Xu Tianran. If he accepted this thing, Xiao Qiang would have joined the prince's group inexplicably. After all, in this era, there is no such thing as "accepting your things does not mean I will surrender to you."

Xiao Qiang has joined the prince's ship, so Jing Hongchen's attitude can be roughly determined in a sense. Unless Jing Hongchen really stands up and expresses that he and the prince are irreconcilable, after a period of subtle communication, other people will think that Jing Hongchen and the prince are in the same party.

Even though Jing Hongchen might not necessarily do anything for the prince, as long as he is tacitly regarded as a member of the prince's party, his status would be enough to ensure that the prince would secure the throne in the future.

In the original novel, Jing Hongchen was inexplicably boarded by the prince after he suddenly did her an unnecessary favor. After that, he was pushed around in various ways, and coupled with some mistakes caused by Huo Yuhao, Jing Hongchen was miserable in the later period.

Seeing that Xiao Qiang refused the things he gave, Xu Tianran was not angry, but his smile became even more kind.

"He can resist the temptation of top-notch cultivation resources. Earl Xiao is truly a pillar of our Sun Moon Empire. With Earl Xiao's character, I estimate that he will not only be an earl in the future, but also a duke in the future."

"Your Highness, you are too kind. It was just luck that I was able to defeat Shrek and obtain the title of Earl. Being a Duke is still too far away for me. I dare not think too much about it."

"What are you talking about? In my opinion, Earl Xiao is fully qualified to be the Duke in the future!" The meaning of Prince Xu Tianran's words was very clear. Come to my side and I will give you the title of Duke in the future.

Xiao Qiang also understood the meaning of the prince's words, but he didn't believe Xu Tianran's words at all. Not to mention that Xu Tianran didn't say it clearly, it was just a pie in the sky. Even if he said it clearly, Xiao Qiang would not choose to stand on his side.

Xiao Qiang clasped his fists towards the prince and said, "The Earl's matter was a fluke, and I dare not even think about the Duke's matter. Besides, I am very satisfied with the current situation and do not want any changes."

"Earl Xiao is not greedy for power, which makes me admire him. However, if Earl Xiao has new ideas one day, my door will always be open to young heroes like you."

"Your Highness, thank you for your praise. I am just more accustomed to following my teacher's footsteps. I will do whatever my teacher does." Xiao Qiang neither accepted nor rejected the prince's praise and solicitation. He just used Jing Hongchen as a shield.

After rejecting the prince's solicitation, Xiao Qiang led his men away. Until they walked away from Xiao Qiang, the smile on Prince Xu Tianran's originally gentle face completely disappeared, and was replaced by a ferocious look that was ready to devour anyone.

"Your Highness, this Xiao Qiang is too ungrateful. You need to teach him a lesson."

"Forget it. Some things will leave some evidence once they are done. At least we can't push Jing Hongchen to the opposite side of us now."

He is no longer the Xu Tianran in the middle and late stages of the original novel. Thanks to Xiao Qiang for extending his father's life for a period of time, if it were not for the deterrence of the Holy Spirit Church's combat power, it would be hard to say whether he could hold on to his current position as the crown prince.

Once the emperor's health improves, his inhumane deeds might be discovered over time, and everything he had done before would be in vain.

"Damn it."

Xu Tianran cursed inwardly, and everything he said was reproduced by Xiao Qiang using mental detection and lip reading.

"Sure enough, he was scolding me, but it's a pity that he didn't do anything about it."

If Xu Tianran really took action, it would be a good idea to bring his men alive to Jing Hongchen to cause more trouble for Xu Tianran. It was a pity that Xu Tianran endured it, so Xiao Qiang was unable to attack Xu Tianran for a while. If he wanted to cause more trouble for Xu Tianran, he could only think of other ways later.

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Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.

After several days of searching, Xiao Qiang and others finally arrived at the outskirts of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire. Then Xiao Qiang and Xue Di went in, leaving Mu Qingxue, Nana and Xiao Lan outside the Yin-Yang Eyes temporarily.

"Eight-angled black ice grass, flaming apricots, fragrant fairy products, gorgeous tulips, eight-petal fairy orchids, cockscomb sunflowers, star-shaped spirit beads, and earth dragon golden melons. How on earth did you find this place?" Tian Meng said in disbelief in Xiao Qiang's sea of ​​consciousness.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

“It was just a fluke.”

Xiao Qiang passed by the Youxiang Qiluo Xianpin and came to Liehuo Xingjiaoshu. He started sharing his mind with her, allowing her to see Tianmeng, Bingdi and Yinlang in his sea of ​​mind.

"Hello, senior. My name is Xiao Qiang. With the help of Tian Meng, a million-year-old soul beast, I have created a soul system that allows soul beasts and soul masters to coexist. In this system, soul beasts do not have to be hunted by soul masters, but can become a part of the soul master's progress. If the soul master is expected to become a god in the future, the soul beast will also ascend to the divine realm. Even if the soul master cannot become a god, the soul beast's meaning can be preserved in the future and continue to survive in the consciousness of other soul masters. I hope you can become a part of this system."

Xiao Qiang briefly explained it to Liehuo Xingjiaoshu, and then Tianmeng and Bingdi informed Liehuo Xingjiaoshu of many specific details, confirming with the identity of soul beasts that this method was indeed feasible, thus dispelling Liehuo Xingjiaoshu's doubts.

After understanding the cause and current result of the incident, Liehuo Xingjiao said, "Get lost! I'm staying here well and I'm not interested in becoming a spirit."

If the deadline was approaching ten thousand years later, Liehuo Xingjiaoshu would have been convinced, but she had just broken the 100,000-year mark and still had ten thousand years of life left, so she didn't really want to gamble.

"Well, in that case, I can only find other soul beasts to serve as souls for Mu Qingxue. As for you... forget it, I'll just hunt you down and use you as a soul ring."

Liehuo Xingjiaoshu: "???!!!"

(End of this chapter)