Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 329 - 312: Lying_2

This indeed was beyond everyone’s expectations.

Even Qin De had not anticipated it.

He had originally thought that as long as Qin Qing could make it to the second round, that would have been a success. As for his performance in the first round, he did not dare to hope for too much.

Because he knew that Qin Qing’s advantage lay within Heifeng Valley.

"Third Brother, if Lu Yu’an were still in your team, there would be truly no suspense in this spring hunt!"

At this time, the Seventh Prince, Qin Zheng, said with a smile beside the Third Prince, Qin De.

Qin De looked towards Qin Zheng and could see the smugness in his eyes.

However, Qin De just smiled and nodded, "There’s nothing to be done, everyone has their own aspirations. It was Lu Yu’an’s choice to leave my team because of Qin Qing..."

The Eighth Princess, Qin Yun, then interjected, "Third Brother, I really don’t understand what you’re thinking... What’s Qin Qing compared to Lu Yu’an? How could he even be mentioned in the same breath as Lu Yu’an? I think he’s not even fit to carry Lu Yu’an’s shoes. You actually chose to give up on Lu Yu’an for his sake?"

During this period, the relationship between the Eighth Princess, Qin Yun, and Lu Yu’an had progressed rapidly.

The relationship between the Lu Clan and the Royal Qin Family had been rather ordinary at first.

One could even say there was a tacit opposition between them.

But since Lu Yu’an and Qin Yun had both taken a liking to each other, the Royal Qin Family and the Lu Clan intended to bring them together, to become Dao companions, which also served to ally the Qin Family with the Lu Clan.

"Sister Yun, I’m not so sure about that."

The speaker was the Eleventh Princess, Qin Wan.

"That Qin Qing... his current Qi-Blood value ranks just behind Lu Yu’an, and the gap doesn’t seem to be that big."

Qin Wan was looking at a screen of light in front of her.

It visually displayed the Qi-Blood values of all those who were taking part in the spring hunt, represented by columns of golden light.

The height of the golden columns represented the Qi-Blood values’ levels.

At this moment, the highest column belonged to Lu Yu’an, with Qin Qing’s only slightly shorter than his.

"Heh heh..." Qin Zheng laughed and said, "Eleventh, you might not have noticed, but the Qi-Blood values of the other two in Qin Qing’s group are zero."

"What?" Qin Wan was startled: "Who are the other two in Qin Qing’s group?"

Qin Wan hadn’t really paid attention to the spring hunt; she was just there to join in the fun, so she hadn’t even figured out who was in each group.

"The other two in Qin Qing’s group are Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan." Qin Zheng said with a smile that was not quite a smile: "So, you see why Qin Qing’s Qi-Blood value is so high now, don’t you?"

While speaking, Qin Zheng looked towards Qin De: "Third Brother, you really think highly of that Qin Qing, huh? Was it you who had Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan transfer all their Qi-Blood values to Qin Qing?"

Qin De didn’t speak, just smiled.

He indeed had this intention, but he hadn’t spoken of it directly to Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan.

However, now it seemed that Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan’s Qi-Blood values had nearly been zeroed out, and Qin Qing’s kept rising at this moment. It looked very likely that this was the case.

"It seems that Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan really do understand my intention. If Qin Qing really can enter Heifeng Valley smoothly this time and obtain the Fruit of Life, I will have to prepare some good rewards for Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan." Qin De thought to himself.

However, what everyone did not know,

was that the rapid rise of Qin Qing’s Qi-Blood value was not due to Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan transferring their values to him.

The reason Qin Qing’s Qi-Blood value had risen so fast was that he and Xiao Bai were continuously slaughtering Ferocious Beasts, drawing all the Qi-Blood values from the inner cores of the beasts they had killed.

Moreover, that was only a portion of the Qi-Blood values. The inner cores of other Ferocious Beasts killed were collected into the Spirit Ring by Qin Qing himself.

As for the Qi-Blood values of Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan, they had been taken by Lu Yu’an instead.

If it weren’t for Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan’s Qi-Blood values, Lu Yu’an would surely be suppressed by Qin Qing by now.

At this moment, the discussed Luo Qingshan and Qi Chong were already in a sorry state.

Facing the successive onslaught of the beast tide, the two men’s ability to protect themselves became increasingly difficult.

"Let’s go! Brother Luo, there’s no other way!" Qi Chong gasped for breath, the continuous fierce battles had taken a heavy toll on him.

Luo Qingshan also had a look of frustration on his face.

Now, with their Qi-Blood values completely taken, it was impossible to catch up by hunting Ferocious Beasts.

Seeing the beast tide erupt, and with the difficulty of rushing through it to Heifeng Valley increasing, they might as well choose to give up.

"Let’s go!" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Luo Qingshan helplessly shook his head.

The two of them changed direction and left Tianjue Forest.

The journey back naturally became much easier. Although there were many Ferocious Beasts on the road, those beasts seemed to be exhausted at the moment.

After a little more than an Hour, Luo Qingshan and Qi Chong left Tianjue Forest.

After they emerged from Tianjue Forest, they were still considering whether to return to Luochuan.

In their current state, they indeed had no face to return to the imperial city, and even less to face the Third Prince.

However... Qin De had arranged for someone to wait for them here.

When Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan appeared, someone immediately came over and escorted them to the Luochuan Royal Palace.

Upon returning to the palace, Qin De, seeing Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan, couldn’t help but show a look of surprise, "Brother Qi, Brother Luo, why did you two come out?"

"Tianjue Forest has erupted with a beast tide. We... had no other choice, so we had to temporarily retreat. We’re sorry, Your Highness, we’ve done our best!" Qi Chong said guiltily to Qin De.

"A beast tide erupted?" Qin De nodded slightly upon hearing this, "It’s alright... you’ve done your best. You’ve worked hard this time. Rest and recuperate well in the palace, I will arrange the best imperial doctors and maidservants to tend to your injuries and care for you."

"Additionally, although you didn’t make it into Heifeng Valley, the reward you’re due will definitely not be less!"

Hearing Qin De say this, Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan couldn’t help but exchange glances.

It seems that choosing to return to Luochuan wasn’t such a bad decision after all.

"By the way, what about Qin Qing? Why isn’t he with you?" Qin De asked again.

"That..."

Qi Chong and Luo Qingshan were both at a loss for words.

They hadn’t figured out how to bring up Qin Qing’s situation to Qin De.

Should they directly tell Qin De that they had driven Qin Qing away because they were afraid of Lu Yu’an and didn’t want to implicate themselves, so they kicked Qin Qing out of their team?

Before entering Tianjue Forest, they had already promised Qin De that they would take care of Qin Qing...

But in fact, they had not done so.

Other people around also concentrated their gazes on Luo Qingshan and Qi Chong, wanting to hear what they would say and also wondering about Qin Qing’s current condition.

"Well... after the beast tide erupted, Qin Qing was still fighting alongside us, but later, the tide was too ferocious. We got separated... Brother Luo and I were together, as for Qin Qing... he... we don’t know what happened to him after that," Qi Chong said.

Qi Chong didn’t know how to explain to Qin De, so he simply made up another excuse.

As for how to explain when Qin Qing came out?

He simply didn’t believe that Qin Qing could still return alive...