The killer's wails gradually weakened, his movements became smaller and smaller, and the flames also diminished. In just a few minutes, he completely lost all signs of life.
The nether flames extinguished with that.
The killer who was burned to death wasn't charred; instead, no injuries could be seen on him.
It's just that he was clearly a middle-aged man, but in the end, he turned into the corpse of an incredibly aged old man, covered in wrinkles and with snow-white hair.
He looked like an old man tortured to death by illness, because the pain on his face couldn't be faked.
"Li Qing!"
City Lord Xiao galloped over. Seeing that Li Qing was still alive, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, but when he saw the corpse not far away, his heart couldn't help but be startled again.
This kid could actually counter-kill a Soul King level killer.
Although Li Qing's clothes were already soaked with blood and it looked like he had paid a considerable price, the fact that he wasn't dead was already quite remarkable.
With a level in the twenties and a difference of two soul rings, it was impossible not to pay a price.
"Uncle Xiao, please help find a healing Soul Master."
Li Qing's face was pale, and his tone seemed a bit weak; those were symptoms of excessive blood loss. If he weren't a Soul Master, he would likely have fainted by now.
"Okay!"
After City Lord Xiao agreed, he picked Li Qing up around the waist and went straight towards the Xiao Mansion. As for the killer's corpse, someone would naturally send it to the Xiao family.
At the entrance of the Xiao family.
Xiao Chenyu, his mother, and a middle-aged woman were waiting at the entrance of the Xiao family, while Brother Long, who had sent Li Qing back, was currently kneeling to the side.
"Dad!"
Seeing his dad return, Xiao Chenyu hurriedly rushed over.
"Li Qing, how are you?"
City Lord Xiao glared at him and cursed angrily, "Can't you see how he is? Get lost."
Xiao Chenyu shrank his head and retreated to the side.
The middle-aged woman walked forward. As her soul power surged, a white unknown flower grew from the palm of her right hand, and three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, coiled upwards.
Immediately after, her second soul ring lit up.
Dots of milky white light flowed into Li Qing's body. Li Qing only felt warm all over, and his wounds felt a bit numb and itchy; that was the strange sensation brought by the wounds healing.
If his clothes were lifted, one could see his wounds healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After about half a minute, the woman withdrew her martial soul and said directly without looking at the wounds, "Although the wounds are healed, you still need to rest quietly for a few days and replenish your vitality and blood."
"Thank you, sister!"
Li Qing said thanks, struggled slightly, and City Lord Xiao understood and put him down.
Hearing this, the woman showed a bright smile on her face. She was clearly very pleased but still said against her heart, "What sister? You should call me auntie."
Li Qing said, "How could you be that old? You're clearly a sister."
Xiao Chenyu said with a look of disgust, "No, Li Qing, are you blind? This..."
"Slap!"
City Lord Xiao directly gave Xiao Chenyu a big slap and cursed with an annoyed laugh, "No one will think you're mute if you don't talk. You're useless."
Xiao Chenyu covered his head and pouted.
Li Qing glanced at the guard kneeling to the side and said to City Lord Xiao, "Uncle Xiao, let Brother Long get up. This isn't his fault, and I should thank him."
"If he hadn't run back to report, I might have bled to death."
City Lord Xiao naturally knew that Li Qing was intentionally trying to excuse him. After all, there were so many patrol guards; they didn't dare to step forward at the time, but sending him for medical treatment afterward was still fine.
However, he hadn't originally planned to do anything to that guard; he was just doing it for Li Qing to see.
City Lord Xiao looked at the guard and said coldly, "Since Li Qing pleaded for you, we'll let it go this time. But if there's a next time, you can just end your own life."
The guard hurriedly said, "Thank you, City Lord, thank you, Young Master Li!"
At this moment, the patrol team carried the killer's corpse and arrived in front of the few people.
Xiao Chenyu looked at Li Qing and asked, "Li Qing, why would a killer attack you? Did you offend someone?"
City Lord Xiao and the others all looked at Li Qing; they were also quite curious.
Li Qing said, "It should be Yu Xiaogang, that is, the Grandmaster from Nuoding Academy. That dog thing didn't know my martial soul mutated and thought I had some secret that could change talent."
"Then he wanted to force me to hand it over, but in the end, I beat him up."
"He probably saw that he couldn't beat me, so he hired a killer. And this killer didn't have any killing intent, which perfectly fits his motive."
"So it was that dog thing, Dad..."
Xiao Chenyu was furious and was about to ask his dad to send someone to arrest him, but he saw his dad's face was solemn, so the words on the tip of his tongue were instantly swallowed back.
"Uncle Xiao, is there any problem?"
Li Qing also noticed City Lord Xiao's change in expression and asked, pretending not to understand.
"Sigh!"
City Lord Xiao sighed and said, "Li Qing, let's drop this matter. The Spirit Hall once specifically sent a Soul Emperor to acknowledge him. We cannot afford to offend that Yu Xiaogang."
Li Qing: "???"
Good heavens.
Is Bibi Dong that despicable? They don't want you anymore, and you're still shamelessly pushing yourself forward? Even a love-struck fool wouldn't be this love-struck, right?
The anger on Xiao Chenyu's face completely vanished, because he knew what his dad's words meant.
A Soul Emperor came to greet him, which shows that the person protecting Yu Xiaogang is at least a Titled Douluo. Facing an existence of this level, let alone their Xiao family...
Even the Heaven Dou Empire wouldn't possibly confront the other party head-on just because of one Li Qing.
City Lord Xiao said at this moment, "Don't you want to go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy? I'll write you a recommendation letter. You should transfer to Heaven Dou Noble Academy."
"At Heaven Dou Noble Academy, as long as you reach the admission standard for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, you can skip grades at any time."
"I know you might not be able to swallow this, but you need to know that the Spirit Hall is not something small fry like us can contend with. You still have a great future ahead of you; there's no need to compete with him."
"Then I'll trouble Uncle Xiao."
Li Qing didn't refuse the other party's kindness, because no matter what he chose, he couldn't stay in Nuoding City anymore. Going to Heaven Dou City was just right to see if he could get in touch with Dugu Yan in advance.
However, he truly didn't expect Bibi Dong could be perverse to this extent.
Like this, he really didn't dare to forcefully kill Yu Xiaogang anymore. It's truly not worth risking his life for such a piece of trash, but taking some interest first should be fine, right?
As long as he doesn't kill him, there shouldn't be any big problem.
Isn't that dog thing a Douluo Casanova? Doesn't he like being a scumbag? Then let him be an eunuch. Without his 'tool', let's see how he can still be a scumbag.
If he wants to be a scumbag, he can only be a scumbag to Ju Hua Guan, but the other party probably wouldn't fancy him.
Seeing Li Qing agree, City Lord Xiao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because if Li Qing really killed Yu Xiaogang, their Xiao family would likely also be implicated.
However, through this matter, City Lord Xiao couldn't help but look at him with higher regard again.
At such a young age, he knows how to endure. Coupled with his talent, as long as he doesn't die, he will definitely achieve something in the future. At that time, their family might even be able to hitch a ride on this fast ship.