The Ring of Loyalty looked very small at first, like something that only a little girl could wear.
But as the man held the ring between his fingers, the ring grew by itself to accommodate his size.
The man wore the ring and declared: âMy name is Boss; I hereby vow that I would never harm anybody in this roomâ
The Ring of Loyalty gave off a faint light that circled around the man before it was absorbed into his body.
Laura told him: âEven if that wasnât your original name, the Ring of Loyalty would still produce the same results, because it directly locks onto your soulâ
Saying so, she carefully looked at the man to observe his reaction.
âI used to have quite a few different titles, but none of them are very interesting at all, so Iâve decided. From now on, Iâm Bossâ the man confirmed again.
Everyone felt a bit awkward.
ââ-do we really have to call him Boss?
Wouldnât that mean, normal conversations would go like this:
âBoss, time for dinnerâ
âBoss, good afternoonâ
âBoss, where are you going?â
Is this really how itâs going to be?
Gu Qing Shan didnât care much about that and was the first to reach out his hand, smiling: âBoss, welcome to our little groupâ
The man looked at his outstretched hand and curiously asked: âWhat does this signify?â
Zhang Ying Hao explained and casually asked him: âHeâs offering to shake your hand, this is meant to as a welcoming gestureââ if you donât even know about this, do you normally not make contact with anyone?â
âThatâs rightâ the man generously admitted: âIâve been staying in a place far from the masses, only very recently was I heavily injured and saved by Gu Qing Shan, leading to my current contact with you allâ
Hearing him, everyone felt sympathy.
No parents.
Away from people.
Heavily injured.
This person is genuinely strong, but he still fell into such a predicament.
Fine, âBossâ it is.
Itâs only a name either way.
With that in mind, everyone accepted the name.
Gu Qing Shan told him: âBoss, you should rest up a bit firstââ Fei Li, give him another can of Soul Points drinkâ
âSureâ Ye Fei Li replied.
Gu Qing Shan then turned to the Demon Dragon and asked: âNow, please tell me where Little Dusk isâ
ă Sheâs being imprisoned in the deepest part of the Holy Church of Fate; the coin is also in the possession of the Holy Church of Fateâs pope ăthe Demon Dragon answered him.
âVery well, then let us move right awayâ Gu Qing Shan said without hesitation.
ă I donât want to ăthe Demon Dragon replied.
âWhy not?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
ă That Pope revered me from the bottom of her heart, I was her God, and now you want me to meet her with this appearance? ăthe Demon Dragon half-complained and half-rejected him.
While saying that, he sneaked a glance at his master.
His master refused to say anything and simply looked at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan took a look at Demon Dragonâs appearance again: an emerald green top hat; hair and beard braided to hang all sorts of trinkets; a face full of patterns that looked like doodles.
ââyep, this appearance is definitely not suitable to meet a woman with.
But I need to make sure of something first.
âHave you been using your identity as God to mess around with the woman of the 900 million World Layers?â Gu Qing Shan sternly questioned.
ă No, definitely not. I have no interest in such things. That Pope and I only came into contact from discussions about Space-Time and Fate ăthe Demon Dragon swore.
âVery well, Iâll trust your wordsââ do you have anything that can be used to recognize that itâs from you?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
The Demon Dragon sighed in relief and answered: ă Yes, take a strand of my hair, the Pope will recognize that itâs from me right away ă
Gu Qing Shan wielded his sword and cut a single strand of his hair.
As he was about to catch it, he froze.
A heavy sense of pressure that caused one to hold their breath flashed by his spirit sense.
Gu Qing Shan shivered.
He turned towards Lin.
Lin also had a heavy expression on her face.
âDid you feel that?â Lin asked.
âI did, and you?â Gu Qing Shan replied.
âMy instincts arenât as sharp as you cultivators, but I can sense a desperate battle approaching usâ Lin explained.
She couldnât help but emanate fighting intent.
Gu Qing Shan corrected her: âItâs not just a battle. My spirit sense is sharper than the majority of other cultivators, I can also feel death approachingâ
Gu Qing Shan reached towards his back.
His back was soaked in cold sweat.
The others had different expressions on their faces as they heard them talking.
Ye Fei Li helplessly said: âI couldnât sense anything at allâ
Zhang Ying Hao seemed to be in thought and replied: âI was able to faintly sense something, as if we are in a state of being huntedâ
The man called âBossâ took out a book and carefully flipped through it.
âAh, not good. I can see an enemy of mine approachingâ he said.
âYour enemy? Then why do I have a feeling the target is me?â Gu Qing Shan scowled.
Boss replied: âThat would depend on how much youâre related to my matterâ- come, press your hand against mine, Iâll check to see if there is anything related to youâ
âYour book isââ
âItâs able to observe events that happened recently that might be related to my life and yoursâ
Gu Qing Shan pressed his palm against Bossâ hand.
He then looked towards the book.
Something unimaginable happened.
Where the book was originally blank, it quickly displayed the Soul Shriekerâs appearance.
ââ-the Soul Shrieker was standing on an Abyssal Behemoth, quickly moving along the endless space vortex.
On the next page of the book, a black crow slowly manifested.
Three women were sitting on the black crowâs back.
âSu Xue Er, Anna, and Ning Yue Chan! Why are the three of them together, and being chased by the Soul Shrieker as well!?â Gu Qing Shan shouted in shock.
âNing Yue Chan?â Zhang Ying Hao asked.
âWhoâs this Ning Yue Chan girl?â Ye Fei Li also asked.
âA person who came from the same cultivation world as I didâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âSheâs a female cultivator whoâs been running all over to look for Gu Qing Shan. I took her in and sheâs currently a captain of the Bramble Bird royal guardsâ Laura replied at the same time.
Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li immediately understood.
But Gu Qing Shan didnât care for the specifics and spoke: âLaura, let me borrow your armorâ
âGot it!â Laura answered right away.
The Bramble Bird Sovereign armor appeared on Gu Qing Shanâs body again, four swords manifested behind his back.
There was no other way, if the opponent was the Soul Shrieker, any level of preparation would not be excessive.
âCan we see where they are?â Gu Qing Shan asked Boss.
âUnfortunately, my book can only catch faint images, I donât have a way to pinpoint where they areâ Boss answered apologetically.
âGu Qing Shan, donât be too rash, if we can see these images, I have a way to find out more informationâ Laura told him.
âReally?â Gu Qing Shan was overjoyed.
Laura took out a golden alarm clock from inside her backpack and gave it to Boss.
âThis is a single-use Space-Time instrument, it is able to discover something that happened in the past with the tiniest trace, display it and then try to locate itâ
Boss received the golden alarm clock and smiled: âThis thing looks very valuable, you said that this can only be used once?â
âThatâs right, use itâ Laura told him.
Boss nodded and crushed the golden alarm clock with his hand.
The hour, minute, and second hands as well as the numbers all fell onto the book, scattering as parts.
The golden parts began to give off light and levitated on top of the book.
At the same time, the picture on the book vanished.
The glowing light began to display the scene that was depicted in the book earlier.
âThis was about 10 minutes ago, you can hear what theyâre saying, but itâll take some time to determine where they were exactlyâ Laura explained.
â10 minutes ago?â Gu Qing Shan felt anxious.
If it had already been 10 minutes, there was no telling if the Soul Shrieker had caught up with them or not.
Damn it!
Where are they now!?
Gu Qing Shan clenched his fist tightly.
The three girls in the picture began to speak.
Su Xue Er spoke up first: âWe seem to be a bit unfortunate, as we both fell in love with the same manâ
Hearing that beginning, everyone couldnât help but feel shocked.
Whatâs going on?
If theyâre being chased by the Soul Shrieker, why do you still have the leisure to be discussing such a thing?
Everyone couldnât help but sneak a glance at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan pretended like he didnât notice their gazes and continued watching the scene.
In the scene, Ning Yue Chan replied.
She asked: âWhat kind of person is he?â
âAh, itâs quite hard to say. Hm, heâs also a cultivatorâ
...
âA sword cultivator? Tskâ Ning Yue Chan disdainfully scoffed.
âWhatâs wrong with sword cultivators?â Su Xue Er and Anna asked at the same time.
â...Sword cultivators... constantly swaying...â
â...personally, I think sword cultivators, in general, are nothing decent regardless of genderâ
â...And here I was wondering what happened, turns out it was a sword cultivator who used devious means to make the both of you pledge your true love. Furthermore, making you live in such a tattered and sorrowful state, I hate this kind of personâ
â...Thereâs no need for you to make any excuses for this kind of man. Once we return to the Bramble Bird Kingdom, Iâll help you see clearly just how he truly isâ
...
The conversation between the three girls was on full display in the scene depicted by the book.
Everyoneâs gaze was focused entirely on Gu Qing Shan.
âErm, about this, I can vouch for him, Gu Qing Shan doesnât seem like heâs done anythingâ Ye Fei Li said.
âCertainly, he doesnât seem like the typeâ Lin casually added.
Zhang Ying Haoâs eyes were a lot sharper than Ye Fei Li, and he had a better way around words, so he spoke up: âGu Qing Shan is a good brother of mine, during all these years, he hadnât even had time to sleep, so Iâm sure he hadnât gone around any women either. Heâs simply well-loved by others, there was no way around thatâ
Hearing this explanation, and recalling what she saw of Gu Qing Shanâs experiences, Lin suddenly felt like Gu Qing Shan had gone through a lot of hardship.
Love?
She knew everything there was to know about Gu Qing Shan, and she knew these women, so she was already prepared to see this play out.
I already knew about this beforehand, so I shouldnât be angry, but I still couldnât control my emotions.
Hah, when it comes to romance, it has always been something thatâs beyond the control of people.
Linâs thoughts turned and recalled two other women she saw in Gu Qing Shanâs mind.
They were Gu Qing Shanâs maids, who later became his junior sisters.
They saidââ
Gu Qing Shan was a young birdie...
Recalling the scene at the time, Linâs mood improved somewhat.
The scene slowly faded and left a long series of numbers in the air.
Laura looked carefully at these numbers and sighed in relief: âThese are coordinates within the 900 million World Layers, now we can locateâââ
She then spoke in shock: âHuh? They seem to be in the vicinity of the Bramble Bird Kingdom, theyâll arrive here very soon!â
The entire room was plunged into a sense of miraculous silence.
Everyone can infer without a doubt that the three girls were all coming for Gu Qing Shan.
But from the looks of things, they didnât know that the one the other party was looking for was also Gu Qing Shan.
This isââ
What should we do next?
All of a sudden, the sky outside darkened.
A black crow had appeared.
âDonât stop me, Iâm looking for Gu Qing Shan!â
Su Xue Erâs voice arrived from above the sky.
The black crow flapped its wings and swiftly made its way towards the Bramble Bird royal palace.
Laura swiftly gave the order: âGo, let them in, do not trigger any defense mechanisms, and definitely do not harm themâ
âUnderstood!â
The Bramble Bird General Ilya immediately left.
She was suppressing the smirk on her mouth as she made her way outside, loudly giving the orders.
âBig bro Qing Shan, what now?â
Laura carefully looked at Gu Qing Shan and asked.
Gu Qing Shan didnât answer.
He was completely stunned, his usual confidence and calm gone without a trace.
He seemed to be panicking.
Silence.
Everyone else tried to remain silent, occasionally sneaking glances at him.
Although a monster as powerful as the Soul Shrieker was approaching them, there was always the option of running away if they couldnât face the threat of such a monster head-on.
But there was no way for Gu Qing Shan to run from this matter.
Against a threat, this guy always had a way to turn the situation around and turn the tide in his favor.
But this situation turns out to be more dangerous than any other he had ever faced...
Within the stunned silenceâ
ă Pftt! ă
As everyone turned to look, they found it was the Demon Dragon.
The Demon Dragon recalled what Gu Qing Shan sternly questioned him earlier and couldnât help but chuckle out loud.