Chapter 412: The Covenant with Qian Renxue, the Ownership of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud

Qian Renxue took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.

She raised her hand, using her fingers to tidy her disheveled golden long hair.

The movement was very slow, as if she were using this mechanical action to reorganize her shattered emotions.

When she raised her head again, the tear stains on her face had already been wiped away.

Although her eyes were still red, they had regained their usual calmness and sharpness.

She no longer mentioned Bibi Dong, no longer mentioned Qian Xunji, and no longer mentioned the truth that had shattered her worldview into pieces.

Lin Qingmo was right; she needed to go back, but not now.

She suppressed all those emotions, pushing them into some corner of her heart that she couldn’t touch for the time being.

Then, she put on a completely new expression.

An expression that a Young Master of Spirit Hall should have, that a negotiator should have, that Qian Renxue should have.

"Let’s put my affairs aside for now."

Her voice was still a bit hoarse, but her tone had completely returned to calmness.

"Now, let’s talk about your problem, Lin Qingmo."

"Every word you just said was enough to get you killed ten times over."

"Don’t you know that yourself?"

"Revealing the highest secret of Spirit Hall, opening one of my scars, telling the Young Master of Spirit Hall that her father was such a person."

"Aren’t you afraid that I might kill you right here to silence you in a fit of rage?"

Lin Qingmo spread his hands, his expression open and honest.

"If you wanted to kill me, you would have done it just now in the main hall."

"You have two Titled Douluo guarding outside, and I wouldn’t be able to run away."

"But not only did you not take action, you even brought me into the secret room, took off your disguise, and let me see you cry."

"Who cried!"

Qian Renxue retorted subconsciously, her voice carrying a hint of embarrassment and anger that completely did not fit her status as the Young Master.

Lin Qingmo wisely did not continue this topic.

He just smiled and continued: "So I think that we are not necessarily in an adversarial position."

"Adding one more friend is better than adding one more enemy; although this saying is old-fashioned, the logic is true."

Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes.

She sat back down on the chair, her hands folded on her lap, regaining that composed posture.

But Lin Qingmo noticed that her fingers were still trembling slightly.

"What are your position and purpose?"

"And what is the meaning of the existence of that mysterious Chat Group?"

Lin Qingmo pondered for a moment.

He had actually thought about this question many times.

What exactly is the Chat Group?

Who created it?

Why pull these people in?

He still hasn’t figured it out completely even now.

"Regarding the Chat Group, honestly, I am not sure either."

"Its operating mechanism, the reason for its appearance, whether there is someone controlling it from behind—I am still exploring all of these."

"Even I have only recently been able to further understand the true identities of the members in the group."

"You have also seen that this group has no mandatory goals, no System tasks, no point exchanges, nothing at all."

"It is just a normal chat platform."

"It just happened to pull a group of people with special identities together."

Qian Renxue nodded thoughtfully.

No wonder Lin Qingmo previously set a rule not to reveal others’ identities without authorization.

He wasn’t playing any power games at all.

He just wanted to keep this group in its most original function: a place where people could chat with each other.

"As for my position and purpose, it is actually very simple."

Lin Qingmo leaned back, hands pillowing the back of his head, his posture relaxed.

"I want to become the strongest, unfettered, and then live a shameless and happy life with the person I like."

Qian Renxue’s expression visibly froze for a moment.

Then her mouth twitched slightly, her eyes full of undisguised disdain.

"Just this?"

"Just this."

Qian Renxue was silent for a full three seconds.

Then she looked at him with an expression that said, "Why did I think you were some unfathomable expert just now?"

"My intelligence says that you are a person with deep schemes and ruthless methods; it seems my intelligence department needs to be replaced."

"Don’t say that; an attitude toward life and ruthless methods are not conflicting."

Lin Qingmo put his hands down, his expression becoming a bit more serious.

"However, there is one thing I can tell you clearly: there is a basis for cooperation between you and me."

"I am at odds with Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang."

"And you, right now, should be too."

Hearing the three words "Yu Xiaogang," Qian Renxue’s eyes suddenly turned cold.

That name was like a key, precisely unlocking a switch she had just suppressed.

What she thought of was not Yu Xiaogang himself, but the fact that Bibi Dong fell in love with Yu Xiaogang.

Qian Renxue’s murderous intent toward Yu Xiaogang was even greater than that toward Tang Hao.

Tang Hao was an enemy, but Yu Xiaogang was someone who must die!

"You are quite clear on how to persuade someone."

Qian Renxue raised her head, the disdain in her eyes had disappeared, replaced by cold scrutiny.

"We have a common enemy."

"Since that is the case, we can indeed become friends."

Lin Qingmo raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Does this mean you don’t intend to kill me?"

Qian Renxue ignored his pushing his luck.

She changed the subject and suddenly asked a question that Lin Qingmo had not expected at all.

"You want the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, don’t you?"

Lin Qingmo’s eyes lit up slightly.

The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the key to opening the Sea God’s Legacy.

In the original work, Tang San relied on it to gain the favor of the Sea God.

He did want it, very much.

Tang San could become the Sea God, relying first on High Priestess Bo Saixi’s Sacrifice, and second on the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Taking the latter away, even if Tang San had High Priestess Bo Saixi’s help, it would be very difficult for him to step onto the path of becoming a god.

However, what surprised him more was why Qian Renxue would suddenly mention this.

The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud should still be in the hands of the Heaven Dou Empire royal family.

And although Xue Qinghe, the Incarnation of Qian Renxue, was the Crown Prince, she had no reason to take such a thing out as a favor.

Unless...

"You said in the group before that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is a necessary item to obtain the Sea God’s Legacy."

"You also said that Tang San will become the Sea God in the future."

"Since Tang San is your mortal enemy, you naturally wouldn’t want him to obtain this Divine Artifact."

Qian Renxue’s tone was as calm as if she were reading a strategic analysis report.

"So, I intend to give it to you."

Lin Qingmo was slightly stunned.

That was the Sea God’s God Position.

Even if she didn’t need it herself, Spirit Hall could completely keep it for someone more suitable.

Or directly seal it away so no one could obtain it.

Just give it to him like this?

"You think things aren’t that simple?"

Qian Renxue snorted softly.

"It seems you are indeed not stupid."

"Spirit Hall has the Angel God’s Legacy; the Sea God’s God Position is dispensable to me."

"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud staying in Spirit Hall would at most just gather dust in the treasury; handing it to someone useful would be making the best use of it."

"But I have one condition."

She paused, her golden eyes looking straight into Lin Qingmo’s eyes.

"You must form an alliance with me."

"Not a perfunctory verbal promise, but a real covenant; when I need it, you must stand on my side."

Lin Qingmo was silent for a few breaths, his brain turning quickly.

The value of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could not be measured by anything; that was the key to becoming a god.

And the covenant Qian Renxue wanted.

She didn’t want a thug, not a subordinate, but a trustworthy ally.

Lin Qingmo suddenly realized that the blonde woman in front of him, after knowing all the truth, was in an extremely isolated situation.

Her grandfather had lied to her for over a decade, her mother had been wrongly hated by her for over a decade, and her father’s majestic image had shattered into pieces.

She had two Titled Douluo by her side, and the resources of the entire Spirit Hall.

But she didn’t have a single person she could trust.

And she chose to trust him.

"Deal." Lin Qingmo reached out a hand.

Qian Renxue looked down at his hand.

She didn’t take it.

She just stood up and looked down at him.

The tear stains were dry, and her golden long hair hung down to her shoulders.

Her posture was once again as straight as a pine, her eyes once again as sharp as a sword.

But before turning to walk to the door of the secret room, she paused.

She turned her head and said a sentence in a very soft voice.

"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is a national treasure and is still in the Heaven Dou Empire treasury."

"I need some time to get it out."

"When the time comes, I will hand it to you personally."

"Then I will wait."

Lin Qingmo also stood up and patted the non-existent dust on his clothes.

"However, there is one more thing I want to remind you."

"You let Porcupinefish and Snake Lance investigate Yu Xiaogang; after finding him, don’t rush to take action."

"I know."

Qian Renxue’s tone returned to her usual indifference.

"I am not in a rush. I have been lurking in the Heaven Dou Empire for ten years; the thing I lack least is patience."

"The debts that should be collected will be collected slowly, one by one."

She was silent for a moment, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

Then she raised her hand to gently tuck the hair by her ear, turned her head away, and the remaining flush at the root of her ear was particularly conspicuous against the backdrop of her golden hair.

"Also, less of that frivolous talk about ’living a shameless and happy life with the person I like’ in front of me in the future; it is simply being blinded by lust."

Lin Qingmo blinked, suppressing the urge to ask "Why can’t I mention it in front of you?"

"I will keep my promise regarding the covenant, but you had better not have any extra expectations."

"This is just a covenant, don’t think too much."

(End of Chapter)

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