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"This information is enough. Qingque, you did a great job. You are indeed my wife's helper. I remember that in Luofu, this is called a maidservant, right?"

Qiong put his arm around Qingque's shoulder, pulled her close, and rubbed her head affectionately, saying that he really liked this girl.

"Are you a devil? This kind of thing isn't popular on Immortal Ship anymore..."

Qingque said helplessly that although she was willing to be Fu Xuan's maid, it was still too embarrassing to say. Just as she was complaining, Qiong pinched her chin, lifted her face, and kissed her on the lips, giving her an adult kiss.

"Thank you, Sparrow."

After kissing her, Qiong left without looking back. Qingque stared blankly as she touched the wetness at the corner of her mouth. The first kiss had indeed given her a great shock. However, after thinking for a moment, she took the initiative to work overtime to calculate Qiong's fortune. She was so smart that she could tell that Qiong was going to find Hu Lei. She could only hope that she could calculate a very auspicious result.

After arriving in Changletian, Qiong did not act rashly on his own. Instead, he called his super-powerful wife, Liuying. He didn't know exactly how strong Hulei was, but he was definitely not at his peak. Even if a guy who hadn't eaten for seven hundred years gorged himself, his body couldn't recover immediately. With Liuying there, he was more than capable. As for why he didn't call Huangquan, he was afraid that Huangquan would turn Hulei into an idiot, and the pack would start to riot after being leaderless.

"A-Qiong, I'm here."

Liu Ying, dressed beautifully, met up with Qiong. No matter how pretty she was dressed, she could instantly switch to battle mode, since she was wearing SAM armor and it wouldn't damage her pretty clothes.

“Let’s go find the wolf pack,” Qiong said, pulling Liuying’s hand.

"That's true, but Changletian is so big, how are you going to find them?"

Liu Ying asked doubtfully, "Even the general and the patrolling Cloud Cavalry can't do this. It's too difficult for just the two of them."

"Haha, you didn't know, did you? When I was undercover, I bought up all those unwanted, remote courtyards in Changletian."

Qiong said with a smug smile. Liu Ying looked at him in surprise, not knowing whether to criticize his wealth or his peculiar hobbies. What use were these remote places anyway?

"What's the use of wanting to know? Actually, there's not much use. Those places are all the hiding places of the Medicine King's secret disciples. Think about who the Medicine King's secret disciples are. They hid for so many years and were never discovered. The hiding places they chose were all carefully selected good places. I was thinking that it would be a waste to use such good places only once. I bought them and left them here. Maybe we'll need them someday. Just like a mousetrap."

Qiong talked to Liuying, whose eyes were shining as she listened. She found her husband to be really handsome, smart and resourceful, and he had actually caught a few big rats.

Meanwhile, in a courtyard in Changletian, Jiaoqiu was treating the injuries of Buliren, who resembled a fox. Although he was quick and efficient, he was very uneasy. He was the only one who knew the secret that Buliren could turn into a fox by taking medicine. If the focus of the search was on wolves instead of foxes, it would probably take a long time for them to realize what was happening.

Hu Lei's appearance has changed from a giant wolf to a two-meter-tall fox-man. He is dissatisfied with his current appearance, but he has no choice but to compromise with reality.

"The days when Bu Liren was invincible are long gone. Before giving you hope of returning home, did they tell you these tragic facts, Lord Hu Lei? Now they have been crushed into a pile of sand by Yao Qing's Heavenly Strike General and a fox-man, hiding in a corner of the Milky Way, trembling with fear. Like a drowning, wounded beast, desperately reaching out to grasp any straw of hope, which is you."

Jiaoqiu was chatting with Hulei at this moment. Although he had been captured, he was still quick-witted and showed no fear of the giant wolf in front of him, and challenged it.

Upon hearing this, Hu Lei looked at his subordinate, Mo Du, who was the cunning and treacherous leader of the wolf pack. Every detail of the rescue was considered by this man, and he had now become Hu Lei's most capable person.

“What he said is true. In our most desperate moment, it was the prophet Mangus of the Lord of the Eternal who guided us. With her guidance, we gradually saw hope.”

The fox-like creature, Modu, began explaining to Hulei what a python was. After hearing this, the giant wolf's expression remained unchanged. It showed no gratitude or happiness at being saved because of her, and Jiaoqiu couldn't read its thoughts either.

“Once news of the Prison of Darkness spreads, the Cloud Cavalry will blockade all ports. You think you have escaped from prison, but you are only trapped in the cage of Luofu.”

Jiaoqiu and Modu each held their own opinions, as if they had become Hulei's advisors, persuading him to go in two directions: one was to run away and go home, and the other was to surrender obediently. In Hulei's view, both of these were dead ends.

"somebody is coming."

Hu Lei suddenly frowned, grabbed Jiao Qiu's head with his large hand and flung him away. Jiao Qiu smashed open a door and disappeared from everyone's sight. Immediately, Bu Liren came over and closed the door. Just then, the courtyard gate was kicked open.

Hu Lei's murderous gaze swept across the doorway, only to find two ordinary people entering. The man was dressed in a high-quality suit, wearing sunglasses, and his fingers seemed to be stuffed with gold rings. The woman was dressed youthfully and beautifully, with slender arms and legs, looking so harmless. The scene before him suddenly became eerie, clearly a young couple who had stumbled into a den of thieves.

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Chapter 316 focuses on information asymmetry.

"Who are you!"

Mo Du was seething with anger. He was already furious when he debated with Jiao Qiu about Mang Gu Si, because in his eyes, fox people were lowly slaves. He was already furious when a slave pointed his finger at him and argued with him. Now, two ignorant ordinary people had come. Although Hu Lei had ordered them not to kill anyone, it was different for them to come to him.

"You're asking me? You son of a bitch, you peasant, you secretly used my house and yard, and now you're asking me who I am?"

Qiong arrogantly cursed at Modu, who was stunned by the insults. The insults contained some information that he couldn't quite grasp at first.

"Your house?" Mo Yinling asked, puzzled.

"Otherwise what? Did you dog-like fox people pay to live in this house?"

Qiong continued his cursing, his gaze sweeping over the fox-like Bu Li people. He also glanced at Hu Lei, the alpha wolf, who immediately flew into a rage and looked at Mo Du.

"They didn't give it to me."

Under Hu Lei's oppressive aura, Mo Du could only give a dry reply. It was already quite remarkable that he had found a place to hide in Chang Le Tian. How could he possibly go to the owner of the house and ask for money? That would not be in line with the habits of Bu Li Ren, who had been robbing people all his life.

"Now you know who the owner of the house is."

Qiong's words ignited the anger in Modu's heart. He revealed a ferocious smile and walked step by step towards Qiong. He no longer cared about being verbally humiliated, because he was about to hear Qiong's screams to make him happy.

"I understand, but you two will soon be reduced to bone dust and buried in this yard. I will chew your bones to pieces!"

With a roar, Mo Du was about to bite Qiong's neck when a light, floating fist quickly approached. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see that the fist had fair, firm, and elastic skin, without any sense of strength. But when this fist hit Mo Du's face, he felt as if his wolf grandmother was beckoning to him.

“Hurrah!”

The man made an incomprehensible sound, then spun around like a windmill before crashing into the courtyard wall, creating a human-shaped dent. He then fell asleep peacefully inside.

"So you brainless peasants, if I dare to come here to collect rent, do you think I don't have thugs around? You stinking outsiders are as stupid as pigs."

Qiong didn't move an inch, nor did his expression change. He continued to insult the Buli people with the most infuriating tone and words. The other Buli people were sharpening their claws in hatred, but Hu Lei remained calm.

"what do you want?"

Hu Lei glanced at Liu Ying, who was wiping her hands with a handkerchief, and felt uneasy. If he were to fight this delicate woman with all his might, he would probably have a hard time winning. His wolfish sixth sense told him not to provoke this woman, and he couldn't make that choice either, because if he fought here, the Cloud Cavalry could arrive in a few minutes. If the other party was alright, he would be in trouble.

"Of course it's about money. Don't think I don't know. You peasants are just waiting for the Immortal Ship to become popular so you can sneak in and settle down here. Once you become an Immortal Ship citizen, even doing hard labor is better than wandering outside."

Qiong spread her hands and spoke directly to Hu Lei, assuming they were outsiders who had illegally crossed the border. Although Hu Lei couldn't read minds, he could sense the emotions in others. At this moment, he sensed stupidity, arrogance, and disdain for others in Qiong.

"Just for this?"

"Guess why I bought these unwanted houses? It's all to lure you fools into my trap. Now pay my rent, or I'll beat you up first, then report to the Cloud Cavalry and have you all arrested. If I'm not mistaken, none of you have any identification on you."

Qiong is just like a local bully in Xianzhou. The key is that what he said is true. How could a prisoner like Hu Lei have an ID card? In this situation, it is bound to be caught easily.

"Name your price and give it to him."

Although Hu Lei wished he could bite Qiong to death, he was unwilling to cause trouble at this time. So he looked at his subordinates and waited for Qiong to give an outrageous number before paying with credits. It is worth mentioning that the funds for the operation were provided by Mangusi, which was Huanlong's money.

"Well, this guy is quite sensible. I see you're a big, strong guy. You'll definitely be able to support yourself as a porter at the docks."

After receiving the money, Qiong immediately changed his tune. He could turn on Qiong faster than flipping through a book. He even called out to his older brother. Hu Lei didn't want to say anything more to him and waved his hand to send Qiong away.

"Let me warn you, if you've smuggled yourself in, behave yourself. Don't associate with people you shouldn't. Getting yourself into trouble is a small matter, but dying in my yard is a big deal. I don't want to be collecting your corpses."

After receiving the money, Qiong acted as if she had no regrets at all, and even reminded Hu Lei as she turned to leave.

"what do you mean?"

Hu Lei chimed in, having just been released from prison and having limited access to intelligence, he figured it wouldn't be a loss to extract some information from someone as talkative and clueless as Qiong.

“I have a woman working in the Tianbo Bureau. You know the Tianbo Bureau, right? It’s an administrative agency that you peasants can never get into in your entire lives. So my information network is particularly good. Recently, a group of prisoners escaped and are now hiding in various corners of the Immortal Ship. I came here to try my luck, and I didn’t expect to actually catch you rats.”

Qiong generously shared this information with Hu Lei, who himself was the most ruthless escapee and of course knew about it. However, what he wanted to know was the attitude of the Immortal Ship towards his escape.

"It's a pity you're foxes instead of wolves; if you were wolves, you'd be worth a lot of money," Qiong added.

"So you're saying all the escaped prisoners were wolves?"

Hu Lei gleaned some information from Qiong's words. According to Mo Du's account, the miraculous medicine that allowed Bu Liren to disguise himself as a fox was a secret known only to Bu Liren. Those who had seen Mo Du in the Youqiu Prison had all been silenced. They had all escaped from the Youqiu Prison in Bu Liren's appearance before, so there should have been an information gap between them.

However, neither Hu Lei nor Mo Du knew that with the advancement of technology on the Immortal Ship, someone had already been able to transfer their soul into the body of the mechanical bird, thereby overhearing their secrets. Now, they were being taken advantage of by an information gap.

"Aren't they just those Bu Li people? In my eyes, foxes and wolves are no different; they're all just here on the Immortal Ship to freeload. Only that alpha wolf, Hu Lei, is somewhat interesting. Just thinking about him makes me laugh, pfft..."

Qiong said nonchalantly, and it was reasonable for someone like him from the Immortal Ship to say such things. However, the way he couldn't help but laugh towards the end made Hu Lei frown.

"What's so funny, just because he's a prisoner of the Immortal Ship?"

Hu Lei was furious and was about to lose his temper. It was really bold of him to laugh at him in front of his own face, but he wanted to know the reason why.

Chapter 317 Jingliu is my wife

"No, because he was captured by my wife."

Qiong spoke honestly, and Hu Lei was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. He stared intently at Qiong. Hu Lei knew all too well who had captured him. That woman was now the most violent part of Hu Lei's memory, and just hearing her name would make him furious.

"Your wife? You mean that woman... That's impossible, isn't that woman crazy?"

Hu Lei walked up to Qiong, his tall figure blocking out the surrounding light. He stared down at Qiong and asked, "What is the first thing Hu Lei did after escaping from prison? The first thing he did was to find out where his lifelong enemy was. But the news he received surprised him. Jing Liu had gone mad after getting the Demon Yin Body. His former enemy had ended up in such a ridiculous state, which left Hu Lei silent for a long time."

But now Hu Lei has heard news about Jing Liu, news that his men couldn't find out even if they racked their brains. Jing Liu is actually married! This guy who looks like a nouveau riche is actually that woman's husband. Hu Lei is so skeptical of this nonsense. What kind of taste does Jing Liu have to be to like a man like that?

"Can't I like crazy women? My wife attacks me with a sword every day, it's fun, is that wrong?"

Qiong looked at Hu Lei with great displeasure, as if he had been offended. His words were also inhuman. Liu Ying looked at him helplessly, wondering if she should cut him a couple of times.

"I don't believe it. You're just a petty person who loves to talk. That woman may be crazy, but she's also a strong person. How could she be with someone like you?"

Hu Lei felt disgusted. No matter how much he hated Jing Liu, Jing Liu was still a powerful figure who had defeated him honorably. But this powerful figure was belittling himself like this, making Hu Lei feel like he had become a laughing stock.

"You peasant, you still don't believe me? Come on, open your fox eyes and see clearly what this is."

Qiong is also a person who doesn't give up easily. When he heard Hu Lei say that, he took out his treasured Jingliu eye mask. He usually doesn't even want to smell it, for fear that the scent on it will dissipate. Even now, it still emits a cool and refreshing fragrance, which is the scent of Jingliu.

"You see this? This is my wife's personal item. If I weren't her closest person, would she have left this to me?"

Qiong said triumphantly, while Hu Lei stared at the blindfold in Qiong's hand with bloodshot eyes. Even after being imprisoned for seven hundred years, Hu Lei would never forget the scent on Jing Liu's body. The scent on the blindfold awakened his most furious memories. He was once a king who roamed the hunting grounds. He was so invincible and so proud. But that woman seemed to appear out of nowhere. She rushed over with a sword and shattered everything Hu Lei had, and imprisoned him in the Netherworld Prison, where he suffered endless torture.

It can be said that Hu Lei's current state, being humiliated by a nouveau riche without daring to retaliate, is all due to Jing Liu's woman. What angers him the most is that he was defeated and humiliated by Jing Liu, and then, seven hundred years later, he was humiliated again by her man. Even if Hu Lei chews up the word "forbearance" and swallows it, he simply cannot bear it any longer.

"Mirror...flow, ughhh, Mirror Flow!"

Hu Lei let out the wildest roar of his life. His skin cracked inch by inch, and his fox-human appearance could no longer be hidden. In front of Qiong, he transformed into a giant wolf more than five meters tall. His ferocious and terrifying expression was enough to scare an adult to death.

"Why are you shouting so loudly?"

Qiong hadn't expected that simply taking out a personal item from the Mirror Stream would enrage Hu Lei to this extent. Hu Lei's fury was not part of his plan, but fortunately, Qiong always had a backup plan. It was a good thing that Hu Lei couldn't help but take action against him.

Hu Lei was now completely enraged. He had only one thought: to tear the person in front of him to pieces and make Jing Liu feel pain. Even if he couldn't find Jing Liu to take revenge, tearing apart the man she loved would be a form of retribution. Moreover, Hu Lei had no intention of returning to the Bu Li human race. He would only die in battle like a warrior and would never run away with his tail between his legs.

A pair of silver-white mecha arms blocked Qiong's path, clashing with Hu Lei's massive wolf claws in a stalemate. Hu Lei glanced at his enemy in surprise; there was no smell of flesh and blood on him, only the odor of machine oil mixed with a powerful power source. He quickly realized that the enemy before him was a war machine, and definitely not one that Luo Fu should have.

"Stay away from my Aqiong!"

Liu Yingjiao shouted, her voice modified into a deep male voice by the Sam Armor. Hu Lei couldn't gain the upper hand in this struggle; on the contrary, he was forced to bend his legs.

"Ouch!"

The people of Bu Li revealed their true forms and pounced on the Sam mech like hungry wolves, tearing at the hard armor with their sharp teeth and claws. Unfortunately, they had never faced such a weapon of war before, nor did they know that the claws of the Zerg were actually much sharper than their own. The Sam mech was not even afraid of the Zerg's claws, so how could they break through its defenses?

The sky suddenly darkened, blocking out the light source. Hu Lei subconsciously looked up and saw that the huge Jingfeng ship had arrived above Chang Le Tian at some point. This was Qiong's second plan, to have the Jingfeng ship come to provide support. The rest was up to Liu Ying.

The thrusters on the back of the Sam mech fully deployed, spewing out scorching flames that made the Bu Li people scream in agony. The wolf's fur, already thick, emitted a foul stench when burned. With its power fully unleashed, the Sam mech propelled Hu Lei's massive body into the sky, arcing through the air before crashing into the deck of the Jingfeng ship.

The deck of the Jingfeng warship had long been transformed into a fighting arena for this martial arts ceremony. However, there was no spectator at the arena at this moment, and there was no one else on the ship except for the staff. It was the perfect battlefield.

Sam bent his body into a half-squatting position, and as Hulei pounced, he jumped up, flipped over and delivered a beautiful side kick to Hulei's head. Hulei then used the reaction force to soar into the air and fly high into the sky, as if a powerful melody was playing around him.

"I will set the sea on fire!"

The Sam mech roared, concentrating all its firepower on its right arm. Countless meteors rained down around it, falling in the blink of an eye before Hu Lei's eyes. Hu Lei felt his eyes were blinded by the flames, and when he came to his senses, his entire body was engulfed in a fiery inferno. His fur sizzled as it burned, and his skull, which was hit the most severely, was almost cracked open with a huge wound. This was not the Sam mech's full power; the Firefly had not yet entered its fully burning green form. Otherwise, it would have been an instant kill for Hu Lei. It was a pity that such a monster could be defeated, but not killed.

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Chapter 318 Ignite Ignite

Liu Ying recalled her opponent and realized that this was the first time she had faced the so-called Bu Li Ren. If the insects' greatest strength was reproduction, the Bu Li Ren's strength was self-healing. She had never seen any creature with such a fast self-healing ability. Even if she broke its bones and burned its flesh, Hu Lei could instantly recover and continue fighting. This was probably beyond the scope of living beings. Even the Undying Blade that Liu Ying knew could not recover so quickly.

Liu Ying is not afraid of a war of attrition. Thanks to the strength of her own genes, she can fight for more than a month. However, she feels that even if she fights Hu Lei for a month, the other party should still not die. After all, this monster in front of her has been fighting against various cruel formations since seven hundred years ago and has not died yet.

"Sigh, my brother-in-law really loves to cause trouble. I didn't expect him to find Hu Lei so quickly."

The sound of military boots hitting the ground came, along with Fei Xiao's slightly helpless voice. Liu Ying and Hu Lei stopped fighting at the same time and looked at General Tianji who came out of the passage. At this moment, Liu Ying felt a great sense of security. This is what it's like to fight on home ground. It feels so good to have strong teammates behind you.

"General Feixiao."

"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers of Grammer. Leave the rest to me. You go and protect Qiong."

Fei Xiao looked at the silver-white mecha. She had encountered it once before when she was drunk. The combat power around Qiong was ridiculous to Fei Xiao. There were combat powers of all levels, from top to bottom. Liu Ying alone could easily suppress Hu Lei, and there was an even more terrifying one above her.

"Okay, be careful."

After Liu Ying finished speaking, she piloted the Sam mech into the air and instantly left the Jingfeng ship. Rather than wasting time with an unkillable monster, she would much rather be by Qiong's side. As for Fei Xiao, she didn't need to worry about him at all.

“General Tianji, although we have never met on the battlefield, I have heard many interesting stories about you from my subordinates and your physicians along the way.”

Hu Lei looked at Fei Xiao, but did not make a move immediately. Instead, he regained his composure and spoke in a steady voice. He had learned about the feud between the tribe and Yao Qing from Mo Du yesterday. It could be said that Bu Liren's current predicament was not only because he was defeated by Jing Liu, but also because no one was Fei Xiao's match. He was crushed wherever he went.

Feixiao is now very puzzled as to how Qiong managed to do it. Finding Hulei is already remarkable, but he actually managed to anger Hulei to this extent. It's hard to imagine what it takes to be Qiong's enemy.

"The people of the Immortal Boat are really bold, actually allowing a fox-person war slave with the blood of Bu Li to climb to the general's throne."

Seeing that Feixiao ignored him, Hu Lei continued talking about next time, subtly mocking the system of the Immortal Boat.

"Ha, all you can do is talk. I'd like to know what made you jump out like this without even bothering to plan? Are you angry?"