The village chief glanced at the pouch in his trembling palm and then glanced at Xiao Yi and Xiao Mi; after a while, he nodded and pointed at the edge of the cliff deep inside the village.
"That cliff belongs to me; now that is yours. We will build a house for you both at the base of the cliff. Also, the river is flowing nearby from that place just below the cliff on the other side; you can catch the fish. Our village's survival depends on that river."
After introducing the cliff and houses and also the village occupation, Xiao Yi nodded, and then the village chief offered them to stay in his house until their house is ready.
Xiao Yi nodded and stayed in the village chief's house; he also found out the village chief has a spirit master son; he is a soldier in the military of the Star Luo Empire.
While he has a granddaughter the same age as Xiao Mi and Xiao Yi, that's why the village chief laughed happily when Xiao Mi called him grandpa, but his son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter don't live in the village; instead, they are settled in the blue wave city of the Star Luo Empire.
Inside the village chief's house room,
Xiao Mi glanced at Xiao Yi sitting on a separate bed in the corner of the room and asked hesitatingly,
"Brother, now tell me what happened in the forest while I was absorbing the soul ring. Have you seen the sister Ao and that guardian?
Hearing her words, Xiao Yi's expression became thoughtful, and then he nodded and said, "I will tell you, but before that, tell me about the two people who went with you to the Star Dou Forest."
Xiao Mi nodded and then replied thoughtfully, "Sister Ao is a guard captain with martial king strength. When I informed the third prince about my breakthrough, he let Sister Ao accompany me to the Star Dou Forest in order to obtain the third soul ring."
"You mean only that female guardian was ordered to go with you? What about the male guardian?" Xiao Yi asked, looking at her thoughtfully.
Xiao Mi nodded and replied, "Yes, at first it was just me and Sister Ao, but midway suddenly the brother guardian appeared, and Sister Ao knew his identity. He said he was given a task to survey the Star Dou Great Forest outer area and remove any potentially dangerous soul beast, and then he joined us on the way."
After speaking, she fell silent, looking at Xiao Yi curiously, waiting for his answer.
'It seems my assumption was wrong, that Qian Renxue didn't send the male guardian; instead, he was sent by someone else. Anyway, whoever it is, they laid a hand on my sister; their demise is inevitable.'
Xiao Yi thought to himself and then glanced at the curious gaze of Xiao Mi and replied calmly,
"That male guardian was sent by someone with ulterior motives and wanted to kill you; that female guardian was also killed by him by sneak attack. If I hadn't arrived on time, then I would have lost you."
Xiao Mi was startled, and her expression became confused and then feeling a little unbelievable, looking at Xiao Yi strangely and silently, as if saying, I am not a three-year-old child.
Xiao Yi glanced at her expression speechlessly and then raised his right hand, releasing his martial spirit.
Instantly a heavy soul pressure spread around, covering everything inside the room; thirty-six round black and white vines appeared and hung around Xiao Yi's palm.
One by one, soul rings appeared around his body: yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, and black.
"What! Brother, you are a spirit emperor."
Xiao Mi exclaimed in shock, and then her gaze froze, looking at the soul rings; she fell into a complete daze, standing like a statue.
'Now little girl, do you believe it? How awesome is your brother?'
Xiao Yi thought to himself amusingly, looking at her dazed expression, and nodded, satisfied by the result; he slowly retracted his martial spirit and soul rings.
"Brother, why is your cultivation so fast?" Xiao Mi came back to her senses and asked with a bright gaze looking at him,
Xiao Yi glanced at her, smiled, and then said, "Wait for a while; you will know everything soon."
Xiao Mi nodded and then didn't ask anymore, feeling it must be a special secret, but she was very happy in her heart that her brother is very strong.
While Xiao Yi and Xiao Mi settled in the river stream village,
On the other hand, inside the palace and main martial spirit hall of the Heaven Dou Empire,
Both Qian Renxue and Bishop Salas were startled after hearing the news about the disappearance of two guardians and a maid.
"Who is it? Is it someone from the royal palace? I hope that little maid is dead, although I may have made a mistake; she may not have listened to our conversation, but to be safe, I let that Jin kill her. Now that guy disappeared along with the maid."
Pope Salas, sitting in his office, murmured confusedly, and then stood up and appeared beside the window, looking in the outside direction.
On the other hand, inside the royal palace,
"Interesting, both brothers and sisters disappeared, along with two spirit king-level and spirit emperor-level guardians."
The third prince muttered intriguingly, sitting at the royal table and taking a sip of tea, and then he turned and glanced at the outside direction of the window and muttered,
"Uncle, she finds out all the information about Xiao Mi and her brother; I want all their details from birth."
"Yes," A light voice sounded, and then something moved and disappeared through the room.
…
Time passed a few weeks later.
Inside the river and stream village,
Xiao Yi and Xiao Mi glanced at the new wooden house in front of them; both of them nodded satisfied.