Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty!

Due to Qiu Tu's characteristics, it was almost impossible for one hand to grasp that soft bundle.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu wasn't embarrassed in the least.

He continued to pinch it while asking, "Do you know that you had a fever last night?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, the girl clearly looked puzzled.

She looked up at Qiu Tu and shook her head slightly.

Qiu Tu said, "It's probably because you didn't sleep properly in bed. Instead, you ran to squat at the doorstep of my study."

He gestured with his head toward the weather outside, "How cold is it now, with your physique, how could you not catch a cold and have a fever?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Fang Tangtang also remembered waiting in vain for Qiu Tu last night, only to fall asleep.

So she said in a soft voice, lowering her head, "I...I caused you trouble and made you worry."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu nodded, then continued, "I'm not worried. After all, it's not a serious illness."

"It's just a bit of a pity."

Fang Tangtang clearly didn't understand what Qiu Tu meant.

So, with a perplexed face, she looked up and asked weakly, "A pity? What's a pity?"

Qiu Tu gazed deeply into the girl's eyes, then lowered his head and nipped her crystal-clear earlobe, whispering at the trembling edge of her ear, "Because... I didn't try to see what you would be like with a fever of 38 degrees."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, the girl's face turned abruptly red, even redder than when she had her fever last night.

She stumbled over her words, "I...I..."

Seeing her reaction, a laugh flickered in the depths of Qiu Tu's eyes, and then he pulled her into his embrace and drew up the blanket...

Last night, when Qiu Tu came home, the girl was under the dim light of the dining room, arranging flowers.

At that time, Qiu had actually begun to have endless fantasies.

Now, he could also start arranging flowers like the girl...

Since Fang Tangtang had only just recovered, after 40 minutes, Qiu Tu let her go.

Allowing the girl to continue lying down to recuperate, Qiu Tu himself got up and took a bath in the bathroom.

While bathing, Qiu Tu didn't idle either. He opened and checked the Loyalty Game.

As expected, last night's Loyalty Game ended with Shen Lingshuang victorious.

However, unlike before, Shen Lingshuang didn't rely on Xiao Bai to defeat Larilo, but on her own.

This time, she had several throwing knives in her hand, glittering with lightning.

Even the pixelated screen display couldn't hide that those knives were no ordinary objects.

Not only did they leave Larilo covered in cuts, but they could even connect the lightning from several knives to form a Lightning Cage, trapping Larilo on the ground.

'Did Ling Shuang create another interesting Cataclysmic treasure?'

'It seems... quite powerful...'

While thinking this, Qiu Tu also checked last night's Loyalty Game rewards.

[Larilo Loyalty +3, now 24]

[Memory Fragment (Small)]

It must be said, Larilo's Loyalty Game really has a stable drop rate.

No matter how she was defeated, as long as one is victorious, it consistently increased by three points of Loyalty and dropped a Memory Fragment.

Qiu Tu felt that even if the Memory Fragments didn't give him enough clues, just by gradually increasing Larilo's Loyalty, he would soon be able to figure out the Central Hub of the region.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu didn't delay.

After washing and drying himself, he promptly clicked on the "Memory Fragment (Small)."

The surrounding scene changed, warping. The next second, Qiu Tu was in a familiar setting...

Giant trees rose to the sky, forming a circle, their branches and leaves intertwined, layer upon layer, enveloping an area of nearly several hundred square meters.

Only the patch of sky above, like a well's mouth, was left uncovered!

Qiu Tu was stunned for a moment, then his heart filled with jubilation!

'Temple?!'

'This is Larilo's Temple!'

'I've found the second straight line!'

With this thought, Qiu Tu didn't even care what Larilo was doing but immediately sensed the location of the Central Hub!

Northeast!

It was a very clear sensation, clear enough to allow Qiu Tu to draw two straight lines and find the location of the Central Hub!

Just as Qiu Tu was pondering this, the memory slowly came to an end, and when he came back to his senses, he found himself back in the real world.

Donning a bathrobe, Qiu Tu left the bathroom and headed straight for the study.

Once in the study, he took out the "Ghostly Map"!

The Xinjie Territory was vast, almost six or seven times the size of Xinjie City.

Hence, although Qiu Tu had spent eight hours charting it on the back of the Cuiying Dragon yesterday, only a small part of the "Ghostly Map" had been completed.

But! For Qiu Tu, this was already enough!

Because, the area he had charted just so happened to include the stream where he bathed and the Lariluo Temple!

Therefore, Qiu Tu excitedly took out a pen and drew two straight lines on the map following the directions he had sensed from those two points!

The lines intersected in an "unlit" part of the map, obscured only by the misty fog visible on the map.

Qiu Tu lightly touched the area with his hand.

'It seems... this is the location of the Central Hub!'

With that thought, Qiu Tu put away the Ghostly Map, then prepared to head directly to that region atop the Cuiying Dragon when he returned tonight!

After planning for tonight, Qiu Tu rose from his seat, left the study, and went to check on Fang Tangtang.

Upon seeing that Fang Tangtang had indeed recovered from the fever and was soundly asleep, Qiu Tu left the villa with peace of mind...