You Chen's Relentless Critical Blows Against Qian Renxue, Qian Renxue's Resentment

One minute he was saying something like, "You go your way, I'll go mine," and the next he was putting on airs like a master.

However... You Chen was really quite angry and couldn't control his urge to vent his emotions on Qian Renxue.

In retrospect, forcing the seventh ring to last 100,000 years was not absolutely necessary for a prodigy like Qian Renxue, who was born bound to the divine test and Martial Soul Origin had reached its limit from the very beginning.

But this symbolizes the perfection, the ultimate, and the ultimate that You Chen pursues.

At age 11, he obtained the fourth ring and broke through to level 45 after 20,000 years; at age 13, he obtained the fifth ring and broke through to level 55 after 50,000 years; at age 15, he obtained the sixth ring and broke through to level 63 after 80,000 years; and at age 18, he obtained the seventh ring and broke through to level 75 after 100,000 years!

This was You Chen's initial expectation of Qian Renxue!

At 18 years old and level 75, he has a real chance of breaking through to the Titled Douluo before the age of 25!

If Qian Daoliu were to be more sensible and begin the Divine Trial immediately after Qian Renxue becomes a Soul Saint, this timeframe could be significantly shortened!

According to the original novel, Qian Renxue completed the divine examination and inherited the position of First-Level God in just five years, having advanced three times from the Soul Sage!

Qian Renxue has every chance of becoming a god at the age of 25, just like Tang San in the original novel!

Qian Renxue is exactly 25 years old this year, which means that, normally speaking, according to You Chen's planned route, Qian Renxue should have already become a god by now! (PS: Qian Renxue's age differs slightly from the original work; please consider this a butterfly effect.)

The Soul Master Grand Competition hasn't even started yet, and an unrestricted final boss has already grown up. What's the point of Tang San even playing?

And what was the result? A perfectly good start was inexplicably and completely destroyed.

One can imagine the mental breakdown You Chen experienced at that time.

He once thought he no longer cared, but after meeting Qian Renxue again, he realized that he had never truly let go.

It wasn't just because Qian Renxue unintentionally ruined his plan against Bibi Dong, but also because the disciple in front of him was a spiritual projection of his past self who lacked talent, the self in his heart who had embarked on the path to perfection, and the perfect work he had poured all his heart and soul into creating during that period.

However, this perfect work was destroyed by its own creation.

In 2013, I reached level 28. Considering that the leveling speed of Soul Master decreases as they progress, an average increase of more than two levels per year is not considered slow.

The problem is... according to You Chen's plan, Qian Renxue's age for each soul ring far exceeds that of ordinary Soul Master, and the cultivation level that can be improved by absorbing Soul Ring is incomparable to others.

In the old days, Soul Master with five, six, or seven rings would only have about three extra levels of Soul Power. In the new era, Soul Master are much stronger and can have six to seven extra levels of Soul Power.

And what about Qian Renxue? She has at least an additional 10 levels of Soul Power boost!

Even if we take this minimum estimate, it would be 13 years to reach level 18, which is less than 1.4 levels of Soul Power per year on average... Who the hell can we complain to about this?

Of course, even so, it's still much faster than Qian Renxue's cultivation in the original novel. In the original novel, she was either 29 or early 30 when she reached level 75.

They're older, and their Soul Power Level is even lower! This makes the difference even greater.

Qian Renxue lowered her head, speechless after being lectured by You Chen.

To achieve the optimal limits required by You Chen when adding each Soul Ring, extremely high requirements are placed on the degree of Soul Power condensation, physical tempering, and mental refinement.

Busy with official duties and neglecting physical exercise, Qian Renxue could not possibly reach the extreme targets that You Chen initially set.

He had only been away from the Spirit Hall for a short time when he obtained the fifth spirit ring, and his various qualities had not declined, so he successfully obtained a 50,000-year Soul Ring.

The sixth ring is much weaker, only adding 60,000 millennia of soul power. Considering her average cultivation speed of 1.4 levels per year, it means she needs to cultivate her Soul Power for another year.

If you're slow at one step, you'll be slow at every step.

The sixth ring's enhancement is so much weaker, so I need to spend more time training to make up for it.

When Qian Renxue reached level 70 through normal cultivation, the calculated optimal lifespan of her Soul Ring was approximately 75,000 years.

The higher the Soul Power Level, the greater the difference in the speed of Soul Power refinement.

Qian Renxue didn't have the patience to spend another five or six years cultivating at the bottleneck of level 70. With that time, she could have broken through to the Soul Douluo five years earlier.

Because of occasional sparring and battle rehabilitation with Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, Qian Renxue felt that her strength had far exceeded that of the Soul Master in this world, and there was no need to deliberately pursue the limit.

Anyway, even if she absorbs a seventh ring that has been around for tens of thousands of years, no one at the same level can beat her. And if she cultivates step by step, she can become Titled Douluo. Why bother with such a small detail?

Therefore, Qian Renxue directly chose to break through.

Now, this once insignificant detail has become a boomerang that has hit her on the head.

She discovered that she couldn't even beat her teacher, who originally had extremely poor cultivation talent, and was completely crushed and beaten by her peers.

The teacher has proven with facts that your teacher is still your teacher.

Seeing Qian Renxue's distressed, pained, self-reproachful, and regretful appearance, You Chen finally calmed down.

The emotional release can end here.

What remains, naturally, is... precise calculation.

"However, it doesn't matter."

You Chen suddenly smiled.

He reached out and beckoned You Xing, who had been watching the show for quite some time, to his side.

You Chen patted You Xing on the shoulder and gave Qian Renxue a bright, fatherly smile, "Because I have found someone to replace you and truly carry forward my ideals! Xiao Xue, just keep striving towards your goal! Your junior brother and I will also work hard towards our goal!"

You Xing stepped forward at the opportune moment and bowed slightly to Qian Renxue: "I'm sorry, Senior Sister. I was a bit harsh with my words earlier, please don't take it to heart."

Qian Renxue was startled. She then realized that You Xing had been standing there at some point, completely catching her embarrassing moment in front of the teacher.

Some expressions are okay to show to the teacher, but Qian Renxue cannot accept them being seen by others.

Even if this person is her nominal junior brother, or... her teacher's child.

She wanted to turn the tables and question the teacher in return, but the direct and hurtful questioning she had just received made her too ashamed to utter such nonsensical words. The "teacher's oppressive presence" still left her breathless.

"No, it's nothing... I didn't take it to heart."

Qian Renxue forced a smile.

She felt as if her heart had suddenly been riddled with holes.

Despite having a smile on her face, she couldn't suppress the growing hatred in her heart towards this "cute" junior brother who looked remarkably like her teacher, according to her own aesthetic standards.

'I've been replaced? I'm no longer needed by the teacher? I... I've been abandoned by the teacher?'

The Angel Martial Soul that had not yet possessed her body had its holy feathers subtly stained with a trace of black in a place unseen by Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue's Soul Power had a faint urge to go berserk, but she ultimately suppressed it.

Because she understood a principle very well...

'It wasn't that the teacher abandoned me, but rather... I abandoned the teacher. Therefore, I have no reason to be angry with the teacher or with this child.'

Reason, morality, and emotion clashed.

Qian Renxue could only silently clutch her lotus-like arms, using the pain to suppress her resentment and anger.

"Alright. Xue'er, I've granted your wish to 'have a good talk'..."

You Chen then adopted an air of magnanimity, saying in a deep voice, "Therefore, I hope that such things will not happen again in the future. You have an important mission to complete, right? You have dedicated your youth and sacrificed your talent to complete it. Then you should not have done something like stalking me."

Qian Renxue's pupils contracted. To protect her heart from further injury and shattering, she reflexively argued, "Teacher, you... you're the one who's entangled with that SkyNet organization, aren't you? Members of that dark and dangerous organization appeared in Heaven Dou Imperial City. Isn't it perfectly reasonable for me to come out and track them down? No, that's not right..."

Her eyes regained their sharp light, and she said sternly, "There was no Masked Killer at all, teacher... you are the Heaven-Grade Assassin from the SkyNet organization, the one who orchestrated that media storm a year ago, aren't you!?"

This conclusion is not difficult to reach.

From the very beginning, Qian Renxue had some doubts about the sudden appearance of the character "You Chen's father".

After personally experiencing You Chen's power, such doubts naturally disappeared without a doubt.

"Yes, so what?" You Chen admitted without hesitation.

Qian Renxue was shocked and confused by this, and even more unable to accept it. She blurted out, "Teacher, have you really betrayed the Spirit Hall?! Why would you do something that damages the reputation of the Spirit Hall?!"

You Chen stared at Qian Renxue with a look of disappointment and asked in return, "After so many years of being immersed in the political circles of the Tiandou Empire, don't you realize that what I'm doing is actually beneficial to you in every way? Otherwise, why do you think your grandfather never intervened from beginning to end, except for the time when Bibi Dong went berserk? Qian Renxue!"

You Chen deliberately emphasized Qian Renxue's name, and said in a deep voice, "Are you truly ignorant, or are you pretending? If you were truly enlightened to embark on this thorny path, as your teacher, although I don't approve, I can only offer my blessings. But you've clearly given up so much, yet you're still so naive and childish, doing things that make no sense. Someone like you... whether it's cultivation or usurping a kingdom, aren't you just a complete novice in both?"

Faced with this soul-searching question, Qian Renxue was unable to refute it. Like a painting that had lost its color, she stood there in a daze for a long time before she came back to her senses.

But by the time she came to her senses, You Chen had already flown away with You Xing to who-knows-where.

"A half-baked amateur? Me? I'm just a half-baked amateur?"

Qian Renxue's face contorted, and she let out a beast-like roar as if her emotions were about to break down, "Does this mean that the past twenty-odd years of my life have been nothing but a complete joke?!"

Fortunately, words alone were not enough to defeat Qian Renxue.

This, on the contrary, strengthened Qian Renxue's resolve.

Or rather... it forced her to continue with an even stronger stance.

She raised her head and said firmly to herself, "Teacher, I will prove it to you. I will prove to you that I am not a mediocre person, and that my path... is absolutely correct!"

Qian Renxue finally remembered her two loyal subordinates and quickly flew along the previous route to search for them.

Soon, she discovered the Snake Lance Douluo and the Porcupinefish Douluo.

To Qian Renxue's relief, both of them, just as You Chen had said, were seriously injured but not in mortal danger.

Under the healing power of her Angel Domain and her third Soul Skill, Holy Light Healing, she quickly regained her senses.

"Young Master... are you alright?"

"Very good!"

Both Titled Douluo expressed their joy.

Qian Renxue looked at the two of them with a guilty expression. "I'm sorry, Ci Xue She Long, it's all because of my willfulness that you ended up like this."

Snake Lance Douluo shook his head firmly, his eyes wide with anger, and said, "It's our fault for not protecting him properly! How dare You Chen treat the Young Master so rudely! Next time, next time Old Thorn and I will definitely fight back and make that You Chen pay!"

"Then we won't need to."

Qian Renxue smiled gently and explained, "It was right for the teacher to discipline me. While you were unconscious, I had a good talk with the teacher. He didn't actually do anything to me. The reason he was so harsh on you was firstly to warn us about following them, and secondly because you revealed your murderous intent towards Junior Brother You Xing. So he punished you a little."

Snake Lance Douluo's eyes widened. "This... this is called a minor punishment?"

"Old She!"

The Porcupinefish Douluo shouted, stopping the Snake Lance Douluo from continuing. He acknowledged Qian Renxue's words, saying, "Just as the Young Master said, Master You Chen did indeed hold back against us. Otherwise, do you think Master You Chen would need to use such a troublesome move to defeat me? Look at how many Soul Skill Master You Chen used from beginning to end!"

"This..."

Snake Lance Douluo scratched his head, puzzled, and said, "It seems that's really the case?"

The Porcupinefish Douluo silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Hey, what business is it of us two subordinates to interfere in the affairs of that master and apprentice?

She usually views the Young Master with the eyes of an elder, but she doesn't really consider herself an elder. She doesn't think that if her granddaughter is beaten, she should beat her back.

I'm a little confused about my place.

The smooth, oily Porcupinefish Douluo thought to himself.

Seeing that the two had almost recovered, Qian Renxue said, "From now on, don't concern yourself with the SkyNet organization anymore. Let's focus all our attention on our original business. Also..."

Qian Renxue emphasized, saying seriously, "Don't report today's events, or the fact that the teacher possesses such strength, to my grandfather!"

"Well?"

The Snake Lance Douluo's gaze shifted. "What report? Young Master, we've always been your people."

Qian Renxue: "..."

Faced with Qian Renxue's death stare, the Porcupinefish Douluo coughed, forcefully slapped the Snake Lance Douluo's head, and replied, "Young Master, we understand."

"You damn old thorn, why did you hit me on the head? My old wound hasn't healed, and now I have a new one!"

"I hit you because you deserved it."