Unexpected Visitor

In the morning sunlight, a girl dressed in black slowly opened her eyes in the village.

The dazzling crown atop her head, seemingly woven from stars, slowly faded away. She opened her eyes and said in surprise, "Under the Crown of Stars' enhancement, the cultivation speed of the Star Guidance Art can actually increase further."

However, this was excellent news for her. She had always been troubled by how slowly her Spiritual Power improved.

If improving Soul Power was like pouring a bottle of water into a vat every day, then cultivating Spiritual Power was like adding a single droplet.

It was far too difficult to cultivate. It was only because she possessed a method for tempering Spiritual Power; otherwise, she would not even begin honing it until after reaching the Seven Rings Spirit Saint stage.

Perhaps the reason cultivation became so slow after becoming a Spirit Saint was that one's Spiritual Power could not keep up with one's Soul Power Level, so every level required constant accumulation.

Not only an accumulation of Soul Power, but also an accumulation of Spiritual Power. She sighed.

She could not cultivate during the day. The sun was also a star, but its energy was too scorching and immense. She had merely drawn down a trace of the sun's "starlight."

That supremely sacred, searing aura had nearly caused the Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix to burst out of her body.

But it was not without benefits. Using the Crown of Stars to absorb that trace of the sun's supreme sacredness and supreme heat had strangely granted her a slight resistance to holy power.

Lin Li sat cross-legged and cultivated. By noon, a thoughtful look flashed through her eyes. She planned to search for medicinal herbs in the Star Dou Great Forest and prepare a medicinal bath.

She had discovered that her medicinal baths were becoming less and less effective. It was not that the formula was wrong, but that the herbs were not old enough.

Yet for every additional ten years of growth, an herb's value increased more than tenfold. The tremendous leap in value left her speechless.

She took a few bites of dried meat, then noticed several men and women dressed in Spirit Hall robes beside the gravestones.

At their head stood a Middle-aged Man with his hair hanging loose to his waist and sharp eyes. A token hung from his chest.

The token bore four symbols: a sword, a hammer, a crown, and a dragon.

The master of the Spirit Hall Main Hall. She said calmly, "Are you here to visit my father and mother as well?"

Her words carried a trace of coldness, but also certainty.

The man looked at Lin Li. A hint of surprise appeared in his sharp eyes as he said, "You are Deacon Lin and Madam Bailan's daughter, aren't you?"

Lin Li nodded, but her eyes were filled with hatred and coldness. Spirit Hall's Pope and elders had gone to kill a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

They had killed them! They had killed her Parents and destroyed her home!

The man placed a bouquet of white chrysanthemums before the gravestones and said, "Brother Lin, rest in peace!"

The man looked at Lin Li, and when he sensed her level, his pupils shrank. A Soul Grandmaster not yet ten years old!

He could not help saying in amazement, "Brother Lin's daughter is just as exceptionally talented as he was."

Hearing that, Lin Li's eyes stung. Lin Yan had only been thirty-two! His Soul Power had already reached level forty-five. If not for this accident, his future would have been far greater than this.

He could have become at least a Soul Emperor!

Yet Lin Li tugged at the corner of her mouth and said, "Your Excellency Bishop, you flatter me. I am not as extraordinarily gifted as you say."

The man sighed softly. "Little one, your Soul Power Level is enough to prove your talent."

He took out a gold card and a token engraved with the symbols of a sword, a hammer, and a crown from his thumb ring, then said gently, "This is compensation from Spirit Hall for the children of Soul Masters who have contributed to Spirit Hall."

The man reached out to pat her head, but Lin Li avoided him. He did not mind. After handing her the items, he said calmly, "I have taken over as bishop of the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Suotuo City of the Balak Kingdom. If you need anything in the future, you can come find me. After all, I can be considered your father's brother."

With that, he waved his hand and left with several attendants in Spirit Hall robes.

Lin Li looked at the items in her hands and pursed her lips. She stared at the symbols on the Spirit Hall token and the receding figures of those people.

Her voice was calm and somewhat distant. What a pity. I have a grudge against Spirit Hall too. I do not care about a father's debts being repaid by his son, but Ju Gui and the others must die!

However, when she looked at the crown on the token, her pupils suddenly contracted. "System, what exactly does that crown on this token signify?!"

Why did it resemble her Spirit so much?!

The system immediately replied, "The third-tier emblem on Spirit Hall tokens represents the Star Luo Empire—the inherited Spirit of the Xu Clan, the Crown of Stars!"

Lin Li trembled as she asked, "Then what is the connection between my Crown of Stars and the Crown of Stars?"

She thought of a possibility. People from the Star Luo Empire were more slender than those from the Heaven Dou Empire, even the women! Lin Yan had possessed a sturdy build; though not exceptionally tall, he was certainly tall. Bailan had been slender...

The system immediately replied, "The Crown of Stars is an evolved form of the Crown of Stars."

Suppressing the trembling in her body, Lin Li said word by word, "Other than the Xu Clan of the Star Luo Empire, does any other clan possess this Spirit?"

The system replied, "No! Only the Xu Clan can awaken the Star Crown Spirit, just as only Tang Clan descendants can possess the Clear Sky Hammer."

Lin Li closed her eyes and could not help touching Bailan and Lin Yan's gravestones. Bailan's Spirit had been a Shadow Bird, while her father's Spirit had been a crown shining with starlight.

She had never given the Star Crown Spirit any thought, nor had she ever realized that the Star Crown was an inherited family Spirit!

She said calmly, "With the Star Crown Spirit, the plans ahead will be easier to carry out."

Although she did not know what conflict her father had with the Xu Clan of the Star Luo Empire, as long as she released the Crown of Stars, she would be assumed to be a member of the Xu Clan.

However, the Spirit Rings she attached to the Crown of Stars would only be above fifty thousand years. She had experienced the difference between Spirit Rings. If a hundred years was a droplet of water, then a thousand years was a puddle!

The difference between ten-thousand-year and even Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings could not possibly be merely the difference of one Spirit Skill. They would be the stepping stone that determined whether she could challenge the God-tier!

Qian Renxue had become the God of Angels not because her talent was so extraordinary, but because the God of Angels had chosen her and wanted her to become the God of Angels.

As for Bibi Dong, the most charismatic villain in Douluo Continent, her talent was beyond doubt, and her resilience far surpassed that of her daughter, Qian Renxue.

If the trials of the God of Angels and the Sea God were difficult, then the Rakshasa God's trial could only be described as hellish.

Otherwise, Bibi Dong would not have been able to kill the Sea God, also a First-level God, with a single slash of her scythe just after becoming the Rakshasa God, even though he held a Super Divine Artifact.

To Lin Li, which divine position she inherited was not important, but its rank had to be at least First-level. Such a condition also meant that her talent was enough to astonish the world.

Lin Li burned the chrysanthemums before the gravestones into ashes and said calmly, "I really hate flowers like chrysanthemums. I think you do too, Dad and Mom!"

She silently took out several seeds from her Storage Ring and planted them around the gravestones. "Dad, Mom, these are flowers I like—camellias! They are much prettier than chrysanthemums!" Her tone carried a trace of girlish sweetness and coquettishness.

There were no camellias in this world. She had obtained the camellia seeds when she sparred with Ling Xuan.

Lin Yan and Bailan both liked brightly colored flowers. She disliked those plain white chrysanthemums, which also shared the same origin as that person's Spirit.

The vibrant red camellias were far more beautiful.