Are Monsters These Days Really This Absurd?

Upon learning that Qian Daoliu had returned.

Bibi Dong had no choice but to temporarily put aside her happy mother-and-children time.

There was no helping it!

Qian Daoliu was an opponent Bibi Dong could not ignore.

In the vast Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu was the only one Bibi Dong feared.

In the past, Qian Daoliu had made it clear that he would not interfere in Spirit Hall's political affairs.

That was why Bibi Dong had been so relaxed.

But now!

Qian Daoliu had returned and was once again interfering in Spirit Hall affairs.

Bibi Dong had no choice but to consider whether her reforms had drawn out this opponent.

It might even have been because of her children!

A theory capable of changing the entire martial soul world!

A secret that could rapidly make one stronger!

No matter which it was, Bibi Dong did not believe Qian Daoliu could resist the temptation.

If that was the case...

Bibi Dong even began considering whether she should take Lin Ning and Lin An and leave outright.

However...

Now was not the time. Bibi Dong could first speak with Qian Daoliu and explain that she had already accepted the two of them as her disciples.

After all, as long as they became members of Spirit Hall!

Qian Daoliu probably would not make a move.

Thinking of this, Bibi Dong did not dare delay. She merely looked toward Ghost Douluo.

"I'll go over there right away! You stay here and watch Lin Ning and Lin An. Both of them are my students!"

Ghost Douluo nodded, not particularly surprised.

After all...

News of these two adorable children had long spread throughout Spirit Hall's upper ranks.

With Lin Ning's terrifying, extraordinary talent, Ghost Douluo was naturally not surprised that Bibi Dong had personally taken her as a disciple. He even felt fortunate.

With such gifted seedlings in Bibi Dong's hands.

The strength of the Pope's faction would soon be within reach!

A while later.

Bibi Dong hurried toward the Elder Hall, toward Douluo Hall.

Only Lin Ning and Lin An were left behind, staring curiously at Ghost Douluo.

Lin Ning, in particular, studied Ghost Douluo with a face full of curiosity before asking in confusion.

"Um, Uncle, what is your martial soul? It feels really strange!"

Ghost Douluo did not mind being asked by Lin Ning. He merely chuckled and asked.

"What is it? Has the little genius noticed something?"

Lin Ning furrowed her brows tightly and said in a somewhat muddled manner, "Emmm, Uncle's martial soul feels... really strange. It feels like it's you yourself?"

Lin An, beside her, nodded in agreement and added, "Yes! It feels like you don't have a martial soul, but that isn't right either..."

The siblings were not simply guessing at random.

At their core, both of their second martial souls carried some of the Heaven Punishing Sword's traits.

For example, they were extremely sensitive to the aura of martial souls!

The Heaven Punishing Sword could split apart soul rings and even martial souls with a single strike.

Naturally, it also possessed the ability to identify them!

If it could not identify them, how could it shatter martial souls with one strike? How could it become the nemesis of all martial souls?

Because of this, they could both see Ghost Douluo's martial soul aura at a glance.

But!

They saw that Ghost Douluo's martial soul was actually overlapping with his body, as though it had fused completely into one and could not be brought out.

That would have been one thing if he had not yet possessed a Martial Soul Avatar.

But!

Once one had a Martial Soul Avatar, their martial soul should not be like this.

Ghost Douluo had clearly not expected his foundations to be seen through at a glance.

His heart tightened. "Hm?"

Ghost Douluo knew his own circumstances best.

He had died once as a child, but by a fortunate coincidence, his soul had managed to return to his body, allowing his martial soul to awaken.

This had resulted in an extremely unusual martial soul: a ghost.

In a sense, his soul was his martial soul, while he himself was a living corpse.

Thus, these two adorable children had completely exposed his foundations.

This thoroughly stunned Ghost Douluo.

Wait!

Weren't they supposed to be Soul Ancestors?

Soul Ancestors who could directly see through a Titled Douluo's foundations?

Was this how Monsters these days liked to play?

(Only Hu Liena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Bibi Dong knew about the Soul Douluo matter.)

However...

Ghost Douluo did not dare ask further questions.

The reason was simple: Bibi Dong had already announced that these two were her disciples.

If Ghost Douluo dared to pry into the backgrounds of these two adorable children, Bibi Dong might very well teach him a lesson.

"Uncle, do you know where Spirit Hall is?"

The moment this question came out, Ghost Douluo was just as dumbfounded as Chrysanthemum Douluo had been at first.

Good heavens!

You're in Spirit City, and you're asking me where Spirit Hall is?

No, no matter how ignorant you were, surely you would not fail to know about Spirit City, right?

However...

Remembering that these two adorable children were only six years old, Ghost Douluo could only nod helplessly.

"Uh, I do."

Upon hearing that, Lin Ning and Lin An widened their eyes eagerly as they looked at Ghost Douluo and pressed on.

"Uncle, we want to take a look at Spirit Hall. Can you take us there?"

Hearing what the two children wanted, Ghost Douluo did not think much of it and nodded with a smile.

"Sure. You'll definitely need to get familiar with it in the future anyway. I'll take you to have a look."

Since Pope Bibi Dong had acknowledged them both as her students, Ghost Douluo naturally had no doubts about why these two adorable children wanted to visit Spirit Hall.

Meanwhile.

Bibi Dong had already arrived before the doors of Douluo Hall.

Douluo Hall was the most exalted place within Spirit Hall.

Only deceased Titled Douluo could enter it. It could also be called the burial ground of Titled Douluo.

However...

Bibi Dong knew even better...

That this place was actually the inheritance site of the Angel God, the location of the Nine Trials of the Angel.

As the master of Douluo Hall, Qian Daoliu normally secluded himself here.

At the same time, his identity as the Angel God's guardian also meant that Qian Daoliu could not leave this place for too long.

Looking at the rather small Douluo Hall, Bibi Dong frowned slightly and muttered in a puzzled tone.

"What exactly is Qian Daoliu doing? Two Enshrined died, and now he has started meddling in Spirit Hall affairs?"

Clearly!

In Bibi Dong's eyes, the deaths of a few Titled Douluo did not count as any great matter.

If anyone dared trouble her children for no reason, Bibi Dong even wanted to kill a few more Enshrined for fun.

After pondering for a moment, Bibi Dong directly pushed open Douluo Hall's doors and walked straight inside.

However...

The instant Bibi Dong stepped through the doors of Douluo Hall.

The sight before her left Bibi Dong dumbfounded.

There was no other reason!

Qian Daoliu, the Great Enshrined, had actually brought a child here.

This was Douluo Hall!!

Emmm, to add some setting details, dear readers have probably noticed the existence of the Qian Family.

This was inferred directly from three settings.

One was the Descendants of the Angel.

One was Qian Daoliu's statement: "The Nine Trials awaited by countless generations of Douluo Hall masters."

The third was Qian Daoliu's conclusion regarding the Nine Trials of the Angel.

"If the light screen before you has eight layers, then you are the next master of Douluo Hall."

In other words, an Angel Martial Soul with eight-layer qualifications was the target of the Nine Trials of the Angel. This was also why I said earlier that I was wrong, and thanked the readers for pointing it out. Bibi Dong truly could not undergo the Nine Trials of the Angel.

Because only members of the Qian Family, the Descendants of the Angel, could undergo them.

Furthermore, if the person undertaking them had an eight-layer light screen, they would become the master of Douluo Hall. A nine-layer light screen would mean opening the Nine Trials of the Angel.

So, I inferred that the Qian Family existed.

Otherwise, if there had always been only one heir, and they ended up below the eight-layer light screen, wouldn't that be GG?

This child is the new generation of the Qian Family who possesses the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. Yep, he is a designated punching bag plus toy for the adorable children.

I originally wanted to bring out the Angel God, but fortunately I checked some other materials. They all said the Angel God died directly when the Soul Beasts rebelled against the God Realm, so that is no longer happening.

If you have any questions, you can raise them and I can explain. If there are mistakes, I can revise them.

That's all!

For the rest!

Happy Lunar New Year's Day, dear readers!!

Respectfully, the author!