Peerless Douluo

Moreover, it was time for Gu Ziyi to meet his father—the Grand Elder of Spirit Hall.

His father thought highly of Gu Ziyi as well.

It was simply that Qian Xunji had not valued Gu Ziyi much before, so he had never brought him to meet Qian Daoliu.

As for Bibi Dong, he had taken his disciple to meet Qian Daoliu right away.

However, they had only met once. Unless there was something important, he generally did not disturb his father.

"Yes, Teacher!"

Gu Ziyi's expression sharpened at Qian Xunji's words.

Was he about to meet Qian Daoliu, the strongest person in Spirit Hall?

Like Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu had entered seclusion after passing the position of Spirit Hall's Pope to Qian Xunji, rarely showing himself.

Qian Daoliu, the Angel Titled Douluo, was one of the three great Peerless Douluo of the present age.

The other two were Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen and Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi.

At this time, however, neither Qian Daoliu nor Tang Chen knew that there was another Peerless Douluo overseas—Bo Saixi.

Only after Spirit Hall's failed assault on Sea God Island would they travel there together, meet Bo Saixi, and be defeated by her one after another.

That was only natural. If Qian Daoliu had already known of Bo Saixi's existence, he certainly would not have supported Spirit Hall's attack on Sea God Island.

After Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen were defeated by Bo Saixi together, both of them would fall for her. Yet Bo Saixi favored Tang Chen. Tang Chen, however, failed to grasp the deeper meaning behind it and returned to the continent in search of an opportunity to break through to the God-level. As a result, he became trapped in Slaughter City, was parasitized by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, and ultimately became Slaughter City's Slaughter King.

It was unclear whether there had been a Slaughter King before him. If there had been, he had probably been killed.

It was still early. There were several years left before Spirit Hall attacked Sea God Island.

According to the original timeline, when Spirit Hall attacked Sea God Island, Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang had gone along as well. Of the more than two thousand soul masters, only two hundred escaped alive, including that trash Yu Xiaogang.

If nothing unexpected happened, Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang's relationship would have been exposed during that incident.

After all, with Yu Xiaogang's strength, it would have been nearly impossible for him to escape without Bibi Dong's desperate protection.

That should have happened when Bibi Dong was around nineteen.

Led by Qian Xunji, Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong arrived at the Worship Hall together.

Then Gu Ziyi saw Spirit Hall's strongest man for the first time. He had long golden hair, a handsome yet upright face, and looked remarkably young. Standing beside Qian Xunji, it was truly hard to tell which of them was the father.

"Father!"

Qian Xunji called out first, then continued, "I brought Bibi Dong and Gu Ziyi to see you."

"Grand Elder!"

"Grand Elder!"

After Qian Xunji finished speaking, Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong promptly greeted him respectfully together.

"Mm."

Qian Daoliu responded blandly, his gaze then sweeping over Bibi Dong and Gu Ziyi.

After sensing Bibi Dong's cultivation, a trace of satisfaction appeared in Qian Daoliu's eyes.

He was quite pleased with Bibi Dong's current cultivation.

Gu Ziyi's cultivation made him frown slightly, but his brow soon relaxed.

He knew that Gu Ziyi's cultivation talent was not very good.

With Innate Soul Power of level one, reaching level twenty at this age was already quite impressive.

Many Soul Scholars with Innate Soul Power of level one could not even break through level ten and become true soul masters in their entire lives.

Furthermore, Gu Ziyi was exceptionally accomplished in studying and researching Martial Soul Knowledge. Through Gu Ziyi's theories, he had also learned how to choose a more suitable woman for Qian Xunji.

There was a woman in Spirit Hall who had caught his attention. She possessed a fire attribute and had a strong chance of breaking through to become a Titled Douluo.

The Angel Martial Soul possessed light and fire with divine attributes, so joining with a woman who possessed a fire-attribute Martial Soul would be highly suitable.

He just did not know whether his son would be willing.

"You two are both very outstanding. You have each performed exceptionally well in the fields you excel at!"

"Work hard. Spirit Hall's future still belongs to young people like you!"

As he considered finding a woman for his son, Qian Daoliu also offered Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong a few words of encouragement.

"Father, do you remember the ancient matter of soul masters creating their own Soul Rings?"

After Qian Daoliu finished encouraging the two of them, Qian Xunji spoke.

"Self-Created Soul Rings?"

Qian Daoliu pondered briefly upon hearing that, then recalled it. "There was indeed such a thing. Why are you suddenly asking about it?"

"Father, Xiao Yi's Soul Ring is a Self-Created Soul Ring!"

Qian Xunji first gave Gu Ziyi a meaningful look, then spoke to Qian Daoliu.

Buzz—

At Qian Xunji's signal, Gu Ziyi summoned his Martial Soul and Soul Rings as Qian Xunji spoke.

"What?"

Qian Daoliu's expression changed at once, and he immediately flashed over to Gu Ziyi's side.

Slap—Qian Daoliu reached out and seized Gu Ziyi's right hand, carefully examining the two Soul Rings wrapped around the Martial Soul in his hand.

Unfortunately, even he could not see any difference in Gu Ziyi's Soul Rings from their appearance. He even probed them with his Soul Power, yet discovered nothing unusual.

"Did you create all of your Soul Rings yourself?"

Unable to find anything, Qian Daoliu could only look at Gu Ziyi and ask directly.

"Yes, Grand Elder."

"My two Soul Rings were both created by myself."

Gu Ziyi nodded decisively, without the slightest hint of guilt.

"How did you do it?"

"Hasn't the method of creating Soul Rings yourself long been lost?"

Seeing that Gu Ziyi showed no sign of guilt, Qian Daoliu stopped questioning him and instead asked in astonishment how he had managed it.

"Grand Elder, it happened like this..."

Gu Ziyi then began explaining how he had successfully created his own Soul Rings.

"So that's how it was..."

"So this was how you created your own Soul Rings. It isn't difficult, really—it's just that no one has wanted to create their own Soul Rings for a long time!"

"Why did you think of creating your own Soul Rings?"

Only after listening did Qian Daoliu exclaim in realization. He also understood why no one had discovered such a seemingly simple method.

Because all Soul Masters nowadays were focused solely on hunting Soul Beasts for their Soul Rings.

Moreover, judging from the two Soul Rings he saw on Gu Ziyi, Self-Created Soul Rings truly could not compare to Soul Beast Soul Rings. Their quality was far too different.

His First Soul Ring was even a Ten-Year Quality White Soul Ring.

That was why he very much wanted to know why Gu Ziyi had thought of creating his own Soul Rings.

"Yeah, Junior Brother, why did you want to create your own Soul Rings?"

Bibi Dong could not help interjecting from the side as well.