Zhu Zhuqing: Even If I Become Cold, I'll Still Be Gentle and Smile in Front of Brother Yichen

Zhu Zhuyun was somewhat surprised by Zhu Zhuqing's words. She crouched down and smiled at her younger sister. "Zhuqing, can you tell me why? If things really go the way Yichen said, then even if you don't flee to the Heaven Dou Empire when you're eleven, all these years of assassination attempts will keep your nerves constantly on edge.

"Your Brother Yichen might not want to see you become cold and distant."

But Zhu Zhuqing said, "Sister, I've thought about it. The reason my Soul Power was so high when I was eleven was probably thanks to your assassination attempts too. It was because of that conviction that I improved so quickly! Besides, even if my personality changes, Brother Yichen probably won't dislike me, right? I can just save all my gentleness and smiles for him."

As soon as she said that, a blush rose onto Zhu Zhuqing's little face. Saying something like that was actually a little embarrassing.

Zhu Zhuyun was also startled by her younger sister's resolve.

Even if she became cold and distant, she still wanted to devote her gentleness to the person she cared about?

Was that something a five-year-old little girl could say?

It seemed her younger sister had special feelings for Yichen as well. She simply had not realized it herself yet.

Zhu Zhuqing had originally thought her sister would agree, but instead, she saw her shake her head.

"Zhuqing, forget about this. If you want to grow stronger quickly, assassination attempts are only a last resort. Now that you have Yichen, once your Martial Soul Awakening happens, he might have a better method."

"Of course, I'm not saying the assassination attempts against you will stop. They'll just be for show, meant for Dai Weisi to see. This is our little secret, sisters. You have to keep it secret."

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes brightened slightly. That was right—there was still a year before her Martial Soul Awakening. She did not need to rush.

Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong's bedroom.

Bibi Dong looked at the contents before her. Although she felt some sympathy for the Zhu family sisters, that was not what concerned her.

Her attention was entirely fixed on the words "protagonist Tang San" and "immortal herbs."

Not long ago, she remembered receiving lists sent up from Martial Soul Sub-Halls across the land.

Those lists were records of Spirit Hall and its sub-hall deacons traveling to various villages to awaken Martial Souls for commoners.

As long as someone awakened a Martial Soul and possessed at least Level One Soul Power, they would generally be recorded. They would also receive an invitation from a Spirit Hall Deacon. If those commoner Soul Masters were willing, they could enter Spirit Hall Academy to study for free.

However, perhaps because of commoner bloodlines, awakening a Martial Soul with Soul Power was simply far too difficult.

After all, Martial Souls were passed down from one's parents. If their parents' Martial Souls had been good, they would not be commoners now.

If commoners wanted to grow stronger, they could only rely on mutation—and it had to be a beneficial mutation.

Examples of "pheasants turning into phoenixes" were not rare on the continent, but there were far more commoners on the continent. That made the odds exceedingly low.

As the Pope of Spirit Hall and the person behind Spirit Hall Academy, Bibi Dong generally reviewed all the materials submitted to her. The commoners willing to join Spirit Hall Academy would be marked and compiled into a separate file.

But because the odds of commoners awakening Martial Souls with Soul Power were still so low, there were not many files sent to her from the various regions.

Under normal circumstances, there were only a little over a hundred each year on average.

That was perfectly normal. Many villages went years without producing even one Soul Master capable of cultivation.

At that moment, she took out Tang San's file from her Storage Soul Tool.

Tang San, villager of Holy Soul Village outside Notting City. Innate Full Soul Power. Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass. No mutations.

So this was the protagonist Dai Yichen had mentioned?

The protagonist probably meant the child of destiny, right?

Bibi Dong silently guessed. Even if that was not exactly what it meant, it was probably not far off.

The first time she saw this file, she had already formed a guess about Tang San's identity. She had even sent someone disguised as a passerby to find out who else lived in Tang San's home.

Based on what she knew of Martial Soul theory, a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul without mutations was indeed a useless Martial Soul. Most would not possess Soul Power, much less Innate Full Soul Power.

But it was also unlikely that Tang San possessed another Martial Soul.

After all, she herself had Twin Martial Souls. She believed no one on the entire continent understood Twin Martial Souls better than she did.

For someone to possess Twin Martial Souls, the qualities of their two Martial Souls first had to be extremely similar. Their attributes also had to be either completely opposite or extremely close.

Her two Martial Souls were like that—both were Spider Emperor Martial Souls.

But after ruling out every possibility, the most impossible one should have been the answer!

Tang San was very likely to possess two Martial Souls!

If that was the case, then Tang San's Blue Silver Grass might not be as simple as that deacon believed. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul might be different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

Once she assumed Tang San possessed two Martial Souls, Bibi Dong felt she had found the thread.

Tang San's surname was Tang.

And she remembered that man's wife had been a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor that had taken human form.

In that case, Tang San's First Martial Soul was very likely Blue Silver Grass that had not awakened its Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. Matching its quality would be Tang Hao's Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer!

This conjecture in Bibi Dong's heart grew increasingly intense. Her intuition told her that Tang Hao, who had vanished without a trace for many years, might be hiding in Holy Soul Village.

As for why Tang San had awakened Blue Silver Grass rather than a Blue Silver Emperor, Bibi Dong found that easy to explain. The Blue Silver Emperor had died after sacrificing herself, and no one had helped Tang San awaken the bloodline within him.

Her research into the Blue Silver Clan was not especially deep, but she had investigated them. Over all these years, it seemed no second Blue Silver Emperor had appeared. That was worth pondering carefully.

There should be news from below in a few days. It just so happened that she needed time to recover from her injuries.

Her attention then shifted to the "immortal herbs."

Dai Yichen had said that a large part of why Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had been able to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the Soul Master Competition was thanks to immortal herbs.

It seemed these immortal herbs could provide Soul Masters with corresponding Soul Power after being consumed, perhaps even improve their cultivation speed, talent, and more.

During the years since taking office, she had secretly searched for medicinal herbs that could help Soul Masters improve their cultivation talent. Her goal was to one day raise Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power Level. She had not expected to find an opportunity now! (Don't scold her—this should better fit Bibi Dong's early characterization. Let her regret it later~)

Unfortunately, Dai Yichen had not said where these immortal herbs grew. Otherwise, she could send someone to retrieve them right away, couldn't she?

But then she suddenly realized that even if she obtained immortal herbs, she did not know their exact effects.

Although she was a poison-attribute Soul Master, her knowledge of medicinal herbs was not the best.

What if she carelessly gave Yu Xiaogang a poisonous immortal herb? Wouldn't that be counterproductive?

Suddenly, Bibi Dong recalled that Yue Guan in Spirit Hall seemed to know a thing or two about medicinal herbs. His Martial Soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which was said to be a type of immortal herb as well.

Perhaps once he returned after some time, she could test the waters.

Other than Yue Guan, the only person she knew on the continent who was highly skilled in the study of medicinal herbs seemed to be Poison Douluo.

Dugu Bo: Sorry, but this old man knows even less about immortal herbs than Yue Guan.

Dugu Bo had a mountain of treasure but did not know its value, only for Tang San to reap the rewards in the end.

Taking them was one thing, but Tang San did not even leave a single immortal herb for him or his granddaughter. He took them all away.

Blue Tyrant Academy.

At that moment, a woman wearing black tight-fitting clothes that perfectly outlined her figure, carrying a hint of mature charm, was reading the diary before her in a small house on the Back Mountain.

It was none other than Liu Erlong!

The same thought as Bibi Dong's arose in her heart. If she could obtain these so-called immortal herbs, could she solve Yu Xiaogang's problem?

Dai Yichen: Damn it, two ultimate love-struck fools. What the hell is so good about that Yu Xiaogang?

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