Exposed: Qian Renxue Faces Joint Interrogation by the Seven Grand Enforcers

Within the Plum Garden.

Plum trees laden with blossoms rose from the ground, complementing one another. The vivid pink flowers gave off a captivating fragrance.

As gentle breezes swept through, pink plum petals scattered and danced through the air, like a beautiful painting.

After giving Qian Renxue the sword manual for the Sun Radiance Sword Art, Gu Han began teaching Qian Renxue the Sun Radiance Sword Art in the Plum Garden.

The Sun Radiance Sword Art consisted of nine forms: the First Form, Sun Rises in the East; the Second Form, Morning Glow Like Fire; the Third Form, Clear Skies for Ten Thousand Miles; and the Ninth Form, Yi Shoots Down Nine Suns!

Each of the nine sword moves was more powerful than the last!

But the Sun Radiance Sword Art was not so easy to master.

This was because the Sun Radiance Sword Art contained not only sword techniques, but also a corresponding qi circulation route for each move, allowing Soul Power to be converted into the appropriate Sword Qi.

Furthermore, every sword technique had a corresponding artistic conception.

This was meant to help practitioners comprehend Sword Intent beyond Sword Qi.

After Gu Han guided her hand in hand through the complete set of Sun Radiance Sword Art techniques, a look of amazement appeared on Qian Renxue's exquisitely beautiful face.

She discovered that this entire set of techniques contained nothing superfluous. Every move and every form had its own purpose. It was immensely sharp and fiercely aggressive, like a blazing sun hanging in the sky, sweeping away all before it.

Qian Renxue had practiced sword arts before as well.

The Six-Winged Angel Qian Family possessed an Angel Sword Art, specifically designed to complement the Fifth Soul Skill all Six-Winged Angel Soul Masters would acquire: Holy Sword.

However, though she had been taught the Sun Radiance Sword Art, Qian Renxue had not forgotten that she had come to learn statecraft from Gu Han.

This concerned whether, after successfully replacing Xue Qinghe, the First Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, she could smoothly turn that identity into the Crown Prince, and whether she could inherit the throne from Xue Ye in the future. Once crowned emperor, she would need to complete Spirit Hall's plan and usher in a new era.

As a Six-Winged Angel Soul Master, Qian Renxue also harbored her own ambitions for this world.

She wanted this world to become better!

She had once not known how to change this world.

But now, Qian Renxue wanted to become like the First Emperor Ying Zheng of the fictional Qin Empire Gu Han had spoken of. She wanted to unify Douluo Continent as well, establish a unified empire, let the people live and work in peace, and end all wars.

Perhaps her actions would provoke the hostility and curses of countless people.

But those of later generations would praise and be grateful for her achievements and greatness.

Just as Gu Han had said:

The merits and faults of a thousand ages shall be judged by those who come after!

And because she still wished to learn statecraft from Gu Han, after mastering the nine major sword moves of the Sun Radiance Sword Art that Gu Han had taught her, Qian Renxue continued studying knowledge related to governing a nation under Gu Han. She asked all sorts of questions on the subject, seeking answers.

In the blink of an eye, evening arrived.

Realizing it was time to leave, Qian Renxue could only depart reluctantly.

Since meeting Gu Han, she had never told anyone about him.

Not even her grandfather, Qian Daoliu.

Originally, Qian Daoliu had not approved of her going to Heaven Dou Imperial City to carry out the plan of replacing First Prince Xue Qinghe, eventually seizing control of the Heaven Dou Empire, and then joining with Spirit Hall to unify the continent.

But under her stubborn insistence, Qian Daoliu had ultimately sighed and agreed.

At her request, in order to help her complete this mission, Qian Daoliu had found her all kinds of teachers to instruct her daily in court etiquette, noble manners, statecraft, and more.

Thus, aside from cultivation, Qian Renxue had to spend most of every day attending these lessons.

Only for a few hours in the afternoon could Qian Renxue use reading as an excuse to meet with Gu Han.

But paper could never contain fire forever.

With Qian Renxue meeting Gu Han almost every day, Qian Daoliu eventually learned that his precious granddaughter had grown very close to a young man and met him every day.

Well. That was already a rather euphemistic way of putting it.

"Who is this young man? What is his name?"

As her grandfather, upon learning this news, Qian Daoliu's mood immediately soured. Beneath his long golden hair, his handsome, mature face darkened as his sword-like brows furrowed, and he asked in a low voice.

Though Qian Renxue had grown up now, at fourteen or fifteen years old, she was nearly an adult.

It was perfectly normal for her to want a boyfriend.

If possible, Qian Daoliu even wanted Qian Renxue to marry soon and have children.

On the one hand, this would allow their Angel family to continue flourishing. On the other, it could prevent Qian Renxue from carrying out that dangerous plan.

But the prerequisite for all this was that Qian Daoliu had to know who Qian Renxue's boyfriend was, and he had to approve of him.

Yet his granddaughter Qian Renxue had concealed this from him and secretly met with a young man he did not know.

How could Qian Daoliu possibly be happy about that?!

"Big Brother, this..."

Faced with Qian Daoliu's question, Subduing Demon Douluo seemed somewhat embarrassed and hesitant. He scratched his head, unsure how to explain.

"Subduing Demon! Tell me quickly, who is this boy?"

From Subduing Demon's reaction, Qian Daoliu instinctively sensed that something was wrong and pressed on in a grave voice.

"Grand Enforcer, he is... Sigh! We actually know this boy too. He's Gu Han, the disciple Bibi Dong took in around the time of the martial soul awakening last year!"

Subduing Demon Douluo said with a bitter, helpless smile.

"What!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu felt as though he had been struck by lightning. His expression changed drastically as he sprang to his feet and paced back and forth through the Angel Temple, shouting anxiously and furiously.

"How could it be him! How could it be him! It could be anyone but him!"

"What did our Qian Family do wrong? Is this our family's karma?"

He thought of how his son had taken Bibi Dong as a disciple.

Yet Bibi Dong, who possessed Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, had been captivated by Yu Xiaogang, whose martial soul was a degraded Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and whose Innate Soul Power was only half a rank—trash beyond redemption.

She had insisted on eloping with him, driving his son to extremes.

Though she had given birth to an outstanding granddaughter, she had ultimately been murdered by the resentful Bibi Dong.

And he could not even speak of it.

After all, family disgrace must not be aired in public!

Now, after finally raising his granddaughter to adulthood.

How had his granddaughter also fallen for such trash, whose martial soul was a degraded Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and whose talent was atrocious beyond measure?!

What a sin!

No! He had to have a proper talk with his granddaughter!

The reason Bibi Dong had taken Gu Han as her disciple was most likely because Gu Han's martial soul was the same as Yu Xiaogang's, and not for any other reason.

You mustn't get curious!

Bibi Dong had been utterly devoted to eloping with Yu Xiaogang because he was glib-tongued and knew how to sweet-talk girls, causing all those troubles.

Granddaughter, you must stay clear-headed! Don't be like your mother, Bibi Dong, and get deceived by this kind of utterly useless man who had no skills beyond running his mouth!

Besides, Gu Han was only six or seven years old now!

You were already fourteen or fifteen. We couldn't be this shameless!

Spirit City, Douluo Hall.

Within the Angel Temple.

Qian Daoliu summoned Qian Renxue inside.

He stood before the statue of the Angel God, surrounded by the other enforcers of Douluo Hall: Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Subduing Demon Douluo.

Everyone stared at Qian Renxue with complicated expressions.

"Grandfather, what did you summon me for?"

After obediently and respectfully greeting the six grandfatherly enforcers, Qian Renxue asked calmly, her exquisite face serene.

"Xue'er, tell me honestly. Have you recently been getting very close to Gu Han, Bibi Dong's disciple?!"

Qian Daoliu's eyes were filled with complicated emotions. His hands clenched into fists as he asked in a deep voice.