See Through It, Say Nothing

Yu Ninglong nodded without saying more, then turned to push the door open and leave—he still had to continue investigating the matter Qian Daoliu had assigned him and find the person who had newly awakened the Six-winged Angel Spirit.

Before leaving, Yu Ninglong subconsciously took out a pearly white bead from his robes. It was the token Qian Daoliu had given him. Supposedly, the closer it came to an Angel descendant with purer blood, the brighter it would shine.

When he had passed by the Balak Kingdom palace earlier, this bead had glimmered faintly. Following its response, he had come here and unexpectedly found his sister.

But just as his fingertips touched the door, the bead in his palm suddenly erupted with dazzling golden light, so intense it nearly scorched his eyes—several times stronger than when he had approached the palace before!

Yu Ninglong's heart gave a violent jolt:

Could the person I'm looking for... be here?

At that moment, the palace doors creaked open from outside, and Xue Tianxing stood in the doorway.

Xue Zhe and Yu Ningxin inside the hall both looked over. Yu Ninglong turned around as well, and three pairs of eyes landed on Xue Tianxing at once.

Yu Ningxin was the first to react. She hurriedly pulled Xue Tianxing over and introduced him with a smile:

"Tianxing, greet him. This is your mother's elder brother—your uncle."

"Uncle."

Xue Tianxing obediently called out, his gaze falling on Yu Ninglong. His uncle wore a fitted black outfit, a longsword at his waist, and carried himself with calm, steady presence. It was obvious at a glance that his Soul Power was formidable.

Yu Ninglong answered with a smile, but his gaze discreetly flicked to the bead in his palm:

The golden light was still pulsing wildly. The source of the response was clearly right before him.

Yu Ninglong swiftly tucked the bead back into his robes, concealing the shock in his eyes. He was already eighty percent certain.

"Brother, this is my younger son, Xue Tianxing. He just turned six this year."

Yu Ningxin introduced him to Yu Ninglong.

"Fine boy. He takes after you—quite a handsome young lad."

Yu Ninglong praised him. A faint thread of Soul Power silently gathered at his fingertips and probed toward Xue Tianxing. The instant he sensed the fluctuations of Level 24 Soul Power, his suspicions were fully confirmed.

Level 24 at six years old?

Who else could advance at such a pace besides a descendant of the Angel main line with Innate Level 20 Spirit Power?

Yu Ninglong suppressed his emotions and asked casually:

"Sister, what Martial Soul did my little nephew awaken? His Soul Power seems rather high."

Yu Ningxin's heart skipped a beat. Thinking he had noticed something, she quickly smiled and changed the subject:

"He inherited his father's Martial Soul, but he was lucky enough for it to mutate."

As she spoke, she gave Xue Tianxing a meaningful look and said:

"Tianxing, use Martial Soul Possession and let your uncle have a look."

Xue Tianxing immediately understood. Soul Power flowed through his body as the phantom of an Ice Phoenix unfurled behind him. Its icy blue wings glimmered softly, while a yellow Soul Ring slowly lit up beneath his feet.

"See? It's an Ice Phoenix Spirit."

Yu Ningxin hurriedly added, deliberately lowering his displayed Soul Power Level as she told Yu Ninglong:

"He had Innate Full Soul Power. He just absorbed his first Soul Ring, so he's now a Level 14 Soul Master."

How could someone as shrewd as Yu Ninglong fail to see that she was deliberately hiding something?

Yet he did not expose her, merely laughing heartily.

"So it's an Ice Phoenix Spirit. Not bad, not bad! My nephew truly is a genius!"

As he spoke, Yu Ninglong took a golden ring from his robes and handed it to Xue Tianxing.

"This is our first meeting, and your uncle didn't bring anything particularly valuable. This is a Storage Spirit Tool with one hundred square meters of space. Take it and use it."

"Thank you, Uncle."

Xue Tianxing did not stand on ceremony. He took it and slipped it onto his finger. Storage Spirit Tools were not only expensive across the continent, but rare as well—especially one with a hundred square meters of space. This was no small gift.

After seeing Xue Tianxing accept it, Yu Ninglong clasped his hands toward Xue Zhe and Yu Ningxin.

"All right, I won't stay any longer. I still have a mission to attend to, so I must take my leave."

"You won't stay a little longer?"

Yu Ningxin tried to persuade him to remain, reluctance in her voice.

"No. Duty comes first."

Yu Ninglong waved his hand, gave Xue Tianxing one deep look, then turned and strode out of the palace.

Once he reached the open space outside, he tapped off the ground with his toes and shot into the sky like a streak of light, rapidly vanishing beyond the horizon. He needed to return at once and report this discovery to his father. As for Qian Daoliu... perhaps that could wait for now.

Watching his figure disappear completely, the smile on Yu Ningxin's face faded. She gazed up at the sky, quietly overcome with sorrow.

Xue Zhe gently wrapped an arm around her shoulders and consoled her softly:

"Don't be sad. We'll have a chance to meet again someday."

Yu Ningxin leaned against his shoulder and nodded gently, though the wistfulness in her eyes remained.

Meanwhile, Yu Ninglong was flying swiftly toward Spirit City, but the discovery he had just made continued to churn in his heart.

He had initially thought that his sister's child had merely inherited her Angel Spirit and, through a stroke of luck, undergone an ancestral reversion to awaken a Six-winged Angel. That alone would have been astonishing enough.

But that glimpse earlier had revealed that Xue Tianxing possessed another Martial Soul!

The icy blue phantom of the Ice Phoenix had been extremely solid. One look was enough to tell it was an exceptionally powerful ice-attribute Martial Soul.

"Twin Martial Souls..."

Yu Ninglong could not help sighing inwardly, his tone full of shock:

"Both Martial Souls are so exceptional, and he has the foundation of Innate Level 20 Spirit Power... Ningxin's child truly has heaven-defying talent."

Recalling how his sister had deliberately concealed it just now, Yu Ninglong understood her concerns. If such shocking talent became known to Spirit Hall or the Heaven Dou Empire, it would indeed easily invite disaster.

So Yu Ninglong silently made up his mind:

Once he returned to Spirit City, he would tell Great Enshrined Elder Qian Daoliu that he had yet to find the awakener of the Six-winged Angel Spirit. He would keep this matter buried for now. Protecting his sister's family was what mattered most.

On the other side, Xue Tianxing saw his parents leaning close and speaking quietly, warmth and tenderness in both their eyes. He did not go over to disturb them and quietly withdrew.

Walking along the stone path back to his own palace, his fingers unconsciously brushed the storage ring his uncle had given him. He had already begun making plans.

Since he had resolved to deal with Tang San and his group, and to contend for the path of unifying the continent in the future, he could not allow Tang San to proceed as smoothly as he had in the original story. He needed to find a way to seize Tang San's opportunities.

There were two key targets first: the Immortal Herbs at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, and the External Soul Bone Tang San obtained when he reached Level 30.

Tang San obtained that External Soul Bone from a Man Faced Demon Spider when he went to the Star Dou Great Forest.

This was not easy to plan for at the moment. Man Faced Demon Spiders were as numerous as cattle hairs in the Star Dou Great Forest. Who knew which one could produce a Soul Bone?

Xue Tianxing clicked his tongue and temporarily filed the matter away:

When Tang San followed Shrek to hunt for a Soul Ring in the future, he would simply follow them in secret. He would surely find a way to stop him then.

The Immortal Herbs at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, on the other hand, had a clear location: they were in Sunset Forest.

How could he get his hands on those Immortal Herbs?

Xue Tianxing slowed to a stop, his brows knitting slightly.

At the same time, Xue Tianxing made a firm decision in his heart: even if he could not obtain those Immortal Herbs himself, he absolutely could not allow them to fall into Tang San's hands. They were the key that would elevate that entire group from "geniuses" to "monsters."

Xue Tianxing clenched his fist. On the face of a six-year-old child appeared a gravity utterly unsuited to his age:

The chessboard of Douluo Continent should be played by me.

Then Xue Tianxing remembered that the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's territory.

Xue Tianxing curled his lips, recalling the details from the original story. Dugu Bo looked fierce, but he had one fatal weakness: his precious granddaughter, Dugu Yan.

It seemed he would have to find a way through Dugu Yan.

As long as he could get a hold on this crucial point, obtaining the Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo might not be difficult after all.