Plan for an Outside Posting

"Your Martial Soul is very interesting."

Even among geniuses, there were differences.

Although Qiandao Liu's strength was on par with Tang Chen's, his cultivation talent was inferior to Tang Chen's.

Tang Chen's Soul Power had come entirely from his own cultivation, while Qiandao Liu relied on the lingering grace of the Angel God.

While this had aided his cultivation, it had also placed an insurmountable shackle upon Qiandao Liu.

For his entire life, he could only reach rank ninety-nine.

That meant he could never become a god.

That was the price he had to pay for borrowing the Angel God's power.

"What do you think of becoming Spirit Hall's Judgment Elder?"

Qiandao Liu's expression remained calm, but the words he spoke were terrifying.

Judgment Elder. Those four words were practically synonymous with slaughter.

The so-called Judgment Elder was Spirit Hall's foremost assassin.

The Judgment Elder was responsible for eliminating Spirit Hall's greatest threats.

"High Priest, it is still too early to speak of such things given my current strength."

Su Chen bowed, then spoke calmly.

There was more to Qiandao Liu's words.

Spirit Hall's previous Judgment Elder had been Qiandao Liu himself.

If Su Chen agreed to Qiandao Liu's proposal now, it would undoubtedly amount to joining Qiandao Liu's faction.

Bibi Dong and Qiandao Liu—one was Spirit Hall's Pope, while the other was Spirit Hall's High Priest.

Though they originally stood at the two poles of Spirit Hall's authority, they remained in a state of cooperating while simultaneously fighting each other for power and profit.

Qiandao Liu had lost interest in everything else and only wished to cultivate his granddaughter, Qian Renxue.

Although Bibi Dong was Qian Renxue's biological mother, she did not particularly like this product of sin.

It was precisely to counter Qian Renxue that she had adopted Hu Liena and the others.

Yet even Bibi Dong knew that Hu Liena and the others were still slightly inferior to Qian Renxue in talent.

That was why she had gone so far as to investigate Su Chen personally.

"Since you are unwilling to take this path, you cannot obtain the Rebirth Green Lotus directly."

Qiandao Liu's lips moved slightly. His voice seemed to come from the heavens, proclaiming an angel's gospel.

"Do you not need to consider it further?"

"Is someone who would change allegiance for an Immortal Herb truly worthy of trust?"

Su Chen showed no fear as he raised his head and looked Qiandao Liu straight in the eye.

"Interesting. But you are ultimately a member of Spirit Hall. I will give you an opportunity to obtain the Rebirth Green Lotus."

Qiandao Liu was very satisfied with Su Chen's answer.

This boy truly was worth cultivating.

"You must prove your strength to me over the course of three years."

No matter what, Su Chen was ultimately a genius of Spirit Hall.

Therefore, Qiandao Liu would not execute him merely because Su Chen had rejected him.

He was an ambitious man who could even endure the pain of losing his son. Profit was the foremost factor in his considerations.

A genius appeared only once in a century, and a genius born with rank twenty Soul Power was even rarer.

Therefore, no matter what, Su Chen had to be cultivated into Qian Renxue's shield.

Unless there was absolutely no other choice, he could not be killed lightly. That would be the final measure only after every other method had failed.

In that case, the first step is to move him away from Bibi Dong's side.

Qiandao Liu thought to himself.

"The Heaven Dou Empire is our current primary target. As you can see, you are not the only genius in this world."

"Of course."

Hearing Qiandao Liu bring this up, Su Chen could not help worrying about that trashy, cheat-powered Tang San.

Although he was only four years old at this point, who knew whether his protagonist's halo would still let him pull off some new stunt.

"Geniuses are the future. No matter how many of those trash gather together, they will be useless."

As Qiandao Liu spoke, the holy aura around him abruptly transformed into tyrannical Soul Power.

"Then, what you mean is..."

The gap between their Soul Power was simply too vast. With just a tremor, Su Chen was forced several steps back.

"You should know of the Five Element Academies. That is your destination."

"Hm? Aren't those schools for commoners? And if I remember correctly, all five specialize in a single area, don't they?"

Su Chen found this rather strange. He had some impression of the Five Element Academies. More precisely, he had an impression of several girls there.

"Your Martial Soul is extremely unusual. Even Spirit Hall cannot provide you with much help."

Qiandao Liu was quite candid about this and had no intention of concealing it.

"Therefore, I will help disguise your Martial Soul and identity to a certain extent. Spirit Hall will also secretly provide the resources for your cultivation."

"Then what are the criteria for my trial?"

Su Chen fell silent. Just as Qiandao Liu had said, even he still did not understand what his Martial Soul was.

Even Spirit Hall had no way to provide targeted training for a Martial Soul whose nature was completely unknown.

"Become the academy's greatest genius, then defeat all your opponents. I will give you targets, and you are to bring the geniuses designated as targets back to Spirit Hall."

"Interesting. Then, Elder, I accept this challenge."

When Qiandao Liu had made this proposal, Su Chen had already roughly guessed his intentions.

This fellow clearly wanted to cultivate him into a second Bibi Dong.

Spirit Hall needed a Pope in the light, and it also needed a High Priest in the shadows.

Qian Renxue was the next High Priest he had chosen, while Su Chen was the next Pope he had chosen.

For a Pope, recruiting talent was certainly a required skill.

"Then the contract is formed. Do not disappoint me."

The six pairs of wings on his back unfurled, and Qiandao Liu transformed into a streak of light before vanishing.

"What an unexpected development. I wonder which academy I'll be assigned to."

Su Chen said with a bitter smile.

According to Qiandao Liu's intentions, he would likely register a fake Martial Soul for him.

After all, although the Five Element Academies claimed to be schools for commoners, they had strict requirements for Martial Souls.

Skywater Academy's students were all women, and their Martial Souls were all water-attributed.

That one was most likely out of the question.

After all, Su Chen did not possess an Angel Martial Soul. He could not alter his appearance through a special soul bone like Qian Renxue, even fooling others about his gender.

Elephant Armor Academy required earth-attributed Martial Souls, and all its members possessed defense-type Martial Souls. In terms of strength, it might be the weakest of the five. Clearly, that was not very likely either.

Godwind Academy's students had Martial Souls related to wind, Thunder Academy's students all had Martial Souls related to lightning, and Chihuo Academy's students all possessed fire-attributed Martial Souls.

Those academies also restricted the attributes of their Martial Souls.

With his sinister and eerie Martial Soul, under normal circumstances, he would not be suited for any of the five academies.

"I'll take things as they come. Qiandao Liu, I'd like to see just how capable you are."