Does This Prosperous Age Fulfill Your Wish?

"Oh? They made a move against Yuhao and Gu Yuena?"

At the Spirit Pagoda, Hua Yichen turned to look at the Evil Soul Master Luo Ziyang had brought back. With a cold snort, a long flute of pure jade appeared in his hand, its body engraved with nine layers of sound patterns. Behind him, Soul Rings rose one after another.

Purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red—nine Soul Rings gleamed.

The Evil Soul Master had already awakened. Looking at the cold-faced Carefree Douluo and the incomparably dazzling Soul Rings around him, he felt both regret and inwardly cursed.

Couldn't you Spirit Pagoda geniuses wear some obvious marker?

Why did the Core Disciples of the Spirit Pagoda refuse to wear the things even the civilian geniuses you valued had? I watched them walking around the Mecha Master Association while being treated well by all the association higher-ups, so I thought they were geniuses from the Mecha Master Association!

This was fraud! Fraud!

"Next time, investigate clearly before making a move... if there is a next time."

The male Evil Soul Master wore an expression of despair.

The branch Tower Masters of the Spirit Pagoda's eighteen heavenly pillars were at least Rank 95 Super Douluos and Three-Word Battle Armor Masters. Some important branches were even personally guarded by Limit Douluos and Four-word Battle Armor Masters. Having fallen into the hands of the man before him, he was finished.

At that moment, Hua Yichen raised the Jade Flute to his lips. His Fourth Soul Ring lit up as he began to play.

Fourth Soul Skill—Soul Suppressing Song!

The flute music was like a clear mountain spring, pure and tranquil. The male Evil Soul Master's vision began to blur.

A moment later, Hua Yichen had Luo Ziyang take the dazed man away. He then thoughtfully took out his Soul Tool Communicator and relayed the news to Guang Biao first.

The Mecha Brigade was Eastsea City's true protective force.

"The Evil Soul Masters' targets are Mecha Master Association members—Tang Ziran and his wife."

After finishing that, Hua Yichen dialed another number.

"This is the East Sea Branch. Connect me to the Execution Department, Dark Phoenix Douluo."

"Yes!"

A Staff Member's reply came from the other end. Soon afterward, a cool female voice sounded.

"What is it? I'm in the Far North right now."

"..."

No, how many years have you been in the Far North? Weren't ten years in the Extreme North enough after the Leng Family Patriarch threw you in there back then?

Could it be that you went from one extreme to another?

Clicking his tongue inwardly, Hua Yichen decided it was best not to ask about that. He went straight to the point instead. "Evil Soul Masters have appeared in Eastsea City. I caught one here and learned of a location where Evil Soul Masters may be hiding. It's over in Skysea City, so I'm informing you. However, there's a high chance it's a false base meant to mislead us..."

"I'll arrange for someone to investigate." Upon hearing the words Evil Soul Master, Leng Yulai's tone turned even colder. "Is there anything else?"

"No."

"Goodbye!"

The instant she finished speaking, the other side hung up directly, leaving Hua Yichen to look at the Soul Tool Communicator in helplessness.

Ever since that incident back then, Dark Phoenix Douluo had deeply hated Evil Soul Masters. Mentioning them always put her in a worse mood. That probably counted as misplaced anger, didn't it?

Don't forget, you were the one who originally wanted to become an Evil Soul Master...

Shaking his head, Hua Yichen stopped thinking about it and prepared to wait quietly for news from Skysea City's Execution Department.

Everyone bore responsibility for fighting Evil Soul Masters. In truth, there was no need to establish a special department just for that. The Execution Department's primary mission was not to purge Evil Soul Masters; it was simply more skilled at dealing with them.

The Execution Department's primary task was to supervise those with the potential to become Evil Soul Masters. Its members all possessed the potential to become Evil Soul Masters themselves, and they were also the people who understood Evil Soul Master methods best.

Take Dark Phoenix Douluo, for example. After that incident, the Leng Family Patriarch had thrown her into the Execution Department. Every member of this department was both a member of the Spirit Pagoda and a person under supervision.

The reason this department had been established was actually related to Soul Spirits.

Different Soul Spirits had their own standards when choosing Contractors, but there was one shared standard among all highly intelligent Soul Spirits: they... utterly, utterly hated Evil Soul Masters. They would never willingly sign contracts with Evil Soul Masters, and they even avoided Soul Masters who might become Evil Soul Masters.

In their words: Evil Soul Masters only cared about themselves. Most did not care about their descendants at all. They faced all kinds of pursuit every day, never knowing whether they would survive until tomorrow. Were we tired of living, signing contracts with those people? Why should our companions be revered ancestors with long lifespans while we had to live such miserable lives?

Under such circumstances, even a Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Spirit deemed evil by the Sea God would, upon seeing someone suspected of possessing an Evil Martial Soul, first think of refusing to sign a contract with them, terrified of boarding the wrong ship.

But Martial Souls were innate. Some people were born with Martial Souls that could become Evil Martial Souls. Cutting off their hope of becoming Soul Masters merely because of their Martial Souls might push them down an extreme path. Besides, Soul Spirits compatible with such Martial Souls also needed somewhere to go.

Thus, after internal discussions and communication with the Federation, the Spirit Pagoda established the Execution Department specifically for supervision.

Soul Masters with the potential to become Evil Soul Masters could sign Soul Spirit Contracts at the Spirit Pagoda. However, as the price for the Spirit Pagoda persuading Soul Spirits to form contracts with them, these people would undergo a special observation period, whether or not they joined the Spirit Pagoda's Execution Department. At regular intervals, they had to come to the Spirit Pagoda or a relevant Federation institution to complete one very simple task—

Under the joint observation of Execution Department members and Federal Government personnel, confront their own Soul Spirits!

Didn't Soul Spirits that had signed Soul Spirit Contracts know what methods a Soul Master used to cultivate?

If a Soul Master absorbed life force to cultivate, the Soul Spirit could sense it as well!

They did not question people; they only questioned Soul Spirits. If your Soul Spirit said you had no problem, then you were cleared. Moreover, because of their Martial Souls, Execution Department members were extremely familiar with Evil Soul Master methods, making cheating basically impossible.

After several consecutive years of observation, once it was confirmed that a Soul Master had not been influenced by their Martial Soul, the review intervals would gradually be extended—from once a year to once every few years... until they were finally released from supervision.

The Execution Department used the same method internally.

This method of supervision did not make people feel oppressed. After all, as supervisors, Soul Spirits did not actually have the ability to watch you constantly. They simply knew, through the feedback of the contract, whether you had used Evil Soul Master methods to improve yourself.

Those with clear consciences naturally would not feel guilty or fearful because of it.

In the eyes of some Soul Masters, Soul Spirits had even given them an opportunity to prove their innocence.

When others suspected them of being Evil Soul Masters because of their Martial Souls, they could summon their Soul Spirits and say:

"I'm not an Evil Soul Master. My Soul Spirit can testify for me!"

As he waited for news and recalled the founding of the Execution Department, Hua Yichen sighed inwardly.

Now, the bond between Soul Spirits and humanity was growing deeper and deeper, as was the bond between the Spirit Pagoda and Soul Beasts.

By now, even people who had once been easily mistaken for Evil Soul Masters were gradually gaining others' trust because of Soul Spirit Contracts.

It had opened another new path for Soul Beasts and humanity.

The Spirit Pagoda was gradually fulfilling the original goal it had been founded for.

Then, did this prosperous age fulfill your wish, First Generation Tower Master?