The Great Stage of Douluo, My Name is Qian Xunji

Heaven Dou Empire, Element City.

Qian Xunji accepted the early surrender of Godwind Academy, winning without a fight.

He then calculated the skyrocketing popularity points of his heroes.

Rubbing his hands together, he began his consecutive ten-pulls.

Gold coins +10.

Gold coins +9, Double EXP Card +1.

Gold coins +10.

By the moment his popularity points hit zero, Qian Xunji's expression was hollow as he performed the final ten-pull.

What the hell?

Why is it all this trash?

He wanted divine gear, he wanted heroes!

He possessed the Angel Martial Soul, so why was his luck so terrible?

Just then, the final ten-pull suddenly flashed with golden light.

Gold coins +9, Hero Burning Nether Scorching Sun—Donghuang Taiyi!

Qian Xunji stared fixedly at the detailed profile of Burning Nether Scorching Sun Donghuang Taiyi.

The race column left Qian Xunji with a blank expression.

Race: Dragon (Soul Beast).

This was the first Soul Beast hero Qian Xunji had pulled, and what was even more terrifying was that Donghuang Taiyi, with his background as a Soul Beast, had stats several times higher than the other heroes.

Another stat-monster!

Chapter 88 Dragon Egg

He summoned the newly pulled Burning Nether Scorching Sun—Donghuang Taiyi.

It was unexpected, yet within reason.

In his infant state, Donghuang Taiyi was actually an egg!

It was a massive egg, half a meter tall, with a primarily white shell covered in golden-red flame patterns.

Although it was just an egg, it radiated a faint dragon aura that was intimidating, looking extraordinary.

Qian Xunji's expression was melancholic; since the race was a Soul Beast, how was he supposed to raise the newborn Donghuang Taiyi?

The last guy who engaged in human-beast romance, Tang Hao, was still being hunted by the entire continent; perhaps he should be a bit more discreet.

And besides...

How was he supposed to hatch this egg?

Qian Xunji decided to go back and ask the professional physician, Bian Que.

Returning to Martial Soul City.

Qian Xunji dumped the four brats at Martial Soul Hall Academy and went straight to the Alchemy Hall to find Bian Que.

He happened to catch Bian Que taking a break. "Since you're free, come help me take a look. How am I supposed to hatch this egg?"

As he spoke, Qian Xunji pulled out Donghuang Taiyi's egg. The massive golden-red egg looked exceptionally brilliant and beautiful; as Qian Xunji touched it, it felt warm, like an oversized heating pad.

Bian Que had a sharp eye and recognized at a glance that this was his companion from the canyon, Donghuang Taiyi.

However, Bian Que wasn't very close with the Donghuang Taiyi of Yunmengze, nor did he know how to hatch a dragon egg.

He glanced at Qian Xunji, who intended to dump Donghuang Taiyi on him to hatch, and his face darkened.

What kind of wretched Summoner was this?

However, he didn't intend to refuse this time. Bian Que enjoyed research, and now that a rare research subject had been delivered to his doorstep, he accepted it as a matter of course.

A Soul Beast's years did not equal its age, but rather its cultivation level.

For example, the Million-Year Soul Beast Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was actually only three hundred thousand years old.

In reality, this meant that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had relied on his talent to cultivate the strength of a million-year Soul Beast in just three hundred thousand years.

According to Bian Que's estimation, the background talent of Burning Nether Scorching Sun—Donghuang Taiyi was definitely very high; it might not even take ten thousand years for him to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

But compared to the growth speed of normal human heroes, this was still somewhat slow.

Even with Qian Xunji's Double EXP Cards, Donghuang Taiyi was still too slow.

At the speed of Xiang Yu and the others, they would become gods within fifty years, while Donghuang Taiyi would likely still only have the cultivation of a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast.

"A dragon egg, is it?" Bian Que narrowed his eyes, his expression thoughtful.

He thought of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. According to what the Summoner said, the source of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was formed after the fall of two God King-level Dragon Kings.

That pool of extremely hot and cold spring water was formed from the essence energy of those two Dragon Kings, making it a highly nourishing substance for Donghuang Taiyi, who also belonged to the dragon race.

Thinking of this, Bian Que's eyes lit up, and inspiration surged like a fountain.

He intended to leave for the Sunset Forest with this newly acquired colleague.

However, before leaving, Bian Que planned to find Chrysanthemum Douluo first to hand over matters regarding the Alchemy Hall.

He happened to run into Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, who was looking for Chrysanthemum Douluo to discuss Immortal Pills.

"Hall Master, you're here. Is something the matter?" Chrysanthemum Douluo was a bit surprised. This young Hall Master had always been obsessed with research and alchemy, showing no interest in power or managing the affairs of the Alchemy Hall. Since he had come looking for him so suddenly, Chrysanthemum Douluo assumed it must be something urgent, so he paused his discussion with Dugu Bo, intending to ask about the reason for Bian Que's arrival first.

Bian Que did not beat around the bush, "Because of a new request from the Pope, I need to make a trip to the herb garden in the Sunset Forest. I'll leave the Alchemy Hall to you."

Chrysanthemum Douluo's face turned pale as he recalled the period not long ago when he had been refining pills day and night, "I might not be able to supply this volume of pills on my own."

"Besides, the materials for the elders are almost gathered. They should be coming to you soon to refine the Soul Power Breakthrough Pill, so the Hall Master should wait a while!"

Bian Que had already handed over all those basic pills to Chrysanthemum Douluo. With his knowledge of pharmacology and the innate talent granted by his martial soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum Douluo learned at a rapid pace and had soon mastered them all.

Although he said this to keep Bian Que around, the latter part of his statement was indeed a fact; he had not yet learned how to refine the Soul Power Breakthrough Pill, so if the elders came, they would naturally need Bian Que to refine the pills.

Bian Que thought for a moment, calculated the time it would take to travel to the Sunset Forest, and nodded, "That's fine. However, I need to research some things during this time, so the volume of pill production will decrease. Have the apprentices you've been teaching finished their training? If they have, you can distribute the volume I'm freeing up among them to refine."

Speaking of those alchemy apprentices, Chrysanthemum Douluo's face was full of pain and exhaustion. His appearance and temperament had become much more weathered, and even his forehead had developed several worry lines.

"I have tried my best to teach them, but so far, only five apprentices can barely manage to successfully refine pills." Chrysanthemum Douluo felt that his own cultivation had never been this difficult.

Bian Que's expression remained unchanged; he simply nodded calmly and continued making arrangements.

Inside, however, he felt relieved to have dumped these troubles onto others.

················································

Pope Palace

Qian Xunji was also working overtime to catch up on official business.

When he saw interesting content, he would even enjoy the gossip.

Among them, the drama involving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was the biggest.

Qian Xunji had rejected Yu Yuanting's proposal to ransom the hostages; no matter how high the price offered, Qian Xunji ignored it.

This was, after all, for the sake of making a great contribution to human martial soul research.

Presumably, Yu Yuanzhen was also "voluntarily" making some necessary sacrifices.

This was for humanity, for the greater good!

We must all prioritize the big picture.

When Qian Xunji said these words to the "volunteer's" family member, Yu Yuanting, the man's expression was both confused and filled with the stifled frustration of having eaten excrement.

However, Qian Xunji was the Pope and considered himself a magnanimous person; he would not hold their rudeness against them.

The letters from the Star Luo Empire were merely probes to test Qian Xunji's attitude and see if he knew the truth.

This Star Luo Empress must have been acting privately behind her husband's back; the probe letters sent were stamped with the Empress's private seal.

Following these were letters from various other clans and factions.

Among them, Qian Xunji found two most peculiar letters: one from Tang Yuehua of the Moonlight Pavilion, and one from Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Both letters had their own agendas!

················································

Chapter 89: A Billion Pills

···············································

Tang Yuehua's purpose concerned the missing Tang Xiao.

The foundation upon which she established herself in the Heaven Dou Empire was Emperor Xue Ye. The main reason Emperor Xue Ye was willing to help her was the Clear Sky Sect behind her.

However, her status within the Clear Sky Sect relied entirely on her eldest brother, the Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Xiao.

Now that Tang Xiao was missing, those elders who contacted Tang Yuehua did not treat her like their sister; they only viewed her as a level 9 soul master with a special martial soul and an intelligence operative.

Tang Yuehua's status was actually somewhat similar to Yu Xiaogang's, and even before she created the Moonlight Pavilion, a training ground for aristocratic etiquette, her status was not as high as his.

Although Yu Xiaogang's martial soul had suffered a malignant mutation, he was at least able to continue cultivating and eventually became a Soul Grand Master before getting stuck.

When Tang Yuehua awakened, she was both disappointed that her martial soul was not the Clear Sky Hammer and excited because of her innate level 9 soul power; she was no worse than her brothers.

The result, however, was a quick slap in the face. No matter how hard she tried to cultivate, she could not break through, destined to remain a level 9 soul master for life.

In a sect and clan where everyone was a soul master, the appearance of a level 9 soul master who could never break through—especially when she had two genius brothers—made Tang Yuehua's position very awkward.

On the surface, everyone respected her as the Sect Master's daughter and the younger sister of the Clear Sky Twins, but behind her back, they looked down upon her.