Pope Hall

"Wait, do you mean that I also have a martial soul?" Hu Liena cleverly grasped the main point.

Elder Li nodded with a smile.

Hu Liena cried out in excitement, grabbing Qian Yun's hand, "Qian Yun, did you hear that? I have a martial soul too!"

"Mm, I told you that you would definitely become a Spirit Master." Compared to her excitement, Qian Yun appeared much calmer.

Hu Liena nodded tremblingly, an indescribable sense of being moved filling her heart. When everyone else looked down on her, only Qian Yun was willing to believe in her. She admitted that while watching Qian Yun successfully awaken his martial soul just now, she felt joy in her heart, but also a touch of fear.

Because the gap between a Spirit Master and an ordinary person was so vast that they were essentially two worlds that would never intersect. Even if Qian Yun had the heart to stay with her, the two of them would eventually become strangers.

Fortunately, she also had her own martial soul.

"However, little girl, the crystal ball we brought this time is only enough for one person; there are no extras." Yibu spoke up.

"Oh... I see. But it doesn't matter if it's a little later." After a brief moment of disappointment, Hu Liena waved her hand nonchalantly.

Yibu chuckled, crossing his arms and saying, "Mm, as soon as we return to Muyi City, we will immediately arrange for your martial soul awakening."

"That's great! Eh... wait." Hu Liena blinked her large eyes and asked, "Are we going with you?"

Yibu nodded quite frankly, "That's right! Only the Martial Soul Hall in our Muyi City has the most complete awakening facilities!"

Hearing his words, Qian Yun thought to himself, As expected. "So, you are people from the Martial Soul Hall?"

Duomeng said, "Yes, to be precise, we are enforcement team members of the Martial Soul Hall. The Martial Soul Hall emblem on our chests is the proof!"

"How about it? Will you come back to the Martial Soul Hall with us?" At this moment, Yibu also threw out an olive branch at the right time.

Qian Yun fell silent. He wasn't hesitating, but rather needed to clarify a few things first, so he said directly, "Let's not rush that for now. Tell me about what happened last night."

The three of them looked at each other, none of them expecting Qian Yun to ask such a question.

In the end, it was Elder Li who spoke, "Where should I start? Let's start from when we received the mission."

Elder Li tilted his head back slightly, frowning as he recalled, "The duty of our Martial Soul Hall enforcement team is to conduct irregular patrols of residential areas, accept complaints from the public, combat crime, help the weak, and eradicate threatening spirit beasts."

"Originally, this mission was just a routine patrol, and there were no major issues along the way until we received a report that a Ghost Moth spirit beast had appeared near the village. We immediately began searching and indeed found it in a Spirit Beast Forest. However, there was a problem with the intelligence—it wasn't one Ghost Moth, but two!"

When Hu Liena heard "Ghost Moth," her heart tightened, and she vaguely guessed something.

Elder Li shook his head and sighed, "Although we were well-prepared, facing two Ghost Moths at once was still a bit overwhelming. Even after giving it our all, we could only heavily injure one, while the other took advantage of the chaos to escape. We continued to track the heavily injured Ghost Moth, only to find that it seemed to have been killed by someone, but we didn't see the body."

When Elder Li reached this point, he looked toward the tragic scene of Beast King Village and sighed, "We went to the nearby village to inquire and indeed heard that Beast King Village seemed to have hunted this spirit beast and even intended to share its meat. Sigh... you know what happened after that."

"This Ghost Moth is extremely vengeful and possesses very powerful mental strength. A thousand-year Ghost Moth can easily influence human sanity. This is the reason for the tragedy in Beast King Village."

"This... this, how could this be? Grandpa... sob." Hu Liena finally understood everything at this moment. It turned out that the source of this entire tragedy was Grandpa Village Chief.

Recalling how the village chief took care of everyone in the village, it was truly unbearable to link him to the culprit. It was hard to imagine how the surviving villagers would curse the village chief and take revenge on Hu Liena and the others in the future.

"Sigh." Qian Yun also shook his head. Looking at the tear-streaked Hu Liena, he asked Elder Li one last question, "Then, the Ghost Moth that escaped—what were its characteristics?"

The trio looked at each other again. Elder Li stared fixedly at Qian Yun's small face, "It originally had a broken claw, and then it was slashed in the abdomen by us. It is difficult to heal in a short time, and even after the wounds heal, they will leave marks."

"Elder Li, you—." Hearing Elder Li's words, everyone present was sharp enough to know what Qian Yun meant by asking this, and they hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

Elder Li waved his hand, indicating it was no trouble.

Qian Yun nodded, "I've noted it. Thank you." Then, he looked at Hu Liena and asked, "Shall we take Village Chief and A-Qiang with us, and then go to the Martial Soul Hall with them?"

Hu Liena pouted through her teary eyes, looking at the bodies of the village chief and A-Qiang, then at the mess around them, and could only nod in pain and helplessness.

With her confirmation, the stone in the hearts of Duomeng and the others finally landed. Everyone present understood.

Publicly, Qian Yun and Hu Liena had excellent talent. Joining the Martial Soul Hall would not only allow them to reach their maximum potential, but years later, the Martial Soul Hall would gain two more powerhouses.

Privately, discovering such geniuses could not only exempt them from punishment for their poor handling of the mission, but might even lead to their own advancement.

Without delay, the enforcement team found a place for them to wash up that same day, then left Beast King Village overnight with them and the bodies of the village chief and A-Qiang, heading straight for Muyi City.

Qian Yun sat in the spacious and comfortable carriage, looking through the window at the starlight constantly receding in the sky.

He recalled the events of the past few days in his mind. First, the inexplicable transmigration, and fortunately, he met the kind-hearted village chief's family. Just when he thought he would have a period of peace, a sudden change caused him and Hu Liena to almost lose their lives. Just when he thought he was dead for sure, he met the people from the Martial Soul Hall and even became a Spirit Master. This experience had to be said to be quite dramatic.

Regardless, his transmigration was a fact, and thinking about it so much was useless.

Thinking to this point, Qian Yun felt a bit tired, so he turned around to cover Hu Liena with the blanket she had kicked off.

"Grandpa... A-Qiang..." On the bed, Hu Liena curled up, muttering in her sleep.

Qian Yun sighed. Facing her, who had experienced such a major change at such a young age, he truly felt a bit heartbroken. He reached out to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead and then fell asleep beside her.

In another carriage, Duomeng was working late into the night, hunched over the table writing furiously. He needed to organize the events of the past few days into a report for his superiors.

But for the letter to the Pope, he hadn't written a single word for a long time.

Firstly, the Pope had never had much patience for long letters. Letters to her had to be carefully worded and as concise as possible, otherwise, the letter would likely be thrown out of the hall, and the author would be punished with fifty strokes of the staff.

Secondly, he had to downplay the situation in the letter, minimizing the negative impact on himself and the others as much as possible to avoid backfiring.

After struggling for a long time, Duomeng finally began to write. The quill in his hand scratched across the paper, "Dear... no, no!! How could I dare to address the Pope so boldly? I still want to keep my head!"

He thought for a moment, crumpled up the letter paper, and wrote again:

"Respected... that's not right either. Would addressing her like that make the Pope sound too old?"

From midnight until the stars and moon faded, a carrier pigeon finally flew out of the convoy.

One day later.

Martial Soul Hall.

In the magnificent main hall, Bibi Dong rested her chin on her hand, her eyes slightly narrowed as she leaned against the throne in a languid posture, holding a letter in her hand.

"Autonomous martial soul awakening... Crown martial soul, Qian Yun and Hu Liena." Bibi Dong held the intelligence report sent via express delivery from Muyi City. It contained information about the two, detailing everything from their time in Beast King Village to how they joined Martial Soul Hall.

"Heh, two interesting little ones." Bibi Dong waved her hand, and the letter dissipated into thin air.

Her fingers tapped lightly against the hard armrest, producing a crisp, rhythmic sound. Bibi Dong's eyes remained narrowed, a faint, inscrutable smile playing on her lips that made it impossible to discern her true thoughts.

A moment later.

"Ghost." Bibi Dong called out softly, her clear, melodious voice echoing through the vast, empty hall.

Following her summons, a surge of black mist rose within the golden hall. The mist converged toward the center, gradually coalescing into a human shape. Within moments, a figure shrouded in a black robe knelt in the center of the hall.

"Pope, what are your orders?" A low, hoarse voice emanated from beneath the black robe of the one called Ghost.

"Go to Muyi City and take a look." Bibi Dong gazed at Ghost and said indifferently.

"Yes!" Ghost nodded respectfully, his figure immediately beginning to blur before vanishing entirely.

"Heh." After Ghost departed, Bibi Dong let out another inexplicable chuckle.

The intelligence on the letter had already laid out the situation of Qian Yun and the other clearly. Even with her discerning eye, she had to admit that the talent of these two was exceptional.

If such people could not be used by her, then they must be erased! Fortunately, their backgrounds were clean, which was why she had the idea of making contact.

Under the current turbulent situation of the continent, Bibi Dong knew all too well what the sudden appearance of two highly gifted geniuses in Martial Soul Hall signified.

She believed that in time, her ideals would have a much greater chance of becoming reality!

Thinking of this, Bibi Dong slowly reached out a hand, placing it before her eyes to obscure the golden hall. She let out a cold laugh, her palm slowly clenching into a fist, a flicker of madness flashing in her eyes.

When that time comes, this world full of filth will be firmly grasped in her palm, crushed, and obliterated!