Officially Becoming Bibi Dong's Disciple

Su Chen did not hesitate.

He raised his right hand and grasped Bibi Dong's palm.

Bibi Dong's fingers were ice-cold.

Su Chen's palm was warm.

Bibi Dong led Su Chen down from the high platform.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immediately followed.

They guarded the left and right sides.

Bishop Sino and the surrounding knights remained in a kneeling position.

No one dared to look up.

A magnificent, exclusive carriage was parked on the perimeter of the plaza.

The carriage was pulled by four white unicorns possessing the bloodline of century-old spirit beasts.

Bibi Dong brought Su Chen into the carriage.

The carriage started moving.

The wheels rolled over the smooth stone path.

The carriage traveled steadily toward the Pope Palace.

The interior of the carriage was spacious.

Bibi Dong leaned against the soft cushions.

She kept observing Su Chen, who sat opposite her.

"You are an orphan. How do you know that power has no distinction between good and evil?"

Bibi Dong asked.

"When the village was attacked by bandits, they held ordinary farm tools in their hands. The villagers were slaughtered unilaterally."

Su Chen narrated calmly.

"If someone had held the evil dark martial soul you speak of and wiped out the bandits at that time, to the villagers, he would have been absolute justice."

A glimmer of appreciation flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes.

Martial Soul Hall did not lack flowers grown in greenhouses.

What it lacked were wolves who could see through the laws of survival.

Su Chen's intellect far exceeded that of a six-year-old child.

This made Bibi Dong very satisfied.

"You are right. Only those who survive have the qualifications to define justice."

Bibi Dong said.

The carriage passed through streets guarded by layers of soldiers.

Half an hour later, it stopped at the foot of the steps of the Pope Palace.

Bibi Dong led Su Chen off the carriage.

They stepped onto the white jade stairs.

They walked into the magnificent Pope Palace.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo remained outside the hall.

The heavy doors slowly closed.

Only Bibi Dong and Su Chen remained in the vast hall.

Bibi Dong walked to the Pope Throne on the high platform.

She turned around and looked down at Su Chen.

"Kneel."

Bibi Dong's voice echoed through the empty hall.

Su Chen lowered his knees to the ground.

He looked directly into Bibi Dong's eyes.

Then, he bowed his body.

He solemnly kowtowed three times.

"Disciple Su Chen pays respects to Teacher."

Su Chen said.

Bibi Dong accepted the three kowtows.

She walked down from the high platform.

She lifted Su Chen to his feet with both hands.

"From this moment on, you are the only personal disciple of this Pope, Bibi Dong."

Bibi Dong's tone was solemn.

"All the resources of Martial Soul Hall and all the authority of the Pope Palace will be open to you in the future."

Su Chen stood up.

He did not show any signs of wild joy.

He merely lowered his head slightly to express his gratitude.

Bibi Dong grew even more satisfied with Su Chen's composure.

"Release your Twin Martial Souls. I need to examine your physical condition."

Bibi Dong issued the command.

Cultivating Twin Martial Souls was extremely dangerous.

Two vastly different powers could easily clash within the body.

At best, it would shatter one's meridians.

At worst, it would cause the body to explode and lead to death.

Not to mention that Su Chen had awakened two attributes that were diametrically opposed.

Su Chen followed her instructions and raised both hands.

Golden light gathered in the palm of his right hand.

The Judgment Holy Sword emerged.

Black mist roiled in the palm of his left hand.

The God-Slaying Magic Spear took form.

The air inside the great hall instantly became oppressive.

Bibi Dong extended her right hand.

She pressed it onto Su Chen's shoulder.

A stream of pure purple soul power surged from her palm into Su Chen's body.

At that very instant.

Su Chen issued a command in his mind.

"System, extract the reward for Option Three. Fuse the million-year head soul bone and activate the materialization of spiritual power."

"Ding. Reward distribution initiated."

A vast energy, impossible to describe in words, appeared directly within Su Chen's Sea of Consciousness.

This energy did not pass through any meridians.

It acted directly upon his brain.

Su Chen's eyes instantly turned into two colors: one gold and one black.

Bibi Dong's purple soul power had just entered Su Chen's meridians.

Before she could even begin to probe the origin of his two martial souls, a terrifying spiritual power erupted from Su Chen's brain.

This spiritual power transformed into a tangible barrier.

It directly repelled Bibi Dong's soul power out of his body.

Caught off guard, Bibi Dong was forced to take half a step back.

She jerked her head up.

She stared at Su Chen with a face full of shock.

"Materialization of spiritual power."

Bibi Dong exclaimed in disbelief.

She was a peak Douluo herself.

Her spiritual power was formidable.

But even so, her spiritual power could only be projected for detection.

It was impossible for her to form a tangible physical defense like Su Chen.

This level of spiritual power was something usually only possessed by powerhouses who had broken through to the Title Douluo realm.

Yet Su Chen was currently just a six-year-old child who had only just awakened his Martial Soul.

A child who did not even possess a single Soul Ring.

"What is the nature of that power within your mind?"

Bibi Dong stared intensely at Su Chen.

Su Chen retracted the Martial Souls from both his hands.

The strange hue in his eyes gradually faded away.

They returned to their normal, clear black and white.

"I do not know."

Su Chen replied according to the excuse he had prepared in advance.

"When I awakened my Martial Soul, a cool power suddenly appeared in my mind. It seems I can mobilize it according to my will."

Bibi Dong took a deep breath.

She forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart.

She did not doubt Su Chen.

A god-tier Martial Soul already transcended common sense.

It was not impossible for it to be accompanied by powerful spiritual energy.

Bibi Dong's eyes were now filled only with fanaticism.

The greatest hidden danger of Twin Martial Souls was that one's spiritual energy might be insufficient to suppress the conflict between the two souls.

Back then, in order to overcome this problem, she had suffered immensely.

She had even nearly suffered a cultivation deviation.

Now, Su Chen was born with materialized spiritual energy.

This meant that the greatest obstacle to cultivating Twin Martial Souls simply did not exist for him.

He could attach the highest quality Soul Rings to both Martial Souls without any reservations.

"Innate full Soul Power of level twenty. Supreme Twin Martial Souls. Combined with this materialized spiritual energy."

Bibi Dong whispered to herself.

"Qian Daoliu, you are truly blind to have let such a seed of a deity fall into my hands."

Bibi Dong walked back to the high platform.

She took out a token from a hidden compartment on the side.

The token was made entirely of purple gold.

Its texture was hard.

Engraved upon it were the patterns of six top-tier Martial Souls.

This was the Pope Token.

The symbol of authority within Martial Soul Hall.

Bibi Dong walked back in front of Su Chen.

She handed the Pope Token to Su Chen.

"This is the Pope Token. To see this token is to see This Seat."

Bibi Dong said.

"Throughout the entire Martial Soul Hall, with the exception of the core areas of the Worship Hall and the Elder Hall, you may travel freely with this token. You have the authority to directly command any personnel below the rank of Cardinal."

Su Chen received the Pope Token with both hands.

The token felt heavy in his grasp.

It carried a trace of warmth.

"Thank you, Teacher."

Su Chen said.

"Your primary task now is to adapt to the Soul Power within your body."

Bibi Dong looked at Su Chen.

"Although you have an innate Soul Power of level twenty, before you obtain your Soul Rings, this power cannot be converted into true combat strength. For these next two days, you will remain in seclusion within the Pope Palace. Do not go anywhere."

"Yes."

"Three days from now, I will convene a high-level meeting of Martial Soul Hall to announce to the entire continent that I have taken you as my personal disciple."

A sharp light flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes.

"At the same time, I will propose that you be directly conferred the title of Martial Soul Hall Holy Son."

Su Chen felt a stir in his heart.

The status of Holy Son was exceptionally high.

It was equivalent to being the heir apparent to the Pope.

Bibi Dong was aiming to settle everything in one move.

She was thoroughly nailing his identity to the war chariot of the Pope Palace.

By doing so, she would extinguish any thoughts Qian Daoliu might have of snatching him away in the future.

Bibi Dong turned and walked toward the side door of the grand hall.

She summoned a personal maidservant.

"Take him to the Cloud Condensing Pavilion in the side palace. From now on, that will be his exclusive residence. Arrange twenty high-level Spirit Masters to guard it in shifts around the clock. Anyone who approaches without my personal decree is to be executed without mercy."

Bibi Dong issued her command.

"As you command, Your Holiness."

The maidservant bowed her head respectfully.

The maidservant walked up to Su Chen.

She made a gesture of invitation.

"Young Master Su Chen, please follow me."

Su Chen performed a salute toward Bibi Dong.

He turned and followed the maidservant out of the main hall of the Pope Palace.

Passing through a long corridor.

They arrived before an independent palace.

Cloud Condensing Pavilion.

This was one of the highest-spec residences within the Pope Palace.

It was less than a hundred meters away from Bibi Dong's own sleeping quarters.

The maidservant pushed open the carved wooden doors.

The interior of the room was extremely spacious.

The floor was covered with soft spirit beast fur.

The walls were inlaid with night-luminescent pearls for lighting.

The air was permeated with a faint, soothing fragrance.

The mimetic environment here was perfectly suited for meditation and cultivation.

"Young Master, your clothing and daily necessities have all been prepared. If you have any instructions, simply pull the bell by the bedside at any time. We will be waiting just outside the door."

After the maidservant finished speaking.

She retreated from the room.

The door closed.

Su Chen walked to the center of the room.

He let out a long breath.

The first step of his plan had been perfectly achieved.

He had successfully become Bibi Dong's disciple.

He had obtained the Pope Token.

And he was about to become the Holy Son of Martial Soul Hall.

Compared to that hard wooden bed at the orphanage.

The environment here was simply heaven.

Su Chen walked to the large bed and sat down.

He closed his eyes.

He began to carefully perceive the system rewards he had just integrated into his body.

The million-year head spirit bone had perfectly fused with his brain.

His Sea of Consciousness had expanded countless times over.

His current sensory range could even cover more than half of Martial Soul City.

The innate level twenty full spirit power within his body was circulating automatically through his meridians.

There was not a hint of stiffness.

All he lacked now were spirit rings and actual combat experience.

Just as he prepared to attempt circulating his spirit power for his first deep meditation.

The silent, mechanical voice of the system rang out once more in his mind.