Not to mention that Hu Liena had no right to order Lin Ye around. Even Qian Renxue, the young mistress of Spirit Hall, had no right to command Lin Ye, who was also an Angel Heir.
Qian Renxue shook her head and smiled. "Hehe, haven't you heard? Lin Ye is my grandfather Qian Daoliu's personal disciple!"
"Do you think a pope's disciple can order around the Grand Pontiff's disciple?"
"What did you say!"
"And... you! You're Young Mistress Qian Renxue?"
This news struck Hu Liena's heart like a bolt from the blue. She slumped completely to the ground, her face full of shock, and regretted it even more. "Lin Ye... is... the Grand Pontiff's personal disciple!?"
"Alright, let's go, Lin Ye. Grandfather has summoned you."
"Mm." Lin Ye answered, then said to Hu Liena, "Actually, the one who has no right to stand by the other's side, the one who isn't worthy, isn't me. It's you, Hu Liena."
"This is the end for us."
After leaving those final words behind, he departed with Qian Renxue.
Watching Lin Ye's retreating figure, Hu Liena fell into utter despair. Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. "How could this happen..."
The beautiful memories she shared with Lin Ye flashed through her mind one by one.
As a transmigrator, Lin Ye possessed a maturity and steadiness that children his age lacked.
He had displayed the qualities of a prodigy from a young age. He learned to walk at six months old, began speaking at one year old, and could basically communicate normally.
Before reaching two, he could read and write, and he was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
At four, he had mastered a vast amount of martial soul theory and began diligently practicing swordsmanship, revealing his talent in the sword.
At five, he defeated many six- and seven-year-old children who had already awakened their martial souls, even without using his own martial soul.
Hu Liena had actually always admired Lin Ye!
Back then, she had always liked sticking by Lin Ye's side.
But after awakening her martial soul and displaying formidable talent, she gradually became proud and conceited.
And after learning that Lin Ye was most likely far inferior to her, she began to feel that he was not worthy of her.
She gradually became cold and distant toward him.
Yet she had not forgotten the feelings she had buried deep within her heart for Lin Ye, her admiration for him, or the time they had spent growing up together!
At this moment, Hu Liena regretted everything beyond measure!
She could no longer hold herself together. Completely casting aside her pride, she admitted her mistake, tried to keep him, and cried out in devastating grief, "Wuwuwu!! I'm sorry! I was wrong, Lin Ye! I regret it!!!"
"Please! Don't go! Don't leave me! Don't leave Nana, Lin Ye!!"
But Lin Ye simply left their sight without looking back.
"Sigh." Xie Yue looked helpless.
He had just missed out on such an incredible future brother-in-law. He sighed and said, "Nana, let's go."
As Lin Ye and Qian Renxue headed toward the Worship Hall together, the atmosphere between them was rather subtle.
Lin Ye sensed it.
Although he and Qian Renxue walked side by side, an invisible sense of hostility had formed between them!
A sense of opposition!
"I saw the battle just now. Honestly, you surprised me." Qian Renxue glanced at Lin Ye.
Her next words were clearly hostile. "But thinking about it carefully, it's only natural that you possess such strength if you were chosen by the Angel God."
"You are qualified to be my, Qian Renxue's, rival."
Lin Ye smiled. "Qian Renxue, you don't have to think like that. We can compete fairly, help each other, grow together, and complete the trials together. What do you think?"
For now, he was no longer worried that Qian Daoliu and the Consecrated Elders would take him out.
Instead, he was somewhat worried that Qian Renxue would make a move against him in order to eliminate a competitor.
After all, the Angel God had merely told the Consecrated Elders to treat them equally and let them compete fairly. The Angel God had not said that competitors could not kill one another.
And in Lin Ye's memories, Qian Renxue was someone who put benefits first, endured patiently, acted decisively, and was relatively ruthless.
His existence had already threatened Qian Renxue's interests in becoming the Angel God.
However, Qian Renxue had only been undercover in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace for two years. She probably had not yet completely become the person she was in the original story, right?
"Fair competition? Helping each other? Hehe." Qian Renxue laughed.
If she had still been the innocent, pure, and kind nine-year-old Qian Renxue from before she went undercover in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace—
She would certainly have believed in and accepted this so-called fair competition and mutual assistance. But during these two years in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, she had understood many things and changed greatly.
She had developed schemes and caution.
She no longer trusted anyone easily.
She sneered. "Human nature cannot withstand temptation. Before absolute temptation, most people reveal their ugly faces."
"Do you think that, before the enormous temptation of becoming a god, I would believe in your so-called fair competition and mutual assistance?"
She added, "Two years!"
Lin Ye: ????
"What do you mean?"
"Since it was because of you that I could leave that hateful Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and return to undertake the Angel Nine Trials, I'll give you two years. Within two years, I won't move to suppress you." Qian Renxue laid it out plainly.
As expected, peacefully getting along with Qian Renxue is difficult! Lin Ye sighed inwardly, then said seriously, "Add another half year! Two and a half years!"
"..." Qian Renxue was somewhat speechless. She could not help rolling her eyes. "Why don't you just add another year? What's the point of adding half a year!"
"Then add a year!!"
"No! Since you said two and a half years, then two and a half years it is!"
Lin Ye looked deeply annoyed. "Careless! If I'd known, I wouldn't have mocked Brother back then! Damn it, I blurted out two and a half years on instinct!"
Qian Renxue became extremely solemn and serious. "Lin Ye! You are a rare genius. A genius like you will surely become one of Spirit Hall's great powerhouses in the future, so I need to remind you."
"I am Spirit Hall's young mistress, a member of the Six-Winged Angel clan, and a descendant of the Angel God!"
"Look at my advantages. Who in all of Spirit Hall will support you? You cannot compete with me for the Angel God Position."
"After two and a half years, if you know what's good for you, give up. Otherwise, don't blame me for suppressing you then."
"Is that so?" Lin Ye's expression changed, his gaze becoming sharp. He responded forcefully, "Thank you for the reminder, but no matter who you are, I will not easily give up the Angel God Position."
How could he possibly give up such an opportunity to become a god so easily?
If he gave up the Angel God, it would likely become very difficult for Lin Ye to become a god.
Aside from the Angel God Position, there were only two places on Douluo Continent where one could inherit a god position.
One was the City of Slaughter, where the Asura God Position was located.
The other was Sea God Island, where the Sea God Position was located.
But the Asura God was a god who governed slaughter. Strictly speaking, he belonged to the dark deities, so he probably was not compatible with someone like Lin Ye, who possessed holy power of light.
The Asura God might not choose him.
As for the Sea God, he had ties with the Angel God, so he probably would not choose an inheritor like Lin Ye, whose martial soul resembled an Angel Divine Artifact.
If neither of those two gods chose him, then Lin Ye would have only one path left.
That was to break through to Titled Douluo, then wait for the gods of the God Realm to personally deliver a god position to his door!
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