Stabilization

Before long, Qian Xunji brought Lin Fan into a palace.

"This will be your residence from now on." Qian Xunji's voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable authority.

Qian Xunji raised his hand and waved it gently, a soft golden soul power enveloping Lin Fan as he carefully probed the soul power within his body.

A moment later, his eyes filled with even greater satisfaction. "Lin Fan, since you are willing to take me as your master, do you understand that entering my tutelage requires you to abide by the rules of Martial Soul Hall, cultivate with focus, and shoulder the glory of Martial Soul Hall in the future?"

Lin Fan felt a jolt in his heart and quickly bowed, his expression resolute. "This disciple understands. I will strictly follow Master's teachings, swear to defend the dignity of Martial Soul Hall with my life, and never let Master's cultivation go to waste!"

Although Qian Xunji's image in Lin Fan's eyes had some stains, and he even felt a sense of contempt for him.

There were, however, significant reasons for that.

Anyone who saw their painstakingly cultivated successor snatched away by a piece of trash would go mad, too.

Qian Xunji was indeed despicable for the way he tried to keep Bibi Dong.

But all of that was for the benefit of Martial Soul Hall!

Moreover, none of that had happened yet. With his own intervention, defeating that trash Yu Xiaogang would be as easy as pie.

Seeing this, Qian Xunji nodded in satisfaction. "Very good. Your teacher has many matters to attend to; if there is anything else, we shall discuss it tomorrow."

As his voice fell, Qian Xunji looked at the woman standing to the side. "If you have any questions regarding daily life, just ask the housekeeper."

Hearing this, Lin Fan nodded and looked at the middle-aged woman beside him.

"Understood, Master."

Qian Xunji then departed.

"Your Highness, if you need anything, please do not hesitate to command me." After Qian Xunji left, the housekeeper spoke respectfully.

The person before her was the future Pope's disciple! And the head disciple at that!

The housekeeper would never dare to offend him, even if she was a Soul Ancestor!

But in Martial Soul Hall, a Soul Ancestor was merely a soul master with a bit of strength!

"What is your name?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.

"Wang Lian," the housekeeper Wang Lian replied.

"I will call you Housekeeper Wang from now on," Lin Fan said. "Take me to where I will be resting."

"As you wish, Your Highness," Wang Lian said, leading the way.

After bathing and lying on the soft, large bed, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

In this world, strength truly is everything.

It had been less than half a day since his martial soul awakened, and he had already gone from a small cot in an orphanage to a palace bed, with people waiting on him hand and foot!

The gap created by talent was immense, even within Martial Soul Hall.

Suddenly, a panel appeared before Lin Fan's eyes, labeled "Emotion Source."

At the very bottom, he had already collected over thirty thousand emotion points!

The largest source of these points was during the martial soul awakening at the orphanage, followed by the time in the conference hall, and finally, just now.

However, thirty thousand emotion points weren't enough to do much.

According to Lin Fan's observations, even the weakest Spirit Seed of fire required a full three million emotion points!

And that was just the lowest grade.

If he were to exchange for the top-tier ones, he didn't know how many points it would take.

Furthermore, Lin Fan was born with dual elements, lightning and fire, both of which required Spirit Seeds!

Although the Spirit Seeds in the System Store were all priced the same—meaning there was no such thing as an increase in value due to rarity—the most top-tier Spirit Seeds, which provided a maximum power boost of three times, required 6 million emotion points regardless of anything else!

If he wanted two such powerful Spirit Seeds, he would need 12 million emotion points!

And this was just for Spirit Seeds, which were suitable for intermediate mages.

Once he reached the high level, he would need Soul Seeds!

And at the super level, he would be able to adapt to Heaven Seeds!

Thinking of the sheer number of emotion points required, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel troubled, already beginning to plan how to quickly acquire emotion points in the future.

The method for obtaining emotion points was simple: as long as others experienced emotional fluctuations because of Lin Fan, he could obtain them.

The intensity of the emotion determined the amount of points gained.

Meanwhile, inside the Pope Palace.

"How is the talent among the descendants this time?" Qian Daoliu asked indifferently.

"Your Holiness, in this awakening ceremony, there were none with Innate Full Soul Power."

"There were two with innate level nine soul power."

"Innate soul power level eight, eleven people."

"Innate soul power level seven, twenty-seven people."

"This is the awakening report for the descendants of soul masters in Martial Soul City this time. The files from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire will be delivered within three days."

Qian Xunji reported respectfully.

"This year is not bad; it is significantly better than previous years."

Qian Daoliu said slowly, "However, it is still not enough. Seven years ago, the Clear Sky Sect produced someone with Innate Full Soul Power whose soul power has already reached level thirty-four."

"In the last two years, our Martial Soul Hall has not had anyone capable of rivaling them."

"With Lin Fan here, the hope for our Martial Soul Hall to triumph in this generation remains greater," Qian Xunji said respectfully.

Qian Daoliu nodded faintly, acknowledging this statement.

After all, he possessed Innate Full Soul Power, Twin Martial Souls, and that peculiar Star Seed.

Although the Clear Sky Sect was strong and possessed the unique arts founded by Tang Chen, those could only be learned after reaching a certain level of strength.

Having thought it through, Qian Daoliu asked again, "How are the preparations for the Soul Master Tournament in one year?"

Qian Xunji bowed, his expression becoming even more respectful, "Rest assured, Father, your son has already begun preparations."

"The students selected by the Martial Soul Hall Academy this time are all the elite of our Martial Soul Academy. Their cultivation is at least level forty, and they are all equipped with the best soul ring configurations."

Qian Daoliu nodded, "Mm, cultivate them well. They will be the pillars of our Martial Soul Hall in the future!"

The next day.

Early morning.

A ray of sunlight slipped through the gap in the curtains, shining on the face of Lin Fan, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Lin Fan opened his eyes, rose, and finished washing up.

"Your Highness, the Pope has arrived," Wang Lian said, walking over quickly and bowing.

"Take me to see Teacher," Lin Fan smiled.

Arriving at the main hall, he saw Qian Xunji looking at him with a smile.

Seeing this, Lin Fan bowed respectfully, "Teacher."

"Disciple, I am busy with official duties and fear I cannot provide guidance for your cultivation at all times."

Qian Xunji stood up and said, "However, since you are now my disciple, it is most appropriate for you to go and study at the Martial Soul Academy."

"At the Martial Soul Academy, everything is decided by strength. Once you are there, everything is fair. If you want resources, go seize them, go fight for them!"

"Do you have the confidence?"

Hearing this, Lin Fan smiled slightly, his eyes revealing an incomparably firm expression, "Teacher, this disciple will naturally not lose to anyone else!"

"I will certainly not bring shame to Teacher's prestige!"

"Good!" Qian Xunji clapped in approval, then said, "Since that is the case, prepare yourself well. I will send you to the Martial Soul Academy to study shortly!"

"It is not far from here, so if you have any problems, you can return at any time."

The Martial Soul Academy, the core location where Martial Soul Hall cultivated its new generation of soul masters, gathered the most top-tier genius soul masters from the entire Douluo Continent.

Here, the law of the jungle prevailed and strength was supreme; it was precisely the perfect place for him to earn emotion points and rapidly increase his strength.

As long as there were many people, wouldn't the speed of earning emotion points grow exponentially?

If he had enough emotion points, buying a magical artifact to accelerate his cultivation speed from the System Store would not be a problem at all.