Hu Liena's Fantasy

After leaving the Pope Palace, the more Hu Liena thought about it, the less she understood. Why had her once-kind teacher become so irritable ever since hearing that this person named Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit City?

Furthermore, who exactly was this Qian Renxue? Why had she never heard this name before?

Lost in thought, Hu Liena spotted Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who had exited before her. She hurried to catch up and called out to them, "Elder Ju, Elder Gui, wait a moment."

Hearing her voice, Yue Guan and Gui Mei stopped and turned around. Seeing Hu Liena approaching, they exchanged a glance, both seeing a sense of pity in the other's eyes. They both knew exactly why she had called out to them.

As she reached them, the two elders asked, "Is there something you need, Saintess?"

After saying this, Yue Guan and Gui Mei wondered to themselves if Hu Liena's status as Saintess would soon become nothing more than an empty title now that the Young Master had returned.

Hu Liena, naturally unaware of their thoughts, asked directly, "Elder Ju, Elder Gui, you two are veterans of Spirit Hall. I want to ask you, who is this Qian Renxue? Why did Teacher react so strongly when she heard she was back?"

Yue Guan glanced at Hu Liena before replying, "Saintess, Qian Renxue is the daughter of the former Pope. As for why the Pope reacted that way, we do not know."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were not fools; how could they not know why Bibi Dong detested Qian Renxue? They were not only Bibi Dong's right-hand men but had also served Qian Xunji in the same capacity. They knew the truth all too well.

However, they dared not speak of it, so they could only tell Hu Liena that they were unaware.

To Hu Liena, however, this answer carried a different weight. She knew Bibi Dong had been a disciple of the former Pope and had risen from Saintess to her current position. Since Qian Renxue was the former Pope's daughter, Hu Liena assumed the reason for the tension was that Qian Renxue intended to contest the position of Pope with Bibi Dong.

Hu Liena also harbored her own selfish ambitions. In her eyes, her teacher had ascended from Saintess to Pope, and she herself was currently the Saintess. Since her teacher had treated her like a daughter all these years, why shouldn't she aspire to be the next Pope?

Thus, Qian Renxue instantly became her enemy. Not only was she a rival to her teacher, but she was also a threat to her own future. A grudge took root in Hu Liena's heart.

Believing she had figured it all out, Hu Liena said to the two elders, "Since you don't know, I won't trouble you further. I shall take my leave."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei replied, "Then we shall take our leave, Saintess."

After Hu Liena left, her anger only grew. She became the most incensed person regarding Qian Renxue's return. After making some inquiries, she discovered that Qian Renxue was less than four years older than her.

She herself possessed twenty-five levels of spirit power, and her brother Xie Yue and friend Yan were not far behind. More importantly, she and her brother shared a spirit fusion skill.

Because Bibi Dong never mentioned Qian Renxue, Hu Liena was unaware that Qian Renxue possessed innate full spirit power of level twenty. In Hu Liena's mind, Qian Renxue was only thirteen or fourteen; even with innate full spirit power, she would at most be a Spirit Grandmaster, and with only Tai Yi by her side, she was likely at a similar level to herself—a Spirit Grandmaster in her twenties.

Hu Liena reasoned that if she brought Xie Yue and Yan along, they might well be a match for Qian Renxue and Tai Yi.

With this thought, a surge of misplaced courage emboldened her to find them and teach them a lesson.

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue and Tai Yi were completely unaware of Hu Liena's absurd plan.

The two were currently being led to an artificial spirit beast forest on the outskirts of Spirit City. After all, if a spirit beast over ten thousand years old was captured in the Star Dou Forest, no one would dare bring it into the city; if such a beast broke free, it would turn Spirit City upside down.

This facility had been built specifically to allow people like Qian Renxue and Tai Yi to absorb spirit rings of ten thousand years or older.

As they walked, Tai Yi began to sense the spirit skills granted by the two spirit bones he had absorbed.

The skills were quite simple, yet despite being god-tier spirit bones, they provided only two abilities.

However, both were incredibly formidable.

They were quite similar to his third spirit ring skill, which made sense, as that ring had been condensed from the energy extracted from those very bones.

The Fire Dragon King's spirit bone skills were: Dragon King Break and Extreme Heat Domain.

The Ice Dragon King's were similar: Dragon King Break and Extreme Cold Domain.

Dragon King Break was straightforward: it used spirit power to manifest an Ice Dragon King or Fire Dragon King for Tai Yi to command.

The Extreme Cold Domain and Extreme Heat Domain were, naturally, domain skills of ultimate ice and ultimate fire, with the added effect of ice and fire dragons attacking within the domain.

Reflecting on these skills, Tai Yi was at a loss for words. Most people would never obtain even one domain skill in their lifetime, or would have to risk their lives to acquire one. He now possessed three.

Thinking of this, Tai Yi felt the sunlight today was exceptionally bright.

Soon, Qian Renxue and Tai Yi arrived at the forest, where they saw Golden Crocodile waiting beside two spirit beasts.

Seeing them approach, Golden Crocodile said, "Xiao Yi, Xiao Xue, come and look at these two. Your Second Grandfather caught them just for you. We were lucky this time; we happened upon these two Radiant Divine Eagles. They are exactly twenty thousand years old and are a perfect match for your spirits."

Hearing this, the two looked at the Radiant Divine Eagles restrained by Golden Crocodile Douluo.

It was indeed surprising to find two such perfectly aged spirit beasts at once. More importantly, they were top-tier spirit beasts—one of the fire attribute and one of the light attribute—making them an ideal choice.