Elsewhere.
Qian Xunji had already returned to Spirit Hall.
Inside Pope Palace.
Qian Xunji sat in the seat of honor, lightly tapping the armrest twice with his fingers. "Summon the commander of the Angel Legion."
The guard at the entrance acknowledged the order and left. Before long, a burly middle-aged man strode into Pope Palace.
He wore a suit of silver-white armor, with a longsword at his waist. His every movement carried the steadiness and efficiency unique to a soldier.
He was Qian Lin, commander of Spirit Hall's Angel Legion, head of a branch of the Qian Clan, and an eighty-ninth-rank Power Attack System Soul Douluo.
His Martial Soul was the Two-Winged Angel. Though it was not as powerful as the main branch's Six-Winged Angel, it was still an exceptionally top-tier Angel Martial Soul.
He walked to the center of the hall, raised his right fist to his chest, and bowed slightly.
"Your Holiness the Pope, you summoned me?"
Qian Xunji looked at him and said evenly, "Qian Lin, I have something for you to handle."
"You should be quite familiar with the women of the various family branches. Help me find some girls of suitable age within the clan, preferably talented ones."
"Within a month, I will marry."
Qian Lin was visibly stunned.
His brows rose slightly, and a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.
He knew that His Holiness the Pope was preparing to choose a woman from a branch family for a marriage alliance.
This was, in fact, a longstanding custom of Spirit Hall's Qian Clan.
In order to preserve the purity of the angel bloodline, Popes throughout the generations had mostly chosen suitable partners from branches of the Angel Family.
It was just that this decision had come somewhat suddenly.
After all, Qian Daoliu had