Bibi Dong's Emphasis

"Was it the soul beast that looked like a fish shaped like a person?"

The middle-aged man who had brought the news yesterday rushed up and pressed him for an answer.

Ning Yuan nodded.

Then he raised his hand and activated his soul power.

At his feet, a purple soul ring slowly rose.

It shimmered with a magnificent luster beneath the morning sun.

A purple soul ring.

The old village chief's mouth fell open, and for a long while, he could not say a single word.

Although he was not a soul master, he did know some common knowledge from the soul master world.

The maximum age for a first soul ring was only four hundred and twenty-three years.

But Ning Yuan's soul ring was purple—a thousand-year level ring.

This boy's talent was terrifying to such an extent.

A true dragon was destined to emerge from my Sea Soul Village!

"Wonderful! Ning Yuan!"

"Congratulations on officially becoming a soul master."

"And thank you for saving the lives of everyone in the village."

Killing that sea soul beast could also be considered vengeance for the villagers who had been eaten.

Everyone thanked Ning Yuan from the bottom of their hearts.

The victims' families in particular all knelt before Ning Yuan to express their gratitude.

Ning Yuan hurried forward to help them up.

He looked at the simple, honest villagers before him, and his nose stung.

[Ning Yuan, your eyes are peeing!]

At this touching moment, Venom started mocking him again.

[Get lost! This is called being moved.]

[...I don't get it. You humans' emotions are too complicated.]

Venom fell silent.

Meanwhile, the news that Ning Yuan had defeated a thousand-year level sea soul beast had already flown out of Sea Soul Village as if it had grown wings.

Elsewhere, at the Weihai City branch of Spirit Hall.

Cheng Xiao, the branch hall master, looked at the report Su Yuntao had handed over, his brows slightly furrowed.

"You mean to say you discovered something unusual in a small fishing village?"

"A child with a useless martial soul, yet who possesses what seems to be innate soul power above full rank ten?"

Su Yuntao cupped his hands.

"Replying to Your Excellency the Bishop, that is indeed the case."

"This subordinate saw it with his own eyes."

"It was just like the child named Tang San, whose martial soul this subordinate awakened in Holy Soul Village."

Cheng Xiao sank into thought.

To be honest, he had never seen such a situation either.

However, since the child had said he wanted to join Spirit Hall, then according to Her Holiness Pope Bibi Dong's wishes, education was to be offered without discrimination.

As long as he was a genius, Spirit Hall could accept him.

At that moment, he was just about to set off and personally head to Sea Soul Village to meet Ning Yuan.

Just then, a subordinate suddenly reported from outside the door, "Report! This subordinate has important information to report!"

"What is it?"

After the subordinate came in, he presented another letter.

When Cheng Xiao clearly saw the contents of the letter, he could no longer sit still.

He sprang up from his chair with a whoosh.

Ning Yuan had slain a thousand-year level sea soul beast and survived—not only that, he had even obtained a thousand-year level first soul ring.

Su Yuntao, standing beside him, was completely dumbfounded as well.

He had only awakened Ning Yuan's martial soul yesterday, and today the boy could already slay a soul beast and obtain a soul ring?

It had to be known that in the surrounding villages for miles around, there was not a single soul master.

Who had helped him?

Could he have killed it all by himself?

Cheng Xiao paced back and forth before the guards, his expression grave.

If this was true, then Ning Yuan's genius far exceeded his expectations.

This was not something a mere bishop like him could decide.

No. He had to report this information to Her Holiness the Pope first.

"Send this letter up... No, you don't need to go. I'll go myself."

Cheng Xiao acted swiftly and decisively, deciding to personally report this information to Her Holiness the Pope.

Before leaving, he instructed Su Yuntao, "Go to Sea Soul Village at once. You must bring Ning Yuan here safe and sound."

Su Yuntao hurriedly agreed from the side.

He had also realized the importance of this entire matter.

Cheng Xiao walked out of the hall and quickly summoned his martial soul to possess him.

He was a Soul King of over rank fifty, and his martial soul was a Golden Eagle, so he could fly.

He fixed on the direction of Spirit City, leaped up, and flew that way at extreme speed.

After a full day of nonstop travel, he finally reached Spirit Hall just before his soul power ran out for the third time.

He did not even dare pause to catch his breath and hurriedly reported, "Cheng Xiao, branch hall master of the Weihai City Spirit Hall branch, has an important matter to report!"

The hall was resplendent in gold and jade, its dome hanging high overhead, while intricate patterns were carved into the pillars on both sides.

At the center, Pope Bibi Dong sat upright on the papal throne, draped in a brilliant golden robe and wearing a purple-gold crown.

Her elegant brows were tightly knitted, clearly troubled by certain vexing matters.

"Admit him."

Cheng Xiao quickly lowered his head, held the letter in both hands, raised it above his head, and trotted into the hall.

When he reached the steps, he dropped to his knees with a thud. "This subordinate, Cheng Xiao, has an important matter to report!"

Bibi Dong's slender jade-like fingers pressed against the space between her brows.

She casually took the letter, opened it, and the moment she read it, she immediately straightened in her seat.

Her gaze fixed tightly on the words written on the letter.

The information on it was very brief:

A six-year-old child had just awakened. Martial soul unknown, suspected useless martial soul.

Suspected innate soul power of rank twenty.

Alone, he slew a thousand-year-level soul beast and obtained his first soul ring, thousand-year level.

She immediately became very interested in this youth named Ning Yuan.

Innate soul power of rank twenty?

One had to know that on this continent, only the Qian Daoliu family's Six-Winged Angel martial soul had that—but that was the only god-level martial soul on the continent.

Could this youth's martial soul also be a god-level martial soul?

And his first soul skill had also far exceeded the continent's publicly recognized limit of 423 years.

Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes shifted.

If this child could grow steadily, he would certainly be able to reach the level of an Ultimate Douluo in the future, perhaps even a Peerless Douluo.

Right now, there were very few people under her whom she could use.

If she could take this child under her command and have him serve her, then her plan to fully control Spirit Hall would definitely be accelerated.

The Elder Hall was led by that old man Qian Daoliu.

She, the master of Spirit Hall, currently held the title in name only, with not many people under her whom she could use.

More importantly, this child had taken the initiative to join Spirit Hall.

That meant he felt a strong sense of belonging toward Spirit Hall.

He was also a child from an ordinary remote village, an orphan at that, with not so many troublesome matters behind him.

She even felt that perhaps she ought to establish a separate position of Holy Son specifically to devote all efforts to cultivating this child.

"Mm. Very good."

"You may go rest first. Go claim your reward."

"Many thanks, Your Holiness."

After saluting, Cheng Xiao withdrew from Spirit Hall.

After leaving the hall, he let out a long breath.

There had been several Titled Douluo-level figures inside. That pressure was far beyond what a little nobody like him could withstand.

Fortunately, because of Ning Yuan, he figured he would receive quite a sizable reward.

One had to know that although Pope Bibi Dong was a woman, when it came to her subordinates, there was absolutely nothing to criticize.

He happily imagined it: after bringing in such important information, surely his year-end promotion was basically guaranteed, right?

After Cheng Xiao left, Bibi Dong beckoned.

An old man with an extremely powerful aura stepped out from the shadows.

"Go. Head to that Sea Soul Village and bring the child named Ning Yuan back safely."

"Yes."

The next second, the old man's figure vanished from the hall.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Su Yuntao had also brought his men to Sea Soul Village, picked up Ning Yuan, and headed toward the branch hall.

The villagers naturally beat gongs and drums to see Ning Yuan off.

After all, he was someone from Spirit Hall now. Of course important people had to be flattered.

But they had only just sent Su Yuntao off that morning.

That afternoon, another old man arrived.

As soon as the old man landed, the entire village felt the overwhelmingly powerful aura on him and immediately dropped to their knees, begging for mercy.

"Where is the person in charge?"

The village chief immediately scurried over and knelt down. "This humble one is the village chief. May I ask what brings you here, honored soul master?"

"Where is Ning Yuan?"

"He was just taken away this morning by people from the Weihai City Spirit Hall branch. The one leading them seemed to be called Su Yuntao..."

Before he could finish, that figure suddenly disappeared the next second.

Only after the man had left did the villagers dare to stand.

Right now, their bodies were covered in cold sweat from fright, their clothes nearly soaked through.

For the first time, they had felt the pressure of a powerful soul master.

They could not help but sigh—soul masters really were formidable.

When would that Ning Yuan become strong too?

Would he also be able to become as powerful as that man in the future?

On this side, Ning Yuan had just arrived inside the branch hall.

On the way, Su Yuntao had already told him that this time, he had truly lucked out.

Because the matter of him killing a sea soul beast alone had been reported upward.

At this point, someone would probably personally take him to Spirit Hall headquarters.

"If it weren't for you awakening my martial soul for me, Lord Su Yuntao, I might never have been discovered."

Ning Yuan said.

Su Yuntao was very satisfied as well. This child's words were quite pleasing to hear.

Just then, an old man abruptly appeared out of thin air inside the branch hall.

A powerful aura instantly enveloped the entire room.

Everyone was so frightened that they immediately drew their weapons.

But the aura released from the old man's body made all of them instantly fall silent in fear.

[Holy shit.]

[This old man... is so strong.]

In Ning Yuan's mind, Venom's voice, for once, carried a rare trace of gravity.

[You can talk like a normal person too? I thought you'd never be serious in your life.]

[What do you mean, not serious? I'm assessing the enemy's strength, got it? This old man's aura is who knows how many times stronger than that fish-man from yesterday. What's wrong with me taking this seriously?]

[Oh, so you're scared?]

[Bullshit! I'm a handsome elite among symbiotes—why would I be scared? I'm just... tactically serious! Got it? Tactically! Besides, what right does a weakling like you, who couldn't even take one slap from him, have to talk about me?]

The corner of Ning Yuan's mouth twitched slightly.

This guy's stubborn act was exactly the same as usual.

"Who is Ning Yuan?"

The old man spoke.

His voice was not loud, yet it pressed down on everyone until they could hardly breathe.

Ning Yuan stepped forward.

He did not know this old man.

But he knew that the person before him was at least a Soul Douluo, and might even be a Titled Douluo.

Though Su Yuntao was afraid, he still stepped forward. "May I ask, my lord..."

The old man did not waste words. He took a token from his waist and showed it.

After Su Yuntao saw it clearly, he immediately dropped to his knees. "This subordinate did not know an elder of Spirit Hall had arrived and failed to come out to welcome you. Please forgive me."

"His Holiness the Pope has taken an interest in this child."

"I will take him away now."

"Afterward, handle and explain everything properly."

"Yes."

Su Yuntao nodded in agreement.

The next second, the old man vanished from the spot with Ning Yuan.

Only then did Su Yuntao dare to raise his head.

He collapsed onto the ground and muttered to himself, "I never thought this child would be valued by His Holiness the Pope... to such an extent that a Titled Douluo-level elder was personally sent to fetch him."

"In the future, his status in Spirit Hall is going to soar."

"I suppose I've also managed to form a connection with a genius like that."

At this point, he could not help but think of another child who had awakened Blue Silver Grass and possessed innate full soul power.

He could not help feeling sorry for him.

They both had trash martial souls plus innate full soul power.

In other places, you might not be given any important role.

But in Spirit Hall, you would absolutely receive His Holiness the Pope's heavy regard.

Sigh. He had to say, that child had chosen the wrong path.

The old man was extremely fast.

In less than half a day, they had already arrived at Spirit Hall headquarters, Spirit City.

Along the way, everyone they passed in Spirit Hall bowed when they saw the old man.

This made Ning Yuan somewhat curious.

Just how high did the old man's status rank in Spirit Hall?

The old man did not say a single word the entire way.

That inevitably gave Ning Yuan some guesses.

According to the original timeline, the only people Pope Bibi Dong had available under her at this point were Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, right?

There were a few other Douluo, but they had no names.

[This old man's speed... is ridiculously fast.]

Venom's voice sounded in his mind again.

[I take back what I said earlier. He's even stronger than I thought.]

[Yo, so you know how to back down too?]

[That's not backing down. That's called respecting the strong!]

[Then why don't you show me some respect?]

[You? You're my host. Me respecting you is me giving you face. If this old man hits me, I might not be able to protect you.]

[...I'm really touched by that.]

[You're welcome. It's what a symbiote should do.]

Ning Yuan no longer paid him any attention.

Before long, the two of them entered the hall.

"Reporting to Your Holiness, Ning Yuan has been brought here."

Bibi Dong, seated high above, waved her fingers.

"Very well. Withdraw."

The next second, the old man vanished into thin air.

At this moment, Bibi Dong leaned forward slightly from her high seat and looked Ning Yuan up and down.

"You are Ning Yuan?"