My First Meeting with Qian Renxue

Following the maid to the side hall, Lin Bei had yet to enter when he faintly heard voices talking inside.

The maid had Lin Bei wait outside the door for the moment, then went in to report.

Before long, the maid came back out and led Lin Bei inside.

In the side hall's main room sat three people.

Aside from Omora, whom Lin Bei knew, a middle-aged man in a bishop's robe sat in the main seat, while on the other side sat a handsome young man.

When Lin Bei entered, both the middle-aged man and the young man turned their gazes onto him.

"Lin Bei, this is Lord Salas, the Platinum Bishop, and this is His Highness Xue Qinghe, Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire."

Omora introduced them to Lin Bei calmly.

Lin Bei was somewhat surprised inwardly—

Xue Qinghe?

Wasn't that Qian Renxue?

He could not help taking a few more looks at Xue Qinghe.

At this moment, Xue Qinghe, whom Qian Renxue was disguised as, looked about fifteen or sixteen. Between his brows and eyes, one could faintly see a bit of a girl's delicate beauty.

But that delicacy did not make Xue Qinghe seem feminine. Instead, it gave him an air of nobility, refinement, good breeding, and gentle elegance.

"So this is the genius you found in that little place, Notting City?"

Salas's naturally gloomy tone brought Lin Bei back to his senses. He bowed to Salas and Xue Qinghe—

"Greetings, Lord Bishop, Your Highness."

"Show us your martial soul," Salas said as if giving an order.

Lin Bei was rather displeased and rolled his eyes inwardly. Did this old man really think he was somebody?

He was nothing more than a side character in the original work who did not even have a name later on.

Once Grandpa took control of Spirit Hall, he would have you removed!

Although he thought that inwardly, Lin Bei still reached out and revealed his martial soul.

The moment the Pangu Creation Axe appeared, Salas instantly broke out in a face full of cold sweat. He looked at Lin Bei, and in his overly narrow, rather sinister eyes, a flash of fear and wariness actually appeared.

This little fellow...

Just now, when the Pangu Axe appeared, Salas, like Omora, had seen the scene of Pangu splitting heaven and earth open—

When the majestic god swung the giant axe in his hand and cleaved heaven and earth apart, Salas only felt as if his own body had been split in two as well, while a shadow of death settled over the bottom of his heart.

Xue Qinghe, beside him, had a face full of shock.

He looked at Lin Bei with eyes shining again and again. He had also seen the illusion of Pangu creating the world, that image of grand power splitting heaven and earth apart, and it made his entire body feel as if it were trembling.

"What a terrifying martial soul!" he praised aloud.

Lin Bei put away his martial soul and smiled. "Your Highness overpraises me."

Xue Qinghe asked, "What is your martial soul called?"

Lin Bei answered, "Pangu Creation Axe."

"Pangu Creation Axe... That name is quite fitting." Thinking of the scene of the heavens being split open just now, Xue Qinghe spoke with a smile on his face.

At this moment, Salas looked at Lin Bei and asked, "How much Innate Soul Power do you have?"

"Replying to Lord Bishop, it is Innate Full Soul Power, level ten."

Xue Qinghe seemed somewhat surprised and murmured, "Only level ten...?"

From what she had felt just now, Qian Renxue thought the strength of Lin Bei's martial soul was already close to her Six-Winged Angel martial soul, and might even have surpassed it.

When she awakened back then, she had Innate Full Soul Power at level twenty.

How could this child's Innate Full Soul Power be only level ten?

What Qian Renxue did not know was this.

The Pangu Creation Axe had indeed surpassed the Six-Winged Angel martial soul, and originally brought Lin Bei Innate Full Soul Power at level thirty.

But the Pangu Creation Axe was, in the end, a martial soul Lin Bei had inherited from his self in a parallel spacetime.

Perhaps the simulator had placed certain restrictions on the Pangu Creation Axe, causing Lin Bei, when choosing it as a reward, to not receive the vast soul power that came with the axe.

Although he did not have Innate Full Soul Power at level thirty, Lin Bei was content with his lot—

Being able to simulate such a powerful martial soul was already luck defying the heavens.

As for how much Innate Soul Power he had, he did not particularly care.

In any case, with just a few simulations, his soul power would rise quickly. There was no need to dwell on it.

"Your martial soul is extremely powerful. From the strength I felt, it has even surpassed the Clear Sky Hammer of the Clear Sky Sect."

A slight smile appeared on Salas's face. "And you also have Innate Full Soul Power at level ten. You are indeed talented enough. No wonder His Holiness the Pope sent Omora to fetch you."

Xue Qinghe, standing to the side, nodded in agreement and said, "Congratulations to Spirit Hall for gaining such a young genius."

Omora, who had barely spoken the whole time, said then, "Your Highness flatters us. Lin Bei, if you're tired from walking around, go and rest."

Was he being dismissed already?

They're probably going to talk about something I'm not allowed to hear.

Lin Bei muttered inwardly, nodded to Omora and the other two, and said, "I am a little tired. Then I'll go rest first."

Platinum Bishop Salas gave a slight nod and said, "Go on."

Lin Bei turned and left the side hall.

The maid waiting outside the door immediately led him toward his place to rest.

After Lin Bei left, Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, tactfully took her leave from Salas and Omora as well.

Only after Xue Qinghe had gone did Salas bring Omora into the study.

The two entered the study. Salas poured Omora a cup of tea, then asked softly, "Did His Holiness the Pope give me any instructions?"

Omora took a sip of tea and said, "Before I came, His Holiness the Pope had me test that child first. So on the way here, I never spoke with him. The child was able to keep his composure as well. Throughout the journey, he neither disturbed me nor acted overly mischievous or restless. His conduct was rather mature. He didn't look like a child of this age at all."

Salas raised his brow. "So..."

Omora glanced at Salas and said evenly, "Before long, that child will become His Holiness the Pope's disciple."

Salas nodded in understanding. "Then I understand. I thought we would be using that boy Xie Yue, but I didn't expect it to be this little fellow."

"Xie Yue is talented enough, but he still does not meet His Holiness the Pope's requirements. This child, Lin Bei, does."

"Very well. Next, I will signal the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and make preparations."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Bishop."

Lin Bei followed the maid into an exceptionally clean and tidy room. He looked around, then waved the maid away.

He sat down on a stool, preparing to use the simulator.

Over these three days, he had saved up three Simulation Points and had not had time to use them yet.

After thinking it over, he decided to simulate in a parallel timeline of Douluo Continent.

What Lin Bei lacked most right now was physical strength.

As long as his body grew stronger, not only would he be able to use the Heaven Splitting Axe for longer, he would also be able to absorb more powerful soul rings.

However, simulations in the Ip Man Timeline could not grant him overly strong physical qualities. They could only give him some modern knowledge and martial arts.

Lin Bei could only choose the previous parallel timeline of Douluo Continent for his simulation.

Lin Bei's luck seemed quite good today.

In the next three simulations, aside from the first time he crossed over and appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, only to be killed by a soul beast the moment he arrived, he survived for quite a long time in the remaining two simulation crossings.

In one simulation, he awakened the Spiral Patterned Staff martial soul and cultivated along the way, ultimately advancing successfully to the realm of Great Soul Master.

In the end, one day he offended a noble and was besieged to death by the noble's servant soul masters.

This time, the simulator gave him four options.

One: Level 16 Soul Power.

Two: The physical qualities of a Great Soul Master.

Three: A one-hundred-and-twenty-three-year Azure Wood Soul Ring.

Four: Ordinary martial soul · Spiral Patterned Staff

Lin Bei chose the second option. Immediately, his physical qualities improved greatly.

Another time, he crossed over into the body of a hundred-year soul beast, a Demonic Ring Tyrant Tiger. He kept a low profile and cultivated until he reached four hundred years of cultivation, only to be killed by a thousand-year soul beast, a Storm War Wolf, that happened to pass by.

This time, he had three options.

One: The physical qualities of a four-hundred-year Demonic Ring Tyrant Tiger.

Two: The soul ring of a four-hundred-year Demonic Ring Tyrant Tiger.

Three: A pair of Demonic Ring Tyrant Tiger fangs.

Lin Bei naturally chose the first.

Through the physical qualities gained from these two simulations, Lin Bei's bodily strength immediately rose by a large margin.

Feeling the power of his physique, Lin Bei felt that even if he went to absorb a soul ring over a thousand years old now, there would be no problem.