The Star Luo Empire, First to Be Attacked

Porcupine Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo were deliberately running interference at this moment, and there was indeed nothing wrong with what they said. First of all, this matter was something only Spirit Hall's higher-ups and the Offering Hall could know about.

Even among the other elders, very few knew of it. Some were elders of the Offering Hall, while others were Bibi Dong's confidants.

Although Snake Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo knew a little about what had happened back then, they were not fully informed. They had only heard about it from others, so saying this now would not arouse any suspicion.

Moreover, Qian Renxue truly could not find any fault with it.

"Young Mistress, we really don't know about this. We don't understand what happened back then either. At the time, we were unaware of it. How could we possibly know about confidential matters? So, Young Mistress, I think you should ask the Grand Offering personally. The Grand Offering was there back then. You should go to him. Besides, he is your biological grandfather. How could he possibly refuse to tell you?"

"Young Mistress, Yu Long and I, Porcupine, were both unaware of it. Regarding what Bibi Dong said, we were not at Spirit Hall headquarters back then. We had been assigned elsewhere on a mission, so we did not know. We only heard others mention that the current Supreme Pontiff and the Former Supreme Pontiff had argued over something at the time. But we only knew that they had argued; we knew nothing else."

Porcupine Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo had basically washed their hands clean of everything they knew, claiming they were unaware. Even if Qian Renxue sensed that the two of them knew something and were merely making excuses, they truly had been sent elsewhere at the time and genuinely did not know. Thus, even if Qian Renxue wanted to blame them, she could find no excuse.

By directly sending Qian Renxue to seek out Grand Offering Qian Daoliu, they had also removed themselves from the matter completely.

"I hope you aren't lying to me." Qian Renxue could indeed sense that the two of them seemed to know some of the truth. However, they might not want to speak because they did not wish to offend anyone. After all, they were Titled Douluo, important combat power for Spirit Hall.

So there was no need to make things difficult for them. Porcupine Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo had protected her for so long, and they had rendered meritorious service. It was best not to trouble two Titled Douluo elders who had made contributions.

[Qian Renxue: Grandfather, I'm preparing to return to Spirit Hall now. I hope you will tell me what exactly happened.]

[Qian Daoliu: Xiaoxue, there are some things you should not know. You should not become involved in them!]

Qian Daoliu truly did not want to tell his own granddaughter about this. After all, it was a scandal. If his granddaughter learned that the great father in her mind, the former Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji, had actually been an XX offender who defiled his own disciple, it would ultimately damage Qian Renxue's image of the Angel Clan.

(Note: In the original novel, Qian Renxue viewed her former father, Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji, as a towering figure. The original author wrote that, not me.)

[Qian Renxue recalled what had happened when she first woke up. At that time, she seemed to be surrounded by mountain peaks. There was no one around her then; she was all alone.]

[Qian Daoliu: It looks like there may be clues regarding why Xiaoxue lost her memories.]

Qian Daoliu was truly curious about why his granddaughter had lost her memories in the events shown by the Sky Screen.

[Qian Renxue recalled being on that mountain peak. At first, she had not known how to leave. By chance, she discovered that she could summon something strange. Later, she heard others call it a Martial Soul. Qian Renxue's Martial Soul looked like an angel with six wings.]

[Demon Subduing Douluo: It looks like Xiaoxue really did lose her memories. She doesn't even know what a Martial Soul is. She must truly have lost her memories. Otherwise, how could she not even know about Martial Souls?]

Spirit Hall's Seventh Offering also voiced his opinion. In his view, Qian Renxue shown on the Sky Screen might truly have lost her memories.

[Qian Renxue relied on her six-winged Martial Soul to leave that mountain peak. When she arrived at a nearby village, she encountered Abyss Monsters. At the time, Qian Renxue did not know what those ugly creatures were. She only saw many ordinary people being chased by the monsters or captured as food, so she stepped in to help.]

[At the time, Qian Renxue did not understand how to use her power at all, but dealing with those monsters was still easy. The monsters seemed to know only how to fight with brute strength. Although Qian Renxue did not understand the power of Martial Souls very well, she defeated those monsters through the power of her Martial Soul alone. Afterwards, she obtained some useful clues from the ordinary people, learning about Martial Souls and soul skills. Later, Qian Renxue successfully unleashed one.]

[Lion Douluo: Fighting with brute strength alone would have made it difficult to win at that time. She had even forgotten soul skills. All that can be said is that the monsters she encountered were probably easy to defeat. They could not have been particularly powerful Soul Beasts.]

[Qian Renxue also learned from those ordinary people that they were refugees who had escaped from the capital of the Star Luo Empire. The Star Luo Empire had already been conquered by the leader of those monsters. The Dai Clan, the imperial family of the Star Luo Empire, had also been killed. Only a small number of the royal family remained, though no one knew their exact circumstances. However, it was certain that the emperor's direct family line had died.]

[Furthermore, the Star Luo Empire was the first place where those monsters had appeared. Spirit Hall had also gone to help deal with them at the time. Things had gone well at first, but then monsters known as Floor Lords appeared. They possessed extremely formidable combat strength. Even Spirit Hall experts at the Titled Douluo level had been unable to defeat these Floor Lords.]

[Ning Fengzhi: Floor Lords? They seem to be leaders among the Abyss Monsters. They may not even be the strongest leaders, merely commanders of different ranks, like generals in an army.]

Ning Fengzhi actually wanted even more to know when these events would occur in the future. If what the Sky Screen showed was true, they could prepare in advance.

But the Sky Screen refused to reveal the time. How were they supposed to know when those monsters would arrive? If those monsters truly were coming, knowing the time beforehand would be extremely important, yet the Sky Screen simply would not say.