Fifty-Thousand-Year Holy Light Unicorn

"Xiaoxue? What are you doing here?"

After receiving word that Qian Renxue had arrived, Qian Daoliu immediately hurried out of the Worship Hall. He had been planning to check on her condition after handling the matters at hand, but before he could go to her, she had come to him instead.

Seeing his granddaughter sitting obediently to one side, Qian Daoliu felt a pang of heartache. She had fainted twice in just a few days. What terrible luck.

"Grandpa." Seeing Qian Daoliu arrive, Qian Renxue immediately stood up and called out sweetly.

"Xiaoxue, did you come to see Grandpa for something? You just woke up, yet you ran all the way to the Worship Hall. Don't you know you need more rest? Where are the maids from your chambers?"

"Oh, Grandpa! You know that if I insisted on coming, they wouldn't have been able to stop me."

Qian Renxue spoke up for her maids. "Besides, I came to see Grandpa because there's something very important!"

"Something very important?"

Qian Daoliu gave Qian Renxue a surprised look. "What could possibly be so important that even you consider it important, Xiaoxue?"

"It's just..."

Qian Renxue had just been about to speak of Spirit Hall's future when her words abruptly caught in her throat. A trace of helplessness appeared in her eyes.

Sure enough, she simply could not tell anyone else about Spirit Hall's future or about having met the Heavenly Dao.

Although those matters had been included in the information Lu Chen had given her, and she already knew them, she had still wanted to try.

What a pity!

I'm the only one who can know about this.

But it did not matter that she could not say those things. Qian Renxue had already prepared two explanations. "I want to become stronger!"

"Become stronger?" Qian Daoliu had not expected Qian Renxue to come looking for him over something like this.

"Yes! Grandpa! I want to hunt soul beasts! I want to become a soul master! I want to become stronger!"

Qian Renxue clenched her tiny fists, her expression resolute.

She wanted to become stronger! She wanted to cultivate diligently! She wanted to become a god as soon as possible! She wanted to become an old-established god too! She wanted to protect Spirit Hall! She wanted to take control of her own fate!

"You want to hunt soul beasts? You want to become stronger?"

Qian Daoliu looked at Qian Renxue, confusion in his gaze. Why had she suddenly begun thinking about such things? But then he seemed to realize something, and his heart suddenly ached.

It must have been the message Xunji had sent back some time ago. It had dealt too great a blow to his granddaughter!

Otherwise, why would a little girl who had only just awakened her Martial Soul and had always been cheerful suddenly want to become stronger? Why would she want to hunt soul beasts?

Such a tremendous change could only have happened because of Xunji!

Sigh... what a good child!

She had suffered so much!

During the days she had been unconscious, Xiaoxue must have been in terrible pain!

"Good child!"

Qian Daoliu rubbed Qian Renxue's little head and said warmly, "Since you want to become stronger and hunt soul beasts, Grandpa will naturally agree!"

"But there's no rush. Go back and rest first. You only just woke up from unconsciousness. We need Spirit Hall's healing-type soul masters to examine you thoroughly and confirm that there's nothing wrong with your body before you go hunting soul beasts."

"Grandpa..."

"Be good and listen. Go back and rest properly first. Grandpa has long prepared the soul beasts you'll need for your first two soul rings. Once we confirm that you're fine, we'll set out immediately!"

Though he understood Qian Renxue's desire to become stronger, Qian Daoliu also knew what took priority.

They were not lacking one or two days. Even the owner of a God-tier Martial Soul needed to get their body back into proper condition before absorbing soul rings.

"Alright."

Qian Renxue pouted unhappily. There was nothing wrong with her body! She was perfectly healthy!

Right now, she truly only wanted to become stronger as quickly as possible!

Several days later.

After repeated examinations by several healing-type soul masters, Qian Daoliu finally confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Qian Renxue's body.

Thus, he no longer stopped Qian Renxue from hunting soul beasts.

With a wave of his hand, he dispatched Jiang Mo and Qianjun, two level ninety-five Title Douluo, to protect Qian Renxue.

Spirit Hall had just smashed up the mountain gate of the Clear Sky Sect, and these were troubled times. Qian Daoliu would not feel at ease sending only two ordinary Title Douluo!

What if they happened to run into wandering Clear Sky Sect Douluo?

It was better to be safe!

If not for certain special reasons, as well as his need to remain behind and oversee Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu would even have considered protecting her personally!

On the way to the Star Great Forest, Qian Renxue was not in a particularly good mood.

Several days had passed, yet Lu Chen had not contacted her even once. This left her deeply puzzled.

What exactly was the Heavenly Dao planning?

It had made her offer her loyalty, given her a blessing of unknown use, and then vanished without a trace?

Qian Renxue could not understand it.

"Perhaps this is simply how the Heavenly Dao is—unpredictable in its actions, unconstrained by convention, doing whatever comes to mind." Qian Renxue let her thoughts run wild.

After a long journey, the three of them finally arrived at the edge of the Star Great Forest.

Qian Jun gazed at the endless forest before him and could not help sighing. "Ever since joining the Worship Hall, I haven't been here in many years."

"Looking at it now, it's still the same as before!"

"Enough sighing." Jiang Mo glanced at him and said calmly, "Follow the map, take the lives of those two soul beasts, and leave early. The continent hasn't been peaceful lately."

"You're right! We should follow the Grand Worshipper's instructions and return as soon as possible!" Qian Jun nodded in agreement.

If it had only been the two of them here, they would not have feared anything, no matter how chaotic the continent became.

But they had brought along a little burden.

Seeing Qian Renxue's eager expression beside them, the two could not help sighing inwardly.

Innate soul power level twenty!

While everyone else was still struggling to reach level ten soul power, she was already preparing to become a Grand Soul Master!

Such a gulf was truly enough to make one sigh!

"Let's go!"

Qianjun and Jiang Mo brought Qian Renxue swiftly into the Star Great Forest.

Roar!

"Damn it! A fifty-thousand-year Holy Light Unicorn? Where did this beast come from?"

"A fifty-thousand-year soul beast has appeared in the outer regions of the Star Great Forest! How is that possible?! What happened deeper inside?!"

Following the location on the map, the three had just been preparing to capture the soul beasts originally selected for Qian Renxue when they saw a fifty-thousand-year Holy Light Unicorn charge out from the jungle!

Qianjun and Jiang Mo, who had been about to act, immediately stopped and shielded Qian Renxue behind them.

Feeling the aura of a fifty-thousand-year soul beast emanating from the creature before them, both men wore extremely grim expressions!

A fifty-thousand-year soul beast in the outer regions!

Their luck could not have been worse!

Under normal circumstances, with their strength as level ninety-five Title Douluo, they could have simply killed it in passing.

But...

They looked at Qian Renxue behind them...

"Jiang Mo, protect Xiaoxue! I'll kill this bastard!"

Qianjun gave a savage grin, gripping his Coiling Dragon Staff as he fixed the soul beast before him with a fierce stare!

"Wait, something isn't right!"