Two Choices: Become the Mother of the Realm or Be Kept in Captivity?!

A Yin bit her red lips, her delicate body trembling slightly. She said nothing and simply closed her eyes. She knew that the moment Qian Xunji appeared before her, her fate had already been decided.

What difference did it make whether she spoke or not now?!

"Looks like she has no intention of speaking for herself." Qian Xunji said calmly, "Then I shall mercifully explain it to you."

"The young woman traveling alongside you is not human at all. She is a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Beast with a cultivation of 100,000 years, one that has rebuilt herself into human form!"

"A 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast—what does that signify? Even if I need not say it, I believe you understand."

"I can overlook your earlier disrespect, but this 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor must come with me today!"

Qian Xunji's tone turned domineering. "If you insist on stopping me, then you will become complete enemies of Spirit Hall!"

Boom...

At the mention of a 100,000-Year Soul Beast, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao were struck as though by lightning. They simply could not believe that A Yin was actually a Soul Beast!

A 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast?

This gentle, beautiful young woman who had seemed so delicate and harmless throughout their journey was actually a Soul Beast whose cultivation had reached 100,000 years?

"A... a Soul Beast." Tang Hao stammered.

Tang Xiao stared at A Yin in shock, but barely restrained fervor and greed flashed through his eyes! This was a 100,000-Year Soul Beast!

What did that mean? It meant a guaranteed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

No Soul Master could remain calm before such a heaven-defying opportunity! Much less them?

Had he known earlier that A Yin was a Soul Beast, he would have brought her back to the Clear Sky Sect and kept her captive no matter what!

Then, when his younger brother needed it, they could kill her and obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone!

A Yin slowly opened her tightly shut eyes, her face pale as she looked at the two brothers before her.

Tang Hao's shock and helplessness, Tang Xiao's greed—every expression in their eyes was laid bare before her.

Humans... they really were all the same!

Before a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone and Soul Ring, friendship and the bond forged from traveling together were all lies!

"A Yin... was what he said true?"

Tang Hao's voice was hoarse as he asked dryly, "You really aren't human? You're a Transformed Soul Beast?"

"That's right!" A Yin gave a miserable smile. She did not choose to evade or conceal the truth, directly answering Tang Hao's question.

What would it change even if she refused to answer? A Titled Douluo had blocked her path. Where could she run? Besides, she could not escape anyway!

She stepped forward and faced Qian Xunji directly. "Your Holiness, since you came for me, A Yin is willing to go with you."

"I have known these two men of the Clear Sky Sect for only a short time. We merely traveled together."

"They knew nothing of my identity as a Soul Beast. I ask that Your Holiness let them leave and do not make things difficult for them."

"Of course. I have always been reasonable!" Qian Xunji smiled mildly. At least this Blue Silver Emperor knew when to yield.

"A Yin, I..." Tang Hao reached out, wanting to seize A Yin's hand, but when he saw Qian Xunji's faintly smiling expression—

—and his elder brother's large hand pressing down on his shoulder, the hand he had extended finally dropped weakly.

"Hao! We're leaving!"

Tang Xiao grabbed Tang Hao by the arm, practically dragging him toward the edge of the forest. "She admitted it herself. What else do you want to do? Let's go! This isn't something we can interfere in."

"Forget that the person here today is the Pope—even if our father saw that she was a Transformed Soul Beast, he would absolutely capture her!"

"She is not a member of our Clear Sky Sect. She is a 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast. Hao, don't be foolish!"

Tang Xiao's voice was cold and rational.

Before a 100,000-Year Soul Beast, the nature of the conflict between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall had changed. Starting a war with Spirit Hall to protect a Soul Beast? What a joke!

Tang Hao closed his eyes in anguish. It was as though his spine had been pulled from him, and he could only stumble away step by step in the direction Tang Xiao dragged him.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's footsteps gradually faded into the distance. Only Qian Xunji and the Blue Silver Emperor remained in the forest, gazing at one another.

"Is there anything you wish to say?" Qian Xunji asked with a smile as he looked at A Yin, who had already given up resisting.

A Yin gave a bitter smile. "The moment I chose to transform, I had already prepared myself to face a scene like this!"

"But I cannot understand when I entered Spirit Hall's sights. No matter how capable Spirit Hall's spies may be, they should not have discovered me so quickly, should they?"

"Entered our sights?"

Qian Xunji laughed heartily. "To be honest, I really was only passing by today. I merely came out to relax."

"I never expected that a casual look around would lead me to encounter a 100,000-Year Soul Beast like you."

"Just happened to run into me?!" A Yin felt utterly stifled. So her luck had simply been that bad?

"Our idle chatter ends here. Now, let us discuss how to deal with you, Soul Beast." Qian Xunji said teasingly. "Are you wondering whether I will slap you to death for your Soul Bone, or capture you and keep you confined until the right opportunity comes..."

"Isn't that so?" A Yin lightly bit her red lips and did not refute him.

Because other than that, she truly could not imagine what else he could do by keeping a 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast like her alive. It could not possibly be for amusement, could it?

"No, no, no. I am no crude barbarian!" Qian Xunji gently shook his raised index finger. "In consideration of your cooperative attitude, I can give you two choices!"

"Two choices?" A strange light flashed through A Yin's beautiful eyes as she asked, "I... can still live?"

If she could live, who would be willing to die?

"Of course you can live. That depends on your choice." Qian Xunji said, "The first choice is for me to bring you back to Spirit Hall and keep you confined. You will be fed and cared for, and when the day comes that we need you, Spirit Hall will take your Soul Ring and Soul Bone!"

"The second choice..." The smile at Qian Xunji's lips grew broader. "Stay by my side and bear my children, continuing the bloodline of the Angel Clan! If you agree, then from this day onward, you will become the most honored person on the entire Douluo Continent!"

"I will mobilize all of Spirit Hall's resources to protect you until you safely reach the Mature Stage! Under Spirit Hall's protection, no one will be able to threaten your safety!"

"These are your two choices. Decide for yourself."

After hearing the two options, A Yin froze in place. So he had kept her alive to play with her after all?!

Was there even a need to choose? Though she did not know why he wanted her to bear his... children, it was not impossible.

Where there's life, there's hope!

He was powerful and the Pope of Spirit Hall. As long as she clung to this powerful patron, what danger could she face in the human world?

As for bearing children, did that even count as a problem? As long as she could live, it was ten thousand times better than becoming a Soul Ring and Soul Bone!

"I choose the second..." A Yin did not hesitate.