Sea God's Nine Trials

"Someone close to you? Aunt Gu Yuena, has Dad ever given you a Heaven-Given Spirit Ring?"

Qin Li looked at Gu Yuena teasingly.

"No. I don't need Soul Rings, because they're useless to me."

Gu Yuena shook her head as she answered.

"Really? I thought that, given Dad's relationship with you, Aunt Gu Yuena, he'd give you a Heaven-Given Spirit Ring too~"

"Xiao Li, there's something behind those words of yours."

Gu Yuena suddenly fixed Qin Li with a serious look.

"Ah, Aunt Gu Yuena, I didn't mean anything else."

Qin Li hurriedly shook her head and gave a few awkward laughs.

She couldn't keep talking about this. A joke at the start was fine, but if she kept going and Aunt Gu Yuena got angry, she'd be done for.

"Really? I'll take you somewhere to absorb a Soul Ring. After your training in Slaughter City, your seventh Soul Ring will definitely be over a hundred thousand years old."

"Okay!"

After a long while, Qin Li looked at her seventh Soul Ring, her heart unable to stop surging with emotion. This beautiful red color was simply perfect.

Others could at most obtain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring when they became Titled Douluos, but she had one already as a Soul Sage.

And it was a two-hundred-sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Dad really was amazing. Otherwise, there was no way she could have obtained a two-hundred-sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring by now.

"Xiao Li, how is it?"

"I feel great, Aunt Gu Yuena," Qin Li replied excitedly.

This feels incredible, better than anything I've ever felt before.

"Mm, not bad. Being able to obtain a Soul Ring over two hundred thousand years old, the Eastern Emperor Bell played a huge role."

Gu Yuena smiled as she spoke.

"I could feel it. The Eastern Emperor Bell helped me enormously. I'm already a Soul Sage now. According to Dad, when I summon the Eastern Emperor Bell now, my soul power shouldn't be drained dry all at once anymore."

Qin Li acted as soon as she spoke, summoning the Eastern Emperor Bell martial soul right in front of Gu Yuena.

Buzz!

Buzzz~ Buzzz~

The Eastern Emperor Bell slowly appeared in Qin Li's hand. This time, Qin Li's face was no longer deathly pale.

"It used up sixty percent of my soul power, but everything else is fine. I've got a powerful trump card now."

Qin Li stroked the Eastern Emperor Bell with satisfaction.

"Put the Eastern Emperor Bell away. This thing is far too powerful. Even I can't withstand its might," Gu Yuena said from the side.

"Xiao Li, you still need to keep growing. Once you become stronger, I'll give you a huge surprise."

Gu Yuena gave a mysterious smile.

"A huge surprise? What kind of huge surprise?"

Qin Li looked at Gu Yuena in confusion, then became expectant.

If Gu Yuena called it a huge surprise, then it really would be one.

She had to look forward to it properly.

"Aunt Gu Yuena, I want to see Dad and Mom. Take me there."

Qin Li grabbed Gu Yuena's arm as she spoke.

"Alright, I'll take you. They're still vacationing on Sea God Island. There's an inheritance of the Sea God's Godhood there. You can take a look; perhaps you'll receive some sort of trial."

"They're still on vacation? My dad and mom?"

Qin Li asked in disbelief.

"That's right, they're still on vacation. What's wrong?"

"My mom is the Pope of Spirit Hall. If she left, what about Spirit Hall's affairs? Who's handling them?"

"Someone should be taking care of them. Your mother seems quite happy, so someone must be helping her."

"Mom really knows how to slack off. She's already been on vacation for years."

Qin Li spoke indignantly, then had Gu Yuena take her away.

She wanted to see what exactly was going on with her mother.

Sea God Island!

When Qin Feng saw Qin Li and Gu Yuena arrive, he could not help but release Hu Liena from his arms before going over to hug Qin Li.

"Li'er, it's only been a few years, but you've grown more and more graceful. In the future, you'll be the number one beauty on the continent."

"Hmph, Dad, did Aunt Gu Yuena and I come at a bad time? Did we interrupt you and Mom?"

Qin Li snorted.

"No, no. You came at exactly the right time. Dad didn't mean anything else. Your mother and I were just... nurturing our relationship."

"Tsk, Qin Feng, why do you just say everything out loud?"

After straightening her clothes, Hu Liena glared at Qin Feng in embarrassment and annoyance. Could he really say something like that? Wasn't he afraid of setting a bad example for the child?

"I was telling the truth. I wasn't lying."

"Hmph, I'm ignoring you. Gu Yuena, long time no see. Xiao Li really has troubled you these past days."

Hu Liena turned to Gu Yuena and thanked her.

Gu Yuena waved her hand. "It's nothing, just a small matter. I didn't do much. Xiao Li is talented herself."

"Come on, don't go back today. Stay for dinner. Qin Feng will cook personally, and Bo Saixi will be coming over to eat later too," Hu Liena invited Gu Yuena.

"Sure. I'd also like to see whether Qin Feng's cooking has declined over the years."

Gu Yuena readily agreed.

Watching her mother and Aunt Gu Yuena walk off arm in arm, Qin Li was stunned. No, Aunt Gu Yuena and Mom hadn't actually started fighting.

Had she been wrong about everything she had thought before?

"Hehe, Li'er, are you surprised?"

Qin Feng pinched Qin Li's cheek.

"Huh? I don't know. I was just curious."

Qin Li covered her mouth as soon as she finished speaking.

"You let it slip. You actually wanted to see your own dad and mom make fools of themselves. Looks like Dad needs to teach you a lesson."

"Dad, don't! I only noticed that Aunt Gu Yuena's attitude toward you was a little different, so that's why I thought that way.

Besides, I'm already fifteen and about to turn sixteen. I'm also the Saintess of Spirit Hall. How can I still be punished with a spanking?"

Qin Li backed away with a flushed face.

"Spare the rod for three days, and you'll be climbing onto the roof. Li'er, don't blame your dad."

Qin Feng spoke helplessly, and then an energy belt appeared in his hand, bearing the three words: Septwolves.

"Dad, don't~"

That night, Qin Li happily ate dinner. Qin Feng had ultimately been unable to bring himself to do it. After all, she was still his thoughtful little darling.

However, looking at the three women at the table and then at her father, Qin Li tried to make as little noise as possible while eating.

She sensed that the atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat off.

But she could not tell what exactly was wrong.

After all, her mother, Aunt Gu Yuena, and Aunt Bo Saixi were all chatting and laughing harmoniously.

There was clearly nothing unusual at all, yet the more things were like this, the stranger Qin Li found it.

"Li'er, eat more. Tomorrow, Aunt Bo Saixi will take you to try the Sea God's inheritance and see whether you can receive a Divine Trial."

Bo Saixi gently placed some food in Qin Li's bowl.

"Thank you, Aunt Bo Saixi."

Qin Li smiled sweetly, too lazy to think about anything else.

As long as everyone was happy here, that was enough.

Time skipped from the strange dinner atmosphere to the next day's aptitude test.

Looking at the golden light, Bo Saixi's eyes did not ripple in the slightest, as though she had known this would happen all along.

"It's the Sea God's Nine Trials!"