Tiandou City.
Within the Crown Prince Manor, candlelight flickered in the study, and the faint scent of sandalwood lingered in the air.
A handsome man in embroidered robes sat behind a rosewood desk. From his appearance alone, he looked like the modest and steady heir to the Tiandou throne.
Memorials and dossiers were piled across the desk. He held a wolf-hair brush, his posture composed and his strokes steady.
Candlelight fell across his profile, making his eyes and brows appear gentle and courteous.
"Young Mistress."
A voice came from outside the door.
"Come in."
The door opened, and a tall, upright man with a stern, resolute face and tied-back black hair entered.
His eyes glinted coldly. After the Serpent Spear Douluo, clad in dark scale-patterned armor, shut the door, he handed over an envelope from his robes.
"This is a letter sent by the Grand Pontiff. Please read it, Young Mistress."
Qian Renxue accepted the envelope, somewhat surprised.
Over the past twelve years, Qian Daoliu had rarely taken the initiative to write to her. Yet today, he had sent her a letter without warning. Could something urgent have happened?
Other than under special circumstances, Qian Daoliu generally would not write to her first.
Bibi Dong has died!
Though it was only a fantasy, she still tore open the envelope and took out the folded letter.
After opening it, Qian Renxue began to read carefully.
"Xue'er, this letter may come as a sudden surprise, but there is something Grandpa needs to tell you. Six years ago, your Third Grandpa brought back someone who looked very much like your father.
"His Martial Soul is a pair of twin Martial Souls: Divine Angel and Dark Angel. His talent is extremely high, and at only twelve years old, he has already reached the cultivation of a Spirit Ancestor.
"Six years have passed. We cannot keep him in the Elder Palace forever; he needs to go out and see the world. I believe he will be able to help you when he arrives in Tiandou City.
"I have asked your Third Grandpa to accompany him to Tiandou City. By the time you read this letter, they should already be on the road.
"Grandpa has told him everything about you. You may consider him your younger brother. Take good care of him."
Signed, Qian Daoliu.
After reading the letter, Qian Renxue could not calm herself for a long while. Her body even stiffened for a moment.
Seeing Qian Renxue standing motionless, Serpent Spear Douluo became even more curious about the contents of the letter.
Qian Renxue took a deep breath to settle her emotions. A cluster of holy flames appeared at her fingertips, and with a light wave, she burned the letter into ashes.
"Young Mistress, what did the Grand Pontiff say?"
Serpent Spear Douluo asked Qian Renxue.
"Third Grandpa is coming, along with someone who looks very much like the Former Pope. They say he is my younger brother."
Qian Renxue's brief words left Serpent Spear Douluo utterly stunned.
Someone who looked very much like the Former Pope.
"Could he be the Former Pope's illegitimate son?" Serpent Spear Douluo guessed.
Qian Renxue shook her head. "Unlikely. He may simply resemble him. Besides, my father's bloodline was not defective. The Martial Souls he awakened were Divine Angel and Dark Angel."
"Twin Martial Souls!"
For the first time in over a decade, Serpent Spear Douluo's usually unshakable face was shocked once more.
An angel with twin Martial Souls.
If he was not the Former Pope's illegitimate son, then he merely bore an uncanny resemblance to him.
For the Grand Pontiff to send this child here at such a time, was he staging a reunion between siblings?
Serpent Spear Douluo thought to himself, If that is truly the case, how will the Young Mistress choose to deal with this younger brother?
"Uncle Serpent Spear, prepare at once. We will go to the gates of Tiandou City and wait for them."
Serpent Spear Douluo acknowledged the order and immediately left the study to make preparations.
Qian Renxue pressed both hands against the desk, rose to her feet, and walked outside.
A younger brother?
For six years, Grandpa has kept everything about you hidden from me.
I want to see just how much you resemble my father for Grandpa to send you to Tiandou City.
After leaving the Crown Prince Manor, she and Serpent Spear Douluo took a carriage toward the city gates to receive them.
If it had been anyone else, it would have been impossible to make her personally come out to greet them. But this matter was different.
When they arrived at the city gates, the carriage came to a stop.
Before getting out, Qian Renxue lightly snapped her fingers, and her gentle, handsome face instantly changed.
Xue Qinghe's refined and handsome features twisted and melted away like rippling water. His black hair turned into dazzling golden locks that cascaded down both sides of his shoulders.
His male frame gradually shifted, its lines softening as the hard angles of masculinity faded, revealing the graceful figure of a woman.
Layer after layer of disguise peeled away from her face. Her formerly mild features vanished completely, replaced by Qian Renxue's peerlessly beautiful yet proud countenance, her golden eyes clear and bright.
The Crown Prince's garments shattered and vanished piece by piece, replaced by a white angelic gown trimmed in gold. The bearing of Tiandou's heir disappeared entirely, leaving behind only Qian Renxue's proud, icy beauty.
She slightly raised her eyes, drew back the carriage curtain, and stepped down.
As she waited quietly in place, another carriage stopped before Qian Renxue.
"Xiaoxue, it has been a long time."
A familiar voice sounded.
Qian Renxue watched Greenlark Douluo step down from the carriage. "Third Grandpa, it has indeed been a long time."
Serpent Spear Douluo bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Third Pontiff."
Then Su Yu stepped down from the carriage.
Qian Renxue's previously calm pupils abruptly contracted.
Unable to believe her eyes, she trembled as she pointed at Su Yu. "This is the younger brother I have never met?"
"That's right." Greenlark Douluo said with a smile.
This was not merely similar. They looked as though they had been cast from the same mold.
He looks so much like Father. It stirs up some of my remaining memories.
Her father's appearance gradually became clearer in her mind, but calling Su Yu her younger brother still felt strange somehow.
Serpent Spear Douluo was already too stunned to speak.
Good heavens, has His Holiness the Pope been reincarnated?
This was simply unbelievable.
He was not an illegitimate son, yet his appearance was so similar to His Holiness the Pope's.
"So you are the so-called sister Grandpa Qian told me about?"
Su Yu curiously sized up Qian Renxue, while Qian Renxue was also studying him.
"You little brat, Grandpa must have already told you my identity. This is not the place to talk. We will discuss it properly at the manor."
Qian Renxue could not discuss such matters here, so she immediately had the two of them board the same carriage with her.
They headed for the Crown Prince Manor in Tiandou City.
The four of them got down from the carriage in succession.
Upon entering a room, Qian Renxue immediately grabbed Su Yu's wrist and vigorously inspected his physique and bones.
A moment later, Qian Renxue released his hand, her expression incomparably complicated.
A Spirit Ancestor at twelve years old. It hurt. It hurt too much.
"Why do you look so devastated, bargain-bin sister?"
Su Yu asked in confusion.
"Nothing."
"And my name is Qian Renxue. Call me Sister Xue'er. What do you mean, bargain-bin sister?"
Qian Renxue corrected how Su Yu addressed her.
She definitely needed to teach him properly.
You little brat, you look so much like my father. It gives me such a sense of closeness. And why does having a twelve-year-old version of Father under my thumb give me such an oddly delightful feeling?
"Sister Xue'er, I'll remember that."
Su Yu nodded in agreement.
"I already know all about your situation. But how exactly did you cultivate to the Spirit Ancestor realm, and even obtain thousand-year spirit rings? Since you have such a wonderful opportunity, can you share it with your sister?"
Qian Renxue was extremely curious.
As long as her little brat was willing to share, then as his older sister, she would certainly satisfy his requests.
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