In the days that followed, Ling Jing's life became much more monotonous.
Every day, aside from cultivating his Soul Power, he had to practice the Heart Separation Control Method. At the same time, under Bibi Dong's guidance, he had to continually familiarize himself with the two great Martial Souls, the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. He even had to study theoretical knowledge about Martial Souls.
Fortunately, as the Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji was busy with government affairs and had little time to personally supervise him.
With Bibi Dong keeping him company, life was rather plain and dull, but not unbearably tedious.
However, what Ling Jing had not expected was that, perhaps due to the butterfly effect caused by his appearance, Qian Xunji was actually being forced into marriage by Qian Daoliu.
Ling Jing felt... this might really have had something to do with him. Previously, he had subtly mentioned to Qian Daoliu that he could only copy the Martial Souls of female Soul Masters. This immediately left Qian Daoliu, who had originally planned to have Ling Jing copy the Seraphim Martial Soul once he reached level twenty Soul Power, deeply troubled.
Obviously, both he and Qian Xunji were men, neither of whom met Ling Jing's conditions for copying Martial Souls.
Yet Qian Daoliu truly wanted to see Ling Jing copy the Seraphim Martial Soul. He could not help imagining the scene in his mind.
Ling Jing's main body would copy the Seraphim Martial Soul, while his clone copied Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Souls. With the main body and clone working together, Ling Jing would be invincible among those of the same rank!
Perhaps... even fighting above his rank would not be difficult!
But constrained by the conditions, Qian Daoliu could only place his hopes on the next generation.
That was, having Qian Xunji marry as soon as possible and produce a descendant with the Seraphim Martial Soul.
Though there was no guarantee that Qian Xunji would have a daughter, there was at least a fifty-percent chance.
Besides, Qian Xunji was no longer young. It was time for him to start a family.
And so, Qian Xunji immediately felt the immense pressure coming from his old father.
As the Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji's marriage could naturally not be handled carelessly. Even if his bride could not match his status, she at least had to come from a respectable background—at least, that had been Qian Xunji's initial thought.
But after Qian Daoliu pressed him too hard, Qian Xunji decisively abandoned that notion. Rather than continuing to pick and choose, he directly selected a female Soul Master of clean background who was extremely loyal to Spirit Hall.
Qian Xunji was handsome, and he also had the status of Spirit Hall's Pope. So... he did not need to resort to any secret-chamber methods. That female Soul Master quickly fell in love and became Qian Xunji's wife.
Their marriage caused quite a stir throughout the continent's Soul Master world.
After all, no one had expected the dignified Pope of Spirit Hall to handle his marriage so casually, without even a single hint or rumor having leaked beforehand.
After the wedding, thanks to Qian Xunji's tireless efforts, that female Soul Master of Spirit Hall finally gave birth to a baby girl before Ling Jing cultivated to level twenty.
Following Qian Daoliu's suggestion, Qian Xunji named her Qian Renxue.
To be honest, when Ling Jing first heard the news, it felt rather surreal.
For the sake of letting him copy the Seraphim Martial Soul during his second contract, Qian Xunji had truly worked hard...
After all, it had taken Ling Jing less than a year and a half to rise from level thirteen to level twenty. Within that year and a half, Qian Xunji had to select a suitable marriage partner, marry her, work hard to get her pregnant, and finally have her give birth to a baby girl.
Qian Xunji had completed that entire process in only a year and a half.
All that could be said was that Qian Xunji had burned himself out, alright?
Moreover, Ling Jing had originally thought Qian Renxue would never be born. After all, Qian Xunji could no longer use secret-chamber methods on Bibi Dong. Yet, to his surprise, Qian Renxue had still been born.
But when Ling Jing looked at that female Soul Master of Spirit Hall holding Qian Renxue in her arms, radiating maternal warmth all over, he suddenly felt that this was quite good.
At the very least, the Qian Renxue of this world could experience both fatherly and motherly love, and would not have to travel far to the Heaven Dou Empire to work undercover.
Worship Hall.
"Well? Can you copy Xiao Xue's Seraphim Martial Soul?"
Qian Daoliu looked at Ling Jing with some apprehension. Qian Renxue was merely an infant who had been born not long ago and had yet to undergo Martial Soul Awakening. Therefore... whether Ling Jing could successfully copy it remained unknown.
If he could not, they could only wait until Qian Renxue underwent Martial Soul Awakening at the age of six before copying her Martial Soul.
Meeting Qian Daoliu's expectant gaze, the corners of Ling Jing's mouth twitched twice.
Although contracting an infant felt rather strange, Ling Jing still attempted to form a contract with Qian Renxue.
The next instant, the Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul on Ling Jing's body abruptly faded away. In its place appeared three pairs of holy light wings behind his back, while a dazzling golden radiance bloomed from his hands. Immediately afterward, that brilliant golden light transformed into a golden longsword, which Ling Jing grasped in his hand.
This was... the Seraphim Martial Soul!
At the sight, Qian Daoliu immediately revealed an excited expression, while Qian Xunji, standing to one side, let out a relieved breath.
It was good that Little Jing could copy Xiao Xue's Seraphim Martial Soul... that way, all his efforts over these past days had not been in vain.
The moment Qian Xunji thought of what exactly he had sacrificed during this period, his face could not help darkening slightly.
"Big Brother... it's the Angel Sacred Sword and Angel Domain!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo's voice trembled slightly as well.
Hearing this, Qian Daoliu immediately realized it. At that moment, a golden barrier surrounded Ling Jing's body, completely enveloping him. Although the golden barrier did not cover a large area, it was unmistakably the Seraphim Martial Soul's innate domain—the Angel Domain!
And the longsword in Ling Jing's hand was clearly the Angel Sacred Sword!
Little Jing's Martial Soul truly could copy every characteristic of the Seraphim Martial Soul!
Of course, Little Jing's copying this time also confirmed that Xiao Xue would certainly awaken the Seraphim Martial Soul in the future. There would be no possibility of mutation.
An extremely obvious smile appeared on Qian Daoliu's face.
Forcing Qian Xunji to marry and have children back then had indeed been the right decision!
This way, once Xiao Xue grew up, Spirit Hall would possess four Soul Masters capable of using the Seraphim Martial Soul!
Such a scene, practically four generations under one roof, had never appeared in Spirit Hall's thousands of years of history!
Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and the other great worshippers were all excited, but Ling Jing was equally excited.
After contracting a Soul Master and copying their Martial Soul, Ling Jing could also gain fifty percent of that Martial Soul's traits.
Bibi Dong's Martial Soul trait was deadly poison, while the trait of Qian Renxue's Seraphim Martial Soul... was Divine Gift!
Fifty percent of ten levels of Soul Power bestowed by Divine Gift... in other words, merely by contracting Qian Renxue, his Soul Power had risen by a full five levels!
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