In the days that followed, Ling Jing's life became much more monotonous.
Aside from cultivating his Soul Power every day, he had to practice the Heart Separation Control Method. At the same time, under Bibi Dong's guidance, he continuously familiarized himself with the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, the two great Martial Souls, and 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 supervise him personally.
With Bibi Dong by his side, life was fairly plain and dull, but not unbearably boring.
What Ling Jing had not expected, however, was that perhaps due to the butterfly effect caused by his appearance, Qian Xunji had actually been forced into marriage by Qian Daoliu.
Ling Jing felt... this might really have had something to do with him. Previously, he had rather discreetly 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, and neither 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 would copy 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... fighting above his rank would not be difficult either!
But constrained by the conditions, Qian Daoliu could only place his hopes on the next generation.
That meant having Qian Xunji marry as soon as possible and produce a descendant with the Seraphim Martial Soul.
Although 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 needed a respectable background—or so Qian Xunji initially thought.
But after Qian Daoliu pressed him too hard, Qian Xunji decisively abandoned that notion. He no longer fussed over his options and directly chose a female Soul Master with a clean background and absolute loyalty to Spirit Hall.
Qian Xunji was handsome, and he also held the status of Spirit Hall's Pope, so... he did not need to resort to any locked-room methods. That female Soul Master swiftly fell in love with him 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 be so hasty with his marriage, without even leaking the slightest word or hint beforehand.
After the wedding, thanks to Qian Xunji's tireless efforts, this female Soul Master of Spirit Hall finally gave birth to a baby girl before Ling Jing reached 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 really worked hard...
After all, it had taken Ling Jing less than a year and a half to advance 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 just a year and a half.
All that could be said was that Qian Xunji had truly burned himself out, huh?
Moreover, Ling Jing had originally thought Qian Renxue would not be born. After all, Qian Xunji could no longer use locked-room methods on Bibi Dong. Yet to his surprise, Qian Renxue had still been born.
But looking at the female Soul Master from Spirit Hall holding Qian Renxue in her arms, her entire body radiating maternal warmth, Ling Jing suddenly felt that this was quite good.
At the very least, Qian Renxue in this world would be able to experience a father's love and a mother's love, and would not have to travel far away to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire.
Worship Hall.
"How is it? Can you copy Xiao Xue's Seraphim Martial Soul?"
Qian Daoliu looked at Ling Jing somewhat anxiously. Qian Renxue was only an infant who had been born not long ago and had yet to awaken her Martial Soul, so... whether Ling Jing could copy it successfully remained unknown.
If not, they could only wait until Qian Renxue awakened her Martial Soul at the age of six before copying it.
Facing Qian Daoliu's hopeful gaze, the corners of Ling Jing's mouth twitched twice.
Although contracting an infant felt rather strange, Ling Jing still tried to form a contract with Qian Renxue.
In the next instant, the Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul on Ling Jing's body abruptly faded away, replaced by three pairs of sacred wings of light behind his back. A dazzling golden radiance bloomed from his hands. Then, that brilliant gold transformed into a golden longsword, which Ling Jing gripped in his hand.
This was... the Seraphim Martial Soul!
At the sight, Qian Daoliu immediately revealed an excited expression, while Qian Xunji let out a sigh of relief at the side.
It was good that Little Jing could copy Xiao Xue's Seraphim Martial Soul... Only then had all his efforts during this period not been in vain.
The moment he thought about what exactly he had given during this period, Qian Xunji's expression could not help darkening slightly.
"Big Brother... it's the Angel Sacred Sword and the Angel Domain!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo's voice trembled as well.
Hearing this, Qian Daoliu immediately realized it. At that moment, a golden barrier was clearly surrounding Ling Jing, completely enveloping his body. Although the golden barrier did not cover a large area, it was unmistakably the innate domain of the Seraphim Martial Soul—the Angel Domain!
And the longsword in Ling Jing's hand was clearly the Angel Sacred Sword!
Little Jing's Martial Soul really could copy every characteristic of the Seraphim Martial Soul!
Of course, this copying also confirmed that Xiao Xue would definitely awaken the Seraphim Martial Soul in the future. There would not be any mutations.
An unmistakable smile appeared on Qian Daoliu's face.
His decision to force Qian Xunji to marry and have children had indeed been correct!
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 living under one roof, had never appeared in Spirit Hall's thousands of years of history!
Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and the great worshipers were thrilled, and Ling Jing was equally excited.
After contracting a Soul Master and copying their Martial Soul, Ling Jing could also obtain fifty percent of that Martial Soul's characteristics.
Bibi Dong's Martial Soul characteristic was deadly poison, while the Martial Soul characteristic of Qian Renxue's Seraphim... was Divine Gift!
Fifty percent of a Divine Gift of ten levels of Soul Power... in other words, merely by contracting Qian Renxue, his Soul Power had risen by a full five levels!
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