The Chance to Become a Limit Douluo

An ancient rule had long been passed down in the Leng Family.

If someone from a branch line showed signs of an ancestral bloodline reawakening, they had to marry into the main line.

Or rather, they had to bear a child for someone from the main line, and that child would inherit the Leng surname and carry it on.

Looking at the youth before her, whose beauty was almost unbelievable and whose gender was impossible to discern, Leng Yaozhu shook her head gently.

She did not ask Li Qingyue to attack again. "All right, that's enough. I'll take you to get a Soul Spirit."

"As bearers of the Phoenix Martial Soul, the Leng Family has a complete Soul Spirit inheritance system."

"Our Soul Spirits may not be exceptionally powerful, but they're among the very best."

"Our inherited Soul Spirit is called the Fire Sparrow."

"It's a very special Soul Spirit, and the one best suited to the Phoenix Martial Soul."

"It can be nurtured step by step, all the way to a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit."

"If you're lucky enough, it might even reach the hundred-thousand-year level."

Leng Yaozhu stopped there.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits were simply too rare—rarer than a phoenix feather or a qilin horn.

She did not believe the youth before her could nurture one.

Leng Yaozhu turned to leave, and Li Qingyue took Na'er by the hand and followed quietly behind her.

They did not go straight to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

Instead, Leng Yaozhu went alone.

Qiangu Dongfeng had clearly guessed why Leng Yaozhu had come.

A genius whose awakening had caused a heavenly omen could not possibly lack Innate Full Soul Power.

Yet as he watched Leng Yaozhu calmly enter the special storeroom and take out the Fire Sparrow Soul Spirit, his brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

Leng Yaozhu met Qiangu Dongfeng's gaze, her expression perfectly composed.

Seeing that she ignored him entirely, Qiangu Dongfeng sighed softly.

"A heavenly omen at awakening. Not even Yun Ming caused one when his Martial Soul awakened."

"If you're willing to leave the child with the Qiangu Family—or with the Spirit Pagoda—the Qiangu Family will compensate you."

"I recall you're still short a few rare ten-thousand-year Spirit Grasses for your breakthrough to Limit Douluo, aren't you?"

"I can give you every one of those special fire-aspected Spirit Grasses."

"All I ask is that you hand over the child." As Qiangu Dongfeng spoke, he fixed his gaze on Leng Yaozhu.

His voice was quiet, and his tone seemed to carry a rare hint of compromise.

Leng Yaozhu had been stuck at Level 98 for years.

She had failed to break through partly because her foundations were still insufficient, but also because she lacked a particular opportunity.

What she needed most was a few exceptionally rare Fire Element Spirit Grasses.

They did not have to be ten thousand years old. Hundred-thousand-year-old ones would naturally be better.

But with enough ten-thousand-year-old Fire Element Spirit Grasses, she could use several to help her break through.

Yet most treasures of heaven and earth like Spirit Grass had quite ordinary attributes.

They were usually wood-aspected or water-aspected.

Fire-aspected Spirit Grass was the rarest of all.

After all, wood fed fire, and fire consumed wood.

That made fire-aspected Spirit Grass pitifully scarce.

The only place likely to produce any was the Tang Sect's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Given Leng Yaozhu's own connections, obtaining those grasses was nearly impossible.

Her only way to get them was through Qiangu Dongfeng.

It was also how he had kept his grip on her and held her back all these years.

And now he was willing to compromise over them.

For Leng Yaozhu, that should have been wonderful news.

But if the price was the child's life—or his future—in exchange for her chance to become a Limit Douluo...

Leng Yaozhu shook her head in silence.

She would never accept it.

Whether because of the child's astonishing talent or the bond between them, she would not use him as a stepping stone to become a Limit Douluo.

"You needn't trouble yourself over this, Pagoda Master. Mind your own affairs."

"I know what you're thinking."

"If you can find the child, you can do whatever you like with him."

"But if you expect me to hand him over before then, you're dreaming."

Leng Yaozhu faced Qiangu Dongfeng and spoke without wavering.

There was no yielding in her voice, no room for negotiation.

Qiangu Dongfeng's eyes narrowed slightly at her words.

He remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he merely smiled faintly and said nothing more.

When Qiangu Dongfeng calmly stepped aside, Leng Yaozhu strode past him on her long, pale legs.

A cool, faint fragrance drifted by with her.

Qiangu Dongfeng caught her scent, and his eyes flickered.

But his gaze soon settled again.

The Spirit Pagoda had deep reserves.

By occupying the Star Dou Great Forest, it had even acquired precious resources such as Soul Beast genetic material and Soul Bones.

But it had still failed to truly seize the most important place: the shore of the Lake of Life.

The core resources there had never fallen into the Spirit Pagoda's hands.

So although the Spirit Pagoda had developed well over the years,

its true foundations still fell far short of the Tang Sect's and Shrek Academy's.

Qiangu Dongfeng understood that clearly.

That was why he had to hold back Leng Yaozhu, a peak Super Douluo, and keep her from becoming a Limit Douluo.

Yet he did not want to see her brought down completely, much less driven to the other side.

That was the contradiction at the heart of his plans.

With a soft sigh, his expression finally returned to calm. "Did you hear what Deputy Pavilion Master Leng said?"

"Find the members of the Leng Family. Investigate every last one."

"I especially want a complete list of everyone whose Martial Soul awakened this year."

"Find them one by one. If you can't find what I'm looking for, kill them one by one."

"I will find out whose Martial Soul Awakening caused such a terrifying heavenly omen."

By then, Qiangu Dongfeng's voice had turned unmistakably cold.

Several attendants who had been standing guard on the top floor nodded in turn.

They bowed and withdrew.

Only after they had all gone did Qiangu Dongfeng turn silently and head downstairs.

Outside the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu was already making her way back.

Now that she had made her position clear to Qiangu Dongfeng, the Leng Family would have to clash with the Qiangu Family's forces.

Her family was indeed weaker than the Qiangu Family.

After all, they had two Limit Douluo among them.

And for centuries, the Pagoda Master had always come from the Qiangu Family.

Their prestige was naturally immense.

But as one of the Spirit Pagoda's three core families, the Leng Family's reputation was no empty boast.

It, too, had many formidable experts.

"What a shame."

"If my sister's Martial Soul hadn't fallen, and Yu Lai were still here, the family would have been much better off with two Super Douluo."

Leng Yaozhu sighed softly at her own words.

Even so, the situation before her had not discouraged her.