[She and Wei Fan Were a Good Match?]

The Heaven Dou Imperial Family, Crown Prince's Palace.

"Xiao Xue!"

As the voice rang out, a tall but lean old man in a plain gray robe appeared behind Qian Renxue.

"Grandpa, you're finally here!"

Qian Renxue smiled warmly at the sight of her grandfather.

"Tell me, girl. What was so important that you needed to see me?"

Qian Renxue must have had something very important to discuss. Otherwise, she would never have sent such an urgent message and insisted on meeting in the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial palace.

"Grandpa, my identity has been exposed!"

After much deliberation, Qian Renxue had decided to summon her grandfather to discuss Wei Fan discovering her identity.

"Exposed?"

"Take your time and explain!"

He did not panic.

Since Qian Renxue could still remain safely in the Heaven Dou Empire's Crown Prince's Palace, the situation must still have been under their control.

"The person who discovered my identity was Wei Fan..."

Qian Renxue gave him a rough account of what had happened, though she naturally left out the part about Wei Fan taking liberties with her.

"Wei Fan?"

"That brat!"

"No wonder you asked me about him last time. So that was why."

Qian Daoliu nodded. If it was Wei Fan, he was not particularly worried.

So he knew. Let him know!

He knew that brat well enough. He was absolutely trustworthy.

"Grandpa, how can you say that!"

"You even lied to me and said he didn't have twin martial souls."

Qian Renxue immediately grew displeased. Had she known earlier, she would not have needed to probe and investigate him herself.

"He has twin martial souls?"

Qian Daoliu was stunned.

He genuinely knew nothing about that. Wei Fan had never demonstrated his strength before him, nor had he ever mentioned a second martial soul. Qian Daoliu had never paid much attention to his martial soul, either.

That brat really kept his cards buried deep!

"Grandpa, you really didn't know?"

Judging by Qian Daoliu's expression, he did not seem to be pretending.

"I truly didn't know about that."

"But you handled this very well. By telling Wei Fan your real identity and letting him know you're from Spirit Hall, you've ensured that he won't reveal your secret."

"Otherwise, if he saw you as nothing more than someone impersonating Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, that would be the most dangerous situation."

He was very pleased with his granddaughter's decision.

Had he been in her position, he would have made the same choice as Qian Renxue.

"Grandpa, will Wei Fan really keep this a secret?"

It was precisely that concern that had prompted Qian Renxue to summon her grandfather.

"He will!"

"Rest assured. I'll go have a word with that brat later."

Qian Daoliu spoke with complete certainty.

"You said you fought Wei Fan earlier. Which of you won?"

Qian Daoliu was quite interested in that.

His granddaughter possessed the six-winged angel martial soul and innate level 20 soul power.

Wei Fan had been the previous tournament's champion. Today, he had also learned that the brat possessed twin martial souls and was a Soul King.

A fight between those two was certainly interesting.

"I lost!"

Qian Renxue admitted it frankly.

A loss was a loss. She saw no reason to conceal it.

"You lost?"

"What is his second martial soul?"

Qian Daoliu raised an eyebrow. His granddaughter's martial soul was the six-winged angel, and she was on the verge of becoming a Soul Emperor. Yet she had still lost with that level of strength.

That meant Wei Fan's second martial soul was no ordinary thing!

"His martial soul is a trident, but what's truly formidable is his soul rings."

"Four black and one red!"

Though Wei Fan made her grit her teeth in anger, she had to admit that he was genuinely powerful.

"Four black and one red?"

"Are you saying he has a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?"

Qian Daoliu's head buzzed.

How the hell was that possible?

How could a Soul King absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring?

Unless a soul beast had sacrificed itself to that brat!

But a sacrifice? That sounded far too absurd!

At any rate, he did not believe it!

"Grandpa, it's true!"

"Ge Long previously said Wei Fan's martial soul had five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, but somehow, they suddenly became four black and one red."

Qian Renxue could have racked her brains to pieces and still failed to understand what had happened.

"Ten thousand years became a hundred thousand?"

Qian Daoliu was utterly dumbfounded!

Since when did such bizarre things happen on the damn Douluo Continent?

That was fucking ridiculous!

He knew Qian Renxue would never joke about something like this.

Twin martial souls, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring...

Just how many secrets did that brat still have that he knew nothing about?

Most terrifying of all was his age. He was not even fifteen yet.

And the key was that brat's trident martial soul!

That martial soul was the crux of the matter!

The trident martial soul reminded him of a certain place-Sea God Island!

That brat had drifted over from Sea God Island!

Others might not know that, but he knew it perfectly well.

It was precisely for that reason that he had met Wei Fan.

It seemed he would have to find Wei Fan and ask him to get any answers. He just did not know whether the brat would tell him.

If all else failed... could he eat two extra bowls while he was there???

"Grandpa, if you manage to get an answer, you have to tell me."

Qian Renxue was simply too curious about Wei Fan's secrets.

If she learned how Wei Fan's martial soul had gone from ten thousand years to a hundred thousand, could she also...

"Don't worry. If Grandpa finds out, you'll be the first person I tell."

Qian Daoliu nodded in agreement.

"Grandpa, there's something else."

"Why did you tell Wei Fan about my existence? Isn't that one of the Elder Hall's most closely guarded secrets?"

Qian Renxue was a little displeased.

"Er... that was indeed my fault."

"Wei Fan treated me to a meal that day, and I was so happy that I had a few extra drinks..."

"Then... then I let slip that I had a granddaughter..."

"But I only mentioned it in passing. I never expected that brat Wei Fan to remember."

The more Qian Daoliu spoke, the more embarrassed he became.

As the Great Enshrined of the Elder Hall and one of the Douluo Continent's foremost figures, he had hardly made any mistakes throughout his life.

He had never imagined that, in his twilight years, he would stumble into that brat Wei Fan's hands.

This was a stain on his record!

There was no washing it clean!

"Then did you say anything else?"

"For example, about the two of us..."

Qian Renxue asked tentatively.

"The two of you?"

"What else is there between you two?"

Qian Daoliu was rather bewildered!

"Nothing!"

Hearing her grandfather's answer, she inwardly cursed that bastard Wei Fan for lying to her again.

He had claimed that Grandpa thought the two of them were a good match.

She knew her grandfather would never say such a thing.

"Xiao Xue, what do you think of Wei Fan?"

Qian Daoliu suddenly asked.

"Grandpa, what do you mean by that?"

She immediately sensed that something was off about her grandfather's tone and the implications behind his words.

"That brat Wei Fan has twin martial souls and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. His strength and looks are both outstanding."

"And there's not much of an age gap between you two..."

Speaking of Wei Fan, he could not help giving him a thumbs-up. It would be difficult to find anyone else on the Douluo Continent with that brat's talent.

He was outstanding in every respect. If Qian Daoliu truly had to pick a fault...

It was treating people to meals!

"Grandpa, what are you talking about?"

"Don't you know what I'm doing right now?"

Qian Renxue's slender brows furrowed slightly. Just moments earlier, she had been thinking that her grandfather would never say she and Wei Fan were a good match.

Yet now, he had actually started trying to bring them together.

"I'm not asking you to get involved with him right now. I'm talking about your future!"

"Your work in the Heaven Dou Empire will end sooner or later. When that happens, you'll have to return to Spirit City."

"Grandpa has already paved the road ahead for you. Once you take over Spirit Hall, having Wei Fan beside you to help will keep you firmly seated in power."

"That old fellow Golden Crocodile is already buried in grave dirt up to his eyebrows. Who knows whether he'll even be around by then?"

"You can't expect us old bones to keep following you around forever, can you?"

Qian Daoliu had already considered this before. With Wei Fan by his granddaughter's side, he would be able to rest easy when the time came.

"This is my business, Grandpa. Stop worrying about it!"