Douluo Continent, Eastsea City.
Hum!
An oddly shaped phoenix mecha, its main body painted black, streaked across the sky and hovered beside the towering Spirit Pagoda building.
Passersby looked startled, hurriedly stepped aside, and watched respectfully.
A black-grade mecha was a rare sight indeed.
Just then, Pei Hai, the master of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda and a Titled Douluo, appeared.
Behind him stood the senior officials of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, all bowing their heads in respect.
The onlookers exchanged glances.
Who had arrived?
Even the master of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda greeted them with such reverence.
The next moment, the Black Phoenix mecha vanished into thin air.
A graceful figure appeared.
She was tall and slender, with luminous fair skin, and her sharply tailored, fitted uniform showed her figure to perfection.
One sweep of her gaze carried such a noble air that people felt ashamed to meet her eyes.
"Your Eminence, Heavenly Phoenix." Pei Hai stepped forward and bowed.
Leng Yaozhu nodded mildly. "You did well. Where is he?"
"In my office."
"Lead the way."
"Yes."
The top floor of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda.
A thin boy sat quietly on the sofa before the floor-to-ceiling windows.
His eyes were closed, and a faint, strange light was actually radiating from his body.
Behind him, an ethereal silhouette flickered on the edge of visibility.
The boy's name was Su Xun.
Having unexpectedly arrived in Douluo's third season, he was undoubtedly another member of the star-studded opening lineup.
Early that morning, having turned six, he had received a free martial soul awakening from the Spirit Pagoda in the district where his orphanage was located.
And what he had awakened was...
Spiritual Eyes.
That was what the Spirit Transmitter had thought at the time.
After all, Su Xun's eyes had lit up during his martial soul awakening.
It was a classic sign of a body martial soul, specifically one involving the eyes.
On top of that, he had innate full soul power.
The Spirit Transmitter had therefore immediately made his judgment and reported it, naturally drawing the Spirit Pagoda's attention.
After all, Spiritual Eyes was among the martial souls possessed by Huo Yuhao, the founder of the Spirit Pagoda.
Su Xun, however, knew that was not the case.
The Spirit Transmitter had focused solely on his eyes.
He had thought he had found a ladder to higher office.
His heart and mind had been entirely occupied with filing the report.
He had failed to notice the radiance of Su Xun's ears, nose, tongue, body, and that intangible, elusive "mind."
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind.
This was not the simultaneous awakening of six body martial souls.
No one could possess sextuple martial souls.
This was the convergence of the six desires roots!
When the six roots encountered the six dusts, they gave rise to the six desires; desire was both a shackle that dragged one into perdition and a power of the Great Dao that could be wielded.
Desire itself was neither good nor evil.
Cling to it, and one became a demon; illuminate it, and one became an immortal.
Thus, Su Xun called this ethereal silhouette, formed from the convergence of his desires and his body...
Six Desires Immortal!
Hum!
With a soft hum, the door to the top-floor office slowly opened.
A pair of long, fair legs in high heels stepped inside.
As though sensing something, Su Xun opened his tightly closed eyes, and a dazzling, multicolored light immediately blossomed within them.
The moment Leng Yaozhu entered the office, her gaze locked onto Su Xun.
Her first glance therefore met those eyes blooming with dazzling, multicolored light.
She paused slightly.
Those aren't Spiritual Eyes.
She reached that conclusion almost instantly.
In fact, she had already anticipated this before setting out.
After all, the Spirit Pagoda's archives contained detailed records of its founder Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Eyes martial soul.
The characteristics before her differed from those of Spiritual Eyes.
Moreover, Spiritual Eyes was a mutated martial soul derived from the White Tiger, the hereditary martial soul of the Dai family in the Star Luo Empire.
But she had come anyway.
The reason was simple.
Eyes were among the very finest body martial souls.
And he also had innate full soul power.
A genius like this was worth recruiting and nurturing.
Another reason was the Leng family's current situation.
The Leng Family's Twin Phoenixes: Heavenly Phoenix Leng Yaozhu and Dark Phoenix Leng Yulai.
Both possessed exceptional talent.
Unfortunately, her younger sister, Leng Yulai, had suddenly disappeared many years ago, leaving no trace.
Since then, she alone had borne the burden of supporting the entire Leng family.
Although she was now one of the Spirit Pagoda's two deputy masters, as well as a Four-Word Battle Armor Master.
Her status and strength were both extraordinary.
Yet she herself remained stalled below the threshold of a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
The weight of the entire Leng family rested on her shoulders.
And yet the Leng family's younger generation had no one ready to take up the mantle.
She urgently needed someone who could uphold the reputation of the Leng family's next generation.
Taking a disciple was naturally the fastest way.
Su Xun possessed an eye-type body martial soul, and even if it was not Spiritual Eyes, his innate full soul power still gave him tremendous potential.
Moreover, after taking Su Xun as her disciple, she could use this opportunity to win over the Illusory Brain Douluo.
Illusory Brain Douluo Han Tianyi possessed the Brain martial soul, and his spiritual power had reached the pinnacle.
His spiritual power ranked at the very summit of the entire Spirit Pagoda, and even the Three Continents.
Perhaps only Yun Ming could surpass him.
Meanwhile, although Han Tianyi was likewise Level 98, he also possessed four-word battle armor and held an extraordinary position within the Spirit Pagoda.
With Su Xun's eye martial soul, she stood a very good chance of winning over the previously neutral Han Tianyi.
That would greatly ease the pressure on her shoulders.
Thus, now that she had seen Su Xun with her own eyes.
Even though she was certain his martial soul was not Spiritual Eyes.
Leng Yaozhu still could not conceal her delight as she walked up to Su Xun and crouched before him.
Her voluptuous figure filled Su Xun's vision, making it difficult for him to look away.
At the same time, he was somewhat surprised.
After Pei Hai had brought him back, he had been told that an important figure from the Spirit Pagoda wanted to take him as a disciple and that he should wait here.
During that time, everything had been properly arranged, from bathing and meals to even the orphanage where he had lived before his martial soul awakening.
Truly, when one person attained the Dao, even his chickens and dogs ascended to heaven.
Still, the outcome was somewhat beyond his expectations.
After all, they had identified his martial soul as Spiritual Eyes.
He had imagined that, among those in the Spirit Pagoda who received the news, Illusory Brain Douluo Han Tianyi would be the most likely to come.
After all, aside from their both possessing spiritual-type body martial souls.
Before joining the Spirit Pagoda, Han Tianyi had also been a Body Sect disciple.
For Su Xun, becoming Han Tianyi's disciple would naturally have been an excellent option.
Although Spiritual Eyes was a mistaken identification.
The Six Desires Immortal was formed from the six desires roots, so it was naturally a unique body martial soul as well.
Through Han Tianyi, he could make contact with Mu Ye and then obtain the method for a body martial soul's second awakening.
Yet the person who came was actually Leng Yaozhu.
Still, although this departed from his expectations, Su Xun was not disappointed.
Leng Yaozhu was also a good choice.
As deputy master of the Spirit Pagoda, she commanded greater resources than Han Tianyi.
Moreover, once he joined the Spirit Pagoda, he would naturally have opportunities to meet Han Tianyi.
Even if he failed and did not obtain the Body Sect's secret method.
He could still try squeezing out his own latent potential or searching for other opportunities.
He would eventually find another method for a martial soul second awakening.
Seeing Su Xun staring blankly at her, Leng Yaozhu was not annoyed.
She was even quite pleased that she could exude such charm.
At the same time, a pang of sympathy arose in her heart.
On the way, she had already learned about Su Xun's circumstances and simply thought that he had never experienced a mother's love.
She reached out and pinched Su Xun's cheek, her Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power flowing gently as a faint trace of heavenly phoenix fire emanated from her.
With exquisite control, she brought Su Xun back to his senses.
At the same time, she readily drew him into her arms and gently patted his back.
"From now on, your master will cherish you. No one will ever dare bully you again."
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