Chen Menglin waved a hand and said, "Whether she was the source or not, let's put Xue Chuxin's business aside for now."
"The Seven-Kill Sword martial soul is what matters. This child, Ji Tiantian, has the Seven Kill Sword. We can't simply leave her alone."
He paused, then continued, "Under the continent's rules governing martial soul inheritance and affiliation, twin martial souls are a special case. They fall under the category of 'further discussion.'"
"Ji Tiantian's Seven-Kill Sword martial soul is right there for all to see. It's a treasure of our Chen Clan. We can't just let it slip away."
"If we hadn't known, that would have been one thing. But now that we do, we can't pretend we're ignorant."
Chen Xiaojun nodded and said, "By the way, Second Granduncle, Third Granduncle, Ji Tiantian's martial soul underwent ancestral reversion. As an eighth-rank martial soul, can the Literary Brush really stand alongside our Seven Kill Sword? I've always been puzzled about that."
Chen Cong pondered for a moment, then said, "The Literary Brush is a top-tier eighth-rank martial soul, and not an ordinary one, either. It's one of the Apocalypse Society's eighth-rank martial souls."
Chen Xiaojun stirred, looking somewhat surprised. "The Ji Family belongs to the Apocalypse Society too?"
Chen Cong nodded, stroking his beard. "That's right. Like the martial souls of several Apocalypse Society families in our Soul Fighting City, the Literary Brush falls into the categories of ritual vessels and sacrificial vessels."
"Their pressure is contained within, rather than radiating outward like that of some weapon martial souls. But their inner cores are incredibly resilient, with a capacity to withstand strain that rivals ninth-grade martial souls."
He paused before continuing, "The age of a soul master's soul rings is closely related not only to their individual constitution, but