Inside the Worship Hall,
Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and the other Enshrined had all gathered beside Qian Daoliu.
"Big Brother, what happened?" Golden Crocodile Douluo asked, looking toward the Angel God Statue. He wondered whether the Angel God had manifested.
Qian Daoliu turned to look outside, his gaze seemingly piercing through the building to the Pope's Hall.
"I sensed a deity appearing in the Pope's Hall!"
"It's very likely that the Angel God Ancestor has descended. Come with me to pay our respects!"
As his words fell, Qian Daoliu's figure shot out of the Worship Hall, flying straight toward the Pope's Hall!
Golden Crocodile and Azure Luan exchanged looks, their eyes bewildered and their hearts shaken.
A deity?!
"Quick, let's follow Big Brother!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo dared not delay. He hurried out of the Worship Hall after Qian Daoliu, while Azure Luan and the others flew just as swiftly alongside him.
Inside the Pope's Hall,
Yue Guan shielded the young Bibi Dong behind him, his eyes wide as he stared at Fang Yuan's angel martial soul.
The aura this martial soul gave off was even more terrifying than that of the Great Enshrined, Qian Daoliu!
Yue Guan deeply regretted it. He felt he had learned yet another secret, thinking that he should have made a run for it right after leading Fang Yuan into the Pope's Hall.
Now look where that had gotten him. He knew too much, and he was panicking inside.
The angel Qian Renxue had merely revealed her aura. After triggering a reaction from the Angel God Statue, she reined it in somewhat.
Qian Xunji felt the pressure on him ease slightly. Coming back to his senses, he grew solemn, with many questions as well.
Why did Fang Yuan's martial soul look just like a living person?
Why had this six-winged angel called him Father just now?
No, that wasn't right either. In this situation, she might not be a six-winged angel at all. Perhaps she was a god?
But how could a child like Fang Yuan awaken a deity as his martial soul?
Could it be a Divine Examination?
But the Angel God Trial was in the Worship Hall. How could Fang Yuan have begun the Angel God Trial?
Qian Xunji had far too many questions. Suppressing his shock, he was just about to ask.
Whoosh!
Qian Daoliu appeared inside the Pope's Hall, followed closely by Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and the other Enshrined.
Seeing his father appear so suddenly, Qian Xunji thought that the aura of divine power just now must have alerted him and brought him over to investigate.
Could this really be the Angel God Trial?
This...
Qian Xunji was filled with uncertainty and surprise. He went over to his father and said, "Father, this child is Fang Yuan."
With an unaffiliated six-winged angel martial soul discovered, the Worship Hall had naturally received word as well.
However, under normal circumstances, the Worship Hall would not step in and interfere with the Pope's Hall's affairs.
Qian Daoliu had originally intended to let Fang Yuan get acquainted with Qian Xunji first, then have Fang Yuan meet him.
But looking at the divine armor worn by the angel Qian Renxue standing behind Fang Yuan, along with the holy sword in her hand, Qian Daoliu deeply regretted that now.
There was no mistake. This aura belonged to the Angel God, but she did not look like the first Angel God.
Qian Daoliu could distinguish that much. He felt that Fang Yuan's angel martial soul must have been specially bestowed by the Angel God Ancestor, which was why she carried the ancestor's aura.
From the look of things, she even seemed to possess consciousness?
With that thought, Qian Daoliu stepped forward, preparing to bow to the angel Qian Renxue.
"Qian Daoliu pays his respects to the Angel God Ancestor!"
But before Qian Daoliu could bow, the angel Qian Renxue stepped forward and held him up.
"Grandpa, you don't need to bow to me."
The angel Qian Renxue's gaze was complicated. Seeing Qian Daoliu again now, she regretted her past actions and was filled with self-reproach.
If she had managed to kill Tang San back then and ascended to the Divine Realm, Grandpa probably could have been resurrected too.
But she had been such a fucking idiot back then, and she had never imagined Tang San could actually come back to life.
Now that she had another chance, and none of it had happened yet, she could surely change things.
As the angel Qian Renxue dwelled on these complicated thoughts, Qian Daoliu froze.
As a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, Qian Daoliu could not possibly have misheard.
But this wasn't right!
Angel God Ancestor above, what did I just hear?
A six-winged angel possessing the Angel God's consciousness actually called me Grandpa?
The other Enshrined behind Qian Daoliu had been preparing to bow along with their big brother, but now they all froze, their expressions bewildered.
Golden Crocodile looked at Azure Luan beside him and could not help sending him a private voice transmission. "Azure Luan, was I hallucinating just now? Why did I hear..."
Even though he was using a private voice transmission, Golden Crocodile still dared not say it aloud. After all, there was an Angel God right before them, and Qian Daoliu himself had acknowledged her.
Azure Luan nodded almost imperceptibly, likewise transmitting his voice privately to Golden Crocodile. "You didn't mishear. I heard it too."
The two thought they were being very discreet, but their actions could not escape the angel Qian Renxue's perception.
She could not help saying with a hint of helplessness, "Grandpa Golden Crocodile, Grandpa Azure Luan, just say whatever you want to say. There's no need to talk in secret."
Golden Crocodile's and Azure Luan's hearts lurched at her words.
This is bad!
How did we get dragged into this too?!
Seeing Qian Daoliu look their way, both hurriedly shook their heads in denial.
"Big Brother, I didn't say that!"
"Big Brother! You know me! I've always held the Angel God Ancestor in great reverence. I would never dare entertain such thoughts!"
Qian Daoliu glanced at Golden Crocodile and Azure Luan, warning them with his eyes before cautiously turning to the angel Qian Renxue.
"Divine Ancestor, have I done something wrong...?"
Could it be that I didn't rush over immediately when Fang Yuan awakened his martial soul, so the Divine Ancestor is expressing her displeasure?
Surely the Divine Ancestor wouldn't be that petty?
Seeing this, Fang Yuan stepped forward and said, "Sister Xue, I think you should explain where you came from first. Otherwise, Grandpa Qian Daoliu won't understand."
At those words, Qian Daoliu could not help looking at Fang Yuan. Then something suddenly occurred to him.
Could Fang Yuan be little Ji's son?
The Divine Ancestor's consciousness descended upon Fang Yuan's martial soul. Because of Fang Yuan, she deliberately called me Grandpa to express her displeasure with Qian Xunji's behavior?
The angel Qian Renxue was just about to speak, but Qian Daoliu now felt he had figured it out, and guilt appeared on his face.
"Divine Ancestor, I understand!"
The angel Qian Renxue: "?"
She had not even said anything yet, and Grandpa already understood?
Qian Daoliu turned toward Qian Xunji, his face darkening as he roared, "You unfilial son!"
Smack!
A crisp slap rang out!
Before Qian Xunji could even work out why his father was scolding him, he was sent flying by a slap!
Qian Xunji: "???"
Wait, what does this have to do with me?
Qian Xunji spun through the air before smacking into the floor, his head buzzing and his face rapidly swelling red.
Watching this scene, a trace of bewilderment appeared in the angel Qian Renxue's eyes. Did Grandpa really understand?
Qian Xunji got up from the floor, looking at Qian Daoliu with indignation all over his face. "You old geezer! What did you hit me for?!"
In a moment of anger, Qian Xunji blurted out what he called him in his mind.
Qian Daoliu's eyes grew even angrier.
"You unfilial son! What did you call me?!"
Qian Xunji came to his senses at those words, his heart lurching. But then he stiffened his neck and stubbornly retorted.
"I didn't do anything wrong!"
"What gives you the right to hit me?!"
So many people were watching, and his subordinates and disciple were all here. Didn't he have any dignity to preserve?
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