"Anyway, Grandpa will teach you how to refine Soul Rings first, then how to cultivate Soul Power. You seem to have gotten quite a bit smarter, so you should be able to learn now!"
Although Qian Daoliu said that, he still felt uncertain.
Could his dim-witted grandson really learn how to refine Soul Rings and cultivate Soul Power?
"Woohoo, I learned it!!"
Before long, Qian Renxing cried out in delighted surprise.
He immediately cheered up. "Hahahaha, I really am a genius! I learned it in one go! Becoming a god is practically within sight!"
"Haha, Xiao Xing, you've only learned how to cultivate Soul Power and refine Soul Rings. Is that really worth getting so excited about?"
Although Qian Daoliu said that,
he actually felt somewhat gratified, simply because his dim-witted grandson had really learned it.
But at that moment, he also realized that it had never been that his grandson was too stupid to learn how to cultivate Soul Power. The teaching method had simply been wrong.
Now that he was teaching him step by step, first circulating Soul Power through Qian Renxing's body once, then having Qian Renxing imitate it once, he had taught him in just two rounds.
Perhaps his grandson Qian Renxing really was a genius, only his area of genius was a little unusual?!
Just then, Sisi, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue finally found their way back to the Holy Son's hall, with Xie Yue particularly excited.
"Your Highness the Holy Son, that leap of yours just now was nothing short of a holy miracle!! At that moment, a holy miracle came to pass!!"
With tears in his eyes, Xie Yue ran over holding a wooden plank and showed His Highness the Holy Son the holy picture he had carved with his Moon Blade. "When you told me to gather firewood earlier, I felt certain there was a profound meaning behind it, so I deliberately kept a piece of wood. It was perfect for carving that leap of yours!!"
How could anything my dim-witted grandson said have a profound meaning? Don't misunderstand him!
Qian Daoliu had originally only been grumbling inwardly, but once he saw the holy picture Xie Yue displayed, he completely lost his composure. "Wait, what is this picture you've carved into that plank? Why did you carve Xiao Xing jumping into the pot of whale rubber and standing tall without falling? Hurry up and burn that picture! If your talent with a blade is that outstanding, put it to proper use instead of carving this nonsense!!"
"Lord Great Enshrined, I disagree with your view! In my eyes, this is a true holy miracle. At that moment, a holy miracle came to pass. Don't you think it's sacred?!"
His face flushed bright red, Xie Yue did not bow to the Great Enshrined's authority. Instead, he argued his case. "I have named this holy picture The Holy Son Stands!"
"In the tenth year of the Holy Son, the Holy Son's grandfather was cruelly slandered as impotent, with rumors claiming he could only rise by eating whale rubber. The Holy Son cleared his grandfather's name of the slander he would otherwise have suffered, boiling all the whale rubber in a great pot, stripping naked, and leaping into it. Even in the scalding whale rubber, he stood tall without falling. This is a true holy miracle!"
"I recorded this holy miracle in writing and named it the Holy Chronicle, but words cannot convey even one ten-thousandth of the miracle's sacred meaning. Only a holy picture can barely capture a little of its true essence. Such a holy miracle should be seen by everyone in the world!!"
"Yes, such a holy miracle should be seen by everyone in the world!"
Mighty Lion Douluo had followed them over at some point as well. He looked admiringly at the holy picture Xie Yue had carved and voiced his praise.
"Wait, Fourth Brother, why are you joining in?!"
Qian Daoliu completely lost his composure. Was this not chaotic enough already?
"Oh, oh! Looks like you've grasped my profound meaning, Xie Yue."
Qian Renxing happily looked at the holy picture Xie Yue handed him and was immediately astonished by that sacred scene. "Xie Yue, you're a true genius! Your artistic attainments are simply unmatched. Taking a heaven's chosen like you under my wing was the best decision I've ever made in my life!"
"I appoint you as my clerk. From now on, you're my right hand. Record my deeds and compile them into the Holy Chronicle, and depict my holy miracles in holy pictures!"
"If we reach the Divine Realm someday and I become its God King, you will be my Heavenly Scribe, above all the gods of the Divine Realm and beneath me alone!!"
"Ohhhhh, Your Highness the Holy Son, you will one day stand above the heavens and become the king of gods!!"
Xie Yue was utterly fervent, his eyes filled with worship and devotion. "And as your right hand and your clerk, I will bear witness to it all!"
With that, Xie Yue immediately pulled out a booklet and began writing furiously.
The booklet already contained the holy miracle of how the Holy Son's grandfather, Qian Daoliu, the Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall, had been rumored to be impotent, and how, fortunately, the Holy Son had cleared everything up.
Qian Daoliu happened to be standing beside Xie Yue. He spotted the deeds already recorded there at a glance, and his eyes immediately widened.
"Delete it! Hurry up and delete it!! Xie Yue, as the Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall, I order you to delete it! Delete the word 'impotent'! There's no need to write in such detail. Just saying there were rumors should be enough!!"
Qian Daoliu stared in horror at the slanderous rumor that he was "impotent," already recorded in Xie Yue's booklet.
Don't record something like that! If this thing really gets passed down to later generations, won't everyone know about the rumor that I, Qian Daoliu, was impotent? How the hell is that any different from going down in infamy?
"Great Enshrined, although you hold the honored position of Spirit Hall's Great Enshrined, as His Highness the Holy Son's right hand and Holy Clerk, I have principles of my own!"
Xie Yue spoke with absolute conviction, even writing down how Qian Daoliu had just tried to use his authority to force him to delete the word "impotent." "I will write the truth as it is, without changing a single word!!"
"Oh, oh! Well done!"
Seeing this, Qian Renxing nodded in approval. "Xie Yue, you truly live up to my regard for you. This is how a real man should be! This is a true hero. Though ten million stand against me, I shall march onward!"
"Your Highness the Holy Son, receiving your recognition is the very meaning of my existence!!"
Xie Yue could not help tearing up, greatly encouraged.
Suddenly realizing that the Holy Son had just uttered another sacred saying, he hurriedly recorded it as well. "'Though ten million stand against me, I shall march onward.' The Holy Son's sacred words are simply too divine..."
"Oh, right, Xie Yue, give me the holy picture you carved."
Something suddenly occurred to Qian Renxing. Wasn't this precisely the big news he had been waiting for all this time?
He hurriedly said, "I'm going to have my mother reproduce a hundred million copies! From now on, every Spirit Hall Branch must enshrine my holy picture and spread the legend of The Holy Son Stands. There should even be a holy picture of me in every household!!"
"No, no, no, no, there's no need for that! Xiao Xing, you're still young. You have no idea how embarrassing this is!"
Qian Daoliu was dumbstruck with fright and hurriedly reached to snatch the holy picture from Xie Yue's hands. "Let Grandpa keep this holy picture safe for you for now. We can take it out for a laugh when you get married!"
Actually, Qian Daoliu did not particularly mind his dim-witted grandson's holy picture being circulated. The fatal problem was that the events depicted in this holy picture were intimately connected to the rumor of his impotence, inseparably so.
He absolutely did not want the rumor of his impotence spreading throughout the world along with this holy picture!!