Ghost Leopard strode towards the Pope's Palace, the scene from just moments ago replaying in his mind.
"I can't talk about this when I get back..." he muttered to himself, quickening his pace.
In the bedchamber, Yue Guan rubbed her still somewhat disheveled hair, stood up, walked to the mirror, and straightened her robes.
The Gui Mei was all ready and was waiting for him at the door.
"Hurry up," Gui Mei said calmly.
"What's the rush?" Yue Guan straightened her collar, walked to the door, and said to the Gui Mei, "Let's go."
The two walked side by side toward Gui Yuan's bedchamber.
On the way, Yue Guan tilted his head and said, " Old Ghost, do you think His Holiness the Pope Xiao Yuan over so early? Is there something wrong?"
The Gui Mei didn't turn around. "You'll find out when you get there."
Yue Guan pursed her lips and didn't ask any more questions.
When the two arrived at the entrance of Gui Yuan's courtyard, Gui Yuan was already up; he didn't have the habit of staying in bed.
Then he heard footsteps, and upon seeing who it was, he asked, "Uncle, Second Uncle, why are you here so early?"
" His Holiness the Pope requests your presence," Yue Guan said.
Gui Yuan stood up and asked, "Do you know what it is?"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei shook their heads simultaneously. "I don't know."
Gui Yuan didn't ask any more questions and followed the two towards the Pope's Palace.
Gui Yuan looked at the backs of his two fathers ahead, and had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't say them out loud.
Pope's Palace.
Bibi Dong sat alone in the main seat, her expression calm.
As Gui Yuan entered the palace, she looked up at him.
"Teacher," Gui Yuan bowed.
Bibi Dong nodded slightly. "I called you here because there's something I need to tell you."
She paused, then continued, " Qian Daoliu's granddaughter wants to see you."
Bibi Dong did not say that Qian Renxue was her daughter, and Gui Yuan would not make a fool of himself by asking who Qian Renxue's parents were.
Gui Yuan paused for a moment, then feigned just the right amount of surprise. " Grandpa Qian has a granddaughter? I've never heard him mention her before?"
Bibi Dong explained, "That's because she's not in the Spirit Hall. The current Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe, is someone she's impersonating."
Gui Yuan's expression became even more "surprised": "So that's how it is... No wonder I was telling my eldest and second uncles yesterday that I heard Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is gentle and handsome, and I was thinking of taking a look from afar."
As he said this, he glanced casually at Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
Bibi Dong followed his gaze and glanced at the two of them.
Both Yue Guan and Gui Mei felt a chill run down their spines, and cold sweat almost broke out on their backs.
However, Bibi Dong then withdrew her gaze without saying anything more. It seems that Yue Guan and Gui Mei did not say anything bad to Gui Yuan.
Afterwards, Bibi Dong told Gui Yuan why Qian Renxue wanted to see him.
Gui Yuan changed the subject and asked, "Then, teacher, if she asks me why my cultivation speed is so fast, and why Grandpa Qian and the others went to the Far North to help me search for Soul Beast, should I answer truthfully?"
Bibi Dong nodded. "Just tell the truth. With the teacher around, she can't touch you."
"Besides, she's Qian Daoliu's granddaughter; she's trustworthy."
Gui Yuan understood the situation.
Bibi Dong was probably too embarrassed to give Qian Renxue the method for condensing a soul core on her own initiative, so she had him act as the middleman.
He didn't point it out, but simply nodded. "I understand, teacher."
Bibi Dong looked at his obedient appearance and said nothing more.
A moment later, a figure entered the Pope's Palace.
She wore a dark robe, her face was exquisitely beautiful, and her eyes and brows exuded a natural nobility and aloofness.
Although some attempts were made to conceal it, it still couldn't hide that innate charisma.
Gui Yuan looked up and his heart stirred slightly. This person must be Qian Renxue. She was indeed one of the most beautiful women of this era in the Douluo Continent.
Even with makeup, her natural facial features remain flawless; the curves of her eyebrows and eyes, as well as the contours of her lips, are impeccable.
Moreover, upon closer inspection, one can find that she does indeed share similarities with Bibi Dong.
As soon as Qian Renxue entered the main hall, her gaze immediately fell on Gui Yuan.
She sized him up for a few seconds, then said to Bibi Dong, "Is he Gui Yuan?"
Bibi Dong nodded.
Gui Yuan stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Young Master."
Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow slightly. "You know me?"
"The teacher just told me," Gui Yuan said calmly.
Qian Renxue glanced at Bibi Dong but didn't say anything more.
She walked up to Gui Yuan and looked at him intently. "I have a few questions for you."
Gui Yuan replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Young Master, please speak."
Qian Renxue asked curiously, "Is your Soul Power Level really level forty-eight?"
Gui Yuan nodded. "Yes."
How old are you this year?
"She's almost nine years old."
Qian Renxue was silent for a moment.
This age and this level are beyond her comprehension.
"Grandpa and the others went to the Far North to hunt the Hundred-Thousand-Year Mirror Shadow Beast, was it for you?"
"Yes."
"You're only Soul Ancestor, yet you can absorb Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?"
Gui Yuan explained, "I obtained a divine inheritance, which automatically increases the age limit of my Soul Ring every year. It shouldn't be too long before I can withstand Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring."
Qian Renxue's pupils contracted slightly.
Does the Soul Ring's age limit automatically increase every year?
What level of Divine Trial reward is this?
Qian Renxue knew that there were gods in this world, after all, her family worshipped an Angel God.
However, she has not yet begun the Divine Trial.
However, she had never heard from her grandfather that the rewards for the Divine Trial were so generous!
However, Qian Renxue was unaware that this was not a reward from the Divine Trial, but rather a gift bestowed by the Hex of Gui Yuan.
Qian Renxue suppressed the shock in her heart. "I heard from Bibi Dong that you possess two Martial Soul. What are they? What cultivation path do you follow?"
Gui Yuan revealed his First Martial Soul: "My two Martial Soul are inherited from my eldest and second fathers' Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and my original Soul Martial Soul, and I am currently cultivating the Food System."
Qian Renxue was truly stunned this time. She looked at Yue Guan and Gui Mei beside her, wondering if she had misheard. What had she just heard?
Qian Renxue frowned and looked at the two of them, saying, "What did he mean by what he just said? Are you two his great-fathers? Is he your son?"
Qian Renxue felt her mind was a bit of a mess...
Yue Guan respectfully replied, "Young Master, Xiao Yuan is indeed my son with Gui Mei. The story is actually quite long."
"Then let's get to the point," Qian Renxue said calmly, as she didn't have much time.
Yue Guan:...
Gui Yuan then briefly recounted the events at Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
Qian Renxue looked at Gui Yuan seriously, somewhat surprised. "You really do look a bit like Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. That valley is indeed quite magical."
Qian Renxue mentally scoffed. " Qiankun Asking Love Valley? Bloodline creation? Then why not just change Yue Guan directly?"
After all, she has feminine features, and people who don't know her might not be able to tell that she is a man.