Lin Auction House, second-floor quiet room.
Inside the quiet room, brilliant golden light shone with blinding intensity, and every corner was covered by a powerful sacred force.
That sacred force had reached the ultimate level. Any evil, fallen force of darkness that met it would ultimately be suppressed.
Behind Qian Renxue, the Angel Phantom was still there, but it had undergone an obvious and dramatic change.
The greatest change was in its wings.
The angel had originally had only six wings.
Now it had twelve!
At that moment, Qian Renxue, seated cross-legged, opened her beautiful eyes.
Beside her, Qian Daoliu, who had been standing guard for her, immediately asked with curiosity, "Xue'er, your Martial Soul Evolution succeeded, right?! Quick, tell Grandpa what your Martial Soul is like now!"
As she sensed the changes in herself, Qian Renxue answered him, "Grandpa, after my Martial Soul evolved, the three great powers I possessed are all still there. Not only are they still there, but they've also grown stronger."
Qian Daoliu's eyes lit up at her words.
He knew which three great powers Qian Renxue meant.
They were sacred power, Sacred Fire, and True Solar Fire!
Qian Daoliu looked at the angel behind Qian Renxue, then asked, "Besides the three great powers growing stronger, you must have gained something else, right? For one thing, I can see the angel behind you has three more pairs of wings."
Qian Renxue nodded slightly. "It has three more pairs of wings, and my flying speed has risen by several levels as a result. I think that, at full speed, I'm no slower than a Sharp-Tailed Swift! And I've gained another power."
"You've gained another power? What kind?"
"The Power of Judgment!"
"The Power of Judgment? That doesn't sound ordinary. What does it do?"
"I don't know exactly what the Power of Judgment does yet. All I know is that because of it, I've gained a powerful domain, the Judgment Domain!"
"The Judgment Domain? That's wonderful! Once you become a Soul Saint and activate your Angel Domain, you'll be a Soul Master with two domains, just like your mother!"
A flash of inspiration struck Qian Daoliu.
He then spoke up to remind Qian Renxue.
"Oh, right, Xue'er, don't forget to give your new Martial Soul a name."
"Give my new Martial Soul a name? I'm not very good at naming things. Since my new Martial Soul has six pairs of wings, six on the left and six on the right, twelve in all, let's call it the Twelve-Winged Angel! Nice and simple." Qian Renxue casually came up with a name.
"The Twelve-Winged Angel? That name is so-so. How about the Twelve-Winged Archangel? I think that sounds a little better," Qian Daoliu suggested, sharing his thoughts.
"Then let's call it the Twelve-Winged Archangel!" Qian Renxue smiled, satisfied.
While Qian Renxue beamed, Qian Daoliu's heart blossomed with joy.
From this day forward, the inherited Martial Soul of his Angel Qian Family would no longer be the Six-Winged Angel, but the even stronger and more formidable Twelve-Winged Archangel!
Come to think of it, he had Lin Yuan, the owner of Lin Auction House, to thank for all of this.
Thinking this to himself, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu made a decision.
After the auction, I'll have to thank Boss Lin and take the opportunity to get acquainted with someone so far above me.
No sooner had Qian Daoliu made that decision than another thought occurred to him.
He wondered whether he would get to see a great-grandson before his granddaughter Qian Renxue became a god, or rather, before he, Qian Daoliu, died. If he could, nothing would be better, and if he could see his great-grandson awaken the Twelve-Winged Archangel Martial Soul, that would be even better.
"Xue'er, I'll head downstairs first. The auction is still going on, so I can't stay here long. It wouldn't do to let someone else bid away something good. You don't need to hurry; you can stay here and try out your new Martial Soul first." With that, Qian Daoliu strode out of the quiet room and went downstairs.
"All right, Grandpa. Take care."
By the time Qian Daoliu left the second-floor quiet room and descended to the auction hall on the first floor, Lin Yuan had walked over to the third glass case on the raised platform.
Under the gaze of one pair of eyes after another, Lin Yuan gently lifted his right hand and whisked away the red silk cloth covering the glass case.
Once the red silk cloth was removed, the Soul Masters and Soul Beasts present saw a palm-sized little beast sleeping soundly inside the glass case, which was the size of a human head.
The little beast had the body of a deer, the tail of an ox, the hooves of a horse, and the eyes of a lion. She looked adorable and had a single horn on her head. Golden down covered her body, and beneath it were sturdy scales as black as ink. Flame-shaped manes drifted around her shoulders, neck, and limbs.
"What is that? A Soul Beast? I've never seen one before. I wonder what kind it is." Zhu Zhuyun was very curious as she looked at the little beast in the glass case.
After Zhu Zhuyun spoke, Dai Weisi, who sat beside her, made a judgment with a grave and serious expression. "A Soul Beast that can be put up for auction at Lin Auction House definitely won't be an ordinary one."
With that, Dai Weisi turned his gaze to Lin Yuan, waiting for him to introduce the auction item.
"Lord Beast God, if my eyes aren't deceiving me, that's... that's a Qilin, isn't it?" Looking at the little beast in the glass case, Emerald Swan Bi Ji sent her voice to Di Tian to confirm it with him.
Di Tian sent his answer to Emerald Swan Bi Ji. "Your eyes aren't deceiving you. That's a Qilin."
Qilins had existed on the Douluo Continent a very, very long time ago, but their numbers had always been extremely small. Emerald Swan Bi Ji had lived for over a hundred thousand years and had seen only one Qilin. As far as she knew, Qilins had long since gone extinct on the Douluo Continent, with not even half of one left. She had never expected to see one here at Lin Auction House.
It seemed Lin Auction House was far more extraordinary than she had imagined!
Just as Emerald Swan Bi Ji received Di Tian's reply, Lin Yuan began introducing the auction item from the raised platform.
"As you can see, our auction item this time is a little fellow who can eat, sleep, roar, and cry out."
"The Soul Masters seated here may be unfamiliar with it, but I believe the Soul Beasts present will certainly recognize it. It's a rare Qilin, a powerful Soul Beast that could be mentioned in the same breath as the dragon race in ancient times."
"After so many auctions, you should all know that my Lin Auction House is no ordinary auction house, and its auction items are all extraordinary. This little fellow is no exception."
"Besides being a Qilin Soul Beast, it also holds an incomparably exalted status among Soul Beasts: an Auspicious Beast!"
Di Tian: "???!!!"
Zi JI and Bi Ji: "???!!!"
Ice Empress and Snow Empress: "???!!!"
As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, all five super Soul Beasts present were deeply shocked.
"An Auspicious Beast? What's that? Do you know?" Bibi Dong frowned and asked Angel Douluo Ye Qingmei beside her, curious.
"I do," Ye Qingmei answered Bibi Dong.
"Can you tell me about it?" Bibi Dong asked her.
"Yes." Ye Qingmei nodded.