Soul Power, Level 3

"Soul Power, level 3!"

The words struck Qian Renxue's heart like a sledgehammer. Her face went deathly pale, and she stared in disbelief at the person who had awakened her Martial Soul.

The man could hardly believe it himself. After checking again, he repeated, "Qian Renxue, Soul Power level 3, Martial Soul... Broken-Winged Angel."

As his voice fell, sighs and murmurs swept through Spirit Hall. Even Qian Daoliu let out a sigh.

Qian Renxue looked around, bewildered.

In truth, she had long suspected that her Soul Power might be low. As Qian Daoliu's granddaughter, she had learned a meditation method from an early age, but no matter how hard she tried, she had never felt the slightest change in her body.

The meditation method was useless to her.

But she had never imagined that her Soul Power would be level 3, or that she would fail even to inherit the Qian Family's complete Angel Martial Soul.

"Level 3? The Great Enshrined personally raised her, and her Soul Power is only level 3? And she has a Broken-Winged Angel Martial Soul?!"

"No one else can find out about this. If word gets out, how will Spirit Hall save face?"

"If you ask me, she'd have been thrown out already if the Great Enshrined weren't here. Trash like her doesn't deserve to stay at Spirit Hall headquarters."

The mocking voices cut into Qian Renxue like knives, wounding her again and again. She pressed her lips together and hung her head low.

She had disappointed her grandfather and missed her chance to prove herself to her father and mother.

When she thought of the future, all she felt was bewilderment.

The upper ranks of Spirit Hall said nothing, waiting for the Great Enshrined, Qian Daoliu, to speak.

Qian Daoliu closed his eyes. "So be it. I heard the Spirit Hall branch in Suotuo City needs a deacon to manage it. Pufferfish, Snake Lance... No. Ling Yuan, take her there. You can come back once you've trained her into a Soul Grandmaster."

Ling Yuan cupped her fists. "I obey."

Qian Renxue raised her head and bowed deeply to Qian Daoliu, forcing herself not to cry.

Her mother had disliked her since she was little, and her father had never cared about her. Now her grandfather was sending her away to the borderlands too. From now on, she would be all alone.

From the shadows, Bibi Dong had also watched it all unfold.

Looking at the little girl whose eyes were full of tears, she clenched her fists, but in the end she did nothing to stop it. "Yue Guan, Gui Mei, sorry to trouble you two elders, but please see her off. Come back once she's settled."

"As you command, Your Highness the Saintess!"

After giving her orders, she turned and left the awakening grounds.

That beast's child... This will sever the last bond between mother and daughter. With Ling Yuan there, she should at least be able to grow up safely.

Still, the Qian Family really is cold-blooded. Qian Daoliu, you kept calling her your granddaughter, but in the end, didn't you drive her away because of her talent?

You're just as disgusting as that beast of a son of yours!

Sooner or later, I, Bibi Dong, will kill that beast Qian Xunji!

Though she had said she was returning to the Pope's Hall, she somehow found herself atop Spirit City, watching from afar as the carriage carrying Qian Renxue disappeared.

Inside Qian Renxue's sea of consciousness.

After absorbing the Angel God's power, Jiang Nian's illusory voice slowly opened his eyes and remarked, "An angel tastes pretty good."

He had been in this world for six years. Jiang Nian had transmigrated here when Qian Renxue was born.

Originally, he had been meant to replace Qian Renxue and become the new Qian Renxue.

But Jiang Nian was a man, and he had also obtained the Yao Chen Template, so he had rejected that course and simply waited for a chance to reconstruct his true body.

Activating the template required an enormous amount of Soul Power. Unable to cultivate, he had been forced to leech off Qian Renxue, which was also why her Soul Power had never been able to increase.

Just now, when Qian Renxue had activated her Martial Soul, he had absorbed the Six-Winged Angel outright, leaving her with only a Broken-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

With the Six-Winged Angel absorbed, the template had also fully activated.

[Master Teacher Yao Chen Template: Activated]

[Yao Chen's Inheritance, Ancient Emperor's physical body, and Disciple Training Template Selection System obtained. Use them and descend upon Douluo Continent?]

Yao Chen's Inheritance poured directly into Jiang Nian's body. In an instant, he felt his spiritual perception expand to cover a radius of ten li, and that was only while he was in soul form.

He keenly sensed that, aside from Ling Yuan Douluo beside them, two Titled Douluo far stronger than Ling Yuan were following them not far away.

"Yue Guan, Gui Mei?" Jiang Nian shook his head. "When all's said and done, Bibi Dong is still keeping an eye on this daughter of hers."

Jiang Nian did not use the physical body immediately. If he suddenly descended now, it would surely cause trouble that would be hard to explain. It would not be too late to find an opportunity after they reached Suotuo City.

Little Qian Renxue was already saddled with the name of trash anyway. A few more days would make no difference.

"Still, speaking of Suotuo City, if I remember correctly, Shrek Academy is outside Suotuo City too?" Jiang Nian shook his head. "Forget it. At this point, Tang San shouldn't have been born yet. After all, Qian Xunji isn't dead yet."

I'd better focus on making it up to little Qian Renxue... Jiang Nian sighed. "Come to think of it, I did help Qian Renxue escape the mire. On her original path, she'd have gone undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire in a few years. A life like that would have been much harder to bear than putting up with the name of 'trash' for these few days."

Jiang Nian thought no further and opened the disciple training template selection interface.

Even with Yao Chen's Inheritance, Jiang Nian still had only a partial understanding of how to train a disciple. But with the template's help, he could find the most perfect future for Qian Renxue.

Half a month later.

The carriage stopped outside Spirit Hall's Suotuo City branch.

The branch manager hurried out to welcome them. "Greetings, my lord. The welcoming banquet is ready. Please, come inside."

Ling Yuan Douluo nodded. After stepping down from the carriage, she lifted the curtain. "Young miss, we've arrived."

She was absolutely loyal to Spirit Hall. Even if Qian Renxue was trash, as long as she carried the Qian Family bloodline, Ling Yuan would never overstep in the slightest.

Qian Renxue forced a smile. "Thank you for your efforts, Elder Ling Yuan."

"It was my duty, young miss. There's no need for such formality." She then looked toward the empty street. "You two elders have followed us all the way. Won't you come out and show yourselves?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei knew they could no longer stay hidden and immediately appeared. "Now that you've arrived safely, we'll return and report to Her Highness the Saintess."

Neither of them knew why the Saintess wanted to keep an eye on His Holiness the Pope's daughter. They assumed that because Qian Renxue called Bibi Dong her sister, Her Highness the Saintess had taken some interest in the young miss.

After all, they knew nothing about the secret chamber, much less that Bibi Dong was Qian Renxue's birth mother.

Qian Renxue looked at the two elders, her gaze flickering. "Thank my moth... sister for her concern."

Bibi Dong disliked letting others know she was Qian Renxue's mother, and Qian Renxue had always obediently kept the secret.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei merely smiled. They had observed Qian Renxue throughout the journey and confirmed that she was nothing more than trash with innate Soul Power of level 3. His Holiness the Pope had worried too much.

Indeed, Bibi Dong was not the only reason they had come. Without Qian Xunji's permission, Yue Guan and Gui Mei would not have taken orders from her.

And their main purpose in coming was to see whether Qian Renxue really was trash.

After observing her all the way, they had confirmed that there had been no mistake in the Martial Soul Awakening.

They also felt that His Holiness the Pope had gone to unnecessary lengths. The Great Enshrined had personally watched the awakening; it would have been strange if anything had gone wrong.

Only after the two had left did Ling Yuan speak. "Young miss, let's go inside."

"Mm." Qian Renxue smiled.

She was already content that her mother had sent two Titled Douluo to check on her.

Qian Renxue had also come to terms with things. The Broken-Winged Angel was still an Angel Martial Soul. If she worked hard from now on, she might yet become an expert who could help her mother and grandfather.

Ling Yuan Douluo led Qian Renxue into the Spirit Hall branch and announced before everyone that she would take over its affairs for a time, until she had trained Qian Renxue into a Soul Grandmaster.

The others had complaints, but faced with the intimidating strength of Ling Yuan, a Titled Douluo, they all understood that the newcomer was no ordinary person.