140 Thousand Dao FlowQian Renxue stood quietly at the door of the worship hall and did not go in.
She was thinking about how to talk to her grandfather.
If she needed to find two priests to help hunt down the Dark Demon Evil Tiger, her grandfather would definitely ask the reason.
Should I hide the matter about Lu Buliang from Grandpa, or tell the truth?
Qian Renxue understood her grandfather's style of doing things. Unless the person was a talent that her grandfather liked, her grandfather would never send a priest to help an outsider.
Her grandfather believed in angels. The darkness that was opposed to light and the evil that was opposed to holiness were the things that he hated the most.
But Lu Buliang's shadow martial soul has both darkness and evil. If his grandfather knew that he had a dark soul master who was opposed to the six-winged angel martial soul as his subordinate, he would definitely be furious. In serious cases, it might even threaten Lu Buliang's safety.
After thinking it over, Qian Renxue really didn't know how to ask her grandfather.
At this time, a light and clear voice came from the palace, "Xiaoxue, why don't you come in? You look so sad. Did something go wrong while lurking in the Tiandou Palace?"
Looking into the hall, Qian Renxue found a figure walking towards her. It was a tall man with handsome features and long golden hair that fell to his waist. He seemed to be in his thirties or forties, but he was actually over a hundred years old.
This man is currently the Judgement Elder of the Spirit Hall, the Lord of the Douluo Hall, Qian Renxue's grandfather, the ninety-nine-level Ultimate Douluo, and the Great Priest of the Douluo Hall, Qian Daoliu.
When the voice came from afar, Qian Daoliu was still in the center of the hall with other worshippers, but when Qian Renxue looked up, he had already appeared at the door of the hall.
Seeing that the person coming was her grandfather, Qian Renxue's worry quickly subsided and she responded, "Grandpa, everything is normal at the Tiandou Palace. I have completely gained the trust of Emperor Xue Ye. I believe that within ten years, I will be able to take over the entire Tiandou Empire without fighting or bloodshed."
Qian Daoliu had a faint smile on his face, and his calm and tranquil aura gave people a very comfortable feeling.
Of course, this is the gentleness he would show only when he is a grandfather. Don't forget, he is the Judgment Elder, responsible for killing all the strongest opponents who are against the Spirit Hall.
If you are regarded as an enemy by Qian Daoliu, there is almost no chance of survival.
This is also the reason why Qian Renxue didn't know how to tell her grandfather. If her grandfather found out that Lu Buliang's shadow martial soul was an extremely dark and evil existence, it would be hard to say what would happen.
"Child, you have been absent-minded recently." Qian Daoliu touched Qian Renxue's head and said in a majestic and calm voice: "Since last year, every time you come back, your heart seems to be restless. This is a taboo. Tell grandpa, what difficulties have you encountered recently?"
"I'm fine." Qian Renxue responded: "Don't you test my strength every year? That's why I came back."
"The agreed time was the end of the year, why are you in such a hurry to come back just after the middle of the year?" Qian Daoliu asked in confusion, "Are you considering the situation at the Tiandou Palace?"
Qian Renxue nodded, "Emperor Xue Ye asked me to supervise the country on his behalf in the second half of the year, and asked me to learn more from the ministers on how to govern the country. So in the second half of the year, I didn't have much time to leave the Tiandou Empire. I can only take advantage of these few days of leisure to come back and report to you on the results of my cultivation."
"So that's how it is." Qian Daoliu smiled calmly, "Well then, Grandpa will test your strength in advance to see if you have improved in the past six months."
"Grandpa, didn't you say that I lack practical experience?" Qian Renxue's cold face revealed a hint of smile, "Today I will show you my improvement in combat skills."
"Child, follow me." Qian Daoliu walked past Qian Renxue and went straight to the open space dozens of meters away from the entrance of the hall.
Qian Renxue followed closely behind with a confident smile on her face. In the past six months, she found time almost every month to go to Death Canyon to spar with Lu Buliang. Although she didn't have much practical experience, her practical skills had improved greatly under Lu Buliang's guidance.
She felt that if she wanted her grandfather to send out priests to help hunt down the Dark Demon Evil Tiger, she must first let her grandfather see the value of Lu Buliang.
Only after her grandfather became interested in Lu Buliang did she dare to tell him the truth that Lu Buliang was a dark soul master.
Qian Renxue thought that when she was practicing actual combat with her grandfather, he would definitely see her growth in combat skills. When her grandfather asked her how her combat skills had improved so much, she could just say that it was Lu Buliang who taught her.
Sighing secretly in her heart, Qian Renxue didn't know why she was so concerned about Lu Buliang's affairs. She did everything herself and even considered all possible dangers for him to prevent him from getting hurt.
Perhaps it was because Lü Buliang's value was too high, and as a subordinate, he was the only one who knew the identity of 'Qian Renxue'.
I have known Lu Buliang for two years, and many interesting things have happened to us during this period. Even though we are taking advantage of each other, we have more or less developed some friendship.
At that time, she fainted under the influence of the dark evil aura in the Death Canyon and was carried away by Lü Buliang. The past memories of staying overnight with Lü Buliang in the small forest suddenly appeared in Qian Renxue's mind. She once swore that she would never go near a place like the Death Canyon that was full of darkness and evil.
But in the past six months, he has risked being infected by the dark evil aura and gone to the Death Canyon to spar with Lu Buliang almost every month. Is it really just to enhance his practical experience and combat skills?
"Xiaoxue." Qian Daoliu's voice woke Qian Renxue from her thoughts.
Her gaze became firm again. Qian Renxue walked to a position ten meters away from Qian Daoliu and stood there. Her eyes suddenly turned cold. "Grandpa, I'm ready."
Qian Daoliu raised his index finger and said calmly, "Xiaoxue, as usual, Grandpa only uses one finger. Just attack. If you can force Grandpa to retreat a step, your strength has greatly improved."
"Okay." After responding, Qian Renxue did not hesitate at all and directly released her soul ring and six-winged angel martial soul. Two pairs of wings broke out of her back and her fifth soul skill, the Holy Sword, was activated.
The golden flame condensed in her right hand to form a golden sword. The soul power containing the sacred aura burst out in an instant. Qian Renxue's whole body was covered in a layer of golden light, and she flew directly towards her grandfather.
The long sword stabbed out, and golden light gathered on the tip of the sword. Qian Renxue had already appeared in front of Qian Daoliu. A spot of golden light on the sword suddenly stabbed forward. Just as Qian Daoliu raised his index finger to touch the golden sword tip, Qian Renxue's body was forcibly twisted while stabbing the golden long sword. The sword blade that was originally stabbing forward drew an arc of golden light, and it actually changed from a forward stabbing attack method to an upward slash.
Almost all the actions were completed at the moment Qian Daoliu raised his index finger. The ability to switch attacks so smoothly proved that he had planned it in advance.
Qian Renxue's attack transformation was just a simple one, but it allowed Qian Daoliu to see her growth in actual combat. In the past, Qian Renxue just swung her sword blindly, and there was no method to activate her soul skills. She had no idea how to coordinate soul skills, nor did she know how to hide her attack intentions.
Now Qian Renxue started with a sword stab, and then changed the sword's attack trajectory in an instant. This proved that she had learned to think in battle and learned the changes in battle.
Just as Qian Renxue's sword was about to chop towards his chin, Qian Daoliu's body flashed illusoryly, and the sword could only hit an afterimage.
After the afterimage disappeared, Qian Daoliu had already distanced himself from Qian Renxue and retreated to ten meters away.
At the same time, he also lost, because before the competition he said that if Qian Renxue could force him back a step, it would mean that Qian Renxue's strength had greatly improved.
Qian Daoliu really didn't expect that this time, her granddaughter actually learned to adapt in the battle and hide the real attack under the feint.
Seeing that her grandfather was forced to retreat, Qian Renxue had no intention of stopping and continued her offensive. The two pairs of wings behind her flapped and her whole body turned into a ray of golden light and attacked Qian Daoliu, continuously stabbing, slashing, and chopping with the sword.
While Qian Daoliu was dodging frequently, he was also paying attention to his granddaughter's every attack. What surprised him was that his granddaughter's sword-swinging movements were quite methodical, not like blind attacks. Her movements of drawing and retracting the sword were clean and neat. Under this series of attacks, he could easily dodge every attack, but could not find any flaws to counterattack.
Qian Daoliu had fought with the previous Sword Douluo before, so he naturally understood some of the mysteries of sword techniques.
It was obvious that the granddaughter was not swinging the sword based on her feeling. The sword wind generated by each strike was constantly increasing. She took advantage of the momentum and used offense instead of defense. It looked like a set of mysterious sword techniques.
Could it be that my granddaughter had met a sword spirit master in the Tiandou Palace?
Every time she swung her sword at her grandfather, Qian Renxue would think of Lu Buliang's teachings. He said that any weapon can be simplified to its essence, and the essence can be summed up in two words: attack and defense.
It's like day and night, they transform into each other. When attacking, the defense is the weakest, and defense is naturally the weakest when attacking.
So, in battle, you either attack or defend.
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The battle idea that Lu Buliang insisted on was to attack instead of defend. His attacking tactics were only for advancing and not retreating. Every move was an attack, and one move was better than the other. When attacking, the enemy had to defend, so of course he didn't have to defend himself.
During every month of the past six months, Qian Renxue finally understood the essence of this combat strategy under every attack from Lu Buliang.
When she swings the sword, one can always see the shadow of Lu Buliang in battle. In terms of practical combat skills, she has already inherited Lu Buliang's true teachings and is now completely different from the past.
"Xiaoxue, let's stop here for today's test." Qian Daoliu pinched the tip of Qian Renxue's sword with his two fingers and said with satisfaction: "Very good, compared with half a year ago, your soul power has not improved much, but your practical skills have improved a lot. Grandpa is very curious, you are busy with state affairs as the crown prince Xue Qinghe, how do you have time to learn these swordsmanship?"
Qian Renxue retracted her martial spirit and spirit ring, and responded: "I didn't use swordsmanship just now, I just learned someone's fighting style."
"Oh?" Qian Daoliu was a little interested. "From your performance, that person should be an outstanding sword spirit master. Apart from the Seven Killing Swords, the only person Grandpa can think of is a disciple of the Wind Sword Sect."
"He's not a sword spirit master." Qian Renxue said truthfully. "His name is Lü Buliang, and his spirit is shadow."
"Lü Buliang?" Qian Daoliu felt strange. "This name doesn't sound like a good person."
Qian Renxue felt that the opportunity had come, and taking advantage of her grandfather's interest, she first told Qian Daoliu about Lu Buliang's shadow spirit, and then said that there was some subtle connection between Lu Buliang's shadow spirit and the six-winged angel spirit, and that the shadow spirit also had exclusive domain skills.
When Qian Daoliu heard his granddaughter say that there was a subtle connection between the six-winged angel spirit and the shadow spirit, he quickly thought of the possibility of the spirit fusion technique.
However, since the shadow spirit was too low in level and its quality was too different from that of the six-winged angel spirit, the two spirits only had a subtle connection and could not be integrated together.
Qian Daoliu thought that martial souls could evolve, and if a soul master reached a certain level, it was very likely that the martial soul would evolve.
If the shadow spirit evolved into a top-level spirit, it could barely hone its spirit fusion skills with the six-winged angel spirit, but the success rate would be too low.
Shadow martial spirits are just ordinary items after all.
However, if that soul master Lu Buliang could cultivate to become a god with a mortal body like the angel god, then his shadow martial soul would be able to evolve into a god-level martial soul. Being of the same god-level and with the induction between martial souls, he would definitely be able to perform god-level martial soul fusion techniques.
But how easy is it for humans to cultivate to the 100th level and become a god, and to create their own godhood?
Not only does it require talents far beyond ordinary people, but it also requires the accumulation of enough faith power, which is an extremely long process.
Thinking of this, the surprise that arose in Qian Daoliu's heart suddenly disappeared, and he sighed secretly. It seemed that it would be impossible to find a martial soul that could perform martial soul fusion skills with the six-winged angel in his lifetime.
Seeing her grandfather's disappointed look, Qian Renxue smiled and said, "Grandpa, why are you so anxious? He is a talent that I have carefully cultivated. How could his excellence be limited to this level?"
Since his granddaughter carried out the undercover plan, Qian Daoliu saw his granddaughter so happy for the first time. He asked curiously, "You mean, he has other outstanding qualities?"
"Yes. His fourth soul ring is ten thousand years old, and his fifth soul ring is fifty thousand years old." Qian Renxue continued to tell her grandfather about Lv Buliang's talent bit by bit. She started with the unusual configuration of his soul rings, and then extended it to his soul power level.
Finally, he mentioned that Lu Buliang had reached level 60 in soul power and was about to obtain the sixth soul ring to become a soul emperor.
After listening to his granddaughter's story again, Qian Daoliu, who was originally disappointed because of the low quality of the shadow martial spirit, became interested again. He knew his granddaughter's character, and since she said it, it must be true.
The fourth soul ring is ten thousand years old, and the fifth soul ring is fifty thousand years old. Qian Daoliu thought that his fourth soul ring was six thousand years old, and it was only thanks to the protection of the Angel God that he could absorb a fourth soul ring of such a high age.
Tang Chen, the peerless Douluo who is known as the most powerful talent on the continent, cannot have a fourth soul ring that is ten thousand years old.
From this we can see that this soul master named Lv Buliang has a talent for cultivation that is rare in a hundred years or even a thousand years. Isn't this kind of genius just like the angel god back then?
Ever since the Angel God cultivated and became a god, there has not been a miracle of a human becoming a god on the continent for many years. Is this miracle about to happen?
"Soul Emperor at the age of twenty? Xiaoxue, you have an innate soul power of level twenty. If you practice diligently, it won't be difficult to break through to Soul Emperor before the age of twenty."
Qian Daoliu half-believed and half-doubted, "But the Lü Buliang you mentioned, his innate soul power can only be level 10 at most, right? If he started practicing at the age of six, how did he manage to increase his soul power by 50 levels in fourteen years?"
"This is his unique talent." Qian Renxue felt that the time was right, and said truthfully: "Grandpa, I actually hid something from you. Lu Buliang's martial soul was originally a shadow, but because of the awakening of the dark attribute, it has become a shadow martial soul, and its quality has also been upgraded to the top. Moreover, after absorbing the fifth soul ring, his shadow martial soul not only has the dark attribute, but also has the evil attribute."
"What did you say?" Even a peerless powerhouse like Qian Daoliu, who believed in light and holiness, had his face changed drastically in an instant after hearing about darkness and evil.
(End of this chapter)