While Qiu'er's intelligence greatly satisfied Yuwen Tuo, there was only one question.
"Qiu'er, your human transformation is quite special. With your original cultivation, you should have been close to Rank 60 at the beginning of your transformation. So why does your Golden Dragon Martial Soul still have yellow spirit rings? Even if it doesn't start with black, purple should at least be achievable, right?" Yuwen Tuo asked, puzzled.
In the original novel, Huo Yuhao also had this question. Wang Qiu'er's physique clearly surpassed Spirit Masters of the same rank, so her spirit ring configuration shouldn't have been so ordinary.
"Aren't human spirit rings supposed to start with yellow?" Qiu'er said matter-of-factly. "I did it to adapt to being human."
Yuwen Tuo said helplessly, "That's for ordinary people. In this era, an abnormal spirit ring configuration for a prodigy is, on the contrary, a very normal thing."
Saying that, he unleashed his Fire Elephant Martial Soul's six spirit rings—five black and one red—which was the configuration a genius should have.
Qiu'er's was too ordinary. The problem was, it couldn't be changed now.
A magnificent Golden Dragon Martial Soul, the super Martial Soul of the Ancestor of Power, with an entire six spirit rings wasted like that. Yuwen Tuo felt a pang of heartache just thinking about it.
"This... Oh, right, this is Er Ha's fault. He told me that human spirit ring configurations were all like this." Qiu'er's face flushed red as she pointed at the Crimson King, complaining.
The Crimson King also looked bewildered. "How would I know? Aren't the humans I've seen in the Star Dou Great Forest basically all with this spirit ring configuration? Even that Rank 98 Gluttonous Douluo from last time, his first few spirit rings were just this color."
"Yes, if you want to blame someone, blame Xuan Zi. He's a top human powerhouse, yet his spirit rings are still so ordinary, which misled me."
Anyway, it's always safe to shift blame to the dead.
Yuwen Tuo sighed. "Forget it. Luckily, you retained twin Martial Souls and know to equip your second Martial Soul with top-tier spirit rings. There's still hope."
"Er Ha, take this with you. Although your strength is comparable to a Rank 97 human, once you make a move, there are two major problems. One is your spirit power flow, which leans towards a spirit beast rather than a human. Titled Douluo will be able to detect the anomaly.
With your precise spirit power control, mimicking human flow, perhaps ordinary Titled Douluo below Rank 95 might not notice. But more importantly, you don't have a single spirit ring, which easily arouses suspicion. This is a disguised spirit tool, capable of simulating spirit rings." Yuwen Tuo took out the dog collar he had bought before and placed it around Er Ha's neck.
"Oh, Yuwen boy, I didn't expect a welcoming gift. I like this collar." The Crimson King laughed. Immediately, a phantom of a three-headed Crimson Demonic Hound appeared behind him, surrounded by nine spirit rings two yellow, two purple, and five black.
Although these spirit rings were fake, the Crimson King's strength was real. His aura, comparable to a Rank 97 Titled Douluo, coupled with these nine spirit rings, complemented each other perfectly.
"Very good, Senior Crimson King, please be prepared. I will also contact the experts of my Body Sect. This time, we might have to fight our way out of Mingdu."
Qiu'er's arrival had disrupted Yuwen Tuo's plan. He couldn't let Qiu'er stay here. The timing wasn't right. The time for him to continue stirring up trouble here would be during the next Great Competition, when Yuwen Tuo was strong enough to stand against Titled Douluo without relying on the Snow Empress.
He had already read most of the books in the library anyway, and the knowledge of the Mingde Hall was beyond his reach.
As for the important items in the Mingde Hall, he would leave them to Huo Yuhao. Long Xiaoyao, too, he would leave to Huo Yuhao to draw out.
Once Huo Yuhao finished his exchange and returned, he would play the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind.
Yuwen Tuo summoned Nana and had her draw patterns, understandable only by members of the Body Sect, in some hidden corners of the city.
This time, he planned an inside-out attack to wreak havoc in Mingdu.
At the same time, the main altar of the Holy Spirit Church.
Zhongli Wu looked at the intelligence report in his hand, his eyes glowing crimson. Something that could attract such attention and excitement from him, the revered Church Master, certainly wouldn't be trivial information.
"Oh, Ancestor of Power, Golden Dragon!" Zhongli Wu burst into laughter. "Hahaha, truly blessed by the Holy Emperor, the second Saintess gifted by heaven to my Holy Spirit Church has finally appeared!"
"This is even more outstanding than Ma Xiaotao from Shrek," said Vice Church Master Feng Ling.
Their Holy Spirit Church's secret technique allowed them to cultivate two Saintesses. They had already acquired one, the Blue Silver Saintess.
For the other, they had originally chosen Ma Xiaotao from Shrek Academy.
The Evil Fire Phoenix, inherently possessing evil flames—wasn't she a natural Evil Martial Soul?
However, Yuwen Tuo suddenly appeared, purifying Ma Xiaotao's evil flames completely, and refining her flames, making Ma Xiaotao an Ultimate Fire Spirit Master.
Such powerful flames, even the Holy Spirit Church could not corrupt them.
Therefore, they had no choice but to give up. For years, they had been searching for a suitable second Saintess, and now it seemed they had found her.
The Golden Dragon was known as the Ancestor of Power, and the Golden Dragon lineage, according to legend, was the embodiment of the Dragon God's evil side. If they could trigger the tyrannical aura of the Golden Dragon within that girl and corrupt her into an Evil Spirit Master, it should not be difficult.
"But Church Master, that girl seems to be protected by an expert, and she is currently residing in Yuwen Tuo's mansion. Even for us, it won't be easy to take her out. Should we invite the Supreme Church Master or the Chief Enshrinement to act?" Douluo Wuyun, the Raven Douluo, asked.
Zhongli Wu shook his head. "No need. Have you forgotten? That girl is currently at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. When the Sun Moon Empire imperial family cooperated with us, they enfeoffed the Supreme Church Master as their Supreme Enshrinement of the Sun Moon Empire, and I, this Lord, became the Imperial Grand Tutor.
They promised us that each year we could freely select a student below the rank of duke from the academy to bring back to the Church for cultivation. Wasn't that girl with the Ghost Martial Soul chosen by a branch altar?"
"Everyone knows that Yuwen Tuo has no younger sister. This Yuwen Qiu is at most an adopted sister and does not belong to the imperial nobility, thus fulfilling our Church's selection requirements.
Moreover, Yuwen Tuo forcibly took Nana and killed our Church's Nightmare Douluo. The Sun Moon Imperial Family owes us a huge debt. I will use this debt, along with the authority that rightfully belongs to our Church, to make the Sun Moon Imperial Family obediently hand over that girl!"
"Church Master is wise. However, Yuwen Qiu's own identity might not be simple, and we don't know the exact rank of the expert protecting her," said Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng.
"Regardless of her rank, my Holy Spirit Church is determined to have this girl." Zhongli Wu's eyes flashed with crimson light. He simply refused to believe that in this Sun Moon Empire, apart from the Sun Moon Empire's Enshrinement Hall and Mingde Hall, there was any other force that could contend with them.
At worst, they would send out a few more experts and forcefully abduct her.
The Holy Spirit Church still had some confidence in its strength. After all, in the original novel, they even dared to raid Shrek Academy while Mu En was still alive, forcefully taking Ma Xiaotao.
Now, in their own territory, why would they abandon their future Golden Dragon Saintess just because they were wary of Yuwen Tuo and an unknown Titled Douluo?
No matter how strong this mysterious Titled Douluo was, could he be stronger than Mu En?
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