Chapter 14: The Hidden Agenda
Qian Daoliu turned a blind eye, thinking that if Qian Xunji could make Bibi Dong fall in love with him, it would be good for his clan. Perhaps a quasi-angel god could be born for the Angel family, which is why he had not stopped Qian Xunji's plans. From this, Qian Daoliu's character flaws were fully exposed.
As a result, Qian Xunji did a despicable thing to Bibi Dong, which in turn turned her into a blackened woman. In the end, he suffered the consequences, and under her leadership, Spirit Hall made enemies everywhere and gradually headed toward destruction. Even though Bibi Dong faced some self-inflicted consequences, what young girl could tolerate being defiled and forced to give birth to her enemy's child?
What really exposed Qian Daoliu's character flaw was his soft-heartedness toward the Clear Sky Sect. Due to his old relationship with Tang Chen, he gave the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao, and his son a chance to breathe despite forming a deadly feud. He was soft-hearted, but the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao would not care about his welfare at all.
On the contrary, they became more and more hateful toward the Spirit Hall. This incident also became their reason to ridicule Qian Daoliu and the weakness of the Spirit Hall. They felt that Qian Daoliu was afraid of their Clear Sky Sect and feared their ancestor Tang Chen, so he didn't dare to kill them all or step into their mountain range. Ultimately, the Clear Sky Sect, under the leadership of Tang San, fought back, gradually encroached, and eventually destroyed the entire Spirit Hall and killed all its members.
Similarly, Qian Daoliu also knew that Qin Xuan liked Bibi Dong. The fact that Bibi Dong and Qin Xuan were the two younger generations of Spirit Hall—the "First Genius" and the "Second Genius"—was no secret. But Qian Daoliu also turned a blind eye to it, believing they both belonged to the Spirit Hall, and the fat water should not flow to outsiders' fields. Whether Bibi Dong married his son Qian Xunji or Qin Xuan, Qian Daoliu would be happy to see it happen. But now, things seemed to have moved in an unpredictable direction.
Perhaps even Qian Xunji himself didn't know the extent to which Qian Daoliu attached great importance to Qin Xuan. If Bibi Dong was the heir to the Pope trained by Qian Xunji on the surface, secretly he regarded her as a forbidden concubine and a fertility tool for his Angel family. Then Qian Daoliu completely regarded Qin Xuan as a future member of the Elder Hall. This was not only because of Qin Xuan's talent but also the special nature of his Martial Soul.
Qin Xuan's Everbright Sword was the only Martial Soul that could attract and resonate with Qianjun and Jiang Mo's Coiled Dragon Sticks at the same time. Any Soul Master with a little knowledge would know that this meant it was very likely that Martial Soul fusion skills would be born.
Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo in the original work were not considered strong at their level, but they had an extremely high status in the Spirit Hall, far surpassing the ordinary Titled Douluo elders. Why? Because they possessed Martial Soul fusion skills. After Ghost Douluo was killed by Tang San, Chrysanthemum Douluo's status in the Spirit Hall declined rapidly. The Martial Soul fusion skill allowed Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to team up and stop even the 100,000-year-old Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest, the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python.
This indicated the incomparable importance of Martial Soul fusion skills. The Martial Souls of Qianjun and Jiang Mo could attract and resonate with Qin Xuan's Everbright Sword at the same time, meaning the possibility of an unprecedented trinity fusion.
Qian Daoliu had already made plans to wait for Qin Xuan to be promoted to a Titled Douluo and then promote him as an Elder. The reason why this was not publicized was to protect Qin Xuan. Even his son Qian Xunji was not privy to this information. The fusion skills of three Titled Douluos' Martial Souls were truly shocking, especially when two of them were level 96 Super Douluo. The power growth would be exponential. It was hard to imagine what it would be like when Qin Xuan became a Titled Douluo and used fusion skills with Qianjun and Jiang Mo.
This would greatly enhance the foundation of the Spirit Hall, giving it two demigod-level combat powers. Qian Daoliu was not worried about any backlash. First, Qianjun and Jiang Mo were absolutely loyal to the Spirit Hall. Second, he had secretly paid attention to Qin Xuan many times and saw that he was loyal to the Spirit Hall.
But now, a weird incident was happening: the Pope and a junior were competing for the same woman. Qin Xuan, 'unaware' that he had offended the Pope, was standing in a dangerous spot. When news came from the Pope's Palace that Qin Xuan had proposed breaking into the Slaughter City, and a wave of Soul power at the level of a Titled Douluo followed, Qian Daoliu guessed everything.
He was very clear about Qin Xuan's strength. Although he was a genius at the Soul King level, he was not ready to break into the Slaughter City. The reason he wanted to go was, not surprisingly, because his son had forced him to. Qian Daoliu didn't want to see a good young man, who was expected to become his 'eighth brother,' die. At the same time, he didn't want to compromise his son's dignity as the Pope.
Thinking of this, Qian Daoliu finally made a decision: "Qin Xuan, you are not strong enough to get through the Slaughter City now. How about waiting until you are promoted to a Soul Sage? With me here, no one in the entire Spirit Hall will say anything."