Chapter 44: A Master's Scrutiny
Hearing this, Jingni seemed to understand something and realized, "Your only conflict with the Pope is the Saintess, so you brought me back?"
"As long as you are seen as a wife in the eyes of others, it means losing the qualification to marry the Saintess, and you will return to being a minor character in the Pope's eyes—someone he disdainfully ignores?"
Qin Xuan pinched Jingni's chin and said, "Clever, but you've only guessed half of it."
Jingni instinctively asked, "What's the other half?"
"That is, I'm really craving your body," Qin Xuan said, lowering his head to kiss her.
Looking at his results, Qin Xuan smirked slightly and then held Jingni close, closing his eyes. Since regaining his past life memories, he hadn't slept soundly in a long time.
"By the end of tonight, it'll be 7 months."
Jingni lay weakly in Qin Xuan's arms and glared at him.
With an expression that seemed to say "I don't believe a word of it," she didn't care whether Qin Xuan was asleep or not and coldly reminded him.
The response was Qin Xuan's heavy snoring.
But Qin Xuan wasn't actually asleep; he silently opened the system. Immediately, a system interface appeared before him that only he could see.
[Qin Xuan
Age: 20
Martial Soul: Everbright Sword (Vermillion Bird)
Level: 68
Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Black, Black, Black
Physique Level: Soul Douluo
Spirit Power Level: Soul Douluo
Soul Bones: Wisdom Skull of Mental Condensation, 100,000-year Vermillion Bird Left Leg Bone
Domains: Deathgod Domain, Vermillion Bird Domain
Talent: SSS
Self-Created Soul Skills: Traversing Sword Technique, Ghost Valley Breathing Technique, Sword Mastery (Peerless Sword Box)
Emotion Value: 447,992
Blind Boxes: Bronze Blind Box 1, Silver Blind Box 1
Lottery Chances: 0]
Seeing his talent upgraded to SSS, Qin Xuan was not surprised. After all, the Vermillion Bird was fully unsealed, and with 2 new domains acquired, it should make up for the gap in top-tier twin Martial Souls.
Otherwise, it would be better to just give up.
What did surprise him was the Emotion Value. In just a few hours, it had soared to over 400,000 and was still increasing.
"It looks like Qian Xunji is getting anxious. Fortunately, I went straight to the Elder Hall. Otherwise, that old bastard might have acted rashly without knowing about Jingni."
"However, it's better if he finds out later."
Thinking this, Qin Xuan closed the pop-up and voice function and slowly drifted off to sleep with Jingni.
The next morning, Qin Xuan groggily opened his eyes and checked the system, finding the Emotion Value had already reached 970,000.
Looking at Jingni, the pillow beside her was already empty.
On the clothes rack beside the bed were only the cleaned and Soul Power-dried Phoenix Flame and Qianjin Robe, still faintly scented with tea flowers.
Qin Xuan put on the Phoenix Flame and, as he left the bedroom, saw Jingni sitting cross-legged on the living room sofa, practicing her internal skills.
Noticing Qin Xuan had woken up, she quickly formed several unusual hand seals to finish her practice and slowly opened her large, azure eyes.
Qin Xuan didn't use the Phoenix Flame disguise skill to change his clothes.
The luxurious, bright red, fitted long robe, though a bit messy, combined with his impeccably handsome features and cascading black hair, gave off a noble, kingly aura.
She looked at the handsome young man before her, a bit dazed for a few seconds, then kindly stood up to help Qin Xuan straighten his clothes:
"Breakfast is ready. Your teacher came by half an hour ago and asked you to find him after you finish eating."
"Hmm," Qin Xuan said, not being polite, and allowed Jingni to tidy up his clothes.
Being a man, after fighting and surviving in the Slaughter City for a year, enjoying a little luxury was no big deal.
The couple had breakfast together, and soon Qin Xuan finished his portion.
Jingni continued to chew slowly:
"I asked the maid who delivered the food. Today, all the elders, and even the Pope will be present. The opponents will be arranged by the Pope. Be extra careful."
"Don't worry, I'll be cautious." Qin Xuan was not worried about encountering any danger.
Not to mention he was confident in his strength and did not underestimate a Soul Douluo.
Even if a Soul Douluo came, the Offerings would not allow it. A Soul Douluo dealing with a Soul Emperor—doesn't that need some special arrangements?
Most likely, they would arrange for a Soul Saint.
And Qin Xuan had already come up with a plan for dealing with Qian Xunji.
After finishing breakfast, Qin Xuan didn't rush to go downstairs. He waited until Jingni finished her meal and cleaned up the tableware before heading out. He went straight to the hall on the first floor of the Elder Hall.
In the Elder Hall on the first floor.
Unlike the quietness of Qin Xuan's previous visit, the hall was now filled with all the Titled Douluo elders. Whether Qin Xuan had seen them or not, except for the Demon Slayer Douluo who was still in seclusion to break through to Level 97, almost everyone was present.
The 6 great Offerings stood in front of the Angel statue, while those Titled Douluo elders below Level 96 were arranged in 2 rows on either side.
Some of these people might have already heard some news from the Thousand Jins Douluo and, seeing Qin Xuan, who had made his way through the Slaughter City in just a year and had raised his Soul Power to Level 68, they all showed kind expressions.
Naturally, Qin Xuan did not dare to be negligent. He stood upright and bowed slightly to them. At Qian Daoliu's gesture, he stood next to the only female Titled Douluo present.
This person appeared to be in her early 30s, wearing black armor with an eagle pattern, and feather-like shoulder guards.
Beneath her short hair, which was swept to the left, was a delicate and fair mature face.
She always wore a faint smile, giving a gentle and neighborly big sister impression.
Of course, this was only on the surface, based on the fact that Qin Xuan was a colleague of the Spirit Hall. If he were an enemy, she wouldn't hesitate to crush him.
She was the female Titled Douluo who, in the original work, allied with other Titled Douluos to ambush the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan—Spirit Kite Douluo.
Her Martial Soul was the Flame Kite, a fire attribute eagle-type Martial Soul. Her real age and name were unknown.
She had been promoted to Titled Douluo last month.
By the time Qin Xuan returned to the Spirit Hall, the news had already spread.
The female Titled Douluo seemed very interested in Qin Xuan. She threw him a flirtatious glance and, in a voice full of charm, whispered, "Little brother, you survived that hellish place. Impressive."