Douluo: I am the outer demon

Chapter 3 The Pope’s Palace

His current strength is at the peak of the entry level, that is, a quasi-grand soul master at level 20.

Due to the limitations of heaven and earth in his previous life, when he practiced Taoism, the spiritual energy in the world was already thin. Even with his talent, it took him ten years to enter the Tao.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will at best stop at the Purple Palace in this life, not to mention the declining spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

As a last resort, he learned forbidden techniques in order to break the limitations of heaven and earth.

What are forbidden techniques? Naturally, they are those techniques that are detrimental to one’s virtue or have serious flaws.

He once practiced many forbidden techniques, including one called "Soul Origin Sutra", which can absorb the essence of ghosts to strengthen the soul. Not only does it damage one's virtue, it also has the risk of causing schizophrenia.

However, he never considered himself a good person and had no psychological pressure to absorb the essence of ghosts.

It was also because the times were turbulent and there was a lot of killing and ghosts. Shang An was determined and maintained his true self. After his continuous improvement, he was able to successfully practice.

In order to practice forbidden techniques, he caused a lot of killings and even started a night parade of a hundred demons in a small Oriental country.

However, he seldom practiced or used forbidden techniques in China. On the one hand, it was his hometown after all, and on the other hand, he was afraid of being troubled by the major sects.

Unfortunately, there is no wall that is impenetrable, and his secret practice of forbidden techniques and his murderous deeds were still known to others.

He was therefore called a heretic, and many Taoist masters even went down the mountain with the magical instruments left by their ancestors to exorcise demons.

After that, he was forced to hide from place to place until he broke through the Pure Yang realm and suppressed all the major sects.

Then he seized the secret manuals of various Buddhist and Taoist sects, learned their strengths and made up for their weaknesses, and after going through untold hardships, he created the first edition of the "Great Freedom Sutra".

Finally, at the end of the spiritual energy method, he cultivated into the realm of primordial spirit.

It is also due to the lack of spiritual energy that his physical body cannot transform into an immortal body. Otherwise, he might be able to achieve immortality directly in the last days of the Dharma, and there would be no need to rely on the teleportation array on Mount Kunlun.

However, although he lost his Taoism and magical powers from his previous life, he improved his talents, and this world is rich in spiritual energy, so there is hope for becoming an immortal and achieving longevity. It can only be said that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand, and there is gain as well as loss.

Just as Shang An was thinking, a figure in a black robe, seemingly real or illusory, walked in from the temple gate with the gait of a dragon and a tiger. Everyone could not see his face clearly, but they could feel his eyes scanning the hall and finally stopping on Shang An.

This should be the Ghost Douluo among the two generals of the Spirit Hall, Shang An thought secretly in his heart.

"Are you Shang An?"

Ghost Douluo's voice sounded. He had tried his best to restrain himself, but the words he said still sounded cold and creepy. A timid child might have been scared.

However, this is also affected by his own martial spirit.

Shang An knew that Ghost Douluo's martial spirit "Ghost" was actually his own soul, so calling him a "living dead" was also a very accurate statement.

Ghost Douluo had very poor talent in his childhood, and his martial soul was just a useless will-o'-the-wisp.

No one had any expectations of him, other children bullied him, and even his family disliked him.

This made Ghost Douluo's childhood very miserable, but Ghost Douluo had an adventure in this environment.

One day, during a game, the children in the village deliberately made him jump into a big lake.

He was dead, but not completely dead, and somehow he came back from the gates of hell.

The soul reunited with the body, thus awakening the special martial spirit "Ghost".

At this time, he was no longer the weak and vulnerable person he used to be, but had become a genius.

After this experience that was like a complete transformation, all his relatives and friends were killed by himself, and he himself was also killed. The only belief left in his heart was to become stronger.

After the ghost became his martial soul, it provided him with powerful strength, and he eventually became a Titled Douluo.

Looking back, he had become a ghost, neither human nor ghost. It turned out that the young boy no longer existed in the world, and only the powerful and mysterious Ghost Douluo remained.

In "Douluo Dalu", Ghost Douluo Guimei is a character that Shang An remembers most clearly.

After all, after rebirth after death, the soul becomes a martial soul, which is similar to his original spirit and is very worth studying.

Thinking about it, Shang An nodded and looked at Ghost Douluo "curiously" with his two pure big eyes.

"Then follow me. His Holiness the Pope wants to see you."

After saying that, Guimei waved to Shang An, motioning him to follow him, then turned and walked towards the direction of the Pope's Palace.

Somehow, he always felt that the way the child looked at him was a little strange, which made him feel creepy.

Shang An followed Ghost Douluo obediently. In Wuhun City, there is an iron rule, that is, no flying!
In Wuhun City, all soul masters are not allowed to fly. Flying in Wuhun City is disrespectful to the Pope, and it is a serious crime!
Even though Guimei is an elder of the Spirit Hall, he would not fly over the Spirit City unless there was an emergency.

Walking behind the ghost, Shang An looked around from time to time. The Wuhun City was in good order and the architectural style tended to be a combination of ancient and modern times.

The streets were clean and tidy, with two neat rows of street lights on both sides of the road. There were people riding horses, some riding in carriages, and there were also means of transportation similar to cars from the previous life.

Shang An couldn't help but marvel at this, it was indeed the Douluo Continent with a crooked technology tree.

Shang An basically stayed in an orphanage before he was six years old. Because he was too young, the teachers in the orphanage would not let the children go out at will.

Therefore, most of Shang An's knowledge of this continent came from novels in his previous life and the books written by the director and teachers in the orphanage.

However, after today he will become a soul master and truly integrate into this world.

Ghost Douluo remained silent along the way, and Shang An didn't care. He followed the ghost and observed his surroundings on his own.

After a while, we passed through many buildings and arrived in front of the Pope's Palace.

In front of the Pope's Palace stood a number of Holy Emperor Warriors. In Shang An's perception, each of them had a more imposing manner than Director Qin of the orphanage.

Although the dean is old, he is also a genuine five-ring soul king, which means that these Holy Emperor warriors are very likely to be Soul Emperors or even Soul Saints.

"Open the door."

Ghost Douluo took out his elder token, the Saint Emperor Warrior saluted slightly, then stepped forward and pushed open the door that was more than ten meters high.

Ghost Douluo took Shang An, who was looking around, into the Pope's Palace.

Entering the hall of the Pope's Palace, Shang An's first impression was that it was big, very big. Then he was struck by the ancient and magnificent sense of history. There were angel reliefs everywhere in the Pope's Palace, adding a sacred atmosphere to it.

Looking towards the top of the hall, a figure wearing a purple robe and a nine-curved purple gold crown with a beautiful face was sitting on the Pope's throne in the Pope's Palace.

This is Bibi Dong, the current Pope of the Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong sat elegantly, exuding majesty that made people feel ashamed of themselves.

Of course, Shang An was not the one who felt ashamed of himself. He was looking at Bibi Dong who was sitting above him with his pure big eyes.

Bibi Dong was not tall, about 1.7 meters. She wore a golden long dress from head to toe, which fitted her perfectly. The dazzling dress was sparkling with over a hundred red, blue and gold gems.

The nine-curved purple gold crown on the head is even more radiant. In his hand is a scepter about two meters long and inlaid with countless gems.

Her fair skin and almost perfect face make her look so unique.

Especially the invisible nobility and sanctity exuded from his body makes people unable to help but feel the emotion of worshiping him.

Bibi Dong is so stunningly beautiful, noble, elegant, and tranquil. It seems that all kinds of beautiful words can be applied to this woman.

Although she is no longer young, the traces of time seem to have not left on her body.

"What a beautiful person."

Shang An admired in his heart. In his previous life, besides practicing Taoism, Shang An also met many women and had several marriages.

Although he was once a Quanzhen Taoist priest, he would not stick to the sect's rules as strictly as his third brother.

He advocates a combination of work and rest, and believes that one should appreciate the beauty of life in addition to practicing.

It's a pity that these women were all buried by Shang An in the end. After all, the lifespan of mortals is too short, and no one could accompany Shang An. After that, he never looked for these short-lived creatures again and focused on cultivation.

But Douluo Continent is different. This is a world full of spiritual energy, with hope for immortality, and many women, including Bibi Dong in front of them, have the potential to become gods.

Well, it’s not shameful to relax a little and refresh your body and mind after practicing.

"Your Holiness, I have brought the person here."

The ghost at the side knelt on one knee and spoke to Bibi Dong, at the same time reaching out to touch Shang An, motioning him to kneel down. It was really rude for him to stare at Bibi Dong like that. The Spirit Hall still attached great importance to etiquette.

Shang An didn't hesitate and prepared to kneel down on one knee immediately, just as if he was kneeling to his wife.

He personally admires Bibi Dong very much, and he sees some of his own shadow in Bibi Dong.

Moreover, as someone who is considered evil by others, he would not look at the villains in the original works with tinted glasses. This is just a pitiful and pathetic woman, and perhaps even hateful to some people.

But what does this have to do with him? He is not a good person.

(End of this chapter)