Douluo 2: This Dragon God has too much martial virtue

Chapter 606 Fall
Now if Xu Sanshi wants his martial soul to continue evolving, apart from the nearly impossible-to-obtain 100,000-year-old golden tortoise-turtle soul ring, the only other option left is to find another woman to perform the ceremony again.

Xu Sanshi's worries did not escape Xue Lingxun's eyes. Although she was born into the Douling royal family, she had eloped with Xu Sanshi's father to the Tianhun Empire and married into the Xuanming Sect over the past few decades. She had long been aware of the various secrets of this hidden sect, naturally including the special rituals related to the evolution of martial souls and their importance.

Seeing her son's strength hampered by his incomplete evolution, and now surrounded by powerful enemies, Xue Lingxun was extremely anxious. Her top priority was to find a suitable girl for her son as soon as possible to complete the unfinished ritual.

Xue Lingxun was once the Douling Empire's most favored little princess. From childhood, she enjoyed the finest of food, clothing, and daily necessities. Even after marrying into the Xuanming Sect and becoming its matriarch, she maintained her high standards and discerning taste. She considered her son a child of destiny, the young master of the Xuanming Sect, the man who would one day revive the Douling Empire and inherit the throne. Naturally, she couldn't afford to let him down during the ceremony, and the "introduction" she used had to be the best.

Therefore, she had extremely strict requirements for the subject of the ritual. First, the woman who cooperated with Xu Sanshi in completing the ritual had to be a virgin, which was the most important condition of the ritual. Second, she had to be a spirit master, possessing a foundation of spirit power to better guide the evolution of Xu Sanshi's martial spirit. Third, she could not be older than Xu Sanshi, and must be young and fresh. Most importantly, she had to be beautiful, intelligent, and beautiful; otherwise, how could she be worthy of her son?

Thinking of these conditions, Xue Lingxun couldn't help but think of the name that made her resent and hate her - Jiang Nannan!

It was according to this extremely high standard that Xuanming Sect had carefully selected Jiang Nannan, who was born in a common family but had both talent and appearance. She was originally intended to be the perfect object for Xu Sanshi's ceremony. The Sect Master of Xuanming Sect had even said that as long as Xu Sanshi liked her, he could even marry her as his legal wife. Unfortunately, Longge intervened.

The thought of this made Xue Lingxun's heart surge with an uncontrollable resentment. That little bitch named Jiang Nannan was clearly the one that the Xuanming Sect had spotted first! If it weren't for that unknown expert from Long Pavilion who had snatched her away, relying on his strength and business connections to forcibly take her away, Jiang Nannan would have helped Sanshi complete his spirit evolution by now.

But in the face of her husband's stern warning and her own lack of strength, she didn't dare to vent her anger on the strong men of Long Ge, and could only pour out all her anger on Jiang Nannan. That vixen must have used some means to not only seduce the soul of the strong man of Long Ge, but also her son's soul. He still can't forget it until now. She is simply a disaster!
Now, in this precarious city, Xue Lingxun suppressed her resentment towards Jiang Nannan and devoted all her energy to finding a new ritual object for her son.

But this didn't stop Xue Lingxun from going over the stringent standards in her mind again and again, and then a deep sense of powerlessness washed over her. In this resource-scarce border town, spirit masters were already scarce, and young and beautiful female spirit masters were even rarer. Finding one who fully met the requirements was simply wishful thinking.

Given the current circumstances, she could only settle for the next best thing. Xue Lingxun felt she had made a significant compromise. She had first crossed out the requirement of "must be a spirit master." Saving her life and improving her son's strength were paramount, so the core requirements of virginity, youth, and beauty were sufficient.

Having made up her mind, she immediately issued an order in the name of the princess to "select a concubine" for her son in the small town that they had occupied by force.

In Xue Lingxun's heart, she had already decided on the nature of this future "ritual object". At most, she would be given the title of concubine afterward, which would be a great favor. The position of wife was out of the question. How could these common women from the mud legs be worthy of her son?

Moreover, given the current critical situation, Xue Lingxun wasn't even willing to give the other side the right to choose. She directly ordered her officers to search the city for women who met the criteria and "invite" them directly to the city lord's mansion, which they had occupied. This was completely different from the Xuanming Sect's usual style. At least the Xuanming Sect would negotiate with the other party to maintain its reputation and avoid enmity, and on the premise that the other party was willing, they would pay a huge sum of money afterward—enough to ensure an ordinary family's livelihood for a lifetime—or promise to let them join the Xuanming Sect and obtain protection and resources.

But at this moment, Xue Lingxun had already cast aside the Xuanming Sect's caution and superficiality. Fear, anxiety, and an urgent desire for power drove her to act with unscrupulous intent. In her view, the only value these common women possessed was their ability to sacrifice themselves for the advancement of her son's martial spirit.

As soon as this order was issued, civilian families, especially those with young girls, fell into greater panic.

"What do you think about when you're well fed and warm?" Mu Xing watched coldly and complained calmly to Di Tian that this group of people had gradually degenerated into something completely hopeless.

"I'm still too full."

In her opinion, this group of people had just had a chance to breathe after their desperate escape. Instead of thinking about how to strengthen defenses and enforce military discipline to survive, they couldn't wait to start this kind of bullying. It was simply...

Are you crazy? You really are bandits, right?

However, the situation quickly took a turn for the worse. The "concubine selection" wasn't limited to the small town, but quickly expanded to encompass the surrounding villages and even several nearby, less-defended towns. After these areas were quickly captured by the rebels, all the young women of even moderate beauty were roughly rounded up and brought before Xue Lingxun, who personally screened them.

Xue Lingxun was focused on finding a "qualified" partner for Xu Sanshi's ceremony. She carefully examined every girl brought to her, picking on their appearance, age, and virginity. Those she didn't like, she casually waved her hand and had the officers take them away, "Let them go back."

However, the officers and soldiers below clearly misunderstood, or perhaps they did it on purpose. In their view, this was clearly a gift from the prince that he despised and gave to them for their amusement!

Then, a greater disaster struck.

(End of this chapter)