Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 273 Reencounter with Ascended Spirits
Lin Xiao walked into Ming Lei Douluo's room and sat down, while Ming Lei Douluo was still grumbling incessantly.

From the moment they met, Lin Xiao could sense that Ming Lei Douluo's attitude had changed slightly, probably because he had finally gained the strength to match the position of elder.

If their previous relationship was based on Zhongli Wu's influence, now it was earned through his own strength.

Recalling when he first entered the Holy Spirit Cult and was treated as a sacrifice, although he only saw the change in attitude of the Dark Thunder Douluo, he had already realized the benefits that strength brought.

"Thank you for your help, Third Brother." Lin Xiao smiled. "I just received some rare metals from Mingdetang recently. Could you help me sell them? I only need the market price. Consider the rest as a way of thanking you for your help."

Ming Lei Douluo's voice suddenly stopped. He knew that the price of rare metals on the underground market was several times that on the outside, and Lin Xiao's words clearly meant that most of the profits were being given to Ming Lei Douluo.

“This…” Ming Lei Douluo smiled, looking at the storage soul tool that Lin Xiao handed over, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, “We brothers don’t talk business, but I’ll help you with this.”

Putting away his soul tool, Nether Thunder Douluo's expression finally turned serious. "Eighth Brother, you just got back. Do you know anything about the Elite Tournament?"

Lin Xiao nodded.

“That’s true. After all, you’re still a member of Mingde Hall. So I’ll be frank. This year’s Elite Competition is far larger than ever before. The Ordinary Alliance has been discussing with me the idea of ​​adding an underground Soul Master Competition during this year’s competition.”

"Judging from Shangguan Weier's aggressive demeanor, I'm afraid she won't be easy to deal with this time. If you don't come back soon, I'll have no choice but to bite the bullet and refuse them."

Ming Lei Douluo breathed a slight sigh of relief, "Seeing you today has finally resolved my concerns."

"How about it?" Ming Lei Douluo suddenly leaned closer, lowering his voice slightly, "Should we take advantage of your return and completely swallow up the Ordinary Alliance?"

Suddenly, Ming Lei Douluo revealed a strange smile, "With your current strength, even if Shangguan Wei'er could bring Jing Hongchen over, it doesn't necessarily mean you'd win."

"How about it, do you want it?"

Seeing the somewhat excited look in Ming Lei Douluo's eyes, Lin Xiao nodded slightly.

Honestly, putting aside his cultivation level, just based on his current status as a level seven Soul Master, this Soul Master Competition is already a foregone conclusion, not to mention that the Soul Master Competition will ultimately determine the quality of Soul Tools through actual combat.

Lin Xiao going on stage now is no different from going up and beating up a bunch of kids.

"Let's not be too harsh, otherwise Shangguan Wei'er might renege on the debt."

"Hehe, you don't need to worry about that." Ming Lei Douluo sat back down, seemingly confident of victory. "The situation is different now. His Highness the Crown Prince holds absolute power and is worried about not having any leverage against certain people. Neither Shangguan Wei'er nor the people behind her dare to offend the Xi Shui Alliance."

"If she's willing to hand it over obediently, we can still leave her some legitimate business; otherwise, the Ordinary Alliance will disappear from Mingdu forever."

“Alright, then Third Brother will make the arrangements.” Lin Xiao stood up. “I’ll go check on the disciples.”

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Suddenly, Nether Thunder Douluo spoke, and Lin Xiao turned around upon hearing this.

"Do you have another branch altar under your command?"

"Yes, what happened?" Lin Xiao frowned. He had just become an elder of the Holy Spirit Cult and had taken over that branch altar. Later, he ordered his disciples not to reveal their identities as evil soul masters.

Although it's unclear how effective his words will be, at least they might deter them from committing more evil deeds.

"Nothing's wrong." Nether Thunder Douluo waved his hand. "I must say, you're quite adept at managing the branch altar. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have known you had such a branch altar under your command." Lin Xiao didn't allow those evil soul master disciples to go out and cause trouble, so of course he wouldn't be discovered, but there was no need to tell Nether Thunder Douluo about this.

"Third Brother, what's wrong this time?"

“Your branch altar has a holy servant who, for some reason, was looking for you. You disappeared without a trace and eventually found his way here.”

"I think her cultivation level is almost there, and it seems that it's time for her to undergo the Spirit Ascension Ceremony."

Lin Xiao nodded, already understanding who the Nether Thunder Douluo was referring to. In his branch altar, only Nana was a Holy Servant whose cultivation had reached the level required for the Spirit Ascension Ritual.

As for why she contacted him, he could roughly guess based on the timing.

"Okay, thank you, Third Brother. I'll go find her later."

"Oh, no problem, no problem." Nether Thunder Douluo also stood up. "It's just that holding the Spirit Ascension Ceremony would require Eighth Brother to make another trip. I have a suitable soul beast here, do you want it..."

Lin Xiao turned to look at Ming Lei Douluo, his eyes narrowing slightly.

In fact, he didn't want to see anyone go through what he had gone through, especially since Nana herself wasn't exactly an evil spirit master.

However, now that her affairs have been discovered by the Thunder God, any further delays will only increase speculation.

and……

Lin Xiao's eyes flickered slightly.

If there were any place in the Holy Spirit Cult where the fragments of Electrolux's consciousness might be preserved, Lin Xiao could think of two places: the statue behind Zhongliwu's seat and the statue in the stone chamber where the ascension ceremony was held.

There wasn't even a visible entrance to that stone chamber. When he went to perform the Ascension Ceremony, it was Long Xiaoyao who helped open the door to the stone chamber.

I didn't quite understand it at first, but now it seems that Long Xiaoyao must have used spatial power, and that door might be hidden in some secret spatial crevice.

Lin Xiao didn't believe that a place that required a Limit Douluo to guard it would only contain an ordinary statue.

Performing an ascension ceremony for Nana might be the perfect opportunity to get close to that statue.

As for how Nana's ascension ceremony should be conducted, isn't that also controlled by him?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao touched his clothes again and took out another storage soul tool. "Look at my memory, I forgot to take out some rare metals here. Third Brother, you can handle these too."

Ming Lei Douluo smiled brightly, "No problem, no problem, let's go choose a soul beast now?"

"Alright, thank you for leading the way, Third Brother." Lin Xiao nodded. "By the way, Third Brother, after I returned to headquarters these past few days, what happened to the disciples here..."

"Oh, let's not talk about that. We've already lived through the last two years, what's a few days?"

"Thank you, Third Brother."

Lin Xiao and Ming Lei Douluo left the room while talking, their footsteps fading into the distance. What they were thinking was a mystery to them.

(End of this chapter)