Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 141 Xu Tianran: You're threatening me!

Qian Renxue turned her head again and saw Xu Tianran, who was now an ice sculpture.

"You didn't blow him up, did you?" she whispered to Hyotei.

"No, I used the ultimate ice to protect his body. Those two small soul tools look a bit like prosthetics; they're probably for him to use to reattach his legs later," came the Ice Emperor's voice.

"Who cares what it's for? What if he's installed some kind of eavesdropping device in that soul tool?" Qian Renxue replied to Bingdi. "Thank you for your trouble. Throw his wheelchair and all those soul tools out too."

Hyotei nodded secretly, placed the ice sculpture on a chair, and threw Xu Tianran's original wheelchair and a bunch of soul tools outside the door.

At this moment, Shadow Douluo Xue Chen on the next floor stiffened as an alarm sounded in his arms. It was an alarm emitted by Xu Tianran's wheelchair!

He hurriedly got up, but was suppressed by a huge amount of soul power.

"If you want to meet the Holy Maiden, don't bring those miscellaneous soul tools." A voice came, devoid of any emotion, and suppressed him completely.

"Ice attribute, Super Douluo!" Xue Chen exclaimed in shock.

But no one responded to his words.

This time, Qian Renxue's attitude towards Xu Tianran changed again. If she was still willing to sit down and talk with him kindly when they met last time, after his little tricks, she shouldn't think she could have any ulterior motives.

As Xu Tianran's ice sculpture thawed, Qian Renxue appeared and handed him a cup of hot tea.

"Take it easy." Qian Renxue smiled gently. "His Highness the Crown Prince was frozen for some reason just now. The security at the Qingse Hotel needs to be strengthened. I'm so sorry."

"Achoo—" Xu Tianran sneezed, and shakily took the cup of tea, but only held it in his hands to warm it, not daring to drink it directly.

Seeing his reaction, Qian Renxue suddenly realized that he was worried that she had poisoned him.

She poured herself a cup of tea from the teapot and took two sips: "Your Highness, this tea was brewed with the True Fire of the Sun, and it can effectively relieve the injuries you just suffered."

Seeing that she had also taken a couple of sips, Xu Tianran angrily raised his teacup and drank some of the tea inside.

Although the tea tasted ordinary, a gentle warmth seeped into his body, dissolving all the ice crystals in his meridians and helping him recover.

However, the soul power within him that was being blocked by the ice attribute did not recover, and there was even a faint feeling of it dissipating, although it was not strong.

"Is this the magnanimity of Her Highness the Holy Maiden?" Xu Tianran shuddered.

"No, no, Your Highness, you misunderstand. I'm just showing you some strength, otherwise how can I put your mind at ease?"

"It's to put your mind at ease, isn't it?" Xu Tianran said through gritted teeth.

"They're pretty much the same," Qian Renxue smiled casually. "What brings you here?"

"That's an interesting question," Xu Tianran said coldly. "Wasn't it you who made such a big show of awakening martial spirits for everyone in Jingyang City, deliberately letting the city lord know about it, and incidentally telling me you were about to make a move?"

"So what do you think about the whole nation awakening its martial spirit?" Qian Renxue asked him directly, without giving a definite answer.

"..." Xu Tianran paused for a moment.

Just now, something suddenly occurred to him: Qian Renxue used this incident to summon him and then displayed a flawless disguise.

Immediately afterwards, a high-level ice-attribute soul master, borrowed from somewhere, froze him, stripped him of all his soul tools, and then dispersed the soul power within his body.

This is a threat to him!

"What do you want me to do?" Xu Tianran asked coldly. Qian Renxue tilted her head: "Alright, after not seeing you for months, the good boy has finally become a little smarter."

Good boy... Xu Tianran suddenly felt like vomiting blood. How come his status is getting lower and lower?

"To tell you the truth, the State Religion is planning to have me establish an organization similar to a sect in the outside world first. I need fresh blood." Qian Renxue sat down in the chair and tapped her fingers on the table.

"Are you trying to attract new members through this kind of welfare program?" Xu Tianran asked.

"That's right, I know the Sun Moon Empire has these kinds of benefits, and it does them better than the three eastern countries," Qian Renxue said. "But I have to remind you that perhaps these seemingly beneficial policies are, in a sense, a case of drinking poison to quench thirst."

Xu Tianran was unhappy to hear this. Even though he knew he was in danger, he couldn't help but argue back.

"What, in your opinion, our Sun Moon Empire's development of soul tools was a mistake? You should know that if it weren't for the gap in high-end combat power, and the fact that we didn't have level nine soul-guided cannons four thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Empire would definitely have won that battle."

After thinking about it, he finally decided to say the Sun and Moon Empire instead of the Sun and Moon Continent.

"Oh, of course I didn't mean to question soul guidance technology, otherwise I wouldn't have stripped all your equipment off." Qian Renxue leaned back in her chair. "You see, you still need a soul guidance device to get legs like mine, don't you?"

Xu Tianran glared angrily because Qian Renxue had once again put her legs on the tea table.

He couldn't quite judge what the saintess was saying; it seemed like she was praising his soul-guiding technology, yet it also sounded like she was humiliating him.

However, he seems to have gradually gotten used to it.

Tsk, if a rat knew that a disabled person could regain the ability to walk in the future, it would probably be ecstatic.

Qian Renxue thought to herself.

"Your Highness, do you know that when someone stares intently at something, it only takes a little effort? But if you want to look away, you always have to use your brain." Qian Renxue moved her feet slightly and noticed that Xu Tianran was staring at her.

"What do you mean?"

"Over the past four thousand years, the three Eastern kingdoms have gradually adopted soul tools. Although their development is not as advanced as that of the Sun Moon Empire, it is undeniable that the gap has narrowed from thousands of years to hundreds of years," Qian Renxue said. "So, how has the development of soul masters in the Sun Moon Empire progressed over these four thousand years?"

Xu Tianran said coldly, "You should know something about the racial issues of the Sun Moon Empire, shouldn't you?"

"I know, but that's not an excuse. You've already put the cart before the horse since you started giving drugs to all the children who are suitable for researching soul tools," Qian Renxue explained patiently.

"Are you saying that if things continue like this, the Sun Moon Empire will inevitably fail sooner or later?" Xu Tianran said in a deep voice, "That's impossible!"

"Ignorance is never an obstacle to survival; arrogance is," Qian Renxue said calmly. "You know how much of the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance technology has flowed out over the years. On the contrary, they are particularly concerned about controlling rare metals."

Xu Tianran's eyes darkened slightly. What Qian Renxue said was true. Over the years, a lot of level-eight soul tools had indeed flowed out. The group of soul masters in the east were like an all-pervasive stream, infiltrating the Sun Moon Empire. Similarly, there were also some traitors in the Sun Moon Empire who sold the core technology of soul tools to the east.

"So, what does this have to do with your so-called nationwide awakening plan?"

"It's very simple, the Sun Moon Empire needs to change its mindset." Qian Renxue put her legs down and sat up again.

Xu Tianran's gaze followed Qian Renxue's movements.

Qian Renxue found it a little funny, but ignored him.

"The development of soul tools is a sign of progress, that's undeniable. But you have to understand one thing: soul tools are always meant to serve humanity, not for humanity to exploit its own potential for their sake," Qian Renxue said. "Got it?"

(End of this chapter)