Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 151 Undercurrents

"How are you feeling?" Ye Xishui asked.

Having arrived inside the Holy Spirit Cult's branch altar, Qian Renxue plopped down: "It's alright. Standing for a day is nothing to me. I once knelt before the angel statue for 108 days without eating or drinking. That was quite agonizing."

"You've worked hard, but that's not what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to talk about what you've learned today. How do you feel?"

"Ah, you mean this?" Qian Renxue picked up a cup of tea and took a couple of sips. "Overall, it's still within the plan."

"What do you mean by 'unplanned'...?" Ye Xishui smiled.

"I didn't expect that there would be so many lackeys in the Sun Moon Empire," Qian Renxue said softly. "I can sense that some of those who infiltrated are from the Sun Moon Empire."

"That's normal, just like we have informants in Shrek City," Ye Xishui said. "What do you plan to do with these people? Kill them?"

"No, there is no clear evidence yet," Qian Renxue said in a low voice. "They will definitely try their best to get the news out of here and continue to monitor them. Their cultivation level is generally not high, so let the Sun Moon Empire's royal family do this."

"I've already taken care of Xu Tianran; he won't refuse the offer." Qian Renxue tapped her fingers on the table.

"The Sun Moon Empire isn't a bunch of good-for-nothings after the change of the throne. It's good to let them contribute." Ye Xishui nodded with a smile, "It's a good opportunity to continue binding them to the war machine."

"I thought you were going to say we'd be tied to a pirate ship," Qian Renxue teased with a smile.

"Speaking of which, how did you come up with the idea of ​​having Lin Mengtong read those stories?" Ye Xishui asked.

"Didn't she say she had research on the history of the Spirit Hall? I thought this job was perfect for her. And the effect was indeed very good; her delivery was vivid and engaging, resonating with many people through these stories."

"Why didn't you use the story of the Spirit Hall directly, but instead used something that happened in this era?"

"Teacher, as you know, when a story is too ancient, people just listen to it as a story. Those grand histories were built with the blood of countless ancestors, but in today's history books, they are all labeled without exception," Qian Renxue said softly. "People are unable to truly empathize with them."

"Only stories from the present moment, the various little stories happening around them, will be more convincing, allowing them to truly feel what their environment is like."

Ye Xishui smiled and said, "That makes sense. Forcibly instilling ideas will only turn into preaching, and no one likes preaching."

"Songs that are no longer sung will always be sung again; stories buried in history will always be rewritten. But not now, nor in the future."

"How did you become a riddle solver? When did you start?"

"In a sense, this is something that exists outside of what the public considers history, isn't it?" Qian Renxue smiled. "It's like another river that appears on its own, but it will eventually become the right track."

"Compared to me, you're the one who's more capable of conversing with the Grand Elder," Ye Xishui teased. "What do you think of Lin Mengtong?"

Qian Renxue paused for a moment: "Actually, we can't tell much right now. She is indeed at the sixth ring cultivation level, and her aura is stable. Speaking of which, do you know the specifics of her Evil Eye Demon Spider Martial Soul?"

"You should be able to sense it, right?"

"Hmm, that's what I find a bit strange." Qian Renxue hesitated for a moment, because even with her spiritual detection, she couldn't say she could see through this martial soul. "Her Evil Eye Spider martial soul gives me a very strange feeling. This martial soul doesn't seem to be pure, but rather similar to a second awakening of martial souls, yet it's a bit different."

"Her martial soul should be a top-tier demonic spider, or even a spider emperor martial soul. But it also has a hint of the Evil Eye Tyrant's essence," Qian Renxue said in a low voice. "So I guess her martial soul has undergone some kind of evolution, and the reason for the evolution is likely related to the Demon Forest."

Ye Xishui nodded: "That's right, and the evolution of this martial soul didn't happen in her current individual. When the Grand Elder was still using Lin Xi's identity as a retainer, her aura was already that of an Evil Eye Demon Spider, or even a Spider King. Although a very long time has passed, I've always remembered her aura, and there's no mistake."

"Could it be that you also suspect...?" Qian Renxue said in a low voice.

Ye Xishui nodded without showing any emotion.

Qian Renxue now suspects that this young girl, Lin Mengtong, may very well be the Great Elder's identity during this period.

Therefore, she did not choose to use her divine sense to completely investigate the little girl.

Although it is unknown how she managed to achieve something akin to reincarnation, there is no doubt that she must be hiding a huge secret.

The two tacitly avoided continuing the topic.

"It seems they guessed it, didn't they?" Lin Mengtong smiled silently in a lounge at the Temple of the Sun.

"After such a long wait, I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel..."

She seemed to remember something, touched her face, a fierce look flashed across her face, and then she returned to silence.

Ye Xishui remained silent for a long time until the cigarette between her fingers burned out and touched her fingertips, at which point she realized it.

She looked up and saw Qian Renxue sitting by the window, staring blankly at the newly established Spirit Hall. Following her gaze, she saw two Soul Masters on duty, standing straight on either side of the gate.

Occasionally, passersby would stop and gaze at the enormous mansion when they saw this emerging power.

In this world, ordinary people still make up the majority, and the chances of truly turning one's life around are extremely rare; awakening one's martial spirit is only the first step.

How many people can remember why they started this journey?

"Xiaoxue, actually, the reason I asked you to do this... is so that one day in the future, when you have to let go of some things, you can..."

Qian Renxue raised her head and looked at Ye Xishui's face.

She suddenly laughed, a laugh unlike any she'd shown to anyone else. It was the kind of laugh she gave to her family, a laugh that was completely natural and without the slightest hint of affectation.

"Teacher, I understand what you mean and I can understand the difficulties involved." Her voice was very gentle, but it also carried a resounding strength. "However, I, Qian Renxue, have never been a hypocritical savior."

(End of this chapter)