Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 167 They came from the Spirit Hall?

So, what else is worth exploring in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire?

Are they here to see me?

A strange thought popped into Qian Renxue's mind.

It sounds far-fetched, but it is indeed possible.

To be precise, their target is the Spirit Hall. However, if they heard about the Spirit Hall from within the Heavenly Soul Empire, then there are two possibilities.

Firstly, they came to gather intelligence.

Secondly, they came to join the Spirit Hall.

However, she was more inclined to believe the first idea: if the other party really came to join her, perhaps they had been oppressed in the Heavenly Soul Empire.

However, this is just wishful thinking, because the intelligence says that the leader is a graduate of Shrek Academy's outer academy. If such a person hears about the story of the Sun Temple, he will probably only think about how to destroy himself.

"Yuanyi, give me the map." She held out her hand.

Shen Yuanyi handed her the map: "What's wrong, Miss?"

Qian Renxue opened the map and gestured towards the destination: "From here, at their speed, it will probably take them at least two more days to reach their destination... If they are smart enough to climb over this cliff, they can get there in just one and a half days."

"What do you want to do?" Xue Di leaned closer.

Qian Renxue hesitated for a moment, then said, "Sister Xuedi, I'll leave the monitoring and scoring to you for now. Bingdi will accompany you to protect the team members. I need to go out with Yuanyi."

Shen Yuanyi asked in confusion, "Where to?"

"Let's go check out this group of people first." Qian Renxue's eyes flickered. "I have a feeling that this group of people are not just simple spies; they may very well be after the Spirit Hall."

This was Qian Renxue's intuition, which was quite mysterious, and there was no concrete evidence to prove that her idea was correct.

However, just like Huo Yuhao's spiritual martial soul, after being blessed by the power of destiny, he also has a kind of premonition about his future.

This premonition arose just as Qian Renxue was pondering the problem.

"You want to run away alone with Yuan Yi?" Xue Di frowned. "No, that's too dangerous. Let Bing'er go with you."

Qian Renxue shook her head, then whispered something in Xue Di's ear.

Xue Di nodded slightly: "Alright, then let's proceed according to your plan. I'll continue with these people tomorrow. However, you two should also be careful."

Qian Renxue smiled and nodded, then pulled Shen Yuanyi away.

She was confident she could escape unscathed because of the existence of the undead demiplane. Even if a high-level Soul Master appeared behind the Soul King's team, she could still escape unscathed.

She was unaware that Ye Xishui had already followed her. In the past, she could have detected Ye Xishui's presence through her divine sense, but now Ye Xishui's soul level was rapidly increasing.

Leaving the camp, her six wings unfurled, and she and Shen Yuanyi swiftly soared across the sky. "Miss, your wings are so beautiful." Shen Yuanyi possessed a flight soul tool, and they were both maintaining a high-speed forward motion.

"It looks good? If it looks good, I'll see if I can get my hands on something like an external soul bone later." Qian Renxue said with a smile, "Unless it's something that comes with your martial soul itself, the only way to get wings is probably through an external soul bone."

"And there are soul tools too," Shen Yuanyi said.

"It's different." Qian Renxue shook her head. "If it's an ordinary soul bone, a soul tool can compete with it, but the value of an external soul bone is something that even a level nine or ten soul tool can't even dream of."

"I think I've heard that external soul bones can evolve, right?" the little fox asked.

"Yes, and if it keeps evolving... it might even reach the god-level realm before the soul master itself."

After ending their conversation, the two flew towards the place where they had first met, under the cover of night.

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One day later.

On the west side of Cold Pine Cliff, there is a dense forest shrouded in mist.

"Boss, will we be discovered when we enter the Sun Moon Empire this time?" someone asked.

"Found them? So what if they found out?" the leader said dismissively. "As long as we're using Shrek Academy's name, they can't arrest us even if they find out."

"We can easily say we're part of the Shrek Academy's surveillance team, here to track down the evil spirit masters!"

The subordinates nodded silently upon hearing this.

They weren't actually from the Heavenly Soul Empire's military; they were just passing through. Their true identities were members of the newly formed Heavenly Soul branch, transferred from the Shrek City garrison.

The leader of their team was Chen Lan, a five-ring Soul King with a degree from the outer academy.

All of his subordinates came from the outer academy, but most of the Soul Masters were expelled. After the last defeat, the Shrek Academy's supervisory team greatly reduced the number of times they sought outside help, especially from the Heavenly Soul branch.

Therefore, this time, they decided to bring along their own people who harbored a burning passion for Shrek Academy to conduct reconnaissance within the Sun Moon Empire. Their target, just as Qian Renxue had guessed, was the newly reborn Sun Temple.

"Boss, we've been stuck in this foggy forest for days now. Won't that delay our mission?"

"What can we do? You don't want the spirit ring anymore?" Chen Lan rolled her eyes at her subordinate, who was this team member. He had just broken through to the Soul Master level before setting off on this mission. Shrek Academy always valued teamwork, so they stayed here for a few days to prepare to find a suitable spirit beast.

This action led the Sun Moon Empire's military to mistakenly believe that their objective was to deploy defenses on the border. The key issue was that the military couldn't directly stop their operation, since the Shrek Academy's inspection team was an international inspectorate. The military could only maintain its own secrecy and, incidentally, have the high-altitude monitoring soul-guided devices keep an eye on them.

"Our target this time is that mysterious Sun Temple," Chen Lan said slowly. "Currently, there is very little information about that place. The academy has ordered us to find out the situation there no matter what."

"They can offer free martial soul awakening services? Hmph, how much can they possibly achieve?" One Soul Master scoffed. "How laughable."

"The academy's higher-ups are all reclusive, and while we shouldn't question some of their decisions, it wouldn't be so funny if they knew that people have been frequently entering the Sun Moon Empire these past two months." Chen Lan shook her head. "We monitor the border year-round; this kind of thing should at least raise our concerns."

(End of this chapter)