Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 62 Understanding the Era, Initial Planning

"Why isn't the teacher back yet?"

Four days after Qian Renxue unsealed her second soul bone, the two or three people in the room were almost bored to death.

"Senior took Xue Di out on some business. This place is quite far from the far north, so they might have gotten lost," Qian Renxue said casually.

"Miss, how about we go for a walk?" Shen Yuanyi's eyes lit up.

Qian Renxue glanced at her sideways: "Is it alright for you to just run out like that?"

Shen Yuanyi thought for a moment: "It should be fine. This is probably your first time in Mingdu, it would be a shame not to go out and explore."

Qian Renxue also felt that it was time for her to go out and explore. Staying cooped up in her room cultivating all the time would make her grow mushrooms on her head.

"Alright," Qian Renxue accepted her invitation. "Are you familiar with Mingdu?"

Shen Yuanyi took the room card from the door, and instantly all the soul-guided devices in the room lost their power source and the lights went out.

When Ye Xishui left, she didn't use the main entrance; instead, she flew away from the terrace with Xue Di. Before leaving, Xue Di secretly gave Qian Renxue a bead condensed from the power of ice and snow. If the bead broke, it meant she was in danger.

Ye Xishui saw this little action, but did not stop it.

Qian Renxue and Shen Yuanyi arrived downstairs and stood at the hotel entrance. Shen Yuanyi handed her token, representing her identity, to a burly man in black. The man's eyes immediately became respectful.

"Go get a car and take us around Mingdu," Shen Yuanyi instructed.

After a while, a black car glided silently towards them. Qian Renxue had seen this kind of car before; she had seen quite a few when looking down at the city from the terrace. These cars were undoubtedly the culmination of soul-guided technology. Compared to the horse-drawn carriages and oxcarts she had seen ten thousand years ago, they were much faster, and there was no need to worry about the horses dying.

The car door was opened, and the two women were respectfully invited to get in.

"I remember this hotel is also within our territory, right?" Qian Renxue asked in a low voice in the mental realm.

"Yes, this is one of our businesses." Shen Yuanyi chose to be direct. "In Mingdu, our branch is called Xishui Alliance, one of the three major underground forces in Mingdu. However, even the other two forces combined can only vaguely check us; this is just a branch."

The "Evening Water Alliance"—this restaurant is likely a branch headquarters. The name is straightforward; it feels like Ye Xishui was too lazy to think of a name.

However, since she has already achieved the Limit Douluo level, she must be extremely old. The fact that she dared to choose such a name suggests she believed that most people in this era wouldn't know her name. Therefore, she is likely over two hundred years old.

"Gentlemen, is there anywhere you'd like to go?" the driver, or more accurately, the coachman, asked.

"Grandpa Long!" Shen Yuanyi exclaimed in surprise.

Qian Renxue glanced at the driver in confusion. This man clearly looked like a middle-aged man, so why was this little fox calling him grandpa?

"Hehe, didn't expect it to be me, did you?" Grandpa Long chuckled and turned around. "Is this the Holy Maiden? Xi Shui told me about her."

Qian Renxue glanced at Shen Yuanyi.

"No need for Miss Shen to introduce me. My name is Long Xiaoyao. I am a high priest of the Holy Spirit Cult and an old friend of Xishui." Long Xiaoyao didn't put on any airs and spoke casually.

"Hello, senior." Qian Renxue nodded and said, "My name is Xiaoxue."

The title "Grand Priest" made her feel a little more favorably toward Long Xiaoyao. She wondered if the Holy Spirit Cult also had a deity to worship. After discussing it with the little devil, she decided to stay at this mysterious Holy Spirit Cult for the time being. Then these people would be considered one of their own. Some things needed to be changed. She couldn't keep calling him an old hag like she did at the beginning, even when they were hiding it from each other in Shuangxue's little nest.

Although she slept for ten thousand years, to be precise, it should be thirty years. Including her thirty-five years in her previous life, she was at most in her sixties... But since this person is a Grand Elder, he must also be an old man, perhaps as old as Ye Xishui, at the age of two hundred.

"Take your time and wander around," Shen Yuanyi said. "Miss just came from the east of the mainland and isn't very familiar with Mingdu yet."

"Okay, I'll drive slowly on the road." Long Xiaoyao stepped on the gas.

Qian Renxue observed this brand new world through the car window.

This was her first time getting up close to, or rather, integrating into, this new city. The city felt completely different from Xingluo City, which she had seen about two weeks earlier; it had a simple color scheme and towering buildings in the distance.

Unlike Xingluo City, which retains a quaint and antique charm in some areas, this city feels more like a rapidly spinning whole.

She recalled the shock she felt when she first arrived in the Sun Moon Empire a few days ago. The little devil also felt that if this empire really developed, the original three kingdoms combined wouldn't be enough to defeat it.

This is a well-ordered city. It's early morning, and pedestrians come and go in a constant stream, hurrying to work. Their pace is quick yet rhythmic. At the crossroads, some go forward, some turn, and then merge into the new flow of people, everyone moving about in an orderly fashion.

Shen Yuanyi turned around and saw Qian Renxue leaning back in her seat, staring intently at the scene outside the car, her bright pupils reflecting the bustling traffic.

"This is a city bound by rules, like a giant soul tool. Everyone is a part of this soul tool, operating on their own track." Shen Yuanyi struck up a conversation with her, "Miss, are you also thinking about this?"

"No, I was thinking that some people in the Sun Moon Empire are really dark-skinned."

Shen Yuanyi silently turned her head back.

Different people may have completely different thoughts when they see the same thing.

In truth, Qian Renxue's heart was moved by this city; she saw something completely different. The development of this nation to its current state owed much to soul-guiding technology. This technology brought many things that the Three Kingdoms of the East lacked, not only changes in daily life and warfare, but also advancements in human civilization.

While the original Three Kingdoms era still relied on agricultural tools for farming and weaving, the Sun Moon Empire had already replaced manual labor with soul-guided devices. Human resources, as the most crucial resource, would continue to shine in new fields. The booming economy led to increased national power; these ideas were unlikely to emerge in the conservative East in the short term.

She thought to herself that she had really come to the right place. If she could establish herself in this empire, the plan to destroy Shrek would be much easier.

Looking out the window, a plan began to take shape in her mind.

"Xiaoxue shouldn't be from the Sun Moon Empire, right?" Long Xiaoyao said. "Actually, in the Sun Moon Empire, black skin is considered a symbol of nobility. Generally speaking, the darker a person's skin, the higher their status. The darker-skinned pedestrians you see on the street may be descendants of nobles, but their bloodline is becoming increasingly diluted."

"Miss's skin is also very good, fair and smooth, so it's natural that they seem darker," Shen Yuanyi added.

"I see." Qian Renxue nodded. "Great, I've gained another piece of useless knowledge."

"Senior Long, I am indeed not from the Sun Moon Empire. But I am very curious, is it really unimportant for a Soul Master to cultivate in the Sun Moon Empire?" She thought for a moment and decided to ask this Grand Elder.

"The Sun Moon Empire focuses too much on the development of soul guidance technology, which has led to the emergence of the Soul Master profession, which corresponds to Soul Masters. Therefore, some families or sects will choose to give their juniors some medicines that force them to grow faster, forcibly improving their cultivation." Long Xiaoyao's voice came, giving Qian Renxue a deep feeling.

"Wouldn't that make it incredibly difficult for them to progress in their later cultivation?" Qian Renxue shook her head. "It feels like putting the cart before the horse."

"That's true. Generally speaking, the more powerful a soul tool is, the more soul power it needs to support, whether in its creation or use. This is also the current weakness of the Sun Moon Empire. Moreover, because the cultivation talent of the people of the Sun Moon Empire cannot be compared with that of the original three kingdoms, the number of Title Douluos is not very large."

(End of this chapter)