Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 68 The Holy Spirit's Past, The Return of Ice and Snow

The three returned to the Qingse Hotel, and Long Xiaoyao escorted the two girls to the top floor.

"I won't go in. It's not convenient for me to disturb the girls' living quarters." Long Xiaoyao smiled. "If you need to find me, Yuan Yi knows my soul communication, or you can just come next door and knock on the door."

"Thank you for your hard work, senior." Qian Renxue bowed slightly.

After the competition, she was almost surrounded and blocked by the enthusiastic audience of the Sun Moon Empire when she left the stage. In the end, Long Xiaoyao successfully led her and Shen Yuanyi away.

"How could that be?" Long Xiaoyao closed the door and returned to his residence.

"It seems that the Holy Spirit Cult isn't as evil as outsiders say. You, Elder Ye, and Elder Long all seem quite easy to talk to." Back in the living room, Qian Renxue sat down on the sofa and started chatting with Shen Yuanyi.

"The higher-ups of the Holy Spirit Cult can be relatively restrained, and Grandpa Long is not an evil spirit master, unlike others." Shen Yuanyi poured her tea.

"So, does that mean people at the bottom of society are the ones who do evil?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. Although I don't want to admit it, it's the truth," Shen Yuanyi said. "However, the sect has its rules, such as not wasting resources."

"What do you mean?"

Shen Yuanyi thought for a moment: "My teacher once told me about this. First of all, not all evil spirit masters in this world are from the Holy Spirit Cult. In fact, you could say that the evil spirit masters of the Holy Spirit Cult do relatively fewer evil deeds because they have rules. Those rogue evil spirit masters have done more and worse things, such as slaughtering an entire village because the food was unpalatable."

"Hmm," Qian Renxue said softly, "Anything else?"

"As you know, although the Holy Spirit Cult has not officially appeared in the world, there are still people who know of our existence. For example, Shrek Academy, the Body Sect, the royal families of various empires, and other major powers. However, they seem to be maintaining a certain level of restraint, preventing the news of the Holy Spirit Cult's existence from leaking out, otherwise it would undoubtedly be pointing out a path for those rogue evil soul masters."

"In fact, when our Holy Spirit Cult commits evil, we tend to target those who hate us, such as the forces that once hunted down our worshippers, like Shrek Academy," Shen Yuanyi said. "Although you, as an angel, may think we are making excuses, there would be far more disasters on the continent if the Holy Spirit Cult did not exist."

"Are you trying to say that, in a sense, the Holy Spirit Cult has actually restrained the evil spirit masters?" Qian Renxue lowered her eyes. "That's certainly sophistry."

"Let me give you an example. A person or a soul beast has flesh, soul, bones and so on. Then he is killed by an evil soul master who takes his flesh and blood, but his soul and other things are discarded at will..." Shen Yuanyi shrugged.

Qian Renxue nodded. Although such words sounded absurd and ridiculous, they did indeed follow a certain bloody logic.

"The Holy Spirit Cult has one principle: this resource must never be wasted," Shen Yuanyi said slowly. "Because evil soul masters rely on this to increase their cultivation. In a sense, they are the appendages of humans or soul beasts. If they indiscriminately kill innocent people, if one day they really kill all the ordinary people, then evil soul masters will not be able to survive either."

"If we follow the logic of this era, then anyone who possesses an evil martial spirit is an evil spirit master, and therefore evil spirit masters cannot be completely eradicated," Qian Renxue said. "I understand that. This world is a combination of light and darkness. As long as evil martial spirits exist in this world, there will naturally be people who cannot control the restlessness and killing intent within their bodies."

Indeed, the Spirit Hall and the Angel Clan of ten thousand years ago understood this fact, which is why they never simply killed all the Soul Masters with evil Spirits.

When Qian Renxue ascended to godhood, she also received some information from the divine realm, knowing that her divine position was that of a first-level god, and that the next higher god-king positions were held by two god-kings, Destruction and Evil, and the counterparts to them were the god-kings of life and goodness.

The so-called Destruction God King's duty is to suppress foreign evil spirits; while the so-called Evil God King's duty is to supervise evil.

If we follow the logic that anyone with evil abilities must be eliminated, then these two god-kings shouldn't exist. Moreover, besides god-kings, among the first-level gods, there are also the seven original sin gods, the god of darkness, and the god of Rakshasa inherited from their mothers.

"It's good that you understand." Shen Yuanyi breathed a sigh of relief. "In short, there are indeed many bad people in the Holy Spirit Cult, but at the same time, there are also many pitiful people. They are all discriminated against and ostracized because of their evil martial souls, and they have no choice but to come here on their own. They have not actually done anything evil. You should know this. In a sense, the Holy Spirit Cult is more like a sanctuary."

Qian Renxue smiled silently. There were far too many pitiful people in this era. On her journey with the Snow Emperor from the east, her most direct impression was that the times seemed to have changed little from ten thousand years ago. The nobles were still exploiting the common people, perhaps even more so.

However, upon arriving in the Sun Moon Empire, she discovered that the changes of the era were concentrated in the western part of the continent. Although there were also instances of royalty and nobles exploiting the common people there, the standard of living was better than in the east; in any case, their wages were enough to ensure they had enough to eat.

She dared not call herself a savior; in a sense, she was also a pitiful person... or a pitiful god. Her hometown was occupied, she was homeless, living under the roof of others, and could only survive by hiding away.

Her immediate impression was that the people from the Star Luo Empire were surrounding her, shouting, "Stop, angel! The area outside is full of Shrek Academy students!"

But she wouldn't give up, nor could she. In Qian Renxue's view, these ordinary people were simply brainwashed. She didn't need to argue with a group of ignorant people. As long as she shattered their beliefs and tore off Shrek's hypocritical veil, these people would understand that they had missed the best era.

"The conflict between Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult has a long history, dating back thousands of years. There is no record of who the founder of the Holy Spirit Cult was. The first leader once said that he was not the true founder of the Holy Spirit Cult," Shen Yuanyi said. "There seems to be a strange balance between our two forces, which emphasizes stopping short of a confrontation. In the past, when the Holy Spirit Cult emerged, it was always short-lived, and it would quickly go dormant again."

"Is it because Shrek Academy wants to cultivate bandits to enhance their own prestige?" Qian Renxue said.

"It's also because the Holy Spirit Cult has never had a suitable reason to directly launch a war." A third voice appeared in the room.

"Teacher, you're back!" Shen Yuanyi looked at the terrace and saw Ye Xishui, Xue Di, and another girl with a bright green ponytail walking in together.

Qian Renxue looked at Xue Di, who nodded slightly to her, indicating that she was alright and had a safe journey.

The girl with the emerald green ponytail was surprised when she saw Qian Renxue. Could this be the other Xue'er that Sister Xue'er was talking about?

There seemed to be a very unique feeling about her; even with my cultivation level, I couldn't see through her.

"Welcome back." Qian Renxue smiled and said to Xue Di, "This is your friend?"

Xue Di nodded: "Yes, this is the friend I told you about before, my only friend in the far north. I usually call her Bing'er."

The Holy Spirit Cult has committed many evil deeds, and this will not absolve them. A bad person may become a good person, but the bad deeds they have done will never become good deeds.

However, Shrek did more bad things and they were much worse.

Qian Renxue's entry into this power was somewhat out of necessity, and she used it as a stepping stone. I've actually mentioned this before, but to avoid any confusion for the readers, I'll bring it up again.

Moreover, Shrek's behavior of fostering bandits to enhance their own status is foolish, and their judgment of a person's life based on their background is hopeless. What Qian Renxue wants to do is expose their hypocrisy to the world.

However, evil martial souls are not necessarily hopeless. For example, the Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul can be considered an evil martial soul in a certain sense. If Ma Hongjun, one of the original Seven Devils, hadn't met Tang San, he would definitely have become a villain who bullied women because of the evil fire. Therefore, evil martial souls can actually be saved; it just depends on whether you are willing to try.

(End of this chapter)