Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 82 Mingde Hall? Just a bunch of stinky otaku.

Qian Renxue pondered for a moment: "Do you think it's possible that the spirituality of this spirit ring doesn't come from the spirit beast, but from the spirit master himself?"

She recalled the unique process she experienced when absorbing the divinely bestowed soul ring. It was not only a requirement for a soul master's physical body, but also a test of will.

When absorbing the divinely bestowed spirit ring, he finally understood why he wanted to absorb it and what he hoped to achieve with it.

These thoughts, these uniquely your own will, will determine the skills that come with this Soul Ring.

For example, when she was absorbing her eighth spirit ring, she was thinking about what she would do if she were to face off against Bibi Dong, the God of Rakshasa, in the future. At that time, she didn't have much affection for Bibi Dong and had to consider this matter.

The mother's Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul possessed an extremely powerful Soul Skill called Spider Emperor Clone. This Soul Skill created a clone with 100% of the original's power, but it lacked intelligence and required control. This 100% power wasn't just physical; it also included the Soul Skills, though only the first seven Soul Skills were included, excluding the eighth and ninth.

This is the origin of her eighth soul skill, Angelic Illusion, which can condense a huge angelic illusion that is exactly the same as Qian Renxue.

Xu Shaoxin was stunned: "How is this possible?"

Ye Xishui gave Qian Renxue a meaningful look, but did not deny her statement.

Xue Di pondered for a moment: "Perhaps that's true."

The Snow Empress can also independently condense spirit rings, and her spirit skills do indeed rely on this self-will to determine the skills attached to the spirit rings. However, her choice is easy; the Snow Empress's Three Absolute Skills can occupy three spirit rings, with only the first spirit skill being a separate choice.

Because she had eaten too many of Tianmeng Ge's family members, she was very familiar with their disguise skills, so she could easily conjure them up.

Xu Shaoxin said blankly, "If that's the case, wouldn't our experiment have to be abandoned?"

"Why? What difficulties are you facing? You can tell me," Ye Xishui said.

"These test subjects all seem to want to tear us apart. We have to add sedatives to their tanks every day. If we were to give them another chance to condense spirit rings to test their will, they'd probably just want to kill us!"

Xu Shaoxin suddenly showed an expression that said, "Mom, I'm so scared."

Ye Xishui was stunned for a moment, then her right hand transformed into a blade and struck Xu Shaoxin's neck: "Now I have a plan. If you still can't figure it out, I'll kill you first."

Xu Shaoxin immediately changed his expression: "Of course! You allocate hundreds of millions of gold soul coins every year to support our research, we will definitely not let you and the Grand Elder down! It's just that the timeline will probably have to be postponed!"

Ye Xishui shook her head: "You have to see the rewards for your efforts. It seems that Mingde Hall has made new breakthroughs in its research on soul tools recently."

Qian Renxue and Xue Di were shocked. They realized that they were about to find out who had kidnapped Xue Di.

"Mingdetang? Hmph, just a bunch of stinky nerds." Xu Shaoxin scoffed dismissively. "Their group just holed up in their labs researching world-destroying things, while we're studying the mysteries of life! We even go out to investigate ecosystems occasionally! How can you compare?"

"Studying ecology? You guys are more like running out to check if the protective gear on your heads is enough to keep your lives safe, aren't you?" Ye Xishui said helplessly. "Besides, those nerdy otaku have already developed a soul tool that can preserve soul beast embryos."

"Wasn't that all thanks to our help? Your Majesty, if you want me to suggest it, our Holy Spirit Laboratory and that Mingde Hall should end their collaboration! Without our help, that stinky geezer wouldn't even be able to research the fusion of soul tools and soul bones!"

"I need a name," Ye Xishui said, "the name of the ninth-level Soul Master who invented the Conferred God Platform."

Xu Shaoxin was secretly delighted: "So, you're planning to silence him? Why don't we capture him and let us have some fun with him? Among them, only..."

His eyes swept over Qian Renxue and her group.

"Just say it," Ye Xishui gestured to him.

"Xu Ping," Xu Shaoxin said, "This man is a distant relative of the former emperor, but he's hidden it very well because he doesn't have a Sun Martial Soul. You also know about what happened back then." Ye Xishui nodded: "I know. Speaking of which, he's practically your kinsman. You just sold him out like that?"

Xu Shaoxin shook his head: "As you know, from the moment I joined the Holy Spirit Cult, my life was no longer my own. It was you who saw my skills and protected and saved me. Moreover, for me, being able to research this kind of thing is the meaning of my life. During the previous dynasty, I was oppressed too badly."

Xu Ping, a distant relative of the former emperor, makes sense in this case; this distant relative is trying to trip up Mingde Hall and the current imperial family.

He deliberately leaked the Conferred God Platform, including the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade, to strengthen the power of the other three kingdoms, thereby launching a counterattack against the current Sun and Moon Royal Family.

Of the three kingdoms in the east, the most powerful was undoubtedly the Star Luo Empire.

However, Ye Xishui didn't actually know much about these things; she could only guess at the general idea.

For example, if Qian Renxue hadn't appeared, the Conferred God Platform would probably have been returned, and the level-eight melee soul tool, the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, would likely have been given to the White Tiger lineage of the Star Luo Empire. There might even be a possibility that they would have used this opportunity to research and develop the technology that combines soul bones with soul tools.

However, he clearly overestimated the soul guidance technology of the original Three Kingdoms period.

"Do you know where that embryo went?" Xu Shaoxin said. "Not long ago, our colleagues were talking about this embryo. They were preparing for embryo research like lunatics, as if that thing was their illegitimate child."

"...You need to change your way of speaking. You can't just say whatever you want," Qian Renxue said helplessly.

"I am right here," Xue Di said coldly.

"You...you are...?" Xu Shaoxin was taken aback.

"Hmph—" Hyotei snorted coldly, "Don't even think about it. Although I agreed to let the Supreme Master join you, if you..."

Ye Xishui interrupted her: "Don't tell your colleagues about this, otherwise Xu Ping won't be the only test subject."

Ye Xishui didn't let Bingdi continue speaking because she was afraid that Bingdi would reveal her identity as a soul beast in a fit of anger.

"Yes! Yes!" Xu Shaoxin immediately nodded and bowed.

Anyway, he couldn't see through Xue Di's true identity and thought she was just a simple 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form. If this one is gone, then he can just look for another.

"Speaking of which, there's something I need to report to you," Xu Shaoxin said seriously. "Our branch on the west coast has sent back some intelligence."

"What?" Ye Xishui asked.

"The sea over there seems to be having some problems lately," he said in a low voice. "According to the monitoring of the Soul Guidance Sonar, the soul beasts over there seemed to be fleeing frantically for a period of time, as if something was driving them away. However, they quickly calmed down again, as if nothing had happened."

Qian Renxue lowered her eyes slightly; she knew what was going on. It seemed that Tang Shenwang's actions regarding the sea were still proceeding methodically.

The succession of the Sun and Moon Empire's royal family:

Xu He's father's lineage suppressed the development of soul tools in the name of peace, but there were still people who wanted to research them, such as Xu Shaoxin.

Then Xu He's lineage was replaced by Xu Tianran's lineage.

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