Douluo Continent: Conflict descends, gods are slain and gods ascend!

As the wife of a politician, Xu's mother naturally understood the implication in Leng Yaozhu's words. Although her invitation was addressed to all three, she was actually only interested in Yun Chen.

In fact, Leng Yaozhu's interest in Yun Chen had diminished considerably by this point. This was because Yun Chen's performance against the Iron-Maned Bull was far less impressive than his earlier encounters with the wolf pack and the spirit beasts blocking his path when he first entered the Spirit Ascension Platform.

According to Leng Yaozhu's analysis, this was likely caused by a mistake Yun Chen made when acquiring his soul skills. His first two soul skills were both amplification-type skills, leaving him lacking offensive capabilities. As for his method of condensing objects with his blood and qi, it was quite impressive, but Leng Yaozhu discovered that the condensed objects could not be maintained for long, which made this characteristic less important.

"Is your martial soul your original form?" After Xu's mother and Xu Xiaoyan left, Leng Yaozhu invited Yun Chen to sit down. And the first question she asked was about Yun Chen's martial soul.

In this era, Body Spirits are no longer as rare as they used to be. After the decline of the Body Sect, various forces recruited many geniuses with Body Spirits. However, Yun Chen's Body Spirit struck Leng Yaozhu as somewhat strange. Although Soul Masters with Body Spirits do indeed possess abundant Qi and Blood Power, most Body Spirits only have their Soul Organs most vigorous; those who can mobilize Qi and Blood Power like Yun Chen are still quite rare.

"It's impossible that this little guy's true spirit is his heart, right?" Leng Yaozhu had this thought in her mind, but the number of recorded spirit masters who use their heart as their true spirit is already a minority among those with true spirits. If it really is a heart, then Leng Yaozhu felt that Yun Chen was worth nurturing.

"My martial soul is indeed a physical martial soul, but it's a bit special." Yun Chen didn't hide it. Besides, how much could he hide from someone like Leng Yaozhu?

After saying that, Yun Chen activated his martial spirit and condensed a small blood ball in his palm.

"Blood!?" Leng Yaozhu was stunned.

"Is blood considered an organ of the human body?" Leng Yaozhu muttered to herself.

Regardless of whether blood is considered an organ in the human body, this martial soul inevitably evoked a strange view in Leng Yaozhu, which was that it was an evil martial soul.

In the first era of the Douluo Continent, a Soul Master's morality was judged by their deeds. However, after the Spirit Hall was overthrown, Shrek Academy rose to prominence, and the Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent clashed, the judgment of a Soul Master's morality shifted to their Martial Soul. From then on, Martial Souls possessing dark attributes or other strange abilities were easily identified as evil Soul Masters. For example, in the second era of the Douluo Continent, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult was such a person.

Although by the time of the Third Era, humanity's understanding of martial spirits had deepened, and they no longer viewed those with dark attributes or strange abilities with prejudice, the preconceived notions in people's hearts were like a mountain; once erected, they inevitably left a deep impression on future generations.

Yun Chen didn't miss the emotions in Leng Yaozhu's eyes. However, he was rather indifferent; after all, he and Leng Yaozhu were not related, and he didn't expect anything from her. As for the threat, he didn't think much of it. After all, in the Douluo Continent III era, the view of martial souls wasn't as extreme as it was in Douluo Continent II.

After a moment of silence, Leng Yaozhu continued, "This martial soul is quite interesting. I wonder if you've ever considered joining the Spirit Pagoda? I have high hopes for you and can offer you the treatment of a core disciple."

Her initial expectations, which had somewhat diminished due to Yun Chen's performance, actually rose again after learning about his martial soul. She wanted to see how far he could grow with such a unique martial soul. However, this newfound anticipation was far less impressive than when she first saw Gu Yue's information, so she had no intention of personally taking him on as a disciple.

Hearing Leng Yaozhu's words, Yun Chen pondered for a moment. In the Douluo Continent III era, major powers controlled the entire continent. Without joining any power, it was extremely difficult to rise to prominence solely through one's own efforts.

After thinking for a moment, Yun Chen nodded: "I'm willing."

Upon hearing this answer, Leng Yaozhu gave a somewhat formulaic smile. She asked a staff member to bring some forms for Yun Chen to fill out.

Just then, Xu's mother returned to the reception room with Xu Xiaoyan. She was happy for Yun Chen after learning he had joined the Spirit Pagoda as a core disciple. Xu Xiaoyan, however, was somewhat unhappy; she felt her beloved Brother Chen had been taken away from her.

Xu Xiaoyan's smile returned only after Yun Chen finished the formalities, took the resources Leng Yaozhu had given him, left the Spirit Pagoda, got into the car, and returned to the Xu family.

At this moment, in the office on the top floor of the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the soul-guided car gradually disappear below. Leng Yaozhu slowly said, "Send this child's information to His Majesty Illusion Brain and see if he is interested."

Although Leng Yaozhu didn't personally accept Yun Chen as a disciple, he was still one of her core recruits, so naturally she would have to do something for him. As for what happens in the future, that depends on how hard Yun Chen works.

Han Tianyi, the Douluo of Illusionary Brains, was also stunned after seeing the information about Yun Chen.

"Blood? Is blood considered an organ?" Han Tianyi muttered to himself, searching his mind for thousands of years of research and records on the Body Martial Soul by the Body Sect, but ultimately he couldn't make a reasonable judgment. However, what interested Han Tianyi even more was a note Leng Yaozhu had made in the data: "Vigorous blood and qi, and able to exercise some special control over one's own blood and qi."

It was precisely because of this sentence that Han Tianyi made a decision. He took out his soul-guided communicator, found a number he hadn't contacted in a long time, and dialed it.

"Uncle-Master?"

The moment the soul-guided communication was established, a greeting came from the other party, tinged with surprise and some confusion.

"The Spirit Pagoda discovered a rather interesting little fellow in the East China Sea. His martial soul is blood, and the people there can't determine whether it's a true body martial soul. Moreover, this child's blood energy is very strong, and he also has some special abilities. I'll send you the information; please go and investigate this child's abilities for me," Han Tianyi said.

"Ah...this." The person on the other end hesitated. "Uncle-Master, I have something to attend to and can't leave. Perhaps you could..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Instead of wasting time on your red-level mecha, you should focus on cultivating and breaking through to level 95! The dignified Sect Master of the Body Sect isn't even a Super Douluo, aren't you ashamed?"

After saying that, Han Tianyi hung up the call without waiting for a reply. He trusted that the other party would definitely go in his place, given their higher seniority.