Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 182—Do you even know the speaking techniques of Earth?!

"Hmph." Xie Douluo sat back down sullenly, glared at Qian Lingyun speechlessly, and muttered under his breath, "This little brat really knows how to cause trouble."

"Heh, so it's the Grand Elder! Who said it wasn't! Look at the Fire Phoenix Saintess playing with that kind of thing in public, she really doesn't know what's good for her. If we hand it over to these women in the future, I think our Holy Spirit Cult is doomed!"

The speaker was an old man who was so withered he looked like a mummy. He was huddled under a black cloak, with only his sinister eyes glowing with a faint green light, staring intently at Ma Xiaotao, who was fiddling with something next to Mei Douluo.

Although he couldn't see what was happening under the table, just from her abnormally flushed face and her intermittent soft moans, he knew it wasn't anything serious.

"The first point of this meeting is related to soul tools!" Qian Lingyun waved to Zhang Lexuan, who immediately handed her a document.

After receiving the document, Qian Lingyun looked around to make sure that the Third Elder and the Eighth Elder were both present before slowly saying:

"Times are changing, and the development of soul-guided technology is advancing rapidly. We are in the Sun Moon Empire, the largest in the field of soul-guided technology."

"I believe it is absolutely necessary to promote the use of soul tools throughout the church."

"At the same time... we also need to elevate the status of Soul Masters within the sect! Blah blah blah~"

These words immediately caused a huge uproar among these old-fashioned evil soul masters. In their view, they should work hard to cultivate and improve their strength.

Soul-guided devices are nothing but ingenious tricks and gimmicks.

Therefore, the evil spirit masters on the field can be roughly divided into four categories, each corresponding to a different stance.

The first group consists of those who are excited and expectant, mainly the Third Elder, the Eighth Elder, and the Second, Third, Twelfth, and Third Elders who are all ninth-level Soul Masters.

The large-scale development of soul tools and the elevation of the status of soul masters are great things for them. It would be strange if they didn't agree!

The second type is the hesitant type, who offer sacrifices to elders like Scorpion Tiger Douluo, Crow Douluo, and the Fourth Elder who followed Qian Lingyun back from Star Luo City.

Deep down, they still leaned towards traditional Soul Master thinking, but since they had accepted Qian Lingyun's benefits, they naturally couldn't do whatever they wanted...

The third type is the nonchalant type, mainly composed of Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, Tang Ya, and Ma Xiaotao, but their reasons are quite varied.

Zhong Liwu remained calm because no matter what, the Holy Spirit Sect would benefit, and as the leader of the Holy Spirit Sect, he had no need to fight over such a matter.

Feng Ling... she naturally favors Qian Lingyun, but for some reason, she hides it very well.

Tang Ya was still in a dazed and confused state after ascending to spiritual power, and didn't even know what was going on.

As for Ma Xiaotao… oh my god, she's busy fiddling with that soul-guided toy right now, so she probably doesn't have time to deal with this kind of thing.

And this last type is naturally the most stubborn conservative among the evil soul masters. It is said that several proposals related to soul tools were ruined by these old fogies.

"Holy Maiden, you are mistaken!"

A burly, red-haired middle-aged man stepped out from one side of the elders' seat. Qian Lingyun remembered that she had never seen this guy before, so this guy must be the elder who was stationed outside all year round.

"That's the Sixth Elder, a level 92 Title Douluo, whose martial soul is the Dark Ao Hound, and his title is: Demon Ao."

Mei Douluo lowered his head and whispered, helping Qian Lingyun get to know people she had never met before.

The Sixth Elder tapped the table with a serious expression, saying with dissatisfaction, "No matter how powerful or innovative a soul tool is, it's still just an external object. How can it compare to one's own cultivation through hard work!"

Upon hearing this, several old-fashioned people immediately nodded in agreement, with an arrogant expression that said, "We Soul Masters are invincible and should just stay at home and cultivate."

Qian Lingyun had anticipated this situation. She calmly stepped down from her seat, patted Ye Xishui's golden chair, and said teasingly:

"Isn't the Supreme Master also a Level 9 Soul Master? Could it be... that the Sixth Elder thinks our Supreme Master is someone who has put the cart before the horse? Or... does the Sixth Elder think the Supreme Master is incompetent?!"

"You..." The Sixth Elder was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting Qian Lingyun to bring up Ye Xishui's status as a level nine soul master.

For a moment, he was so flustered that his face turned red, and he didn't know what to say next.

Seeing the muscular maniac's incoherent ramblings, Qian Lingyun felt a surge of secret pleasure. She thought to herself: "Little brat, you've been holed up underground cultivating all day and your brain has gone mad. Trying to play sophistry with me? You're dreaming!"

Qian Lingyun glanced at the Sixth Elder with a playful look, a confident smile spreading across her face. Just as she was about to continue speaking, she was surprised to find that the Sixth Elder also had a master backing him.

"But Holy Maiden, you must not forget that although the Supreme Leader is indeed a favored daughter of heaven, she is the most talented person in our Holy Spirit Sect in the past thousand years."

"But she only started specializing in soul tools after she achieved her title. The three ultimate masters in the world, the Black and White Twin Holy Dragons, the Supreme Master, and the next level of masters, the Master of the Body Sect, and the Taotie of the Sea God Pavilion, none of them rose from the level of pure soul tools."

"The Holy Maiden must not overlook the vast collective, and should not focus solely on the example of the Supreme Leader!"

Upon hearing this, the evil spirit masters and their followers burst into applause. Those who had originally intended to remain neutral, such as Bloodthirsty Douluo, changed their allegiance and cheered for the Sixth Elder.

"Damn, these helpers are something else!" Qian Lingyun became slightly more serious, turned around and returned to her seat, sighed, and said softly:

"I admit, Soul Masters are indeed stronger than Soul Tutors in terms of both talent and close-range physical strength..."

Just as the old fogies thought they had convinced Qian Lingyun, Qian Lingyun changed her tone and said:

"However, I also want to ask, with so many disciples in my Holy Spirit Sect, can every single one of them reach the level of Super Douluo or Title Douluo, just like everyone here?"

"I don't think so!"

"I'm afraid that for most of the disciples, becoming a Soul Emperor, Soul Saint, or Soul Douluo is already the end of their lives."

"Since there's no hope of advancing further, why not use a soul tool to improve my strength?"

At this point, Qian Lingyun used magic to defeat magic, then shook her head with feigned pity, saying, "I hope everyone will think carefully and not overlook the vast number of disciples of our Holy Spirit Sect, focusing only on the few Title Douluo!"

"Good! The Holy Maiden is right!" Bloodthirsty Douluo, turning into a fence-sitter, immediately cheered for Qian Lingyun again.

Xiao Chen, standing to the side, kicked his stool and asked in confusion, "Ah, no, Big Black, whose side are you on?"

"Tch, whoever's right, I'll side with them, so what! Is that a problem?"

As he spoke, Bloodthirsty Douluo glared at Xiao Chen and clapped even more enthusiastically.

"Furthermore, I hope everyone doesn't misunderstand. I'm not asking everyone to make soul tools. My intention is for all Holy Spirit disciples to be able to use soul tools so that they can better unleash their power."

"..."

The old-fashioned folks fell silent, not because Qian Lingyun had convinced them of her stubbornness, but because Qian Lingyun's conditions were actually... not that difficult to accept.

Since they've already used storage soul tools and flying soul tools, it's not a big deal to use a few more other types.

"Being rigid and inflexible only breeds weaknesses, and clinging to the past only leads to destruction!" Qian Lingyun pointed out the crux of the matter with this statement, coldly saying:

"In my opinion, it's not too late to catch up with technological innovation! With the powerful Soul Masters of my Holy Spirit Cult as the benchmark, combined with advanced Soul Tools, we will surely be invincible!"

"..."

"Since that's the case, we old folks will not object," the Sixth Elder shook his head and said in a deep voice, "However, our views do not represent ourselves, but rather the vast number of Soul Master disciples, they..."

(End of this chapter)