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

Chapter 184 - The Three Elements of Whitewashing: Changing Identity to a Scapegoat!

Then, Qian Lingyun dropped a bombshell: "Tell all disciples of this sect to train hard. In a year from now, the headquarters competition will test five skills: Xuan Yu Hand, Chaotic Cloak, Ghost Shadow Tracking, etc. The top three in each skill will receive Soul Bone rewards, which I will personally pay for! Whoever trains well will be lucky!"

"What? Soul bone rewards! And the top three get them all!"

After a brief calculation, the elders and revered elders exclaimed in surprise, "Five categories, the top three... that's fifteen soul bones!"

This is a considerable fortune; even elders and retainers of lesser strength do not possess such wealth.

Is their saintess really that rich?

"Then... can we, the elders who are enshrined, participate in the competition?" Scorpion Tiger Douluo asked in a low voice while flipping through the Dragon-Capturing Crane-Controlling Manual in his hand.

"Of course you can, but you'll need to use your influence to spread these things first..."

Qian Lingyun narrowed her eyes and smiled slyly. Her adorable appearance was just like a little kitten that had stolen a fish. She said righteously, "What I want to see is that everyone in the Holy Spirit Sect knows these five unique skills."

"Holy Maiden, you can rest assured. Everyone from our Holy Spirit Cult's Soul Guidance Department will participate. At that time, we'll see who can compete with me for the ranking of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique." The Third Elder chuckled, smoothing his beard as a gesture of encouragement for Qian Lingyun.

"Third Elder, aren't you bullying an honest person?" Wan Hun Douluo chuckled and teased, "Fine, I won't compete with you for the ranking of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, but I'm determined to take the ranking of this Xuan Yu Hand. No one can take it away from me."

"My soul bones are complete, so the rewards aren't very useful to me, but the Dragon Capture and Crane Control skills seem quite suitable for me..."

The one speaking is the Third Offering Master…

"I want……"

And so, amidst the cheers and laughter of the evil Douluos, the Xuan Tian Treasure Record, which had been passed down through the Tang Sect for ten thousand years, was ruthlessly divided into portions, one after another.

Tang Ya, the legitimate leader of the Tang Clan, sat blankly in her chair, her expression empty and expressionless, as if she were still trapped in the illusion of the Other Shore of Dreams and unable to escape.

The vote went very smoothly, with all votes in favor except for Tang Ya and Zhong Liwu who abstained.

Clearly, in their eyes, something that can be practiced on oneself and cannot be taken away by others is not an external object like a soul tool, but a valuable thing similar to a secret technique.

Who would refuse something good that's delivered to their door?

"Alright, alright, everyone quiet down, the meeting isn't over yet!" Qian Lingyun tapped the table lightly with her index finger a few times, signaling everyone present to be quiet.

After a few breaths, the hall fell silent again, as if the previous noise had never existed.

"Let me introduce to you the fourth saintess of my Holy Spirit Church."

Qian Lingyun's words were astonishing, and for a moment, all the elders and worshippers stared at her with wide eyes.

Even the usually composed Zhongli Wu couldn't help but sit up straight, scrutinizing her with a critical gaze.

"Holy Maiden, our Holy Spirit Cult only has three Holy Maidens: you, Blue Silver, and Fire Phoenix. Where is the fourth Holy Maiden?" Nangong Wan hesitated for a moment before asking first.

The people around him nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing with Nangong Wan's statement.

"Come on, Lexuan, give them something to do!"

Qian Lingyun gently patted Zhang Lexuan's arm and whispered, "Show these guys your true colors by displaying your spirit rings!"

"Yes," Zhang Lexuan replied gently, slowly taking off her cloak.

The moment Ma Xiaotao, sitting diagonally opposite her, saw Zhang Lexuan's face clearly, she froze completely. She didn't even bend down to pick up what she was holding, which had fallen to the ground. Instead, she stared straight at Zhang Lexuan and muttered to herself:

"My God, no way, Sister Lexuan is here too?"

Every few steps she walked, she encountered an acquaintance. For a moment, Ma Xiaotao couldn't even tell whether she was in the Holy Spirit Cult or Shrek Academy.

"What, you two know each other?" Mei Douluo thoughtfully picked up the items from the ground for Ma Xiaotao and placed them in her hands.

Upon receiving the item, a hint of unease flashed across Ma Xiaotao's beautiful face.

At this moment, she had completely lost her playful mood. She put the things away, smiled sweetly at Mei Douluo, and shook her head, saying, "I don't recognize her, she just looks familiar!"

"Greetings, Your Excellencies! My name is Zhang Lexuan, I am twenty-four years old, a level 85 Soul Douluo! My Martial Soul is the Moon!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhang Lexuan awkwardly activated her martial spirit, and a round moon with a faint purple hue appeared behind her.

Eight spirit rings, one yellow, one purple, one black, one black, and one red, appeared in everyone's sight one after another.

"My goodness, the eighth ring is a 100,000-year soul ring?" The Fourth Elder swallowed hard, exclaiming in astonishment, "That's terrifying!"

"A level 85 Soul Douluo at the age of 24... even if he slowly climbs one level a year, he can still break through to the ninth ring before he turns 30! He's a monster."

The elder, with a face that looked like he'd never seen his mother before, stared at Zhang Lexuan with a grin, as if she were his mother who had been dead for who knows how many years…

Some of the people present were watching the spectacle, while others were joking, but they all understood one thing.

That is, Zhang Lexuan will definitely become a Title Douluo powerhouse in the future, and it is only a matter of time before she enters the Super Douluo realm, simply because her eighth spirit ring is a 100,000-year spirit ring.

A 100,000-year spirit ring is also known as the stepping stone to becoming a Super Douluo.

Generally speaking, once a Title Douluo reaches level 90, it becomes extremely difficult to further improve their cultivation.

The vast majority of Title Douluos never dream of breaking through level 95 and becoming a Super Douluo in their lifetime. Only those Title Douluos with exceptional talent, great comprehension, and good luck have the opportunity to break through.

However, there is an exception among Title Douluos: those who can continue cultivating and survive until their breakthrough is certain to reach the Super Douluo level. These are Title Douluos with 100,000-year spirit rings.

A 100,000-year spirit ring provides a level of physical enhancement to a spirit master that no medicine or energy can match. It is enough to allow the human body to withstand the spirit power of a Super Douluo and to adjust one's talents to that level.

"So, does she have the qualities to become the fourth Holy Maiden of my Holy Spirit Cult?" Qian Lingyun lazily glanced at the expressions of everyone present and found that they seemed to be quite accepting of Zhang Lexuan. Only then did she feel relieved.

"With such talent, she naturally deserves the title of Holy Maiden." Zhongli Wu slowly rose, letting out a cold snort. "But, Holy Maiden, won't you introduce this Holy Maiden's background?"

"Her? She used to be in the inner court of Shrek Academy," Qian Lingyun said, not avoiding the topic at all, and directly recruited everyone she could.

"Shrek!?" Zhong Liwu glared coldly at Zhang Lexuan, then asked, "You were originally from Shrek Academy? How can I trust you...?"

"She's my person, what's wrong with trusting her?" Qian Lingyun stood up, propped her hands on the table, and shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Fire Phoenix Saintess Ma Xiaotao is also from Shrek's inner academy, and Blue Silver Saintess Tang Ya dropped out of Shrek's outer academy. If we have to be suspicious just because they are from Shrek, then we might as well let them both go."

Qian Lingyun counted on her fingers as she explained Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao's identities, then proceeded to argue unreasonably:

"If you ask me, my Lexuan is such a wonderful girl. With her talent, she would have been trained as the dean of the Spirit Department even if she stayed at Shrek Academy. If it weren't for my sake, she wouldn't have become the Holy Maiden!"

"Master, that does make a lot of sense..."

In the end, Feng Ling stood up and acted as a peacemaker, speaking up for Zhang Lexuan while trying to persuade Zhong Liwu.

Looking up at the sinister purple moon behind Zhang Lexuan, Zhong Liwu sighed and rubbed his temples, trying to console himself:

[No problem, no problem. We already have two Shrek Academy academy graduates and one crazy one, so one more Shrek academy graduate...it doesn't matter.]

In this round of voting, she won by a narrow margin of seventeen votes, and Zhang Lexuan naturally became the Blood Moon Saintess of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Qian Lingyun's explanation for the claim that there are four Holy Maidens is as follows.

As we all know, there are four people in the Heisei Three Heroes, so it is reasonable and logical that there are four Holy Maidens in our Holy Spirit Cult.

After Qian Lingyun's unreasonable arguments, the meeting moved on to its final agenda item: the Holy Spirit Cult's whitewashing plan.

The Holy Spirit Cult is an evil sect of cultists, and it is far more difficult than whitewashing a lump of coal to completely erase its many misdeeds.

After all, if this "whitewashing of coal briquettes" is done properly, there's still a tiny chance it could whitewash the Holy Spirit Cult...

Haha, don't be ridiculous. If you were to spread the nonsense that all members of the Holy Spirit Cult are kind-hearted men and women who save people from suffering, not only you, but even the Holy Spirit Cult itself wouldn't believe it.

In that case, the only remaining possibility is to create a new account and start over.

The principle is to use a new account to frantically post good deeds and positive reviews, while simultaneously dumping all the bad things done in the past.

Then, they repackage themselves to become someone everyone loves.

With this, the task is complete and the mission accomplished, marking a clear dividing line between the past and the sorrowful past.

(End of this chapter)