In Douluo Continent, there is a proper way to die.

Chapter 73 The demon was born of a demon mother

Is that all you care about?!

The faces of Qian Renxue and the other two were frozen with fright. Who knew that Gu Yuena would say such a thing at the end, making the emotions of the three of them a little out of sync.

"Alright, look how scared you are. It's just a spirit ring, isn't it?" Gu Yuena guessed what they were thinking just by looking at their expressions. "This girl said that before we become gods and have the power to change the world, there's nothing we can do about it. Since this child has already decided to cooperate with you, as her supporter, I can't stop you from getting it."

"Just consider it as me skipping a meal." Di Tian suddenly remembered what Gu Yuena had said when Yin Lan obtained her first spirit ring, and he uttered this sentence with a cold face.

Haha, I didn't expect Di Tian to have a talent for telling corny jokes. Yin Lan's eye twitched and she chuckled twice.

Actually, there's something Yin Lan has wanted to complain about for a long time. In Yin Lan's view, intelligent soul beasts are like the "demons" in the fantasy novels she read in her previous life, while unintelligent soul beasts are like "beasts" with greater strength and special abilities. However, in the Douluo world view, both are classified as the same race, "soul beasts".

In Yinlan's view, this is actually a very unreasonable thing. Just like "a demon is born from a demon's mother" and "a wild beast is born from a wild beast's mother", the moment a "demon" becomes a "demon", it should no longer be regarded as the same species as a "wild beast", just as a "human" would certainly not think that a "monkey" is the same species as himself.

However, given that the "creator" of this world has terrible common sense, such as writing things like "'Death Spider King' and 'Soul-Eating Spider King' are the emperors of insect-type soul beasts," it doesn't seem so strange (fact: spiders are not insects).

Incidentally, when Yin Lan was still living in Fengling Village, she specifically looked for relevant books and found that spiders in this world were indeed classified as insects! Yin Lan could only attribute this to the fact that the science of this era was not advanced enough, after all, even a swindler like Yu Xiaogang could become the "number one master in the theoretical field".

Although Di Tian made that joke, in reality, if the Star Dou ferocious beasts had a need to eat, they would only prey on soul beasts that were less than a thousand years old and had not yet developed intelligence. They would never attack soul beasts that had already developed intelligence.

It's obvious that they also clearly distinguish these things, but the ten-thousand-year soul ring that Qian Renxue needs must be obtained from a soul beast that has already gained intelligence.

Di Tian was just giving himself a way out when he said that. He really didn't want to provide soul rings to humans, but since Gu Yuena didn't have any objections, he couldn't refuse her.

The golden-haired lion-dog that Yinlan killed before was also intelligent, but it was the kind that was intelligent but not fully intelligent. It liked to rely on its talent of "ultimate power" to act as a "honey badger" everywhere. It was the kind that was not welcomed anywhere. It was wiped out by the soul beasts in the era of Douluo Continent 1.

So much so that it wasn't until the Douluo Continent III era that humans learned of the existence of this kind of spirit beast by extracting gene fragments. However, due to the lack of information, people in the Douluo Continent III era even wrote down speculations that were obviously nonsense, such as "suspected to be the common ancestor of all lion-type and canine-type spirit beasts".

"What are your expectations for the Soul Ring?" Yin Lan looked at Qian Renxue with amusement.

Seeing that the three of them had said that, a strange sense of shame welled up in Qian Renxue's heart. The other party clearly regarded them as one of their own, yet they still thought the worst of them!

"Grandpa said that the best one would be a Radiant Unicorn with nearly 12000 years of cultivation," Qian Renxue said cautiously, glancing at Gu Yuena.

"12000 years?" Yin Lan raised an eyebrow. That number was far too specific. It sounded vaguely familiar. She pinched the bridge of her nose and, after a long pause, asked, "You don't actually believe that stuff called 'The Ten Competitive Advantages of Martial Souls' by Yu Xiaogang, do you?"

"Although his title of 'Number One Master in the Theory World' is questionable," Qian Renxue said carefully, clearly noticing the disdain in Yin Lan's large eyes, "his theory on the maximum age of absorbed spirit rings should be correct. After all, it's a summary of cases from within our Spirit Hall. My first spirit ring was 420 years old, my second spirit ring was 760 years old, and my third and fourth spirit rings were also strictly absorbed according to the standards, as close to the limit as possible."

It really was taken from the Spirit Hall! This guy's living off women... Yin Lan's lips twitched, and she was too embarrassed to continue complaining, mainly because she herself had risen to power by living off women.

But she didn't use this money to embellish herself or spread false theories to mislead the world!

"Hey Xue'er," Yin Lan pointed to the four spirit rings behind her, "do you think my spirit ring configuration matches his theory?"

"But you can't be considered a normal case, and your soul power level can't be considered normal either," Qian Renxue retorted subconsciously. "You've been nurtured by the entire soul beast race, so you're definitely different from us outside soul masters..."

"So the only difference between us lies in the 'results' from our different training programs," Yinlan guided her, "and my ability to absorb three ten-thousand-year soul rings means..."

"...This means that your physical and mental strength are sufficient to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring at the Soul Master stage," Qian Renxue frowned. "This is not a 'result' that an ordinary force can cultivate."

"But I didn't expect you to be able to do what I'm capable of," Yin Lan pointed at Qian Renxue again. "Look, Sister Xue'er, you've already thought it through. People's physical abilities can't be generalized, especially since you're not an ordinary person. You're the young master of the Spirit Hall, with the divine-level spirit Six-Winged Angel. Are you really that insecure about your talent?"

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Qian Daoliu placed all his hopes of becoming a god on his granddaughter. Because of this, he was afraid that something might happen to her, so he was overly cautious when choosing a spirit ring to prevent the risk of her exploding and dying. As a result, Qian Renxue wasted her great talent in the early stages. In addition, she insisted on playing the role of an undercover agent. All these factors combined dragged her cultivation talent down to an average level, and she couldn't even absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring as her ninth spirit ring.

"...Then what should I choose?" Qian Renxue was a little confused by what she said. In the past, her cultivation path had always followed her grandfather's plan. How come it sounded like she had wasted her talent when Yin Lan said this?

"Sister Xue'er, do you want to become another 'Angel Douluo' in history, like your grandfather or your father?" A glint of light flashed in Yin Lan's dark eyes, "or do you want to become an 'Angel Douluo' who leaves behind a different kind of legend on the continent?"

(End of this chapter)