Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

"How do you know?"

Lin Xiao glanced at Xiao Hongchen and said, "Now I know."

Xiao Hongchen was speechless for a moment.

Lin Xiao laughed, glanced vaguely into the distance, and felt a lot more relaxed.

This should be the end of tonight's events.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t seem surprising that Xiao Hongchen appears here.

In Lin Xiao's memory, Xiao Hongchen's personality was not good. Even at the Soul Fighting Competition a few years later, he would lose the most basic judgment because of his emotions, and even used his identity to put pressure on the team leader of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy.

He is not even twelve years old now, and his personality has become even worse due to Jing Hongchen's pampering. He is naturally different from someone like himself who grew up in the Holy Spirit Church and is cautious in everything.

But...what happens tonight may not be as simple as I imagined.

He vaguely guessed who those people hiding in the dark were, and he could also guess where they came from to appear here.

A matter that he should handle can mobilize so many Titled Douluo. If this matter is not strange, then it would be too strange.

This one sentence revealed the plan of Xiao Hongchen and his sister, and the security guard finally took off his soul guide and handed it over.

Lin Xiao took it with one hand, slowly took two steps back, and then looked at the soul guide cannon in his hand.

From the outside, it doesn't look much different from an ordinary soul guide cannon, but his perception during the battle just now was not wrong. This soul guide device is probably the prototype of the future array soul guide device.

After taking a look at Wu Yun and Wu Yu, the two of them instantly understood and came to Lin Xiao's side, and then flew towards Mingdu together.

"you--"

Xiao Hongchen was about to say something else, but saw Meng Hongchen flying in the air, and he hurried forward to catch her.

"What are you waiting for? Chase after them!"

"Yes!"

The guards hurriedly chased after them, but just as they were out of their encirclement, and since this place was not far from Mingdu, before they could catch up, Lin Xiao and his companions had already entered Mingdu and disappeared into the streets.

After all, they were just a group of guards, not an army, and they had no authority to search the city. They soon lost track of Lin Xiao and his companions.

When Xiao Hongchen confirmed that Meng Hongchen was not injured and returned to Mingdu, he only saw the streets illuminated by soul guides on both sides.

Xiao Hongchen returned home with a gloomy face, but when he opened the door, he saw Jing Hongchen with an even gloomier face.

The night ended and the morning sun fell on Mingdu. The whole Mingdu was still the same as yesterday, nothing had happened.

However, in the imperial palace, there was an additional figure in Xu Jing's study where he was handling memorials.

"So this incident was indeed done by an evil soul master?"

"That's right." Xu Tianran nodded, holding the wheelchair with both hands. "Father, the style of those robbers is no different from that of evil spirit masters."

Xu Jing glanced at Xu Tianran's wheelchair, his eyes moved slightly, then he lowered his head and his gaze fell on the memorial on the table, "I understand."

"Father." Seeing this, Xu Tianran spoke again.

"What's the matter?"

Xu Tianran lowered his voice slightly, "Father, although we borrowed the power of the evil spirit masters in the past, we cannot rely on them to govern the country. If the influence of the evil spirit masters continues to expand, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be unstable."

Xu Jing finally stopped writing and looked at Xu Tianran with interest. "Then, in your opinion, how should we deal with this?"

"Father, it is better to fight bandits with bandits and thieves with thieves."

"How is it made?"

"Father, the Holy Spirit Cult has the support of my royal family and is currently operating the underground business in Mingdu. They will not give up this piece of fat meat easily, so they are much easier to manage than those scattered evil soul masters outside."

Xu Jing's expression changed slightly, as if he had heard the hidden meaning behind Xu Tianran's words, "You mean to let the Holy Spirit Church deal with those evil soul masters?"

"That's exactly what I mean." Xu Tianran nodded. "Father, the Holy Spirit Cult is originally composed of evil soul masters. They are far more familiar with their methods and styles than we are."

"We were able to find them this time thanks to the Holy Spirit Church's intervention. Since it's impossible to eliminate all evil soul masters, it's better to gather them together and manage them under a unified management."

Xu Jing glanced at Xu Tianran, as if trying to read something from his gaze. Xu Tianran met his eyes calmly.

"Father, evil soul masters cannot be reused, so it is just right to let them handle these matters." Xu Tianran advised again.

Xu Jing pondered for a long time, and finally nodded slowly. "Well, rather than letting those evil soul masters bring chaos to the entire Sun Moon Empire, it would be better to use their power for my own benefit. I'll let you do this."

"Thank you, Father."

"By the way, have the materials lost by Mingde Hall been recovered?"

"No." Xu Tianran shook his head. "When we found those evil soul masters, they had already sold the materials, so there was no place to search for them."

Xu Jing sighed and waved his hand. "Forget it then. Mingde Hall just happened to have another application. Go to the National Treasury and personally deliver it to Jing Hongchen. Ask him to purchase another batch."

"I understand, Father."

"Well, do it."

Listening to the sound of the wheelchair rolling across the ground, Xu Jing stared at the study door for a long time, then retracted his gaze and shook his head.

"Never mind, it's just a batch of materials. If Mingdetang can do their best, what's the harm in giving them a batch of materials?"

Outside the study, as soon as Xu Tianran's wheelchair appeared, someone quickly stepped forward.

"Orange, thank you for waiting for so long."

"That's what oranges are supposed to do."

Xu Tianran had a smile on his face. "Don't be so modest. I just want to go around. Can you accompany me?"

"Yes."

Juzi responded and turned to look at the others behind Xu Tianran. Except for one palace servant, everyone else stayed where they were.

Xu Tianran closed his eyes slightly, feeling the bumps of the wheelchair carefully. When there was no one else around, he suddenly spoke.

"Juzi, this is exactly as you expected."

Chapter 101 Mingde Hall

"From the time someone pretended to be an evil spirit master and robbed Mingde Hall's goods to now, so many things have happened in less than two months. Every reaction of your father was within your expectations."

Xu Tianran sighed softly.

"It's truly remarkable. The one we can rely on is the Holy Spirit Cult. After this incident, Cult Leader Zhongli can legitimately continue his expansion."

"As for Mingde Hall, we have already established a relationship with the head of Hongchen Hall, so our relationship will naturally become closer."

"I can also take this opportunity to thoroughly investigate those noble officials. That way, they will probably make good suggestions."

"And with that batch of materials as a cover, the emperor didn't realize our real purpose." Xu Tianran suddenly opened his eyes, a few bloodshot eyes seeped out of his eyes, and the faint aura emitted made Orange a little scared.

"Father, the Holy Spirit Church can not only suppress bandits, but also govern the country."

Orange said nothing, pretending not to hear.

After a while, Xu Tianran finally spoke again, "Juzi, your plan has achieved several successes at once. What kind of reward do you want?"

Juzi suddenly stopped and knelt in front of Xu Tianran, "Your Highness, Juzi has no other desire but to avenge her parents."

"Don't worry, it won't be too far." Xu Tianran smiled with satisfaction, "You don't have to do this in the future. You saved my life and you are the person I trust the most. I will never blame you."

"Orange dare not."

"Why not? Stand up and speak."

"Yes." Orange then stood up and pushed Xu Tianran's wheelchair again.

"You were able to sense from my few words that Father disliked the Holy Spirit Church, and thus came up with this plan. I have often thought that if you were not by my side, you would probably be a very formidable opponent."

Juzi's expression remained unchanged as she pushed Xu Tianran's wheelchair forward slowly. "Your Highness, if you hadn't saved me, I would have died while wandering. How could such a thing have happened?"

Xu Tianran shook his head. "How can you explain coincidence? You saved my life, didn't you?"

"By the way, have you been adapting well to the academy during this period? How is the teacher the academy found for you?"

Juzi's eyes flashed, "Your Highness, Xuan Ziwen doesn't really care about me, but this is a good opportunity for me to find out more."

"That's not bad." Xu Tianran nodded gently, "Don't blame me for placing you under Xuan Ziwen. His special status is a good thing for you."

"Your Highness understands all the painstaking efforts."

"Yeah." Xu Tianran nodded and let Orange push him forward slowly.

In the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes, but still felt that the fatigue in his body had not completely dissipated.

None of the battles last night were easy. The robber leader was a Soul Sage, and with his martial soul's true form, he was able to block his fourth soul skill for a moment. If the fleeing man hadn't suddenly detonated his body, he wouldn't have been able to finish him off so quickly.

Ye Guyi, who was behind, was equally formidable. Although her cultivation wasn't high, her spirit was quite effective against evil spirit masters. It was no wonder the Ordinary Alliance wanted to silence her. If news of her were to spread, even the Ordinary Alliance wouldn't be able to fully protect Ye Guyi.

On the contrary, the last Xiao Hongchen siblings barely gave him a great gift. It's not that he didn't want more, but he sensed Jing Hongchen's presence. If he took something too good, he would probably have to give it away.

"What's wrong? Didn't you get enough rest last night?"

"Teacher?" Lin Xiao came to the soul guide testing area as usual and happened to meet Lin Jiayi who had arrived here early.

"Are you too tired? Do you want me to give you a day off so you can have a good rest?"

"No need, teacher."

"Okay." Lin Jiayi nodded, "But since you don't have a holiday, you probably won't have time to study the soul guide this morning."

"Teacher, is there anything else?"

"Yeah." Lin Jiayi nodded, and looked at Lin Xiao again with a complicated look, "I just received a message from the hall master this morning, asking you to go to Mingde Hall."

"Mingde Hall?"

"Yes, come with me."

In the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, Lin Xiao was no stranger to Mingde Hall. He could even see it from afar almost every day, but he had never been inside.

"Other people entering Mingde Hall have to go through some inspections." Lin Jiayi said as they walked, "But since you are guaranteed by the hall master, these procedures can be skipped. We can just go directly to the hall master."

"Yeah." Lin Xiao nodded in response, but he looked around with some curiosity.

The space inside Mingde Hall is much larger than it appears from the outside. After entering, there are twenty elevators leading to the underground. I don’t know if they are all used for different purposes or if there are really so many people going up and down at the same time.

Lin Jiayi took Lin Xiao to the elevator and used his ID card to open the door.

"Let's go. This is Mingde Hall's design. You probably haven't seen anything like this before, but don't be afraid. It's similar to using a flying soul guide."