Chapter 7: Investigation of the Empire and the Sect
Qin Zhuo let out a long breath and put away his martial soul and spirit ring.
"That's fine. To be more precise, they are two manifestations of the same soul skill. The two swords of the Judgment Seraph spirit are different."
Damn it! Stay calm! Don't bow your head! If you bow your head, your crown will fall and you will lose face!
This guy didn't get electrocuted, but was almost shocked to death. It seems that you can't be reckless when facing thunder...
Although he appeared calm on the surface, he was actually cursing in his heart. The thunder that had just struck him no longer had much power after being absorbed by the Seraphim of Judgment, and there was not much reaction when it was transmitted to Qin Zhuo.
But lightning does more than just paralyze and burn. The explosion caused by piercing the air is equally terrifying. Affinity with the lightning element can reduce the damage caused by lightning, but it cannot stop the pure physical damage from strength.
If it weren't for the fact that his previous proficiency had increased his physical strength, Qin Zhuo felt that he would have been half-dead if not dead by that blow.
"Are you alright? Lei Ting's appearance just now was so unexpected that I didn't even react."
Seeing the faint trace of blood at the corner of Qin Zhuo's mouth, Qian Daoliu showed a hint of worry in his eyes.
"It's not a big deal, I was just shaken a bit. That level of lightning doesn't have much of an effect on me."
Qin Zhuo waved his hand and said, "It's just internal organ damage, no need to worry, my body will take care of it myself..."
Hearing this, Qian Daoliu nodded. Perhaps things were not as easy as Qin Zhuo said, but what could he do?
Sometimes not saying anything directly is also a form of spoiling. At worst, you can make up for it when you go back.
After a brief rest, the two of them set out again to find a suitable soul beast. Now Qin Zhuo's first soul ring is already a thousand years old, and the age of the second soul ring is naturally also higher.
Soul rings can greatly improve soul masters, especially their physical fitness and soul power. Although Qin Zhuo's soul power is only level 20 now, once he obtains the second soul ring, his soul power will definitely be more than that.
According to Qian Daoliu's conservative estimate, the age of Qin Zhuo's second soul ring should be between 1500 and 2300 years.
The reason why it is conservative is that when Qin Zhuo was recuperating, he placed his own affinity for thunder on his martial soul. After all, it is a martial soul that controls thunder punishment, so there is no problem in being a little special in absorbing thunder spirit rings!
But not every soul beast is a pure energy soul beast like the Thunderstorm Cloud Elf, so it is better to be conservative with subsequent soul rings.
When Qin Zhuo obtained the soul ring, Spirit City was a little bit uneasy.
The shadow of an angel appeared above the Spirit Hall. This was seen by everyone in the city and could not be concealed at all.
As a result, the two major empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Dragon Tyrant family, as well as some forces, have sent spies to investigate the situation.
After all, since the death of Pope Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, who succeeded him as Pope, has had considerable ambitions, and because of emotional problems, she has long become somewhat twisted.
Under her rule, the Spirit Hall has become increasingly powerful over the years, which is not a good thing for the two empires and sects.
In the past, the Spirit Hall was only responsible for managing spirit masters, providing subsidies to spirit masters, and helping civilians awaken their spirits. Although this would break the sects' monopoly on spirit master resources and shake the empire's rule, they were still able to share some of the benefits.
After all, both the empire and the sects can recruit civilian soul masters, and the Spirit Hall does not force them to get close to it.
But now Bibi Dong's control over soul masters is extremely strict. Although she has not explicitly asked the empire and the sects to disarm the soul masters, she is also putting pressure on them openly and secretly, and is tending to command all the soul masters in the world with the orders of the Pope.
Under such circumstances, if the Spirit Hall makes a big move, these forces will no longer be able to sit still. Of course, Qin Zhuo's existence is extremely secretive to the Spirit Hall. After all, not everyone can access the priests in the priest hall, and Qin Zhuo has been learning with the seven priests. Except for being seen when he is fighting against the soldiers, he cannot be accessed at other times.
Naturally, these spies could not find any useful information. They only knew that it was the noise made by a child's martial spirit awakening.
"Spirit Hall! First we had Bibi Dong, the Pope with twin spirits, and now there's a genius who can trigger visions. They're truly blessed..."
In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi looked at the information that came to him. Although there was nothing valuable in it, he knew in his heart that the information about the Spirit Hall was not so easy to obtain.
"Feng Zhi, there's no need to worry too much. This isn't the first time this has happened. Didn't the Spirit Hall also experience an angelic vision ten years ago? The previous Pope's offspring also died young."
Gu Rong stepped forward and said that the Spirit Hall was now a huge mountain weighing on all the sects and forces. The stronger the person, the greater the pressure they felt, because they all knew the background of the Spirit Hall.
"Uncle Gu, that's true, but we don't really have a choice, do we? The Spirit Hall has probably been eyeing the world's best auxiliary spirit for a long time!"
Ning Fengzhi smiled bitterly. His soul power could not be improved after reaching the 7th ring. He had a clearer view of the situation on the mainland and had even taken some measures. He was actively seeking cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire.
Blue Lightning Dragon Tyrant family, a blue thunder burst out from Yu Yuanzhen's fingertips, shattering the paper into powder.
"An angel with purple thunder? I, the Blue Lightning Dragon Tyrant, will not be afraid of your Spirit Hall!"
The reactions of the two empires were similar. Although they hadn't figured out any information, it didn't stop them from worrying. They watched the Spirit Hall grow stronger and stronger, yet they had no way to deal with it...
"A new angel spirit? This child that Grandpa picked up casually turned out to have an angel spirit..."
Qian Renxue, who had become Xue Qinghe, was surprised when she looked at the letter sent by her grandfather. She also had a greater sense of recognition for this so-called brother whom she had never met.
After all, Qin Zhuo had no involvement in her life, so naturally there wasn't much emotion between them. Now that they had some connection in terms of martial spirits, her recognition wasn't so awkward.
The letter in her hand was sent by Qian Daoliu, and the content it contained was naturally more information than what the spies had obtained. Of course, Qian Daoliu did not cover everything, and apart from the angel martial spirit and the twin martial spirits, he did not mention anything else.
This has nothing to do with trustworthiness, but is the most basic quality of an elder and soul master.
If Qian Renxue wanted to know about Qin Zhuo, she could go and ask him. It was Qin Zhuo's own business whether to tell her or not.
After Queen Yikun, Qian Daoliu and Qin Zhuo returned to the priest hall. After learning that Qin Zhuo had absorbed two thousand-year soul rings, the six old men became restless.
So Qin Zhuo became a monkey in the zoo, with his martial soul and soul rings activated, and was watched by six old men in turn.
"Good boy! Your first spirit ring is a thousand years old. How strong must your physical fitness be? Is this something you can achieve after fighting against those soldiers every day?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo slapped Qin Zhuo on the shoulder and asked with a frown. He felt the touch from his palm and confirmed that the person in front of him was not a soul beast.
"Xiao Zhuo's physique is unusual. He was able to adapt to the power of lightning in a short period of time. It might be similar to his martial soul mutation. His body might be the same."
Qian Daoliu took the opportunity to recount the situation when Qin Zhuo absorbed his first soul ring, causing several old men to gasp in amazement.
Although they were a little confused, they were still very happy that Qin Zhuo was able to achieve the feat of having the first soul ring in a thousand years. You know, this was something that the previous two geniuses of the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, had not achieved.
Of course, Bibi Dong's second martial soul's soul ring is counted separately...