On the very day Rui Shi reported the news about Xia Tian, Xia Tian was summoned by the high-level officials of Spirit Hall.
And it was obvious that the person who wanted to see Xia Tian held a high status.
Because Rui Shi immediately took Xia Tian straight to the Papal Hill.
A name instantly surfaced in Xia Tian's mind—Bibi Dong!
To attach such importance to a mutated Soul Master, it was very likely Bibi Dong.
Because Bibi Dong had an unforgotten ex-boyfriend in her heart who also possessed a mutated Martial Soul—Yu Xiaogang.
"Eh? Why does it feel like even though I haven't come into contact with them, my life is always being influenced by them?" Xia Tian felt somewhat helpless.
When he was in the orphanage, the decline in the quality of life was due to Bibi Dong suppressing the believers of the Angel God.
When researching theories at the Spirit Hall Academy, Xia Tian had nearly been misled by Yu Xiaogang's "works" several times.
Regarding Bibi Dong's possible purpose, Xia Tian also had some guesses.
It would be nothing more than asking about the reason for his Martial Soul mutation, and then taking him in as a dog.
Xia Tian pondered ways to deal with Bibi Dong and came up with several response plans.
"If Bibi Dong really wants to know how I achieved the Martial Soul mutation, I could present my research on Martial Soul attributes, and even propose the concept of Ultimate Attributes... At least in this era, such research findings are stunning enough."
"As for joining Bibi Dong's command, it doesn't really matter. Switching to a higher platform would also provide more space for me to perform and help me grow faster."
However, besides deciding on a plan, Xia Tian also performed a divination for himself.
The result was—the pros outweighed the cons.
Only then did he feel relieved to follow behind Rui Shi.
Otherwise, if the divination result had been unfavorable to him, he would have just looked for a way to escape.
Although the Dark Lord was still weak, as long as he wanted to leave, the path was right beneath his feet.
Xia Tian was undoubtedly a Master of Divination, and he was very confident in his divination results.
For a half-baked diviner like Trelawney who liked to act mysterious, believing her prophecies was less reliable than believing in coffee shop fortune cookies... at least the latter could put one in a good mood rather than being scared by bad prophecies.
Only a true Master of Divination like Xia Tian could apply divination to daily life.
Actually, his situation was considered quite exaggerated.
There were gaps even between Masters of Divination, and Xia Tian was in a league of his own.
As for Trelawney having made correct prophecies before, Xia Tian had specifically studied her.
In the end, he discovered that part of the prophecies were Trelawney's tricks—no prophecy, all manipulation.
And the other part benefited from the bloodline talent Trelawney inherited from her ancestors.
Unfortunately, the prophetic talent inherited in Trelawney's bloodline had been diluted over several centuries, and its effect greatly weakened.
Xia Tian drew Trelawney's blood for three months of research before extracting a single drop of bloodline with prophetic characteristics.
Because Trelawney was too useless, she was one of the very few wizards Xia Tian did not fully utilize.
However, Trelawney was able to survive entirely because Xia Tian was also a Potions Master, and his specially mixed Blood-Replenishing Potion was supplied in sufficient quantities.
Later, Trelawney lost her prophetic talent, but instead of being crazy, she could live as a normal person.
It was just that every time Trelawney heard the name "Nero Black," she would instantly stiffen like a stressed rabbit and enter a state of feigned death.
The effect was even better than Petrificus Totalus.
As for Xia Tian's operation—extracting bloodline with prophetic characteristics from Trelawney's body.
It was one of the twelve uses of wizards discovered by Xia Tian—Bloodline Extraction.
Since wizarding talent could be inherited through bloodlines, theoretically speaking, as long as the bloodline with the corresponding characteristics was extracted from a wizard's blood, bloodline transplantation was entirely possible.
Xia Tian successfully achieved it.
His experiments on magical creatures were a great success; he developed merpeople with giant bloodlines and named one Princess Shirahoshi.
It was just that after the fusion of two bloodlines not known for their outstanding looks, Princess Shirahoshi's appearance was hard to describe, so Xia Tian could only release her into the Black Lake at Hogwarts.
Later, this incident was regarded by Dumbledore as one of Xia Tian's "persecutions" of Hogwarts.
Xia Tian felt really wronged; he just released her into the wild, how could it be escalated like that?
Actually, recently Xia Tian was also thinking about reproducing the Bloodline Extraction operation on Soul Masters.
Since a Soul Master's Martial Soul was also related to their own bloodline, then through bloodline transplantation, it wasn't impossible for Xia Tian to possess other powerful Martial Souls.
Martial Souls were just like wizarding talents; as long as they were good, no one would complain about having too many.
...
Papal Hill was at the highest point in the center of Spirit City. The Papal Palace was located on the top of the hill, symbolizing the supreme power of Spirit Hall.
It could be said that the entire Spirit City was built around Papal Hill, completely serving Papal Hill.
Spirit City was a large city surrounding the peak!
The inner city was where high-ranking Soul Masters and Spirit Hall Soul Masters lived.
The outer city consisted of residential and commercial areas for ordinary people, ordinary Soul Masters, and Soul Masters from other factions to live and exist.
Commendably, despite Spirit City being so huge, there were no slums in the true sense.
At least for now.
But in the future, slums might really emerge in Spirit City.
Because the residents of Spirit City in the past, even if they were just ordinary people, could have a meal as long as they joined the faith of the Angel God.
But now in Spirit City, many former believers of the Angel God were facing the predicament of imminent unemployment.
Like the matrons in the orphanage.
When the wave of unemployment erupted, poverty and chaos would inevitably arise.
Xia Tian didn't know if the high-level officials of Spirit Hall had noticed this problem, nor did he have any intention of reminding them.
Leaving aside that his words carried little weight.
For him, chaos would make it easier to fish in troubled waters.
The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.
At least for now, Spirit City was still prosperous, and Papal Hill was majestic and magnificent.
The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament of past generations was still held in front of the Papal Palace on Papal Hill.
Soon, Rui Shi took Xia Tian up Papal Hill. As if instructions had been given in advance, Rui Shi took Xia Tian all the way without obstruction.
Xia Tian finally saw the glorious and solemn Papal Palace.
Then...
Rui Shi led Xia Tian past the Papal Palace.
Xia Tian: "?"
They bypassed the Papal Palace.
Passed by the Douluo Palace.
Finally, Rui Shi took Xia Tian into a deeper and more hidden place on Papal Hill—
It was a palace with obvious religious characteristics.
And it was hidden extremely deep.
Without someone leading the way, even if one broke into Papal Hill, it would be extremely difficult to find this palace in the mountains.
Rui Shi stopped outside the palace and said to Xia Tian with a serious face.
"Xia Tian, the person who wants to see you is the Master of the Elder Palace and the Grand Priest, who is also the previous, previous Pope of Spirit Hall."
"Whether you can seize this opportunity depends on your performance next. Good luck!"
Rui Shi gave Xia Tian an encouraging look.
Xia Tian: "..."
Divination results were inherently vague, so the existence of some deviations was understandable.
However, at least a successful divination was sure to come true, wasn't it?