Chapter 93: Spirit Hall Holy Son, Successor to the Supreme Pontiff! Pay Attention to the Clear Sky Sect!
After all, Qian Renxue's soul power improved too quickly, and her combat level didn't keep up, which wasn't a good thing.
Although after the God Assessment began, the Seven High Priests were all on her side and could go easy on her, an Angel God achieved this way would be incomplete.
However, to avoid damaging Qian Renxue's self-confidence, Qian Daoliu still said with a smile, "Xiao Xue, perhaps you will also have a chance to obtain a God Assessment in the future. Have you forgotten? Our Qian Family has worshipped the Angel God from ancient times until now."
"Your talent is even above Grandpa's. If you cultivate well and train yourself now, you might very well obtain the Angel God Assessment in the future."
Qian Renxue was slightly delighted upon hearing this, cheering herself on in her heart: "Go for it!"
Hu Bai smiled faintly, saying nothing. Qian Daoliu truly had good intentions.
However, after they learned the content of Hu Bai's first trial, they also gasped.
Difficult!
Too difficult!
Is this the test for a God Position with the potential of a God King?
As expected, it's not simple.
Comprehending the Element Heart not only requires extremely high mental power to control elements, but also requires a certain comprehension ability and for the controlled elements to reach a specific "concentration" to succeed.
If it were just one or two Element Hearts, that would be fine, but this requires seven at once!
Qian Daoliu felt that without several years, this little guy would probably find it very difficult to complete.
But since he had already obtained the God trial, what does it matter how high the difficulty is? There's always a way!
If Tianmeng, still in deep sleep, knew that Hu Bai had returned to Spirit Hall and obtained a God Assessment, he would probably be overjoyed.
And the contribution of the Tianmeng Iceworm was still very significant to Hu Bai in attracting the attention of the seven elemental main gods of the God Realm with his current cultivation.
Without the lucky vibration created by his sacrifice—which was just perceived—Hu Bai, even if he could obtain a God Examination, would probably have to wait a bit longer.
Qian Daoliu waved his hand and announced, "From today onward, Hu Bai is the Spirit Hall's Holy Son, the successor to the next Supreme Pontiff! Bibi Dong issued the order for all of Spirit Hall to prepare. Once this little guy's cultivation reaches forty levels, immediately hold the inauguration ceremony!"
"And from now on, Spirit Hall needs to search as extensively as possible for Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts across the continent and even the sea, for future needs! Also, begin searching now for various rare Bloodline Soul Beasts with extremely high elemental attributes!"
"Understood!" the eight High Priests, excluding Qian Daoliu, said in unison.
The several High Priests of the Worship Hall had been quiet for so long; it's time to stretch their muscles properly!
They knew that Qian Daoliu's order to search for Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts could only be entrusted to them.
As for Yue Guan and Gui Mei, as newly appointed Eighth and Ninth High Priests, their task allocation was slightly different from the six; although they were in the Worship Hall, they still assisted Bibi Dong.
So, their mission focused more on the latter: when performing normal missions, to pay attention to whether any relatively rare elemental Soul Beasts appeared, especially elements that Hu Bai did not possess!
Bibi Dong had no objections to Qian Daoliu giving orders. This was exactly what she wanted to see.
Hu Bai bowed slightly, grinning. "Thank you, Grandpas."
Qian Daoliu and the others nodded, then disappeared in a flash.
The seven of them needed to discuss in detail how to best pave the way for Hu Bai.
As Bibi Dong led them toward the Spirit Hall Academy, she asked, "Xiao Bai, do you know why Qian Daoliu wants to wait until you reach rank forty before announcing your appointment as Spirit Hall Saint to the entire continent?"
Hu Bai pondered for a moment before replying, "He wants me to accumulate more combat experience before then. If I'm not mistaken, after this trip to the Academy and the Breaking Clan, I should be able to go out for training. The moment I reach rank forty, which is when I obtain the purple record badge, will be when I become the Spirit Hall Holy Son."
"The reason for accumulating some combat experience is because our Spirit Hall has become powerful in recent years, and there are likely many hidden enemies. An open spear is easy to dodge, but a hidden arrow is hard to guard against. Although I have protection, my own strength cannot fall behind."
Qian Renxue merely said indifferently, "I'll go with you then."
She wanted to stay with Hu Bai, and she also needed to train herself.
Bibi Dong smiled faintly. She was not surprised by Hu Bai's words, given his intelligence.
As for Xiao Xue, letting her go out to train wasn't a bad idea.
She was very confident in both of their strengths.
Hu Liena asked, "Second Brother, are the enemies you mentioned referring to those fallen Soul Masters outside?"
Hu Liena had only thought of the superficial layer.
Hu Bai shook his head. "Not just fallen Soul Masters. No matter how strong fallen Soul Masters are, they are at most Soul Douluo. I'm referring to some large sects that have not submitted to Spirit Hall. They have always been hostile toward us."
Fallen Soul Masters in this era, due to the existence of Slaughter City and Spirit Hall's continuous encirclement and killing, were not as rampant as in later generations, nor had any Titled Douluo experts appeared.
In the Douluo II and Douluo III eras—ten thousand and twenty thousand years later—although the efforts to hunt down evil Soul Masters never stopped, those evil Soul Masters were like maggots on bones: dying but not truly gone.
Hu Bai thought it might be due to the development of the times, and the appearance of Soul Guidance Devices and mechs had indeed greatly increased the difficulty of hunting.
But the fundamental reason should still be that major powers colluded with these evil Soul Masters!
The Illustrious Virtue Hall in the Douluo II era and the Spirit Pagoda in the Douluo III era both had significant ties to the Holy Spirit Sect.
But in the current era, where did fallen Soul Masters have the chance to develop into an evil Cult Sect?
Once there was any sign, they would be hunted down by Spirit Hall!
It is said that Soul Masters with dark attributes would very likely be considered evil Soul Masters, but why were there still so many evil Soul Masters ten thousand years later?
And in the Douluo I era, Spirit Hall never indiscriminately killed Soul Masters with dark attributes, and their efficiency was excellent!
Hu Bai compared them in his mind and couldn't help but scoff.
This was all because of Shrek!
"Xiao Bai is right. The reason Qian Daoliu wants to make your appointment as Holy Son public, besides being a necessary process, is also to put pressure on you. But I think, for you, this pressure might not be as difficult as the God Assessment."
Hu Bai was already past complaining about being called "Xiao Bai."
"And after that, what you truly need to pay attention to are the scattered clansmen of the Clear Sky Sect. As for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, you can be slightly at ease."
As she spoke, Bibi Dong's eyes flashed with a cold light. In her year as Supreme Pontiff, she often received death lists of high-ranking Spirit Hall officials or newly awakened talented Soul Masters from various places, all from one person's hand!
Tang Hao!
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