Chapter 331 Conversation with Qian Renxue (2 in 1)

The night was silent, and the next morning, Lin Manshan slowly opened his eyes.

"Kiki." The pleasant chirping of a magpie bird came from outside the window all of a sudden.

'Looks like Tang San has already left the Killing City.' Lin Manshan instantly realized the situation, dressed and got up to walk to the window, then with a thought, he established a link with the magpie bird to receive the memory feed.

Tang San's whereabouts were discovered on the way to the Blue Silver Forest, but unfortunately, it got lost in the follow-up. Looking at the situation, Tang San's strength had increased greatly now, his rushing speed in the forest was extremely fast, and the magpie bird, which wasn't even considered a spirit beast, simply couldn't keep up.

Watching the magpie bird fly away, Lin Manshan couldn't help but fall into thought, 'With Xiao Wu around, sooner or later Tang San will come to Skywalker Academy one day. And with my current divine soul perception range, I can sense him from a few miles away, there's no possibility of Tang San sneaking in at all.'

'Since the magpie bird can't catch up, then just wait for him to come and throw himself into the net.' Thinking over in this direction, he walked out of the bedroom with light steps.

After making breakfast and waiting for the few women to wake up and eat together, Lin Manshan left the courtyard and took the carriage to the palace.

About an hour later, under the escort of the guards, he went straight to the East Palace.

Under the notification, Qian Renxue who just returned to the palace after the morning court session smiled and went out to greet him, "Brother Ah Man, what a rare guest, quickly please come in!"

"Long time no see, Brother Qinghe." Lin Manshan smiled in response and followed Qian Renxue into the living room.

Lin Manshan gave Qian Renxue a look in passing, and the latter immediately understood, leading Lin Manshan to turn into the inner room.

Soon, the two sat down across the tea table, Qian Renxue served tea and spoke, "Brother Ah Man, are you looking for me for something?"

"Hm." Lin Manshan nodded, pulling out the Infernal Delicate Apricot Herb, which was contained in a jade porcelain flowerpot, from his spirit tool.

Qian Renxue suddenly felt a hot breath coming, her pupils could not help but shrink, although she guessed in her heart, she still spoke out and asked, "This is?"

"Infernal Delicate Apricot Herb, a kind of top-grade fire-attribute immortal herb, which was obtained by chance when I went to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a spirit ring before." Lin Manshan introduced:

"Recently, Bing'er and Yue'er of my family broke through level 70 one after another. As you know about Bing'er's martial soul, the 100,000-year-old spirit rings that best suits her are undoubtedly easiest to find in the Extreme North, where several Super Spirit Beasts exist."

"Thus, I went to Spirit City and invited the Grand Worship and Her Holiness Pope to come to my aid. Fortunately, the Pope, who had been promoted to a god, was able to suppress a group of spirit beasts, which made the trip worthwhile. This Immortal Herb is my payment to the Pope."

The meaning was clearly expressed, if it wasn't for Bibi Dong having become a god and contributing the most, this immortal herb would not have been given out at all.

Qian Renxue was naturally able to comprehend the deeper meaning but did not feel happy because of it, instead, her face was instantly gloomy.

Lin Manshan placed the Immortal Herb on the desktop and suddenly asked, "You hate her a lot?"

Lin Manshan knows my identity? Qian Renxue's gaze instantly flinched as she asked rhetorically, "What do you mean by that?"

Lin Manshan shook his head, "It's right that you hate her, however, in my opinion, she didn't do anything wrong. If you understand the truth of what happened back then, I can guarantee that you will make the same choices as her, even more than ever."

"The truth? Heh, the truth of greed?" Qian Renxue was unable to suppress her emotions, resentment rising in her eyes as she laughed coldly.

Lin Manshan's face remained bland as he said to himself, "She used to have a romantic relationship with Yu Xiaogang in her early years, I'm sure you know this point as well. But then, the two suddenly announced their breakup, and she also disappeared for nearly 1 year afterwards, and then you were born."

"This information, it's not difficult to find out. And by stringing this information together, are you unable to guess anything?"

"In addition, a genius spirit master with a top-tier twin martial soul, in which force wouldn't she be emphatically cultivated? Greedy for vanity? Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"But if such a person wanted to leave, how do you think, as a person in power, would retain her?"

At those words, Qian Renxue's pupils instantly shrank, and she blurted out, "That's impossible!"

"Otherwise, with the master and disciple status and age gap between the two, don't you think, it's a bit absurd?" Lin Manshan asked again, "Moreover, in just less than a year she broke up with Yu Xiaogang you were born, don't you think that this time interval is too coincidental?"

"On top of that, during this period of almost 1 year, Bibi Dong, as the Holy Maiden, never showed her face outside, do you think, this is reasonable?"

When he spoke of this, Lin Manshan's gaze was also slightly cold, "Imprisonment, this is the only explanation."

"Just think about it, if you were to go through all this, what choice would you make? Would you bury everything in your heart and go and smile at an existence that would remind you of that painful past just by seeing it?"

"Qian Renxue, ask yourself, can you do it?"

"I," Qian Renxue's gaze froze, momentarily dumbfounded. Stringing everything together, inserting all sorts of plausibility into it, she suddenly realized that everything seemed to make sense and that what Lin Manshan had said about guessing was the most reasonable truth.

"By the looks of it, you can't do it." Lin Manshan glanced at her, "It's hard to make a decision even as a spectator, let alone experiencing it in person."

"However, judging from this immortal herb, she does have you in her heart. It's just that she never chooses to face or recognize you." Lin Manshan continued:

"Because she knows that perhaps at some point in the future, you will meet a partner of your own, and you will have a child of your own. And if your children know about this, just think, you and her, can you bear it?"

"Your children, can they accept this openly?" Lin Manshan asked again.

"So, from her perspective, choosing to escape, choosing to ignore, choosing not to disturb, has undoubtedly been the best choice."

Saying this, Lin Manshan slowly stood up, "To put it another way, now you already know the truth."

"She is also a woman and has become a god, and gods possess a nearly endless lifespan. In the future, she might also meet a lover who can heal her inner wounds and give birth to an heir once again. And what explanation should she give for your existence?"

"So, in my opinion, not disturbing each other is your only choice."

Taking out a porcelain vial from his spirit tool and placing it on the table, Lin Manshan slightly turned around to look at Qian Renxue, "This is an elixir that I have configured separately, with the strength of your Martial Soul and with this elixir, absorbing this Immortal Herb should be risk-free. As for the method of absorption, the immortal herb has a spirit, you can drop your heart's blood into the stamen, and then contact it with your martial soul origin."

The method of taking it was stated without delay.

"In addition, if my expectation is not wrong, your grandfather should also know the truth. It's just that he didn't want you to face this prematurely, so he chose to conceal it on purpose. But in her opinion, you will have to face this truth sooner or later. This is because she knows that if you initiate the Divine Examination next, you will inevitably have to face this truth. As for why I can make such a guess, it's simple, because I am also experiencing the divine Examination."

"There are some things that, knowing them in advance, you can at least still be prepared in your heart."

"I think it is precisely because she is clear about all of this that she thought of using my hand to tell you all of this. If my guess is correct, at the time when she let Ghost Douluo bring your blood to my hands back then. She already understood that I would guess this truth."

"Now that I have done what I had to do, it is all up to you to choose exactly what to do next."

"The Immortal Herb has already been delivered, so I think it's time for me to take my leave." With that, he slightly arched his hand and turned around to walk out of the door.

And when Lin Manshan's footsteps faded away, Qian Renxue finally couldn't stop her tears from breaking the dam, and fiercely slumped her hands onto the desktop, burying her head and sobbing softly.

"Hey," This is why he was trying to hurry to run away. Sensing this, Lin Manshan sighed darkly and continued to walk forward.

Out of the palace, without delay, on the carriage, he returned straight to the Academy. When he returned to the academy, it was close to lunchtime, so Lin Manshan simply cooked again and made a generous lunch for the girls, and the family ate happily.   

In the afternoon, he once again devoted himself to cultivation.

From the secret realm to the divine soul promotion, although his cultivation did not improve, other aspects of the ability, such as spiritual power, spirit power control, control of the physical body, etc., all greatly improved, the actual combat power can be said to have taken a qualitative leap forward.

On top of that, the speed and efficiency of absorbing the energy of the heavens and earth had also increased significantly, which also meant that his cultivation speed had increased by a large margin compared to before.

Now that his cultivation had broken through level 86, and he wasn't far from level 90, he had to hurry up.

On the other hand, in the secret room of the Eastern Palace, with a sudden distortion in the air, Qian Renxue slowly opened her eyes.

Clenching her fists, her face did not look happy, she got up straight away and walked towards the bathroom.

After a bout of freshening up, and fixing the appearance in the mirror, he strides out of the secret room and rushes out the door towards the inner palace.

When Lin Manshan came to visit today, Xue Ye naturally got the news, and no matter what was spoken, she had to go and report back.

Now, as long as the Spirit Master Tournament is over... She thought quietly, now that Xue Ye has become more and more old and weak, the government has been fully handed over to her, and it has long been decided that when the Spirit Master Tournament is over, the throne will be passed on to her.

At this time, the time has come to March, the middle of the month is when the qualifier begins.

After many years of lurking, it's time to reap the fruits of the harvest.

After that, she couldn't help but think of what Lin Manshan had said before, and a hint of complexity couldn't help but appear in her eyes.

Slightly shaking her head, she brought along her guards and continued to walk forward.

At the same time, on the other side, within the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Boom" a big Man Faced Demon Spider King fell, on the back, Tang San did not pull out the Eight Spider Spear but directly sat down, mobilized the devouring ability to start devouring the energy in the body of the Man Faced Demon Spider King underneath him, until there was nothing left to be sucked in.

Retrieving the Eight Spider Spear, he lightly pushed his toes and jumped off the Man Faced Demon Spider King's corpse, then he turned his head, and his eyebrows suddenly twitched.

When he kicked open the corpse, a piece of right leg bone that flickered with dark purple light was lying there silently.

"Close to 60,000 years old Man Faced Demon Spider King's right leg bone, it's worth absorbing." A trace of a smile finally appeared on his expressionless face. After being in the Star Dou Great Forest for almost a month, with the searching ability of the Blue Silver Domain, he had already hunted and killed more than a dozen 50,000-year-old or older power-type spirit beasts, but only this piece had managed to drop. Taking big steps forward to pick it up, he sat down in place and began to absorb it.

After an hour, he slowly opened his eyes.

"The enhancement isn't bad." Clenching his fists, he looked up into the depths of the forest and continued forward.

Outside the Killing City, Bibi Dong slowly approached towards the entrance.

And just as her feet stepped into the entrance, a cold voice suddenly transmitted, "Rakshasa God, the successor who has already become a god is not allowed to enter the inheritance lands of the other gods, this rule, I think, the previous Rakshasa God has already informed you of."

"This throne is the Pope of the Martial Spirit Hall, and has the right to intervene in all things on the continent." Bibi Dong coldly responded.

"At least within these hundred years before ascending to the Divine Realm, this throne has this right."

"Rakshasa God, there's no need to expend your energy, the person you're looking for left long ago." The peculiar voice sounded again.

It seems that Shura God has long known that I will come over to look for Tang San. Bibi Dong frowned and was not prepared to stay much longer, turning around to leave.

And when Bibi Dong returned to the Pope's Hall, the new Spirit Master Tournament qualifiers had officially begun.

However, except for the final, she was not required to participate, and thus, after returning, she directly announced her retreat.

In her opinion, compared to the benefits of familiarizing herself with the power after becoming a god, capturing Tang San was nothing more than a trivial matter. After all, with Tang San's age and qualifications, it wouldn't be easy to become a god even if he was favoured by the Shura God. There wouldn't be a single easy test for a God King.

Moreover, even if Tang San became a god, he wouldn't necessarily be her opponent.

Besides, both Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan were already undergoing the God Examination, and with the strength of the two, the speed of passing would only be faster than Tang San. In that case, when Tang San became a god, it would be three against one, so Tang San would never be able to win.

For now, it would be sufficient to wait for the rabbit.

At the same time as Bibi Dong announced her retreat, on the side of Skywalker Academy, Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan also announced their retreat.

"It's not easy to see Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan." Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Ning Fengzhi, who had heard his subordinates report to him, looked helpless.

Either they were out of the gate or in seclusion, and for a long time, he hadn't even had the chance to visit the two of them.

"Dad, what's on your mind?" Between his thoughts, Ning Rongrong approached with a lotus step carrying clear tea, wearing a long azure dress with flowing gems at the edges, compared to the last Spirit Master Tournament, at this time, Ning Rongrong had already reached adulthood, and her appearance was more mature and noble at this moment.

"Thinking about some clan business." Ning Fengzhi, who had returned to his senses, smiled warmly, but inwardly, he was bitter.

Level 44, this was Ning Rongrong's current level, if compared to Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng and the others back then, being able to have this kind of strength at the age of 20 was indeed already categorized as a top-tier genius, after all, his own daughter is still an auxiliary spirit master.

However, if you compare her to Lin Manshan and the rest, it's simply a world of difference.

As early as the battle in the Clear Sky Clan, Lin Manshan has shown the strength equivalent to that of a Level 95 Titled Douluo, and it is difficult to speculate his strength using his cultivation realm. As for the women around him, according to the current information obtained, they all have at least the strength of the Spirit Saints.

This is a whole three realms difference, the gap is too big for anyone to see.

If Rongrong had been on Lin Manshan's team back then... Every time he thought about it, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but feel a pang of remorse in his heart.

At that time, Skywalker Academy had yet to be built, they solely relied on Dugu Bo to support themselves, and he thought that he had a chance. As long as he had let Ning Rongrong break away from Shrek Academy from the start, coupled with his scheming, it wasn't impossible to put her into the Skywalker Battle Team.

If he had done it, with Lin Manshan's help, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan would definitely have been able to usher in rapid development.

Unfortunately, everything was too late.

With the strength of the current Skywalker Academy as it is, his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan didn't even have a chance to have a dialogue on the same stage.

Dugu Bo alone is a Level 99 Limit Douluo, so he has to be courteous and polite, and he has to look at his face when he visits, without daring to overstep the bounds in the slightest.

Ai. Inwardly, he couldn't help but sigh.

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