Changes of Renxue, and situation of Wu Ming

[Great Forest Star Duo]

[Aotian Cave]

After being suppressed several times by Aotian, Qian Renxue was sitting at the entrance of the cave, looking at the starry sky.

Then Aotian comes and sits next to him, looking at the stars.

"They are wonderful, aren't they? They shine brightly, they have no conflicts, they just exist."

Qian Renxue, seemed to be quite calm, and she doesn't fight with Aotian, instead, she seems to be somewhat lost.

"Those stars that we see are masses of energy that are millions of light-years away from this planet. If we try to go to their location, you're already extinct. You are affected by black holes, being consumed"

Although Renxue didn't know why Aotian was telling her this, she didn't pay much attention to it, she kept lost in her thoughts.

"By the way, you didn't tell me your name. Mine is Huang Aotian"

Although her name seemed strange to her, Renxue didn't say anything, she only remained silent for a few minutes, until she told him her name.

"My name is Yue Renxue."

Although she knew that she was lying, Aotian did not tell her anything.

"Hey, your martial soul is an angel, shouldn't you be part of a clan? That's a great martial soul, but I don't remember hearing of anyone who has it."

Renxue is paralyzed for a moment, but then she calms down again.

"You should be confused, I am the first person on the continent with this martial soul. By the way, what is your cultivation range? I couldn't see your rings"

Just when Aotian was about to answer, a big explosion is heard in a part of the forest, so Aotian runs in that direction.

"Hey, wait, where are you going? Arghh"

Renxue despairs for a moment and then follows Aotian.

While they were arriving at the place, they can see several people fighting against a child.

This child is covered by a shell, and so around it floats 3 rings.

2 yellow and 1 purple.

Those around him were covered in white robes, and with strange medals on their chests.

"Xu Ming, come over here right now, or we will have no mercy. It is only because of your clan that we give you this opportunity to still live, otherwise, you will have to die, just like your brother."

The moment the boy Xu Ming sees Aotian and Renxue, his eyes light up, and he runs toward them.

The eyes of the pursuers turn to Aotian, and the moment they see Renxue, his eyes light up, causing a bad feeling to rise in Renxue's heart.

"Hey, brat, the one with the ugly mask. If you leave that lady to us, we can show you mercy, and let you go."

The light in Renxue's eyes dims a bit, and he looks at the medals on the bullies' chests, and then he opens his mouth to rebuke them.

"Aren't you from the Spirit Hall? Why do they do this? They should defend the weak, not harass them like this."

The old men stop for a moment, and then they start laughing as if they've heard the best joke of their lives.

"Oh, young lady, how naive you are. Some do protect the weak. But we, we can do evil, and no one will tell us anything, after all in the eyes of the public, we are like messengers of god, who help them and give money to the poor, hahaha."

The boy Xu Ming takes advantage of the distraction of the old men, approaches Aotian, and hides on his back.

On his side, Aotian blankly watches the dialogue between Qian Renxue and those who would be his subordinates. This attitude affects his spirit quite a bit, apparently, so he will let her do what he wants.

Then, Qian Renxue activates his martial soul, leaving the stalkers in shock, as they didn't believe that such a young girl could be so strong.

"I will kill them to clear the Spirit Hall's name. You don't deserve the medals you wear."

Aotian simply grabs Xu Ming and takes him to his cave to heal him, while he lets Renxue take her revenge.

[Aotian Cave]

Having finished bandaging Xu Ming, Aotian feeds him the leftover rhino and heads to where Renxue was fighting.

Arriving at the area, Aotian can see that Renxue is lying on the ground, surrounded by corpses, as she sobbed.

Aotian simply picked her up, and carried her like a princess, while she continued to cry.

"Hey Aotian, tell me, is everyone from the Spirit Hall like this?"

Hesitating whether to answer or not, Aotian thinks that answer will benefit him since he wants Renxue to be one of his allies. His company of him would cause the strength of Spirit Hall to drop a lot. After all, they would lose a god.

"Most are like that. It is because the current pope intends to dominate the continent instead of protecting it. So, he has done various events so that the opinion of the public is very beneficial for them, but they also spread rumors about the two empires, so that when dominating an empire or both, do not have against public opinion. Although the clans know about this, they do nothing, since both empires are against each other, and a war is coming. If it weren't for the Spirit Hall's intervention, the Heaven Dou empire would be absorbed into the Star Luo. So, some members of the Spirit Hall become corrupted, and they corrupt others. And although the pope must know, he doesn't do anything, since they are strong people, and if a war happens, even the 1-ring soul master can help a lot, let alone the 4-ring ones."

Although she was suspicious of Aotian, even though she only did a few things, since she was very focused on her current mission, she did not pay much attention to the Spirit Hall's movements.

"This has caused the Spirit Hall to recruit the children with potential from the poor villages, gaining many soul masters with a lot of potentials, but killing those who oppose them. But even so, there are a lot of people in the Spirit Hall who are good, and they help out whenever they can. What Spirit Hall lacks is a deep cleaning of its men."

Arriving at the cave, Aotian places Renxue on a sofa made of tree wood, which is topped with several beast skins to make it more comfortable.

Xu Ming, who was sitting eating, looks at Aotian while he ate.

"Then, Xu Ming, tell me, why were those people from the Spirit Hall chasing you?"

Although he knew that it must be a touchy subject, Aotian is curious as, in his memories, he can't remember someone named Xu Ming in Douluo Dalu 1. And with his cultivation at his age, he should be a major character in The timeline. So there are two options, either he was dead, so he didn't appear in the light novel, or he was in an alternate universe since all the events were following the Cannon, even with his intervention.

"MY name is Wu Ming now. And they were persecuting me because I am the most talented person in my clan, and according to the elders, I have the chance to become a Hyper Douluo, so they put a lot of effort into cultivating me. Eventually, I caught the attention of the Spirit Hall, as some clansmen were part of the Spirit Hall. I knew that if I said yes, I couldn't be the clan patriarch, since he would be affiliated with a sect, so I said no since my dream was to raise my clan's name. But the Spirit Hall didn't like my answer, so they tried to kill me and threatened to kill my relatives to take me away. Then one night I ran away from my clan, but they chased me. My brother sacrificed himself so that I would have more escape time, but he didn't specialize in agility, so it was a matter of time before they caught up with me. I plunged into the Star Duo Forest, hoping that some soul beasts would kill my enemies, but you helped me out, so I thank you very much."

Although he was surprised by the story, Renxue was the most affected, as from his point of view, his grandfather's words, led him to believe that the Spirit Hall was like saints, but what he experienced in a single day made his vision of his Spirit Hall was lowered to the ground.

"I have a place where they can protect you so that the Spirit Hall doesn't do anything to you, if you want, I can take you, but you must promise that you won't do anything to harm my friends."

Although he said this, Aotian's true purpose was to be able to bring this talent to his sect.

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