**Chapter 47 Unrivaled Douluo**
Additionally, it was time for Gu Ziyi to meet his father, the high priest of the Martial Soul Hall. His father also admired Gu Ziyi greatly.
It turns out that Qian Xunji didn't value him much before, so he had never taken Gu Ziyi to meet Qian Daoliu personally. However, Bibi Dong had been brought to see Qian Daoliu on her very first day as his disciple. She had only met him once, though, and unless something significant happened, she wouldn't disturb her father.
"Alright, teacher!"
When Gu Ziyi heard Qian Xunji's words, his expression became surprised. He was about to meet Qian Daoliu, the strongest person in the Martial Soul Hall?
Just like Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu had remained in seclusion after handing over the position of Pope of the Martial Soul Hall to Qian Xunji and rarely made public appearances.
Qian Daoliu, titled the Angel Douluo, was one of the three Limit Douluos or Quase Gods in the world today.
The other two were the Haotian Douluo, Tang Chen, and the Seagod Douluo, Bo Saixi.
However, Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen didn't yet know that in addition to them, there was another Limit Douluo: Bo Saixi, who resided beyond the main continent.
After the Martial Soul Hall failed to attack Sea God Island, they joined forces and headed there, only to encounter Bo Saixi and be defeated by her one by one.
That's understandable. If Qian Daoliu had known of Bo Saixi's existence, he would never have supported the Martial Soul Hall in attacking Sea God Island.
After being defeated by her, both Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen fell in love with Bo Saixi. However, it was Tang Chen she loved, but he didn't realize her feelings. He returned to the continent, seeking an opportunity to reach godhood, only to get trapped in Slaughter City, parasitized by the Nine-Headed Red-Blooded Bat King, and become the King of Slaughter.
It is unclear if there was a King of Slaughter before him, but if there was, he likely killed them.
There were still several years before the Martial Soul Hall would attack Sea God Island.
According to the original timeline, when the Martial Soul Hall attacked Sea God Island, both Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang were part of the expedition. More than two thousand Soul Masters participated, but only around two hundred survived, including the useless Yu Xiaogang.
At the very least, Bibi Dong's relationship with him was exposed due to this incident.
After all, with Yu Xiaogang's strength, it would have been nearly impossible for him to escape without Bibi Dong's strong protection.
This should have happened when she was about 19 years old.
Under Qian Xunji's leadership, Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong went together to the Elder Palace.
For the first time, Gu Ziyi saw the strongest man in the Martial Soul Hall. He had long golden hair, a handsome and upright face, and looked much younger than his age. Standing beside his son, it would be hard to tell who was the father.
"Father!"
Qian Xunji greeted first, then continued, "I've brought Bibi Dong and Gu Ziyi to see you."
"High Priest!"
"High Priest!"
(E/N: Originally translated as 'Great Offering' or as it is in Chinese '大供奉!' which is pronounced 'Dà Gòngfèng', but I prefer to call it 'Great Priest' which is a title of high prestige in theology.)
After Qian Xunji spoke, Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong respectfully greeted him.
"Hmm."
Qian Daoliu hummed softly, then glanced at the two young ones.
Upon sensing Bibi Dong's cultivation, a hint of satisfaction appeared in Qian Daoliu's eyes.
Compared to her current cultivation level, he was pleased with her progress.
As for Gu Ziyi's cultivation, it made him frown slightly, but he soon relaxed.
After all, he knew that Gu Ziyi's innate soul power talent wasn't as good as his elder sister's.
With an innate soul power talent of level 1, it was already impressive that Gu Ziyi had reached level 20 at his age.
Many cultivators with innate soul power talent of level 1 would never even reach level 10 to become a true Soul Master.
Moreover, Gu Ziyi excelled in learning and researching Martial Soul knowledge. Thanks to his theory, Qian Daoliu now understood how best to find a suitable woman for his son, Qian Xunji.
There was a woman in the Martial Soul Hall who had caught his attention—a woman with a fire attribute Martial Soul and great potential to reach the Titled Douluo rank.
The Seraphim Martial Soul's attributes were light and fire, with sacred properties, so it was well-matched with a woman who had a fire-attribute Martial Soul.
He just didn't know if his son would be willing.
"You are both excellent in your respective areas of talent!" (E/N: The original was very redundant, this looks better)
"Work hard, for the future of the Martial Soul Hall lies with you, the younger generation!"
While thinking of finding a woman for his son, Qian Daoliu also encouraged Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong on their future paths.
"Father, do you still remember the self-condensed Soul Rings of ancient Soul Masters?"
After Qian Daoliu had encouraged them, Qian Xunji spoke.
"Self-condensed Soul Rings?"
Qian Daoliu thought for a moment after hearing the words, then recalled the matter. "That did happen. Why are you suddenly asking about such a thing?"
"Father, Xiaoyi's Soul Rings are self-condensed!"
Qian Xunji gestured to Gu Ziyi before telling his father the reason for their visit.
Buzz—
As soon as Qian Xunji finished speaking, Gu Ziyi summoned his Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
"What?"
Qian Daoliu's eyes changed instantly, and he quickly stood in front of Gu Ziyi.
Bang~
He reached out and grabbed Gu Ziyi's right hand, closely observing the two Soul Rings encircling his Martial Soul.
Unfortunately, even he couldn't see any difference in Gu Ziyi's Soul Rings. He even used soul power to probe, but found nothing unusual.
"You condensed your Soul Rings yourself? Are you sure?"
Unable to find anything, Qian Daoliu could only look at Gu Ziyi and ask directly.
"Yes, High Priest!"
"Both of my Soul Rings are self-condensed."
Gu Ziyi nodded clearly, without any hint of deception.
"How did you do it?"
"Wasn't the method for self-condensed Soul Rings lost centuries ago?"
Seeing that Gu Ziyi wasn't lying, Qian Daoliu didn't continue questioning him but instead asked how he had achieved it.
"Well, High Priest, this is how I did it..."
Gu Ziyi immediately explained how he had self-condensed his first Soul Ring.
"I see..."
"So that's how you used this method to self-condense a Soul Ring. It's not that complicated, but no one tries to self-condense Soul Rings nowadays!"
"Why did you decide to pursue this?"
Qian Daoliu was surprised by the explanation and understood how it was done. It wasn't difficult, and he realized why no one had thought of it before.
Because nowadays, Soul Masters only needed to hunt a Soul Beast for their Soul Rings.
Looking at the two Soul Rings on Gu Ziyi, it was clear that a self-condensed Soul Ring was inferior to most Soul Rings obtained from a Soul Beast, and the quality between the two was quite different.
The first Soul Ring was a white, 10-year cultivation Soul Ring.
The second was a yellow, 150-year cultivation Soul Ring.
So, he wondered why Gu Ziyi continued to self-condense his second Soul Ring.
"Yes, little brother, why did you want a self-condensed Soul Ring?"
Bibi Dong couldn't help but interrupt at this moment.
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(End of Chapter)
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