Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 671 Protector Heron: Surrender! The people outside are all on our side!
Inside the main hall of the Holy Soul Hall, Venerable Qinghai looked at the only remaining Protector Heron with a deep and somber gaze.

As the person in charge of the Holy Soul Hall, Venerable Qinghai only needed to use his brain a little to figure out that the unusual activity on the Ancient Sea Soul Hall side should be related to Jiang Lin.

Has Jiang Lin encountered danger?

No. Venerable Qinghai wouldn't be so foolish as to think Jiang Lin would be in danger.

The Holy Soul Hall possesses Jiang Lin's previous teleportation array usage records. Last time, Soul Ke'er teleported Jiang Lin directly to the Ancient Sea Soul Hall. This time, however, Jiang Lin did not take the route of the Ancient Sea Soul Hall. As a result, half a year later, the Ancient Sea Soul Hall was attacked.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense can easily grasp the connection between these elements.

As a Dou Zun, Venerable Qinghai is not stupid; in fact, anyone who can become a Dou Zun is not stupid.
Compared to overpowered individuals like Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan, Venerable Qinghai does seem rather ordinary. However, only people like Jiang Lin have the right to perceive this ordinariness; those below the Dou Zun level would not dare to act rashly.

Even a fool could understand that Jiang Lin seemed to be intentionally avoiding contact with the Ancient Sea Soul Palace? In other words, Jiang Lin didn't even want the people of the Ancient Sea Soul Palace to discover him?

If that's the case, then Jiang Lin is most likely on the attacker's side.

Although Venerable Qinghai didn't understand what Jiang Lin was trying to achieve by taking such a risk and engaging in such underhanded tactics, Venerable Qinghai did understand that at this point, it came down to positioning.

Furthermore, Venerable Qinghai currently has only two choices: to claim Jiang Lin, or not to claim him.
As a Dou Zun, Venerable Qinghai is mentally sound; at least, after years of cultivating himself at the Holy Soul Hall, his mind has become increasingly normal.

Therefore, Venerable Qinghai was able to realize that Jiang Lin's identity was not simple. As a member of the Soul Palace, Venerable Qinghai could easily find out who Hun Ke'er was and her status within the Soul Clan with a little inquiry. As for Jiang Lin beside Hun Ke'er, aside from other things, Venerable Qinghai could not sense Jiang Lin's aura, but the lucky boy with the strange fire beside Jiang Lin could not hide it from Venerable Qinghai.

The last time I saw that boy with the strange fire, he was only a Dou Wang. I saw him again two years later. Hmm, it seems that I didn't see the boy with the strange fire when Jiang Lin came back. However, half a year later, when Jiang Lin was about to leave again, that boy with the strange fire, who seemed to be hiding himself but was actually reckless, had already exposed his identity.
Even with his years of cultivation in the Holy Soul Hall, Qinghai Venerable, a one-star Dou Zun, could barely maintain his composure when he realized that the Strange Fire Boy had already reached Dou Zun level.

Given that the boy with the strange fire was already so strong, we can roughly estimate the strength of Jiang Lin, who remained in a dominant position despite not revealing his aura at all.

Therefore, Venerable Qinghai was able to recognize Jiang Lin's terrifying talent, coupled with Hun Ke'er's background. Venerable Qinghai realized that even if the higher-ups of the Soul Palace and Soul Clan knew that Jiang Lin was up to no good, he wouldn't face any severe punishment. On the contrary, he, from the Holy Soul Palace's side, would be facing the silent watchful eyes of a super genius—or perhaps a group of them.
Just imagining that scene sent chills down the spine of Venerable Qinghai.

Within the Soul Palace, Venerable Qinghai remained neutral and did not wish to cause trouble. He simply wanted to pretend he knew nothing, thus avoiding offending anyone. When questioned, he would deny all knowledge.
At the same time.
Thinking of this, Venerable Qinghai silently looked down at the Heron Protector, whose back was feeling a little cold.

The only person in the know died from a fall when he stepped into the main hall of the Holy Soul Temple with his left foot.

(Heron Protector: ??? Me, a dignified Nine-Star Dou Zong, would fall to my death from flat ground???)

Ahem. The Heron Protector below felt a chill run down his spine under the Qinghai Venerable's eerie gaze. He sensed a dangerous aura, and his heart sank. But then, as if remembering something, the Heron Protector suddenly felt an unusual warmth and kindness from the Qinghai Venerable before him.
"Your Excellency, if I had a choice, it would definitely be our Holy Soul Hall that takes Shuai," Protector Lu said, pondering Qinghai Venerable's thoughts as he answered Qinghai Venerable's question.

“At least here, in the Holy Soul Hall, we are still considered human. But in other places, a Dou Zong protector like me is nothing more than a lonely ghost that everyone hates.” Protector Lu secretly observed Venerable Qinghai’s expression, but he did not see the slightest change.

However, what greatly boosted the confidence of Protector Heron was that although Venerable Qinghai's expression did not change, the murderous intent that had been lingering in Protector Heron's heart dissipated.

This instantly put Protector Heron in a much better mood, and his gaze toward Venerable Qinghai became much more fervent!

He, the Protector of the Hell, doesn't have the surname Hun, so there's no need for him to take sides with the Soul Hall. Besides, look at that Azure Sea Venerable up there with his sinister gaze. Even if he wanted to side with the Soul Hall, he wouldn't be able to see the Soul Hall's higher-ups alive.
"Your Excellency, that Spirit Craftsman has been kind to us," Protector Heron cautiously probed.

However, Venerable Qinghai did not respond, but nodded to himself and said, "You just need to remember where you can be a human and where you can be a ghost. We don't care about anything else."

"Thank you for your guidance, Venerable One!" Protector Lu was beaming with excitement, as if he had finally found his tribe!
"..." Venerable Qinghai raised an eyebrow slightly as he looked at Protector Lu's excited expression. After a moment of silence, he finally asked, "How many people in the Holy Soul Hall share your thoughts?"

"That's too much!" Protector Lu immediately stopped hiding his true feelings and looked up to say, "Everyone has witnessed the development of the Holy Soul Hall over the years. Before Lord Spirit Craftsman arrived, the Western Region Soul Hall was just a garbage dump of inhuman beings. But after Lord Spirit Craftsman came, everything changed!"

"In the past, we captured souls and were despised and scorned. Now that we harvest souls, many people are willing to pay extra to get a turn!"

"..." Venerable Qinghai's face twitched slightly. Protector Lu was referring to the Holy Soul Hall's 'Holy Soul' service. Many small and medium-sized families had their patriarchs made into Holy Soul offerings, but as a result, their families declined and could no longer afford to support them, so they created Evil Souls. With the support of the patriarchs' powerful strength and the general lack of soul fighting techniques on the Dou Qi Continent, most families could not defeat the Evil Souls they had raised and had to spend a lot of money to hire the Holy Soul Hall's professional team to take action.
Even Venerable Qinghai hadn't expected that what was supposed to be harvesting the souls of the dead could turn into such a lucrative business, draining the Holy Soul Hall of your coffers and leaving you with nothing but gratitude.
"So, that's what you all think?" Venerable Qinghai summarized simply.

“Your Excellency, before your arrival, most of us thought the same thing,” Protector Heron said somewhat embarrassedly.

“Not bad.” Venerable Qinghai’s expression was somewhat complicated. Good heavens, are they all traitors?
That makes sense. The Spirit Craftsman drastically changed the living environment of everyone in the Western Regions Soul Palace. Just thinking about their previous living conditions in the Soul Palace makes them tremble with fear and diligently support all of the Spirit Craftsman's decisions.

"Hehe." Protector Lu smiled shyly. They had all thought that this newly appointed superior was a spy sent by the Soul Hall, but they never expected that he was one of their own!
"Tell me what information came from over there?" Venerable Qinghai asked.

"The Ancient Sea Soul Hall said they were attacked by a powerful enemy and requested support from headquarters," Protector Lu said with a smile. This was the truth. If Venerable Qinghai hadn't suddenly tested Protector Lu and ultimately made him realize Venerable Qinghai's stance, Protector Lu wouldn't have told the truth. He would have used a different story.
"You need to reply immediately!" Venerable Qinghai's gaze sharpened, and he spoke instantly. "Don't worry," Protector Lu smiled mysteriously, "Venerable One, Protector Tie is already in the spatial teleportation hall and has replied to the Ancient Sea Soul Palace, saying that we will provide immediate support and that they should not interrupt communication."

"..." Venerable Qinghai's eyelids twitched slightly. Good heavens, the entire group of villains, including Protector Heron, were clearly very clever. They realized that Jiang Lin was definitely attacking the Ancient Sea Soul Palace, and Protector Heron's move to have Protector Iron stabilize the Ancient Sea Soul Palace had a very simple purpose: to keep the line busy.

The reason why the Ancient Sea Soul Hall prioritizes contacting the Holy Soul Hall is because there is a teleportation record between the two. Therefore, the Ancient Sea Soul Hall will prioritize contacting the Holy Soul Hall the moment it is attacked. If the Holy Soul Hall cannot be contacted, then they will 'call' one by one according to the spatial coordinates left by the Soul Clan and the Spirit Clan.
Both the Heron Protector and the Iron Protector were shrewd individuals. The moment the Heron Protector realized the situation, he asked the Iron Protector to come and help contact the Ancient Sea Soul Palace to give them hope, while he himself went to probe the Qinghai Venerable's intentions.

The teleportation array between the Holy Soul Hall and the Ancient Sea Soul Hall is currently in a semi-active state. As long as the Holy Soul Hall does not actively disconnect, the Ancient Sea Soul Hall will not be able to actively contact other Soul Halls.
“The protector of the egret is very thoughtful,” Venerable Qinghai sighed with a deep gaze.

On the other side, in the ancient sea, in the deep-sea city, the waters for a thousand miles were completely frozen, all the sea creatures were unable to move, only a great blue sun was constantly pulsating.
In a daze, a giant hand suddenly grasped the raging azure sun, and then a Yuanlu, whose aura was as heavy as an abyss, slowly emerged from the darkness.

"Fighting Saint!!!" When Yuan Mao casually grasped the sun, the faith of the Merfolk, in his hand, all the sea creatures below were shocked and trembled with fear!
Boom!

The next instant, a terrifying shockwave rippled out from the depths of the sea. Everyone looked up in astonishment and saw that the merman temple in the center of the deep-sea city had been pierced by a black shadow in an instant!
"Damn alien race!!! The Saint of the Soul Palace will not let you go!!!" In the Mermaid Temple, the Mermaid King's shrill and furious curse suddenly rang out, and then with a thud, it came to an abrupt end!

"Hmm? Still a step too late?" Inside the Mermaid Temple, a group of Mermaid Battle Venerable souls lay prostrate on the Soul-Locking Pillar, trembling. Deep within the Mermaid Temple, Lan Hong frowned as she looked at the already activated spatial teleportation array.

"Hmm, perhaps the situation is better?" Behind Lan Hong, Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan quickly entered the Mermaid Temple. Then, Jiang Lin looked at the space teleportation array that was in an active state, and his Chaotic Spirit Eyes flashed instantly.

hum~
As Jiang Lin was speaking, the spatial teleportation array inside the Mermaid Temple suddenly hummed slightly. As Lan Hong, on high alert, a line of text appeared out of thin air: 【Hold on! We're coming soon!】

"Is it coming?" Lan Hong's eyes flashed, and in the next instant she raised her hand, ready to smash the entire Mermaid Temple with a single punch!
"Wait a minute," Jiang Lin reached out and grabbed Lan Hong's fist. Then, after carefully observing the text and spatial power with his Chaotic Spirit Eye, he couldn't help but smile. "A bunch of clever guys, wait a minute, I'll send a message."

As he spoke, Jiang Lin integrated his soul power into the spatial teleportation array of the Mermaid Temple, transmitted a message to the other party, and then said to Lan Hong, "Alright, senior, just destroy this node, and I will replace it with a new one. Then the Ancient Sea Teleportation Array will no longer be found on the Dou Qi Continent."

"???" Although Lan Hong was full of questions, she didn't doubt it and directly punched the energy coordinate node of the spatial teleportation array of the Mermaid Temple!

"Weren't we discovered?" Lan Hong couldn't help but ask after resolving everything.

"No. They connected to the Holy Soul Hall. And the Holy Soul Hall has been logged in, preventing these Soul Hall merfolk from contacting other Soul Halls." Jiang Lin couldn't help but sigh. He thought there might be risks, but it turned out that his margin for error was higher than he expected.

"Alright, senior, it's time to consider how to deal with these Soul Palace Merfolk." Jiang Lin looked at the Merfolk King, whose body had been torn in half by Lan Hong's bare hands and was thrown into the corner of the ruins like a dead dog, as well as the Merfolk Battle Venerable Soul Bodies around him trembling.

"You... the great Soul Palace would never cough cough!" The Merman King, who had met Jiang Lin twice before, got up trembling, covered in blood, and shouted hoarsely at Jiang Lin and the others with a terrifying expression.

"Sigh, let's end the Merfolk's fear of the Soul Clan, senior. Kill all those above the Dou Zun level."

Jiang Lin casually opened a new chapter in the history of the ancient sea merfolk.

Dou Qi Continent, Holy Soul Hall.

"Old Egret! Old Egret!" Iron Protector's excited voice came quickly from afar.

"What is it now?" Inside the main hall of the Holy Soul Palace, Protector Heron turned to look at Protector Iron outside and asked curiously.

“Venerable One.” Upon discovering Venerable Qinghai, Protector Tie immediately became reserved.

"It's alright, speak freely, we're all on the same side!" Protector Heron laughed.

Venerable Qinghai: "."

"Huh?" Protector Tie seemed somewhat surprised, glancing at Venerable Qinghai incredulously. Venerable Qinghai, somewhat helpless, could only nod silently.

Then Iron Protector's eyes lit up immediately, and he said excitedly, "New news has come from the Ancient Sea Soul Palace!"

"What news?" Protector Heron asked curiously, while Venerable Qinghai also silently cast a glance at him.

Iron Guardian gave a wicked smile:
"Well done!"

(End of this chapter)