Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 241 Light
The initial anger on Feng Ling's face had dissipated. She stared intently at Nangong Wan for a long time before finally speaking slowly, "You can report this matter to the sect leader yourself after you return to headquarters. The sect leader will judge the outcome himself."

Nangong Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief, gently wiping the fine sweat from his forehead. He knew that once he got to this point, Feng Ling no longer intended to pursue the matter further.

"Yes, Deputy Leader."

Feng Ling slowly withdrew her gaze and looked at Ming Lei Douluo and Lin Xiao, "I need to rest for a while. Before the stronghold is rebuilt, I will leave the affairs here to you."

After saying that, he walked out without waiting for a response from the others.

After taking a couple of steps, she suddenly turned back. "What are you still waiting for here?"

Nangong Wan hurriedly turned around and followed after him.

"Sigh, back when the Vice Leader first took office, he didn't have this much power and influence."

Feng Ling and Nangong Wan's figures had completely disappeared. Ming Lei Douluo looked in the direction they left and suddenly sighed.

"Third Brother, you've even seen the Phoenix Cult Leader before she was the Vice Cult Leader?" Lin Xiao turned to look at Ming Lei Douluo upon hearing this.

Judging from his sigh, his seniority seemed to be even greater than Lin Xiao had expected.

“Haha, unlike young people like you, most of the elders in the Holy Church have been out of the public eye for a long time.” Nether Thunder Douluo sighed. “When we were young, it was already a hundred years ago.”

As Ming Lei Douluo spoke, he also did not linger outside Ma Xiaotao's room, but walked forward along the corridor. Lin Xiao followed slowly behind him and asked calmly, "So, Third Brother saw when the Phoenix Cult Leader ascended the throne?"

“Yes.” Ming Lei Douluo had no doubts. “The Phoenix Cult Leader was brought into the Holy Cult by the Cult Leader decades ago. At that time, I was already an elder in the cult, and the Phoenix Cult Leader’s cultivation was not as powerful as it is now.”

"Later, the leader and the vice leader got married. When the leader took the throne, it caused some dissatisfaction among the worshippers. But after the leader took action that time, there were no more voices of doubt in the sect."

Lin Xiao listened quietly, trying to guess the age of the Nether Thunder Douluo.

He had long known that the Holy Spirit Cult had a long history. After all, when Dragon God Douluo Mu En was still young, Ye Xishui was already ordered to sow discord between Mu En and Long Xiaoyao.

Now, Mu En is over two hundred years old. When he was young and active on the Douluo Continent, it was about two hundred years ago. At that time, the Holy Spirit Cult had already existed for countless years.

Lin Xiao had only been an elder for a short time and wasn't very familiar with the original elders like Ming Lei Douluo. Now, he realized that Ming Lei Douluo and the others had probably been in the Holy Spirit Cult for nearly a hundred years.

Perhaps not every elder has the qualifications of Nether Thunder Douluo, but it is impossible for them all to be titled Douluo whose names have only become known in recent years.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Lin Xiao glanced at Ming Lei Douluo again, "Third Brother, what about the Holy Son we were talking about earlier..."

“I almost forgot if you hadn’t mentioned it. Come to think of it, you’ve only just become an elder, and no one has specifically brought up these things yet. But it’s alright, as you gradually become familiar with the affairs of the church, you will naturally understand some things.”

"As for the matter of the Holy Son, you can just listen to it casually." Nether Thunder Douluo didn't seem to take the matter too seriously.

"Ever since I joined the Holy Church, every time the leader of the Zhongli Church summons us, he always brings up the matter of the Holy Son and Holy Daughter at the end."

"They say that the Holy Son and Holy Daughter are those who serve the Holy Emperor, and their light will shine upon the earth together with the Holy Emperor." As he spoke, Ming Lei Douluo turned and glanced at Lin Xiao. "But you also heard it. The Sect Leader's words were unclear. Where are we going to find suitable Holy Sons and Holy Daughters?"

“At first, everyone was quite enthusiastic, and they would bring back one or two children who might be the Holy Son or Holy Daughter from time to time, but they could never get the leader’s approval.”

"Later, not many people paid much attention to this matter, and the sect leader only mentioned it as usual." Ming Lei Douluo paused for a moment, "If the Holy Maiden hadn't actually been found before, this matter would probably have been forgotten long ago."

"As for what Nangong Wan said, just take it with a grain of salt. You don't actually think he went to find some holy son, do you?"

The Thunder God's expression was somewhat strange. "I think he's just making up an excuse because he's afraid of being punished. If finding a Holy Son were so easy, would the position have remained vacant until now?"

It has to be said that Ming Lei Douluo knows Nangong Wan quite well. Although he didn't see the specific situation, he guessed it pretty accurately.

Lin Xiao, however, remained silent, pondering Ming Lei Douluo's words.

This wasn't the first time he'd heard Zhongli Wu mention the Holy Emperor's Light. Zhongli Wu had said before that what he wanted to do was to let the Holy Emperor's Light shine on the earth, so that evil soul masters could walk openly in the sunlight.

If Ma Xiaotao really fits the criteria for a saint in any way, it's that she was originally a fire elementalist, which means she can "illuminate" the earth.

Moreover, in Lin Xiao's memory, the original Huo Yuhao used necromancy to conceal his identity when he participated in the underground Soul Master Competition.

At first, the Holy Spirit Cult only regarded him as a talented evil soul master. It wasn't until he fought Ye Guyi and discovered that the undead creatures he summoned were not afraid of Ye Guyi's holy attributes that they realized Huo Yuhao was the holy son they had been waiting for.

Holy Emperor... Light...

I initially thought this was just an excuse Zhongliwu was making for his actions, but now it seems like he really was preparing for this, and the slogans of the Holy Spirit Church seem to be more than just empty words.

With a slight shift in her gaze, Lin Xiao pulled herself together and tentatively asked, "Third Brother, is it the Sect Leader or the Holy Emperor who confirmed the Holy Maiden's identity?"

Ming Lei Douluo suddenly turned around, his gaze towards Lin Xiao changing slightly, and a moment of silence fell between them.

After a long while, Nether Thunder Douluo finally withdrew his gaze, "He is still a young man after all, full of curiosity about everything."

"However, listen to my advice, Third Brother. You don't need to worry about anything else in the sect. The Holy Emperor is a secret that only the sect leader can inquire about."

"All we need to do is offer our reverence to the Holy Emperor."

Ming Lei Douluo patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder, "Let's go. You still have to go back to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy during the day. Take this opportunity to set up some soul tools."

"The date we discussed with the Ordinary Alliance is approaching. We'll try to finish setting up the venue before the Soul Master Competition begins."

"Okay." Lin Xiao nodded, and although she still had some doubts, she didn't ask any further questions.

These elders in the Holy Spirit Church have lived for an unknown amount of time and have their own way of surviving. They may have their own purposes, but they also know what they should not touch.

(End of this chapter)