Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue

Chapter 328 The Holy Maid, or Maid for short

Feng Ling had already released her Martial Soul True Form, and with one hand around Ma Xiaotao, she imprisoned the young phoenix in her twenties as she flew.

Ma Xiaotao sensed the occasional evil aura emanating from Feng Ling, yet also felt a sense of closeness. She was certain that it was this woman who had summoned her.

"Don't move around, and don't even think about running away," Feng Ling said calmly. She had just finished detonating her spirit rings not long ago, and her first three spirit rings would be temporarily sealed.

"I won't run, let me fly!" Ma Xiaotao said.

Upon hearing this, Feng Ling immediately tightened the restraints on Ma Xiaotao. Once she brought the girl back, Ye Xishui would agree to lift the curse on her later; this was her bargaining chip, and she couldn't afford to make a mistake.

"You've already left Shrek Academy. You'll have plenty of opportunities to fly high once you reach a safe place." Feng Ling seemed to be in a good mood, perhaps because Ma Xiaotao and she shared similar attributes, which made her somewhat fond of her.

"Are you the Dark Phoenix?" Ma Xiaotao asked.

"Originally it was, now it's an evil phoenix," Feng Ling said.

"So the Dark Phoenix can continue to mutate," Ma Xiaotao nodded. "How did it do that?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ling wished she could throw her out. If it weren't for her relationship with Yan Shaozhe, her Dark Phoenix might have remained forever.

But remembering that Ye Xishui said she would entrust this girl to her for training in the future, in order to get closer to her, he told Ma Xiaotao about his past.

"You, you're Master's old flame?!" Ma Xiaotao exclaimed in shock.

Feng Ling's lips twitched. She was right; Ma Xiaotao's master was indeed Yan Shaozhe.

"I guess so." Feng Ling has come to terms with it now. Yan Shaozhe is just a womanizer. As far as she knows, besides herself, he also had some connection with Xian Lin'er, the dean of the Soul Guidance Department at Shrek Academy, and eventually married the vice dean of the Martial Soul Department. It's no wonder he was taught by Mu En.

Things are different now. Yan Shaozhe is now her nephew or great-nephew. In a way, she has to thank Ye Xishui for taking her into the Holy Spirit Cult, which allowed her to escape the Holy Dragon's covert pursuit. Because Yan Shaozhe was imprisoned after letting her go, Mu En spent those three years searching for her across the continent to help Yan Shaozhe overcome his inner demons.

But sometimes she still can't be happy.

Moreover, the Holy Spirit Cult should just change its name to Phoenix Nest now. After we take Ma Xiaotao back, all the high-level Phoenix Soul Masters on the continent will be there.

Ma Xiaotao is an impatient person, and for some reason, she's more lucid than Tang Ya. Now that she's been dragged out, she can't stop talking and starts asking Feng Ling about her teacher's past romantic affairs. Then, she accidentally lets slip that she admires Duke Baihu a little.

"What did you say?" Feng Ling immediately became alert. "You have feelings for Duke White Tiger? What's so special about that good-for-nothing that you like?"

Ma Xiaotao then realized that she might have become an evil soul master. She figured she would probably be at war with the Star Luo Empire in the future, which made her feel a little sad.

"Your talent and ability are enough to rank you in the top five or even the top three among the young Soul Masters I've ever seen. You can't find any man you want in the future. But forget about Dai Hao, he's just like his ancestors, a rotten cucumber," Feng Ling said earnestly.

"How can you be so open-minded? Don't you miss my master?" Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but feel a little envious.

"Because I don't understand love, I only understand desire," Feng Ling said calmly.

They were flying close to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, with Black Eagle Douluo and several other elders following around them for protection. To capture this phoenix, they had self-destructed over a dozen level-eight soul-guided cannons, almost half of the Holy Spirit Cult's reserves, demonstrating the importance the Holy Spirit Cult placed on this little phoenix. "What will my status be after I get there?" Ma Xiaotao asked.

At that moment, Qian Renxue's image involuntarily appeared in Feng Ling's mind. Then she spoke: "Maid."

"...?" Even the other elders were shocked. They blew up more than a dozen cannons just to abduct a maid?

"I'm a Holy Servant, I just said it offhand." Feng Ling quickly corrected herself, rolling her eyes as she began to coax and deceive, "Generally, people who have just joined the Holy Spirit Cult are Holy Servants, but your identity is special. You are a special Holy Servant, and you can directly enter the headquarters. You might even receive special treatment or something. Because you are a woman, you are a female Holy Servant, or maid for short."

"Just like the provinces in the Sun and Moon Empire are abbreviated as 'province'," Feng Ling added.

Ma Xiaotao's headache from her darkening flared up again, and she urged, "Then hurry up, this place is close to the Star Dou Great Forest, and your love rival is right here, don't let her find out."

Ma Xiaotao knew who Cai Meier had brought along to hunt souls. Although she was more lucid than Tang Ya, she was blinded by hatred at the moment. Therefore, compared to a younger brother, she was more concerned about her future. She wouldn't sacrifice the whole forest for one tree. Moreover, as long as she was at Shrek Academy, she would never be able to kill those four Sea Douluos.

……

"Achoo—" Huo Yuhao sneezed.

"Achoo—" Cai Meier also sneezed.

"Vice Dean, why are you sneezing too?" Huo Yuhao rubbed his nose.

"It's probably that damned Yan Shaozhe who's cursing me," Cai Meier said irritably. "Hurry up and assign the owner of this dark gold dinosaur claw right palm bone."

In their previous Soul Hunt, they killed a two-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. After Cai Meier silently apologized to Master Yu, she decided to have Xiao Xiao use it as the third soul ring for the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron. This was because Xiao Xiao already possessed two soul bones that enhanced her physical abilities.

Wang Dong raised his hand first: "I don't need it. The absorption of the metacarpal bone must come before the absorption of the right arm bone. I already have the Light-Breaking Magic Right Arm Bone."

Then they all looked at Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, who was absorbing a spirit ring.

Huo Yuhao was unaware that it was precisely his status as the chosen one of this plane that granted them this good fortune. However, he knew that if he could absorb this external palm bone, his Ice King Assault Soul Skill of the Ice Jade Emperor Martial Soul would be strengthened.

Moreover, the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone that originally belonged to him was gone! In order to restore his second martial soul, Shrek Academy bestowed upon him another ten-thousand-year-old ice-attribute left arm bone, while his right arm was empty.

As for Xiao Xiao, she doesn't seem like someone who can absorb this palm bone at all.

He had a plan in mind that would allow him to obtain the soul bone without giving anyone cause for gossip.

"Let's give it to Xiao Xiao. She said she wants to take the so-called support-type battle spirit master route, which definitely requires some combat power. And I already have a very strong torso bone." Huo Yuhao said firmly, thinking to himself, "I'm really smart. If Xiao Xiao can't absorb it, then I can absorb it myself. With the energy of the Golden Tree improving my physical condition, I will definitely be able to absorb it successfully."

Cai Meier took a deep look at Huo Yuhao. In those eyes, she saw only determination and sincerity, as well as the selfless dedication that only the previous leaders of the Sea God Pavilion possessed.

Ah, I wrote two chapters about Wang Dong seeing Feng Ling's ring explode; I just wrote it smoothly at the time. At this point, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao should be in Star Dou Hunting Souls, so I've already corrected that. I changed the scene of Wang Dong seeing the exploding ring to Ah Yin noticing it inside the Golden Tree.

(End of this chapter)