Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 227 The Split of Heavenly Dou, the Undead Blood Feather Crane

"...No, huh?"

Lin Yun looked at Xue Qingci, who was sitting on the ground crying like a little kitten, and several question marks appeared on his face.

He hasn't said anything yet, so why is this little princess acting as if he did something to her? Is this really the reaction of a normal person?

Is it in this river?

Turning his head to look at Xue Qingci, who was wailing loudly, Lin Yun suddenly felt relieved. She looked easy to bully, so it was normal for her to cry for so long. If he jumped over and punched her, she would probably cry even louder.

But that would be a bit too devilish.

"Hey, stop crying," Lin Yun called out to her helplessly.

"I didn't call you 'Hey'!" Xue Qingci jumped up reflexively, glaring at him with wide eyes and snorting.

"My name is Xue Qingci, you know my name!"

"Alright, alright, Xue Qingci!" Lin Yun nodded perfunctorily, trying to appease the whining little girl before speaking further. However, his next words made Xue Qingci's hair stand on end.

"You don't want to be seen as an evil spirit master, do you, Xue Qingci?"

"???" Xue Qingci was so frightened she almost lost control of her expression, and her words became stammering, "What evil soul master? Don't talk nonsense! I'm a normal soul master, I'm... I'm not some evil soul master!"

It can only be said that the little girl's acting skills are still a bit lacking. Not only does she stutter when she speaks, but her eyes also wander and dart around. With this kind of intelligence, she would probably help the other person count the money even if she were sold out.

Lin Yun looked at Xue Qingci with a mysterious smile, without saying a word, and took steps to approach her.

"You...you stay away!" The little girl was almost crying from fright. She retreated step by step with a mournful face, but accidentally tripped on the roots of the Demon King, lost her balance, and fell backward.

"ah……!"

"This idiot..." Lin Yun raised an eyebrow and pulled her up in a flash.

To Lin Yun's complete surprise, after he helped Xue Qingci up, the first thing she said when she saw how close he was to her was...

"Don't eat me! I don't taste good!"

"...?" Lin Yun was speechless.

"Shut up! Answer whatever His Majesty tells you to answer. If you utter another word, you can stay in the Star Dou Great Forest as fertilizer!" Di Tian took a step forward and shouted with a gloomy face.

This loud shout carried the dragon's might of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, and it had to be said that it was quite effective.

At least Xue Qingci immediately behaved herself.

Although she was still sobbing softly with tears in her eyes, she didn't continue to wail loudly.

"What...what do you want to ask me?" Xue Qingci pouted, looking at Lin Yun with resentful eyes.

Getting down to business, Lin Yun stopped teasing the girl and asked directly, "What is your martial spirit? Release it so I can see."

Upon hearing Lin Yun's request, Xue Qingci's first reaction was to refuse. After all, the most frequent instruction she received in the Douling Royal Family was that she was not allowed to reveal her Martial Soul to anyone unless absolutely necessary.

But after taking a look at the current situation, she decided to release her martial spirit again.

There's nothing I can do...

With a flexible bottom line, she quickly realized that this was a last resort. If she continued to hide it, she might never have the chance to release her martial soul again...

A deathly and icy gray soul power began to emerge from Xue Qingci's body. Her already gray eyes and hair became even more filled with the aura of death, as if she had completely lost her vitality.

Strangely, after the martial soul possessed her, Xue Qingci's eyes and hair developed an eerie crimson hue.

At the same time, a pair of large wings quietly emerged from her back and slowly unfolded.

What is clear is that the wings are obviously a pair of swan wings, even somewhat similar to Brigitte's wings, but the attributes are completely opposite, one represents life, and the other is filled with death.

The gray swan wings, with blood-red streaks along the edges of the feathers, looked as if they had just been stained with blood.

"This is my martial soul..." Xue Qingci said softly.

Its name is the Undead Bloodfeather Crane.

It has to be said that after Xue Qingci's martial soul was attached to her, the monotonous gray color gained a touch of blood, making her image somewhat terrifying, but it also enhanced her beauty to a higher level.

Gone is the original liveliness and cuteness, replaced by a cold and arrogant demeanor.

Although she couldn't be arrogant at all in front of Lin Yun.

"Undead Blood Feather Crane..." Lin Yun repeated the name of the martial soul, then suddenly laughed, "Interesting, a dense aura of death, extremely pure death attributes."

Electrolux, what do you think?

"I also find it very interesting." A gray aura quietly appeared and then gathered into a tall old man dressed in a black robe. He had the same deathly aura as Xue Qingci, but he appeared exceptionally sacred and majestic.

After Electrolux appeared, Xue Qingci's previously flustered emotions suddenly calmed down.

She looked at Electrolux with curiosity.

Although Electrolux looks handsome to many, his current semi-transparent form as a fragment of his consciousness is somewhat frightening.

Xue Qingci did not feel fear or apprehension towards Electrolux; on the contrary, she felt a sense of familiarity with him. Electrolux's aura made her feel very comfortable.

Electrolux observed Xue Qingci silently for a long time before speaking, "It does indeed pique my curiosity. Martial Soul is truly a magical power. Such a pure aura of death—even in my past world, not many people possessed it."

Xue Qingci's martial spirit is indeed very interesting.

Soul beasts with the attribute of death will inevitably carry an aura of violence or slaughter, such as the Death Spider King.

As the ruler of all soul beasts, Lin Yun has lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for several years. There is almost no place in the entire Star Dou Great Forest that he dares not go. He has also seen many soul beasts that are considered extinct in the Douluo Continent.

He had naturally seen soul beasts with death attributes, such as the Death Spider King.

But no matter which death-attribute soul beast he had seen, they were all somewhat mentally unstable, basically not valuing their lives, and were just lunatics. Even if Di Tian stood in front of Lin Yun, they would still dare to attack him.

However, Xue Qingci did not exhibit this phenomenon, which is highly unusual.

As a Soul Master, it's inevitable that one's personality will be influenced by their Martial Soul, to varying degrees. Take Dai Huabin, for example. Even disregarding his insignificant background as the son of the White Tiger Duke, the White Tiger Martial Soul is still a reason for his arrogant personality.

And then there's Zheng Xiaolong. If it weren't for his Lucky Coin Martial Soul, he wouldn't have that gambling addict personality.

Even Lin Yun himself was no exception. After acquiring the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul, his arrogance as a transmigrator swelled many times over. If he hadn't been extremely steady in character, he probably would have gone too far long ago.

How could he not be curious about a Soul Master whose personality was not affected by the Death attribute?

"I remember your Douling royal family lineage is the Xue family royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire ten thousand years ago, right?" Lin Yun looked at Xue Qingci curiously and asked, "Your inherited martial soul was clearly a swan, so how come in your case, not only did the swan become a crane, but it also became such a pure death attribute?"

"If you go outside like this, won't Shrek Academy definitely label you as an evil spirit master?"

Xue Qingci understood this principle, which was why she had never revealed her martial soul. Even in the Douling Royal Family, the number of people who knew her true martial soul could be counted on one hand.

"Do you think everyone is like you, able to know what attribute I have before I even release my martial soul?" Xue Qingci said aggrievedly.

"I still don't understand why you called me an evil spirit master as soon as you opened your mouth, when I haven't released my martial spirit since I left home."

Seeing Xue Qingci's aggrieved look, Lin Yun almost couldn't resist teasing her again.

However, seeing through her attributes really had nothing to do with Lin Yun. Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at old man Electrolux.

Old Deng was completely bewildered: "Evil Soul Master? What is an Evil Soul Master?"

"As the name suggests, an evil soul master is an evil soul master who commits murder, arson, and all sorts of evil deeds," Lin Yun explained succinctly.

After connecting the various parts of the text, Old Deng's expression turned red.

"What kind of bullshit theory is this? Just because someone has the attribute of death, they have to be defined as an evil soul master? Who gave them that right?" Electrox laughed in anger.

Lin Yun and Xue Qingci exchanged a glance, then shrugged in unison, expressing their helplessness.

Lin Yun understood the true nature of Tang San and Shrek Academy because he had memories of his time travel. Xue Qingci, on the other hand, was a native of Douluo Continent and knew very well how Shrek Academy dealt with "evil soul masters," so she was mentally prepared.

Electrolux recovered quickly; after all, he was a former big shot and no longer cared about what others thought.

He was just temporarily staying in Bengbu, and he was getting a little carried away by the hypocritical nonsense of the Glorious Vatican.

"So, why isn't your martial soul a swan?" Lin Yun asked again.

After hesitating for a moment, Xue Qingci took out a book from her storage soul tool and handed it to Lin Yun: "This book is for you two only. Don't tell anyone else."

Out of curiosity, Lin Yun reached out and took the book, which was not thick and had no words written on the cover.

Electrolux also floated over and flew behind Lin Yun to watch with him.

A few minutes later, Lin Yun closed the book and exchanged a glance with Electrolux.

"The world is so big, there are so many wonders!" Electrox couldn't help but exclaim.

"6." Lin Yun covered his forehead, expressing his admiration with a single number.

After reading this book, Lin Yun and Electrolux both had the same thought: the Douling Royal Family, no, it should be said that the former Tiandou Royal Family, this group of people really know how to play!

The reason for Xue Qingci's martial soul mutation dates back thousands of years, before the Heaven Dou Empire split and when the Xue family was still the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire.

The Heaven Dou Empire, ten thousand years ago, was probably the power in the Douluo Continent that, besides the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, recorded the most of Tang San's deeds.

After Tang San ascended to immortality, Xue Beng, Tang San's disciple, recorded many legends about Tang San, including the woman who once threatened his life and killed his three brothers: Qian Renxue.

That terrifying six-winged angel martial soul deeply shocked Avalanche back then. Compared to the six-winged angel, the swan martial soul of the Heaven Dou royal family was far too weak, even though both were martial souls with wings...

The seed of becoming stronger was thus planted.

For a long time, the Heaven Dou royal family was at a loss because there were no particularly powerful swan-type soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, which made them unsure of how to proceed.

It wasn't until the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm escaped and the ferocious beast from the Lake of Life suddenly appeared that the Heavenly Dou royal family was suddenly awakened.

It turns out that the Douluo Continent also has such a powerful swan clan called the Emerald Swan.

They were overjoyed.

For hundreds of years, the people of the Heavenly Dou royal family searched frantically throughout the Star Dou Great Forest for the Emerald Swan, hoping to obtain a spirit ring from it.

But all the emerald swans had already been gathered together by Brigitte, so how could they possibly find them?

After countless efforts, they finally obtained only one piece of information: that the Emerald Swan possesses life attributes.

From that time on, the people of the Heaven Dou Royal Family conducted almost fanatical research. They abandoned their original offensive path and began to consume rare and precious materials with life attributes and absorb soul rings with life attributes, attempting to transform their Swan Martial Soul into an Emerald Swan.

But the mutation of a martial soul is no easy matter, let alone the evolution of a weak swan into a super soul beast like the Emerald Swan.

The Heavenly Dou Royal Family suffered a crushing defeat.

The consequence of the failure was that the bloodline of the Heavenly Dou royal family began to wither away in large numbers, and it quickly went from its peak to a precarious state.

It was during this period that internal strife broke out in the Heaven Dou Empire. The royal family of the Heaven Soul Empire began an uprising, driving the dwindling Heaven Dou royal family out of Heaven Dou City and establishing the Heaven Soul Empire.

The expelled Tiandou lineage established the Douling Empire in what is now Lingdou City.

The matter is not over yet.

The consequences of forcibly mutating the martial soul are still backfiring on the Swan lineage. In almost every generation, there are a few direct descendants who, when their martial soul awakens, either have congenital defects and are born as cripples, or they do not live past the age of twenty because of their martial soul defects.

It wasn't until Xue Qingci resigned that a unique exception appeared.

Instead of transforming into an Emerald Swan as expected by the swan lineage, she suffered a difficult birth and nearly died in the womb, resulting in the accumulation of a large amount of death energy within herself.

Add to that the backlash from martial spirits accumulated over thousands of years...

The Undead Bloodfeather Crane was born out of necessity.

This book records the true history of the past and the origin of Xue Qingci's martial spirit.

(End of this chapter)