Feng Ling's initial anger on her face had already dissipated. She stared deeply at Nangong Wan for a long time before finally speaking slowly, "This matter, after you return to headquarters, report it to the Leader yourself. The Leader will judge the outcome."
Only then did Nangong Wan let out a sigh of relief, gently wiping the fine sweat from his forehead. He knew that with these words, Feng Ling no longer intended to pursue his fault.
"Yes, Vice Leader."
Feng Ling slowly withdrew her gaze and looked toward Dark Lightning Douluo and Lin Xiao, "I need to recuperate quietly for a period of time. Until the stronghold is rebuilt, the matters here will be left to you two to handle."
With that, without waiting for their response, she took the lead and walked out.
After taking two steps, she suddenly turned back, "What are you still waiting here for?"
Nangong Wan hurriedly turned around and quickly followed.
"Sigh, back when the Vice Leader had just taken the position, she didn't have the prestige she has now."
Feng Ling and Nangong Wan's figures had completely disappeared. Dark Lightning Douluo looked in the direction they left and suddenly spoke with a slow sigh.
"Third Brother has seen the time when Vice Leader Feng was not yet the Vice Leader?" Lin Xiao turned his head to glance at Dark Lightning Douluo upon hearing this.
From his sigh, his seniority seemed even older than Lin Xiao had imagined.
"Haha, unlike a young person like you, most of the enshrined elders in the Holy Sect have not been active in the eyes of the world for a very long time." Dark Lightning Douluo let out a long sigh, "The time when we few were young was already a hundred years ago."
As Dark Lightning Douluo spoke, he also did not linger outside Ma Xiaotao's room any longer and walked forward along the corridor. Lin Xiao slowly followed behind, casually asking, "So Third Brother witnessed Vice Leader Feng's ascension?"
"Yes." Dark Lightning Douluo had no suspicions, "Vice Leader Feng was brought into the Holy Sect by the Leader several decades ago. At that time, I was already an elder in the sect, and Vice Leader Feng's cultivation was not yet as powerful as it is now."
"Later, when the Leader married the Vice Leader, Vice Leader Feng's ascension caused some dissatisfaction among the enshrines, but after that time, when Vice Leader Feng took action, there were no more voices of doubt in the sect."
Lin Xiao listened quietly, mentally estimating Dark Lightning Douluo's age.
He had long known that the Holy Spirit Sect's history was not short. After all, when Dragon God Douluo Mu En was still young, Ye Xishui had already been sent to provoke the relationship between Mu En and Long Xiaoyao.
And now Mu En was over two hundred years old. When he was young and active on the Douluo Continent, that was roughly two hundred years ago. At that time, the Holy Spirit Sect had already existed for who knows how many years.
Lin Xiao had only become an elder recently, so he was not particularly familiar with the original Dark Lightning Douluo and the other elders. Only now, upon hearing this, did he realize that Dark Lightning Douluo and the others had probably been in the Holy Spirit Sect for nearly a hundred years.
Perhaps not every elder had the same seniority as Dark Lightning Douluo, but all of them couldn't be titled Douluo who had only recently gained fame.
Collecting his thoughts, Lin Xiao glanced at Dark Lightning Douluo again, "Third Brother, about the Holy Son you just mentioned..."
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. Speaking of which, since you've only recently become an elder, no one has specifically brought these things up. But it's fine; as you gradually familiarize yourself with the sect's affairs, you'll naturally understand some things."
"As for the matter of the Holy Son, you can just listen casually." Dark Lightning Douluo did not seem to take this matter too seriously.
"Ever since I entered the Holy Sect, every time Leader Zhongli summoned us, he would mention the Holy Son and Holy Daughter at the end."
"He said that the Holy Son and Holy Daughter are those who serve by the side of the Holy Emperor, and their light will shine upon the earth together with the Holy Emperor."
Dark Lightning Douluo turned back to glance at Lin Xiao as he spoke, "But as you heard, the Leader's words are vague and unclear. Where are we supposed to find suitable Holy Son and Holy Daughter?"
"At first, everyone was quite motivated and would occasionally bring back one or two children who might be the Holy Son or Holy Daughter, but they never received the Leader's approval."
"Later, not many people paid much attention to this matter anymore, and the Leader would just mention it as a routine." Dark Lightning Douluo paused, "If it weren't for actually finding the Holy Daughter before, this matter would probably have been forgotten long ago."
"As for Nangong Wan's words, you can just listen to them. You don't really think he went to find some Holy Son, do you?"
Dark Lightning Douluo's expression was a bit strange. "In my opinion, he was clearly afraid of being punished and just made up an excuse. If the Holy Son were that easy to find, would the position still be vacant until now?"
It had to be said that Dark Lightning Douluo understood Nangong Wan quite well. Although he hadn't seen the specific situation, he had guessed eight or nine out of ten correctly.
Lin Xiao, however, pondered Dark Lightning Douluo's words and did not speak for a long time.
This was not the first time he had heard Zhongli Wu talk about the light of the Holy Emperor. Back then, Zhongli Wu had also said that what he was doing was precisely to let the light of the Holy Emperor shine upon the earth, allowing evil soul masters to walk openly under the sunlight.
If Ma Xiaotao truly had something that matched the standards of the Holy Daughter, it would be that her original attribute was fire, which could be considered "shining" upon the earth.
Moreover, in Lin Xiao's memory, when the original Huo Yuhao participated in the underground soul engineer tournament, to conceal his identity, he used undead magic.
At first, the people from the Holy Spirit Sect only regarded him as a talented evil soul master, until he fought Ye Guyi and discovered that the undead creatures he summoned were not afraid of Ye Guyi's holy attribute. Only then did they think Huo Yuhao was the Holy Son they had been waiting for.
Holy Emperor... light...
He had originally thought this was just an excuse Zhongli Wu made for his actions, but now it seemed as if he was truly preparing for this matter, and the Holy Spirit Sect's slogan was not merely empty words.
His eyes flickering slightly, Lin Xiao collected his thoughts and probed again, "Third Brother, who exactly determines the Holy Daughter—the Leader or the Holy Emperor?"
Dark Lightning Douluo suddenly turned back, his gaze toward Lin Xiao changing slightly. For a moment, silence fell between the two.
After a long while, Dark Lightning Douluo withdrew his gaze, "As expected of a young person, full of curiosity about everything."
"But take Third Brother's advice: in the sect, you need not worry about other matters, but the Holy Emperor is a secret that only the Leader himself can inquire about."
"You and I only need to offer our reverence to the Holy Emperor."
Dark Lightning Douluo patted Lin Xiao's shoulder, "Come on, you have to return to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy during the day. Take advantage of now to set up some soul tools."
"The date we discussed with the Common Alliance is approaching. Try to finish setting up the venue here before the soul engineer tournament begins."
"Alright." Lin Xiao nodded. Although he still had doubts in his heart, he did not ask further.
The elders in the Holy Spirit Sect had lived for who knows how long and had their own ways of survival. They might have their own purposes, but they also knew what things they should not touch.
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