One day later, Jiang Chen returned to Spirit City.
The majestic and domineering Qiongqi flew through the air and landed above the Pope's Hall.
By now, everyone in Spirit City knew that Qiongqi was the Holy Son's mount.
At present, the Spirit Empire had not established a crown prince. The Holy Son was equivalent to the crown prince and would eventually succeed Bibi Dong's position.
As Jiang Chen flew past, a great wave of cheers rose from within Spirit City.
Everyone was loudly calling out for His Highness the Holy Son.
Jiang Chen felt a little helpless.
Bibi Dong had already made public the achievements he had accomplished in the past.
Those miraculous pills had made the common people of the Spirit Empire healthier.
And those miraculous soul tools had made people's lives better and better.
All of this was the Holy Son's merit. Therefore, during this period, Jiang Chen's prestige in the Spirit Empire had grown stronger and stronger, almost to the point of deification.
Even the lowest and most ignorant commoners might not know the other high-ranking figures of the Spirit Empire, but they would certainly know Emperor Bibi Dong and Holy Son Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen had never expected that one day he would be supported by hundreds of millions of commoners.
In the instant the entire city's commoners cheered, Jiang Chen felt a mysterious power descend upon him from the unseen void.
This mysterious power could neither be seen nor touched, yet it made Jiang Chen's entire body feel comfortable, and the soul power within him became more active.
"Could this be the legendary power of faith?" Jiang Chen was somewhat astonished.
He had begun to sense this power several months earlier.
At that time, however, this power was still extremely weak, seeming to exist yet not exist.
But as time passed, the power surrounding him grew denser and denser.
Especially just now, in the instant the entire Spirit City cheered, Jiang Chen seemed to see countless threads appearing from every part of Spirit City and connecting to him.
This was also the reason he guessed it was the power of faith.
According to legend, the Sea God of old had conquered the great seas, causing all living beings within the seas to believe in him. He had gathered a vast amount of the power of faith and thus cultivated to godhood at an extremely rapid speed.
The Sea God had not inherited another's god position, but had cultivated to godhood himself.
Jiang Chen's heart stirred. There were countless living beings in the seas, far more numerous than those on land.
But the living beings on land were mainly humans, intelligent creatures. The power of faith they could generate might be even greater than that generated by the living beings of the seas.
"No wonder I previously felt that my cultivation speed had improved a little compared to before." Jiang Chen finally understood.
Previously he had already noticed that his cultivation speed seemed to have improved somewhat, but because it was not obvious, he had not paid much attention.
Now, however, he finally understood that this was actually the effect of the power of faith.
Just as he was lost in thought, his daughter had already rushed out from the palace.
She had clearly seen Jiang Chen return riding Qiongqi.
Jiang Chen immediately set aside his earlier thoughts and picked little Xuening up into his arms.
Bibi Dong also followed behind and walked out.
After more than half a year apart, she discovered that the aura on Jiang Chen's body had become even more substantial.
"Daddy, I want to ride the big monster." Little Xuening pointed at Qiongqi.
"Alright, Daddy will take you for a ride." Jiang Chen smiled and carried the little girl onto Qiongqi's back to sit down.
"Grandma come too." Little Xuening waved excitedly from above.
She had once flown on Qiongqi's back before; to her, this was a very fun thing.
Bibi Dong hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook her head.
That was a powerhouse equivalent to a million-year spirit beast.
Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Teacher, you come up as well. Flying a few circles over Spirit City is also equivalent to inspecting your own subjects."
Bibi Dong was somewhat moved and nodded, then gracefully climbed onto Qiongqi's back.
"Teacher, you are the emperor. Stand at the front." Jiang Chen shifted his body to the side, allowing Bibi Dong to stand in front.
At this moment Bibi Dong was actually a little nervous.
It was not that she had never flown before, but standing on the back of a fierce beast stronger than herself, this was the first time.
"Let's go for a ride." Jiang Chen teased his daughter. The three of them were carried by Qiongqi as it slowly flew through the skies above Spirit City.
Immediately, an even more enthusiastic wave of cheers rang out than before.
The shouts rose like raging waves, one after another.
Countless commoners rushed out from the buildings and stood outside their homes, looking up at the emperor and Holy Son in the sky.
Bibi Dong smiled and waved in acknowledgment.
Jiang Chen stood behind and likewise waved.
He could sense that the power of faith coming from the commoners grew denser once more in this short span of time.
The cultivation speed of his Soul Master clone within the system space had clearly improved.
"Teacher, have you sensed the power of faith?" Jiang Chen asked.
Standing in front, Bibi Dong paused slightly and frowned. "Recently I have sensed a special power, but it is extremely weak. Could this be the power of faith?"
"It should be." Jiang Chen answered. "Have you noticed that your soul power has become more active?"
Bibi Dong sensed for a moment and said, "It is a tiny bit more active than usual, but it is not obvious."
Jiang Chen said, "This power of faith should be able to increase cultivation speed. My current cultivation speed has clearly improved compared to before."
"So that is how it is." Bibi Dong was somewhat amazed. "I once saw descriptions of the power of faith in the ancient texts of the Spirit Hall, but there was not much introduction regarding the effects of the power of faith. I never expected that the power of faith could also increase cultivation speed."
She turned and looked at Jiang Chen, smiling. "It seems the power of faith you have harvested is even greater than Teacher's."
Jiang Chen gave an awkward smile. Indeed, he was merely a Holy Son, yet the power of faith he had harvested was actually greater than that of Emperor Bibi Dong.
This also showed that the degree of support he received already surpassed Bibi Dong's.
To make the commoners of an entire empire believe in one and even generate the power of faith, from ancient times to the present, few emperors had been able to achieve this.
That Bibi Dong and Jiang Chen could harvest the power of faith was already extremely astonishing.
After touring for half an hour, the three of them flew one circuit over Spirit City and finally returned to the Pope's Hall.
Little Xuening had already moved to Bibi Dong's side and was being cared for by Bibi Dong.
Jiang Chen learned that during the half year he had been away, Qian Renxue and Hu Liena had each emerged from seclusion once, then not long after had continued their closed-door cultivation.
After returning to Spirit City, Jiang Chen once again began his peaceful cultivation and quietly waited for the news of the Grandmaster's death to arrive.
Finally, on the tenth day after the Grandmaster's death, the news reached Bibi Dong.
After the Spirit Empire was established, the Spirit Halls throughout the continent still transmitted important news back to headquarters every day.
The news of the Grandmaster's death was only learned by the people of the Spirit Hall several days later, when the funeral was held.
Therefore the time it took to be transmitted back to Spirit City was a little later.
On this day, Jiang Chen was in Bibi Dong's study teaching his daughter to read.
Bibi Dong was seriously browsing through the various reports that had been transmitted back from different places and occasionally making annotations.
Suddenly, with a clatter, the brush in her hand fell to the ground.
Jiang Chen turned his head and saw Bibi Dong's entire body trembling, her pretty face already extremely pale.
"Dead… how could you just die like this?" she murmured, tears already appearing in her eyes.
Jiang Chen's mood was ultimately somewhat complicated. It was he who had personally ended the Grandmaster's life.
He sighed and gestured for little Xuening to go out and play by herself.
He walked over to Bibi Dong's side and discovered that the report lying on the table described precisely the news of the Grandmaster's death.
As the greatest teacher of Shrek Academy, who had once led Shrek Academy to achieve second place in the Soul Master Tournament, the Grandmaster's death would certainly be noticed by the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City.
Therefore Jiang Chen was certain that this news would be transmitted back to Spirit City.
Bibi Dong's body shook as large teardrops fell onto the paper.
This was not the first time she had cried in front of Jiang Chen, so she did not care about her image. The suppressed sorrow burst forth on the spot.
Jiang Chen sighed, walked to the side, sat down, and waited quietly.
He was also afraid that Bibi Dong might do something foolish, so he had to stay here and watch over her.
Better a short pain than a long one. He hoped that after Bibi Dong endured this pain, she would gradually forget the Grandmaster.
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