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Listening to Bibi Dong narrate the founding of the Martial Soul Hall from the beginning, Sun Ming nodded secretly and asked, "Then, from when did the position of Pope in the Martial Soul Hall become monopolized by the Six-Winged Angel lineage?"
Bibi Dong was somewhat embarrassed.
She didn't know these things, or else she wouldn't have thought about destroying the Martial Soul Hall.
"The founder of the Martial Soul Hall, the first was the possessor of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, this much is certain. His achievements were leading soul masters to confront soul beasts, opening up space for human survival, truly remarkable."
Sun Ming held up two fingers, "But the second leader of the Martial Soul Hall, at that time, there was no concept of a Pope, only tribal leaders, and the Martial Soul Hall was not called the Martial Soul Hall, but could be referred to as the Martial Soul Tribe."
"The second leader was not a possessor of the Six-Winged Martial Soul but a powerful soul master with a dragon-type martial soul, continuing the first leader's vision to lead humanity in expanding survival space."
"The third and fourth leaders were the same."
"Until the sixth leader, soul beasts were no longer a threat, and humanity became the rulers of the continent. The descendants of the Six-Winged Angels felt that since their ancestors created the Martial Soul Hall, it should be controlled by the Six-Winged Angel lineage."
"Furthermore, at that time, the ancestors of the Six-Winged Angel lineage left no ancestral instructions, or perhaps they did, but they weren't documented. Passed down orally, it could have been interpreted any way by later generations."
"Thus, the Six-Winged Angel lineage established a faith or the possessors of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul discovered they could actually exchange information to some extent with their ancestors who ascended to the Divine Realm..."
"As for the specific details, I won't elaborate. Comparing it to the struggles for the throne in the royal families of Tiandou and Xingluo, one can imagine what happened with the Pope."
"After the sixth leader, the Martial Soul Hall was truly established. The Six-Winged Angel lineage also followed ancestral teachings, training outstanding disciples, but who could compare to the talents of the Six-Winged Angel possessors?"
"Thus, the position of Pope was continuously held by the Six-Winged Angel lineage. They didn't deny others opportunities; it was just in an era where innate soul power represented everything, others' talents really couldn't match the Six-Winged Angel possessors."
"And to your generation, the previous Pope seemed to have no offspring. Due to Haotian Douluo, he suffered fatal injuries, leading the position of Pope to fall to you, the Holy Maiden. Otherwise, I estimate the reason you became the Holy Maiden is that he valued your talent, wanting you to be a guardian for his child in the future or perhaps a child-wife."
These are not Sun Ming's random speculations but a fact every Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul possessor Pope in the Martial Soul Hall would select a Holy Maiden or Saint Heir. Unfortunately, for various reasons, they never inherited the Pope position but became the guardian, or the wife or husband, of the next Pope.
With both strong, the talents of Saint Heir and Holy Maiden, despite being excellent, still couldn't surpass the Six-Winged Angels. The offspring born, with the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, would certainly absorb the martial soul origin inherited from Saint Heir and Holy Maiden, becoming stronger.
Is this cultivating Saint Heir and Holy Maiden?
It's essentially using these soul masters with excellent martial souls to continue their lineage, ensuring that the Six-Winged Angel gets stronger with each generation.
And when Bibi Dong found out about these secrets, she immediately understood why her daughter could be recognized by the Angel God—
Her own twin martial souls, both rulers among spiders, had extremely strong martial soul origins but absolutely not as strong as the Six-Winged Angel origin.
Being purified and refined by the Six-Winged Angel origin, her daughter's martial soul origin became even stronger.
Six-Winged Angel lineage?
Bibi Dong is determined to make them extinct!
But her daughter is still her daughter, blood is thicker than water. Even if she doesn't want to, she can't deny this fact... How should she treat her in the future?
Speaking of which, is this kid's Mind Ape Martial Soul stronger than the Six-Winged Angel?
"I really didn't know these insider details," Bibi Dong sighed.
"In the library, there are related books, perhaps because once the Six-Winged Angel lineage dominated the Martial Soul Hall, they heavily propagated their own ancestors while concealing other non-Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul Hall leaders and Popes to ensure the legitimacy of the Six-Winged Angel lineage... After all, history is written by the victors."
Sun Ming was calm, "But perhaps the previous Popes still had scruples, or most people then remembered the non-Six-Winged Angel leaders, so their achievements were recorded, just placed up high, in a corner, allowing people to slowly forget."
"When I found those books or animal skins in the library, they were about to decay and fall apart. Fortunately, it was soul beast hide, otherwise, it wouldn't have survived a thousand years... Now I've preserved them and copied their contents."
After speaking, Sun Ming handed the animal skins sealed in transparent glass and the copied books to the Pope.
"This..."
Bibi Dong understood the value of these materials. If made public, her position as Pope would become even more secure, and Qian Daoliu, that old relic, couldn't dispute it.
Once the deed is done, if that old relic wanted to destroy it, it would only make people think poorly of the Six-Winged Angel lineage.
"What reward does Ming-er desire?"
Feeling Bibi Dong's intimacy in addressing him, Sun Ming raised an eyebrow and said, "To me, being able to reference the books within the Martial Soul Hall is already a great blessing, saving me at least over ten years of self-exploration. This is already the greatest favor; why need a reward?"
But Bibi Dong took out a Pope's Token, handed it to Sun Ming, and said, "Don't refuse. With this Pope's Token, it's equivalent to my personal appearance. In the future, when you travel outside, showing this token, you can become an honored guest at any Martial Soul branch hall. And I will announce that Master Mind Ape will be the highest honorary elder of the Martial Soul Hall, seeing you will be like seeing me!"
"I like to keep a low profile."
"Heh, if you liked to keep a low profile, you wouldn't have casually shown your own soul ring at Tiandou Royal Academy."
"That's to avoid unnecessary trouble."
"Do you think I'd believe that?"
Bibi Dong's tone at this moment was rather unreasonable, and Sun Ming followed her words, "Hmm, you're right."
"Why aren't you arguing back?"
"Arguing with a woman, unless the man is very assertive, no matter the truth, the man is always wrong in the end."
"So young, and you know a lot?"
"You must have also learned the situation of most of the students in the Tiandou Royal Academy. After seeing a lot, naturally, you understand a lot," Sun Ming said lightly. "There are about twenty words to summarize liking someone."
"Oh? What twenty words?" Bibi Dong recalled the person she once loved and wanted to see this kid's thoughts on love.
"Attracted by looks, respected for talent, compatible in character, lasting in kindness, and loyal to integrity," Sun Ming said.
"Interesting, tell me more."
Bibi Dong became interested and compared the words "looks," "talent," "character," "kindness," and "integrity" to Yu Xiaogang, finding that he matched none of them.
Could it be that I was too young back then?
"First, regardless of gender, liking someone, the first point is definitely seeing what the other person looks like. If they're a complete eyesore, I imagine most people's first reaction is to stay away and silently curse their bad luck. How would they think about understanding more?"
Even though Bibi Dong knew it's wrong to judge by appearance, someone looking too unsightly does indeed cause instinctive aversion, but it should be something that can be overcome.
"Secondly, there's talent. As the saying goes, 'a belly full of poetry brings grace.' Even if a person looks ordinary, as long as they've read extensively, even if it's just rote memorization, they can have a somewhat unique presence compared to the average person, and this is especially obvious when most people have little education."
"For example, I can just talk eloquently because I have knowledge, and didn't the Pope give me preferential treatment?"
Although Sun Ming used himself for comparison, Bibi Dong thought of Yu Xiaogang. She might have respected him back then because he was the only one focused on researching theories in that era.
However, when it comes to talent, he is not as good as Sun Ming.
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Just as Sun Ming said, Yu Xiaogang mostly memorized and then organized ten theories that already existed, adding some unnecessary assumptions, and published them as his own martial arts core theories.
He didn't even cite his sources, directly claiming them as his achievements.
Whereas Sun Ming clearly cited his sources and even included many cases with permission from soul masters.
In this respect, Yu Xiaogang's character isn't great.
"Being compatible in character means having similar temperaments. Otherwise, living together is difficult, leading to constant arguments, and after the honeymoon phase, you become emotionally distant."
"Even Martial Soul City's common folk experience this."
"Lasting in kindness means that for love to endure, one must learn to compromise. When faced with issues, solve them together rather than blaming your partner."
"Of course, both parties must act this way; otherwise, if only one party constantly endures, it won't last."
"It will either erupt or become numb."
"As for integrity, it's about seeing how a person conducts themselves."
Bibi Dong remained silent for a long time.
Yu Xiaogang.
His looks aren't high, but they are decent enough.
In terms of talent, compared to Sun Ming, he falls short by miles.
In terms of character, he is arrogant, yet insecure, timid, and conceited. From the fact that he claimed all organized theories as his own, you can see it.
As for kindness, perhaps there's a bit, but not much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have freeloaded at Nuoding Academy for so many years and felt justified, without even serving as a teacher, showing no goodwill towards the civilian soul masters.
Integrity...
The ridicule he faced from a large portion of civilian soul masters in private on the continent is enough to prove his lack of integrity.
It's strange to say, but after Sun Ming's words, she no longer had any thoughts about Yu Xiaogang. Could it be that she figured out she only thought he was excellent due to comparisons back then?
However, Bibi Dong was certain that it was definitely not love.