"An... elf?"
"Could it be that this cat girl knows (Yunxiao), the Elf Crown?"
Upon hearing the cat girl's words, both "Xue Qinghe" and Ning Caichen in the hall were slightly stunned.
Thinking of this, their expressions changed in different ways.
As Yunxiao's girlfriend and the person closest to him, "Xue Qinghe" was well aware that Yunxiao was from the Elf Clan.
Due to certain reasons, Yunxiao had no choice but to come to the Douluo Continent for training.
Ever since she and Yunxiao had been intimate, although they weren't always together, they would meet every few days.
Later, after a year and three months of seclusion in the Yin Yang Well of Ice and Fire in the Sunset Forest, Yunxiao not only returned to the Elf Residence in Heaven Dou City but also ran into her there.
By all accounts, Yunxiao couldn't possibly know this cat girl.
Unlike "Xue Qinghe's" curiosity, Ning Caichen was sweating bullets.
"This... this cat girl."
"Could she really know the Elf Crown?"
The mere thought of this possibility made Ning Caichen feel extremely uneasy.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had just managed to ease tensions with the Elf Crown.
If something like this happened again, wouldn't the Elf Crown declare war on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?
The damaged 50,000-year Torso Bone that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had compensated the Elf Crown for would then be a complete waste.
"Ah, I hope I'm overthinking this!"
Ning Caichen silently prayed in his heart that it wouldn't be as he feared.
Otherwise, if the Elf Crown chose to go to war with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, as a high-ranking elder of the school, he would likely be the first to fall.
At the same time, he cursed those "cancerous" mercenary groups in his heart.
Thinking of this, Ning Caichen was about to muster the courage to say something when Yunxiao waved his right hand toward the cat girl.
A white wind blade not only severed the chains binding the cat girl's hands and feet but also completely obliterated the entire iron cage.
"Little sister, you're right."
"Big brother here is indeed a genuine elf."
Approaching the cat girl, Yunxiao showed a gentle smile and then crouched down to gently pat her head.
For this unique devout believer on the Douluo Continent, Yunxiao naturally paid great attention and gave high praise.
Upon hearing Yunxiao's acknowledgment, the cat girl burst into tears.
"Wuwuwu, Mommy, the elf big brother has come to save me."
Then, the cat girl clung to Yunxiao and cried loudly.
Seeing this, Yunxiao patiently comforted her, placing his palm on her back, which rose and fell with her sobs, and gently patted her as if soothing a frightened young animal.
Half an hour later, after Yunxiao's comfort, the cat girl's emotions gradually stabilized.
Seeing this, Yunxiao began to inquire about the cat girl's situation.
Among the questions, what he was most concerned about was when she had started and why she had come to believe in the elves.
Facing Yunxiao's questions, the cat girl slowly recounted her life story from childhood to the present.
The experiences of her childhood made her wary of strangers, and naturally, she couldn't easily trust others.
But this elf big brother was different!
The cat girl believed in the elves her mother had told her about before she passed away.
They must be kind-hearted elves who wouldn't harm her.
As the cat girl narrated her story, Yunxiao began to form a rough outline.
The cat girl's surname was Su, and her nickname was Yatou. She had lived with her mother since she was young.
Her father was known only as a noble scoundrel, while her mother was an ordinary person.
At the age of six, she awakened a black cat Martial Soul with an innate Soul Power of level eight.
However, due to the failure of her Martial Soul awakening, she grew cat ears and a tail.
Because of her "uniqueness," she was naturally despised by all the villagers in her village and seen as an outcast.
The reason she knew about elves was because of the stories her mother had told her.
Stories about the adventures of elves.
Because of her "uniqueness," she had lost the right to make friends from a young age.
She longed even more to be like the legendary elves, free to go on adventures.
Half an hour later, after listening to the cat girl, Su Yatou's story, Yunxiao's heart was filled with understanding.
"Ha, a fairy tale about elf adventures!"
"Although it was a coincidence, I have to admit."
"Su Yatou is indeed a devout believer of the Elf Clan."
On the entire Douluo Continent, if there were any groups of people most prone to developing faith,
aside from high priests like Qian Daoliu and Poseidon,
it would be children of Su Yatou's age.
Unlike Yunxiao's understanding, after hearing Su Yatou's story, "Xue Qinghe" was not in a good state.
"A beast Martial Soul, a black cat, with an innate Soul Power of level eight?"
"Just because the Martial Soul awakening failed, she was directly judged by the Spirit Hall's deacon as having no value for cultivation or recruitment?"
"And which branch's 'talent' could actually fail in awakening someone's Martial Soul?"
"What the hell?"
"Could it be that Su Yatou's Martial Soul, like hers, is a God-level Martial Soul, which led to the failure due to insufficient Soul Power?"
I'm so done with this.
Although she had heard Yunxiao talk about the chaos and corruption in the middle and lower levels of the Spirit Hall,
she hadn't expected it to be so absurdly bad.
A beast Martial Soul, with an innate Soul Power of level eight even after a failed awakening.
With proper nurturing, wouldn't she be a surefire candidate for a Titled Douluo?
And yet, those incompetent deacons, who were more trouble than they were worth, just gave up on her like that?
Which "talent" taught the deacon who awakened Su Yatou's Martial Soul?
Are they sure they're not a spy sent by another faction?
After all, the Spirit Hall's purpose in awakening Martial Souls for children of the right age wasn't just charity.
It was to recruit more talented commoners and strengthen the Spirit Hall.
And what about her "good sister" and "good mother"? What exactly were they trying to do?
Did they have to destroy the Spirit Hall, destroy Qian Renxue's home, to be happy?
After all they've been through as mother and daughter, how could it come to this?
"Xue Qinghe" clenched her delicate fists, wishing she could rush back to Martial Soul City right now to confront her "dear sister" and "beloved mother" for answers.
Noticing Xue Qinghe's unusual behavior, Yunxiao couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh in his heart.
Cases like Su Yatou's were not exactly commonplace in the lower ranks of Spirit Hall, but they were certainly not rare occurrences.
Take, for example, the original characters Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San.
If Qian Renxue were to find out that among the Shrek Seven Devils who destroyed their Spirit Hall in the original story, several were "escaped fish" like Su Yatou, her mentality would likely completely shatter.