Chapter 5: What black smoke? This is primordial purple qi

"Old Bai, what is a Fallen One?"

As for the Douluo Continent, Bai Ran only knew there were evil soul masters.

What the heck is this Fallen One? Could it be the predecessor of evil soul masters?

"Ran Ran, you're still young; it's better not to know."

"Besides, listen to your father; from now on, serve the empire well, and don't join the Spirit Hall's enforcement squad."

The so-called Fallen One is the Spirit Hall's definition of an evil soul master.

Fallen Ones can also be divided into innate Fallen and acquired Fallen.

Among them, innate Fallen Ones are those who, at the moment of martial soul awakening, undergo an anomaly, awaken an evil martial soul, which then affects the soul master themselves, making it very easy to cause slaughter.

As for acquired Fallen Ones, they are those who, due to influence from the surrounding environment, have their martial soul mutate after absorbing too much negative energy, thereby becoming evil.

Of course, at this time the Spirit Hall is still relatively tolerant of evil soul masters; even if you awaken an evil martial soul, as long as you are not a madman who indiscriminately slaughters the innocent and massacres the weak, they generally won't bother you.

But if you cause slaughter,

Spirit Hall: Any evil will ultimately be punished by law.

Furthermore, the current Spirit Hall Pope, Bibi Dong, with those two Spider Emperor martial souls she awakened, if placed on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, would likely have already been labeled as an evil soul master.

"Alright, Old Deng."

As for the Spirit Hall, Bai Ran originally still had some goodwill toward it.

However, after learning that Bibi Dong on the Douluo Continent became Pope, in order to consolidate her power she issued a set of extreme female-centric rhetoric.

Especially that fragrant "chicken soup".

Bai Ran expressed that he didn't want to give too much evaluation.

As for joining the Spirit Hall? You actually have higher talent than the Pope's only personally transmitted female disciple; I think you're already courting death.

"Alright, Ran Ran, let me see your martial soul."

Comrade Bai Liang remembered that this child's martial soul seemed a bit sinister.

"Here."

A white flag appeared in Bai Ran's hand.

"Ran Ran, why is your flag puffing out black smoke?"

Bai Liang: Oh no, my child won't become a Fallen One in the future, right?

"What black smoke? This is primordial purple qi."

Bai Ran said, this is actually the legendary Human Emperor Banner, not the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in the hands of evil cultivators.

It can allow hundreds of millions of beings to enter and cultivate; as long as the flag bearer doesn't die, those beings inside can gain eternal life—what else could this be if not the Human Emperor Banner? Of course, the martial soul Bai Ran holds falls far short of that effect.

There's no way; Bai Ran's current strength is simply too weak.

Even the Human Emperor Banner cannot unleash even one-ten-thousandth of its power.

"Hey wait, Old Deng, I seem to have taken the wrong one."

"This one is the Human Emperor Banner."

Seeing the white flag constantly emitting black smoke, and this aura is extremely evil.

Bai Ran quickly switched states; the flag's state changed instantly—not only from the original funeral white to the imperial yellow of 'Mandate of Heaven, My Emperor,' but also a divine dragon from the mysterious East was printed on the flag.

"You little brat, you have a twin martial soul! Damn, why didn't you say earlier?"

"A genius with innate full soul power and a twin martial soul—Father, I'd even sacrifice this old face to send you to the empire's best royal soul master academy."

Originally I wanted to wait until this brat graduates from the elementary soul master academy, then recommend him to the Tian Dou Empire's royal academy.

Now it seems we might as well just send him directly.

Bai Liang: Two flags, one for offense, one for support—this brat will surely become the empire's Grand Marshal. Tian Dou, loyalty!

"I don't have a twin martial soul." Bai Ran's martial soul is only one.

Nor can he, like a twin martial soul master, absorb eighteen soul rings.

"This is just a state switch."

The white flag (Ten Thousand Souls Banner) can go toward the strong attack or control system.

The yellow flag (Human Emperor Banner) can instead take the enhancement-type support path.

"Ah, this seems indeed true."

According to the book's records, twin martial soul possessors have one martial soul in the left hand and another in the right hand, while our unlucky child's martial soul is always on one hand, clearly not meeting the conditions for a twin martial soul.

Furthermore, Bai Ran's mother does not possess a flag-type martial soul either.

"Alright, alright, it's already late; go to sleep early, Ran Ran, tomorrow you still have to ride in a carriage for most of the day."

Seeing that it was very late, Comrade Bai Liang, who had booked a room at the hotel, also urged Bai Ran to hurry up and sleep.

"Old Deng, aren't you going to deal with the Fallen Ones in the city?"

Bai Ran was somewhat surprised that his own father, even though he is no longer a knight of the empire, still retains a sense of justice.

In this small town, there are actually Fallen Ones who are slaughtering innocent imperial citizens.

He should go to stop them.

Could it be that Old Bai Comrade is waiting for me to fall asleep, then acting alone in the dead of night? "Manage? What can my old father use to manage?"

Bai Liang's sense of justice is genuine.

But he is still the father of a six-year-old child.

That Fallen One can even kill the purple-clad attendant sent by the Spirit Hall; his strength is at least at the Soul Ancestor level, possibly even a Soul King.

What can Bai Liang use to manage? Moreover, the reason that Fallen One fell may also have some hidden circumstances.

"That's right, Dad, you're a support-system soul master."

"Hey wait, that's not right, Dad, you're a support-system soul master; you're taking me to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts—can that really be done?"

Bai Ran suddenly discovered a problem.

"Hmph, you little brat, don't forget that your old man I also spent many years on the battlefield.

As long as you don't run into a ten-thousand-year or older soul beast, I, your old man, can guarantee your safety."

Although he suffered heavy injuries, Bai Liang's soul power level plummeted.

But his close-combat ability is still very strong.

You think the auxiliary soul masters in the legion—hiding in the middle of the ranks, enjoying the protection of their teammates—can only tremble in the face of enemy attacks.

Actually, the auxiliary soul masters in the legion—because their martial souls only have auxiliary abilities, they focus heavily on tempering their bodies; against lower- or equal-level enemy soul masters, they can rely on close-quarters combat to beat them to death, and against enemy soul masters much higher in level, they can still defend themselves and hold out until teammates arrive.

"Old geezer, just keep boasting; even if you encounter a ten-thousand-year soul beast, you can still guarantee my safety."

Bai Ran pursed his lips, utterly disbelieving.

You should know that when facing soul beasts of ten thousand years or older, even a Soul King-level soul master can find them hard to handle.

Bai Liang, a Soul Elder, could possibly win against a ten-thousand-year soul beast? The only way Bai Ran could think of winning was for the old comrade to slide in directly and then choke the ten-thousand-year soul beast to death.

"You little brat, you really don't believe your old man?"

"This isn't a matter of belief or not; speaking of which, Old Bai, if you're really that capable, why don't you find me a stepmother?"

"You little bastard, go to sleep.

If you can't get up tomorrow morning, I'll see whether I spank your little butt or not, and that'll be the end of it."

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(End of chapter)