The right person?
While the Snow Empress was still pondering, Lin Xiao raised his hand again, and Ming Lei's figure quietly appeared beside him.
"I need you to help me with something you're very good at."
"Something I'm good at?" Ming Lei pointed at himself. "Is it making some kind of soul tool?"
Lin Xiao shook his head upon hearing this.
"Then what else am I good at? You don't lack other souls around you. The only thing I can really contribute to is in the field of making soul tools."
Lin Xiao glanced at the extreme northern core area that had already come into view in the distance and revealed a somewhat mysterious smile. "Trust me, this is something you're not just quite good at, you're the only one who can do it."
The only one who can do it?
This was the first time Ming Lei had heard such high praise from Lin Xiao's mouth.
Even when he and Feng Shen had helped Lin Xiao break through to become a ninth-level soul mentor earlier, it was mainly Feng Shen, who came from the Royal Sun Moon Soul Tool Academy, who played the bigger role.
Lin Xiao's figure descended from the air and gently raised his hand to sense the changes in the surrounding space.
As his cultivation improved, his perception of spatial power became even clearer. At this moment, he could distinctly feel that the space in the far north was different from other places.
This didn't seem to be caused by external forces; rather, it felt as if this was simply how the spatial distribution of this world was naturally arranged.
Perhaps the change in space was related to Douluo Star itself, but for the time being, Lin Xiao couldn't figure out the specific reason.
Continuing forward, Lin Xiao landed at the exact spot where Zhongli Wu had once set up the Holy Emperor statue.
The ice house he had built had long since collapsed and been buried under thick layers of snow. The Holy Emperor statue inside had also been completely shattered during that earlier strike and had been scattered with the cold wind.
"This is the place."
Lin Xiao looked around and stopped walking.
Although Zhongli Wu's understanding of necromantic magic was quite shallow, as a ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo, he still had some perception of spatial changes. The location where he had set up the Holy Emperor statue was precisely where space was the thinnest, and it was also the pole of Douluo Star.
Turning his head to look at Ming Lei, who was still puzzling over what had just been mentioned, Lin Xiao no longer hid anything.
"I need you to design an arena here."
"An arena?" Ming Lei was momentarily confused.
"Or you can call it a fighting stage, any name or style you decide is fine. As long as it's a place for soul masters to fight and kill, and ensures they can never leave, that's enough."
Ming Lei paused slightly upon hearing Lin Xiao's request. Although he didn't know what Lin Xiao needed such a place for, this task did indeed seem to be something he was best at.
Meanwhile, the Snow Empress beside him instantly understood something. She turned to look at Lin Xiao and happened to catch the cold gleam in his eyes that had not yet completely faded.
The right person… The Snow Empress roughly guessed who exactly Lin Xiao was referring to.
"You really don't hold onto old affections."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao turned to look at the Snow Empress. Clearly, the fact that she could say this meant she had already guessed his intentions.
"It's not that I don't hold onto old affections, I simply gave them a chance to choose."
"If they still make the same decisions as before and choose to recklessly unleash their malice, then why not let them come here and be of use to me?"
"It's precisely because I myself once came from the path of evil soul masters that I understand them better than anyone. For those who want to start anew, Tongming Cult is the place of rebirth where they can cast off their past."
"For those who insist on continuing to do evil, then they must be even more ruthless and more evil. If they can come here, it can be considered as making the most of their final value."
Establishing Tongming Cult, seeking out Jing Hongchen, helping Ju Zi take action in exchange for her assistance, the things Lin Xiao had done during this period finally connected in the Snow Empress's mind.
These actions seemed somewhat similar to what the Holy Spirit Cult had done in the past, yet also somewhat different. It looked as though Lin Xiao was wholeheartedly carrying out the arrangements made by that deity.
However…
Based on her understanding of Lin Xiao, it didn't quite fit his usual style to expend so much effort just to fulfill the arrangements of a deity.
"Is it really that simple?" Recalling the conversation Lin Xiao had just had with Electrolux, the Snow Empress suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question.
"It's really that simple." Lin Xiao responded as though he knew exactly what she was asking. He slightly lifted his head and looked toward the sky.
The wind and snow continued. The thick clouds in the sky completely blocked out the sunlight.
But Lin Xiao's gaze seemed to pierce straight through the clouds, falling upon that lofty, unknown place somewhere far above.
I stand on the ground, yet I can see what lies beyond the clouds. But the one high above, does his gaze ever fall upon the earth below and see the insignificant struggles of the ants?
Lin Xiao gently closed his eyes. It was only after a long while that he suddenly opened them again, a sharp glint flashing through his pupils.
"How is it? Have you come up with any preliminary plans?"
Lin Xiao turned back to look at Ming Lei, who was gesturing and calculating to one side.
"I do have several ideas, but I don't know if you have any other requirements, so I can pick the most suitable one."
Hearing this, a slight change flickered in Lin Xiao's eyes.
As expected, for something like this, it really had to be Ming Lei, who had once been an evil soul master himself, to handle it. The speed at which he was planning was even faster than Lin Xiao had anticipated.
Seeming to sense Lin Xiao's gaze, Ming Lei scratched the back of his head somewhat sheepishly. "To be honest, back when I was in charge of the underground arenas in Mingdu, I thought of many ways to improve them."
"It's just that my movements couldn't be too big at the time, and the Holy Spirit Cult's branch in Mingdu was in too small a space, so in the end I could only make some simple modifications."
"You saying that doesn't surprise me at all." Lin Xiao shook his head. "After all, your only real hobby is watching people fight and kill."
"But you don't need to worry too much. Here, there's more than enough space for you to go wild. Those ideas you couldn't implement in the underground arenas of Mingdu, perhaps you can try them all out here one by one."
While Lin Xiao was making arrangements in the core area of the far north, another figure had already appeared beneath the ice stele of Tongming Cult.
The Abomination seemed to sense the newcomer's aura and flew out beyond the mountain. But the moment he saw who it was, his expression changed several times within just a few breaths.
"You…"
"Where is your cult master?"
Seeing that the Abomination was momentarily at a loss for how to respond, the newcomer spoke first.
"The cult master… is temporarily not in the cult."
"He hasn't returned yet?"
"No, he came back once, but then left again for some business. He said he would return soon." The Abomination looked at the person in front of him and honestly reported Lin Xiao's whereabouts.
"Then take me inside. I'll wait for him there."
"Alright… alright."
After the Abomination led the newcomer into the Tongming Cult, two voices rang out almost simultaneously.
"Beibei?"
"Eldest sister?"
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