Chapter 173: Tang Yuehua Breaks Through to Rank 10 and Is Exposed!
At the very moment when Qian Renxue brought Lin Yuan forward, and their gazes met Tang Yuehua's—
Both of their bodies stiffened abruptly, freezing on the spot.
Because among those who possessed diary copies, there existed a special rule:
When two people who owned diary copies came within a certain distance of each other in reality, they could rely on the perception of the copies to sense whether the other party also possessed one.
A storm instantly surged in Tang Yuehua's heart, her jade-like hand beneath her wide sleeve clenching tightly.
These past few days, although she had been reading the diary slowly, she had just finished the section about the Heaven Dou imperial coup.
So she understood more clearly than anyone.
The gentle and refined Heaven Dou Crown Prince, "Xue Qinghe," before her was actually none other than Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall in disguise!
Tang Yuehua took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in her heart.
On the other side, Qian Renxue's mind was equally unsettled.
She had brought Lin Yuan here without knowing that Tang Yuehua also possessed a diary copy, and now… this could only be called an unexpected gain.
'She actually has a diary copy too?' Qian Renxue thought in shock.
Qian Renxue was exceptionally intelligent, her mind working at lightning speed as she immediately recalled the conversations that had taken place in the chat group yesterday.
She stood calmly on the surface yet secretly and swiftly opened the chat group of the diary copy.
[I Don't Like Men: @Elegant Noble Lady]
[I Don't Like Men: What a coincidence. You should be the Moon Pavilion master, Tang Yuehua, right?]
Qian Renxue's @ message instantly caused an uproar in the chat group.
The reason she dared to call out the other party's name so confidently was naturally due to her logical deduction.
Among the few new members who had joined before yesterday,
Aside from those fierce beasts who had already exposed their soul beast identities, among the remaining human soul masters, combined with Tang Yuehua's own graceful and noble bearing, her extraordinary temperament, as well as her self-description of being somewhat older with low cultivation—
Qian Renxue could easily determine that the group nickname "Elegant Noble Lady" absolutely belonged to the Tang Yuehua standing before her.
However, in the face of Qian Renxue's blunt naming in the chat group,
Tang Yuehua, standing opposite her, merely maintained her gentle and dignified smile.
She made no response in the chat group, nor did she reveal the slightest hint of panic.
She chose to play dead.
After all, having learned of the other party's terrifying identity as the young lady of Spirit Hall, how could she dare to respond casually in the group?
Seeing that Tang Yuehua remained completely silent in the group, a trace of peculiarity flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes.
Even so, she couldn't directly expose it in reality, so she could only let it go for now.
She composed herself and once again put on Xue Qinghe's refined and elegant crown prince mask.
Then, outwardly very naturally, she began introducing Lin Yuan beside her to Tang Yuehua.
"Pavilion Master Tang, pardon the disturbance."
Qian Renxue pointed to Lin Yuan and said with a smile, "This is Lin Yuan, a junior from Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
"His martial soul is called the God-Killing Spear."
"Because of the extremely domineering nature of this martial soul, the killing intent he has condensed is far too heavy. If this continues, it may harm his foundation."
Qian Renxue explained her purpose: "Therefore, I have specially recommended him to come to Moon Pavilion and seek your guidance, Pavilion Master Tang."
"I hope to borrow your miraculous Noble Circle domain to cleanse his mind and purify this killing intent."
Hearing the crown prince's introduction, Tang Yuehua's gaze finally fell upon Lin Yuan as a matter of course.
So this is the young man who wrote the diary and knows the future?
Although Tang Yuehua was extremely curious inside, her expression remained flawlessly composed with a proper smile.
She gave a gentle smile and slightly bowed, saying, "Since he is a young talent personally recommended by Your Highness, I naturally have no reason to refuse."
"Your Highness, please rest assured. Yuehua will certainly do her utmost."
With that, Tang Yuehua turned around and gracefully led the two into a private room.
Inside, sandalwood incense lingered, and the decor was exceptionally elegant, calming one's mind the moment they entered.
Tang Yuehua walked to the center of the room, turned around, and looked at Lin Yuan with her beautiful eyes, speaking softly:
"Lin Yuan, to treat the problem at its root, I must first personally sense the intensity of your killing intent."
"Please, Young Master Lin, release your martial soul now."
Lin Yuan nodded without hesitation. With a thought, the soul power within his body surged forth instantly.
Accompanied by an extremely piercing sound of air being torn apart, the God-Killing Spear suddenly appeared in Lin Yuan's hand.
At the very moment the spear appeared, a terrifying killing intent instantly spread throughout the entire room.
Facing this terrifying and extreme killing aura directly, Tang Yuehua's expression changed slightly, and she couldn't help but frown deeply.
She did not dare be careless in the slightest and immediately mobilized the soul power within her body.
"Noble Circle!"
Along with Tang Yuehua's soft shout, rings of silver light, filled with a noble and peaceful aura, slowly rose from beneath her feet.
This was her mutated innate domain martial soul!
Because she had only just broken through to rank 10 through a system reward and had not yet had time to obtain her first soul ring,
At this moment, when she released her martial soul, beneath her feet was completely empty, without a single soul ring.
This happened to work out by coincidence.
At least for now, she would not expose to Qian Renxue and Lin Yuan that her soul power had already surpassed rank 9.
However, Tang Yuehua had somewhat underestimated the spiritual perception of Lin Yuan and Qian Renxue.
At the moment she released her martial soul, the uncontrolled overflow of her soul power fluctuations still betrayed her.
Lin Yuan and Qian Renxue almost simultaneously sensed something unusual.
Although that fluctuation of soul power remained very weak, its thickness and quality were absolutely no longer that of the rumored lifelong rank 9 bottleneck.
Instead, it was truly, undeniably, soul power that had successfully broken through the innate shackles to reach rank 10!
On the surface, Lin Yuan remained calm, allowing the gentle domain to cleanse the killing intent around him. But secretly, he immediately communicated with the system in his mind.
"System, what exactly is going on?" Lin Yuan asked silently.
"Did you secretly give Tang Yuehua some special reward that allowed her so-called useless martial soul to jump from rank 9 straight to rank 10?"
Facing Lin Yuan's inquiry, the system's mechanical voice immediately sounded in his mind, giving its answer:
[Ding! Replying to the host, when Tang Yuehua successfully obtained and bound the diary copy.]
[As a newcomer's guaranteed benefit, she automatically received a guaranteed reward from the system that increased her soul power by one rank.]
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