"Your Highness, the Holy Son, please help me."
Wu Yu's voice was hoarse with pleading. Just then, Wu Yun, dressed in casual clothes, walked out of the room. She looked at her sister and then at Wang Lin, who was standing at the door.
"We are twins, and we have a telepathic connection. I have shared her madness, so Little Yu's condition is much better than mine."
Wu Yun said in a deep voice. Only then did Wang Lin notice a trace of madness in Wu Yun's eyes.
"Alright, but why are you calling me Your Highness, the Holy Son?"
Wang Lin looked at Wu Yu. Although he was qualified to be the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult as Long Xiaoyao's disciple, it was just a qualification. He had never assumed this identity.
"It was just established a few days ago, Little Linzi," Long Xiaoyao suddenly spoke, pulling out a golden token and tossing it to Wang Lin.
"Besides you, the cult has newly established two Holy Maidens. You can ask Wu Yu about them later." Long Xiaoyao didn't want to elaborate on this matter.
"Okay."
Wang Lin took the token and didn't ask further. It was likely Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao.
There was no need to mention Tang Ya; Zhongli Wu had been staying in Heaven Dou City. Wang Lin's influence on Tang Ya wasn't significant, and Tang Ya would probably still foolishly run back to Heaven Dou City for revenge.
As for Ma Xiaotao, although unlike the original work, Shrek Academy's loss due to cheating meant they didn't meet the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the tournament, so the dark power in Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul was not drawn out by the Scepter of Judgment.
However, the teacher leading Shrek Academy was Xuan Zi. Who knew if an accident happened on Shrek Academy's way back? In any case, Xuan Zi would turn an accident into an even bigger one.
Swoosh!
A peculiar cyan-gold mark appeared on Wang Lin's forehead. He held the Staff of Life in his hand.
A profound grey light flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. He waved the Staff of Life, and a grey light flew out from the staff, sinking into Wu Yu's forehead.
As the grey light permeated her, just like with Wu Yun, the madness in Wu Yu's eyes dissipated along with the blood-red light. A flush of colour appeared on her pale face.
"You can stay in the courtyard with your sister!"
Wang Lin said in a deep voice, looking at Wu Yu, who had calmed down and looked identical to Wu Yun.
Long Xiaoyao also released Wu Yu at this moment. Wu Yun, seeing her sister return to normal, immediately showed excitement. She stepped forward and grabbed Wu Yu's hand.
Wang Lin didn't interrupt the sisters' reunion. After greeting Long Xiaoyao, he turned and left the small courtyard.
By the time Wang Lin had set the time for Wang Dawei's initial guidance and returned, Wu Yun and Wu Yu had finished talking and were standing quietly in the centre of the courtyard, waiting for Wang Lin's arrival.
Swoosh!
Invisible telekinesis released from Wang Lin's body. His room door automatically opened, and a small square table along with four small stools floated out of the room.
The square table landed in the centre of the courtyard. Wang Lin placed a handful of pine nuts, which he had gotten from Wang Songguo, on the table and motioned for Wu Yun and Wu Yu to sit down.
Unlike Wu Yu, who had just arrived, Wu Yun was much bolder. She grabbed a few pine nuts from the table and crunched them in her mouth.
She seemed to really like the pine nuts. Wang Lin tried to keep a gentle smile on his face.
"Wu Yu, you eat too, don't be shy."
Seeing Wu Yu pick up a pine nut and put it in her mouth, Wang Lin continued to ask: "Tell me about the two Holy Maidens."
"The two Holy Maidens, like you, were newly established within the cult. They are the disciples of the Cult Master and the Vice Cult Master, respectively. One is the Blue Silver Holy Maiden, and the other is the Fire Phoenix Holy Maiden."
Hearing the titles, Wang Lin didn't need to ask further. They had to be Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao. And the Cult Master was naturally that old fellow Zhongli Wu. But who was the Vice Cult Master?
Of course, anyone who could sit in the Vice Cult Master position must be a Great Evil Soul Master. Wang Lin didn't think too much about it. He spoke up and asked.
"What about me? What Holy Son am I?"
This simple question immediately stumped Wu Yu, but she quickly recovered and explained.
"You are simply the Holy Son, with no prefix."
"No prefix?"
Wang Lin sounded a bit disappointed. He was just the Holy Son with no prefix. However, looking at Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao's situations, their titles were based on their Martial Souls.
If he had a prefix, he would probably be called the Brain Holy Son, so it was better not to have one.
"Tell me about the situation within the cult. Tell me everything you know!"
Wang Lin continued to ask. Wu Yun and Wu Yu exchanged glances and slowly told Wang Lin everything about the cult.
With their Vengeful Spirit as their Martial Soul, although they had been in a semi-mad state, their exceptional talent had led them to be heavily groomed disciples since joining the Holy Spirit Cult.
They knew much more than Wang Lin, this "Holy Son."
During the conversation, Wu Yun and Wu Yu also discovered this situation. The Holy Son in front of them seemed to have no understanding of the Holy Spirit Cult whatsoever.
But they didn't ask further. For sentiment's sake, Wang Lin had helped them resolve their state of madness. For propriety's sake, they had been transferred to Wang Lin's command a few days ago by an order reportedly from the cult's highest level, right after Wang Lin was announced as the Holy Son.
"Twelve Enshrined Ones, eight Elders, one Cult Master, one Vice Cult Master, and one Grand Cult Master..."
Wang Lin murmured. It was only today, hearing what Wu Yun and Wu Yu told him, that he got a direct understanding of the Holy Spirit Cult's high-level combat power.
Those who could sit in the Elder or Enshrined positions had to be at least Titled Douluo (Rank 90-99). That meant the Holy Spirit Cult had a total of twenty-three Titled Douluo openly.
Furthermore, among these twenty-three Titled Douluo, there were five Hyper Douluo (Rank 97-98) and two Limit Douluo (Rank 99).
Fortunately, to Wang Lin's relief, one of the Limit Douluo was his Master, and the five Hyper Douluo were all Enshrined Ones.
The Enshrined Ones were mostly similar to Zhang Peng, people he could potentially win over.
The road ahead is long and arduous!
"Little Linzi, the path you've chosen is difficult!"
Long Xiaoyao's voice sounded at this moment. Wang Lin turned to look at the old Black Dragon leaning against the door frame, staring at him, and said without any fear.
"If it's difficult, it's more challenging!"
The old Black Dragon shook his head upon hearing this, said no more, and turned into the room.
"Help me find out if there are any disciples in the cult similar to you two, but not those who deliberately commit evil. Help me tag and record them. You should understand what I mean."
Wang Lin ignored the old Black Dragon and spoke directly to Wu Yun and Wu Yu. With their madness suppressed, they were naturally his allies. Only he could solve their madness.
"Yes, Your Highness, the Holy Son."
Seeing them agree, Wang Lin didn't talk more with them. He let them catch up and went back to his room, closing the door.
Having been idle for two days, Wang Lin was ready to fuse with the spine bone of the Golden Hawksbill Turtle first.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Wang Lin called out in his mind, "Attribute Panel."
The simple blue square box popped up.
Name: Wang Lin
Martial Soul: Brain (Mutated)
Cultivation: Rank 47 [13%]
Spiritual Power: Rank 49 [56%] (Rank 73)
Physical Strength: Rank 64 (Improving)
Techniques: Secret of the Body—Brain · Second Layer [34%], Eight Sections of Diamond Power (Proficient) [49%], Bone Refining Fire · Second Tier [23%], Bone Control · First Tier [45%]
Soul Rings: Yellow (642 years), Purple (1000 years), Purple (2489 years), Black (12145 years)
Soul Bones: Ice Silkworm Shedding—Spiritual Mimicry (Fusing with Indestructible Body), Golden Dragon Right Arm Bone—Golden Dragon Demon Breaker, Golden Dragon Blood Right Arm Bone—Golden Dragon Body.
Bloodline: Golden Dragon Bloodline (Fusion Degree 4%)
Spiritual Artifact: Staff of Life · First Tier [88%]