He truly hadn’t expected Lin Mo to give him such a big’surprise,’ or rather, a shock.
It was no wonder that when he asked Lin Mo questions, Lin Mo had been evasive and unwilling to answer.
His original intention was just to ask about the potential second Spirit Lin Mo might possess, but he hadn’t expected to uncover such a huge bomb.
Jing Hongchen could detect the spatial fluctuations that accompanied Lin Mo’s summoning of Spirit Beasts using his domain, and he naturally could too.
Spatial abilities, unless a Spirit inherently possessed them, could only be touched upon by Limit Douluo-level powerhouses.
Judging by the Spirit Lin Mo displayed at the time, it was impossible for him to possess spatial abilities, so it could only be that Lin Mo was hiding a second Spirit that he hadn’t shown them.
Moreover, it might be an incomplete Spirit; otherwise, when using its abilities, it wouldn’t need to rely on the abilities of the first Spirit to be cast.
Seeing Kong Deming’s somewhat dazed expression, Lin Mo was not surprised; he had anticipated this situation when he chose to reveal his talent.
If he were at Shrek Academy, he would absolutely not expose his talent to them.
For Spirit Masters with evil attributes like Lin Mo, they would be treated as Evil Soul Masters, without any chance for explanation.
Of course, Ma Xiaotao, who was raised like a daughter by Yan Shaozhe, was an exception.
Lin Mo dared to reveal his devouring talent in front of Kong Deming because he was confident that Kong Deming wouldn’t do anything to him.
At most, he would be told not to expose his devouring talent to the outside world.
Firstly, Lin Mo’s background was extremely clean, and coupled with his unprecedented talent, with a little cultivation, he would become an indispensable and powerful asset for the Sun Moon Empire in the future.
To give up Lin Mo because of this would be a clear case of losing sight of the bigger picture.
Secondly, the high-ranking officials of the Sun Moon Empire, at this stage, should have already initiated preliminary cooperation with Evil Soul Masters, and their aversion to Evil Soul Masters was not as great as imagined.
At the very least, the Death spirit tool in Ye Xishui’s hands could not have been developed overnight, and Kong Deming’s assistance was indispensable.
Furthermore, there were quite a few Evil Soul Master reserves within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and even Ghost Nana completed her enrollment under the arrangement of the Holy Spirit Church.
Ghost Nana had been a member of the Holy Spirit Church for quite some time.
Not even once!
…As Lin Mo had expected, even after witnessing Lin Mo’s talent, which was similar to that of an Evil Soul Master, Kong Deming did not change his mind.
Seeing Lin Mo unreservedly reveal his unspeakable evil attribute in front of him, to be honest, Kong Deming was a little touched.
This meant that Lin Mo trusted him greatly, and he hadn’t seen such trust in a long time.
However, what he didn’t know was that Lin Mo chose to expose his evil attribute because he wasn’t afraid of Kong Deming harming him at all.
Furthermore, Lin Mo had other plans, and he was not as pure as Kong Deming thought.
In a very short time after Lin Mo revealed his evil attribute, after some deliberation, Kong Deming had already made his judgment.
Lin Mo was still his disciple!
Although Lin Mo displayed an evil attribute, he was not controlled by it.
For Lin Mo, devouring was just an ability he used, like the water and lightning attributes on him.
He was controlling devouring, rather than being controlled by devouring and becoming a slave to power.
If Lin Mo couldn’t control devouring, some clues would have been evident when he fought the Hongchen siblings.
This meant that, in the future, unless Lin Mo’s temperament drastically changed and he actively chose to embrace his devouring talent to become an Evil Soul Master.
Otherwise, he would not become an Evil Soul Master.
Spirits are innate, but the path ahead still depends on how one chooses.
His feet are his own; whether to walk, which path to take, and what kind of path to take, he decides.
Kong Deming was quite confident; with him around, his disciple wouldn’t go astray…
He reached out with large hands, rubbing Lin Mo’s head, and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t change my opinion of you because of your talent; you are still my disciple. But you must promise me one thing.”
Towards the end, Kong Deming’s tone became serious, leaving no room for Lin Mo to refuse or play tricks.
“Mm.” Lin Mo nodded.
Seeing this, Kong Deming slowly and seriously said, “I want you to promise me that you will never, for the sake of power, actively unleash this talent of yours to harm innocent lives. If such a thing truly happens, I won’t hesitate to personally act and cleanse the sect.” Read the latest chapters at novelping(.)com.
Towards the end, Kong Deming’s tone was chillingly cold.
He was clearly telling Lin Mo that the condition he proposed was absolutely not a joke.
Once Lin Mo truly showed signs of degenerating into an Evil Soul Master, he would genuinely act to cleanse the sect.
At that time, Lin Mo would no longer be a pillar of the Sun Moon Empire, but a great menace.
Such a thing had happened before; the current Third Elder of the Holy Spirit Church, Nether Lightning Douluo, was a very good precedent.
A Rank 9 Soul Engineer was not something that could be easily achieved just by having Titled Douluo level cultivation.
When the Third Elder was still a normal Spirit Master, he had also studied in the Sun Moon Empire for a period, even learning under Kong Deming for some time.
He was, in essence, half a disciple of Kong Deming.
Although the Third Elder’s degeneration into an Evil Soul Master was due to a combination of many coincidences, the original Third Elder had not expected to embark on the path of an Evil Soul Master.
Kong Deming absolutely did not want to see such a situation happen again.
Therefore, he gravely warned his disciple, even resorting to threats to tell Lin Mo that he must never willingly fall.
“Don’t worry, Teacher. I won’t become that kind of person, and I won’t allow myself to become that kind of person. I have my own path to walk.” Lin Mo answered with a firm tone.
“I see that when you use this devouring talent, you are not affected by it, which means you can control your talent. This is a good thing. Of course, this might also be related to your much stronger spiritual power compared to Spirit Masters of the same rank.”
Kong Deming offered his speculation, and then asked the question he originally wanted to know.
What was the situation with Lin Mo’s second Spirit?
Having already been stimulated once, Kong Deming didn’t want to experience such a big shock again.
With a benevolent expression, as if coaxing a child, Kong Deming slowly asked his question: “Xiao Mo, do you have another Spirit that you haven’t told your master about?”
“Mm.” Lin Mo nodded.
To Kong Deming’s surprise, Lin Mo admitted it directly and openly, without the slightest hesitation.