Neuvillette Heads to Heaven Dou City, Tang San Laughs Himself Crazy!

"Any news?"

Hearing the messenger's words, Neuvillette froze. It had only been a few days—there was news already?

At most, it had been less than ten days!

"Alright, I understand. Thank you."

After thanking the messenger, Neuvillette left the Soul Arena and headed toward the outskirts of the city.

From Suotuo City to Heaven Dou City, even a Soul Grandmaster would need at least a month to travel. Yet there had been news in just ten days!

What did that mean?

At the very least, an Agility Attack Type Soul Sage would have had to make the journey, and only then could they possibly travel there and back within ten days!

"Wait, could Grandpa have gone himself?"

If Lakesius had personally gone to Heaven Dou City, then it was not strange at all!

After all, Lakesius himself was an Agility Attack Type Soul Douluo, and an eighty-ninth-rank one at that!

To make a round trip within ten days and find Dugu Bo, among everyone Neuvillette knew, only Lakesius could accomplish such a thing.

Time passed, and about half an hour later, Neuvillette finally returned home. Only Lakesius and several Soul Sage-level "old farmers" were there.

"Little Neuvillette, this trip nearly cost this old bag of bones his life!"

"I'm old. I can't fly anymore."

Lakesius smiled and continued, "Still, luckily, I found Dugu Bo. He was even wondering why I had come looking for him!"

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Neuvillette did not spoil the mood by saying there had been no need to rush. What difference would that have made from hindsight?

He simply had not expected Lakesius to make the trip himself!

"You're still young. Living a few more decades will be no problem at all. Once you break through to Titled Douluo, you'll have plenty of time ahead of you!"

"Ah, enough of that. I arranged to meet Your Excellency Dugu in Heaven Dou City half a month from now."

"Looks like this grandfather and grandson pair won't be getting any rest!"

"Let's go. Time is tight!"

Suddenly, as though he had thought of something, Neuvillette asked, "Grandpa, how did you persuade Dugu Bo? With his personality, he isn't someone who would agree to meet just..."

Before Neuvillette could finish, Lakesius waved his hand and said with a smile, "Nothing more than a soul bone just over ten thousand years old. Something that can be bought with Gold Soul Coins."

"Uh..."

Well, no wonder. No wonder someone like Dugu Bo had agreed to meet!

They had even set a time!

"Grandson, in this Douluo Continent, strength is the most important thing. Each of our Eight Great Families has at least one Soul Douluo overseeing it. That is why the Two Great Empires, Spirit Hall, and the other major powers are unwilling to offend us."

"Of course, that is only because we maintain absolute neutrality and have no interests tied to any faction. Only then do they feel at ease."

"Next comes the way of the world. Gifts must be reciprocated. Like this time—I opened the way with a soul bone. Even though this soul bone is not particularly valuable to a Soul Douluo or a Titled Douluo, practically worthless to them."

"But could Dugu Bo refuse it? Even if he had no use for it himself, his descendants certainly would!"

"As long as he accepted the soul bone, everything became negotiable!"

The corners of Lakesius's lips curled upward slightly. Such worldly dealings were easy enough to handle.

Hearing this, Neuvillette nodded meaningfully but said nothing.

If one possessed absolute strength, there would be no need for such worldly dealings. Others would instead come begging. Unfortunately, he did not yet possess absolute strength.

Seeing Neuvillette's enlightened expression, Lakesius nodded. It was good that he understood. These were things one needed to grasp while one's strength was lacking.

In the end, strength still spoke loudest.

Back in Suotuo City, Neuvillette's unannounced departure saddened Dou Dou and most of the audience as well.

They had all come to see Neuvillette's appearance, said to rival that of the readers in legends!

Yet Neuvillette had vanished!

When Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar returned to the Soul Arena, they were already wearing their exclusive masks.

They had also all registered new titles.

Oscar had already returned from hunting soul beasts, though his third soul skill was not the flying mushroom sausage from the original work...

"Thousand Hands Shura, Soft Bone Charming Rabbit, Evil Fire Phoenix..."

"So these people really have appeared! Lord Neuvillette truly is a godlike man!"

The staff member responsible for assigning contestants to arenas muttered to himself.

Unfortunately, Neuvillette was not at the Soul Arena at that moment.

"What? Neuvillette isn't at the Soul Arena right now?"

Hearing the staff member's words, Xiao Wu cried out in surprise.

"That's right. Lord Neuvillette is not at the Soul Arena at the moment. As for where he went, that is not something we would know."

"Ah, how could this happen!"

Xiao Wu pouted and said dejectedly.

Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar naturally heard the news as well. Of them all, Tang San was the happiest!

The Neuvillette who had been targeting him was gone. With Tang San's strength, who at the same rank in the Soul Arena could still be his match?

Yet Tang San faintly felt that something was wrong, as though something was about to leave him!

His heart felt empty. A happy smile had already appeared on his face, but it quickly froze before slowly fading away.

He felt that something incredibly important was gradually drifting farther and farther away from him.

It was an indescribable feeling.

"Was it an illusion?"

Tang San could not make sense of it. Even after racking his brains, he still could not understand why he felt this way.

In the end, Tang San shook his head. Since he could not figure it out, he stopped thinking about it. While Neuvillette was gone, he was going to rank up properly!

"Th-Third Brother, you seem very happy?"

Xiao Wu frowned, her beautiful eyes narrowing as she spoke expressionlessly.

She had originally wanted to call him Third Sister, but after thinking it over, Xiao Wu ultimately still called him Third Brother.

After all, they had shared six years together. The Tang San of the past had treated her fairly well.

Tang San's entire body jolted, and his face beneath the mask twisted slightly.

Couldn't he be happy?

Neuvillette?

Neuvillette!

It was all because of that Neuvillette!

That was why Xiao Wu had become like this!

"Xiao Wu, I merely thought of something happy. I'm not happy because Neuvillette left."

Tang San said without so much as a blush.

Ma Hongjun and Oscar were both stunned. What a case of protesting too much!

Had Xiao Wu said Tang San was happy because of Neuvillette?

Tang San had gotten carried away and exposed himself!

"You..."

Xiao Wu trembled with rage. Her right index finger pointed at Tang San, her lips parted slightly, but she could not bring herself to speak.

Sure enough, Tang San's prejudice against Neuvillette was like a rolling stone on a mountain. Once it began to fall, it could never stop.

Xiao Wu did not like this Tang San!

"Humph..."