Knowledge Is Power

If the person Tang San cared about was Xiao Wu, then the people Bai Ge cared about were Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong.

The Star Dou Great Forest was fraught with danger. He could not abandon Rongrong to chase after Tang San first.

However, they had been less than a kilometer away from Tang San just now. Bai Ge's spiritual power had already scanned the entire area.

Having confirmed that there was no danger, Bai Ge saw that Tang San had run into the Peerless Dragon Serpent couple and Meng Yiran, which was somewhat troublesome. That was why he had teleported over first.

Bai Ge had promised Sword Douluo that he would take good care of Rongrong.

That was also why Bai Ge had come to Shrek.

Besides that, Qian Renxue's current identity was Xue Qinghe, the Heaven Dou Crown Prince.

And Bai Ge was no longer the little six-year-old boy he had once been. It was impossible for him to keep hiding in Qian Renxue's chambers and sleeping in the same bed as her.

Moreover, as Qian Renxue's plan to impersonate Xue Qinghe, the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, and poison him from within proceeded successfully, the health of Xue Ye, ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire, worsened by the day.

Naturally, the amount of government affairs Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, had to handle also grew greater and greater.

The time she had to spend with Bai Ge grew less and less.

Speaking of which, the poison had come from Bai Ge's system, and Bai Ge had personally given it to Qian Renxue.

Colorless, odorless, and leaving no trace.

No matter how it was examined, there would be only one conclusion: his time had come, and he had died of natural causes.

Forget about that half-baked Dugu Bo—even if Tang San came himself, the result would be the same.

As for Xue Beng and Xue Xing, Bai Ge had long since arranged people to handle them. Heaven One Divine Water, Golden Poxun Flower, Three Days Gut Severing—take your pick, guaranteed satisfaction.

Once Xue Ye died, those two would be the masterminds behind usurping the throne.

In short, by the time Tang San returned from Slaughter City, everything would have been settled.

To top it off, Snake Spear Douluo She Long and Porcupine Douluo kept an even stricter watch over Qian Renxue and Bai Ge than Ling Ying from next door's Battle Through the Heavens had ever kept over his charge.

(Ling Ying, Xun Er's Dou Huang guard. Those who knew, knew.)

Bai Ge and Qian Renxue were becoming increasingly tragic.

These two Titled Douluo even went a step further and prepared to send Bai Ge to Spirit City.

Bai Ge had too many secrets. Facing Qian Daoliu was clearly not the right choice.

Besides, if they were going to be in a long-distance relationship anyway, Shrek was closer.

Once they agreed on a time and place, he could meet Qian Renxue with a single Teleportation.

But in Spirit City, he might not be able to escape Qian Daoliu's perception.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu frowned and looked at Bai Ge. "Boy, what do you mean?

Explain yourself clearly, or don't blame this old man for being merciless."

"You're a dignified eight-ring Soul Douluo. Don't tell me you can't distinguish the age of this Man Faced Demon Spider?"

Bai Ge looked at Dragon Duke contemptuously. "This Man Faced Demon Spider's legs are already over three meters long. That is the mark of a cultivation exceeding two thousand years."

"If you want your granddaughter to explode and die, then pretend I never said anything.

And judging by the deep purple color of this Soul Ring alone, it is not hard to tell that its age has already exceeded two thousand years."

Once a soul beast died, a Soul Ring would appear. It could remain for one shichen. After that, it would dissipate.

The Peerless Dragon Serpent couple had only been focused on the Man Faced Demon Spider being killed. How could they have paid attention to details like the age of its Soul Ring?

Dragon Duke's old face reddened, and he fell silent.

Nearly getting his own granddaughter killed was simply too embarrassing.

Seeing this, Bai Ge could not help sighing. Knowledge was power!

Thinking about it carefully, though, this was not strange. Most people spent their entire lives busy cultivating. How could they have time to concern themselves with anything else?

Meng Yiran glared at Bai Ge. "How do I know you aren't lying to me?"

"What benefit would I get from lying to you? If you weren't a pretty girl, I couldn't be bothered to care whether you lived or died.

Next time, just let your muddleheaded grandfather get you killed when your body explodes."

"Hey, you little—" Dragon Duke Meng Shu flew into a rage and was about to attack when Chao Tianxiang grabbed him.

"You think... I'm pretty?" Meng Yiran asked hesitantly.

"Mm." Bai Ge nodded.

It was the truth.

Yet Bai Ge had no idea just how attractive his transformed appearance, comparable to Shaka's, was to girls.

He had forgotten a saying from his previous life: in this world, looks were everything.

Meng Yiran turned to Dragon Duke Meng Shu. "Grandpa, forget it. Let's hurry and find another Soul Ring!"

At that moment, Zhao Wuji finally arrived with the others.

Tang San asked Oscar for two sausages and recovered considerably.

Then, he began absorbing the Soul Ring.

Exceeding the age limit? Tang San did not care.

What he needed now was strength.

He had already seen Bai Ge's Soul Rings that exceeded the limit.

Since Meng Yiran had already given up this Soul Ring, Tang San did not stand on ceremony.

A dense purplish-black radiance instantly enveloped Tang San's body.

Meng Yiran cried out, "Tang San, do you have a death wish?"

Zhao Wuji froze and hurriedly asked what had happened.

Meng Yiran repeated what Bai Ge had said earlier.

Just as Zhao Wuji was about to speak, Bai Ge answered first. "Tang San heard what I said too.

This is his own choice. The enemies he has to face are very strong. He has no room to retreat either."

Zhao Wuji fell silent. He thought Bai Ge was referring to the Titan Giant Ape.

As they spoke, Tang San's seated figure was no longer visible.

His entire body was shrouded in a layer of pale red mist.

The red within the mist was not the glow of Soul Power, but Tang San's blood.

Not long ago, amid the violent fluctuations of Soul Power within him, Tang San's skin had begun to split, oozing fine beads of blood.

As the Soul Power steamed, they turned into this pale red mist.

Tang San's brows were tightly furrowed, his lips pressed firmly together, and his body kept convulsing without pause. Combined with the blood beads seeping from beneath his skin, one could imagine just how intense the pain he was enduring was.

Crackling sounds of bones rang out from the mist from time to time. Every time they did, they left everyone around him feeling terrified.

Meng Yiran's pretty face had turned deathly pale with fright. Still shaken, she looked at Bai Ge. "Thank you for stopping me. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have..."

Meng Yiran took hold of Dragon Duke's hand and prepared to leave.

They had intended to leave in the first place, but Zhao Wuji's arrival and Tang San's sudden absorption of the Soul Ring had interrupted them.

The two groups did not trust each other. To avoid misunderstandings, it was best for one side to leave first.

"Wait!" Bai Ge called out to Meng Yiran and handed her a book.

"I stole two of your Soul Rings. Consider this compensation."

What Bai Ge gave Meng Yiran was a manual for Xingyi National Art.

It was one of the items Bai Ge's system had given him over the past six years.

It was also one of the reasons Bai Ge could absorb Soul Rings beyond the limit.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Dragon Duke and Snake Woman—Dragon Serpent Combined Attack. The Martial Soul of Meng Shenji, one of the three members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Education Committee—Black Demon.

Thus, Bai Ge made another move and filled in another piece of the puzzle.

Xingyi and Dragon Serpent Combined Attack had originally both come from that man.

He hoped even more that Huaxia martial arts could take root and flourish in this world.

Rather than, as in his previous life, becoming a pretext for scams and a tool for profit.

At the moment he handed the manual to Meng Yiran, Bai Ge seemed to recall something, and also to let something go.

All of it was a memory from the golden age of web novels in his previous life—

A surge of power abruptly emerged and coursed through every limb and bone!

Hidden Force, perfected!

Rebirth through transformation, remaking the tendons and cleansing the marrow.

This was Bai Ge's reward for changing the plot this time!