An Encounter with Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy

"The travel arrangements have been made. Besides Golden Goose, who will be at your disposal, two Douluo from Spirit Hall and the Third Elder from the Elder Hall will accompany you. If this force truly encounters Tang Hao, Tang Hao will undoubtedly die. You know what to do when the time comes."

Sinking into the soft sofa, Bibi Dong spoke lazily.

Xu Yu's concerns were completely outside her consideration.

"Your Excellency is wise!" After offering a small bit of flattery, Xu Yu secretly cursed Bibi Dong. Was she trying to get him killed by stuffing so many uncontrollable Titled Douluo into the group?

If she wanted him dead, couldn't she just slap him to death directly? Why go through all this trouble?

"You seem to be cursing me, aren't you?"

"No, how could I? This subordinate's admiration for Your Excellency is like the ceaseless surging of the Yangtze River, or the flooding Yellow River, impossible to contain. Even if this subordinate cursed everyone in the world, I would never curse Your Excellency even once."

The more Xu Yu spoke, the more sincere his expression became.

The corner of Bibi Dong's lips rose. Her faint smile was breathtakingly beautiful, and she seemed to be in a good mood, allowing Xu Yu to feast his eyes.

When this Your Excellency the Pope smiled, she truly had the beauty to topple nations. Unfortunately, she rarely smiled.

"Why are you standing so far away from me?"

Oh. Xu Yu stepped forward several paces, wondering if Bibi Dong intended to reward him. Otherwise, why ask him to come so close?

That made sense. He, Xu Yu, was now one of her favored people. Giving him some reward so he would not get beaten to death by Tang Hao was perfectly normal.

"Come closer."

"Closer."

"You're already level sixty. You've got quite some nerve, secretly absorbing that Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud?"

When he had come close enough that he could smell her faint body fragrance, Bibi Dong suddenly unleashed her pressure. Xu Yu spat out, "Fuck!" and nearly dropped to his knees.

He could barely breathe, panting as he supported himself on his knees.

"I've been wronged, Your Excellency! That Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was like a stubborn plaster. I even threw it into the trash to humiliate it, but it still shamelessly stuck itself to me. This subordinate had no choice but to refine it. Actually, I'm confused too. With so many people around, why did it choose me of all people? It's driving me crazy!"

Bibi Dong would have to be a ghost to believe that nonsense.

But if he truly could refine that divine artifact, perhaps he might become a capable assistant to her in the future.

Thinking of it that way, it did not matter. Bibi Dong was not angry that Xu Yu had refined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. She was angry that he had refined it without telling her. That was unacceptable.

Besides, she had known the moment Xu Yu triggered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Whoever was in Spirit Hall must have known as well.

What would that person think? Assassinate Xu Yu?

That would not happen. If someone outside Spirit Hall had refined something belonging to the Sea God, that person would have rushed over to eliminate the "heretic" as soon as he received the news. But Xu Yu was a member of Spirit Hall and had grown up within Spirit Hall. Whoever was in Spirit Hall had no reason to hunt Xu Yu.

As for inheriting the Sea God's divine position—

Neither Bibi Dong nor Qian Daoliu had such thoughts.

Becoming a god's inheritor was simply far, far too difficult.

"I've noticed that your nerve is growing by the day. You lie so smoothly right in front of me."

How could that be? Xu Yu smiled awkwardly and offered a strained explanation.

Bibi Dong looked at him with a cold smile and snorted. "I won't blame you for playing petty tricks. Just get the job done."

After seeing that Xu Yu had recognized his mistake, Bibi Dong's tone softened slightly. "You may leave. Remember to report Tang Hao's whereabouts to me at all times. Once every seven days. Every report must confirm Tang Hao's location and strength. Any problem with that?"

"No." Xu Yu left with great difficulty.

After going out, he cursed Bibi Dong's entire family for eighteen generations again. Report once a week? Did she think he had nothing better to do?

Damn it, it seemed he needed to speed up his search for a summoned beast with a keen sense of smell.

So she was letting him develop freely, huh? Once he grew strong outside, he would stop reporting to her. If she had the guts, she could come out and catch him.

At the window, Bibi Dong watched Xu Yu's grumbling retreating figure without any expression on her face. No one knew what she was thinking.

Very soon, a file containing Xu Yu's life history was delivered to her. She read it several times, yet she remained full of doubts. No one could answer those doubts for her, and she could only wait for time to gradually unveil the truth beneath the mist.

Elsewhere, Xu Yu was greatly depressed after being frightened by Bibi Dong and failing to learn whether Xiao Wu was alive. However, he did run into several familiar faces.

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang from Blazing Academy, along with Feng Xiao Tian and the others from Godwind Academy. Xu Yu wondered why they were still in Spirit City. The Five Elemental Academies should have left by now!

Perhaps it was because of their agreement.

He remembered that the original story had mentioned how Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy merged their teams to fight the Shrek Seven Devils in exchange for joining Spirit Hall, though they still lost in the end.

However, later on, when the Four Elemental Academies were established in Heaven Dou City, Feng Xiao Tian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang were there alongside Shui Bing'er, Yu Tianheng, and the others. As for whether they had betrayed Spirit Hall or paid some price to leave it, he did not know.

But Xu Yu remembered that Feng Xiao Tian's martial soul was the Gale Twin-Headed Wolf. Its sense of smell absolutely met his requirements, and Feng Xiao Tian's talent did as well. If Tang San had not been cheating and all of Shrek had not been taking drugs, Feng Xiao Tian would have been the number one person beneath the Golden Generation.

He was determined to have this summoned beast. Once he got back, he would make a plan for how to capture Feng Xiao Tian and sign a contract with him.

After giving him a deep look, Xu Yu walked straight past them.

Xu Yu's gaze made Huo Wu extremely unhappy. She muttered disdainfully, "What's he acting so arrogant for? Wasn't he defeated by Shrek?"

"Forget it, forget it. So were we!" Huo Wushuang hurriedly stopped his sister's blunt mouth.

Feng Xiao Tian furrowed his brow and stopped discussing Xu Yu. Instead, he spoke of Shrek. "I never expected that girl named Xiao Wu to be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had undergone Form Transformation. I wonder how Tang San and the others are doing?"

"Exactly. I heard that the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan all stepped in. Tang San is even from the Clear Sky Sect, the number one sect in the world. Yet Shrek still had the nerve to claim they were a commoner academy. Their skin is way too thick."

Even now, Huo Wushuang still deeply resented the look on Tang San's face when he said, "Sorry, I'm immune to fire." And the matter of Tang San seducing his sister also made him very unhappy.

"Tell me, how did Tang San, as a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, dare come to Spirit City?"

Wasn't that like running right up to his enemy and taunting, "Come hit me!"

If they were Spirit Hall, they would not be able to stand it either.

"Perhaps he has his own hardships!" Unlike Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu had a fairly favorable impression of Tang San, who had saved her once. Even knowing that her brother was badmouthing Tang San, Huo Wu still defended him.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Form Transformation dared to come to Spirit City. What would the Clear Sky Sect have to fear?"

Huo Wu was working hard to defend Tang San, and Feng Xiao Tian felt terrible inside.

Would a simp end up with nothing in the end? Feng Xiao Tian thought about the few words Xu Yu had privately transmitted to him when he passed by.

"Want to win the heart of a fiercely spirited girl like Huo Wu? You can only keep growing stronger—stronger than Tang San. Only then will Huo Wu's attitude toward you change. If you keep simping like this, how are you any different from a simp destined to end up with nothing? Unless Tang San abandons her, you'll only have a chance to pick up what he leaves behind. If you want to grow stronger, come find me."

Finally, Xu Yu gave him the address of Zhu Zhuyun's inn.

If Feng Xiao Tian did not come, he would have to go with Zhu Zhuyun and capture him. It would be even better if he came himself—walking right into the trap.

No, Xu Yu felt that in his pursuit of strength, he was becoming a great villain.