Coercing Dugu Bo (It's the Last Day, Please Keep Reading! If You Still Don't Give It to Me, I'm Really Out of Options)

"What? You're leaving tomorrow?" Ye Tang'er and her husband were quite surprised. "This is too sudden."

"Madam Ye, brother Ye, I truly have some urgent matters to return and handle. It happened suddenly, and I received no advance notice." Chen Chu clasped his hands again in explanation.

Seeing how urgent it was, Ye Chunfeng no longer tried to keep him. "Since Brother Chen has pressing matters to deal with, I won't detain you. I'll arrange a carriage right away."

After Ye Chunfeng left, Ye Tang'er looked thoughtfully at Ye Lingling. "Teacher Chen, there are only a dozen or so days left before school begins anyway. Why not take Lingling with you?"

"Lingling, are you willing?"

Ye Lingling looked at her teacher, then at her mother, and nodded. "Lingling is willing."

Chen Chu naturally would not refuse. He would be traveling by carriage anyway, and having a little beauty along meant he could tease her when he was bored and improve his mood.

"Then hurry and pack your luggage. Once your father brings the carriage around, we'll leave immediately."

Heaven Dou City, the Eastern Palace.

Xue Qinghe had just finished listening to the orders Stingray Snake Spear had brought from Spirit Hall, and he had quite the headache.

"By the way, what has Chen Chu been busy with these past two months? Why hasn't he come to pay his respects in so long?"

Xue Qinghe rubbed his temples, suddenly thinking of that genius. After all, his cultivation had caught up to Xue Qinghe's own. He was a rare genius seen once in thousands of years, someone well worth recruiting and watching.

Snake Lance stepped forward. "Your Highness, Chen Chu accompanied a female classmate from his class to Autumn Leaf City a month ago for a month-long home visit. He has also been studying herbal theory there."

"Studying herbal theory?" Xue Qinghe murmured. "He certainly has it easy. At his age, not focusing on cultivation is truly a waste of all that talent."

Hearing this, Snake Lance gave his master a strange look, inwardly complaining bitterly. What about you? You possess a God-tier Martial Soul and innate Soul Power at rank twenty, yet instead of cultivating properly and inheriting a divine position, you insist on carrying out some plan to rule through a proxy? Once you become a god, would there even be any need to fight? Wouldn't they obediently offer up their ancestral legacy just to survive?

Though he thought this, he would never say it aloud. "Your Highness is correct. However, this man's talent is extraordinarily rare. Even if he divides his attention elsewhere, it will not matter much."

"Never mind. He is not our priority at the moment. Tonight, we begin administering the medicine."

A forest path.

Inside the carriage, Ye Lingling stared curiously at the masked uncle who had suddenly appeared outside. Is this man one of Teacher's family members? He looks so fierce and ugly, nothing like Teacher at all.

"Lingling, we'll reach Heaven Dou City soon. I won't accompany you back to the academy. Can you return on your own?"

Chen Chu lifted the curtain and looked at the increasing number of merchant caravans outside as he asked Ye Lingling beside him.

"Mm, I can go back by myself. Teacher, go handle your business." Ye Lingling nodded obediently.

Chen Chu gave a slight nod, his gaze sharp as he looked toward Ao Tian seated outside the carriage.

Heaven Dou City.

At Dugu Bo's residence, Chen Chu informed the estate steward that he was there to conduct a home visit for Dugu Yan in his capacity as her teacher.

By coincidence, Dugu Yan was not home. "Teacher Chen, my young mistress is not in the residence. My master requests an audience with you."

"Of course. I have long admired Poison Douluo deeply. To meet him today is truly my good fortune."

Smiling, Chen Chu followed the steward into the residence, then glanced back to signal Ao Tian to follow.

"Teacher Chen, my master did not permit any unrelated persons other than you to meet him. Please understand."

Ao Tian had only taken a few steps when the steward leading the way stopped, glanced back at him, and spoke to Chen Chu.

"You are unaware, Steward. He is the academy's practical combat instructor, and his understanding of the students is no less than mine. His coming here has also received the approval of the academy's three education committee members. I hope you understand."

Without waiting for the steward to respond, Chen Chu simply continued into the courtyard. Ao Tian had already sensed Dugu Bo's aura, and Chen Chu did not wish to waste any more time.

"Hey, how dare you barge in!" Seeing him act this way, the steward flew into a rage. Just as he was about to chase after him and stop him, Ao Tian fixed him with a glance, and he fainted on the spot.

Dugu Bo, in his study, keenly caught that powerful fluctuation of Soul Power. His gaze sharpened, and just as he was about to go out and investigate, the door was shoved open, revealing two men he had never seen before.

"What is the meaning of this, gentlemen? I, Dugu Bo, do not seem to have ever met either of you. Why have you trespassed into my residence? If you cannot give me an explanation that satisfies me today, do not blame this old man for being ruthless!"

Dugu Bo had just examined the two of them. The young man's Soul Power fluctuations were around the level of a Soul Emperor or Soul Sage, while the masked man was at most a Soul Douluo. These two actually dared to break into his residence. Today, he would let the world understand that a Titled Douluo could not be insulted!

"Poison Douluo, I am a Heaven Dou Rank instructor at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the mentor of Heavenly Micro Class One. I have come today mainly to discuss a matter with you. I hope you can assist me with something."

Chen Chu was not particularly surprised by Dugu Bo's attitude. Ao Tian's cultivation was not so easily seen through. Chen Chu could see Ao Tian's true strength only because he possessed the Asura Bead. As for Dugu Bo, he was merely a unit of strength.

"You are Yan Yan's teacher?" Dugu Bo was initially somewhat surprised, but when he saw Chen Chu casually sit down opposite him, he instantly flew into a rage. "You think being Yan Yan's teacher allows you to be so presumptuous? Aren't you being far too arrogant?"

As he spoke, the immense pressure of a Titled Douluo erupted instantly, bearing down on Chen Chu and Ao Tian.

Chen Chu paid it no mind and leisurely poured himself a cup of hot tea. Behind him, Ao Tian felt deeply insulted by the pressure of a mere Titled Douluo. "Hmph. What are you? How dare you make a move before the Ancestor!"

Ao Tian let out a cold shout, and Dugu Bo's Soul Power pressure was instantly scattered into nothingness. Even Dugu Bo himself was forced several steps back by the aura mixed into that shout.

He then stared in disbelief at the masked man, who had seemed utterly ordinary moments ago. Pointing at him, he muttered, "You... Your Excellency, what is the meaning of this? I do not believe I have ever held any grudge against you."

Ao Tian did not answer him and merely continued standing there quietly.

Looking at the standing masked man and the seated Chen Chu, Dugu Bo also realized where the problem lay.

His gaze turned uncertainly toward Chen Chu. "Young Friend Chen, may I ask what you need this old man to help with? If it is within my ability, please speak freely."

After that strike, Dugu Bo had already recognized the gap between them. He had fought Stinky Chrysanthemum not long ago and was still injured. He was absolutely no match for the man before him now. More importantly, his granddaughter was still in Heaven Dou City, so he had no choice but to lower his head, submit, and endure humiliation.

"Can Senior Poison Douluo sit down and have a proper conversation now?" Chen Chu sneered, teasing him. As expected, people like Dugu Bo had to be dealt with using an iron fist big enough to beat them into submission.