Knowledge Is Power

If Tang San cared about 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 possibly abandon Rongrong to chase after Tang San first.

However, they had already been less than a kilometer away from Tang San. Bai Ge's telekinesis could scan that entire area.

Having confirmed that there was no danger, and seeing that Tang San had instead run into the Peerless Dragon Snake couple and Meng Yiran, Bai Ge teleported over ahead of the others.

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

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

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

Naturally, the Xue Qinghe impersonated by Qian Renxue had more and more state affairs to handle.

The time she could spend with Bai Ge became less and less.

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

Colorless, odorless, and leaving no trace.

No matter how it was tested, there was only one result: his time had come, and he had died of natural causes.

Forget Dugu Bo, that half-baked amateur—even Tang San himself would get the same result.

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

Once Xue Ye died, those two would be the culprits behind the plot to seize the throne.

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

To make matters worse, Serpent Spear Douluo She Long and Pufferfish Douluo kept an especially close watch over Qian Renxue and Bai Ge. They were far more dutiful than Ling Ying from that neighboring Battle Through the Heavens.

(Ling Ying, Xun'er's Dou Huang bodyguard. Those who know, know.)

Bai Ge and Qian Renxue were becoming more and more tragic.

Those two Titled Douluo even took things further, preparing 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 use a Teleportation and meet Qian Renxue.

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

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

"Make yourself clear, or don't blame this old man for showing no mercy."

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

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

"If you want your granddaughter to explode and die, then pretend I said nothing.

"And just from the dense purple color of this Spirit Ring, it isn't hard to guess that it has already surpassed two thousand years."

Once a soul beast died, a Spirit Ring would appear. It could remain for one shichen, after which it would disperse.

The Peerless Dragon Snake couple had been too focused on the Man Faced Demon Spider being killed. How could they have paid attention to details like the Spirit Ring's age?

Dragon Lord Meng Shu's old face reddened, and he fell silent.

Nearly getting his own granddaughter killed was far too embarrassing.

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

Thinking about it carefully, though, it was not strange. Most people spent their entire lives busy cultivating. Where would they find the time to care about 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 whether you lived or died.

"Next time, just let your muddleheaded old grandfather get you killed by exploding."

"Hey, you brat..." Dragon Lord Meng Shu flew into a rage and was about to make a move when Chao Tianxiang grabbed him.

"You... think I'm pretty?" Meng Yiran stammered.

"Mm." Bai Ge nodded.

It was the truth.

Yet Bai Ge had not realized at all just how attractive his evolved appearance, comparable to Shaka's, was to girls.

He had forgotten a saying from his previous life: this world ran on looks.

Meng Yiran turned to Dragon Lord Meng Shu. "Grandfather, forget it. Let's hurry and find another Spirit 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 Spirit Ring.

Exceeding the limit? Tang San did not care.

Right now, he needed power.

He had already witnessed Bai Ge's Spirit Rings that exceeded their limits.

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

Dense purplish-black light 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 was going on.

Meng Yiran then repeated what Bai Ge had said earlier.

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

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

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

As they spoke, Tang San's seated figure could no longer be seen.

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 before, amid violent fluctuations of Soul Power, Tang San's skin had begun to split, oozing countless fine beads of blood.

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

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

Cracking sounds of bones occasionally came from within the mist, and every one of them left the surrounding people deeply shaken.

Meng Yiran's pretty face had turned deathly pale. Still terrified, she looked at Bai Ge. "Thank you for stopping me. Otherwise, I might have..."

Meng Yiran took Dragon Lord Meng Shu's hand, preparing to leave.

They had intended to leave in the first place, but Zhao Wuji's arrival and Tang San suddenly absorbing the Spirit 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 took your Spirit Ring twice. Consider this compensation."

What Bai Ge gave Meng Yiran was a manual of Form and Will martial arts.

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 Spirit Rings beyond the limit.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Dragon Lord and Snake Woman—the Dragon Snake Strike—and Meng Shenji, one of the Three Education Committee Members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, whose Martial Soul was the Black Demon.

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

Form and Will, and the Dragon Snake Strike, had originally come from that man.

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

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

At the moment he placed the manual into Meng Yiran's hands, Bai Ge seemed to remember something, and let something go.

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

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

Hidden Force, mastery!

Reborn through transformation, tendons and marrow remade.

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