Retiring After Success, Reactions from All Sides
"Your Majesty, is Bing'er's condition serious?"
Su Rou remained silent for a moment, then looked up at Broad Hill as if she had made a decision.
Broad Hill glanced at her, smiled, and then said, "It's hard to say. Maybe she'll be able to control herself eventually. Hmm, so many years have passed, and nothing's happened, right?"
Hearing Broad Hill's reassuring words, the group became even more panicked.
"I wonder if Your Majesty's previous statement about taking on a disciple on behalf of your brother still counts?"
Su Rou knew the situation was different, so she gritted her teeth and took the initiative to ask.
Well...
Broad Hill hesitated for a moment, seemingly weighing the pros and cons, and did not answer directly.
"Skywater Academy is willing to follow the lead of the Spirit Hall from now on."
Just as Broad Hill hesitated, Su Rou spoke up again, pulling the three people beside her to bow decisively.
"What are you doing? Are you threatening me?"
Seeing them bow, Broad Hill showed a displeased expression.
"I dare not. Su Rou sincerely joined the Spirit Hall. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
She adopted the most humble posture, afraid of angering Broad Hill.
"Sigh, I've already told you I didn't come here because of this. You're putting me in a difficult position."
Standing behind Broad Hill, Han Li almost lost his composure as he listened to his master's standard villainous speech.
"Master, please stop acting. If you continue, once your senior master takes on a disciple, you and Shui Bing'er won't be able to get along anymore."
A barely perceptible mental fluctuation entered Broad Hill's mind, causing him to freeze for a moment. He turned back to look at his disciple with displeasure, seemingly annoyed that his performance had been interrupted.
However, after Han Li's reminder, he restrained himself a bit, looked at the people bowing in front of him, and said, "Alright, get up. I, Broad Hill, always keep my word. If I say I will take on a disciple on behalf of my brother, I will never go back on my word."
Seeing the others get up, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He spoke again, "However, since you have all said you want to join the Spirit Hall, then I will accept it. I really didn't have this plan before. From today onwards, Skywater Academy will be a subordinate academy of the Spirit Hall."
Su Rou and the other beautiful woman's faces darkened slightly.
Broad Hill glanced at the two of them, then said breathlessly, "However, although you have joined the Spirit Hall, to be honest, the Spirit Hall doesn't need another subordinate academy like yours. So, don't worry, you still have considerable autonomy and independence."
"The Spirit Hall will not interfere in any of your affairs. Things will remain the same as before. All you need to do is clearly stand on the side of the Spirit Hall when expressing your stance."
"Of course, I don't want to see a situation where the academy is more powerful than the Spirit Hall in a city again, understand?"
When this was mentioned, Broad Hill unconsciously emphasized her words slightly.
Su Rou and the beautiful woman exchanged a glance, both noticing the surprise in each other's eyes. They hadn't expected such lenient conditions, and immediately bowed, saying, "Understood, Your Excellency."
"Yes, very good."
Broad Hill nodded in satisfaction.
"Also, now that Shui Bing'er has become my brother's disciple, I'll give you a heads-up: once we return to Spirit City and she officially becomes his disciple, we will immediately begin to address her Martial Soul issue."
"Once the issue of her Martial Soul is resolved, her minimum achievement in the future will be a Super Douluo. I can assure you of that. So, do you have any questions now?"
Broad Hill sat up straight, a smile on her face, her previous aggressive demeanor gone.
The two looked at each other and shook their heads.
Just as Broad Hill was about to get up, a weak voice suddenly came from the side. "Your Majesty, does Bing'er have to leave with you today? Can we postpone it for a few days?"
Following the sound, Broad Hill and Han Li discovered that the one asking the question was Shui Yue'er had been relatively unknown.
Broad Hill paused for a moment, then smiled:
"No need. Since you've already agreed, it doesn't have to be today."
After speaking, he paused for a moment before adding:
"How about we give you a week? She can leave with us after a week."
Unexpectedly, Shui Yue'er's words brought an unexpected surprise, and the group quickly expressed their gratitude.
Seeing the four women smile again, Broad Hill and Han Li exchanged a glance and decisively chose to leave.
Only after being respectfully escorted out of the manor did Han Li look at his master.
"Master, if her Martial Soul doesn't accidentally go out of control, but they still disagree, what would you do?"
Broad Hill rolled her eyes at him. "Then just leave. What else can we do? They are a neutral force, not an enemy force. This isn't an open war. Do you think I would massacre the manor? Only an idiot would do that."
"As long as they know that there are two Super Douluo watching them, they will eventually agree even if we do nothing. Don't be fooled by the fact that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan also wants to slowly annex them; as long as they're not stupid, they definitely won't dare to jump out now."
"That idiot Bibi Dong overlooked this point, which is why she got dragged into the mire. She played childish games of power struggles with them, which only lowered her own status. Ha, the Three Upper Sects, no matter how nicely they put it, this whole thing was something we deliberately created to incite infighting among those sects. And she actually believed it. Isn't she stupid?"
"Believe it or not, she actually just sends Little Chrysanthemum out and throws them into various elemental academies. They just show up every now and then and don't have to do anything. If they haven't returned to the Spirit Hall in six months, I'll change my mind."
Han Li chuckled to himself. Although Broad Hill's words were unpleasant to hear, they were indeed true.
His thinking was previously limited by the so-called superficial situation, just like Bibi Dong's. He was one of the fools she mentioned. Fortunately, he had his master to teach him by example and he woke up in time.
As for when Bibi Dong will realize what's happening, that's up to her.
After the matter was over, the master and apprentice went directly to the Spirit Hall.
Han Li went to cultivate, while Broad Hill went to deal with the subsequent reforms of the Spirit Hall after the Skywater Academy joined.
This time, the Worship Hall has truly intervened directly in matters concerning the Pope's Hall.
Seven days passed quickly.
With the active cooperation of the Skywater Academy, the Spirit Hall regained control of the city and even placed this city, which had been somewhat separated from the Heaven Dou Empire, directly under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Hall.
Various rumors circulated widely, but after learning that it was Titled Douluo from the Spirit Hall who had directly taken action, all parties fell silent. Even their former employer, the Heaven Dou Empire, did not dare to inquire and acted as if nothing had happened.
On the contrary, Spirit City kept sending messages through emergency contact channels to inquire about what exactly was going on.
As a result, Broad Hill ignored them completely and threw all the messages into the trash can. He wasn't going to argue with a fool.
On the morning of the eighth day, a luxurious carriage slowly drove out of the Spirit Hall.
After making its way to the Shui Family Manor, the carriage swaggered out of the city, right under the watchful eyes of spies from various factions, heading straight towards Spirit City.
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