"Because my Thunder Dragon Wings could charge endlessly!"
"What!" Tang Tian was greatly shocked.
Tang Yu smiled. "Father, that's about enough. You don't need to keep draining your Soul Power. Save some and hurry to recover."
"Qian Renxue only had Snake Lance and Pufferfish, two level-92 Title Douluo, by her side. Father alone could take on both of them, not to mention Seventh Elder, Blazing Sun Douluo."
If we really came to blows, Qian Renxue, you wouldn't be able to outplay me. Tang Yu chuckled inwardly.
After making preparations, he headed for Dou Spirit Mountain.
Dou Spirit Mountain was a somewhat famous scenic hill within Heaven Dou City, with a tower at its summit.
Citizens and young couples often went up the mountain to enjoy themselves.
But when Tang Yu set foot on Dou Spirit Mountain, he found it completely deserted. Clearly, Qian Renxue had cleared the area.
At precisely eight o'clock, Tang Yu arrived as promised.
At that moment, Qian Renxue stood before the tower with a modest smile. "Brother Tang Yu, it has been a long time."
"Ahahaha, indeed! Brother Xue! Your little brother has missed you greatly!"
Tang Yu laughed heartily and stepped forward to hug her tightly, repeatedly patting Qian Renxue's back.
"Mmm~"
Qian Renxue bit her lower lip. Her body trembled slightly, and her face flushed faintly. This guy! He's taking advantage of me again. How long does he plan to hold me?
She forced herself to remain composed as she pushed Tang Yu away, smiling. "From atop this Dou Spirit Tower, one can overlook all of Heaven Dou City. The view is quite lovely. Brother Tang Yu, let us go up and talk."
"Good! Brother Xue, please!"
"Brother Tang Yu, please!"
Moving in sync, the two climbed Dou Spirit Tower together.
Soon, they stood on the tower's top floor, where Qian Renxue had specially prepared two chairs.
After admiring the view for several minutes, they sat in the chairs on that floor.
Tang Yu asked, "Brother Xue, did you find the books I wanted?"
Qian Renxue did not hesitate to take out the books she had found, which recorded all kinds of rare and exotic herbs.
She handed them to Tang Yu. "Yes, Brother. This book records several hundred kinds of rare and exotic herbs. I now give it to you."
It was an extremely old book. She had sent people to find it in a corner of the core section of Spirit Hall's library. It had likely been sitting there for thousands of years.
Yet because it was made from special materials, though old, it remained intact.
Qian Renxue had read it as well.
She had been quite surprised that there were so many strange herbs in this world capable of greatly aiding Soul Masters.
However, after looking into it, she learned that many of the rare and exotic herbs recorded within were things one might not encounter even once in a thousand years.
Tang Yu accepted the book and flipped through it. His eyes immediately lit up. "The dozens of Immortal Herbs I obtained from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye are all recorded in detail in this book!"
"As expected of Spirit Hall, with its inheritance stretching back over ten thousand years! Good! This is wonderful!"
Tang Yu possessed a huge pile of Immortal Herbs but had not known how to use them. Now, he finally understood.
He decisively put the book away and thanked her. "Thank you, Brother Xue."
Qian Renxue did not waste any more words and smoothly got to the point. "No need for courtesy, Brother Tang Yu."
"Brother Tang Yu became a Soul Ancestor at fourteen. I also heard that you defeated Qin Ming, a level-62 Soul Emperor, within ten moves."
"A peerless genius like Brother Tang Yu will surely become someone whom Heaven Dou, Star Luo, and even the Seven Great Sects will strive to win over and befriend after graduating from Soul Master Academy."
"I invited Brother Tang Yu here today because I also wish to recruit you."
"If you are willing to follow me and become a Soul Master under my command, then after I inherit the Heaven Dou throne, I can grant you the rank of duke and reward you with an entire province as your fief. What do you think?"
"Hehe, Brother Xue, the terms you offer are truly tempting!"
A duke was arguably the highest rank among all noble titles, but even more tempting was being directly granted an entire province as a fief.
On Douluo Continent, under the noble fief system, nobles possessed independent authority over their own territories, along with all rights and interests within them, even including the ability to form private noble armies for their fiefs.
It was practically their own territory, where they ruled as local overlords.
There were only twenty provinces in all of Douluo Continent.
The Heaven Dou Empire had ten.
Its four subordinate kingdoms and one subordinate duchy each occupied one province, leaving the Heaven Dou Empire itself with control over only five provinces.
By directly giving him one province, Qian Renxue would be making Tang Yu's sphere of influence comparable to that of a kingdom.
Ordinary people would truly find it difficult to refuse such overwhelming wealth and power.
But power and wealth?
As long as one was strong enough, what could one not have?
"However, Brother Xue, I do not like being subordinate to other factions, so I can only decline with regret," Tang Yu said.
"Such terms do not move you in the slightest. Could it be that Clear Sky Sect intends to return to the Soul Master World?" Qian Renxue asked, a cold glint flashing through her eyes.
Tang Yu had already sensed that the atmosphere was becoming somewhat delicate. He smiled. "Clear Sky Sect does indeed intend to return to the Soul Master World, but that has no direct relation to whether I join another faction."
"Moreover, based on the views of our Sect Master and the various Elders, Clear Sky Sect has no intention of becoming enemies with Spirit Hall."
Qian Renxue assumed Clear Sky Sect did not have the courage to become enemies with Spirit Hall because of what had happened back then.
In her view, Clear Sky Sect only had one Title Douluo now, right?
Spirit Hall did not think much of them at all.
They had not planned to specifically deal with Clear Sky Sect, but the situation was different now.
Spirit Hall intended to unify Douluo Continent. Even if Clear Sky Sect had no intention of opposing Spirit Hall, they absolutely did not want Clear Sky Sect to possess such a genius.
A second Tang Chen must not appear!
And the talent Tang Yu had displayed was even more outstanding than Tang Xiao's and Tang Hao's had been back then.
He might not even be inferior to Tang Chen in his youth.
If such a genius were allowed to grow, he might threaten Spirit Hall's future plan to unify the continent.
"Clear Sky Sect has no intention of being enemies with Spirit Hall? Then if Spirit Hall were willing to let bygones be bygones with Clear Sky Sect and offered the same terms to recruit you, would you be willing to join Spirit Hall?" Qian Renxue asked again.
"Hehe, that would be even more impossible." Tang Yu shook his head with a smile.
"Is that so?" Killing intent had already appeared in Qian Renxue's eyes.
Since he was a genius who could not be recruited, she might as well kill Tang Yu in the cradle while he was still cultivating at Heaven Dou Academy.
That would prevent Tang Yu from suddenly disappearing and returning to Clear Sky Sect to cultivate in seclusion.
Otherwise, when Spirit Hall launched its war in the future, Tang Yu might have grown powerful through secluded cultivation and emerged again to interfere.
It would be better to eliminate him early.
"What a pity, Brother Tang Yu. If you refuse to submit to me, I fear your life may be in danger!" Qian Renxue said with a regretful expression.
She slowly rose to her feet. With only a snap of her fingers, several powerful Soul Saints instantly appeared at her sides.
Tang Yu put on a stunning performance, pretending to panic. "Brother Xue! Wh-what does this mean?"
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