Journey to Heaven Dou City, Hu Bai's Plans! (Please Follow Read)

Over the past month or so, Hu Liena's Soul Power had risen from Level 13 to Level 14.

Although Hu Bai's Soul Power had yet to improve, over the past month, through Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering and consuming Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber in batches, his physique had improved by roughly three hundred years.

And today, Hu Bai had finally gotten an opportunity to go to Sunset Forest.

Today was the day Bibi Dong was sending Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire respectively to negotiate for Soul Master subsidies.

Chrysanthemum Douluo was responsible for the Heaven Dou Royal Family, while Ghost Douluo was responsible for the Star Luo Royal Family.

Hu Bai had also learned a little about the Soul Master subsidies. The Two Great Empires each funded one-third, while Spirit Hall covered the remaining third and dispatched Soul Masters to villages across the land to help commoners Awaken Martial Souls free of charge.

Some might say that Spirit Hall was getting all the benefits, wasn't it?

After all, Spirit Hall used the subsidies from the Two Great Empires to win over the common people.

But if even he could see that, could the emperors and noble upper echelons of the Two Great Empires not see it?

Then why did they tolerate Spirit Hall doing this? Wasn't it because they looked down on these so-called Soul Masters?

The only reason they provided funding was because Spirit Hall sent people over every year to "negotiate."

"Teacher, I want to go with Uncle Ju. Can I? I've been staying in Spirit Hall so long that I'm bored to death." Hu Bai tugged on Bibi Dong's arm and shook it, trying to act cute.

This behavior directly shattered Ju Hua Guan's fixed impression of Bibi Dong. After that incident, Bibi Dong had become disgusted with men, so how could she possibly allow a man to touch her?

Yet Bibi Dong wore a smiling expression, without the slightest hint of disgust. "Give me a reason. You've only been studying in Spirit Hall for a little over a month, and you already want to leave?"

Hu Bai did not hide anything. "I mainly want to go out and see the world, to see the difference between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit City. Besides, I have a faint feeling that the Heaven Dou Empire should have quite a few good things. It's a strange feeling."

He truly was not lying. Aside from the plot he knew, he really did have a vague, indistinct feeling. Hu Bai found it strange too. Could this also be an ability granted by his Martial Soul?

The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox really was powerful!

Still, at this point in the timeline, the Heaven Dou Empire did possess more opportunities than Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire. Yet the overall strength of the Heaven Dou Royal Family was inferior to that of the Star Luo Royal Family, which made them seem rather useless.

In the original story, the Upper Three Sects were located within the Heaven Dou Empire, the Immortal Herbs were in Sunset Forest, and Dugu Bo initially stood on the Heaven Dou Empire's side because of a favor.

Hu Bai's words immediately drew the attention of both Yue Guan and Bibi Dong. After pondering for a moment, Bibi Dong said, "Fine. Then follow Yue Guan and broaden your horizons. Bring your parents along too. That'll be safer."

"Yue Guan, Ling Yuan, protect him properly during this trip. If Hu Bai gets hurt, you two will answer to me!"

Bibi Dong's voice transmission reached Yue Guan and Ling Yuan's ears.

"Little Fellow, go back and prepare today. I'll get the carriages ready and come find you tomorrow." Yue Guan smiled at Hu Bai.

He was truly looking forward more and more to this "trip" to the Heaven Dou Royal Family. He wondered whether it would really bring him some surprises.

Xie Mansion.

"Second Brother, you're going to Heaven Dou City with Elder Ju and our parents tomorrow. Can I come too?" Hu Liena wanted to go with them as well.

But Hu Bai refused. "No. Nana, you and Eldest Brother should stay behind and cultivate properly. Try to raise your Soul Power to Level Twenty as soon as possible."

Seeing how resolute Hu Bai was, Hu Liena turned to Xie Tian and Hu Leyao, intending to act cute and muddle her way through, but they refused as well.

If they only brought Xie Tian, they could protect him in time if danger arose along the way. But if they brought Hu Liena too, that might not be possible.

"Alright, Nana. If you're bored, how about I take you to Spirit Hall Academy one day? You haven't been there yet, after all. You can especially get to know some of the talented students there. They might become companions in the future," Xie Yue comforted her.

Xie Yue's thinking was that, with Hu Bai's current strength, he would absolutely become a Titled Douluo in the future, perhaps even surpass a Level 95 Titled Douluo. But during that journey of growth, he would need companions too.

The only peers around Hu Bai now were the two of them, and that was clearly not enough. At least four more people were needed to make a group of seven.

As it happened, back when he was still at the Academy, he had met several peers with decent talent. He had not seen them for several months.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Hu Bai and the others set out for Heaven Dou City in Yue Guan's carriages.

In the past, Yue Guan had always traveled there alone, which saved some time. But now that Hu Bai was coming along, he needed to hire two carriages.

Xie Tian and Hu Leyao rode in one, while Hu Bai and Yue Guan rode in the other.

Bored along the way, Yue Guan tested Hu Bai. "Little Fellow, how much of that book I gave you last time have you read?"

Hu Bai grinned. "I finished all of it. I never expected Uncle Yue to have recorded so much knowledge about Immortal Herbs. It really broadened my horizons."

Yue Guan had already stopped caring about Hu Bai constantly switching between calling him Uncle Ju and Uncle Yue.

"Much of that is only rough documentation. After all, I've never seen a genuine Immortal Herb, nor have I heard how anyone improved after eating one. You can only treat it as basic information," Yue Guan explained.

"Actually, Uncle Yue, we're so familiar with each other now. Could you tell me where your nickname, 'Ju Hua Guan,' came from?"

Yue Guan: ...

Seeing Hu Bai's expectant eyes, Yue Guan's initial urge to refuse was immediately suppressed. He truly could not bear to reject such a good-looking young man.

He could only sigh helplessly. "I can, but you can't tell anyone else. Your Uncle Yue still needs to save some face."

Hu Bai nodded heavily, his face full of solemn assurance!

He actually knew where the nickname Ju Hua Guan came from. Didn't Dugu Bo give it to him?

But the reason he still asked was mainly to probe their relationship and see how Yue Guan and Dugu Bo got along. If they were not bitter enemies, Dugu Bo could be recruited in the future.

Although Dugu Bo was known as the weakest Titled Douluo, if Spirit Hall went to war with the Two Great Empires in the future, Dugu Bo would absolutely play an enormous role!

So what if the empires possessed armies of a million? They still could not withstand Dugu Bo's wide-ranging poisonous mist!

Perhaps he could even use this chance to lure Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling into Spirit Hall as well. Especially Ye Lingling—leaving that healing ability with the Heaven Dou Royal Family was truly a waste.

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