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After hesitating for a moment, the tall, thin old man replied, "Yes, young master His Holiness the Pope went to see this young man named Ye Qinghe. And after leaving, he had Elder Phoenix secretly protect him. I and the Pufferfish just met with Elder Phoenix. Also, Dugu Bo noticed Elder Phoenix's presence. Elder Phoenix didn't deliberately hide his whereabouts from that old poison master, but for some reason, that old poison master chose to turn a blind eye and didn't do anything."
The young man sneered disdainfully, "If he dared to interfere, he'd be a corpse by now."
Upon hearing this, the tall, thin old man and the short, stocky old man exchanged a wry smile.
They are the elders of the Spirit Hall Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, who, under the orders Pope the current and former Pope and the Great Enshrined, are tasked with protecting Qian Renxue, the young master of the Spirit Hall, infiltrating the Heaven Dou Empire, and carrying out their plan to usurp the throne. This will lay a solid foundation for the Spirit Hall to unify the continent.
This plan was initially proposed by the previous Pope, but it was rejected by the Great Enshrined.
The plan was brought up again when the new Pope took office.
To the surprise of many, after this Pope ascended to the throne, he managed to subdue almost all the Titled Douluo except for the seven Grand Masters in a short period of time.
Ultimately, the Pope accepted the young master as his disciple and issued a Pope decree stating that as long as Qian Renxue completed her plan to usurp the throne, she would be appointed as the Pope of the Spirit Hall and the future successor of the Spirit Hall Empire.
At this moment, everyone realized that this newly appointed Pope who had wiped out the Clear Sky Sect was not as simple as she appeared on the surface; she possessed ambitions far exceeding those of previous Pope.
Subsequent events proved this point.
On the very day that Snake Lance Pufferfish, who had just been promoted to Titled Douluo, was chosen to assist Qian Renxue, she was summoned by the Pope. She obtained their allegiance by offering them conditions that they could not refuse.
That is to open up the eight extraordinary meridians and enhance talent and cultivation speed.
Now, thirteen years have passed, and the two have grown from level 91 Titled Douluo to level 95 Titled Douluo. However, because no one helped them acquire Soul Ring before joining the Spirit Hall, their fifth Soul Ring was Thousand-Year Soul Ring, which greatly lowered their upper limit. As a result, even though they opened up all eight extraordinary meridians in their bodies, they were stuck at level 95 for life.
As for the other elders who pledged allegiance to the Pope, apart from some newly selected elders chosen by the Pope and Huyan Zhen Elephant Armor Sect, who had become one of the Upper Three Sects, the others had basically all become Peak Douluo.
The most outstanding among them is Ling Yuan, whose Soul Power has reached level 97. Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who are from the same period, have also broken through level 96!
However, these people did not enter the little-known Worship Hall above the Elder Hall to become worshippers. Instead, they remained as elders of the Spirit Hall, serving under the Pope.
However, under normal circumstances, the Pope would no longer allow these Peak Douluo elders to easily take action.
Ling Yuan is known to the world only because she was the Pope's only personal guardian Douluo.
The fact that the elder broke through to level 96 but did not enter the Worship Hall naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the offerings, such as Golden Crocodile Douluo.
As for the Great Enshrined and the former Pope, they were quite straightforward. As long as the Pope did not harm the interests of the Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue was the successor to the next Pope, they would choose to turn a blind eye.
Before the Snake Lance Douluo and the Porcupinefish Douluo could speak, Qian Renxue had already turned around, "Let's go, let's go see the person who has me so obsessed with. If he really has some talent, that's fine, but if he's just deceiving me, hmm..."
At this point, a flash of murderous intent crossed Qian Renxue's eyes.
Few people know that from a very young age, Qian Renxue regarded Bibi Dong, the disciple of her father Qian Xunji, as her idol, and dreamed of growing into a powerful female Soul Master like her.
She just didn't know why the other person had always been indifferent to her.
After becoming Bibi Dong's disciple, she specifically sought out her father and grandfather to learn about her teacher's past.
We learned from them that Bibi Dong used to be an innocent and kind girl, but she became cold and even ruthless after suffering heartbreak in her early years.
In order to gain her teacher's approval, she had been working hard towards her plan to usurp the throne.
Now, decades have passed since Bibi Dong suffered heartbreak, and Qian Renxue originally thought that time had healed the pain in her teacher's heart.
Unexpectedly, another young man has emerged.
Moreover, she's much younger than her teachers, some even nine years younger.
If this guy is truly sincere towards his teacher, then so be it.
Unfortunately, he's a womanizer with two women on each side.
Therefore, Qian Renxue seriously suspected that her teacher had been deceived by this guy. After all, a woman in love, no matter how high her power, how extraordinary her talent, or how strong her strength, will lose herself in love.
Of course, Qian Renxue wasn't entirely without ulterior motives; she felt that Ye Qinghe had stolen her teacher Bibi Dong's attention.
Why? She's clearly the teacher's most beloved student.
Upon hearing that Qian Renxue was going to cause trouble for Ye Qinghe, both Pufferfish and Snake Lance felt their hearts leap into their throats.
My dear little aunt, please don't do anything reckless!
Fearing that Qian Renxue might do something rash, the Pufferfish quickly advised, "Young Master, please don't do anything reckless."
Compared to the Pufferfish, the Snake Lance clearly understood the young master better. "Young master, if you continue like this, not only will you fail to help Her His Holiness the Pope, but you will also incur her resentment and cause her trouble."
As expected, Qian Renxue nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.
This made Snake Lance breathe a sigh of relief.
But Qian Renxue's next words made his expression turn ugly again, "Then let's observe for now. Have someone collect evidence of his fickleness, and when the time comes, I'll expose this scumbag's true colors to the teacher."
The Snake Lance and the Pufferfish felt utterly exhausted after hearing this.
Our young master is good in every way, except when it comes to His Holiness the Pope, he loses his composure.
For now, the only option is to deal with this situation.
As for asking them to keep watch, they definitely wouldn't dare, unless they wanted to die.
Qian Renxue added, "Also, let's leak this information to that old fox Ning Fengzhi. Hasn't he always wanted to find a good son-in-law to continue the sect's lineage? I'll give him one..."
Upon hearing this, the two Titled Douluo, Snake Lance and Pufferfish, couldn't help but mourn for Ning Fengzhi. Their young master wasn't sending Ning Fengzhi a son-in-law; he was clearly sending him a coffin.
Ye Qinghe was already being targeted by Qian Renxue, so naturally he was unaware of it. Even if he did know, he would only say that she truly lived up to her reputation as the second most insane woman in the Douluo Continent, second only to Bibi Dong.
After the points were tallied, the Douhuang team finally became a team with all members possessing Soul Fighting a powerful fighting spirit).
That night, Ye Qinghe and the Imperial Team group celebrated at their hotel. The next morning, Ye Lingling returned to the Nine Heart Begonia family under the protection of her family's guards.
Ye Qinghe, along with the rest of the Imperial Team Clan, ended their Soul Fighting careers and returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Just as they were setting off, Ning Rongrong had already returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School, was also preparing to depart for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in front of the school gate.
Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo were with her.