"Is this Heaven Dou City?"
"Holy crap, what corruption! This place is rotten to the core!"
At the gates of Heaven Dou City, accompanied by Yue Guan, Nan Feng had come to take on the corrupt forces of feudalism.
Bibi Dong was making steady progress over at Spirit Hall, so he couldn't just sit around either. The fight against feudalism across the Douluo Continent was a long and arduous one!
"Uh... take it easy," Yue Guan said, the corner of his eye twitching.
He'd seen just how much trouble Nan Feng could cause.
At the Honorary Elder's induction ceremony, the kid had been so cocky!
He'd called Golden Crocodile "Bro" and Ling Yuan "Sis" every other breath!
If not for Bibi Dong's sake—and the fact that Second Worship Golden Crocodile hadn't said anything—the other Titled Douluo elders would probably have given him a couple of smacks right then and there!
Nan Feng had originally planned to come alone. After all, the Spirit Hall branch in Heaven Dou City had three Soul Douluos, and Salas was an eighty-eighth-ranked Soul Douluo. In a place like this, unless he ran into a lunatic like Tang Hao, Nan Feng wouldn't be in any danger.
But Bibi Dong wasn't at ease. Gui Mei had recently been tasked with handling the Soul Masters left over from the war and taking care of some unsavory matters, so she'd sent him along with Nan Feng to Heaven Dou City.
She'd said he was there to protect Nan Feng!
Otherwise, she was afraid Nan Feng would manage to provoke ten people who wanted to beat him to death in just three minutes!
"Take it easy?" Nan Feng frowned.
"Why should I?"
"I'm an Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall! I just risked my life for Spirit Hall! I just shed blood for Spirit Hall! Who the hell would dare lay a hand on me?"
"And you're a Titled Douluo!"
"Damn it! With you here, who'd be stupid enough—or suicidal enough—to mess with me?"
"Touch me?"
Yue Guan's eye twitched violently.
Bibi Dong had been right!
This kid really couldn't stay out of trouble!
"Take out the leader and the rest will fall! Come on, let's head for the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace!"
Nan Feng called out and strode ahead.
Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Unlike most people, Xue Ye had been quite pleased when he heard that the Clear Sky Sect had suffered a crushing defeat. After all, the Clear Sky Sect had close ties to the Star Luo Empire. Spirit Hall's attack on the sect had also dealt a blow to Star Luo, which was naturally good news for the Heaven Dou Empire.
Besides, the Clear Sky Sect had repeatedly slighted him, the emperor, relying on its reputation as the world's number one sect.
Take Tang Yuehua, for example. He'd repeatedly proposed an alliance by marriage with the Clear Sky Sect, asking them to bring Tang Yuehua into the palace and make her a consort. But the sect had rejected him again and again, even threatening him.
Now he wanted to see if the Clear Sky Sect still had the nerve to defy him.
With its subordinate forces wiped out by Spirit Hall and its members now driven into hiding behind closed gates, he refused to believe the Clear Sky Sect would still want to antagonize the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
"Your Majesty, we have a serious problem!"
Deep in the palace, Xue Ye had been about to visit Tang Yuehua, whom he'd invited to the palace, when the Head Eunuch's urgent voice rang out.
"Why are you shouting?" Xue Ye frowned.
"What happened?"
"Your Majesty, someone from Spirit Hall is here," the Head Eunuch said.
"Spirit Hall?" Xue Ye was taken aback.
"What do they want? I won't see them. Tell them I'm busy with state affairs, sick, and resting."
"Your Majesty." The Head Eunuch hurried over in a panic and blocked his way.
"What do you mean? They insist on seeing me?" Xue Ye asked, displeased.
"Your Majesty, it isn't a Platinum Bishop this time. It's an elder!" the Head Eunuch said nervously.
Xue Ye was taken aback. "An elder? Which one?"
"Spirit Hall's newly appointed Honorary Elder and His Eminence Chrysanthemum Douluo are both here. They're probably almost at the palace by now," the Head Eunuch said.
"Chrysanthemum Douluo?" Xue Ye's expression tightened.
"What does he want?"
Yue Guan had often appeared in Heaven Dou City in the past!
"He said the Honorary Elder had never been to Heaven Dou City before, and now that he's here, he'd like to meet Your Majesty and... and say hello," the Head Eunuch said, his expression somewhat strained.
That "hello" was likely to come at a steep price!
"Show me the way." Xue Ye furrowed his brows.
If it had been a bishop, he could have simply refused to see him. But he couldn't refuse an elder.
"Don't go wandering off!"
Yue Guan grabbed Nan Feng, who had turned around and was heading straight for Xue Ye's Imperial Harem.
"What's the matter?" Nan Feng asked, puzzled.
"Is there anywhere in this world I can't go?"
The corner of Yue Guan's eye twitched. "That's Xue Ye's harem!"
"Oh. So?" Nan Feng looked confused.
"I've already slept in Bibi Dong's chambers. Is Xue Ye's harem somehow more dangerous than the Pope's chambers?"
Yue Guan's eye twitched violently. "It's not the same!"
He hadn't expected Bibi Dong to get involved with this kid—and not just for show. It was real!
Most of the time, Nan Feng shamelessly slept in Bibi Dong's room!
By now, everyone in Pope Hall knew the Honorary Elder and the new Pope had an improper relationship!
There were even rumors in Elder Hall that Bibi Dong had used those kinds of tactics to win Nan Feng over!
"Is Xue Ye more powerful than the Pope?" Nan Feng asked, puzzled.
"Of course not." Yue Guan looked like he had a stomachache.
How was he supposed to explain this?
Or did it even need explaining?
You're a man who's not part of the imperial family, barging into someone's harem?
What the hell was that supposed to be?
"Then what's the problem?" Nan Feng turned around and continued toward the harem.
"Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not trying to do anything. I just want to broaden my horizons. You know, I'm just a country boy. Isn't it normal for a country boy who's never seen the world to be curious?"
"What bad intentions could a country boy like me have?"
Yue Guan sighed and could only follow him.
Bibi Dong had only told him to stay with Nan Feng, not to stop him. So he'd let it go!
After walking past a stretch of flowers and greenery, Nan Feng arrived at Xue Ye's Imperial Garden.
As for the guards they'd encountered along the way—well, this was the imperial palace. There weren't any guards, only eunuchs.
Of course, it was also possible Xue Ye had never imagined they'd head for the harem.
"Hmm?"
As they rounded a corner and spotted a pavilion, Yue Guan's expression shifted slightly.
"What, an old flame?" Nan Feng followed Yue Guan's gaze. A beautiful woman who looked to be in her twenties sat in the pavilion.
Yue Guan looked exasperated. "That's Tang Hao's younger sister, Tang Yuehua."
"Tang Yuehua?" Nan Feng was taken aback.
"What's she doing in Xue Ye's harem? Could there be something illicit between them?"
Yue Guan shook his head. "I don't know. When I visited Heaven Dou City before, I went to Moonlight Pavilion to listen to music. It was pretty good."
Music?
Nan Feng gave him a strange look.
You're an elder of Spirit Hall, yet you went to the Clear Sky Sect's territory to listen to music?
You're quite a character!
"She doesn't look too well. Could there be something going on?" Nan Feng asked.
"The Clear Sky Sect has been crippled. It'd be strange if she looked happy," Yue Guan said.
Tang Yuehua wasn't a Soul Master, so the affairs of the Spirit Master World didn't directly involve her. But the Clear Sky Sect's strength still affected her ability to establish herself in Heaven Dou City.
Moonlight Pavilion had been built and grown to its current size thanks to the support it received because of the Clear Sky Sect's reputation. Now that the sect had gone into seclusion, Moonlight Pavilion was likely to run into trouble.
"What are you doing?" Yue Guan stared, dumbfounded, as Nan Feng headed toward Tang Yuehua.
"If my little sister won't come to me, then I'll go to her." Nan Feng didn't even look back.
"Huh?" Yue Guan's eye twitched.
"Don't tell me you're..."
"I can smell the stench of evil forces!" Nan Feng declared righteously.
"As the Messenger of Injustice, opposed to feudalism, landlords, and tyranny, I, Nan Feng, will fight these evil forces to the bitter end!"
"I'll save the hardworking masses trapped in deep waters and scorching flames!"
"..." Yue Guan.
You're obviously just after her looks!
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