He, Ye Xiao, Was Actually Cut from the Same Cloth as Tang Hao!

It was Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu was bouncing around full of energy. Having just finished the paperwork, she curiously looked around.

Tang Hao's pupils contracted slightly.

A Hundred Thousand Year Shapeshifting Spirit Beast!

This aura... although it was well concealed, he was a Titled Douluo.

Moreover, Ah Yin had also been a Shapeshifting Spirit Beast. He was the human Soul Master most familiar with Shapeshifting Spirit Beasts in this world.

"Heh heh!" Tang Hao's face revealed wild joy, followed by cold calculation.

"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast... taking the initiative to shapeshift and enter the human world, and appearing beside Xiao San by such a coincidence... truly, it fell right into my lap!"

In Tang Hao's eyes, Ye Xiao was utterly incomparable to Xiao Wu in value.

How could a human with decent talent compare to a living Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and Soul Bone?

"Xiao San," he silently murmured. "You must... work hard."

For yourself, and for... this gift of fate.

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): What a pity. I can't enter Nuoding Academy to take a look at Xiao Wu, that Hundred Thousand Year Shapeshifting Spirit Beast.]

[Ye Xiao: Tang Hao won't kill Xiao Wu, will he?]

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): Impossible. If he wants Xiao Wu's Spirit Ring, Xiao Wu must sacrifice herself, or he has to wait until Tang San's Soul Power is sufficient before killing her. But neither of those can happen now.]

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): Tang Hao definitely intends to give the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring to Tang San, so he'll wait until the time is right.]

[Ye Xiao: I understand.]

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): Father, if you get the chance to kill Tang San, he can drop a Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.]

[Ye Xiao: ??? I know about Soul Bones, but why can he drop a Spirit Ring?]

Ye Xiao was bewildered. Could one really drop Spirit Rings just by having Spirit Beast blood?

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): Hehe... because Tang San's mother is a Spirit Beast. She's a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor, but...]

[Ye Xiao: But what?]

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): But because Tang Hao had schemed against the Blue Silver Emperor before, she later separated from Tang Hao and crippled Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.]

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): Of course, the main reason was that she followed you.]

[Ye Xiao: ?? Me!]

He, Ye Xiao, was actually cut from the same cloth as Tang Hao!

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): Hehe, of course. Father's charm is tremendous. It's perfectly normal for Mother Ah Yin to be unable to resist it. Later, I'll take Father to find Mother Ah Yin's Hundred Thousand Year Right Leg Bone.]

[Ye Xiao: Hiss... Tang Hao didn't absorb it?]

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): He already has a Right Leg Bone, so he definitely can't absorb it. He probably intended to leave it for Tang San.]

Ye Xiao returned to Spirit Hall.

"Eh... little Ye Xiao, why are you here?" Ma Xiunuo asked.

"Um... Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, I discovered someone." Ye Xiao tugged Ma Xiunuo's hand and pulled him aside.

"Who?"

"I think it's Tang Hao," Ye Xiao said quietly.

Ma Xiunuo's pupils shrank at those words.

"Tang Hao!" Ma Xiunuo hurriedly asked, "Can you be certain? Tang Hao is a wanted criminal of our Spirit Hall, and the biggest one at that. If you can confirm that it's Tang Hao, our Spirit Hall will send a Titled Douluo.

You can also receive a generous reward. You might even get a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone."

Ye Xiao looked around cautiously. "Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, I can be certain. Because I saw the Clear Sky Hammer. From what I know, the Clear Sky Sect should have sealed itself away. Among the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Masters still outside, Tang Hao should be the only one."

Ma Xiunuo nodded heavily. "Now that you mention it, that really is possible. I wonder what Tang Hao is doing in our Nuoding City."

"Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, Tang Hao is a Titled Douluo. He isn't someone we can handle. We should find someone else."

"You're right." Ma Xiunuo looked at Ye Xiao with gratification and rubbed his head. "Child, you're very smart."

Ma Xiunuo immediately submitted the matter of Tang Hao, along with Ye Xiao's report, to higher authorities.

"Ye Xiao, how about staying in Nuoding City for a while until the investigation is complete?" Ma Xiunuo asked.

Ye Xiao shook his head. "Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, I have my own matters to attend to. If it turns out to be true, send the reward to Heaven Dou City. I'll go collect it."

"Alright." Ma Xiunuo nodded. He was not worried that the reward would be stolen.

If a reward was issued, it would most likely be given by the Pope.

What Soul Master would be crazy enough to intercept a reward given by the Pope?

Did they want to test whether the Pope's blade was sharp enough?

After resting in Nuoding City for a day,

Ye Xiao boarded a carriage bound for Suotuo City.

He needed to travel from Suotuo City to Sword City.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Spirit Hall, Pope Hall.

Above the magnificent great hall,

Bibi Dong sat upon the Pope Throne, dressed in a resplendent Pope Robe.

A Purple Gold Crown rested upon her head, while one hand casually held a gemstone-inlaid scepter.

She reclined against the throne, seeming indolent, yet beneath her half-lidded eyes flowed an indifferent chill.

Her peerless face was half-concealed in the shadow of the hanging tassels, carrying an icy beauty that made others afraid to look directly at her.

Below, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan stood respectfully, using his distinctively shrill voice to report on recent Spirit Hall affairs throughout the continent, along with intelligence concerning rare Spirit Beasts and unusual herbs.

His voice echoed through the hall as he covered a vast range of topics. Bibi Dong only nodded slightly from time to time.

"Additionally, Your Excellency the Pope." Chrysanthemum Douluo's report was nearing its end. He paused slightly and took a parchment scroll sealed with wax from his sleeve. "There is also an urgent message personally submitted by the Branch Master of the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City."

"Nuoding City?" Bibi Dong slightly raised her previously half-lowered eyelids, a hint of puzzlement appearing in her cool voice. "I recall that it is merely an inconspicuous small city under Fasnuo Province."

In her memories, her impression of such a remote small city was limited to a name on a map, annual routine business, and perhaps one Martial Soul awakening.

"Your Excellency, that is indeed so." Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded. "However, the Branch Master of the Nuoding Branch emphasized in his secret letter that this matter is extremely important. He did not dare make a decision on his own, which is why he urgently reported it to Pope Hall."

"Oh?" Bibi Dong showed a trace of interest.

For the Branch Master of a remote small city to make such an urgent report, it had indeed stirred a bit of her curiosity.

"Bring it here." Her red lips parted slightly.

"Yes." Chrysanthemum Douluo respectfully handed the files before Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong slowly opened the files.

Suddenly, her pupils constricted sharply!

Her indolently reclining body instantly sat upright.

"Tang... Hao?!"

The air within the hall seemed to freeze at that moment.

Chrysanthemum Douluo was slightly stunned below. He had not expected this to concern Tang Hao.

Tang Hao had secretly hidden away over the past few years, and no one knew where he was.

Could he be in Nuoding City?!