Why Don't You Say the Pope of Spirit Hall Is Your Uncle Too?

Dugu Bo found Master's request somewhat difficult to handle. "Master, you should understand that Lin Yuan saved both me and my granddaughter, Dugu Yan. Isn't it a little too much to ask me to reason with him?"

"He's already a Title Douluo, and you want him to be reasonable?"

Master's expression darkened, but he still hoped Dugu Bo could help him. After all, only a Title Douluo could resolve this matter. With their strength, they were nothing more than ants trying to shake a tree before a Title Douluo.

Moreover, Dugu Bo was no fool. He naturally understood just how terrifying Lin Yuan's strength was. If they fought, his chances of winning were practically zero.

He would not offend a Title Douluo over an unrelated Shrek Academy, much less offend the youngest Title Douluo on Douluo Continent.

Dugu Bo directly refused. "My apologies, Master, but I can't help you with this. If you truly want Lin Yuan to leave Shrek Academy, then see whether you have the ability to make it happen."

Master's expression was grave. "Is there really not even the slightest way?"

"No." Dugu Bo shook his head. Through the crack in the door, he looked at the young man in the blood-red robe within the room and let out a deep breath. "If you want to reason with Lin Yuan, you'll first have to see whether you have what it takes."

After saying that, Dugu Bo walked into the room without looking back. He had never considered helping Shrek Academy, much less offending a Title Douluo because of Shrek Academy's disciples.

Unless someone could offer him something he would obtain at any cost, almost no one could make him do such a thing given his nature.

Dugu Bo sat in the chair beside Lin Yuan and asked softly, "Lin Yuan, do you have a grudge against Shrek Academy?"

"Not really. I simply can't stand the faces of Shrek Academy's disciples. Besides, you should know what happened not long ago. Shrek Academy's disciples publicly injured Fourth Prince Xue Beng of the Heaven Dou Empire and humiliated Heaven Dou Royal Academy. That alone proves Shrek Academy has no right to teach here."

Lin Yuan's voice was calm, leaving the Shrek Academy disciples exchanging glances.

In the original work, Spirit Hall had been an excellent soul master organization, awakening martial souls for commoners free of charge. Yet Tang San had destroyed Spirit Hall for his own selfish desires, leaving the common people with nowhere to test their martial souls for free.

Nor would Spirit Hall soul masters personally come to conduct the tests anymore. Unless commoners brought their children to a designated place for martial soul testing, and paid an offering to be tested.

As a result, thousands of years after Spirit Hall's destruction, soul masters became fewer and fewer. Even those who could awaken martial souls were mostly children from wealthy families. As for ordinary commoners, they did not even have the money to test their martial souls.

If Shrek Academy had never existed in this world, the development of Douluo Continent would have been unimaginably powerful. Even Deities would surely have appeared again.

As a transmigrator, Lin Yuan understood Tang San's actions better than anyone. As a God Realm Enforcer, Tang San had practically taken control of the entire God Realm. No Deity could casually seek out an inheritor unless it was a soul master Tang San had designated.

Even the other members of the Shrek Seven Devils could not have children of their own. Deities in the God Realm were exceedingly scarce, and Tang San had nearly claimed them all for himself. Obtaining a Deity inheritance was almost entirely impossible.

Dugu Bo glanced at Tang San, who was still vomiting blood, and said, "Master called me out just now. He hoped I could make you leave Shrek Academy. I just don't know what you think about it..."

Lin Yuan's right hand, which was holding the teacup, paused briefly. Then he said indifferently, "Dugu Bo, do you truly intend to remain at Shrek Academy forever?"

Dugu Bo thought for a moment before answering, "I don't want to cultivate at Shrek Academy either, but you know my granddaughter studies here. She's my only granddaughter. If I don't stay here, where else can I go?"

Lin Yuan said nothing further. Perhaps the two of them would become enemies in the future. It would depend on Dugu Bo's choice. If he chose Shrek Academy, he would truly be plunging into an abyss beyond redemption.

"Lord Lin Yuan, you are also a Title Douluo. You should have heard of the Clear Sky Douluo from back then, right?"

Dean Flander raised his head as he spoke.

"The Clear Sky Douluo..." Lin Yuan chuckled. "You mean the one who, for the sake of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, was willing to abandon his sect and tear all pretenses with Spirit Hall, only to be hunted until he nearly died and become a filthy old drunkard, right?"

Tang San raised his head and looked at Lin Yuan before him. For some reason, he felt that Lin Yuan was talking about his father. After all, his father was also an extremely slovenly drunkard.

Dean Flander continued, "Since you know his identity, you should understand the Clear Sky Douluo's temperament. If he learns that you have done such a thing, he will never let you off."

"Pfft!"

Lin Yuan finally could not hold it in and laughed aloud. "Flender, threatening me with that piece of trash—isn't that a little too unrealistic? Your Shrek Academy may fear the Clear Sky Douluo, but I, Lin Yuan, do not fear him in the slightest."

"Besides, what right does a mere blacksmith have to act so arrogantly before me?"

Tang San listened in confusion and immediately looked at Dean Flander. "Dean Flander, who exactly is the person you're talking about? Could he be my father?"

Dean Flander did not want Tang San involved, and was about to say something when Dugu Bo's voice rang out. "Kid, you really do know how to flatter yourself. You want the Clear Sky Douluo to be your father? Why don't you say the Pope of Spirit Hall is your uncle too?"

Tang San's lips twitched. Just now, he had thought his father was a Title Douluo. If that were true, then he could definitely kill this guy directly and take Xiao Wu—his little sister—back.

Seeing that Dugu Bo had said so much, Dean Flander did not continue. Yet he was inwardly curious. Could it be that Dugu Bo did not know the Clear Sky Douluo was Tang San's biological father either?

But since he had already made his attitude clear, Flender said no more. He was also doing this to protect Tang San. If everyone learned Tang San's identity, countless enemies of the Clear Sky Sect would likely come and kill him here.

Back then, the Clear Sky Sect's name had been known far and wide. Now, the Clear Sky Sect had secluded itself for many years, and many soul masters could hardly wait to slaughter those scum from the Clear Sky Sect to the last.