Poison Busi

Half a day after Xiao Xiao's tribulation, Heaven Dou Imperial Palace

On the continent, the sect most obsessed with Soul Beasts was probably the Body Sect.

Shrek's Sea God Pavilion had been established to deal with the tide of beasts that erupted after the Body Sect hunted several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest.

Such a grand spectacle had naturally drawn Du Busi's attention.

Originally, the Body Douluo had been quite forceful in his attitude. It was only after witnessing Heavenly Dancing Maiden's strength that he had agreed to negotiate with Xue Yuheng, and his attitude had improved considerably.

This Prince Gan was unfathomable.

"Master, she really isn't a Soul Beast." The speaker was the Body Sect's only female Titled Douluo. Du Busi had invited her to examine Xiao Xiao, and she confirmed it once again.

No Soul Beast could hide its nature from a Titled Douluo.

Unless... it had Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Du Busi was dumbfounded.

Xue Yuheng gave a soft snort, took Xiao Xiao's hand back from the female Titled Douluo, and said with a cold laugh, "Sect Master Du, it seems I win."

Xue Yuheng had made a bet with Du Busi. Now that Xiao Xiao had been confirmed to be human, tsk, tsk... it looked like the Body Sect was going to pay dearly.

"Interesting... Xiao Xiao, with physical strength like that, you're clearly a fine prospect for cultivating the Body Sect's secret arts," Du Busi said with a smile.

"I'm not so sure about that... I can give Xiao Xiao a Hundred-Thousand-Year dragon-type External Soul Bone. Can the Body Sect match that?" Xue Yuheng said.

A Dragon King-level Soul Bone was simply too shocking. So Xue Yuheng and Xiao Xiao had always claimed it was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.

After all, no one had ever seen what a Dragon King-level Soul Bone looked like. If a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone couldn't possibly have caused such a commotion, Xue Yuheng would have claimed it was even less impressive.

Du Busi thought to himself, As expected, it's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, just as I suspected. Maybe... it's even older than that?

What kind of absurd luck had the Douling Royal Family and the Soul Suppressing Family stumbled into to obtain such a peerless Soul Bone?

Du Busi certainly didn't believe Xue Yuheng. How could two six-year-old children produce a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone? They were merely benefiting from the influence of the forces backing them.

"Let me make a joke, then. I'm over two hundred years old. Why would I do something like break up a pair of lovers? I'm just curious: why did Prince Gan go to the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect to undergo his tribulation?" Du Busi asked.

"What do you think, Sect Master Du?" Xue Yuheng replied with a smile.

"Scheming across the board, with grand ambitions."

Well now, Du Busi was quite the scholar.

If someone made a careful investigation, they could still uncover the whereabouts of Xue Yuheng and Xiao Xiao.

Du Busi believed Xue Yuheng had done this at the behest of the old Douling Emperor. As a neighboring nation, Tiandou was certainly the last to want to see Douling grow stronger.

"Sect Master Du, you've built the Body Sect into a formidable force. You could be called a regional overlord. But that's still far from enough to shape the future of the continent," Xue Yuheng said pointedly.

Du Busi narrowed his eyes and had the members of the Body Sect leave.

Only five people remained in a side hall of the imperial palace.

Yue, Ying, Xue Yuheng, Xiao Xiao, and Du Busi.

The first two were still in the state of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, standing guard by Xue Yuheng and Xiao Xiao to keep them safe.

"Prince Gan... Benevolent Emperor. Such grand ambitions. But Douling is merely a small realm in a corner of the continent, and your own country is still in constant turmoil. How can you talk about the fate of the whole continent?" Du Busi asked curiously.

"History moves in cycles: a united realm will divide, and a divided realm will unite. The Douluo Continent is bound to be unified someday... At present, the Sun Moon Empire has the best chance," Xue Yuheng replied.

"Your Highness, Prince Gan, you truly have remarkable foresight. I won't let that pack of lunatics from Sun Moon have their way." Du Busi was a dozen years younger than Shrek's Dragon God Douluo, and about the same age as Xuanzi. Over the past two centuries, he had witnessed the Sun Moon Empire's rapidly advancing Soul Tool technology.

But he also knew that the Sun Moon Empire was a breeding ground for Evil Soul Masters.

The Sun Moon Empire was full of madmen willing to abandon even the most basic decency to achieve their aims.

"Unification is inevitable in this era. And I am a citizen of Douling, a native of the original Douluo Continent.

"If I unify the continent, then under my rule, your concerns will never come to pass, Sect Master Du," Xue Yuheng said.

The three women watched the little boy standing in the middle of the hall, barely five feet tall, speaking so eloquently. His confidence captivated them.

"Heh... Prince Gan, you're that confident you can unify the continent?" Du Busi said mildly.

"Sect Master Du, are you curious why your investigations turned up such unbelievable news?

"For example, why the Xuanming Sect and the Heavenly Dragon Gate have shown me goodwill? Or why the entire Earth Dragon Gate has already moved to Lingdou City?" Xue Yuheng asked with a smile.

Du Busi furrowed his brows. How was this brat like a worm inside his stomach? "I am curious, indeed. What high office and generous rewards can the Douling Royal Family offer?"

Over the past six months, wherever Xue Yuheng went, the local forces had obeyed his every command. Du Busi simply couldn't understand it.

Surely being the only Crown Prince of the Douling Empire wasn't worth that much?

The Earth Dragon Gate, with its thousand-year legacy, had even left Dragon City. And all this happened after Xue Yuheng went there.

All the signs pointed to Prince Gan having something the leaders of every major faction on the continent couldn't refuse.

Xue Yuheng said each word slowly and clearly:

"I can mass-produce Limit Douluos."

Buzz—

Du Busi, known as the Body Douluo, went deaf.

No one on the entire Douluo Continent wanted to break through to Limit Douluo more than Du Busi.

He had been stuck at the peak of Level 98 for decades. So when he heard Xue Yuheng's words, he instinctively rejected them.

"Impossible!"

"Heh, those people won't lift a finger until they see the rabbit. Do you think I fooled all of them?" Xue Yuheng asked.

Du Busi quickly grasped the heart of the matter. Xue Yuheng might fool one faction, but could he fool so many?

Those old foxes were shrewder than one another. A promise alone wouldn't be enough.

Du Busi took a deep breath, his voice bitter. "Prince Gan, what do you want me to do?"

"Nothing at all. I have a free method that might help you break through to Limit Douluo, Sect Master Du." Xue Yuheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Before trying to fool Du Busi, he had already prepared for Yue and Ying to fight him to the death. After all, Du Busi's temper in the original story had been extremely unpredictable. He was neither wholly good nor wholly evil.

Xue Yuheng couldn't be sure that Du Busi wouldn't strike without warning and snuff out the threat the moment he learned of such a powerful trump card.

He had still underestimated how much Du Busi longed to become a Limit Douluo.

"I've never liked taking advantage of others. Tell me, what do you need?" Du Busi was excited. Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, he still wanted to try.

Xue Yuheng understood Du Busi's character well enough. Otherwise, in the original story, he wouldn't have gone to stop Beast God Di Tian at such a crucial moment.

"I have an ancient method that can raise a genius's potential and evolve their Martial Soul. I think Princess Weina would be a good choice," Xue Yuheng said, finally revealing his real aim.

Weina, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng's profiles had already appeared in the Wordless Heavenly Book. All that was left was to wait for Xue Yuheng to help them evolve their Martial Souls.

Xiao Xiao pouted. She certainly didn't want Xue Yuheng spending time with other girls, especially since her own Martial Soul had already evolved.

Of course, Xiao Xiao couldn't reject him at a time like this.

Her mother had told her that women took care of things at home while men handled things outside. When out and about, she couldn't embarrass her man.

Especially in front of the famous Sect Master of the Body Sect.

Du Busi thought for a few seconds, then threw his newly adopted goddaughter under the carriage and laughed aloud. "Weina is my goddaughter, but Prince Gan is a fine young man, too. I think you two would make a perfect match...

"The Heavenly Soul and Douling Empires both split off from the Tiandou Empire. It's only right for our two houses to form an alliance through marriage.

"I'll offer my congratulations now to Your Highness and Weina. May you live together in harmony and have children soon... I wonder if I'll live long enough to attend your wedding."

Noticing Xiao Xiao's face growing darker by the second, Xue Yuheng hurriedly interrupted.

"Sect Master Du, I only thought Princess Weina was gifted. Please don't get the wrong idea."

Du Busi gave Xue Yuheng a lewd smile that said, I understand, I understand.

Damn that shameless old man!

Why did Xue Yuheng feel like Du Busi had said that on purpose, right in front of Xiao Xiao?!

Evening

In a luxurious suite at a grand hotel partly owned by the Heavenly Soul Royal Family.

"Xiao Xiao, are you still angry? Everything that old Du Busi said was on purpose.

"How could I possibly like that little girl Weina? She's so young."

On the soft sofa, Xiao Xiao watched the Soul Tool TV and ate potato chips while Xue Yuheng massaged her shoulders.

"Xiao Xue, do you only like older girls?" Xiao Xiao suddenly asked. Xue Yuheng had kept urging her to sleep in her Goddess Transformation form tonight.

Xiao Xue must have been planning something naughty.

"..." Xue Yuheng coughed awkwardly.

Actually, I like dragon girls.