Yue Guan's face flushed and paled in an instant. Looking at Luo Can, whose aura was terrifying, he gritted his teeth and roared, "You're dreaming! How could I, a dignified elder of the Spirit Hall, submit to an unknown nobody like you! If you dare touch me, His Holiness the Pope will absolutely not let you off. Can you bear the Thunder of the entire Spirit Hall?"
" The Spirit Hall? Bibi Dong?" Luo Can scoffed, his tone full of disdain. "You really think Bibi Dong considers you one of her own? Even if I kill you right here today, she won't even be able to find me."
He stepped forward, and the terrifying aura emanating from him surged once more, causing Yue Guan's knees to tremble uncontrollably, and even his martial spirit was suppressed to the point that he could not be summoned.
Yue Guan gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, stubbornly refusing to kneel. "You won't make me betray the Spirit Hall!"
Luo Can suddenly stopped breathing, took a step forward, and looked at him with Youyou gaze. "When did I ever say that I wanted you to betray the Spirit Hall?"
Yue Guan's expression froze abruptly, completely dumbfounded. "W-what do you mean?"
Luo Can snapped his fingers, and the space beside him rippled slightly. A beautiful figure in a white dress slowly walked out; it was Qian Renxue.
" Yue Guan, do you still recognize me?" Qian Renxue stood beside Luo Can, looking at him calmly.
Yue Guan's gaze fell on Qian Renxue's face. Her delicate features bore the outline of the former Pope Qian Xunji, and also faintly Bibi Dong. This familiarity made his heart tremble.
"You... you're the Pope's daughter? The Young Master?" Yue Guan blurted out, but quickly shook his head violently. "No! The Young Master isn't even as old as you! She should still be infiltrating the Heaven Dou Empire's palace, how could she be here?"
Qian Renxue almost couldn't resist slapping him across the face. She took a deep breath, suppressed her displeasure, and said, "I am Qian Renxue."
The moment she finished speaking, a dark golden Angel Phantom, whose face was obscured, slowly appeared behind her. Six pure black angel wings unfurled from her back, and a deep, dark aura slowly spread out, but it was not evil at all. Instead, it faintly revealed a Holy Light.
Martial Soul: Dark Six-Winged Angel.
"Six -Six-Winged Angel! It really is Angel Martial Soul!" Yue Guan's eyes widened instantly, but then he frowned, his face full of confusion. "No, that's not right! Angel Martial Soul should be of the Holy Light attribute, how can it be dark?"
A wicked smile crept across Qian Renxue's face as she said, "Is it possible that I am Qian Renxue from the future?"
As soon as she finished speaking, nine Spirit Ring lit up in succession beneath her feet: black, black, black, black, black, black, red, red, red. The nine terrifying Spirit Ring pulsed around her body.
This soul power is completely superior to mine, and the Soul Ring Configuration is also beyond common sense.
Yue Guan suddenly knelt on one knee and lowered his head. " Yue Guan greets Young Master!"
" Yue Guan, are you willing to work with me?" Qian Renxue looked at him, opened her palm, and a Leg Spirit Bone exuding a fierce aura appeared in her palm. "As long as you nod, this Spirit Bone is yours."
Yue Guan's eyes widened instantly—this was at least a high-quality Spirit Bone from 30,000 years ago!
Yue Guan couldn't help but swallow hard, his heart pounding, his mind in turmoil. He had spent his entire life in the Spirit Hall and still didn't have a decent Spirit Bone. The allure of this Spirit Bone was simply irresistible to him.
But he dared not agree. On one side was the current Pope Bibi Dong, and on the other was the future Young Master Qian Renxue. If he took sides now and ended up becoming a victim of the power struggle between the mother and daughter, he would be doomed.
He gritted his teeth, raised his head, and said with a pained expression, " Young Master, please don't make things difficult for me!"
He paused, then cautiously added, "How about... once you truly ascend to the Pope, I, Yue Guan, will be the first to pledge my allegiance to you, without a single disloyal thought!"
"Looks like you're going to have to suffer the consequences." Qian Renxue put away the Spirit Bone, her smile vanishing instantly. She called out, " Old Poison, come out and stretch your legs!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Dugu Bo burst out from behind the mountain wall beside him, pounced on Yue Guan who was still kneeling on the ground and pinned him to the ground. He then clenched his fists and began to punch Yue Guan in the face, each punch mixed with various kinds of deadly poison.
"You Old Poison! You're fucking insane!" Yue Guan was furious and tried to struggle, but Luo Can's aura and pressure still locked him down, making it difficult for his soul power to circulate smoothly, and his resistance was weak and powerless.
"Hahaha! Chrysanthemum Guan, you've finally met your match! I'm going to give you a good beating today!" Dugu Bo laughed heartily as he swung his fists.
"Damn it! Don't hit me in the face! You bastard! And you poisoned me!" Yue Guan yelled angrily.
"Don't worry, this poison will make you feel like you're in heaven, but you won't die!" Dugu Bo said, flipping him over and punching him in the butt.
"Damn it! Don't poison my butt!" Yue Guan was almost in tears. If he got poisoned, how was he going to explain it to Old Ghost?
Only the Old Ghost can touch his chrysanthemums!
In a fit of anger, Yue Guan suddenly unleashed his soul power, forcefully breaking free from Luo Can's suppression of his aura, and sent Dugu Bo flying with a backhand punch.
Feeling the burning pain on his face and buttocks, Yue Guan was so angry that he wanted to beat Dugu Bo to death on the spot, but seeing Luo Can and Qian Renxue with their ambiguous smiles beside him, he still forced himself to endure it.
He took a deep breath and earnestly said to Qian Renxue, " Young Master, you already have the support of the elders of the Worship Hall, why do you need an ordinary elder like me? Once you have secured your position Pope, I will naturally be your man, why force me now?"
He had a clear plan in mind: he didn't want to offend Qian Renxue, who might take power in the future, nor did he want to offend Bibi Dong, who held great power now. The safest approach was to avoid offending either of them.
Qian Renxue looked at him and asked mysteriously, " Yue Guan, don't you want to know what happened to the Spirit Hall in the future? And why did I come back to this era from the future?"
Yue Guan's brows furrowed instantly; this was the biggest question that had been nagging at him since the beginning. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Why?"
Seeing that he had asked, Qian Renxue gave a bitter smile and said, "Because Bibi Dong will lead the Spirit Hall to its destruction."
"Impossible!" Yue Guan shook his head immediately, his face full of disbelief. "With the Spirit Hall's current strength, it could easily sweep through the entire Douluo Continent. How could it possibly be destroyed?"
"Heh." Qian Renxue sneered, "That woman, from beginning to end, only had her revenge plan in mind. Her goal in life was to destroy the Spirit Hall and everything related to Qian Xunji. Her premature launch of the Soul Hunting Plan directly led to the exposure of my undercover identity, letting the entire continent know that the Spirit Hall wanted to unify the continent, instantly pushing the Upper Three Sects and the Two Great Empires to the opposite side of us."
She looked at Yue Guan, her tone growing increasingly heavy. "You and Gui Mei have followed her for so many years, serving her faithfully, risking your lives, but what has she ever given you? A Titled Douluo, and you can't even get a decent Spirit Bone. In her heart, you are nothing more than two knives she can discard at any time."
Yue Guan shook his head repeatedly, stubbornly saying, "Impossible! My Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Old Ghost, the Two-Polar Static Domain, is a top-tier crowd control technique on the continent. His Holiness the Pope would never abandon us!"
Qian Renxue looked at him and casually tossed out a question, "What if the Gui Mei is dead?"
Upon hearing this, Yue Guan froze on the spot.