First Meeting with Chrysanthemum Douluo

Seeing this, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei stopped his friend.

"I learned from those villagers that the child had taken the Soul Saint who awakened his Martial Soul as his master."

Upon hearing this, Yue Guan immediately wanted to kill the master of Suotuo City's Spirit Hall.

Feeling Yue Guan's killing intent and violent Soul Power, the master of Suotuo City's Spirit Hall wet himself on the spot.

Seeing this, Gui Mei hurriedly stopped him. "Don't be hasty. The other party is a Soul Saint with a beast Martial Soul, completely unrelated to that child's Martial Soul. I also investigated that academy. They absolutely don't know how to nurture Soul Masters with plant-type Martial Souls."

"As long as that child isn't brain-dead, he'll know how to choose."

After hearing this, Yue Guan's restless heart calmed considerably.

Gui Mei continued persuading him, "Still, they've lived together for three or four years. There must be some affection between them."

"If you go to him directly, the other party might come out and persuade him. He could reject you out of sentiment."

"So you might as well wait here until the child comes alone, then approach him."

"Once everything is settled, if they still dare say anything, they'll be offending two Titled Douluos at once."

Yue Guan found his words very reasonable.

He gratefully thanked Gui Mei beside him. "Thank you, Old Ghost."

Gui Mei merely nodded, then retreated into the shadows once more.

Although Gui Mei had talked him down,

Yue Guan was still furious inside.

But his status was what it was.

It would not be appropriate to directly kill the man.

It would be best to bring back evidence and haul him to Spirit City.

As for the master of Suotuo City's Spirit Hall,

death was inevitable.

But at the very least, they had to follow proper procedure, convict him first, and then kill him.

Otherwise, that woman Bibi Dong would definitely use words to suppress them.

Before long, Yue Guan saw the person he had been longing to meet.

After Lu Fan entered Spirit Hall,

those who knew Lu Fan immediately identified him. "Your Excellency, this is Lu Fan."

Yue Guan's eyes immediately lit up as he looked at Lu Fan.

"Go give him his Soul Master subsidy. But have his companions leave first and keep him here for a while."

The Soul Master who had spoken immediately lowered his head and replied respectfully, "Yes."

Outside, the four Shrek students had come together to collect their Soul Master subsidies.

Three of them received ten Gold Soul Coins, while Ma Hongjun alone received only one.

The other three mocked him, "Fatty, look at you. You're just one rank of Soul Power short, yet your monthly subsidy would be several times higher. You need to work harder."

Ma Hongjun curled his lip and said nothing.

It couldn't be helped. Being weak was the original sin.

"Um, Lord Lu Fan, please wait a moment."

Seeing that the four had collected their subsidies and were about to leave,

the Spirit Hall deacon hurriedly called out to stop them.

Hearing this, all four turned back and looked strangely at the Spirit Hall deacon.

Lu Fan asked, "What is it?"

After thinking for a moment, the deacon said, "Someone from your village has come looking for you. He happens to be in our Spirit Hall right now. If you aren't in a hurry, would you be willing to meet him?"

Lu Fan was somewhat surprised when he heard that.

"Why would someone from the village come looking for me?"

"Did something happen in the village?"

Hearing Lu Fan's puzzled questions, the Spirit Hall deacon hurriedly nodded. "Yes, yes."

Remembering how everyone in the village had taken good care of him in the past, Lu Fan agreed. "All right, take me to see them."

After saying that, Lu Fan looked at the other three. "You go back first. I'll probably be delayed here for quite a while."

Dai Mubai and the other two nodded. "If there's anything your brothers can help with, just say the word."

Lu Fan nodded, then followed the Spirit Hall deacon into the master's office.

When he saw the Spirit Hall deacon bring him to the local master's office, Lu Fan immediately realized something was wrong.

But since things had already come to this, he could not say much and could only follow along.

The moment they entered the hall, the deacon respectfully lowered his head toward the man before him. "Your Excellency, I have brought him."

"Mm~ You did very well."

A sharp voice that sounded both male and female rang out.

Lu Fan's heart jolted. Looking up, he saw a bewitching man in golden armor standing ahead of him.

Could it be him?!

To be honest, Chrysanthemum Douluo was highly recognizable.

And the other party had every reason to seek him out.

Especially since the deacon who had led him here had addressed the man as "Your Excellency."

That meant he was a Titled Douluo.

Thus, Lu Fan immediately thought of him.

"May I ask why Your Excellency has summoned me?"

Lu Fan was somewhat nervous at the moment.

After all, he was facing a Titled Douluo directly.

Moreover, the two Titled Douluos, Chrysanthemum and Ghost, were like Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.

If you saw one of them, the other was probably nearby as well.

In other words, aside from the one before him, there was likely another Titled Douluo watching him from the shadows.

Lu Fan was merely a Soul Grandmaster, yet he was being watched by two Titled Douluos. The pressure was enormous.

"No need for formalities~"

Yue Guan's smiling voice rang out.

With a flash, he appeared directly before Lu Fan.

"Just as he said, we're simply fellow villagers meeting one another. There's no need to be so restrained."

Lu Fan's pupils trembled slightly. "You are also from Hundred Flowers Village?"

Yue Guan nodded. "Yes. It's just that something happened in the village decades ago, and it made me unwilling to return."

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Yue Guan, a level 95 Titled Douluo. My title is Chrysanthemum."

After speaking, Yue Guan said somewhat impatiently, "I heard that your Martial Soul is also a chrysanthemum. If you don't mind, let me have a look."

Lu Fan gave a bitter smile upon hearing that. How could he dare say he minded? He could only summon his Martial Soul.

A large flower with purple petals wrapped around golden stamens appeared in Lu Fan's hand.

Yue Guan's eyes immediately shone as he grabbed Lu Fan's hand. "That's right, this is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!"

Yue Guan's voice was already trembling slightly as he spoke.

He looked at Lu Fan and asked, "Can you tell me what your soul skills are and what Soul Beast Spirit Rings you absorbed?"

"Don't worry, I won't ask for nothing. My Martial Soul is the same as yours. If you tell me, I might be able to offer you some cultivation advice. Also, if you need Spirit Rings in the future, I can help you."

Lu Fan was somewhat tempted upon hearing that.

His original plan had been to seek out Chrysanthemum Douluo later anyway.

Although the plan had changed for now, the other party had come to him on his own.

But he would not miss this opportunity to earn goodwill.

Lu Fan nodded. "My first Spirit Ring came from a three-hundred-year Iron Thorn. It gave me a defensive soul skill called Singular Velvet Protection."

"My second Spirit Ring came from a thousand-year Golden Tree. It gave me a soul skill that metallicizes my Martial Soul."

Yue Guan nodded upon hearing this. "Not bad. The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum can allow one to cultivate an Indestructible Diamond Body, so taking the defensive path is a very good choi... What did you just say? A thousand-year second ring?"

Yue Guan blinked, staring at Lu Fan in disbelief.