Dugu Bo looked over.
Lu Fan whistled twice and put on an indifferent expression.
"You little bastard!"
Dugu Bo cursed under his breath.
But Dugu Yan still heard that muttered curse.
"Grandpa, why are you targeting Xiao Fan? He already agreed to help us detoxify despite everything that happened. He's clearly our family's benefactor, yet you're still treating him like this."
Dugu Bo felt somewhat upset when he saw Dugu Yan taking Lu Fan's side.
"Didn't I give him the medicinal garden? And didn't I promise to protect him for ten years?"
Gui Mei immediately perked up. "You're joining Spirit Hall?"
Dugu Bo rolled his eyes at him. "Who said this old man was joining Spirit Hall? I'm merely serving as this brat's protector for ten years. Spirit Hall puts on one face in public and another behind the scenes. Its ambitions are obvious. This old man disdains associating with people like you."
Lu Fan spoke up from the side. "What if it isn't about serving the current Pope and the Angel Family?"
"What do you mean?"
Dugu Bo frowned.
Lu Fan said, "Spirit Hall truly has major problems right now. For example, the current Pope is a madwoman. Even though Spirit Hall has flourished under her leadership, her dark heart harbors the intent to unleash a monstrous calamity upon the continent."
"Furthermore, Spirit Hall is supposed to be the sacred hall of Soul Masters, so why must every Pope be a member of the Angel Qian Family?"
"Even though the current Pope doesn't bear their surname, she only rose to her position because she gave the previous Pope a daughter."
"At the end of the day, isn't that dictatorship?"
"How is that any different from an empire? And they don't care about the lives of lower-class Soul Masters at