False Affection, Feigned Sincerity

"Oh?"

Hearing these words from Porcupinefish Douluo, Qian Renxue let out a soft, surprised exclamation.

She was well aware of Porcupinefish Douluo's personality.

He would absolutely never joke about her grandfather, Qian Daoliu.

Since he had said as much, it meant he had truly sensed a threat from that woman in the white dress that was in no way inferior to her grandfather.

Therefore...

Could that stunning woman in white actually be a Limit Douluo as well?

Qian Renxue's delicate brows furrowed slightly.

In her memory, she did not recall such a powerful female figure.

Before this, she had never heard of her.

She had no idea where she had come from.

Things were getting more and more interesting.

Qian Renxue's red lips curled upward; her interest had been thoroughly piqued.

Her brilliant golden phoenix eyes peered down through the one-way glass window.

Yu Yuanzhen and the others had already arrived at the table where Yu Shuangbai and his companions were sitting.

"Yu Tianheng?"

Noticing Yu Tianheng's arrival, Dugu Yan frowned.

Sensing his unfriendly attitude, Yu Tianheng gave a bitter smile.

"Something the matter?"

Yu Shuangbai spoke indifferently, his tone far from friendly.

He had no intention of paying any attention to the two old men brought along by the two brothers.

In Yu Shuangbai's eyes, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had never been one of the Upper Three Sects.

It was merely a sect that had once had a connection to him, but now had no intersection with his life whatsoever.

He did not want to have any further dealings with this sect.

Yu Yuanzhen had already anticipated Yu Shuangbai's coldness after hearing about what had happened in the sect previously.

His expression did not change because of it.

A kind, grandfatherly smile appeared on Yu Yuanzhen's stern face.

"Child."

"This old man is the Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Yuanzhen."

Yu Yuanzhen introduced himself.

His head was held slightly high, his words filled with pride.

His reputation as the Thunder Douluo was renowned throughout the spirit master world.

He believed that once the title of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Sect Master was dropped, Yu Shuangbai would surely be flattered.

For a dignified sect master to seek out a junior—what an honor this was!

However...

Yu Yuanzhen had clearly overthought it.

"Oh."

Yu Shuangbai responded with extreme flatness, showing not the slightest emotional fluctuation due to Yu Yuanzhen's status.

This reaction, flat to the point of extremity, was clearly something Yu Yuanzhen had not expected, leaving him momentarily at a loss for words.

But after all, he was an old fox who had spent many years in the spirit master world.

Though bewildered by Yu Shuangbai's reaction, Yu Yuanzhen quickly adjusted himself.

He simply assumed that Yu Shuangbai was still angry about what had happened back then.

Therefore, he was deliberately putting on this indifferent facade.

In reality, he must be incredibly excited inside.

It had to be!

Thinking this, Yu Yuanzhen's confidence rose once again.

He stroked his snow-white beard.

He deliberately adopted a tone of heartache:

"Child, the sect failed you back then."

"This old man represents the sect in offering you an apology here."

Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin exchanged a look of utter disbelief upon hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words.

They even suspected they might be hallucinating.

The high and mighty Sect Master they held in such high regard was actually taking the initiative to apologize to a junior?

Beneath Yu Yuanzhen's expression of guilt lay a sense of smug satisfaction.

As the dignified Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had lowered himself to apologize to a junior like Yu Shuangbai; surely the boy would be moved to tears of gratitude now?

With a little more effort, he believed bringing him back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would be no problem at all.

When that time came, the dream of having three Titled Douluo in one sect would be within reach!

For the sake of the sect's grand future.

Although apologizing to a junior was beneath his station, it was well worth it!

Yu Yuanzhen thought triumphantly.

However, things did not develop in the direction he had anticipated.

"Oh, I see."

The tearful gratitude Yu Yuanzhen had imagined did not appear.

Yu Shuangbai's expression remained as indifferent as ever.

Like the surface of a silent lake, there was not a single ripple.

Although Yu Shuangbai was only twelve years old, as a transmigrator, his mental age was far beyond that.

He saw the situation very clearly.

Yu Yuanzhen's apology was never about the heartlessness the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had shown in the past.

It was only because his current self had shown the sect master interests worth courting.

If he hadn't completed the evolution of his martial soul in that frozen wasteland.

If he were still that Ice Lizard martial soul.

Even if Yu Yuanzhen had learned of this matter, he surely would have ignored it.

So, moved?

Nonexistent.

Flattered?

Even more impossible.

Yu Shuangbai's reaction caused the smile on Yu Yuanzhen's face to stiffen.

The speech he had prepared was forced back down his throat, rendered entirely useless.

The corner of his eye twitched.

Yu Yuanzhen's complexion also began to turn somewhat unsightly.

He, the dignified Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, had made such concessions, yet Yu Shuangbai remained this cold and detached.

This made the arrogant Thunder Douluo feel as though he were losing face.

The two brothers, Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, exchanged another look, both shocked by Yu Shuangbai's ability to remain calm even if Mount Tai were to collapse before him.

"Child, is that any way to speak to the Sect Master?"

"The Sect Master has kindly come to speak with you and has even lowered his status to apologize; is this the attitude you show?"

The elder who had been invited by Yu Yuanzhen to confirm Yu Shuangbai's identity earlier spoke up in a stern rebuke.

Yu Shuangbai's eyelids lifted slightly, but before he could say anything, a sharp cry rang out abruptly.

"Bam!"

Dugu Yan slammed a palm onto the table.

Listening to their conversation, she had vaguely pieced together what was actually happening.

It seemed Yu Shuangbai really did originate from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

It was just that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had apparently wronged him in some way, which was why he had left the sect.

Now that Yu Yuanzhen had seen Yu Shuangbai's talent, he wanted to pull him back into the sect.

That was roughly the gist of it.

As for the specific details, Dugu Yan was not entirely clear.

But she didn't need to be.

Dugu Yan only knew that her savior, Yu Shuangbai, was not interested in Yu Yuanzhen and his lot.

The elder from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and his tone of relying on seniority to bully others made Dugu Yan's blood boil.

As the apple of Poison Douluo's eye, pampered since childhood.

Dugu Yan didn't care about such things, and her temper was never particularly good to begin with.

At this moment, it erupted directly.

"What attitude we choose to have is our own business!"

"Who do you think you are, living by the seaside, sticking your nose into everything?"

"If you don't like what you see, then get lost!"

"Stop ruining our mood for a meal here!"

Dugu Yan's barrage of angry retorts left the elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan speechless.

He had recognized Dugu Yan's identity.

Therefore, even though a ball of fire was stifled in his heart, he could not let it explode.

The deterrent power of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo was still quite significant.

Yu Yuanzhen might not need to take Dugu Bo too seriously.

But a mere elder like him certainly could not afford to do the same.