Dragon City is a large city in the northeastern part of the Heaven Dou Empire; one can reach it by traveling north all the way from Shrek Academy.
Today, this place has not been conquered by the Sun Moon Empire as it was in the original work, and because of rumors spreading from the Far North, the flow of people is abnormally high.
However, because this city possesses two powerful soul master sects, the Heavenly Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate, the order in the city remains as it always was, with no signs of chaos, even though the population density is much higher than usual.
However, You Jie soon learned the reason for this.
He saw soul masters dressed in blue and brown martial attire patrolling the streets. Once someone caused trouble, these soul masters from the Heavenly Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate would strike with heavy hands, making them understand the meaning of order.
Although such matters should be handled by the City Lord's Mansion, the soldiers there have no effective way to deal with these soul masters because the news from the Far North has attracted the attention of so many of them; thus, it is the Heavenly Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate who have stepped in.
Yet, seeing this bustling scene—which reminded You Jie of a certain report from a certain Tongliao Khanate newspaper—he immediately thought of something ominous.
"Speaking of which, with so many people in Dragon City now, surely even the most luxurious suites in those hotels are already taken?"
"So, what are we eating tonight... oh no, where are we staying?"
Hearing You Jie's question, Mu En did not answer, simply continuing to lead You Jie and Zhang Lexuan through the city.
After several turns, the group arrived at a building that looked even more imposing than the City Lord's Mansion. A massive plaque hung on the gatehouse at the entrance, inscribed with three vigorous, powerful characters:
Heavenly Dragon Gate.
"As expected of a sect with a Title Douluo, this looks truly magnificent. At the very least, the old site of the Tang Sect described in the original work can't even compare to this place."
Just as You Jie was looking up at the grand gatehouse of the Heavenly Dragon Gate, two disciples on duty immediately approached.
However, they did not arrogantly demand that You Jie and Mu En get lost; instead, they asked Mu En about the purpose of their visit with a look of respect.
Mu En said nothing, merely producing an item that looked like a token. After the two disciples saw it, their expressions immediately turned fearful and respectful.
One of them immediately took the item and walked quickly into the depths of the Heavenly Dragon Gate, seemingly to report to someone, while the other led the group to a very grand reception hall.
Before You Jie and the others had to wait long, several figures who looked aged but remained spirited arrived in the reception hall.
When the person in the lead saw Mu En sitting there, yet still holding himself upright, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, the soul power fluctuations on his body becoming somewhat unstable due to the violent shift in his emotions.
"Elder Mu, you, you are..."
"Yuan Qing, how old are you now? Still so easily agitated."
"This old man has merely recovered from his chronic illnesses due to a stroke of fate; is there any need for you to be this excited?"
You Jie watched the dialogue between the two old men, especially the way Mu En inadvertently showed off his healthy state—much like a fisherman who, risking a traffic ticket for obscuring his license plate, insists on showing off his big catch to the whole city—and he couldn't stop laughing to himself.
As for the identities of the old men opposite them, Mu En had already told You Jie about them before they entered.
"I didn't expect the Heavenly Dragon Gate to have a Supreme Elder whose seniority falls between Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe. That means the Heavenly Dragon Gate has at least two Title Douluo. Looking at it this way, the Earth Dragon Gate wanting to compete with the Heavenly Dragon Gate seems a bit unrealistic..."
Thinking of how the sect master of the Earth Dragon Gate in the original work only had the cultivation level of a Soul Douluo and relied on the characteristics of his martial soul to barely fight above his rank, You Jie couldn't help but feel a bit strange.
After the old men of the Heavenly Dragon Gate were "blinded" by the healthy Mu En, You Jie and Zhang Lexuan were introduced to them by Mu En.
However, when the sect master and the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Dragon Gate learned that You Jie's martial soul was not the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, their expressions became very subtle for a moment.
Clearly, they didn't quite understand why Mu En had brought this strange genius with a mutated martial soul, especially when Mu En's other great-grandson had inherited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
Yet, since they had already been "shown off" to once by Mu En's healthy state, they could not afford to fall behind when it came to the younger generation.
Not long after, a young man who looked spirited and ambitious, and who bore a resemblance to the sect master and the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Dragon Gate, arrived in the reception hall.
"Elder Mu, this is my unworthy grandson, Yu Tianlong. His martial soul is also the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. His fifteenth birthday is in a few months, and his soul power has already reached level 47."
Heavenly Dragon Gate Sect Master Yu Luoguan took the initiative to introduce the young man to Mu En and the others. Upon learning Yu Tianlong's age and soul power level, You Jie thought of his "brother" who was currently trying to conquer the Tang Sect master—or rather, being conquered by her.
"Brother Bei Bei, it seems you aren't working hard enough. Look at this Yu Tianlong; he's about your age, and his soul power level is quite a few ranks higher than yours..."
You Jie suddenly had the urge to perform an Accel Synchro beyond his limits, fly back to Shrek Academy, transform into a Golden Crispy Crab, and continue to increase the pressure on Bei Bei.
Setting aside the Dust siblings of Mingde Hall—who might have indeed consumed more medicinal supplements than You Jie and Bei Bei, or perhaps were in some other situation—You Jie believed he could take on two people at once with his soul, but the soul power levels of the Dust siblings were at least not a lie.
And the appearance of Yu Tianlong, in a sense, proved that the "Twin Stars of the Outer Court" from the original work, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, were indeed too lazy.
However, the scene of the younger generation sparring, which might have originally occurred, did not happen immediately. Instead, it was replaced by a discussion regarding the situation in the Far North.
The Heavenly Dragon Gate was also itching to know about the brand-new rumors emerging from the Far North, but the massive influx of people using Dragon City as a forward base made the Heavenly Dragon Gate change its mind.
Doing business with these people to make a fortune, while simultaneously using them to scout the path, was a plan that killed two birds with one stone.
Moreover, the environment of the Far North was extremely dangerous; even a Title Douluo could easily perish there. The Heavenly Dragon Gate did not have deep foundations and had not yet reached the desperate situation of needing to gamble the entire future of the sect.
Yet, You Jie could sense that while those old men were discussing the Far North, that Yu Tianlong kept staring at him with an aggressive gaze.
"...Could it be that I'm destined to beat up a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon soul master today? Fine by me..."
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