Dugu Yan, Who Loved and Hated Without Hesitation

"I..."

Looking at Dugu Yan before him, Yu Tianheng didn't know what to say for a moment.

All the excuses he'd prepared seemed so pale and powerless in front of her.

"Since you don't want to say it, then I will."

"From the very beginning, you approached me with an ulterior motive. Grandpa told me, but I didn't believe him."

"For your sake, I even defied Grandpa and resolutely chose to be with you."

"Now you have a God Teacher uncle backing you. Your strength has grown, Yu Tianheng, and you look down on me and my grandpa. With enough support and confidence behind you, you want to abandon me."

"Fine. I, Dugu Yan, am not that cheap."

"But you shouldn't have lied to me, and you shouldn't have used that so-called uncle of yours as an excuse. A philanderer is a philanderer. No wonder people used to say the men of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were all scumbags. At first, I thought you'd be different from the rest."

"Now it seems you're no different at all!"

"I must have been out of my mind to believe you. What good could come of a man who goes around bringing up that useless Yu Xiaogang all day?"

"You're just like that goddamn uncle of yours. Birds of a feather."

"Now you despise my grandpa because of his bad reputation? During the war, who was it that told my grandpa to slaughter the city? Without him, would you have won in the end?"

"Ridiculous!"

"Yu Tianheng, remember this: you didn't break up with me. I, Dugu Yan, dumped you!"

As Dugu Yan spoke, she directly broke through the barrier Yu Tianheng had set up, making sure her words reached everyone's ears.

The reason she was so emotional was that Yu Tianheng had brought up Yu Xiaogang in front of her again, saying everything was because of his uncle, and that his uncle had said so.

He was a grown man, yet he didn't have a single mind of his own.

Of course, there was an even more important reason: what he'd said about her grandpa.

Over the past few days, all kinds of rumors had been spreading in private, claiming her grandpa was a butcher who slaughtered an entire city, a devil who didn't deserve to live.

She could accept outsiders not understanding.

But Yu Tianheng thought the same way.

Not only that, he was using it as an excuse to break up with her.

He'd even hinted that she could be his secret lover.

She'd never seen anyone so shameless.

There was one thing Dugu Yan had plenty of: she loved and hated without hesitation.

Leaving those words behind, Dugu Yan walked away without looking back.

"That was quite a show!"

Qian Yu and Xie Yue had been hidden in the crowd and were originally preparing to leave. But after witnessing such a scene, Qian Yu suddenly felt they could find an opportunity to stir up more trouble.

They wouldn't even need to do much themselves. A little nudge would be enough to set things like this in motion.

"Let's head back first. We'll wait a couple of days for things to blow over, then make our move."

Qian Yu said this to Xie Yue beside him.

He had to admit, he really admired Dugu Yan's personality.

No wonder she was Dugu Bo's granddaughter. They were cut from the same cloth.

When she loved you, she wished you life; when she hated you, she wished you dead.

If she liked you, you could do no wrong—even your shit would smell sweet.

If she didn't, then no matter how outstanding you were, you'd lose the moment you expected her to so much as look at you.

Tang San had won the hearts of so many people. Among their peers, there were very few who had never felt any goodwill toward him from beginning to end.

Dugu Yan was one of them.

Unfortunately, someone like her was destined to become an enemy. They would have to kill her.

Not only for the Spirit Bone she possessed, but also because their opposing sides had been set from the very beginning—and, on top of that, she had killed his grandpa not long ago.

The two blended into the crowd and quietly made their way back to where they were staying.

"Did I just make a mistake?"

Xie Yue hesitated, then asked, sounding somewhat guilty.

His cultivation might not have matched Yu Tianheng's, but just now, after he'd finished speaking, Yu Tianheng had glanced back. Xie Yue had still caught it with precision.

"It's fine. I already used the skull Spirit Bone to conceal us."

Qian Yu didn't press him over something like this. As long as he noticed in time and realized what he'd done wrong, it wasn't a problem.

The real trouble was when someone was so dense that he didn't even know what he'd done wrong.

Hearing Qian Yu say that, Xie Yue finally felt a little more at ease.

Their situation was dire, with enemies on all sides.

The slightest mistake could make everything they'd done go to waste.

"He's already a Soul Douluo?"

Then Xie Yue thought of something else, and his mood sank a little.

Back during the Soul Master Tournament, he'd already been a Soul King, while Yu Tianheng had only been a Soul Ancestor—the kind of person he didn't need to take seriously.

How much time had passed since then? Those who had once competed against them had become gods, and even people they'd never taken seriously had become Soul Douluos.

How could that not make him sigh?

"Your original life force has recovered. With your talent, you'll definitely catch up to them quickly and surpass them."

"Besides, you can't judge people connected to Tang San by ordinary standards. Every last one of them has a cheat!"

"The only question is how big the cheat is!"

Seeing Xie Yue like this, Qian Yu felt that, as a child, he had to take care of this adult's feelings. Sometimes, it was really exhausting.

Even so, Xie Yue was still the one who gave him the least trouble.

"I'll master the path you told me about as soon as I can, and comprehend something of my own."

Xie Yue realized he'd been getting sentimental, then smiled and explained.

"Make a note: another person who might have a Spirit Bone. Find a chance and make the Spirit Bone drop."

Thinking of Yu Tianheng, Qian Yu also felt that his increase in strength was a little too absurd.

They'd find a chance to make a move.

But after killing so many people in a row, acting recklessly again wouldn't be wise.

The Clear Sky Sect and Sea God Island were still on this continent, along with so many powerful Titled Douluos. They couldn't handle any of them.

If anything went wrong and their identities were exposed, Tang Hao might come swinging his hammer at them the very next moment.

So they needed to make a plan and get their enemies to fight among themselves.

As long as Snake Lance Douluo and the others weren't exposed, the moment there were no outside enemies to be found would be the moment they turned on each other.

"By the way, if we kill Ah Yin at this point in time, could she still drop a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone?"

Qian Yu gave the question serious thought.

As his strength increased, he needed more and more Soul Rings. The ideal ones were Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, so any potential Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was a target for him.

Qian Yu didn't dwell on the question. It wasn't time yet.

He would need to wait until he had the strength of a Titled Douluo before considering it.

Soon, they arrived at their residence.

Lüzhu had now completely become the lady of this run-down minor noble's estate. There hadn't been many Soul Masters to begin with, and Hu Liena had dealt with them all, so Lüzhu had gained control with ease.