Dugu Yan, Who Dares to Love and Hate

"I..."

Looking at Dugu Yan before him, Yu Tianheng found himself at a loss for words.

Every excuse he had prepared felt pale and powerless in her presence.

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

"From the very beginning, you approached me with an agenda. My grandfather told me, but I refused to believe him."

"For your sake, I even defied my grandfather, resolutely choosing to be with you."

"Now that you have a God Teacher for an uncle backing you, and you, Yu Tianheng, have grown powerful, you look down on me and my grandfather. With enough support and confidence, you want to cast me aside."

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

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

"It seems now, you are nothing more than that!"

"I must have been blind to believe in you. How could a guy who constantly prattles on about that waste Yu Xiaogang be any good?"

"You and that damn uncle of yours are birds of a feather."

"Now you despise my grandfather's reputation? During the great war, who was it that asked my grandfather to slaughter the city? If not for my grandfather, would you have achieved final victory?"

"Truly laughable!"

"Yu Tianheng, remember this: it isn't you breaking up with me; it is I, Dugu Yan, who is dumping you!"

As she spoke, Dugu Yan shattered the isolation barrier Yu Tianheng had set up, letting her words ring out clearly for everyone to hear.

The reason for her intense agitation was that Yu Tianheng had once again brought up Yu Xiaogang in her ear—everything was his uncle this, his uncle that.

A grown man with not a shred of his own conviction.

Of course, there was a more important reason: the remarks about her grandfather.

For days, rumors had been circulating in private that her grandfather was a butcher who slaughtered cities, a devil who shouldn't be allowed to live.

It was one thing for outsiders not to understand.

But for Yu Tianheng to think the same.

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

He even hinted that she could remain his secret mistress.

She had never seen such a shameless existence.

Dugu Yan might lack many things, but she was bold in love and hate.

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

"What a fine show to witness!"

Qian Yu and Xie Yue, hidden among the crowd, had been preparing to leave, but seeing such a spectacle, Qian Yu suddenly felt that he could find an opportunity to stir up more trouble.

They wouldn't even need to do much; with a little guidance, today's events could be easily exploited.

"Let's head back first and wait for things to ferment for a couple of days before we act," Qian Yu said to Xie Yue beside him.

Come to think of it, he quite admired Dugu Yan's personality.

It was no surprise she was Dugu Bo's granddaughter; the trait ran in the blood.

When they love, they love to the point of obsession; when they hate, they hate to the point of death.

If she likes you, you are perfect in every way, even your filth smells like roses.

If she dislikes you, no matter how outstanding you are, she wouldn't even spare you a glance.

Tang San had harvested the hearts of so many, and among their peers, very few had no favorable impression of him from start to finish.

Dugu Yan was one of the few.

It was a pity that such a person was destined to be an enemy, someone who had to be eliminated.

Not just for the spirit bone she possessed, but because their positions had been antagonistic from the start, compounded by the fact that she had just killed his grandfather not long ago.

The two blended into the crowd, quietly making their way toward their residence.

"Did I make a mistake just now?"

Xie Yue hesitated, his voice tinged with guilt as he asked.

Although his cultivation was currently inferior to Yu Tianheng's, he had precisely captured the moment Yu Tianheng glanced back after he had finished speaking.

"It's fine. I already used my skull spirit bone to mask us."

Qian Yu did not dwell on the matter. As long as one could discover and realize where they went wrong in time, it wasn't a problem.

The only concern was those who were truly brainless and didn't even know where they had erred.

Hearing Qian Yu say this, Xie Yue felt a bit more at ease.

Their current situation was dire; they were truly surrounded on all sides.

Should any issues arise, everything done thus far could very well be rendered futile.

"Has he already reached the level of a Soul Douluo?"

Following this, Xie Yue thought of something else, his mood sinking somewhat.

During the Spirit Master Tournament, he had already been a Soul King, while Yu Tianheng was merely a Soul Ancestor at the time—the kind of person he didn't even need to keep in his sights.

How much time had passed since then? The existence who once vied with them for supremacy had become a god, and even the person he hadn't bothered to look at was now a Soul Douluo.

How could one not sigh at such a turn of events?

"Your origin life force has already recovered. With your talent, you will certainly be able to catch up to them quickly and surpass them."

"Furthermore, do not view those associated with Tang San through the lens of common sense; every single one of them is cheating!"

"It is merely a matter of the scale of their cheating!"

Seeing Xie Yue in such a state, Qian Yu felt that as a child, having to look after the emotions of this adult was, more often than not, truly difficult.

And even then, Xie Yue was still the one who gave him the least trouble.

"I will master the path you spoke of as quickly as possible and comprehend something that belongs to me."

Xie Yue also realized he was being overly sentimental, and subsequently smiled to explain.

"Make a note: another existence suspected of possessing a Soul Bone. Find an opportunity to make him drop it."

Qian Yu thought of Yu Tianheng, and he also felt that the other party's increase in strength was somewhat absurd.

He would find an opportunity to strike.

However, having already killed so many people in succession, acting rashly again would ultimately be inappropriate.

On this continent today, there was still the Clear Sky Sect, as well as Sea God Island, and so many powerful Title Douluo; none of them were people they could handle.

Should even the slightest accident occur and their identities be exposed, Tang Hammer might well swing his hammer and find them the very next moment.

Therefore, they needed to set things up to make them turn on each other.

As long as the identities of Snake Lance Douluo and his party were not exposed, the moment they could not find an external enemy would be the moment they turned to internal strife.

"Speaking of which, if I kill Ah Yin at this point in time, can I still make her drop a 100,000-year Soul Ring and a Soul Bone?"

Qian Yu pondered this question seriously.

As his own strength increased, the number of Soul Rings he required grew, and it was best if they were 100,000-year ones; therefore, every potential 100,000-year Soul Ring was a target for him.

Qian Yu did not dwell on this question; it was not yet the time.

At the very least, he needed to possess the strength of a Title Douluo before he could consider such an issue.

Soon, they arrived at their residence.

By now, Lüzhu had completely become the mistress of this mansion belonging to a fallen minor noble. There hadn't been many Spirit Masters to begin with, and since they had all been dealt with by Hu Liena, she had taken control with ease.