Dugu Bo Joins the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

Inside the Four Seasons Inn in Heaven Dou City.

"Moonlight Pavilion is still closed today. It seems Lady Yue Hua has yet to recover from the death of her fourth uncle," Xue Beng said, sitting on the sofa and peeling an orange while speaking to Xue Hen, who was sitting by the window basking in the sun.

"Mm." Xue Hen nodded without saying anything more.

Seeing this, Xue Beng asked curiously, "Brother, the Sky Screen once played scenes of the future where Bibi Dong held Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo accountable, claiming they had been bought off by you with a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum immortal herb and had even agreed to help you hunt soul beasts. Why didn't they come to find you or ask about that immortal herb when they came to Heaven Dou City this time? Could it be they don't want it anymore?"

"I don't know," Xue Hen replied.

"Brother, I heard that Lady Yue Hua's fourth uncle—that elder from the Clear Sky Sect—was actually a Title Douluo. Doesn't the Clear Sky Sect only have two soul masters above level ninety, Xiaotian Douluo and Clear Sky Douluo? To think there was a third; it's truly shocking," Xue Beng said, continuing to gossip while eating his orange.

"No need to be shocked. They have a fourth and a fifth," Xue Hen said faintly, watching the passersby outside the window.

"Ugh..." Xue Beng choked suddenly, struggling to swallow the orange before looking at Xue Hen in disbelief. "There are more? How do you know that, Brother?"

Xue Hen did not answer his question.

Seeing this, Xue Beng wisely skipped the topic and asked instead, "Then just how many Title Douluo do they have in total?"

"Excluding Tang Hao, there are five more," Xue Hen said.

"Hiss~" Xue Beng gasped.

The Clear Sky Sect only had two Title Douluo before sealing the mountain, yet they had so many more after? How terrifying, simply terrifying!

However...

Thinking back to the great battle he knew of where Martial Soul Hall destroyed the Clear Sky Sect's branch, he couldn't help but shake his head at the performance of that Fourth Elder of the Clear Sky Sect.

Although he was a Title Douluo, that Fourth Elder's level did not seem very high. Not to mention being beaten to death while fighting two opponents, during the battle, some saw him clash with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan using their sixth soul skills; Yue Guan was fine, but he was sent flying backward.

What did that mean?

It meant his strength was not as great as Yue Guan's!

After all, both sides were using their sixth soul skills.

Xue Hen glanced at Xue Beng from the corner of his eye, observing his small movements and the expression on his face, and guessed what he was thinking. He simply said to him calmly, "The Title Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect, apart from Tang Xiao, all have soul power below level ninety-five. They are not inferior to Dugu Bo, but they are completely incomparable to Title Douluo like Gui Mei and Yue Guan who have already reached level ninety-five."

"So that's it, there is a gap in soul power." Xue Beng nodded, thinking to himself that this matched his own guess.

However...

"Brother, isn't it said that the Clear Sky Hammer is the number one tool martial soul in the world? Can't it make up for some of the gap?" Xue Beng asked Xue Hen.

"Any martial soul that can be cultivated by a soul master to the Title Douluo realm is not weak. It is the number one in the world, but others are not trash either. The idea of making up for a gap of several levels of soul power is only possible below level forty."

"Oh." Xue Beng put on an expression of having learned something.

Then, he looked at Xue Hen, actually harboring one more question in his heart, but he felt it wasn't appropriate to say, so he held back.

He actually wanted to ask Xue Hen: if the Emerald Swan was the pinnacle of healing-type martial souls, then the Imperial Power Sword martial soul that was born as its twin must also be the pinnacle of assault-type martial souls. He wondered which was stronger, the Imperial Power Sword or the Clear Sky Hammer?

He refrained from asking and thought about it to himself, finally concluding: perhaps, maybe... the Clear Sky Hammer was still a bit stronger? After all, it was the recognized number one in the world.

At this moment, Xue Beng did not know that it wouldn't be long before a great battle would provide the answer to his question.

On the other side, inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

"Is Xue Beng going to see Hen'er again today?" Emperor Xue Ye sat at the head of the table and asked Prince Xue Xing below.

Prince Xue Xing wore a smile, placed his right hand on his left chest, and replied, "Yes, Imperial Brother. Over this past month, the relationship between the two brothers has improved significantly. Every time Xue Beng goes to see Xue Hen, he opens the door to let him in."

"Mm." Emperor Xue Ye nodded with satisfaction, happily saying, "The boy has finally done something decent; he isn't entirely useless."

"Imperial Brother, in my opinion, it won't be long before Xue Beng successfully persuades Xue Hen to return to the Imperial Family. By then, our Heaven Dou Imperial Family will possess a level ninety-eight Super Douluo. Even if Martial Soul Hall doesn't have internal strife, we won't need to be overly wary of them anymore," Prince Xue Xing said, striking while the iron was hot, hoping to further improve Emperor Xue Ye's impression of Xue Beng.

After all, times had changed. Previously, they, uncle and nephew, feared that 'Xue Qinghe' would plot against them and had no choice but to pretend to be hopeless. But now that their relationship with Xue Hen was decent—or one could even say it was getting better—and since Xue Hen also knew about 'Xue Qinghe's' dark dealings, they had to change their strategy from self-preservation to competition.

They had to use Xue Hen as a fire to snatch the position of crown prince away from Xue Qinghe!

"If that can be done, I will surely reward him heavily!" Emperor Xue Ye said with anticipation.

"On behalf of Xue Beng, I thank you, Imperial Brother."

"Mm. Oh, by the way, I heard that Poison Douluo has left?" Emperor Xue Ye suddenly thought of something and asked Xue Xing.

Hearing this question, the smile on Prince Xue Xing's face stiffened, and he nodded somewhat unnaturally, replying, "Yes. He saw that Xue Beng and I were getting closer to Xue Hen and felt that we had betrayed him, disregarding the fact that his granddaughter was injured by Xue Hen, suffering damaged meridians and losing the ability to easily mobilize her soul power in the future."

"Hmph!" Hearing the reply, Emperor Xue Ye immediately snorted coldly, speaking up for Xue Hen: "That granddaughter of his is arrogant and vicious, always fond of poisoning people at every turn. What a broad-minded child Hen'er is! Even when Kundera treated him that way, he didn't lay a hand on him. Those soul masters from the Martial Soul Holy Temple—Hen'er could have killed them with a wave of his hand, yet he let them all go. For such a good child to deal such a heavy blow to his granddaughter, he should be reflecting on whether he failed to teach her properly, yet he blames you and Xue Beng instead. How unreasonable!"

"Don't worry about him. A mere level ninety-one Title Douluo—we don't care for him!"

"We have our own Qilin child, my good nephew is enough. If he wants to leave, let him leave. Let that man surnamed Dugu roll as far away as he can."

"Yes, Imperial Brother." Prince Xue Xing sighed in his heart and bowed his head in response.

He knew his Imperial Brother was speaking out of anger. Not to mention that Xue Hen hadn't returned to the Imperial Family yet, even if he had, who would ever complain about having too many Title Douluo on their side?

It was just that Dugu Bo had already left, and there was no chance to retain him, so he might as well say these things to vent and comfort himself, so as not to feel too much regret.

As for where Dugu Bo went after leaving the Imperial Family, Prince Xue Xing had sent people to investigate and discovered... he might have gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.