Tang Yuehua: Can You Touch It?

Thud, thud, thud...

Qian Renxue and the others fell uncontrollably into the hot spring, sounding like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.

"Old man, what effects does taking that pill and soaking in the 'hot spring' have?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo asked curiously.

"It greatly enhances resistance to ice and fire, as well as physical strength. It can even grant immunity to attacks of the ice and fire elements!"

Qian Cheng replied calmly.

"Immunity to attacks of the ice and fire elements? That effect is simply too heaven-defying."

A look of shock appeared on Qian Daoliu's face as well.

Having reached level 99 Soul Power, there were already very few things capable of surprising Qian Daoliu.

The thing that had shocked him most recently was—

Qian Cheng had climbed out of a coffin and casually smacked him with several bricks!

Going back further, it was when his son had been defeated by Tang Hao.

"Now you understand just how important this place is, right?"

Qian Cheng shot Qian Daoliu a glance, his face full of teasing.

"Old man, this place is extremely important. We must assign people to guard it!"

Golden Crocodile Douluo walked to Qian Cheng's side and said solemnly, "I have nothing better to do anyway, so I'll just stay here!"

"You'd be too bored alone. Call Qingluan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo over. The three of you can keep each other company."

"As for Spirit City, Qian Daoliu alone is enough to watch over it."

After pondering for a moment, Qian Cheng made his decision.

With the three great enshrined present, unless Tang Chen crawled out of the City of Slaughter, it would be useless even if all the Titled Douluo from the other factions attacked together!

After all, the former number one sect in the world had already completely fallen apart. Its grave marker probably had not even been erected properly yet!

"Ancestor, you removed Xue'er's soul ring. What age should her first soul ring be now?"

"How about seven hundred years?"

Qian Daoliu asked tentatively.

"Seven hundred years?"

Qian Cheng held up two fingers and gestured slightly. "Can't your horizons be a little broader? Can't you be a little bolder?"

With Innate Soul Power at level 20 and a Godly Spirit, even without undergoing ice-and-fire tempering, she could attempt to absorb a seven-hundred-year soul ring.

Now that she had taken the medicine and soaked in the bath, was she still going for seven hundred years?

Being overly cautious was no different from wasting her talent!

"Then, a thousand years?"

Qian Daoliu asked carefully.

"Forget it. Your temperament really is beyond saving."

Qian Cheng sighed softly, then pointed outside with some resignation. "Go catch three soul beasts. Two with sacred attributes, one at twelve hundred years and one at two thousand years. The last should be around seven hundred years, as long as it can enhance spiritual power."

"Second Worship, let's go together."

Qian Daoliu patted Golden Crocodile Douluo on the shoulder.

"The old man is right. Your sense of scale is truly remarkable—small when it should be big, big when it should be small!"

Golden Crocodile Douluo curled his lips into a faint smile and spoke meaningfully.

As everyone knew, searching for soul beasts was an extremely lengthy process and depended greatly on luck.

Even two peak experts spent a very long time on it.

By the time Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo returned, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Under the suppression of numerous Titled Douluo, these three unlucky soul beasts smoothly became the soul rings of Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.

Leaving behind two enshrined and three elders to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Qian Cheng and the others returned to Spirit Hall.

People still needed to be sent to take over the cities ceded by the Heaven Dou Empire.

The matter of the Clear Sky Sect also needed to be wrapped up.

As night fell, the lights within Heaven Dou City gradually went out, with only Moonlight Pavilion still brightly lit.

Tang Yuehua, the master of Moonlight Pavilion, stood at the railing of a pavilion at that moment, gazing into the distance as though waiting for someone.

"Little sister, I'm here!"

A deep voice suddenly reached Tang Yuehua's ears.

If one listened carefully, one could sense an inexplicable pain within that voice.

"Second Brother? You came?"

Though she did not see Tang Hao, Tang Yuehua quickly entered the room.

The instant Tang Yuehua turned around to close the door, Tang Hao flew in from outside.

He wore a tattered black robe with several holes in it, exposing his bronze-colored skin.

His well-defined features were covered in a waxy yellow pallor, and he looked to be in terrible condition.

His hair was unkempt, as messy as a bird's nest.

No one knew how long it had been since he had trimmed the stubble on his face, and there was even a faint scent of alcohol on him.

Dejected, drunken, disheveled!

That was the impression Tang Hao now left on Tang Yuehua!

"Little sister, why did you rush to contact me? What happened?"

Tang Hao asked anxiously.

"The Clear Sky Sect has been destroyed. Other than Elder Tang Lie, no one from top to bottom survived!"

Tang Yuehua's eyes instantly reddened, and tears streamed endlessly down her face.

"Then Father and Elder Brother have suffered misfortune as well?"

Tang Hao clenched his fists, his clouded eyes filled with rage.

"Father and Eldest Brother are still alive. They were captured alive by Spirit Hall!"

"Spirit Hall told me to notify you that you must kneel all the way from Spirit City to Papal Hall, kneeling once every three steps and kowtowing once every nine steps!"

"If you miss even a single step, Spirit Hall will skin Father and Eldest Brother alive."

Tang Yuehua endured the grief in her heart and barely managed to explain what had happened.

"Damn Spirit Hall, how dare they do something so utterly insane?"

Tang Hao's eyes widened, veins bulging across his forehead as he fell into a state of furious rage.

"Second Brother, you must not act impulsively!"

"Spirit Hall is trying to force you into Spirit City so they will have no future worries!"

Tang Yuehua hurriedly grabbed Tang Hao's arm, her face full of concern.

"Little sister, what do you mean?"

Tang Hao froze slightly, seemingly not yet understanding.

"Think about it. Why didn't Spirit Hall simply kill Father and Eldest Brother?"

"Isn't it because they fear that, once you have nothing left to care about, you can attack Spirit Hall's people everywhere? As long as you strike once and move elsewhere, they would never be able to find you!"

"Spirit Hall captured Father and Eldest Brother precisely to force you to go to Spirit City and die!"

"Then the Clear Sky Sect would truly be finished!"

Tang Yuehua stared fixedly at Tang Hao and laid out all her suspicions.

"I understand. As long as I'm alive, Spirit Hall will have reservations. Father and Elder Brother will suffer, at most, some physical pain!"

"But the most vicious part of Spirit Hall's scheme is that they made a public announcement!"

"If I don't go, they'll skin Father and Elder Brother alive!"

"If I go, I'll certainly die. If I don't, I'll be disloyal, unfilial, heartless, and unjust!"

After hearing Tang Yuehua's words, Tang Hao's thoughts instantly became clear.

"Spirit Hall's actions are truly murder of the heart, behavior worse than pigs and dogs!"

Tang Hao gritted his teeth, his face filled with fury.

"I have another way to break Spirit Hall's vicious scheme!"

Tang Yuehua smiled faintly, confidence appearing on her face.

"What way?"

Tang Hao's eyes immediately lit up.