Rat Sect, Everyday Douluo Renowned Across the World

A friendly attitude.

As usual, he treated him like an ordinary guest—eating, drinking, and chatting.

If he faced Qian Daoliu with some ulterior motive, he would definitely reveal flaws no matter what, and might not gain anything from it either.

Retreating in order to advance.

That was Wang Zhao's approach.

Then, over the next few days, Qian Daoliu merely came by from time to time to play chess with Wang Zhao. Nothing more.

Other than becoming somewhat more familiar with each other, neither asked much about the other's background.

Wang Zhao had only said that he suspected Qian Daoliu was an important figure, but he never asked about his identity.

Qian Daoliu had likewise said that he was merely passing through, driven here by curiosity.

The two tacitly refrained from asking about each other, but that was merely the surface situation.

Behind the scenes, Qian Daoliu had already learned everything there was to know about Wang Zhao, believing unilaterally that Wang Zhao did not know his identity. As for Wang Zhao, not only had he long guessed Qian Daoliu's identity, but he also knew perfectly well that Qian Daoliu had investigated all of his information.

This did not mean Wang Zhao was particularly clever. It was simply that everything had unfolded in such a natural way.

At that moment.

Die walked into the courtyard.

"Sister Die~"

Wang Zhao greeted her with a sweet smile before asking, "You know that old gentleman's identity, right?"

Die nodded at his words.

"You're still as clever as ever."

"Hehe..."

"Then why didn't you tell me, Sister Die?"

"I thought you knew."

Die's expression instantly became somewhat strange.

"You've been playing chess with him for days. Don't tell me you still don't know who he is?"

"Besides, you never took the initiative to ask me."

"..."

Wang Zhao fell silent.

He had thought Die had acted as usual these past few days because Qian Daoliu had reminded her.

Now, it seemed that was not the case.

"Then who exactly is that old gentleman?"

"My martial soul, the Extreme Shadow Butterfly, possesses the darkness attribute, so I'm especially sensitive to the aura of light. In Spirit City, apart from the Angel Grand Priest, who obviously couldn't be him, the only one capable of giving me such immense pressure would be some old monster from the Light Griffin Family."

"Light Griffin Family..."

After closing the front gate behind him, Wang Zhao left the residence, still mulling it over.

He had only vaguely heard of this family.

Though the original Douluo Continent story had never mentioned them, Wang Zhao had learned of this ordinarily inconspicuous family through historical records in the Library of this real world.

Although their members rarely moved about within Spirit City, and few of their successive generations of experts had reached the rank of Titled Douluo, their status was quite high.

That was because behind the Light Griffin Family stood the Angel Lineage!

Before he knew it.

Wang Zhao entered a tavern.

The tavern was a mixed bag of people, making it an excellent place to gather information. Wang Zhao often came here, ordered a glass of fruit juice or a snack, then quietly sat in a corner.

He had just had a glass of fruit juice, so this time he ordered a serving of crispy peanuts.

Not long after he sat down, a group of people gathered around a large table beside him, discussing something in snatches of conversation.

Thus, Wang Zhao cracked peanuts as he listened.

"Hey, have you heard? About the Clear Sky Sect."

At the table, a tall, skinny man leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice.

"Of course I've heard. But that's no Clear Sky Sect. It's the Rat Sect!"

The Big Man on the other side spoke with a disdainful sneer, his rough voice utterly undisguised.

Someone immediately chimed in.

"That's right, that's right! Who in the entire Soul Master world doesn't know that the current generation of Clear Sky Sect disciples are a bunch of cowardly rats? It's absolutely hilarious!"

"HAHAHAHA—"

The surrounding drinkers burst into laughter, and the tavern was instantly filled with merriment.

Of course, quite a few people were laughing without really knowing why. As for why they had to laugh along, they had no idea.

Afterward, an honest fellow could not help asking, "What exactly happened?"

"The Clear Sky Sect is one of the Upper Three Sects. Why are you calling it the 'Rat Sect'?"

Someone answered him with a smile, "You're really behind on the news. Do you remember when the Spirit Hall army gathered at the city gates a while ago?"

"Of course I remember. Hiss..."

The honest fellow pondered for a moment, as though realizing something, then spoke again.

"Don't tell me the Spirit Hall army ultimately beat the Clear Sky Sect disciples until they fled in disarray?"

"Haha, wrong! Not even close!"

The person addressing him waved a hand with a laugh.

"Let me tell you—throughout the whole affair, the Spirit Hall army didn't expend a single soldier. Not only did they viciously humiliate the Rat Sect's new sect master, Howling Sky Douluo Tang Xiao, they also openly dragged the Clear Sky Sect disciples onto the field and beheaded them or chopped off their arms one by one before everyone! In the end, I heard they even abducted every female disciple of the Rat Sect!"

"That intense?!"

Someone was startled and asked, "The Spirit Hall army hasn't returned yet, has it? How do you know all that so clearly?"

"Ah! People from all the major factions have already spread the news all over the world. The Clear Sky Sect itself hasn't stepped forward to deny it, so it must be true... Oh, I almost forgot. Those rats were forced into hiding and 'withdrawing from worldly affairs,' haha!"

"Rat Sect—true to its name!"

"Oh, and according to some unofficial news, Howling Sky Douluo is 'Xiao Bai'..."

"Hiss~ Terrifying—no, I mean, so short and powerless!"

"..."

After listening for so long, Wang Zhao had to admit that his feelings were rather strange.

Wasn't this part of the little "suggestion" he had mentioned to Bibi Dong that night?

Bibi Dong had really put it into practice?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

The Clear Sky Sect was truly miserable~

Wang Zhao sighed inwardly and continued listening.

He still had not heard the information he wanted.

Meanwhile.

"By the way, the excuse for Spirit Hall sending out troops this time was that Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao. What happened to Tang Hao himself? Did he show up?"

Someone suddenly asked.

"Heh, don't even mention it. The current generation of Clear Sky Sect disciples are rats, and Tang Hao is the biggest rat among them. He never once showed his face from start to finish."

The Big Man's expression grew even more disdainful.

"Also, the Rat Sect personally announced in the end that Tang Hao had been expelled from the sect. Neither he nor his descendants would ever be allowed to return to their ancestral roots. He's now a stray dog, and they've even revoked his Clear Sky title. Now he's called Everyday Douluo!"

"Pfft—Everyday... Hahahahaha..."

The people around them held it in for a moment, but ultimately could not restrain themselves and burst into laughter.

The atmosphere in the tavern grew even more cheerful.

"By the way, I also heard that after the Rat Sect fled, the Four Single-Attribute Clans under them were all taken over by Spirit Hall..."

At that, a strange glint flashed through Wang Zhao's eyes.

At the same time, all across the continent, rumors about the "Rat Sect" and "Everyday Douluo" were spreading, with similar scenes of merriment playing out everywhere.