Bibi Dong's Shock

"Not even fifteen? How is that possible? Teacher, could he be some old monster in disguise?" Dugu Yan asked in disbelief.

If he were under fifteen, they could have accepted him being a Soul Elder, or even a Soul King.

But how could they accept that he had defeated two Titled Douluo?

Dugu Yan considered herself acquainted with many geniuses. In her eyes, their captain, Yu Tianheng, whom she admired, might not have had the greatest talent of all, but he was at least among the very best.

How strong had Yu Tianheng been at fifteen? How could she believe someone like Ye Xuan existed?

"I have reliable information. His age should be accurate. I heard they'll keep fighting at the Great Soul Arena, so let's stay a few more days and watch before we leave," Qin Ming said.

"Will the person who defeated the Titled Douluo compete?" Yu Tianheng asked.

Qin Ming shook his head. "No, but the two girls he brought with him will."

"Teacher, you said they were hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. How could one come to the Great Soul Arena?" Dugu Yan asked in confusion.

"Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts can choose to take human form. I don't know why this one came to the human world, but she's studying at a local academy. The people there don't seem to know what she is," Qin Ming said.

Of course, Qin Ming had found out which academy Xiao Wu attended.

But he didn't think it was important to say, so he hadn't told his students.

Since the Soul Beast was at Shrek Academy, he didn't want to bring unnecessary trouble down on it by revealing that.

That night.

At the Spirit Hall Main Branch.

In the small courtyard where Ye Xuan lived.

Xiao Wu came into the courtyard and asked Ye Xuan, "Big Brother Ye, when did you find out I was a Soul Beast?"

"The first time we met," Ye Xuan replied.

"This..." Xiao Wu hadn't expected it to be so early.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Wu asked, "Big Brother Ye, what do you think of Soul Beasts?"

"I take them as they are. Whether Soul Beast or human, there are good ones and bad ones," Ye Xuan said.

"Take them as they are?" Xiao Wu now somewhat understood why Ye Xuan had said those things to her back in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ye Xuan had told her that humans hunting Soul Beasts was no different from powerful Soul Beasts preying on the weak.

"Thank you, Big Brother Ye." Xiao Wu thanked him again, this time for helping her see things more clearly.

"Keep this on you. If you run into danger while you're out, it'll protect you, and I'll be able to sense it and reach you right away." As he spoke, Ye Xuan took out an ordinary jade pendant.

But Ye Xuan had infused this ordinary pendant with a strand of sword energy. When released, its power could withstand a full-force strike from a rank-95 Titled Douluo.

And when the pendant was triggered, Ye Xuan would immediately sense its location.

Ye Xuan had given Zhu Zhuqing one of these pendants before, and later gave one to Ning Rongrong as well.

Now that Xiao Wu was here, she naturally had one too.

"Thank you, Big Brother Ye." Xiao Wu took it in both hands. After hesitating, she added, "Big Brother Ye, I hope you won't blame Third Brother for what Grandmaster did. He won't make an enemy of you."

"Don't worry. I don't care about that. I promised his father that as long as he doesn't provoke me, I won't go after him," Ye Xuan said.

"Third Brother's father?" Xiao Wu was startled. She hadn't expected Ye Xuan to know Tang San's father too.

"Yeah. I'll tell you, but don't tell him. His father and Yu Xiaogang didn't tell him, which means they clearly don't want him to find out yet. His father is the Clear Sky Douluo, who was famous across the continent back then. His wife—Tang San's mother—was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor. When the Spirit Hall hunted them down, she sacrificed herself and became the Clear Sky Douluo's Soul Ring. They and the Spirit Hall are sworn enemies," Ye Xuan said plainly.

"What?"

Xiao Wu hadn't expected Tang San's mother to be just as extraordinary as his father.

"No wonder Third Brother's Blue Silver Grass is so unusual," Xiao Wu said with a sigh.

"Mm. I know he has Twin Martial Souls: Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer. Yu Xiaogang has staked his whole life on him. He's useless himself, so he needs a powerful disciple to prove himself. Tang San is the perfect candidate," Ye Xuan said mockingly.

In the past, even though Ye Xuan disliked Yu Xiaogang, he wouldn't have said anything so disparaging.

But now Yu Xiaogang had made it clear he intended to go after him. Why should Ye Xuan keep acting like a gentleman?

Why hadn't he killed Yu Xiaogang?

It wasn't because Tang San was the protagonist, nor because he had any reservations.

It was because Ye Xuan thought killing Yu Xiaogang outright would be letting him off easy.

He wanted Yu Xiaogang to fall into utter despair.

He would make Yu Xiaogang understand that his most treasured disciple was nothing in Ye Xuan's eyes.

And the woman Yu Xiaogang loved was someone Ye Xuan would visit one day, too.

"Do you mean Grandmaster will use Third Brother?" Xiao Wu asked anxiously.

Ye Xuan shook his head. "No. The Clear Sky Douluo is Yu Xiaogang's idol. He'll help Tang San wholeheartedly, so you don't need to worry about that."

"Oh!"

After hearing all this, Xiao Wu didn't know what to say for a while.

She could tell that Ye Xuan didn't take Yu Xiaogang or Tang San seriously at all.

Yu Xiaogang kept thinking about how to deal with Ye Xuan, when in truth Ye Xuan didn't even deign to look his way.

"By the way, those two Spirit Hall elders spoke with you back then. Did they think you were a Soul Beast?" Xiao Wu asked, voicing her last question.

"Probably. They knew I hadn't used my Martial Soul, yet I still had immense power. They couldn't make sense of it, so they thought I was a powerful Soul Beast in human form. At first, they came to test me. This time, they came in person, probably to capture me. Then they went to the Great Soul Arena and happened to run into you," Ye Xuan said.

"Are you really confident about facing the Spirit Hall, Big Brother Ye?" Xiao Wu asked.

She didn't know much about the Spirit Hall, but she knew it was the most powerful force on the continent.

Facing the most powerful force in the world alone wasn't easy.

"I am. And after I taught those two a lesson this time, if the Spirit Hall is smart, they'll compromise," Ye Xuan said.

Several days later.

Spirit City.

Inside the Pope Palace.

Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo came to see Bibi Dong.

When Bibi Dong saw them, a cold glint flashed in her phoenix eyes.

"Gui Mei, Yue Guan, what happened? You didn't bring the person back, and you're both injured like this?"

Bibi Dong's voice was icy, making the two of them shudder.

They both trembled and dropped to their knees. "Your Holiness the Pope, we went to Suotuo City this time and encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Then..."

Yue Guan recounted everything that had happened on the trip to Bibi Dong.

"How is that possible?" Bibi Dong was just as shocked when she heard the story.

How could someone so powerful suddenly appear in this world, someone no one had ever heard of before?