Arrogant Yu Xiaogang

"Yes, but the servants have already prepared breakfast for you, my lord. Shall I lead you there...?"

"Alright, I understand. You may leave first. I'll go by myself."

After dismissing Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ning Yao watched his departing figure with some helplessness.

It seemed Chrysanthemum Douluo was not suited to staying here. Perhaps he should find another place to stay tonight.

But thoughts were just thoughts. He still went to the main hall and began eating the lavish breakfast.

The comfort of having clothes brought to him and food served to him at Pope Hall was certainly pleasant, but it was not what Ning Yao wanted.

It was enough to experience it once in a while.

After finishing breakfast, just as Ning Yao was preparing to leave Pope Hall, he ran into someone.

Not a knight spirit master from the hall, but a young woman.

"Y-Your Excellency Fengrao."

Hu Liena had been skipping along, but the moment she saw Ning Yao, her entire body stiffened. She hurriedly bowed.

Chrysanthemum Douluo had only reminded her last night that she might encounter Ning Yao in Pope Hall recently. She had not expected to run into him so early this morning.

This was someone her teacher had personally designated as being equal in status to the Pope.

She did not dare behave presumptuously before Ning Yao.

Ning Yao did not take it to heart. He merely nodded and walked past Hu Liena.

His assessment of Hu Liena was that she was a lovestruck fool. He neither liked nor disliked her; he simply felt nothing toward her.

So, if they merely happened to meet, he would not take the initiative to say anything.

However, just as he thought he could leave Pope Hall peacefully, he heard a discordant voice.

The gates of Pope Hall were pushed open, and a middle-aged man barged in, shouting loudly.

A knight led the slovenly middle-aged man into the hall, where they happened to run into Ning Yao, who was about to leave.

"Greetings, Your Excellency."

The knight clearly had not expected to run into Ning Yao and hurriedly bowed.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had informed everyone in Pope Hall of Ning Yao's identity the night before. They all knew what Ning Yao now represented.

Only the slovenly middle-aged man remained standing there, looking at Ning Yao with an impatient expression.

The knight beside him was somewhat displeased, but he did not act out because of Ning Yao's presence.

He raised his head and looked at Ning Yao.

"Your Excellency, this man only has level twenty-nine cultivation, yet he possesses a Spirit Hall Elder Token and insists on seeing His Holiness the Pope. This subordinate had no choice but to..."

The knight took the initiative to explain.

His words made Ning Yao raise an eyebrow slightly.

In just a few seconds, he had recognized the man before him.

Yu Xiaogang. With all these traits combined, he did not need to guess who it was.

Level twenty-nine was far too distinctive.

"Your Excellency? You should be able to make the decision here, right? Hurry up and take me to see Bibi Dong!"

Although he did not know why the knight addressed Ning Yao that way, Yu Xiaogang could roughly infer from the knight's respectful attitude that Ning Yao held considerable power here.

So, in the next moment, he pulled out the Elder Token and shouted at Ning Yao.

The knight's patience with Yu Xiaogang had nearly reached its limit.

He rose to his feet and turned to glare viciously at the arrogant Yu Xiaogang.

"You had better behave yourself. Even with an Elder Token, you may not show disrespect to His Excellency."

The knight spoke in a low voice.

But Yu Xiaogang clearly feared neither heaven nor earth in the face of the knight's warning.

He raised his stubbly chin.

"Hah! Do you know that even your Pope wouldn't dare speak to me like that in person?!"

"You!"

The knight's face had gone completely dark. He refused to believe that the usually sacred Pope could have any connection to this sort of man.

He looked up at Ning Yao and was just about to speak when he saw Ning Yao shake his head.

Ning Yao looked at Yu Xiaogang.

"Grand Wet, Yu Little Anus, right?"

He looked curiously at the man's short buzz cut.

Seeing that someone recognized him, Yu Xiaogang lifted his chin even higher and quickly nodded.

"I didn't expect anyone to still know me. Since that's the case, you can go call Bibi Dong out to see me now, can't you?"

The knight was immediately enraged again, while Ning Yao did not respond.

He looked Yu Xiaogang's slovenly buzz cut up and down.

He did remember this part of the plot, where Yu Xiaogang came to Pope Hall to find Bibi Dong.

But wasn't the timing a little off?

He remembered this happening during the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.

But it was not that time yet.

For this fellow to come to Pope Hall early, it seemed highly likely that the results of his earlier interference with the protagonist group had already appeared.

Ning Yao thought to himself, but looking at this Grandmaster before him, he truly found him somewhat disgusting.

His most hated character in the original story, without question.

"You're all here, right? Since you've watched enough..."

"He came to find the Pope. It has nothing to do with me. Handle it within Spirit Hall yourselves."

Ning Yao spoke faintly toward the empty air.

Yu Xiaogang and the knight were both visibly stunned, unable to understand what Ning Yao meant.

Until they saw two figures emerge from the shadows in the corner.

"Greetings, Your Excellencies."

The knight hurriedly bowed.

The newcomers were Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had been secretly following and guarding Ning Yao the entire time.

The two of them had been there all along, but because of Ning Yao, they had not stepped forward to deal with the matter.

Now that Ning Yao had spoken, they naturally had to be sensible and give him an outcome.

Without a word of nonsense, Chrysanthemum Douluo extended a hand. The token Yu Xiaogang had been holding high instantly appeared in his palm.

"You..."

Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened at once, but seeing the two great Douluo standing there, he swallowed and did not dare curse aloud.

He might not know Ning Yao, but he recognized this famous duo.

Yet Chrysanthemum Douluo did not even spare Yu Xiaogang's little expressions a glance.

Chrysanthemum Douluo respectfully bowed to Ning Yao.

"My lord, this token definitely does not belong to this man. Spirit Hall has never given an Elder Token to him."

"Please rest assured, Senior. Spirit Hall will severely punish anyone who impersonates a Spirit Hall elder and even attempts to disturb your peaceful cultivation."

As he spoke, Chrysanthemum Douluo gave a sinister smile.

Under normal circumstances, knowing something of Bibi Dong's relationship with Yu Xiaogang, they naturally would not have done anything.

But now, Ning Yao had personally told them to handle this matter.

They had long found Yu Xiaogang unpleasant, parading around and swindling people with a pile of things stolen from Spirit Hall.

Previously, they had not dared do anything because of Bibi Dong. But now that Ning Yao was backing them, they had nothing to fear.

Though they still did not dare kill Yu Xiaogang, they could certainly leave him with an unforgettable punishment.

Without another word, Chrysanthemum Douluo gave the knight a look, and the knight immediately understood.

He raised a hand and grabbed Yu Xiaogang by the collar.

Yu Xiaogang shuddered all over, but just as he wanted to say something else, he discovered that he could no longer speak.