A day later.
The carriage came to a steady stop before the grand gates of Spirit Hall.
The imperial guards stepped forward and drew back the carriage curtain.
Jiang Qingyu, Bibi Dong, and Guang Ling Douluo took turns getting out of the carriage.
"Finally back."
Guang Ling Douluo let out a long breath. Spirit Hall was still more comfortable.
After staying outside for too long, he had felt terribly out of sorts.
"Grandpa Guang Ling, how can you say that? How did you cling to my place before?"
Jiang Qingyu's calm words made Guang Ling Douluo's body tremble. He looked at Jiang Qingyu, wanting to argue, yet unable to say anything.
"Little Qingyu, that was different. And stop teasing your Grandpa Guang Ling all the time. Leave Grandpa some dignity."
Guang Ling Douluo coughed twice.
"Grandpa Guang Ling should consider which is more important: food or dignity."
Guang Ling Douluo was speechless. Wasn't this pushing him into a pit of fire?
"Can't I have both?" Guang Ling Douluo asked weakly.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too, Grandpa Guang Ling."
Jiang Qingyu chuckled and headed straight for the Consecration Hall.
Bibi Dong followed behind him.
Guang Ling Douluo's face turned green, then white.
"Little Qingyu doesn't love me anymore!"
Sigh. Between dignity and food, food was still more important. Besides, he only lost face in front of Little Qingyu anyway.
When they reached a fork in the road, they ran into Yue Guan. Seeing Jiang Qingyu together with Bibi Dong, he paused in surprise before bowing. "Your Highness the Saintess, you are heading to the Consecration Hall as well? The Pope is there too."
Bibi Dong, who had originally been heading for the Papal Palace, grew excited upon hearing this. "Elder Yue, that report was very timely."
"Qingyu, let's go."
"Let's go," Jiang Qingyu said.
Bibi Dong secretly rejoiced, then began struggling again. Looking at the fair, jade-like hand before her, she hesitated for a moment before deciding to boldly step forward and take it.
But Jiang Qingyu had already walked ahead.
This left Bibi Dong full of regret.
What was there to think about?
Stupid Bibi Dong, still hesitating. If you want to win a perfect man like Qingyu, you have to be proactive and decisive.
He had given her spirit bones and immortal herbs alike.
After coming back to herself, Bibi Dong quickly chased after him again.
Standing nearby, Yue Guan had taken in everything that had just happened. He was utterly puzzled by Bibi Dong's hesitation.
If she liked him, she should pursue him. What was there to fear?
They were both in Spirit Hall. No one could steal her man.
"Yue Guan, why are you standing there like an idiot?"
"We should hurry to the Consecration Hall too."
Ghost passed by, saw Yue Guan standing there foolishly, and hurriedly urged him on.
"Let's go."
Meanwhile, inside the Consecration Hall.
Jiang Qingyu and the other two had already arrived at the Consecration Hall.
"Fifth Brother is back. What did you experience out there during this time?"
"You didn't make Qingyu cook for you again, did you?"
Qingluan Douluo, who was also present, teased him.
"What are you talking about? I dote on Little Qingyu so much. How could I possibly make him cook? Third Brother, don't talk nonsense." Guang Ling Douluo retorted indignantly.
Then he looked at Jiang Qingyu. "Isn't that right, Little Qingyu?"
Jiang Qingyu rolled his eyes.
Not this time, but there had been plenty of times before.
When Guang Ling Douluo saw that Jiang Qingyu did not answer and that Third Brother was smiling, his face instantly flushed red. He gave a light snort. "I said no, so no. This time, Little Qingyu defeated two people from the Upper Three Sects in a row."
At the mention of the Upper Three Sects, Qian Daoliu became interested.
He had not expected them to encounter members of the Upper Three Sects while out there.
"What exactly happened?"
"Tell us quickly!"
Having retreated behind the scenes, he rarely left the Consecration Hall. Naturally, he had very few chances to see people from the Upper Three Sects, much less spar with them.
The most renowned were the Clear Sky Twin Stars of the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, both grandsons of Tang Chen.
Two Supremes from one family—the younger generation was indeed outstanding. Yet Spirit Hall only had one Bibi Dong, so her brilliance might be overshadowed somewhat.
"It was earth-shattering, enough to dim the sun and moon. Little Qingyu encountered Tang Hao at the spirit arena."
Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, Qingluan Douluo, as well as Yue Guan and Ghost, who had just arrived at the entrance, all pricked up their ears.
Guang Ling Douluo continued, "In the first match, he faced Tang Hao. Although Little Qingyu was a Soul Sage, he did not use that power at all. When Tang Hao first appeared, he was very confident and thought he could crush Little Qingyu. But the moment Little Qingyu drew the Flame Phoenix Sword, the entire spirit arena lit up."
"His attacks were swift and clean. Scorching flames burned Tang Hao's arms, and in the end, he used the combined power of ice and fire to utterly defeat that supremely confident Tang Hao. Tang Hao even had to be helped away by Tang Xiao."
"After that battle, Little Qingyu became famous in Heaven Dou City. Jiang Qingyu's victory was simply beautiful, and the whole fight flowed as smoothly as clouds and water."
As Jiang Qingyu's number one hype man, how could he not hype him up properly?
The five listened with great interest, regretting that they had not witnessed it in person.
"Of course, the most exciting part was at the end."
"Tang Hao thought Little Qingyu was a woman and bet that, if he won, Little Qingyu would become his woman. But not only did he lose, Little Qingyu's single sentence, 'I'm a man,' angered Tang Hao until he vomited blood and fainted."
Guang Ling Douluo stated it without the slightest restraint.
The five all fixed their eyes on Jiang Qingyu, who stood there with an icy temperament and beauty like an immortal. Simply standing there was enough to lift one's spirits.
Bibi Dong added to Guang Ling's words, "Not just Tang Hao. Tang Chen also thought Qingyu had no backing and wanted to personally invite Qingyu to join the Clear Sky Sect, taking him as a disciple and nurturing him himself."
"Mm-hmm, that was more or less what happened."
Guang Ling Douluo nodded.
He had nearly forgotten about Tang Chen. He had been too focused on praising Jiang Qingyu.
"That Tang Chen actually dared to covet Qingyu. He's getting more and more shameless." Qingluan Douluo said angrily.
"I think Tang Chen still hasn't given up. He might send someone to invite Little Qingyu to join again," Guang Ling Douluo said.
Qian Daoliu waved a hand. "There is no need to panic over this. I have my own way of dealing with it. I have already made the preparations. Once the invitations are sent and the Holy Son's robes are finished, we can begin the Holy Son ceremony. I will announce to the world that Jiang Qingyu belongs to Spirit Hall!"
"That's right. Little Qingyu was raised by me personally. He absolutely cannot be taken away."
Guang Ling Douluo stepped forward and took the opportunity to give him a huge hug.
Jiang Qingyu immediately raised a hand to press against Guang Ling Douluo's cheek, his face full of disgust. "Grandpa Guang Ling, hurry up and move away. That's so mushy."
"You're disgusted by Grandpa now?" Guang Ling Douluo pretended to be heartbroken. "You've grown up after all."
Jiang Qingyu rolled his eyes, not knowing what to say. Grandpa Guang Ling truly had never lost his childlike heart.
"That's enough, Fifth Brother. At your age, honestly." Qingluan Douluo smiled helplessly.
Ignoring Guang Ling, Qingluan Douluo asked, "Qingyu, who was the second person?"
"Yu Luomian of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan!"
"Yu Luomian?" Qingluan Douluo was surprised. "He's a veteran Soul Sage expert. Were you hurt? If that old loach dared to hurt you, I'll teach him a lesson right now!"
Jiang Qingyu shook his head, remaining calm. "I wasn't hurt, and I beat him too!"
He won!
Seeing how calm Jiang Qingyu was, Qingluan Douluo realized that he must have won easily.
"He was harder to deal with than Tang Hao, but I was still better."
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