Golden Iron Triangle? A Melodramatic Trio!

"Heaven Dou City, at last."

"As the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, it truly was bustling beyond compare."

Walking along the broad streets of Heaven Dou City, Qiangu Aoshi looked left and right. Having rarely left Spirit City, he was now at the stage where everything piqued his curiosity.

Even wandering bards recounting tales of legendary figures and legendary soul beasts could make him stop and listen.

"...Legend has it that deep within the core of the Star Dou Great Forest dwell two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts at the level of beast kings. One is called the Titan Giant Ape, the king of the forest. The other is called the Azure Sky Bull Python, the emperor of the forest..."

Qiangu Aoshi's eyes gleamed as he listened. After absorbing and refining all the soul power Tang Hao had dropped, his soul power had now reached level seventy-six.

All he needed was one or two more experience packs delivered right to his door, and he could swiftly break through to level eighty soul power.

Then, he would venture deep into the Star Dou Great Forest and challenge the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, making them his eighth and ninth soul rings.

At that moment, a somewhat familiar, gloomy voice drifted over.

"Dean Flender, Vice Dean Liu Erlong, Grandmaster, Qiangu Aoshi is up ahead. I saw him with my own eyes when I came out of the hotel. That bitch Zhu Zhuqing is beside him too. I'd recognize them even if they turned to ashes."

Qiangu Aoshi raised a brow and looked in the direction of the voice.

He saw Dai Mubai hurrying toward them from down the street with three middle-aged people, two men and one woman.

One of the middle-aged men was tall and thin, with a shoehorn-shaped face, a hooked nose, and black-rimmed glasses. At a glance, he gave off the impression of someone exceptionally calculating.

The other was of average build, with a short crew cut, a stiff expression, and an ordinary face. His eyes held a resentful air, making him look like the sort of elderly Jihao who would say, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never mock an old man for being poor."

The last was a woman with a great figure and decent looks. Even dressed plainly, she still retained her charm, though her brows revealed the repression and irritability of someone who had gone unsatisfied for far too long.

This was that melodramatic trio, the Golden Iron Triangle: Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang.

He had only just arrived in Heaven Dou City, yet these people had already come looking for him.

Dai Mubai's face was still somewhat pale, but he could already move freely and had even gone to a hotel to hire women.

Qiangu Aoshi had shattered his martial soul, turning him into a cripple. Even Yu Xiaogang, in whom he had placed such high hopes, had no good solution.

Dai Mubai was agitated and despondent every day, so he spent his days at hotels venting his frustrations.

Today, when he came out of a hotel and ran into Qiangu Aoshi and Zhu Zhuqing, he immediately went back to Shrek Academy to call for reinforcements.

When he saw Zhu Zhuqing clinging to Qiangu Aoshi's arm, the seductive charm between her brows and the way she walked told Dai Mubai, experienced with countless women, at once that Zhu Zhuqing had already been slept with.

Dai Mubai's hatred drove him mad.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he panted like a bull.

He wanted nothing more than to eat Qiangu Aoshi's flesh and drink Qiangu Aoshi's blood.

Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai as well. Her eyes were as cold as if she were looking at a stranger.

"Master, that middle-aged man with the hooked nose is the dean of Shrek Academy. He is a level seventy-six Soul Sage, and his martial soul is a cat eagle."

"As for the other man and woman, I do not know them very well."

Qiangu Aoshi curled his lips into a smile. Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives—these experience packs had delivered themselves to his doorstep, so he would be a fool not to take them.

Once the melodramatic trio approached, they stopped three meters away from Qiangu Aoshi.

A shadow flickered through Flender's eyes. His gaze toward Qiangu Aoshi was filled with hostility and resentment, but he quickly suppressed his emotions.

Zhao Wuji had been his old brother for so many years. Now that he had been taken back to Spirit Hall, things were surely looking grim for him.

Flender wanted badly to avenge Zhao Wuji, but an arm could not twist a thigh. How could they possibly contend with the deeply entrenched Spirit Hall?

He did not dare rashly shout threats or demand a fight from Qiangu Aoshi.

Flender took a deep breath. He was a shrewd businessman and would never make a losing deal.

"Young friend Qian Gu, I am the dean of Shrek Academy. My name is Flender."

"Mubai and Rongrong are both my students. You took their martial souls. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

"Otherwise, I am afraid this matter cannot end peacefully today. Even if you are a genius of Spirit Hall, I, Flender, and the Golden Iron Triangle are not pushovers in the soul master world."

"Rongrong is the young miss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She has already returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Sect Master Ning and the two guardian Douluo are both exceptionally furious over what happened to her."

"If you return their martial souls now, I can put my old face on the line and speak for you at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. We can turn swords into plowshares."

"Young friend Qian Gu, you do not want Spirit Hall to provoke a powerful enemy for no reason, do you? The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is one of the Upper Three Sects. Their strength is terrifying, and their foundation is deep. If you offend them, even Spirit Hall will not have an easy time of it."

"The soul master world is not just about fighting and killing. It is also about social ties and worldly dealings."

Yu Xiaogang lifted his head arrogantly. Relying on his relationship with Bibi Dong, he did not fear Qiangu Aoshi's Spirit Hall background in the slightest.

He took out a token and waved it before Qiangu Aoshi.

"Boy, I am Spirit Hall's youngest elder. Even your Spirit Hall's Pope must show me some respect."

"Tang San is my disciple. You injured my disciple and caused his soul power to drop to level twenty-one. I am very angry, and the consequences will be severe."

"Immediately do as Flender says. Return Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong's martial souls, then go kowtow to my disciple and apologize. Kneel on the ground and beg forgiveness."

"Let me properly study your martial soul. If it can restore my disciple's soul power, then in my magnanimity, I may forgive you. But if it cannot restore my disciple's soul power, be careful, or I will have your Pope expel you from Spirit Hall."

Having been repressed for too long, Liu Erlong had an extremely fiery temper. The ferocious aura erupting from her made the surrounding pedestrians retreat in alarm.

"Boss Flender, Xiaogang, why waste words with him? Let's capture him and take him back. If he refuses to restore Mubai and Rongrong's martial souls and Tang San's soul power, we'll torture him severely. I refuse to believe he won't give in."

Listening to Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong echo one another, Qiangu Aoshi laughed. He threw back his head and laughed aloud.

"Hahaha..."

"How ridiculous. Since when did any stray cat or dog dare bark and shout in front of me, even threatening me? Do you have the qualifications?"

"Flender, at your age, you only just broke through to Soul Sage. You think you are worthy of clamoring in front of me?"

"Yu Xiaogang, you think you are worthy of becoming an elder of Spirit Hall? Do you possess the strength of a Titled Douluo?"

"Oh... You only reached level twenty-nine soul power when you broke through fifty years old. When you reach level ninety-two soul power, will you need to break through five hundred years old?"

"And you call yourself a theory Grandmaster... Pah! It is all copied common knowledge. You can only fool brainless idiots like Flender and Liu Erlong."