"Young Master, our people just sent word that the child has left the city and is heading southeast. Someone whose cultivation we cannot discern at all is with him, and that person is carrying Liu Erlong over his shoulder."
In the East Palace, while Qian Renxue was speaking with Stingray and She Long in the room, a young woman's voice came from outside the door.
The three exchanged glances. Stingray walked straight to the door and asked quietly,
"Is the information accurate?"
"It is."
The young woman's voice came again from outside.
Stingray turned back. Only after seeing Qian Renxue nod at him did he walk back over.
"Young Master, the person carrying Liu Erlong may be the Title Douluo at that child's side."
"Young Master, I think so too. If we move quickly now, we may be able to catch up with them."
Stingray chimed in from the side.
Seeing that Qian Renxue still looked somewhat doubtful, She Long immediately produced the reward notice issued by the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
"Young Master, this is a good opportunity. Once we miss it, we may never get another chance this good."
Lu Li had now returned to Heaven Dou City, yet he had not even stayed for half a day. That meant he was very likely not going to return again.
This was what Qian Renxue, Stingray, and She Long all believed.
After all, he had returned to Heaven Dou City for such a short time. Under those circumstances, he was very likely not coming back anytime soon.
None of them wanted to watch a faction protected by a Title Douluo slip through their fingers.
Winning over a faction backed by a Title Douluo would bring enormous benefits, whether for their Usurpation Plan or Spirit Hall's future development.
And even if they failed to win them over, they could at least prevent themselves from offending that faction in the future.
Spirit Hall might not be afraid, but no one wanted to gain an enemy for no reason—especially an enemy that possessed a Title Douluo.
Qian Renxue had clearly considered this as well.
She glanced at She Long and was about to speak, but then remembered the intelligence of these two. Stingray seemed to be the smarter one, so she changed her target.
"Uncle Stingray, leave the city immediately and pursue them southeast. Remember, your attitude must be respectful. Do not show even the slightest impatience."
"Yes!"
Stingray immediately dropped to one knee and answered respectfully.
Even without Qian Renxue telling him, Stingray would have been as respectful as possible once he caught up with the target.
After all, that Title Douluo was at least Rank 97. Based on that alone, Stingray would not dare act arrogantly.
Meanwhile, Lu Li was lying atop Little Yellow's head, listening to the wind howl past his ears, a faint smile lingering on his lips.
"Dragon One, about how long until we reach Notting City?"
Dragon One, who looked like a bead beside him, barely needed to think before answering.
"Reporting to Master, about two hours."
"Still that long? Forget it, I'll sleep."
Lu Li clicked his tongue. If only he had the ability to tear through space and arrive at his destination the next second. Traveling like this was simply too boring.
Meanwhile, in Notting City's Notting Academy.
After Lu Li casually slashed Luo Sanpao with one strike and left in style, Yu Xiaogang had passed out from the pain.
Inside Yu Xiaogang's office, he lay on the leather sofa with his eyes closed and his face pale, looking as though he had been completely drained dry.
But in Yu Xiaogang's current state, even if he wanted to be drained dry, that was no longer possible.
Beside the sofa, Tang San stood with dark circles under his eyes, watching his unconscious teacher with a worried expression.
"Teacher, you absolutely cannot die! What will Xiao San do if you die?"
Perhaps Tang San's filial outburst had stimulated him. Yu Xiaogang, who had been unconscious all night, miraculously had his eyelids twitch.
The next moment, those incomparably clouded eyes opened fully.
"Teacher! You're awake! This is wonderful. Your disciple almost thought you had..."
Tang San did not say the rest. After all, saying it aloud would offend his teacher.
Wonderful, Teacher was not dead! He was still alive!
"Xiao San, where am I?"
Yu Xiaogang's voice was incredibly weak, as though his oil had run dry and his lamp was about to go out.
Tang San told Yu Xiaogang everything that had happened after Tang Li left.
After hearing it, Yu Xiaogang's cloudy eyes immediately filled with rage.
"Bastard, bastard! Where was the Haotian Douluo? Why did he watch that little bastard humiliate me however he pleased?!"
Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth.
His idol had not stood up for him. Even if the Haotian Douluo did not care about him, he should have stepped in for the sake of his son's teacher, shouldn't he?
Seeing his teacher gritting his teeth, Tang San thought his teacher had been enraged by that little bastard who had already embarked upon the Path to Die.
As his teacher's good disciple, he immediately began to comfort him.
"Teacher, rest assured. Once your disciple becomes a Title Douluo under your guidance in the future, I will definitely seek justice for you!"
Hearing such heartwarming words, Yu Xiaogang's face immediately bloomed into a smile.
"Good, good, good! Xiao San, your teacher truly did not misjudge you."
Yu Xiaogang's face wrinkled into a smile like a chrysanthemum.
"Without Teacher, your disciple would still be that useless person with only a Martial Soul, unable to obtain a Spirit Ring and break through. I might not even have been able to enter this Notting Academy!"
Thinking back to how his teacher had sternly berated the gatekeeper who had made things difficult for him, Tang San felt warmth fill his heart.
A mutual devotion—what a touching love story. Ah, no! What a touching bond between teacher and disciple!
Lu Li stood outside the window, quietly watching the master and disciple display their affection under Dragon One's concealment.
Touching as it was, he absolutely had to witness the reunion between Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang.
"Dragon One, invite this deeply bonded master and disciple to the small forest behind the Academy."
How could Tang San, the disciple, possibly miss the reunion between his teacher and his teacher's wife?
"Yes, Master."
Dragon One answered, then smashed through the window. Before Yu Xiaogang and Tang San could react, he knocked them both unconscious with an elbow strike and lifted them with Spirit Power.
In the small forest behind Notting Academy, Lu Li deliberately did not wake Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong immediately.
Instead, he arranged the two of them in an embrace, placed Yu Xiaogang's hands atop Liu Erlong's twin peaks, then set Tang San in the best viewing spot before ordering,
"Dragon One, wake them."
Lu Li looked at his handiwork with satisfaction.
Following Dragon One's elbow strike, the unconscious Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Tang San immediately woke up.
At the same time, Lu Li hid himself in the shadows.
If he were present, Liu Erlong would inevitably hold back!
"Lecher!"
Upon waking, Liu Erlong felt the warmth on her chest. Without a second thought, she drove her knee into Yu Xiaogang, who was holding her.
By sheer coincidence, that knee struck Yu Xiaogang's crotch.
Fortunately, Yu Xiaogang's little brother was gone, so Liu Erlong's strike merely sent him flying. As for pain, it was not particularly severe.
Yu Xiaogang was completely bewildered, allowing himself to be sent flying as his face slammed heavily into the ground.
Although Tang San was puzzled that he had been in his teacher's office one moment and appeared in this small forest the next,
the moment he saw his teacher get sent flying by the woman before him, his eyes immediately turned bloodshot and he began panting like a bull.
Fuck! Could anyone really just bully their master and disciple pair whenever they pleased?
Liu Erlong ignored the enraged Tang San. Her eyes remained fixed on Yu Xiaogang, who lay facedown on the ground.
That head was one she would never forget for the rest of her life.
It was the head she had thought about day and night!
"Xiao Gang!"