Are You from the Elder Hall?!

"Would running do any good?"

Duan Yu retorted, "Spirit City is enormous, with experts everywhere. I fear that the moment I even thought of running, Senior could pin me down where I stood and take my life in an instant."

Hearing Duan Yu's words, Yue Guan became even more interested in him. "Kid, you're right. But if you don't even have the thought of resisting, that's quite dangerous too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Guan's soul power erupted. Countless flower petals drifted down from the sky, falling around Yue Guan and Duan Yu.

Duan Yu's expression remained calm. However, the three pitch-black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings around him suddenly fused together, becoming a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring of an even darker color.

The Time Dragon King soared into the sky, and a beam of white light immediately burst from its dragon eyes, annihilating the petals filling the heavens.

With his divine artifact on cooldown and unable to protect him, could Duan Yu guarantee that a Title Douluo who suddenly made a move would not take his life?

Of course not. Placing one's fate in someone else's hands was the greatest foolishness.

His greatest source of security now was the Papal Token and the Ring Fusion secret art that represented the Six-Winged Angel.

Ring Fusion was a secret art unique to the Six-Winged Angel inheritance. Only certain martial souls could perform it.

Even Bibi Dong did not know the Ring Fusion secret art, yet he did. Combined with the Papal Token that had appeared earlier, wasn't that enough to suggest something?

All the signs now pointed to Duan Yu being from the Elder Hall, and quite possibly even one of the Grand Elder's people. Otherwise, there was no way to explain where he had obtained the Papal Token and the Ring Fusion secret art.

What Duan Yu could think of, Yue Guan naturally could as well. Yue Guan's expression changed the moment he saw Duan Yu use Ring Fusion.

Yue Guan withdrew his hand, and the look he gave Duan Yu turned serious. "Are you from the Elder Hall?"

"No."

Duan Yu denied it. "This junior is Nie Wuming, the young sect master of Cloud Dream Marsh. I am not a member of the Elder Hall."

"Then why do you have a Papal Token?"

Yue Guan frowned. "And if you truly aren't from the Elder Hall, why did you use that secret art just now? You should know that secret art is now only..."

Yue Guan stopped there and did not continue. His gaze shifted toward the distant statue of the Six-Winged Angel.

Duan Yu shook his head. "This Papal Token belonged to my father, but he never told me exactly how he obtained it."

"As for the Ring Fusion secret art Senior mentioned just now..."

Duan Yu suddenly paused. After a long while, he continued, "When this junior was traveling in the past, I happened to encounter a white-haired old man on the road. He was the one who taught me that secret art."

Yue Guan looked at Duan Yu, narrowing his eyes as he asked in a deep voice, "Do you know that old man's name?"

"I do not."

Duan Yu shook his head. "Before leaving, he only told me to visit Spirit Hall more often when I had time. He never gave me his name, so I have yet to find that senior."

"However, I vaguely remember that when I traveled with that senior, he loved saying one particular sentence."

"What sentence?" Yue Guan asked curiously.

"Let holiness descend upon the mortal world."

Boom!

The moment Yue Guan heard Duan Yu's words, it felt as though a bomb had gone off in his mind.

Let holiness descend upon the mortal world. Others might not understand, but how could he, a Title Douluo, not understand?

On the present-day Douluo Continent, who could represent holiness? It had to be the Six-Winged Angel.

When could holiness truly descend upon the mortal world? When the angel descended, holiness would truly descend upon the mortal world as well.

That was why Yue Guan was so shocked upon hearing Duan Yu's words. If what this kid said was true—

Wouldn't that mean the old man was the Grand Priest of the Elder Hall, the Six-Winged Angel's representative in the mortal world, the level ninety-nine Ultimate Douluo, Qian Daoliu?!

After realizing this, Yue Guan immediately withdrew his pressure and stopped testing him. He said warmly, "Little friend, this should be your first time here, right? In that case, why not travel with us?"

"Sure."

Duan Yu smiled. "Then this junior will gladly accept."

Inside the carriage, Hu Liena watched the boy from before walking beside her carriage, and a trace of shock flashed through her eyes.

Given Elder Yue Guan's temperament, he was not someone who would casually allow a stranger he had just met to stay by his side.

Still, Hu Liena grew somewhat interested in Duan Yu. She asked curiously, "What's your name?"

"Nie Wuming." Duan Yu gave his name without even blushing.

"Fox sister, what's your name?" Duan Yu asked.

"Oh, my name is Hu Youming," Hu Liena answered casually.

This guy wasn't fooling him, was she? Who would be named Nie Wuming?

Duan Yu's mouth twitched. If he had not known the original plot, Hu Liena might really have fooled him. She could lie without missing a beat.

"What kind of ridiculous name is that? You're not lying to me, are you?" Duan Yu asked suspiciously.

"How could I be?"

Hu Liena immediately denied it. Patting her chest, she declared with complete confidence, "I've been called Hu Youming since I was little. Genuine as they come."

Yue Guan, who was not far away, heard their exchange. His mouth twitched, but he said nothing and simply let the two of them continue chatting back and forth.

The two chatted idly for a while. Once Duan Yu felt they had talked enough, he asked curiously, "Sister Youming, why do you get to ride in a carriage? And why is the street so lively, holding a welcoming ceremony for you?"

Finally, he asked!

Hu Liena's eyes immediately lit up when she heard Duan Yu's question. Heaven knew how long she had been waiting for this kid to ask so she could show off.

Hu Liena lifted her chin proudly. "Of course, it's because I completed the training Spirit Hall arranged and stood out among the challenges against countless peers. I've also made it onto Spirit Hall's preparatory list for the next generation of the Golden Generation."

"Wow," Duan Yu said perfunctorily.

She had merely completed an ordinary selection and made the Golden Generation. He had thought it was something remarkable.

Seeing Duan Yu's dismissive attitude, Hu Liena immediately widened her eyes. "What kind of attitude is that? Do you know what this represents?"

"I don't," Duan Yu said, shaking his head.

Hu Liena: "..."

"Let me tell you, becoming part of the Golden Generation is not so easy. At my age, I've already entered Spirit Hall's preparatory list for the Golden Generation. Even Elder Yue Guan said that my potential is incomparably great."

Duan Yu looked at Hu Liena in surprise. She appeared to be fourteen or fifteen, yet her soul power had already broken through to the third ring. Among most people her age, she was indeed quite good.

But that was all.