The Real Reason

After Dugu Bo left, Jin Hao remained where he was and took a sip of tea.

Jin Hao still did not understand why, since Dugu Bo already knew he was not Xue Qinghe, he would not expose him but was not even curious about who he was or where he came from.

Was Dugu Bo not afraid that he was from Spirit Hall? After all, he had a grudge against Spirit Hall. Or would he continue trusting him even if he were from Spirit Hall, simply because Jin Hao had solved the problems of Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan?

Or had Dugu Bo thought himself clever enough to deduce that Jin Hao was not from Spirit Hall, only to deduce wrong?

He could not figure it out. He simply could not figure it out.

In the end, Jin Hao stopped thinking about it. Dugu Bo discovering his disguise had been completely dealt with. As for the story about Lin Lang that Dugu Bo had just told, Jin Hao had known it was false while Dugu Bo was telling it, because he knew why Dugu Bo and Spirit Hall were irreconcilable.

It was indeed because Yue Guan had been ordered to recruit Dugu Bo, who had just broken through to become a Titled Douluo, into Spirit Hall. But no one else had been involved. Dugu Bo had never intended to join Spirit Hall. At the time, he had refused on the grounds that their ideals differed and that he could not accept being managed, as he wanted a free and unfettered life.

Yue Guan, meanwhile, had received orders as well. Everyone knew that once a poison-type Soul Master like Dugu Bo became a Titled Douluo, his destructive range would be far too great. If he could not be used by them,