Spirit Hall Sends Someone

"Your Holiness, this is a portrait of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's young clan master, along with his basic information. Please review it."

Bibi Dong sat upright in the seat of honor and accepted the portrait.

The moment she saw it, she was utterly certain—this was Yu Xiaogang without a doubt!

That air of vast knowledge, that confident bearing, those resolute eyes... it was definitely him!

But why... had Xiao Gang become six years old?

No, I have to see Xiao Gang in person.

But... what reason could I use?

She desperately wanted to see him again.

But she was now the Pope of Spirit Hall. It would not be appropriate for her to go see him directly.

Seeing the Pope's expression shift again and again, the person reporting below looked at his nose, then at his heart, pretending he had seen nothing.

He did not dare make a single sound.

This Pope's temper could hardly be called good, but she would not casually blame her subordinates either.

At a time like this, playing dead and making himself less noticeable was the best choice.

Bibi Dong's hand tightened slightly around the portrait. I've got it. He's just reached the age for enrollment. Wouldn't it be perfect to have him join Spirit Hall Academy?

But at his current age, his cultivation should only be around level ten or so.

By the rules, Yu Xiaogang could only temporarily enter Spirit Hall Junior Academy.

But she felt that neither the junior academy nor the intermediate academy was worthy of Yu Xiaogang's talent.

She wanted to invite Yu Xiaogang directly into Spirit Hall Advanced Academy.

The continent's only advanced academy located in Spirit City.

Golden Sacred Dragon, Innate Full Soul Power—such talent was enough to justify making an exception.

As for whether it was appropriate to recruit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's young clan master?

I don't care who you are. You'd better not object.

"You did well. You may leave." Bibi Dong dismissed her subordinate first.

Then she summoned Yue Guan. "Yue Guan."

"Your subordinate is here. What are your orders, Your Holiness?" Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's figure silently appeared below, and he bowed to Bibi Dong.

"Make a trip to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Tell them that I am inviting Young Master Yu to enroll at Spirit Hall Academy."

Bibi Dong deliberately stressed the word "I."

She trusted that Yue Guan understood.

"..." Yue Guan naturally understood Bibi Dong's meaning. "Yes, Your Holiness."

"Mm. Go."

After Yue Guan left the Papal Palace, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei appeared. "What did His Holiness summon you for?"

"To invite Yu Xiaogang to enroll."

"Which Yu Xiaogang?"

"Who else could it be? Old Ghost, don't tell me you've gone muddle-headed." Yue Guan smiled sweetly. "The newly emerged Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, of course."

They knew there was some unclear, indescribable relationship between Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang.

But that was none of their business.

They only needed to carry out Bibi Dong's orders.

"I still have some doubts. Could this be a smokescreen set up by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?" Gui Mei tended to think more deeply.

There was not a single member of this generation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan worth noticing, and rumors that the clan had begun to decline were not uncommon.

Perhaps this was a lie they had fabricated to quell those rumors.

Although Spirit Hall had spies in all the major clans, their spies had not been qualified to attend Yu Xiaogang's martial soul awakening ceremony.

In other words, they had not seen it with their own eyes.

The information had come from the mouths of the various elders.

"Whether it is true or not, I'll know once I see him." Yue Guan was also rather curious about this newly appeared Yu Xiaogang.

"Mm, then I'll make a trip to the other side as well and see whether they really are the same person." Gui Mei still chose to go himself.

It would also let him bring Bibi Dong more comprehensive intelligence.

Would doing this make Bibi Dong unhappy?

No. He was not going to cause trouble for Yu Xiaogang; he was only going to take a look and confirm whether they were truly the same person.

"Fine. Then I'll set off first."

"Level sixteen." Yu Xiaogang exhaled a breath of turbid air. With the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's focused allocation of resources and his own hard work, he had already broken through to level sixteen.

Only a week had passed since he acquired his first Soul Ring.

"In roughly two months, I'll be able to break through to level twenty and attach my second Soul Ring." Yu Xiaogang made a rough estimate and settled on the time.

However, compared to other martial souls, ultimate martial souls had their cultivation speed halved after level thirty.

In this life, he possessed dual ultimate attributes, so his cultivation speed would only be slower, only returning to normal after level seventy.

Though his cultivation speed slowed in the early stages, the bonuses it brought were obvious.

With his foundation, he was confident that at level seventy, after gaining the Golden Sacred Dragon Avatar, he could defeat a Titled Douluo despite the difference in rank.

Freed from the restriction of Innate Half Soul Power, he felt incomparably exhilarated.

Compared to his previous life, his cultivation speed was worlds apart—so fast it was frightening.

"Young Clan Master! Young Clan Master!"

A maid's voice came through the door.

Yu Xiaogang ceased cultivating, steadied his breathing, and rose to open the door. "Why are you so flustered? There's no rush. Speak slowly."

"Young Clan Master, the Clan Master asked me to call you over. Someone from Spirit Hall has arrived, and it seems to have something to do with you!"

"Spirit Hall?" Yu Xiaogang raised his brows slightly.

He did not even need to think to know that Bibi Dong had most likely made her move.

Something to do with him? It was most likely an invitation for him to study at Spirit Hall Academy.

"Who came?"

"It's Chrysanthemum Douluo from Spirit Hall," the maid answered honestly.

"Mm, I'll head over now." Yu Xiaogang immediately strode off.

Well then. He had not been entirely certain before, but now he could be sure.

In his previous life, the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos had been close to Bibi Dong. Although some unexpected changes had occurred in this life, it seemed the two of them still obeyed Bibi Dong's orders.

Then he would go and meet him.

When he arrived at the reception hall, he saw a person with an effeminate, bewitching appearance and extravagant attire, impossible to identify as male or female, seated opposite his father, Yu Yuanzhen.

With that attire, he recognized at a glance that this was Chrysanthemum Pass.

Though the two were chatting idly, both wore insincere smiles. It was merely a show of courtesy.

Yu Xiaogang greeted them in turn. "Father."

"And this must be Chrysanthemum Douluo of Spirit Hall, Your Excellency? I have long admired your reputation."

Yue Guan stopped chatting with Yu Yuanzhen, his gaze settling on Yu Xiaogang. "Haha~ Young Master Yu's reputation has also been thunderous lately."

"My martial soul is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, so I am quite interested in flowers and plants. But as you know, research always makes one curious about things one has never seen before."

"I wonder if I might witness the splendor of the world's number one beast martial soul?"

He could not be bothered to hide his purpose. This truly had not been Bibi Dong's instruction; he was simply curious.

He had never actually seen the Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul.

As for that Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, forget it. Could that even be called a Golden Sacred Dragon?

A pig, an Owl Eagle, and a fire dragon wanted to rival the Golden Sacred Dragon? Give him a break.

It was said to possess the might of a Titled Douluo, but in truth, it could only withstand a few moves against relatively weak Titled Douluos.

The Yu Xiaogang before him, Young Master Yu, was completely different from the Yu Xiaogang he had seen before!

This Young Master Yu did not have that air of dejection about him.

When he saw Yue Guan, there was not the slightest emotional fluctuation, as though he were speaking with an equal.

He had merely addressed him as Your Excellency.

And moreover... there was a confidence about him.

It was not confidence in his own talent, but the confidence unique to the strong.

This was not the sort of bearing a level sixteen soul master should possess.

Yet Yue Guan could not feel the slightest anger. Instead, somewhere deep within, he had a feeling—or rather... an intuition.

This Young Master Yu was not a genius, but a powerhouse.

Why? How truly strange.