Three Men with Hidden Agendas

"Fight, fight! Hurry up and fight! It'd be best if you all killed each other!"

The figure in the black robe was naturally Lin Yuan.

He had been lying in wait here for two days already.

More than half a month ago, he had rented a room at an inn near Nording Academy and watched through the window as Tang San and Xiao Wu left the academy.

That very night, he had come here to lie in wait.

Hidden within the bamboo forest, he used the Bamboo Forest Illusory Sea to conceal himself while circulating the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Formula and Supreme Sacred Heaven and Earth Technique, suppressing his aura to the absolute limit.

His purpose was to see whether any transmigrators would come looking for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

After all, in nearly every Douluo Continent fanfic, this thing was always near the top of the must-have list.

The reason he had not gone looking for it himself was that he initially lacked the ability to fly.

In these vast mountains, trying to find the waterfall Tang Hao had used to hide the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone would be impossible even after searching for ten days or half a month.

Besides, there were only seven days left until Shrek Academy began classes.

Tang Hao would not give him that much time to search.

Even if he found it, he would become far too conspicuous and might easily end up being the prey of other transmigrators waiting to swoop in.

Rather than that, it was better to hide and see whether he could catch a lone transmigrator.

But Meng Baichuan's death seemed to have put these people on alert.

Early the next morning, transmigrators had arrived, but so had two Titled Douluo.

A golden streak and a black streak of light flew toward the depths of the mountains.

One of the streaks seemed to have someone riding on its owner's back.

That was clearly a transmigrator.

Now, another three streaks carrying figures suspected to be transmigrators had arrived, and they had happened to run into one another.

This was going to be quite a show.

Among those three streaks, Lin Yuan spotted an old man dressed in green robes and green armor. On Douluo Continent, the only person who dressed like that was Dugu Bo.

If Old Poison could fight either those two or the man from earlier, Lin Yuan could take the opportunity to raid the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

After all, over the past year, he had often used the excuse of helping others hunt Soul Rings to learn the terrain of Sunset Forest from other mercenaries.

He did not need to ask directly. All he had to do was casually inquire about the most dangerous place in Sunset Forest.

The result was that the overwhelming majority of them, without prior agreement, pointed to the poison array Dugu Bo had set up around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

They simply did not know that it was merely Dugu Bo's residence.

Dugu Jue, Long Aotian, and Yu Tianlong all had faces fit for protagonists.

Yet each had his own distinctive traits.

Dugu Jue looked cold and aloof, dressed entirely in black, and resembled an optimized character model of Xiao Yan.

Long Aotian wore an expression of "righteousness," dressed in fitted green clothing, and had the same ponytail as Gai Nie. He looked every bit the swordsman.

Yu Tianlong, meanwhile, was wickedly handsome. Wearing a black prison uniform, he looked like a young nobleman from the demon realm.

When Yu Tianlong saw that Long Aotian and Dugu Jue had also come, the corner of his mouth twitched. Only then did he remember that he was not the only transmigrator in the world.

Since he could think of taking the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone at this time, the other two had surely thought of it as well.

"Long Aotian, Yu Tianlong, what do you two mean by this?" Dugu Jue was furious upon seeing them—extremely, utterly furious.

He had already been merciful enough to give them Immortal Herbs and had even surrendered the rights to marry Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing.

Yet these two still wanted to compete with him for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. It was simply outrageous.

Yu Tianlong froze for a moment before shamelessly saying, "When we made the alliance agreement, this Soul Bone wasn't included."

Knowing that Gu Rong was no match for the current Dugu Bo, Long Aotian chimed in, "Exactly, exactly. You can't possibly take every benefit in the world for yourself, can you?"

"You two want to tear up our agreement?" Dugu Jue said with a dark expression.

Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian both wanted to imitate the tone used by the Bad Commander when dealing with Li Keyong and say, "In this young master's eyes, there are no allies."

But facing the current Dugu Bo, they did not yet have the strength to say that.

After exchanging a glance, Long Aotian said, "No, no. We're just keeping different matters separate."

Yu Tianlong echoed, "If you want us to give up this Soul Bone, that's fine, but you have to pay more. Four Immortal Herbs, and I'll withdraw."

Long Aotian added with infuriating calmness, "Hehe, what a coincidence. I also only want four. One for Grandpa Bone, two for my parents, and one for Grandpa Sword."

"Bastards! Do you think Immortal Herbs are cabbages?" Dugu Jue's eyes turned bloodshot with rage as he panted like a bull.

If his grandfather had not been unable to keep Yu Yuanzhen and Gu Rong behind, he would have slaughtered those two old fellows long ago.

Gu Rong grinned. "That condition is reasonable. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange for four Immortal Herbs—you aren't really losing out."

"That is true." Although Yu Yuanzhen felt such behavior was somewhat shameless, if it could create four powerful experts for his clan, then so be it.

That said, they had initially only heard from their grandson and disciple that Tang Hao had once lived in seclusion in Holy Soul Village, and that there might be a Soul Bone nearby left behind after his wife sacrificed herself.

They had not expected Old Poison's grandson to know of this place as well. It seemed there truly might be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone here.

"Enough, you two old fools. Stop acting like scoundrels in front of me. That Soul Bone is mine today. If you want it, fight me first."

Dugu Bo naturally could not stand by and watch his grandson be bullied.

Two yellow, two purple, and five black Soul Rings flashed into existence. Behind him appeared the phantom of a dragon covered in pale blue icy flames.

At this sight, Yu Yuanzhen and Gu Rong's pupils violently contracted, and both showed astonishment.

Yu Tianlong hurriedly imitated Xuan Gu's tone. "Steady, Senior Dugu, steady. Aren't we negotiating? We can make an offer, and your grandson can bargain us down."

"That's right. What can't be discussed properly?" Long Aotian also feared angering Old Poison and tried to persuade him gently.

Only then did Dugu Bo refrain from attacking and look toward his grandson.

Dugu Jue took a deep breath. "At most, one."

"Fine, deal." Unexpectedly, Yu Tianlong agreed immediately. He extended his right hand. "Payment and goods exchanged at the same time."

Seeing Yu Tianlong say this, Long Aotian followed suit. "I agree as well. Payment and goods exchanged at the same time."

"I'm not stupid enough to carry Immortal Herbs around with me." Dugu Jue said coldly, "All of you can go back and wait. Within a year, if Tang Hao doesn't come looking for trouble with me, I'll deliver the Immortal Herbs to you myself."

Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian were not worried that Dugu Jue would play tricks. After all, a monk could run, but the temple could not. At worst, they could tell Tang Hao that Dugu Jue had obtained the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

Then Tang Hao could go fight Old Poison to the death.

"Grandfather, let's go." After watching them leave, Dugu Jue turned to Dugu Bo.

"Hmph, that pack of scoundrels. Sooner or later, I'll deal with every last one of them." Dugu Bo snorted coldly and carried Dugu Jue onward toward the depths of the mountains.