When Flender saw Hei Ranbai come looking for him, he was a little puzzled. Then Hei Ranbai told him that Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu had all been hauled off to Spirit Hall's prison, and he was completely stunned.
Flender could no longer spare a thought for his shabby little shop. He hurried to Spirit Hall, hoping his reputation would be enough to get them out.
As a level 78 Soul Saint, Flender carried considerable weight throughout the Balak Kingdom.
If the three had merely been locked up in a Balak Kingdom prison, getting them out would not have been difficult. But they were in Spirit Hall's prison, and the Saint Son himself had ordered their imprisonment.
Flender truly had no way out.
He discussed it with Hei Ranbai for a long time, but the only solution they could come up with was to wait until Toji arrived in Suotuo City, then rely on his standing as a Titled Douluo to rescue them.
"Is there really nothing we can do?" Hei Ranbai still looked unwilling to give up and slammed his fist hard against the table.
"Ah, there really isn't—" Flender shook his head with a sigh. "Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Mubai will just have to suffer a little longer!"
Before Flender could get them out, another two students from his school got into trouble.
Ma Hongjun had just walked out of the Pleasure House, looking thoroughly miserable. He had run out of money to spend there.
"Damn Spirit Hall! Can't they give me a bigger soul master subsidy?" Ma Hongjun cursed as he kicked pebbles along the roadside.
"Hey, handsome~" Just then, a sugary voice called out from the roadside.
Ma Hongjun turned and saw a heavily made-up woman who could hardly be called