Yu Xiaogang Produced the Pope Token, Attempting a Threat (1 / 2)

More than two hours later.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang arrived outside the Heavenly Secrets Tower and saw Zhao Wuji and the others standing there.

"What happened, Zhao Wuji?"

Seeing Zhao Wuji standing there like a child who had done something wrong, Flender immediately grew irritated.

This was a level 76 Battle Soul Saint, the vice dean of Shrek Academy, yet he had been punished by being made to stand outside like a student.

"Dean, you're finally here!"

At the sight of Flender, Zhao Wuji seemed to have caught hold of a life-saving straw. Excitement crossed his face, along with a hint of shame.

"Flender, it's a long story. Please speak to Mr. Li of the Heavenly Secrets Tower first and ask him to let us leave."

Zhao Wuji pointed inside the Heavenly Secrets Tower and spoke in a low voice.

Hearing this, Flender glanced inside the Heavenly Secrets Tower and said to Yu Xiaogang, "Let's go in together."

The two hurried into the Heavenly Secrets Tower.

A strikingly handsome young man sat at a long table inside, his bearing beyond compare.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang looked at him, both unable to suppress their amazement.

"The master of the Heavenly Secrets Tower is actually this handsome!"

Flender murmured.

Yu Xiaogang was surprised as well. Born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had seen plenty of handsome men, but they were nothing before Li Tianyuan.

"Sir, are you Mr. Li?"

Yu Xiaogang asked quite politely.

"I am."

Li Tianyuan looked toward the two as well. His gaze settled on Yu Xiaogang, whose identity he had more or less guessed.

"Mr. Li, I'm Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy!"

Flender spoke as well, cupping his hands in a rather courteous greeting.

Li Tianyuan glanced at him and said, "Since you're the dean of Shrek Academy, you can handle the matter of your Shrek people running wild in my Heavenly Secrets Tower!"

Flender nodded lightly. "Indeed. Whatever your conditions are, please name them!"

"As long as I can agree to them, I won't refuse!"

Unlike Zhao Wuji, Flender did not try to make Li Tianyuan submit through force this time.

"Three female students from your academy tried to sneak into the Heavenly Secrets Tower to deal with me, and I caught them red-handed. Here's what we'll do: they'll serve as attendants at the Heavenly Secrets Tower for three years without pay!"

"As for the two male students and their teacher, they challenged me without cause. Each of them can leave after handing over one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

Li Tianyuan looked at Flender as he spoke.

"What?!"

Flender's eyes widened when he heard the conditions.

He simply could not accept them.

Especially the one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins—that was practically asking for his life.

Yu Xiaogang frowned and said coldly, "Sir, although Shrek Academy's students were at fault first, your conditions are far too harsh!"

"I'm afraid we can't agree!"

Yu Xiaogang's tone was somewhat forceful.

"Oh?"

"Then please leave!"

Li Tianyuan saw no reason to keep exchanging pleasantries and waved them away.

Yu Xiaogang was left speechless for a moment. Li Tianyuan was far too decisive; he had still been hoping to bargain with him.

Who knew the other man would give him no chance at all?

"Mr. Li, are your conditions negotiable?"

Seeing things taking a bad turn, Flender hurriedly spoke up.

"No!"

There was not the slightest room for negotiation in Li Tianyuan's tone.

"Sir, aren't you being far too arrogant? Just what is your background?"

Li Tianyuan's attitude angered Yu Xiaogang. He had met plenty of important figures, even Titled Douluos, but he had never seen anyone as unwilling to show consideration as Li Tianyuan.

"What does my background have to do with you?"

Li Tianyuan glanced at Yu Xiaogang and spoke calmly.

"To tell you the truth, I'm an elder of Spirit Hall!"

"Mr. Li, why don't we both take a step back?"

Seeing no change in Li Tianyuan's attitude, Yu Xiaogang decided to use his status to put pressure on him.

"You're an elder of Spirit Hall?"

"A level 29 Soul Grandmaster dares call himself an elder of Spirit Hall?"

Li Tianyuan sneered, his tone filled with skepticism.

At the mention of level 29, Yu Xiaogang immediately struggled to keep his expression composed. He had always hated hearing those words, yet someone had brought them up all the same.

"Sir, even if I'm only level 29, I'm still an elder of Spirit Hall!"

Yu Xiaogang reached into his robes, took out a token, and placed it before Li Tianyuan.

The token bore six designs: the Clear Sky Hammer, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the Seven Kill Sword, the Star Crown, a chrysanthemum, and a ghostly apparition.

"Take a good look!"

Yu Xiaogang spoke with considerable pride.

This token represented the status of a Spirit Hall elder. As long as the man before him came from Spirit Hall, he would surely understand the weight it carried.

"The Pope Token!"

Li Tianyuan recognized what the token was at a glance.

After all, he had spent quite some time with Bibi Dong and was familiar with Spirit Hall's tokens.

This was the Pope Token.

The Pope Token in Yu Xiaogang's possession seemed to have been given to him by Tang Hao!

"Correct, it is indeed the Pope Token!"

"To see the bearer of this token is to see the Pope herself!"

Yu Xiaogang folded his arms and straightened slightly, speaking with an air of arrogance.

Since the other man had recognized this token, he should be a member of Spirit Hall.

That would make him easy to bring to heel!

Li Tianyuan looked at Yu Xiaogang's demeanor, but merely said calmly, "That thing is indeed the Pope Token, but what the hell does it have to do with me?"

"Even if you're an elder of Spirit Hall, that carries no weight here!"

Li Tianyuan's attitude did not change in the slightest.

Yu Xiaogang's expression changed again. Why had the scene he expected failed to happen?

He had thought that once the other man learned his identity, he would immediately stand and show respect. Who knew he would barely care at all?

This was nothing short of a slap to his face!

"You... you actually dare disregard the Pope Token?!"

Yu Xiaogang stared at Li Tianyuan in disbelief.

"The Pope Token only holds sway over Spirit Hall. It has no effect whatsoever on me."

"Pick up your scrap metal and get out!"

Li Tianyuan spoke impatiently.

Yu Xiaogang's expression turned ugly. This was the first time he had encountered someone who refused to honor the Pope Token!

Flender, standing beside him, was dumbfounded too.

What Yu Xiaogang had just produced was the Pope Token, a token that every Soul Master under heaven had to respect.

Yet it had no effect whatsoever on the man before them.

"Sir, do you realize you're offending Spirit Hall by doing this?"

Flender could not help asking.

"So what if I offend Spirit Hall?"

"What can it do to me?"

Li Tianyuan was utterly dismissive. He had fled Spirit Hall himself, and had even injured its strongest old man!

Now that he was outside, being afraid of a token from Spirit Hall would be a complete joke!

Yu Xiaogang was a fox borrowing a tiger's might, but that trick had no effect whatsoever on him.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang exchanged a glance. They could tell that they had encountered an exceedingly arrogant man today!

"In that case, I'd like to see what gives you such confidence!"

"Just you wait!"

Yu Xiaogang reached out, picked up the token from the table, and turned to walk outside.