"We'll only know once we fight." Qian Daoliu glared at Golden Crocodile.
"Have you all finished upgrading? Let this old man see what colors you chose." Qian Daoliu teased his brothers, who were all present.
Golden Crocodile and the other Worships smiled helplessly, then revealed their soul rings.
Of the six great Worships, only Golden Crocodile had three purple, five black, and one red!
The other Worships all had three purple and six black!
They had used two of their ten pills to upgrade their first and second soul rings, then prioritized their fourth soul rings with the rest.
Bibi Dong watched in stunned amazement. Although she knew the Worships were Super Douluos, this was her first time seeing them release their soul rings, especially that blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring on Second Worship Golden Crocodile.
"Mm, not bad, but they still aren't as pretty as mine."
As he spoke, Qian Daoliu revealed his own soul rings again.
Eight black and one red.
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed heartily at the sight of Qian Daoliu's soul rings.
Beside them, Bibi Dong stared incredulously at these childish old men, competing with one another like little children. Who could have imagined that these were some of the highest-ranking figures in Spirit Hall on the Douluo Continent?
When she looked at Qian Daoliu again, her eyes filled with boundless reverence. This was her teacher. Perhaps this was the luckiest thing that had ever happened to her.
Meanwhile.
The Pope's Hall.
Qian Xunji sat on the papal throne, with a man of bewitching appearance beside him.
"Elder Yue Guan, Yu Xiaogang should still be in Spirit Hall," Qian Xunji said, looking at the bewitching man.
Since his father was going to take action regarding Bibi Dong now, he could set aside his own schemes.
"Understood, Your Holiness!" Upon hearing his name, Yue Guan bowed to Qian Xunji, then turned into a streak of light and left the hall.
Western Spirit City.
Having become a streak of light, Yue Guan headed toward a hotel in the western part of the city.
As the Saintess, Bibi Dong naturally had a Protector watching over her in secret, and Yue Guan was the one Qian Xunji had assigned to his disciple. Otherwise, he would not have summoned Yue Guan.
Yue Guan, second elder of the Elder Hall. Martial soul: singular velvet sky chrysanthemum. Level ninety-four, power attack system. Title: Chrysanthemum!
Soon, Yue Guan reached Yu Xiaogang's lodgings.
The Spirit Hotel was one of Spirit City's finest hotels.
"What a useless fool. Even his lodging was paid for by the Saintess." Glancing at the hotel, Yue Guan recalled how Yu Xiaogang had been unable to produce even the money for his stay when Bibi Dong had come to arrange his room.
As a son of the clan, he could not even afford a hotel room. Clearly, Yu Xiaogang did not amount to much in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan either.
After a few inward complaints, Yue Guan entered the hotel and went straight to Yu Xiaogang's room.
With a wave of Yue Guan's hand, the door opened. Given that he was a Titled Douluo, the fact that he had not smashed it to pieces was already a sign of his good temper.
Inside stood a man of average height and somewhat thin build, who looked nearly thirty. He had short black hair and passable features, and was gazing at the scenery outside the window with his hands clasped behind his back.
"Who are you? Why are you in my room?" Yu Xiaogang turned, saw Yue Guan, and cried out in surprise.
"Yu Xiaogang, you have been summoned to the Pope's Hall." With that, Yue Guan released his martial soul. A singular velvet sky chrysanthemum appeared, accompanied by nine soul rings.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
"Your... Your Excellency Chrysanthemum Douluo." Seeing Yue Guan's martial soul and soul rings, Yu Xiaogang immediately realized which Titled Douluo stood before him.
Cold sweat instantly poured down Yu Xiaogang's body.
The Pope's Hall.
After examining Golden Crocodile's and the others' soul ring configurations, Qian Daoliu and his companions left the Worship Hall for the Pope's Hall. They did not appear in the main hall, however, but stood behind the screen at the back of the papal throne.
"Dong'er, all this published martial soul theory bears Spirit Hall's certification, and it was released through you." Qian Daoliu looked at Bibi Dong with his age-worn eyes.
Bibi Dong felt even greater pressure than before.
"I understand. When the time comes, I'll step forward and clarify this matter." Bibi Dong knew that Yu Xiaogang had used her. She could not simply let him off.
"We'll watch from here and leave the rest to Ji'er." Qian Daoliu looked at everyone.
"Reporting to Your Holiness, I have brought Yu Xiaogang back."
Just as Qian Daoliu spoke, Yue Guan entered the Conference Hall carrying Yu Xiaogang.
"Yu Xiaogang of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan greets Your Holiness."
Yu Xiaogang stood there trembling slightly, his voice shaking as well.
The excitement everyone had felt over their newly improved cultivation had faded. Even the smile on Qian Daoliu's face had disappeared.
"Does this little loach think announcing his clan will make us afraid of the old loach back home?"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Jiang Mo could barely contain his explosive temper. Had their eldest brother not already given instructions, he would have marched up, grabbed Yu Xiaogang, and said those words to his face.
"So this is the little good-for-nothing who stole Spirit Hall's knowledge and put his own name on it."
"Level twenty-nine? And he's so much older than Dong'er. Most importantly, he belongs to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"Has the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul become this useless?"
It was not just Jiang Mo. All the Worships present who had read the articles were discussing Yu Xiaogang.
Listening to the Worships discuss Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong lowered her head...
In front of the screen.
Qian Xunji frowned slightly as Yu Xiaogang announced his clan. His thoughts matched Jiang Mo's. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's name carries no weight in my Spirit Hall.
The Clear Sky Sect has Tang Chen, and Father has an agreement with him. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has its trio and wealth to rival a nation.
What does your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan have?
One Titled Douluo in the entire clan. What gives you the right to throw your weight around?
He immediately demanded, "What business does someone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan have in my Spirit Hall?"
"And why did you enter the Library Pavilion using our Spirit Hall's Saintess Token?"
Thud!
Qian Xunji spared Yu Xiaogang no dignity. The aura of a level ninety-five Super Douluo pressed down on him, sending him collapsing to the floor.
Behind the screen.
Bibi Dong watched Yu Xiaogang with a slight frown, her thoughts unreadable.
"Eldest Brother, if we're not going after the hammer clan, we could capture the old loach instead!" Fourth Worship Lion said to Qian Daoliu.
Qian Daoliu raised a hand to quiet everyone, then continued watching.
In front of the screen.
"Yu Xiaogang, I truly cannot understand you. You secretly learned Spirit Hall's knowledge, yet instead of keeping it hidden, you compiled and published it. You could at least have gone back and quietly instructed your own clan."
Qian Daoliu spoke calmly, but his tone suddenly turned icy toward the end.
"But isn't publishing the knowledge of Spirit Hall's forebears under your own name going too far?"
"When did the knowledge they painstakingly acquired become yours?"
Collapsed on the floor, Yu Xiaogang endured Qian Xunji's questioning.
That's right! I could have returned to the clan before publishing these theories. Although Spirit Hall's certification made them more authoritative, my own clan is one of the Upper Three Sects!
"Your Holiness, that knowledge is a precious treasure, a precious treasure of the soul master world. I don't believe it should gather dust in the Library Pavilion. Besides, if I learned it there, doesn't that make it my knowledge?"
Yu Xiaogang spoke through gritted teeth.
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