Long Yue: Actually, I Was Already One of Spirit Hall's Own

"Junior brother!"

Tong Yu finally caught on.

Clear Sky Sect remnants, the Four Single-Attribute Clans, Longxing City... wasn't he obviously talking about the Defense Clan?

They had only met them that morning, and now they were going to wipe out their entire clan that afternoon? That was far too insane.

And... and the Defense Clan was the future Defense Hall of the Tang Sect!

Qilin Douluo had heard of "Mad Dragon," but he had never imagined his own junior brother could be this mad.

"Uh... does the Divine Realm Empire have a feud with the Clear Sky Sect?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan tilted his head and asked, partly out of simple curiosity and partly to probe for information about the Divine Realm Empire.

If the Divine Realm Empire had a feud with the Clear Sky Sect, that would be wonderful!

"This has nothing to do with the empire." Long Yue knew his words could easily mislead the people of the Douluo Continent-did the entire Divine Realm Empire have a feud with the Clear Sky Sect?

But Long Yue had no choice but to say it.

Anything that could weaken Tang San, Long Yue would carry out without hesitation.

Since he had come to the era of Douluo I, he had no intention of stopping at Titled Douluo.

In that case, he would simply have to step on Tang San to climb higher.

Long Yue sauntered over to Yue Guan.

He had wanted to sling an arm around his shoulders, but he was a little wary of Yue Guan's preferences, so he merely said, "To tell you the truth, we're definitely going to Heaven Dou City first. I'm afraid His Holiness the Pope miscalculated."

That was precisely what troubled Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan. Bibi Dong had ordered him to bring the delegation to Spirit City first, but under the present circumstances, he certainly couldn't force them.

Long Yue clapped his hands. "But if, while inviting the delegation, you discovered the Defense Clan and ruthlessly eliminated these Clear Sky remnants, I imagine you'd have something to report to His Holiness the Pope."

Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes rolled thoughtfully. "But Longxing City has a Spirit Hall bishop too. I don't think His Holiness the Pope is unaware of this."

The fact that the Defense Clan had lived peacefully in Longxing City for years clearly proved that Spirit Hall had no intention of troubling them.

"Ever since the Clear Sky Sect sealed its gates, all that's left outside is a handful of cats, big and small. But..." Long Yue held out his hand and clenched it into a fist. "They're still a scourge, aren't they?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo wanted to say more, but Long Yue cut him off. "Are you doing it or not? If not, I'll kill you."

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan stiffened his neck. What right does a mere Soul Ancestor have to order me around? If not for that Peak Douluo beside you, I'd have slapped you dead long ago.

"He means it." Qilin Douluo didn't understand what Long Yue was trying to do, but he still reached out and clamped a hand around the back of Chrysanthemum Douluo's neck. "I'm his senior brother."

"I'll do it! I'll do it, all right?" Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan raised both hands again. "But we can't do it in Spirit Hall's name. Spirit Hall still has to consider how the great Soul Master clans will view us."

Just as Long Yue had said, this wouldn't harm Spirit Hall's interests. On the contrary, it would benefit them, so Yue Guan had no reason to object.

"We'll come with you." Long Yue casually patted Yue Guan's face, but when he felt that baby-soft skin and the powder smeared over it, his whole hand went rigid.

He should never have reached out. Someone like Yue Guan was truly terrifying.

Long Yue silently wiped the powder off on Chrysanthemum Douluo's white robes. "Don't think you can pull the wool over our eyes."

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan led Long Yue and Tong Yu toward Spirit Hall.

Although exterminating people to silence them couldn't be done in Spirit Hall's name, Yue Guan could borrow Spirit Hall's men, dress them as bandits, and then do it.

There was precedent for this in the original story.

When Tang San went to Spirit City for the finals of the Continental Soul Master Tournament, Chrysanthemum Douluo had Spirit Hall's men disguise themselves as bandits and surround Tang San's group to kill them.

Everyone knew the attackers were from Spirit Hall, but everyone covered their ears while stealing the bell.

"Looks like this is clearly one of Spirit Hall's usual tricks." Long Yue watched Chrysanthemum Douluo instruct the Longxing City Bishop to prepare manpower with practiced ease.

"Junior brother, what exactly are you trying to do?" Seeing that Long Yue had also changed into black robes, Tong Yu simply took off the Sunglasses and covered his entire face, eyes included, with a mask.

For Tong Yu, not using his eyes made no difference. He could simply observe the world with his spiritual power.

"Wipe out a clan, senior brother. Isn't that obvious?" Long Yue said.

Tong Yu used Sound Transmission. "But the Defense Clan belongs to the Tang Sect... junior brother, you aren't really planning to go against the Tang Sect, are you?"

Long Yue said, "Senior brother, didn't you agree to help me without asking why? Is this beyond your abilities?"

"I..." Tong Yu was speechless, then silently shook his head. "Forget it. History already changed the moment we came into this world. There's no telling whether Ancestor Tang San will even become a god in the future."

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan had gathered the men, all of whom had changed into black robes. He came before Long Yue. "It would be best to attack the Defense Clan at night. Here's the intelligence Spirit Hall has collected over the years."

Long Yue took it and read:

[Niu Gao, eight rings, defense-type Battle Soul Douluo. Martial Soul: plate-armored giant rhinoceros.

Niu Ben, six rings, defense-type Battle Soul Emperor. Martial Soul: plate-armored giant rhinoceros.

...]

Every adult Soul Master of the Defense Clan was listed, along with the year in the Douluo calendar when they had moved to Longxing City and when they had helped the city lord build his new residence. Everything was recorded, down to the smallest detail.

As an organization spanning the continent, Spirit Hall couldn't possibly have failed to notice the Defense Clan living in Longxing City.

It was simply that his superiors had issued no orders. Following the official's philosophy that one less problem was better than one more, Spirit Hall's Longxing City Bishop had never suppressed the Defense Clan.

The Longxing City Bishop was only a Six-Ring Soul Emperor himself. Without a Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo sent by Spirit Hall to back him up, he certainly wouldn't dare move against the Defense Clan, whose patriarch was a Soul Douluo.

And so the matter had dragged on until Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived.

"This is sheer administrative negligence." Deeply pained by Spirit Hall's way of handling matters, Long Yue said to the Longxing City Bishop, "Just because no one from above comes to ask, do those below pretend the seas are calm and the rivers run clear?"

"..." The Longxing City Bishop was speechless.

Because Long Yue and Tong Yu wore black robes and had come with Chrysanthemum Douluo, the bishop assumed they were senior figures in Spirit Hall. Faced with this questioning, he couldn't utter a word.

"Luckily, we came. Otherwise, this would have brewed into a terrible mistake someday!" Long Yue clicked his tongue twice. "Look, it clearly records here that the Four Great Single-Attribute Clans gather frequently. Doesn't that mean they're planning to revive the Clear Sky Sect?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo hadn't taken it to heart at first, but after Long Yue's alarmist words, he finally began taking the Defense Clan seriously.

"That's right. These Four Great Single-Attribute Clans keep gathering together. What are they trying to do? They're plotting a rebellion!" As a Spirit Hall elder, once Chrysanthemum Douluo declared the nature of the matter, it became something very serious indeed.

The Longxing City Bishop immediately grew fearful and anxious. "Elder, I truly couldn't do anything! I'm only a lowly Soul Emperor, but the Defense Clan has a Soul Douluo!"

Long Yue demanded fiercely, "Is that any excuse not to report it to Spirit Hall? You fool! How can you possibly live up to His Holiness the Pope's trust?"

When he mentioned Bibi Dong, Long Yue even cupped his hands toward the distant west to show his respect, acting more like a Spirit Hall member than Spirit Hall's own people.

"..." Tong Yu was speechless.

"..." Yue Guan was speechless.