Bang!
The door closed, and Tang Hao's towering figure disappeared from the room.
Watching Tang Hao leave, Grandmaster stood rooted to the spot without moving.
After a long while, Grandmaster slowly lowered his head and clenched the black token in his hand. A bitter smile touched his lips as he sighed. "To think my idol has become like this."
Spirit City, the Pope's Hall.
Wearing the Nine-Curved Purple Gold Crown and a brilliant golden ceremonial gown, Bibi Dong reclined on her throne, reviewing Spirit Hall's reports.
Bibi Dong had an enormous number of matters to handle every day. Unlike Spirit Hall's previous pope, Qian Xunji, she could not rely on the Qian Family's deeply entrenched influence within Spirit Hall to spare herself from personally attending to every affair.
Bibi Dong was different. As an outsider, she had only become Spirit Hall's pope and secured real authority after considerable difficulty. Naturally, she was unwilling to hand that authority over to others lightly.
Bibi Dong had already begun to suspect that Qian Daoliu had supported her ascension to the papal throne solely to pave the way for his granddaughter. He was waiting for the day Qian Renxue matured enough to wrest the fruits of victory in Spirit Hall back from her hands.
He clearly intended to use her as a tool, and Bibi Dong would never tolerate that.
Over the years, Bibi Dong had been secretly dismantling Qian Daoliu's influence in the Elder Hall. Almost all the Titled Douluos below the rank of consecrator had already gathered under her banner.
Although Bibi Dong was no longer young, the passage of time seemed to have left no trace on her. Noble, elegant, serene, graceful-all these beautiful words seemed to suit this woman.
"Your Holiness, Elder Ju has returned."
Suddenly, a Papal Hall Knight gently pushed open the doors of the Pope's Hall and knelt on one knee to report.
"Mm, understood. Let him in," Bibi Dong replied mildly, her face showing a hint of exhaustion.
A moment later, golden light rippled through the Pope's Hall. Countless golden petals descended from above, and Chrysanthemum Douluo silently appeared before Bibi Dong.
"Your Holiness, I have thoroughly investigated the matter you sent me to Holy Soul Village to look into. This contains everything about Tang San's background." Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan took a document from inside his robes and handed it to Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong accepted the document from Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and slowly opened it, her eyes moving across the pages as she read carefully.
Before Bibi Dong could speak, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan suddenly said, "Your Holiness, I suspect that this Tang San's father, Tang Hao, is the man who gravely wounded..."
With a quick glance, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan noticed something amiss in Bibi Dong's expression and stopped speaking.
"Tang San, born in Holy Soul Village. His father is Tang Hao, the village blacksmith. His elder brother is named Tang Yan, whose martial soul is a peculiar mass of flame. He also possesses innate full soul power. According to the village elders, the father and his two sons encountered the Horse Bandits six years ago. Tang Hao's wife died tragically, and the three wandered through several places before arriving in Holy Soul Village. Their ancestral home remains unknown..."
"A blacksmith? Tang... Tang Hao? A worthless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass awakened with innate full soul power. No, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul is definitely not ordinary Blue Silver Grass," Bibi Dong murmured, her gaze sharpening slightly as she tightened her grip on the Golden Scepter.
"Your Holiness, there is something I don't understand. If this Tang San really is the son of that Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao, why would his martial soul be worthless Blue Silver Grass?"
"Shouldn't it be the world's greatest tool martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer?" Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan immediately voiced his doubts.
Hearing this, Bibi Dong's pupils contracted slightly. She slowly rose, handed the document back to Chrysanthemum Douluo, and said mildly, "Yue Guan, to think your martial soul is the neutral immortal herb among plants, the Velvet Heaven-Connecting Chrysanthemum. You normally know a thing or two about plant-type martial souls. Have you ever stopped to consider who Tang San's mother is?"
"You mean... that hundred-thousand-year plant-type soul beast, the Blue Silver... Blue Silver Emperor? Blue Silver Grass?" Chrysanthemum Douluo froze for a moment. He seemed to have understood everything.
"If Tang San truly is the son of Tang Hao from the Clear Sky Sect, whom Spirit Hall has hunted for years, then I can think of only three reasons why his martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. First, his Blue Silver Grass is not an ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul, but a plant-type martial soul of a quality surpassing the Clear Sky Hammer. After all, when have you ever seen anyone cultivate with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul? It simply hasn't fully awakened yet. When he inherited his parents' martial souls, the Blue Silver Grass martial soul overrode the Clear Sky Hammer."
"The second possibility is that this special Blue Silver Grass martial soul may be equal in quality to the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Hammer. Just like the martial souls Xie Yue and Hu Liena inherited, Tang San randomly inherited one of his parents' two martial souls."
"As for the third possibility, this special Blue Silver Grass martial soul and the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul are extremely close in quality. Tang San inherited both his parents' martial souls, the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass, but under Tang Hao's guidance since childhood, he has deliberately concealed his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer."
As the pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong had naturally studied martial soul inheritance on the Douluo Continent. Her analysis was clear and methodical.
"What? That brat Tang San might even possess twin martial souls, something found in only one person out of ten thousand?" After hearing Bibi Dong's analysis, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was deeply shocked and spoke in disbelief.
"Y-Your Holiness, shouldn't we now...?" Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan drew a hand across his neck, making a killing gesture.
If Tang San really was Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao's son and also possessed twin martial souls, Spirit Hall would naturally rather kill ten thousand innocents than let a single target slip away.
"Naturally, I will not allow a child who bears a blood feud against Spirit Hall, and who may also possess twin martial souls, to grow stronger until he can ultimately topple my Spirit Hall." A chilling murderous intent wreathed Bibi Dong's words.
Nevertheless, a flicker of concern crossed Bibi Dong's eyes. She said coldly, "I think... we cannot act rashly yet. We don't know Tang Hao's whereabouts. He is in the shadows while we stand in the light, and we still cannot confirm that Tang San truly possesses twin martial souls. Given Tang Hao's strength, even if you and Gui Mei attacked together, I doubt you could last more than a few exchanges against him."
"If we fail to kill him in a single strike, we will not only stir the grass and startle the snake, but also invite retaliation from that madman Tang Hao. The losses would outweigh the gains."
Bibi Dong was currently in the process of merging with Rakshasa divine power and could not unleash her full strength. Back then, Tang Hao had fought three opponents alone and gravely wounded Qian Xunji. He had even escaped pursuit by the Peerless Douluo Qian Daoliu.
Bibi Dong knew perfectly well that these fledgling Douluos under her command probably could not withstand even a single exchange with Tang Hao, even if they all joined forces.
Thus, she intended to hand this problem to Qian Daoliu.
"Yue Guan, accompany me to the Elder Hall," Bibi Dong said mildly.
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan froze for a moment before answering respectfully, "Yes, Your Holiness."
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