Who wash that pershon?

Outside Hu Liena's courtyard.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were waiting in a hidden spot.

"Old Ghost, Her Holiness the Saintess is still in the courtyard. Shouldn't we lure her away first so we can grab that brat?"

"Lure her away? How? You do it, then?"

At Yue Guan's words, Gui Mei's expression turned a little strange. He then added, "His Holiness the Pope told us to take Xu Feng away, but we absolutely cannot let Bibi Dong know. If we lure Bibi Dong away and Xu Feng disappears afterward, wouldn't that make it obvious we took him?"

"Ahem, you seem to have a point."

"Honestly, you're usually pretty sharp. Why are you getting muddleheaded at a time like this? Could it be... forget it." Gui Mei held his forehead with one hand and sighed softly.

Gui Mei wanted to finish that thought, but it felt rather inappropriate, so he did not dare say it aloud: Did getting your ass busted make you stupid?

As his brother, he should keep that sort of gloating to himself. How could he say it aloud?

Yes, exactly. Absolutely cannot say it.

Yue Guan had no idea what Gui Mei was thinking. He merely clenched his buttocks and waited patiently.

A long while later...

Yue Guan and Gui Mei finally spotted Her Holiness the Saintess. She walked out of the courtyard with a little girl following behind her.

"Don't worry, Teacher. Nana and Senior Brother will train hard."

As that well-behaved voice reached them, Yue Guan and Gui Mei soon saw Her Holiness the Saintess leave.

"Come on, let's move."

Gui Mei was about to act, but Yue Guan waved a hand to stop him. "Wait a little longer. It won't be good if Her Holiness the Saintess doubles back for a surprise attack."

"True." Gui Mei nodded in full agreement. Suddenly, he felt that Yue Guan's mind still seemed quite sharp, not nearly as idiotic as he had imagined earlier.

However, when Gui Mei noticed Yue Guan secretly clutching his backside, he was stunned.

"Holy shit!"

"Why is that thing still bleeding?"

Gui Mei was horrified. Then it occurred to him that his presence made it inconvenient for Yue Guan to tend to those private parts, so he added, "There are two maids in the courtyard. I'll deal with them first so they don't discover our operation. Follow me in a little while."

Yue Guan said nothing, merely waving for him to hurry up and leave. Only after Gui Mei had gone did he mutter, his voice full of complaints, "Fucking hell, that bastard Qian Xunji. How did he strike at such a nasty angle? It hurts like hell."

A short while later.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei slipped into the courtyard and regrouped, having already knocked out the two maids inside.

"Old Ghost, make it quick. Don't linger, or we'll be in trouble once Her Holiness the Saintess notices."

"All right. Old Chrysanthemum, you grab Xu Feng. I'll make it look like Xu Feng disappeared by accident so Her Holiness the Saintess won't trace it back to us."

"Move."

After exchanging a few whispers, the two immediately split up.

A moment later, Yue Guan arrived at the place where Xu Feng and Hu Liena were training.

Before him, Xu Feng was lying on the bed as usual, while Hu Liena held a horse stance atop wooden posts. The purpose was to practice steadiness and balance, laying the foundation for precise control of soul power in the future.

"Heh heh, little brat, found you."

"You're coming with me."

At the sight of Xu Feng and Hu Liena, Yue Guan's lips curled into a grin, like a crooked-mouthed... ahem, like an unstoppable god of war.

Whoosh!

The next instant, Yue Guan became a blur and charged straight ahead. He was confident he could take Xu Feng away in an instant without letting that little girl notice the slightest trace. After all, he was a Titled Douluo.

However...

The moment Yue Guan came within twenty meters of Xu Feng, his pupils abruptly contracted.

Boom!

At that moment, Yue Guan felt his body suddenly grow tens of millions of times heavier. He could no longer summon even a shred of the soul power within him.

Thud!

Without the support of his soul power, Yue Guan plunged straight to the ground, landing face-first like a dog eating shit.

"What's happening?"

"Why can't I use my soul power?"

Yue Guan was bewildered. But that was not the most bewildering part. When he discovered that even standing up was extremely difficult, he became even more bewildered-no, outright dumbstruck.

"Damn it..."

Yue Guan could clearly feel that not only was he unable to summon any soul power, but his physical capabilities had also plummeted to roughly one-tenth those of an ordinary person.

"Huh?"

"Shenior Brother, look! Who'sh that pershon?"

Meanwhile, Hu Liena noticed Yue Guan's arrival and immediately reported it to Xu Feng.

"That pershon?"

At Hu Liena's words, the corner of Xu Feng's mouth twitched. "Can you speak a little more properly?"

"Oh."

Xu Feng could not be bothered to scold her further. Instead, he said mildly, "Don't worry. They aren't good people."

"Huh?"

Hu Liena froze, lost her footing, and fell straight off the wooden posts.

Whoosh!

However, Hu Liena had already fallen so many times that she had accumulated enough experience. With a wave of her little hand, a bubble formed from soul power cushioned her little bottom, keeping her fall from being quite so miserable.

Of course, Xu Feng had taught her that trick. After all, she fell so many times every day. If her bottom became misshapen, wouldn't it look awful? Xu Feng did not want a maid like that.

Yue Guan, however, could no longer remain calm after witnessing this.

"Hiss..."

"Is this little girl already this proficient at projecting soul power?"

Yue Guan sucked in a breath of cold air-dust, actually.

Hadn't this little girl only learned to project soul power a few days ago?

And now she could already use it so flexibly?

That talent simply left even him utterly aghast.

"Shenior Brother, what'sh that pershon here for?"

Hearing that Yue Guan was not a good person made Hu Liena a little nervous. She hurried to Xu Feng's side and clutched his arm tightly. That made her feel much more at ease.

"Nana..."

Seeing that Hu Liena's tugging was interfering with his lying flat, Xu Feng immediately scolded her. "You're already a grown-up."

"What are you panicking for?"

"Oh." Hu Liena pouted and reluctantly let go.

Across from them, Yue Guan, who was still struggling to stand, grew anxious. He frowned at Xu Feng. "Hey, brat, what exactly have you set up here? Why can't I use my soul power?"

Yue Guan had barged in full of confidence, thinking he could finish the mission in a single breath. Yet she had never expected this place to be so uncanny that he, a Titled Douluo, would be inexplicably suppressed, finding even standing up extremely difficult.

"Don't panic, don't panic. You'll find out soon."

Seeing Yue Guan's sorry state, Xu Feng offered that mild explanation, then began pondering to himself.

Tsk, tsk...

Looks like that old schemer Qian Xunji finally couldn't resist making a move against me?

Several days earlier, Xu Feng had discovered Yue Guan and Gui Mei and knew they harbored ill intentions, so he had taken out a defensive treasure, the "Heaven and Earth Shield"-originally named the Big Boob Shield, but Xu Feng had found that name somewhat indecent and renamed it the Heaven and Earth Shield.

Heaven and Earth Shield: forms a super protective barrier within a twenty-meter radius centered on the host. Any Soul Master below level 90 who enters will be suppressed, rendered unable to summon any soul power, and reduced to one-tenth the physical capabilities of an ordinary person.

Note: after activating the protective barrier, suppressing Soul Masters consumes lying flat points. The number of lying flat points consumed depends on the number and levels of the Soul Masters being suppressed. If there are no suppression targets, no lying flat points are consumed.

(End of chapter)