Entering the Elder Hall
"Huh? Who are you calling a vixen? And what do you mean by seducing someone else's man? Tianshuang and I have been together for a long time. You seem like you're not very bright, but it turns out you really are quite stupid..."
Hu Liena sensed Huo Wu's hostility and was somewhat confused. However, recalling how this dim-witted woman had confessed her feelings to him in front of so many people, including Ye Lingling, in front of the Pope's Palace, she knew there was no need to argue with her.
"What did you say? What right do you have to be with Yu Tianshuang? He... he already has Ye Lingling. The Sword and Flower of the Lower Three Sects... I think you, a Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, shouldn't know that, right..."
Huo Wu was incredulous when she heard Hu Liena's words, but after glancing at Yu Tianshuang and seeing that he didn't object, her momentum weakened, though she still managed to glare back.
"Oh my, my dear young lady, you do know Ye Lingling, huh? I wonder who it was that confessed their feelings in front of so many people, especially in front of the official couple..."
Seeing Huo Wu's momentum weaken, although she managed to regain some strength later, Hu Liena realized after hearing what Huo Wu said that this hot-tempered girl was indeed not very bright. She covered her mouth and giggled.
"Alright, Nana, Huo Wu with the sarcastic remarks. Huo Wu is now a member of our Spirit Hall. You brat, come over here. This is all your fault."
Bibi Dong watched as Huo Wu was instantly suppressed by Hu Liena, and she was secretly delighted. It seemed that her disciple was quite capable. As her teacher, how could she not see through her thoughts? In the two years they spent together in the City of Slaughter City, she had achieved her goals. However, Huo Wu had only recently joined the Spirit Hall, so she could only speak to her on the surface.
"Huo Wu, how did you end up joining the Spirit Hall? Aren't you the daughter of the dean of the Blazing Fire Academy? There are undercurrents between these two great empires and the Spirit Hall. Isn't what you're doing a bit inappropriate?"
Actually, he had a good impression of this woman who had a fiery personality, dared to love and hate, and although she was a bit spoiled, she wasn't inherently bad. Otherwise, he wouldn't have risked serious injury to shield her from those deadly stones. However, if we're talking about romantic feelings, it doesn't seem to have reached that stage yet.
"What do you think? You're such a womanizer. You have such a beautiful woman like Ye Lingling and you're still not satisfied. You've hooked up with this vixen again. If Ye Lingling finds out, how heartbroken she'll be."
Huo Wu saw Yu Tianshuang slowly approaching, and his words were so unpleasant. She was already so angry, yet he didn't even try to comfort her. Moreover, when she saw him naturally and affectionately put his arm around Hu Liena's shoulder, her eyes immediately reddened.
"Alright, that young lady came all this way to see you, you brat. Behave yourself! You even gave her the Immortal Herb, and you still look so innocent... really..."
Bibi Dong actually had a strong liking for this girl, whom she had only known for a short time but who had a distinct and straightforward personality. Deep down, she admired her courage; if she had possessed that same courage back then, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way...
"Um... okay, don't cry. Sister Na and I are really together now, and I like her too. Oh, you, don't cry. This, this is for you..."
Yu Tianshuang was a bit overwhelmed. He knew Huo Wu's feelings for him, but he really didn't have any romantic feelings for her right now. However, seeing her tears falling one by one, he panicked a little. Suddenly, he remembered something and quickly took out the giant snake's inner core and stuffed it into her hands.
"Who's crying? I won't cry either. Take it away, take it away! Who wants your stuff? Humph!"
When Yu Tianshuang placed the inner core into her hand, as a fire-attribute Soul Master, she immediately felt the terrifying power contained within it and understood its preciousness. Her mood calmed down slightly, and she wiped away her tears with her sleeve, saying with a touch of pride, but she did not return the inner core to her.
"You're something else, you brat! Huo Wu, keep this inner core safe. When you break through your cultivation level next time, you won't need to hunt Soul Beast anymore. Just absorb this inner core, and it will not only evolve your Martial Soul again, but you'll also get a corresponding Soul Ring."
Bibi Dong, as a level 99 Peerless Douluo and the Pope of the Spirit Hall, possessed knowledge far beyond that of ordinary people. With just a glance at the inner core, she knew its origin and purpose. For some reason, she felt a little jealous. This brat, always giving away Immortal Herb and inner cores, and always so generously. No wonder the girl was so infatuated.
"Dad, where is Moonlight Pavilion? Why did you bring me here?"
Tang San followed his father, Tang Hao, all the way to the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire. Seeing the building with the words "Moonlight Pavilion" written on its entrance, he was somewhat puzzled. He had assumed his father was taking him to continue his cultivation, but instead they had come here. He had heard of the Moonlight Pavilion; it was a place specifically for noble children to learn etiquette. What was his father's purpose in bringing him here...?
"Your murderous aura is overflowing right now, and you can't control it at all. I brought you here to solve this problem, and also to introduce you to an elder..."
Looking at the building before him, Tang Hao couldn't help but sigh as an image of a noble and graceful blue-haired woman flashed through his mind.
In the Pope's Palace of Spirit City, Bibi Dong surveyed the crowd below, leaning on her scepter. She gave a stern, imposing look, nodded in satisfaction, and then spoke:
"After discussions with the elders, I now have three important decisions to announce. First, as Pope, I have determined my successor. From today onwards, I hereby appoint Holy Maiden Hu Liena as the first in line to the Pope. Although Nana is my disciple, she has achieved what she has today entirely through her own efforts."
"Not entirely..."
Although that's what Bibi Dong said, Hu Liena still glanced at Yu Tianshuang beside her somewhat embarrassedly.
"That's terrifying. For Hu Liena to break through to the Soul Emperor level at such a young age, as the successor to the Pope, is truly remarkable."
The elders present naturally knew Hu Liena's cultivation level, and she had also obtained the title of God of Slaughter and the Divine Slaughter's Domain. Looking across the world, only Tang Hao and the current Pope Bibi Dong had achieved this.
"The second thing is that I have decided to allow Yu Tianshuang, a disciple of the Spirit Hall, to enter the Elder Hall and become an elder of my Spirit Hall."
Bibi Dong glanced around. This matter had not been discussed with them. Seeing the crowd below erupt in chaos, she didn't speak up to stop them, somewhat mischievously. The reason she hadn't discussed it beforehand was precisely this effect she wanted. You see, the Elder Hall of the Spirit Hall has always been a place where only Titled Douluo- level experts can enter, while Yu Tianshuang only has the cultivation level of Soul Emperor.