A Letter from Spirit Hall

Walking quickly to Shui Yue'er's bedside, Yu Tianshuang looked at Shui Yue'er lying on the bed, her face slightly flushed but still very pale, and couldn't help but choke up as she said, "Yue'er, are you alright? I..."

Tilting her head and opening her bright, azure eyes, Shui Yue'er looked at the boy she hadn't seen in so long, as if from another world.

The two stared at each other in silence until Shui Yue'er spoke up somewhat awkwardly, "Silly boy, I'm getting tired of looking at you like this. Help me up, yeah, put a pillow under me. Oh, what are you embarrassed about? Be gentle, be gentle, okay, okay."

Under Shui Yue'er's direction, Yu Tianshuang helped her lean against the headboard. As soon as she was settled, Shui Yue'er carefully looked up and down at the person she had been longing for.

He recounted his experiences over the past month to Shui Yue'er, mentioning how he single-handedly defeated the Blazing Fire Academy Team. Shui Yue'er couldn't help but feel smug, thinking to herself, "That arrogant woman Huo Wu is so haughty, always smirking like she's all that. But she never expected to be wiped out by Tianshuang alone. Haha, I really want to see her dejected expression back then."

However, she was soon disheartened. Through Granny Ye and Rongrong, she learned that the departure date had been moved up by a week, and her injuries had not yet fully healed. She wondered if she would be able to make it to the team battle.

Sensing that the girl before her, who shared her inability to hide her emotions, looked somewhat forlorn, Yu Tianshuang quickly comforted her, "Yue'er, focus on recovering. With Granny Ye here, you'll definitely recover soon, and then we'll win the competition together."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while. Noticing that Yu Tianshuang's gaze kept drifting towards the other two beds, the quick-witted Shui Yue'er said, "Zhuqing's injuries are slightly more serious than mine, but she should be able to recover within a week and set off with me. However, as for my sister, Granny Ye said that she has not only external and internal injuries, but mainly suffered from excessive depletion of her vital energy due to using the Martial Soul Fusion Skill. It's probably too late."

At this point, both of them became somewhat somber, but the lively Shui Yue'er quickly recovered, and her unique way of comforting Yu Tianshuang also touched her.

After saying goodbye to Shui Yue'er, Yu Tianshuang glanced at the other two before leaving. She silently noticed that Granny Ye was indeed worthy of being called a master healer of the Nine Heart Begonia Undying Sect. Zhu Zhuqing's injuries were almost the same as Shui Yue'er's, and she would definitely recover completely within a week.

However, although Senior Sister Bing'er's external injuries were similar to Yue'er's, as they were both ice-attribute Soul Master and top-tier Beast Martial Soul owners, he could sense that her essence was indeed severely depleted. To fully recover, she would indeed need at least another month.

However, at this moment, Yu Tianshuang, who was standing by Shui Bing'er's bedside lost in thought, felt a series of fluctuations emanating from the storage ring in his hand.

After focusing his mind on sensing it, he discovered that the source of the fluctuations was the Heart of Ice and Snow that the Snow Empress had given him when he left the Far North.

He hurriedly took out the Heart of Ice and Snow from the ring. Before he could even check the reason for the fluctuation, the pure white ring emitted Sisi chill and floated into Shui Bing'er's hand.

The waves of Soul Power emanating from the Heart of Ice and Snow were transmitted into Shui Bing'er's body. Although they were still barely perceptible, they did indeed repair some of the damage to Shui Bing'er's overdrawn essence.

After silently thanking Snow Empress once more, Yu Tianshuang slipped the ring onto Shui Bing'er's perfectly sized left middle finger, her eyes showing no further hesitation. She then bid farewell to Granny Ye and left the hotel.

As soon as he stepped out of the hotel, he felt a surge of Soul Power locking onto him. Looking towards the source of that Soul Power, he saw it was Salas, the bishop of the Spirit Hall.

Salas gestured for Yu Tianshuang to follow him. Although Yu Tianshuang was puzzled, she didn't hesitate at all since she had decided to join the Spirit Hall after graduation. She quickly followed Salas into an ordinary-looking carriage.

After the two boarded the carriage, Salas stared at Yu Tianshuang for a while, then slowly said, "Impressive. Among the younger generation who can advance to the Soul Ancestor Master level at such a young age, before the Elite Tournament, the only ones I knew were the three members of our Spirit Hall's Golden Generation. It is truly amazing that you have reached the Soul Ancestor level at such a young age. I am very glad that I recruited you back then."

"Bishop Salas, you flatter me. I wonder if you came all this way to see me just to praise me, or to boast about your own judgment, or simply to give me a ride?"

"Haha, of course not. I received a secret message from the main hall and came specifically to inform you."

"Tang San, like you, is a possessor of Twin Martial Souls, and you both possess astonishing talent. However, you probably already know his true identity, which is why he refused our recruitment. Therefore, His Holiness the Pope has ordered that an encounter be arranged on the academy team's journey to Spirit City to eliminate him."

"I think you would be interested in this information, and you are also capable of cooperating with the Headquarters to accomplish this."

Yu Tianshuang stepped down from Salas's carriage, using the Ice Shadow Seven Star Steps to head towards the carriage that was deliberately moving very slowly at the back of all the academy teams, while her mind was also in deep thought.

The Spirit Hall truly lives up to its reputation as the strongest force on the continent. Its intelligence capabilities alone are astonishing. Not to mention its own whereabouts, even the Ice Empress's existence has almost never appeared outside the academy. It's likely that the Spirit Hall has also thoroughly investigated her identity and strength.

However, it seems that the Spirit Hall is not very confident in its attack on Tang San this time. Not to mention that the academy teachers who escorted him were all Soul Douluo-level powerhouses, and even the Title Douluo had his own teacher and maternal grandfather. In addition, there was also Tang Hao, the Haotian Douluo who once seriously injured the previous Pope.

Since it was the Pope's order, the Worship Hall would almost certainly not intervene. This explains why Salas would tell him this information. The only people the Spirit Hall could mobilize, besides the Soul Douluo powerhouses who were openly restraining the academy teachers, were the two elders of the Spirit Hall, the Titled Douluo level Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

They weren't confident in dealing with Clear Sky Douluo, so they knew about my hatred for Tang San. Moreover, their timing was perfect; they chose to do it right after I visited my senior sisters. Their grasp of people's hearts was also incredibly accurate.

They must have anticipated that I would take action after learning this information. First of all, both of the Titled Douluo on the surface are related to me. As long as I make up my mind to put in a good word and ask my grandfather and teacher to go easy on me, with the strength of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, they will definitely be able to kill Tang San under the protection of the Golden Iron Triangle.

However, they were not confident in dealing with or restraining Tang Hao, who was secretly protecting his son. Therefore, the existence of the Ice Empress was crucial. With the Ice Empress's current strength after transforming into human form, she could not say that she could deal with the terrifying Clear Sky Douluo, but she could certainly restrain him and give the two Titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall time to kill Tang San.

So, since that's the case, why should I be so fixated on defeating him in the competition? Let all those who have hurt my senior sisters just disappear.

Thinking of the Shrek members, Yu Tianshuang's eyes turned bloodshot again.