Douluo Continent: Simulating Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, Exclusively Tormenting Tang San

"Xiao Xue," Gong Yu said calmly.

"Ah! Oh my god, who are you?" Gong Xue jumped in fright. "How do you know my name?"

"It's me," Gong Yu said again.

The voice sounded familiar, and Gong Xue froze. "B... big brother?"

"Mm." Gong Yu nodded.

"Big brother, how did you end up looking like this?" Gong Xue rubbed her eyes, her mouth hanging wide open. She could hardly believe what she was seeing.

"I'm back." Gong Yu raised a hand to stroke Gong Xue's hair, but then remembered how filthy he was and lowered it again. "Prepare some bathwater for me, and get me something to eat too."

"Oh..." Gong Xue stood stunned for a moment before coming to her senses and answering, "I'll go right now. Mm, I have to tell the sisters too."

An hour later.

Gong Yu emerged freshly washed and dressed in clean clothes. When the women saw him, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he hadn't grown up ugly.

"What are those looks for?" Gong Yu stared at the women in surprise. "Is there something on my face?"

Gong Lan smoothed things over. "Not at all. It's just been so long since we last saw you, young master, so everyone wanted to look at you a little longer. Oh, the food is ready. Please sit down, young master!"

Gong Yu nodded.

"Big brother, can you tell us what you've been doing for almost a year?" Seeing Gong Yu hurriedly stuffing food into his mouth, Gong Xue poured him a drink and asked softly.

"I went to get something," Gong Yu said, continuing to stuff food into his mouth.

"What was it?" Gong Lan asked, and the other women also looked at him curiously.

Gong Yu put down his food and said, "Move back a little. I'll show you."

The women nodded and moved away.

Gong Yu immediately unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain. Enveloped by the icy domain, the girls all felt as though they couldn't breathe.

"A domain?" someone cried. It wasn't the first time the women had seen a domain, so they recognized it at once.

Gong Yu nodded, then sat back down and continued eating.

"Young master, did you spend a year away just to get this?" Gong Lan picked up her chopsticks and placed a large pork hock in Gong Yu's bowl.

Gong Yu made no secret of it. As he ate, he said, "I went to a place called Slaughter City... You can't use any Soul Skills there..."

Gong Yu then told the women everything he had experienced, from his journey to Slaughter City to his return. The women listened with rapt attention.

When he reached the end, Gong Lan snorted. "To think that damned Tang Hao followed you there, young master. Fortunately, he didn't hurt you, or else..."

Gong Yu waved a hand. "Tang Hao is no longer anything to worry about. The next time I see him, I'll be able to deal with him."

"Young master, you won't be leaving again this time, will you?" Gong Lan asked. The other girls looked over at her words.

Gong Yu shook his head. "I'm not leaving. Even if I did, where could I go? Besides, there isn't much time left before the Soul Master Elite Tournament!"

"That's good. Anyway, if you leave again in the future, young master, you have to take us with you," Gong Lan said.

The other women nodded repeatedly.

"Hehe... I will." Gong Yu smiled, then added, "But I might not be able to train with you lately."

Gong Lan said, "Didn't you say you weren't leaving, young master?"

"I don't mean to leave." Gong Yu released his killing aura for the women to feel, then explained, "I need to suppress my killing aura, but I won't be leaving Heaven Dou City, and I'll come back every day."

Perhaps it was the will of Break Evil Dragon sustaining him, but although Gong Yu's killing aura was intense, it didn't run wild. That was also why he could eat with the women at ease.

Even so, he still felt that he occasionally couldn't restrain his killing aura, so he thought it necessary to go to Moonlight Pavilion and learn a thing or two.

Gong Yu told them about his plan to go to Moonlight Pavilion. Once the women understood what was going on, they were reassured.

Thus, the next day, Gong Yu went straight to Moonlight Pavilion.

Chapter 111: Tang Yuehua

Moonlight Pavilion was a five-story building with a somewhat classical architectural style. At a glance, it gave off an air of quiet elegance.

Not many people came and went, but it was clear that those who did, both men and women, were either richly dressed or possessed exceptional bearing.

But Gong Yu was stopped just as he entered.

It wasn't because he was dressed improperly. He was neatly attired, and his outfit was no worse than those worn by the men and women inside Moonlight Pavilion. He was stopped because he had deliberately left his almost tangible killing aura unrestrained.

The people at Moonlight Pavilion feared Gong Yu would frighten the guests. After all, the people inside were either wealthy or noble.

Gong Yu didn't waste words with the attendants. His killing aura surged, forcing the men blocking him to stagger backward.

After the two attendants were driven back, they didn't dare stop him again. Instead, they hurried off, presumably to fetch someone. Gong Yu ignored them and continued inside.

Before long, the two attendants returned with a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Manager Ao De, it's him," the two attendants said to the man.

But the man they called manager frowned. Gong Yu was richly dressed and clearly met Moonlight Pavilion's requirements, so why had these doormen stopped him from entering?

Manager Ao De looked at the two attendants questioningly.

"Manager, he really wasn't like this before!" one of them said.

Gong Yu's killing aura had settled down and was no longer running wild as it had before, so he looked normal now.

But just as the attendant finished speaking, Gong Yu's killing aura surged out of control again.

"Manager Ao De, look! Just like that, just like that!" the attendant exclaimed. "We wouldn't dare let him inside like that. Just standing next to him makes your hair stand on end."

Manager Ao De nodded, stepped forward to block Gong Yu, and said, "Young man, please rein in your presence. Otherwise, I can't allow you inside."

Gong Yu ignored Manager Ao De and continued toward the upper floors of Moonlight Pavilion.

Manager Ao De waved to the two middle-aged men behind him, signaling them to act.

The two men walked toward Gong Yu. With every step, the Soul Power they emitted grew stronger, and an invisible pressure bore down on him.

Gong Yu could tell at a glance that the two men were around the Soul Ancestor level.

The two middle-aged men approached Gong Yu and each reached out to grab him, but when their hands were still half a meter away, they could advance no farther.

Gong Yu's gaze merely flickered, and two red lights seemed to flash in his eyes. The next instant, his killing aura burst outward, sending the two men flying four or five meters away. Neither could get back up.

"If you block my path again, I won't mind killing you." With those words, Gong Yu started upstairs again.

Manager Ao De's brows were tightly knitted, and he was preparing to act personally. After all, he was a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, stronger than the two middle-aged men.

But before Manager Ao De could act, a cool voice rang out around them. "Stop."

Gong Yu looked toward the stairs and saw a graceful, richly dressed beauty slowly descending, followed by two beautiful young women.

The beauty was none other than Tang Yuehua, the mistress of Moonlight Pavilion and Tang Hao's younger sister. She was probably in her thirties or forties.

At first glance, however, she seemed only twenty-seven or twenty-eight. Yet her eyes looked as though they had seen through everything in the world, unlike those of any woman of twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

Manager Ao De went over to Tang Yuehua and said slowly, "Pavilion master, I can take him down."

Moonlight Pavilion shook her head. "You can't. I'm saving your life."

She was all too familiar with the killing aura Gong Yu carried, which was why she spoke with such certainty.

"Pavilion master, you think too highly of this young man." Manager Ao De was clearly unconvinced. As a Soul Emperor, he didn't think a youngster like Gong Yu could do anything to him.

"I really am saving your life!" Tang Yuehua said calmly, offering no further explanation.

Manager Ao De sighed inwardly. Fine, you're the mistress of Moonlight Pavilion. What you say goes.

Seeing that Ao De had fallen silent, Tang Yuehua said nothing more to him.

Standing in the second-floor corridor, she looked at Gong Yu and said, "Your killing aura is very strong."

Gong Yu had stopped when Tang Yuehua appeared. Now that she had spoken, he replied, "Since you can see it, you should know how to deal with it."

Tang Yuehua said, "There is a way. As long as you study here under me for a year, I guarantee you'll be able to control your killing aura."

But Gong Yu shook his head. "I'll give you three months. Also, I won't learn anything from you, and I want to see results every day. If my killing aura runs wild for one day, I'll kill one person here. Ten days, ten people. You can decide what to do."

Without waiting for Tang Yuehua's response, Gong Yu strode upstairs.

"Pavilion master, are you going to stand for that?" The manager beside her was already struggling to hold back.

"Ao De, let him be. I have my own way of dealing with this. Nothing will happen!" Tang Yuehua remained calm. It wasn't that she didn't dare provoke Gong Yu; she didn't even know him.

She behaved this way because Gong Yu gave her a feeling she had long missed. His killing aura was much like Tang Hao's, and she had always longed for Tang Hao. Unfortunately, they were brother and sister.

"All right, you're the pavilion master. What you say goes." Manager Ao De said no more.

Tang Yuehua turned and went upstairs as well. Gong Yu had gone ahead, and she was afraid he might wander around and disturb the others.

Before long, Tang Yuehua brought Gong Yu into her own room.

"Sit down," Tang Yuehua said. She pulled a konghou over from beside her and continued, "I can help you suppress your killing aura, but I hope you won't cause trouble while you're here. Killing any of the people here would bring you great trouble."

"Do people from the Clear Sky Sect care about human lives too?" A cold sneer appeared on Gong Yu's lips. "Or do people from the Clear Sky Sect only care about the lives of the nobles around them?"

Having had her background exposed in a single sentence, Tang Yuehua stiffened. "Who are you? How do you know these things?"

A trace of disdain appeared on Gong Yu's face. "If I said I was here to take revenge on your Clear Sky Sect, would you believe me?"

At that, Tang Yuehua's expression grew much calmer. The Clear Sky Sect had countless enemies, but how many could do anything to it?

She then said, "I don't know what happened to you. If the Clear Sky Sect offended you, I apologize on its behalf. I only hope you can let go of your hatred, because you can't fight our sect alone."

Chapter 112: Suppressing Killing Aura

"Hehe... Let go of my hatred?" Gong Yu sneered. His killing aura abruptly surged out of control again, and he said coldly, "Do you know what kind of hatred I bear?"

Seeing this, Tang Yuehua immediately released her domain, Noble Ring. A gentle ripple spread from her, purifying the rampaging killing aura around Gong Yu in an instant.

Only after everything had calmed down did Tang Yuehua speak. "If you want to suppress your killing aura, you should keep a calm mind."

Gong Yu's cold voice rang out again. "Heh... You haven't even found out what my hatred is, yet you tell me to let it go and expect me to stay calm?"

Tang Yuehua remained composed. "No matter how great the hatred, it can always be resolved."

"Is that so?" Gong Yu looked at Tang Yuehua impassively. "Then what if it's a blood debt of more than a hundred lives? Do you think that can be resolved?"

"More than a hundred lives? How does my Clear Sky Sect owe you more than a hundred lives?" Tang Yuehua froze. She wondered how, in the years since the Clear Sky Sect had withdrawn from the world and gone so long without any major actions, it could have incurred such hatred over more than a hundred lives.

"Perhaps I wasn't clear. I actually have no grudge against the Clear Sky Sect," Gong Yu continued coldly. "Tang Hao owes those hundred-odd lives. But Tang Hao came from the Clear Sky Sect, and I once promised him that I'd destroy his beloved Clear Sky Sect and let him taste the pain of losing his loved ones too."

With that, Gong Yu raised a hand and pulled Tang Yuehua toward him from a distance, pressing her onto the table with his killing aura. Tang Yuehua tried to break free, but she was too weak and couldn't escape at all.

"I heard you fell in love with your own brother, Tang Hao. You must have stayed unmarried to this age because of him, right?"

Gong Yu spoke softly beside Tang Yuehua's ear. "Tsk, tsk... The Upper Three Sects really know how to have fun. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has a pair of cousins, while your Clear Sky Sect has a brother and sister. As expected of the Upper Three Sects, truly a shining example for all the sects under heaven."

Tang Yuehua lay on the table and listened in silence. Knowing that struggling was useless, she gave up resisting altogether, but the killing aura Gong Yu released made her whole body tremble.

Just then, a ripping sound came from behind her. It was as if Gong Yu's killing aura had materialized and torn the "curtains" to shreds.

"You're Tang Hao's sister. He owes a debt, so it shouldn't be too much to collect some interest from you first. And since you love him, you probably won't mind paying off some of his debt for him." Gong Yu continued speaking, but the pressure he exerted didn't lessen in the slightest. Instead, it grew stronger.

Tang Yuehua felt engulfed by a suffocating sensation. Bound by Gong Yu's presence, she could barely breathe, much less speak.

Two hours later, Gong Yu's presence finally steadied, and Tang Yuehua was no longer restrained.

"This method is pretty good. From now on, I'll come every night until the three months are up and I can completely control my killing aura," Gong Yu said indifferently.

"You..." Tang Yuehua gritted her teeth, but what showed most on her face was sorrow. She had never imagined that her good intentions today would bring a wolf into her home and lead to her being forced to play poker. She felt empty inside and even somewhat guilty toward her second brother.

Gong Yu then left. After playing poker with Tang Yuehua for more than three hours, it was time to go back and rest. Staying up late was bad for one's health, after all. Poker was just a pleasant pastime and a diversion; it wasn't something to build one's life around.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three months had gone by.

Over those three months, Tang Yuehua went from being forced to play poker against her will to gradually becoming obsessed with it. As they played, she even developed inexplicable feelings for Gong Yu.

Of course, Gong Yu knew nothing of this. He considered Tang Yuehua nothing more than a poker partner. Good poker partners never talked about feelings; playing cards was just playing cards.

"After tonight, you won't come anymore?" Tang Yuehua felt a little upset. At first, she had hated Gong Yu, but now she felt something she couldn't put into words when facing him. People were strange like that sometimes.

"No. Three months have passed, and I really do have my killing aura under control now." Gong Yu's tone was as indifferent as it had been on the first day he came.

"Considering how hard I've worked these past three months, may I ask you for a favor?" Tang Yuehua seemed to have suddenly changed her attitude.

Gong Yu said, "If you're going to ask me to give up my revenge against Tang Hao, forget it. I'm going to kill him."

But Tang Yuehua said, "No. I just wanted to ask if you could avoid taking your anger out on the Clear Sky Sect. My second brother has already been expelled from the sect, and his sins really have nothing to do with it. The Clear Sky Sect isn't as simple as you think."