Chapter 17: I Will Destroy the Spirit Hall at Any Cost!
[This Elder Token—Tang Hao also has one in his possession. After today, he will probably reveal himself to meet Yu Xiaogang and then hand his Elder Token over to him.]
[And it is precisely because of this Elder Token that, a few years later, during the Soul Master Tournament, Yu Xiaogang went to resolve the issue of Tang San's Twin Martial Souls.]
[This guy actually took the Elder Token Tang Hao gave him and went alone to the Spirit Hall to look for Bibi Dong!]
[What did he go there for? To reminisce about old times?]
[No! He went to ask Bibi Dong for the cultivation method of Twin Martial Souls!]
[When I saw this back then, I was completely shocked by his shamelessness!]
[He knew full well that Tang San was Tang Hao's son—the son of the enemy who had once beaten Qian Xunji into severe injury—and that he was an enemy of the Spirit Hall.] (At least on the surface)
[And yet he still had the audacity to go ask Bibi Dong for a Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Method?]
[What kind of peak "ordinary-yet-confident man" logic is this?]
[Why? Just because you have a big face? Or because you think Bibi Dong is still in love with you?]
[But Bibi Dong herself is no better—cheap, really. In the end, she still harbored old feelings for Yu Xiaogang.]
[I really can't figure it out. Back then, Yu Xiaogang was so cowardly that he left her, and later fell in love with Liu Erlong. Bibi Dong's feelings for him—were they nostalgia, or an obsession born from love turning into hatred?]
"Pfft!"
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong spat out a mouthful of tea straight onto Sword Douluo's white robes.
'Cough, cough, cough! Isn't this so-called Master a bit too much of a freak? Is his brain filled with yellow paste or something?'
'Even this young lady wouldn't do something that shameless!'
Beside her, Chen Xin wore a helpless expression. "Rongrong…"
Ning Rongrong blinked at Chen Xin, gave him a playful smile, and tried to muddle through it.
"Oh, right, Grandpa Sword, you don't seem busy right now. Can you tell me about some things related to the Spirit Hall?"
This was the perfect chance for her to probe indirectly.
Chen Xin, as well as Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong nearby, all felt a bit puzzled.
"Rongrong, why are you suddenly interested in the Spirit Hall?" Ning Fengzhi asked.
Ning Rongrong replied matter-of-factly, "Dad, I'm a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, after all. And in just a few months, I'll be awakening my martial soul."
"I'm always hearing you talk about how the relationship between the Spirit Hall and the sects is kind of delicate. I just want to understand things in advance, that's all."
That explanation really left them with nothing to criticize.
Chen Xin chuckled. "Then what do you want to know about the Spirit Hall?"
Ning Rongrong pretended to hesitate for a moment, then said, "Hmm… Grandpa Sword, why don't you tell me about the current Pope? I heard she's a very formidable woman, and also the disciple of the previous Pope?"
"Alright, alright. I'll tell you what I know."
Chen Xin gently patted Ning Rongrong's head, his tone full of indulgence.
Even though Ning Rongrong had not yet awakened her martial soul and had yet to display any talent, that did not hinder the three of them from doting on her.
Ning Rongrong was Ning Fengzhi's only daughter—the one and only little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
On top of that, her lively personality often brought them joy, so they adored her all the more.
Even her little witch streak—so long as it didn't go too far—was, in their eyes, merely something entertaining, even a kind of charm!
As for talent?
To the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, talent was actually not that important.
As long as Rongrong could awaken the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, that would be enough.
After all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul had inherent flaws and could only be cultivated up to the peak of Soul Saint.
A higher innate soul power merely meant reaching that bottleneck faster.
Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong listened to the three of them describe some of Bibi Dong's deeds from her younger days, while also reading the contents of the diary.
During the process, she casually and deliberately brought up the relationship between Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang.
Although Ning Fengzhi and the others didn't say it outright, judging from the subtle expressions on their faces, Ning Rongrong knew that what Lin Yuan had written in the diary was probably all true.
So it turns out that Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang really did have something going on back then!
However, she couldn't really tell much about Yu Xiaogang's relationship with Liu Erlong.
From their words, she only learned that Yu Xiaogang, Flander, and Liu Erlong were the once-famous Golden Iron Triangle that had shaken the continent.
Their most renowned achievement was their three-in-one martial soul fusion skill—the Golden Holy Dragon!
The three of them together could fight even a Titled Douluo!
[And the funniest part comes next.]
[Bibi Dong, of course, rejected him and even told him that since Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls, such a genius could not be allowed to live. She had already sent people to kill Tang San.]
[So what did Yu Xiaogang say then?]
[This Rank 29 Soul Grandmaster flew into a rage on the spot, pointed at Bibi Dong—the Pope herself—and roared:]
["Bibi Dong, listen carefully! If anything happens to Tang San, then I will destroy the Spirit Hall at any cost!"]
[Hahahaha! I can't take it anymore—every time I think about this scene, I just want to laugh!]
[Seriously, I laugh so hard my stomach hurts!]
[Bro, who do you think you are?]
[You, a mere Soul Grandmaster, want to destroy the Spirit Hall at any cost?]
[What are you going to use to destroy it? Your trash talk? Or that pig of yours that only knows how to fart?]
[If Bibi Dong hadn't shown mercy, he wouldn't have even made it out of the Pope's Hall!]
[Did Yu Xiaogang seriously think that relying on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's single old dragon at Rank 95, or perhaps joining forces with the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or even the two great empires, would be enough to destroy the Spirit Hall?]
[If Qian Daoliu were still managing affairs, he alone could wipe out all the Titled Douluo of the Upper Three Sects as they are now!]
...
Crown Prince's Manor.
"Heh…"
Qian Renxue let out an extremely disdainful cold laugh.
"Destroy the Spirit Hall?"
"Just him?"
As the young lady of the Spirit Hall, she felt this was simply the biggest joke of the year.
Forget about her grandfather, Qian Daoliu—even if any one Elder from the Douluo Hall were to step out, they could deal a heavy blow to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Xiaogang's arrogance stemmed from nothing but ignorance.
"However, this Bibi Dong really is cheap."
A trace of irritation flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes. "After being humiliated like that, she still let him leave?"
"It seems that the so-called Pope is nothing more than a foolish woman blinded by emotion."
At this moment, a guess had already formed in Qian Renxue's heart.
Could it be that Bibi Dong's cold attitude toward her had something to do with Yu Xiaogang?
According to what Lin Yuan said, Bibi Dong still had lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang. But didn't she eventually give birth to her with Qian Xunji?
So what exactly was going on?
At the same time, in the Pope's Hall.
A deathly silence reigned.
Bibi Dong stood at the center of the great hall, the air around her seemingly frozen solid.
"If anything happens to Tang San, then I will destroy the Spirit Hall at any cost!"
Those words were like a red-hot branding iron, fiercely searing themselves into her heart.
Although it hadn't happened yet, given her understanding of Yu Xiaogang's arrogant personality, this was absolutely something he was capable of saying!
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