Qian Renxue.
With a belly full of anger.
She had secretly sworn more than once that she would never speak to that bastard Yu Xiaowei again.
It was so infuriating.
Yet she still chose to trust Yu Xiaowei's words—that he needed an ally.
Although she had not been in Spirit Hall for fifteen years, she also knew that Bibi Dong had become increasingly extreme, and her emotions had grown harsher.
Especially regarding the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan—Bibi Dong had issued missions more than once against them.
At first, Qian Renxue didn't think it was a big deal. After all, she had been bullied by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and she was rather touched, thinking that Bibi Dong was taking revenge for her.
But now it seemed that Bibi Dong was indeed overly targeting the weakest of the three top sects.
Furthermore, the scandal between Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong—no one knew who started it—had spread rampantly through Spirit Hall over the past two years.
Who was Yu Xiaogang?
An outcast child from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!
With both new and old hatred mixed together, Bibi Dong's actions caused the Yu family to sense a crisis—and this was highly believable.
However, Qian Renxue did not rashly agree for Yu Xiaowei to become her ally in Spirit Hall. After all, such a thing was tantamount to splitting Spirit Hall apart.
After all, she was the eldest daughter of Spirit Hall, the daughter of the former Pope, and the most orthodox heir to the Pope's position.
So she had to go to Qian Daoliu for confirmation first.
She had to make sure that Bibi Dong's current behavior was truly endangering Spirit Hall; otherwise, she wouldn't agree to Yu Xiaowei's request.
Sitting in the carriage, looking at the potion in her hand, Qian Renxue's mood was very complicated.
This was what Yu Xiaowei claimed to be—an antidote to the poison in her body.
After hesitating for a long time, Qian Renxue opened the bottle and drank the colorless, transparent liquid inside.
As soon as she drank it, she felt a strange power rapidly entangle her soul power like a festering sore clinging to bone.
The moment she activated her soul power, sharp pain surged through her entire body.
"Yu Xiaowei, I'm going to kill you!!!"
A furious roar echoed on the official road to Spirit City, startling nearby civilians to flee in haste.
Ice and fire, an overdose.
You see, even Super Douluo like Yueguan and Guimei only drank a few drops and were in unbearable pain.
But Qian Renxue drank half a bottle.
This couldn't be treated by anyone except Dugu Bo. Unfortunately, neither Qian Daoliu nor Bibi Dong knew this.
This not only avoided Spirit Hall's attempt to seek out Dugu Bo, but also made them genuinely fearful of medical treatments and unwilling to take further action.
Still, poisoning someone while discussing cooperation was a bit ruthless.
Regardless of how much Qian Renxue complained to Qian Daoliu, Yu Xiaowei was now fully focused on learning the antidote-making process from Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi.
It had to be said—Yang Wudi was truly a genius.
He had focused his entire life on one word: attack, and had reached its pinnacle. As a Soul Douluo, he could kill a Titled Douluo.
At the same time, he was an expert in medicinal refinement.
With his cooperation with Dugu Bo, the process of resolving the poison—originally developed by Tang San—progressed rapidly.
Thanks to the unrelenting efforts of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in supplying medicinal ingredients, on the seventh day after Yang Wudi's arrival, the components of Jade Fragrance were successfully analyzed and the antidote was produced.
As a result, both families finally felt at ease.
The only regret was that Flender had broken one of his arms during the battle with Tang Hao. His strength was greatly diminished, and he seemed somewhat depressed.
As for the others, this event made them significantly more mature.
Ning Rongrong, who used to be the most restless, also became calm, and everyone desired to grow stronger.
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Clear Sky Sect.
Tang Xiao now had a massive headache—deep and painful.
Tang Hao had taken Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest to awaken his spirit, but they had been gone for almost a month with no word.
If Tang Hao was still at the Haotian Douluo level, it wouldn't be a concern.
However, Tang Hao had exploded three of his spirit rings, permanently reducing his soul power to level 75. In this state, encountering a higher-level soul beast would be very dangerous—and Tang Xiao feared he might even run into enemies.
Things would be terrible if he met someone from Spirit Hall.
Especially half a month ago, Tang Xiao had suddenly felt heart palpitations, making him even more anxious.
As a level 97 Titled Douluo, it was impossible for him to feel such an ominous sensation for no reason.
Out of worry, he went to the Star Dou Great Forest to investigate.
What he found made him even more uneasy.
There were still very clear traces of battle in the forest—and the power of both sides involved was astonishing. Based on his assessment, they were likely stronger than him.
He searched all the way until he found two traces of the Haotian Hammer in a certain part of the forest.
In one area, Tang Hao had clearly been on the upper hand, with many dried bloodstains left behind. In another area, he saw traces of the Great Sumeru Hammer. Startled, he began searching for Tang Hao at increased speed.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find Tang Hao or his son.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he now realized that Tang Hao might really be in danger.
After forcing himself to calm down, Tang Xiao carefully analyzed the battle traces and judged from them that at least two top-tier soul beasts and three Titled Douluo with terrifying soul power had participated—one of them used a sword.
In this continent, there was only one Titled Douluo so powerful with a sword—
Sword Douluo, Chen Xin!
Remembering that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had previously had conflict with Tang Hao, Tang Xiao immediately suspected that Chen Xin had something to do with Tang Hao's disappearance.
Furious, he immediately returned to his clan to gather people and confront the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for answers.
But upon returning, he was shocked.
Spirit Hall had sent seven Titled Douluo to blockade all entrances and exits of the Clear Sky Sect.
Leading them was Qian Daoliu.
Tang Xiao wouldn't fear the other Titled Douluo, but he didn't even dare provoke Qian Daoliu.
Just as he was about to greet Qian Daoliu, the old man suddenly went mad for some reason, beat him up severely, then threw him back into the sect.
Qian Daoliu flapped his six pairs of wings and floated in the air, speaking coldly:
"Didn't the Clear Sky Sect say the mountain was sealed? Why did someone come out and stir up trouble?"
"I spared your life back then—and this is how you repay me?"
"Listen to Spirit Hall's order. From today onward, no Clear Sky Sect member is allowed to leave the mountain gates. Those who disobey will be killed."
Not allowed in or out? Was Spirit Hall planning to starve thousands of Clear Sky Sect members?
Staring at Qian Daoliu in the air, who could so easily dominate the fate of his sect, Tang Xiao felt helpless and depressed. He couldn't help but shout:
"Why won't you leave my Clear Sky Sect a way out? Are you ignoring the agreement you made with my grandfather?"
Qian Daoliu looked at Tang Xiao like an emperor, sarcasm on his face.
"Oh? That agreement only said I wouldn't enter the Clear Sky Sect before defeating your grandfather. Now I'm just sealing your mountain gate—that doesn't break the agreement."
"Since your brother dared to come out and stir trouble, you must be ready to pay the price."
Tang Xiao was stunned and cried out in disbelief.
"Could it be... Brother Hao?!"
"I killed him. So what? He killed my son and injured my grandson. Even if he's Tang Chen's grandson, he deserved to die!"
Qian Daoliu said it calmly, as if killing Tang Hao was entirely justified.
But in his heart, he had already sighed many times. For Qian Renxue's sake, he had to bear the blame for Yu Xiaowei.
He could only hope Tang Chen wouldn't come back to fight him.
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