Chapter 233 Cracks and Things (2 in 1)

"Troubled time." Flender, who had also rushed to Moon Pavilion to check it out, sighed as he flew into Shrek Academy and landed straight in a valley located in the back of the mountain.

Pine trees towered on both sides, the centre was full of grass, and a small stream gurgled out from the stone wall on one side. At the edge of the stream, there was a two-story wooden house.

Seemingly hearing the noise, from inside the house, Liu Erlong got up and went out to greet him.

"Boss, how is it?" Liu Erlong, who walked quickly to the doorway, bumped right into Flender, who arrived at the doorway and hurriedly asked.

White-haired and still sitting in his seat. Yu Xiaogang saw this scene and subconsciously clenched his hands on his thighs.

Ever since he lived in this newly built wooden house, he had been separated from Liu Erlong. For the past month, it had been Flender who had been in charge of delivering the supplies. As his body was getting worse by the day, and he was incapable of handing things over, it was Liu Erlong who was in charge of everything.

Inevitably, the two of them had to be in close proximity while moving things, while he could only watch.

This feeling, it was very unpleasant.

In addition, he increasingly felt that Liu Erlong seemed to have begun to intentionally alienate from him.

This feeling became stronger and stronger as he slept alone in his empty room every night.

'Is it really for the sake of my condition? Or has she already begun to dislike me for being old and crippled from the bottom of her heart?' Looking at the still stunningly beautiful Liu Erlong, as well as Flender, who looked to be in his prime on the side, a wave of sourness and unwillingness could not help but rise within.

But I, what can I do?

At once, it was even more sour.

Xiao San, Xiao San will definitely come back, will come back to save me. Yu Xiaogang chanted in his heart, his fists slightly loosening.

"Something big has happened outside." Flender followed Liu Erlong as he walked inside, "Tang Hao led the Speed Clan and the Strength Clan to secretly besiege Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan, who had led the team out to obtain spirit rings, but the news was intercepted in the middle of the way and a counter-siege was set up. Tang Hao was repelled, and in the process of escaping, he silenced Bai He, Tai Tan, and the others who had already been subdued."

"What!?" Liu Erlong was stunned, and then her face showed contempt, "A dignified Clear Sky Douluo even brought people to surround and kill a few juniors, he really doesn't care about his reputation!"

"Seeing that things didn't work out, worrying that the plan would be exposed and affect his reputation, he killed people to silence them."

"That Bai He is his own uncle, so heartless, really disgraceful!"

"Hmph! It is really like 'don't enter a house if you are not family'. Back then, if it wasn't," She almost blurted out.

"Ahem." Flender immediately spoke out to stop her.

He knew that Liu Erlong was hinting at Tang San, but Yu Xiaogang, who regarded Tang San as his hope, was still beside them.

Sure enough, after hearing Liu Erlong's words, Yu Xiaogang's face reddened. At the same time, he swept his spare glance over the two, only to feel that their silent dialogue of one sentence from you and one from me was like needles piercing his heart.

Seeing the change in Yu Xiaogang's face, Flender hurriedly changed the topic, ''In addition, Dugu Bo has an image-retaining stone with him, and has already recorded the entire process. Just now, he was going to Moon Pavilion to find trouble with Tang Yuehua, but Tang Yuehua wasn't there, so Dugu Bo displayed the footage in front of everyone and announced in public that he would be at odds with Tang Hao father and son, as well as the entire Clear Sky Clan, from now on."

"At that time, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, Martial Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were all there."

"Serves him right!" Liu Erlong glanced over her shoulder. She was also clear that the reputation of Tang Hao father and son were all completely stank.

"Chrysanthemum Douluo left on the spot, I think he must have gone back to Spirit City to report. Tang Yuehua was obviously involved in this siege, which undoubtedly involved the Clear Sky Clan. The Spirit Master Tournament had just ended, but the Tang Hao siblings pulled such a stunt, wasn't this a slap in the face of the Martial Spirit Hall? Next, I'm afraid that the Martial Spirit Hall will have to go find trouble with the Clear Sky Clan." Flender shook his head and sighed.

"However, there shouldn't be any murderous hands."

"After all, Tang Hao is still out there, and although Tang Chen has disappeared for many years, his level 99 strength is there, so no one can say if he's still alive. No matter how strong the Martial Spirit Hall is, it can't afford the retaliation of two super-strong people."

Liu Erlong nodded and didn't say anything more.

Not long after, Flender walked out of the house and left.

On the other hand, at the Shrek Academy gate, Jiang Zhu slowly walked in and headed towards the office building.

Halfway there, she happened to bump into Ma Hongjun who walked out of the office building, his eyes glancing around, his body still obese, almost unchanged, and his eyes were a little sunken.

Obviously, Ma Hongjun didn't even try to lose weight or change himself, and he often did that 'kind of thing'.

A trace of disappointment immediately appeared in Jiang Zhu's eyes, she stayed at home for a month before coming to the academy, and she also had the intention of testing his heart, but unfortunately, a dog can't change its habit of eating shit.

"Sister Jiang Zhu, how are you? Did you come to invite me to go out on a trip together?" Ma Hongjun saw Jiang Zhu walking over and greeted her with a smile while walking and sizing her up.

"Hongjun, forget about travelling together. I'm here to say goodbye to the dean," Jiang Zhu had a pleasant smile on her face.

Ma Hongjun's expression instantly froze.

"Three days shooting the net, two days basking in the sun, no change at all, I wouldn't go with you if I were a female." On the side, Dai Mubai mercilessly mocked him, then nodded slightly towards Jiang Zhu.

"The dean has something to go out and should be back soon, senior sister Jiang Zhu, why don't you come in first and wait."

"Good." Jiang Zhu nodded and walked in with small steps.

Leaving Ma Hongjun alone, he was left messy in the wind.

At the same time, in Skywalker Academy, Dugu Bo led Ghost Douluo into the meeting hall and sent someone to call Lin Manshan. When Lin Manshan walked in, Ghost Douluo pulled out a letter from his spirit tool and said with a solemn expression, ''Her Holiness the Pope and the Great Worship have already travelled to the Extreme North and have seen that super spirit beast. However, there were some accidents and the super spirit beast they encountered was not one, but three."

"Three!?" Dugu Bo was immediately taken aback.

"That's right." Ghost Douluo nodded and controlled the letter to fly in front of Lin Manshan's eyes as he continued, "Young friend Lin, there is a detailed description in the letter. According to Her Holiness the Pope, among the spirit beasts encountered, there were a few that even she had never heard of, and initially suspected to be extinct varieties of spirit beasts. Thus, I was specially sent here to ask if there are any relevant records in that ancient book you initially read."

Lin Manshan nodded and took the letter and opened it.

In a short while, he raised his head, "There are indeed relevant records in the ancient book, that humanoid spirit beast is Heavenly Snow Woman, condensed from the coldest aura of the heavens and earth, born with an affinity for the elements of ice and snow, and possessing the ultimate ice attribute. Because there was no fixed form at birth, it was able to take on a humanoid form. As for that hundred-meter beast, its name is Ice Devil Titan, and it is rumoured to be the descendant of the Titan Giants from ancient times"

"Heaven and earth aura can also condense into a spirit beast?!" Dugu Bo voiced his shock upon his three views collapse.

"A Titan Giant from the ancient times," Ghost Douluo also looked shocked.

Lin Manshan nodded and sighed, "I'm afraid, both are unique creatures in this heaven and earth."

Saying this, he turned his head to Ghost Douluo and continued, "Elder Ghost, later, I will write down the information I know, and you can just forward it to Her Holiness on my behalf."

"Well, then, thank you very much." Returning to his senses, Ghost Douluo hurriedly arched his hand in thanks.

"It's just a small matter." Lin Manshan smiled and added, "In addition, there is another piece of news, it just so happens that Elder Ghost is here, please go back and convey it to Her Holiness as well."

"According to what I know from spying on Tang Hao's conversation with Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao intends to let Tang San go to a place called the Killing City for training, and he'll follow along to escort him. One of the reasons why he besieged us was to seize the head spirit bone from my body for Tang San to absorb, to conveniently resist the influence of the Killing Energy inside it, and to increase the probability of clearing a so-called Hell Road."

Hu Liena, I hope you won't go there. Otherwise, it might be the same as the original story, fancying Tang San inside and coming out with all sorts of bad ideas. Lin Manshan thought quietly in his heart, 'If Bibi Dong knows that Tang Hao is going as well, she won't let Hu Liena go for safety reasons.'

'As for me, it's not advisable for me to go either.'

'Although the restriction of not being able to use spirit skills inside does not affect me, with my current strength, if Tang Hao is determined to kill me, I might not be his opponent. Tang Hao, who possesses the Death God Domain, doesn't have a restriction on the use of spirit skills in there.'

'Moreover, that Death God Domain isn't much use to me.'  

"Killing City!?" After hearing Lin Manshan's narration, Ghost Douluo's brows suddenly furrowed.

"That place isn't simple." Dugu Bo's brows also furrowed, after years of wandering the continent, he had also got some news.

Ghost Douluo nodded slightly, then arched his hand, "This matter is of great importance, thank you for informing me, I will definitely relay it to the Supreme Pontiff."

"In addition, Tang Hao conspiring with Tang Yuehua to besiege Brother Dugu and Young Friend has also touched my Martial Spirit Hall's bottom line, in this matter, the Martial Spirit Hall will definitely step forward to ask for a statement. Although it's not yet the right time to deal with the Clear Sky Clan, taking the opportunity to close them off is well justified."

"So, next, we only need to combine our efforts to deal with Tang Hao father and son, who are still in exile."

Dugu Bo nodded, "As for the strength and speed clans, I've already returned the corpses of Bai He, Tai Tan and the others to them, so they will only be the enemies of the Clear Sky Clan in the future."

"In addition, I also suggested them to join the academy to deal with the Clear Sky Clan together. If they choose to join, it will undoubtedly further deal a blow to the reputation of the Clear Sky Clan. After all, their clan leader had only just besieged me, but now they choose to join me, which is enough to prove their hatred for Tang Hao, further proving the authenticity of this siege."

"Of course, at this point in time, whether they join or not actually has little impact, and I just made a casual remark."

"Now that the high-end combat power of the strength and speed clans were almost completely wiped out, it would not boost the academy much."

But it was also true that it could disgust the Clear Sky Clan and Tang Hao.

Upon hearing this, Ghost Douluo nodded slightly and laughed, "I'm afraid that Brother Dugu has long anticipated that Tang Hao would choose to kill and silence him, right?"

"I did think of this possibility, I just didn't expect Tang Hao to actually do it." Dugu Bo laughed coldly, "It's a good opportunity to use the image-retaining stone that I asked for from you guys back then. From now on, the infamy on Tang Hao can never be cleared again."

"Ha, now Tang Hao father and son's reputation is considered to be completely infamous, and even the Clear Sky Clan has been pulled down. This casual move of Brother Dugu's is indeed exquisitely played." Ghost Douluo nodded his head in praise, then asked, "Then what are Brother Dugu's plans next?"

"No plans for the time being, I'll honestly stay at home first." Dugu Bo gave a slight nod, "This fence-sitter Ning Fengzhi was trying to get close to me before, sending his daughter and clan disciples to the academy. Now by taking advantage of this, I've also gotten rid of this piece of dog skin plaster. Next, I will have a rare moment of leisure. If I want to cultivate I'll cultivate, if I want to refine pills I'll refine pills, for the time being, there's nothing to worry about."

"As for Tang Hao father and son, I don't even know where the Killing City is, so I can only rely on your Martial Spirit Hall next."

"In addition, at the beginning of next year, my Skywalker Academy will be opened for enrolment, so you can come and show your support."

"Definitely!" Ghost Douluo immediately replied.

"Hm." Dugu Bo nodded, and after both sides chatted some more, Ghost Douluo excused himself and left.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Manshan went to the alchemy room with Dugu Bo.

The next day, in the afternoon, in the alchemy room, Yang Wudi and Niu Gao were called in.

Sending away Lin Manshan who went back to catch up on his sleep, Dugu Bo handed the two jade boxes to the two of them, "Take it right here in the alchemy room."

"Thank you, Dean." The two hurriedly arched their hands, with somewhat excited expressions, they received the jade boxes, each walked to the side of the open space, opened the jade boxes, a light green coloured elixir, an earth yellow elixir, quickly picked up, and were consumed without hesitation.

Two hours later, they opened their eyes in unison.

"How?" Dugu Bo, who was protecting on the side, couldn't help but ask.

"My spirit power has actually directly risen by 3 levels." Yang Wudi closed his eyes and felt it, his face was filled with disbelief, and then he sighed, "It seems that I won't be able to catch up with Man'er in my lifetime in terms of pill refining skills."

"I've also improved by 3 levels." Niu Gao was also excited.

Dugu Bo smiled and nodded, "The pills that Man'er refined are the most suitable for your physiques, and it seems that the absorption effect is truly good. With your current cultivation levels, it is surprising that you were able to immediately raise 3 levels. However, the main function of these two pills is not to raise your cultivation level but to improve the quality of your martial souls and your cultivation qualifications. This is something that you guys can experience when you go back later."

"Alright, both of you go back first. Adapt well to this enhancement and cultivate well next, to break through the Titled Realm as soon as possible."

"Old Yang, you can feel free to use the elixir resources that the academy has in store for your cultivation aid next. The two of you are now one at level 86 and one at level 88, with the aid of these resources, I'm sure the time to break through the Titled Realm will be shortened once again."

"As for me, it's time to go back and catch up on my sleep." After saying that, he turned around and left with a yawn.

The two exchanged glances and hurriedly followed.

***

A few days later, in the morning, the Elder Palace, at the back of the Martial Spirit Hall.

"Qian Jun, Jiang Long, the two of you go to the Clear Sky Clan. The Clear Sky Clan has taken the initiative to interfere in the continent's affairs, conspiring with Tang Hao to besiege and kill Lin Manshan and his team, who had just won the championship in the continent-wide Spirit Master Tournament, carrying out the act of killing people and seizing the spirit bones, which is an act of defiance and provocation against the Martial Spirit Hall. This act is also an initiative to tear up the agreement of that year. Thus, as of this moment, the agreement is null and void." Qian Daoliu said with a gloomy face.

Although he had yet to find a fire attribute herb suitable for his granddaughter to consume, there was at least hope. Nowadays, the only one who could eliminate the hidden danger of extreme attribute immortal herbs on the entire continent is Lin Manshan, and Tang Hao's act of siege was undoubtedly destroying this hope.

Assisting his granddaughter to become a god is his only desire nowadays.

In the past, he didn't kill because he knew clearly that it wasn't Tang Hao who killed his son, and also because for the sake of Tang Chen. As for his own child being seriously injured, there was nothing to be said about losing a fight due to inferior skills, and as an elder, he didn't want to bully the younger ones with the bigger ones.

But now, Tang Hao had already touched his reverse scale and acted underhandedly, he couldn't help it even if he had a good temper.

"This seat only gives the Clear Sky Clan two choices." Qian Daoliu continued, "The first choice, choose a day to start the war on their own. The second choice, the Clear Sky Clan will seal itself completely, and the direct disciples will not be allowed to step out of the secluded land even a single step, and if any of them are found, it will be regarded as a start of the war."

If it wasn't for the fact that Tang Hao was still outside, he really wanted to fly directly over and wipe out the entire Clear Sky Clan.

As for Tang Chen, he wasn't worried in the slightest. With Tang Chen's character, he would never commit a sneak attack, much less harm innocent people by bullying them, and even if he came back, he would only fight his way up to the Supreme Pontiff Palace in a dignified manner. The reason why he and Tang Chen had become friends back then was precisely because of Tang Chen's fearless spirit. Unfortunately, his grandson, Tang Hao, was an unquestionable villain.

Hmph, when I deal with Tang Hao, I'll clean up your group of captive beasts. Inwardly, he coldly thought.

"Yes!" The two middle-aged men at the bottom of the steps arched their hands and left.

In the afternoon, Ghost Douluo returned and walked into the Supreme Pontiff Palace, and relayed the letter and Lin Manshan's words to Bibi Dong.

"Heavenly Snow Woman. Ice Devil Titan. Killing City." Bibi Dong read the letter with a slight frown, then looked up at Ghost Douluo, "Elder Ghost, arrange for manpower to keep an eye on all the entrances to the Killing City, and immediately report back if Tang Hao father and son are found."

"Yes!" Ghost Douluo bowed and answered, then turned to leave at Bibi Dong's signal.

When the door closed, Qian Daoliu's voice suddenly sounded out.

"Bibi Dong, if there is any news, let me know, and I will send the worships to assist."

'Angry?' Bibi Dong raised her willow eyebrows.

The Killing City was located in a hidden location, and it was indeed an excellent place to kill Tang Hao.

In between her thoughts, the door was knocked on.

"Come in!" Bibi Dong collected the letter and responded aloud.

The door was opened, and Hu Liena lightly walked in with padded footsteps.

"Nana, what's wrong?" Bibi Dong's tone turned soft.

"Master, I want to cancel the Death Canyon trip and change it to a Killing City training." Hu Liena had a solemn look on her face.

"Not allowed!" Bibi Dong replied crisply.

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