pertwk Chapter 259 Ning Fengzhi Abandons the Ancient Banyan Tree
Chapter 259 Ning Fengzhi Abandons the Ancient Banyan Tree
Chapter 259 Ning Fengzhi Abandons the Ancient Banyan Tree (3000 words)
P.S.: The update is late, so here's a 1000-word compensation. Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Martial Soul Temple in Heaven Dou City, loudly proclaimed, "Please have the representative of the Royal Fighting Team come forward to receive the championship reward."
The members of Huang Dou exchanged glances. Dugu Yan nudged Ye Qinghe, who nodded. He then stepped forward to accept the award without hesitation.
When Ye Qinghe walked up to Bibi Dong, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Bibi Dong removed her mask for the first time in front of everyone. Now that she had recognized Ye Qinghe, the mask was meaningless.
To everyone's astonishment, the Pope was stunningly beautiful, noble, elegant, and serene. No words could adequately describe her. Although she was no longer young, she looked no different from women in their early twenties.
The most surprised were the members of the Royal Fighting Team and Ning Rongrong.
Among those present, they were among the few who had seen Bibi Dong's true face.
Ning Rongrong was seen at the teahouse that time, while the others from Huang Dou were seen with Ye Qinghe in private. Bibi Dong did not wear a mask and deliberately concealed her appearance.
They could never have imagined that Ye Qinghe's third girlfriend would be the current Pope of the Spirit Hall, the number one person in the world of spirit masters.
So much so that when they saw Bibi Dong's appearance, their mouths gaped open wide enough to fit an egg.
Bibi Dong ignored the others, her gaze fixed on Ye Qinghe before her, a sly glint in her eyes. "You are outstanding, even more outstanding than I expected. Would you like to join the Spirit Hall?"
Upon hearing this, the vast majority of non-Spirit Hall Soul Masters felt their hearts leap into their throats.
If Ye Qinghe were to join the Spirit Hall, what would happen?
I'm afraid the entire Soul Master world, and even the entire Douluo Continent, will become a one-man show by the Spirit Hall.
Looking into Bibi Dong's eyes, Ye Qinghe knew that Bibi Dong was not joking. Perhaps, as long as he joined the Spirit Hall, she would immediately announce it to the world and hold a wedding for the two of them.
But this is not what he wanted.
He will marry Bibi Dong, but not now, but after he becomes a god.
Ye Qinghe smiled calmly and shook his head, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Holiness, but I have my own life plans and do not want to be constrained."
Upon hearing this, the members of the Spirit Hall showed surprise, while the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Ye Qinghe did not join the Spirit Hall, otherwise who would be able to stop the Spirit Hall's expansion in the future?
Just like in the era of Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, what they most want to see is someone who can rival the Spirit Hall.
The happiest person among them was Ning Fengzhi, because in his view, as long as Ye Qinghe refused the Spirit Hall's offer of recruitment, he would inevitably be eliminated by the Spirit Hall.
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong showed no surprise, but still said with some regret, "In that case, I wish you even greater achievements in the future."
As she spoke, she handed over the brocade plate in her hand.
At this moment, Emperor Xueye also walked over carrying the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, looking somewhat hesitant. "Young friend Ye, this is the champion reward prepared for you by my Heavenly Dou Royal Family."
He originally planned to recruit Ye Qinghe by offering him the title of king, but now that Ye Qinghe had just rejected the Pope, if he were to offer to recruit him, it would be a slap in the face to the Pope.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ye Qinghe politely thanked him and then put away the Vast Ocean Universe Cover.
Then he turned around and walked in front of everyone to distribute the soul bones.
Yu Feng, Oslo, and the Shi brothers had already given them a soul bone.
Therefore, they all consciously gave up.
The remaining Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing were either his women or his maids, and all of them had received soul bones from Ye Qinghe. Ye Qinghe didn't dwell on it too much and directly took out the skull of spiritual wisdom and handed it to the kitten, "Give this head soul bone to Zhuqing. The other two soul bones are too low in age. I'll prepare them for you when I get higher age ones later."
Zhu Zhuqing accepted the soul bones, and the three women nodded. Now that things had come to this, they didn't really care about these two soul bones anymore.
Ye Qinghe had no intention of increasing the age of these two soul bones. He had previously increased the age of Ye Lingling's Illusionary Skull mainly because he valued its ability to amplify mental power. After increasing it to 60,000 years, Ye Lingling's mental power increased significantly, and she was already able to increase her teammates' mental power by 35%.
Distribute the soul bones properly.
Emperor Xueye, as the organizer of this Soul Master Competition, delivered a speech.
Bibi Dong also made a few symbolic remarks.
This drew cheers from the entire audience.
Thus, the Soul Master Competition finally came to a close.
After the Soul Master Competition ended, Bibi Dong raised her hand and summoned a purple vortex, disappearing into it.
Ling Yuan, Ju Gui Douluo, Salas, and Hu Yanzhen flew away from the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace as usual.
This time, however, Ling Yuan also took the entire Spirit Hall Academy with her.
Undoubtedly, this disregard for the Heavenly Dou royal family once again enraged Emperor Xueye to the point of fury.
However, this close encounter with the Pope of the Spirit Hall seemed to have terrified the elderly emperor, and he no longer showed the same fear as before.
Ye Qinghe ignored what happened to Emperor Xueye. After the Soul Master Competition was completely over, he turned around and walked out of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, escorted by Dugu Bo and Liu Erlong.
Just as they were about to leave the palace gates, Ning Fengzhi called out to them, "Wait..."
Ye Qinghe turned around and saw Ning Fengzhi walking over with Sword Douluo, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong.
"Is there anything else, Sect Leader Ning?" Ye Qinghe asked them with a teasing look.
"I've already given you the gold soul coins and soul bones. Now hand over Uncle Bone to us," Ning Fengzhi said.
"Who is Uncle Bone?" Ye Qinghe asked, feigning ignorance.
Ning Fengzhi gritted his teeth, "Bone Douluo, Ancient Banyan."
"Oh, you mean him? Wasn't Senior Bone Douluo in seclusion at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School? How would I know where he went?" Ye Qinghe shrugged.
Dugu Bo sneered from the side, "That's right, Ning Fengzhi, you're really a joke. You clearly said that old bastard Gu Rong was in seclusion at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but now you've come to my grandson-in-law to demand him. You're truly shameless."
"Why waste words with him? Let's fight if we want. I'm just itching to get back at him."
Nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—burst forth, and a crimson-gold fire dragon coiled out from behind Liu Erlong.
At this moment, Dugu Bo also summoned his Golden Poison Dragon Martial Soul, with the same Soul Ring configuration of two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.
Facing two peak Douluo with 100,000-year spirit rings, Ning Fengzhi would be lying if he said he wasn't afraid. However, Gu Rong was far too important to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. He raised his hand to stop the Sword Douluo who wanted to protect him and looked at Ye Qinghe, saying, "Speak, what do you want?"
"If you want Tang San's life, then if you kill Tang San now, Sect Leader Ning will naturally get what he wants," Ye Qinghe said, pointing at Tang San.
"What did you say?" Tang San, who had been watching Ning Fengzhi and Ye Qinghe bickering, suddenly flew into a rage.
"What, do I need to repeat myself again?" Ye Qinghe said calmly.
Ning Fengzhi said with a gloomy expression, "Young friend Ye, you should change your terms. I may not agree to this."
He then added, "Besides me, Uncle Jian, Xiao San, Rongrong, and Elder Tang Hao, you can name any other conditions you want."
"Since you think Tang San's life is more valuable than that old man Gu Rong's, then you can wait and see if Gu Rong can never leave seclusion."
After saying this, Ye Qinghe ignored them and left with Dugu Bo, Liu Erlong, and the Huang Dou group.
"Sect Master, this..." Seeing Ye Qinghe about to leave, Sword Douluo could no longer sit still.
However, Ning Fengzhi shook his head and did not stop Ye Qinghe. He simply said indifferently, "Don't worry, the Spirit Hall will not let Ye Qinghe go. When that happens, I will make these people pay with their lives for Uncle Gu."
These words undoubtedly signify abandoning the ancient banyan tree.
After all, in his view, even a half-crippled Tang San was far more valuable than Gu Rong. Moreover, once Tang San died, Tang Hao would inevitably leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and the crystallization of their union would also be lost. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School could no longer bear such a loss.
His words reached Ning Rongrong's ears.
It's undoubtedly disheartening.
It's heartbreaking.
Extremely and utterly heartbreaking.
Regardless, Ning Rongrong never imagined that Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo who had served the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School for decades, would ultimately be no match for this mere Tang San.
Sure enough, the man before me only ever cared about himself and the interests of his sect.
What was even more disheartening was Sword Douluo. For the first time, he spoke against Ning Fengzhi, saying, "Fengzhi, in the past, no matter what decision you made, I would support you. I could even understand and turn a blind eye to the things you kept from me and had Old Bones do. But this time, you have really disappointed me."
"Uncle Sword, I had my reasons for doing all this." Hearing Sword Douluo's words, Ning Fengzhi, who had thought he had the situation under control, finally became anxious.
If Sword Douluo were to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School now...
Then the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would have lost even its last reliance.
Although he invested in Tang San and his son, he couldn't truly trust them completely.
"Alright, there's no need to say anything more. Let's go back to the sect now. Besides me, there's another sect-protecting Douluo, Tang Hao. From now on, if you need to do anything, just discuss it with him. Unless the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is invaded by foreign enemies, I will no longer interfere in anything."
As he said this, Sword Douluo summoned the Seven Kill Sword and jumped up.
Ning Fengzhi wanted to try again, but Sword Douluo ignored him completely and simply closed his eyes, signaling them to come up.
Ning Rongrong felt her chance had come, and her eyes lit up. She looked at Ning Fengzhi and said, "Alright, Dad, don't make things difficult for Grandpa Jian anymore. He's angry right now. I'll try to talk to him later. You and Sangiegie, go back with Grandpa Jian first."
Then he looked at Sword Douluo and said, "Grandpa Sword, you take Dad and the others back to the sect first. I'll go find Ye Qinghe. Although Ye Qinghe is an annoying guy, I've met him a few times before. If I go to find Ye Qinghe, maybe I can find a way out."
Upon hearing this, Sword Douluo opened his eyes. Seeing Ning Rongrong's sensible appearance, he felt both guilty and heartbroken: "Rongrong, it was my fault before, not standing firmly on your side. Now..."
well.."
>