Chapter 107: Yu Xiaogang: This Is a Spirit Beast Raised by Tang Hao

Ning Fengzhi wanted to keep Xiao Wu under the custody of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, naturally because he did not trust the Nine Star Palace.

If Xiao Wu were imprisoned in the Nine Star Palace, he would not know when their Title Douluo might break through their current rank. If they were to secretly absorb her soul ring and soul bone and then offer him some excuse that the soul beast had escaped, would he not suffer a total loss?

By keeping Xiao Wu at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Nine Star Palace soul masters would be unable to absorb her soul ring without his knowledge, allowing him to claim the soul bone for himself while they absorbed the ring.

Furthermore, Ning Fengzhi harbored a secret ambition: if any of the Soul Douluo elders in his own sect were to have a stroke of luck and achieve a breakthrough, he would not mind keeping both the soul ring and the soul bone for his sect, subsequently inventing an excuse to brush off the Nine Star Palace.

"Accepted!"

Dugu Bo was an old fox who had lived for decades; he saw through Ning Fengzhi's petty schemes as if looking at a clear reflection.

However, he agreed to Ning Fengzhi's request primarily out of disdain for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's elders. Those old relics had long since seen their prospects fade; even with a stroke of pure luck, they would never break through.

Second, he was confident in the true strength of the Nine Star Palace. Ning Fengzhi likely still did not realize the true power the Nine Star Palace possessed. If he truly dared to covet a hundred-thousand-year soul ring belonging to the Nine Star Palace, the price he would pay in the end would surely be far more valuable than any soul ring or soul bone.

"No!"

Just as both sides were about to reach a consensus, Yu Xiaogang suddenly jumped in to stir up trouble. He, too, had set his sights on Xiao Wu's soul ring and soul bone.

That was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast!

Although Yu Xiaogang himself could never hope for a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, his beloved disciple Tang San certainly could!

Most importantly, having read through the entire library of the Spirit Hall, Yu Xiaogang knew that hundred-thousand-year soul beasts possessed the option of voluntary sacrifice. In the event of such a sacrifice, the limitations of a soul master's actual rank could be ignored, allowing them to continue advancing as long as their level reached a certain threshold.

Originally, Yu Xiaogang believed that given the irreconcilable hostility between soul beasts and soul masters, such a sacrifice was an impossible scenario.

But now, knowing Xiao Wu's true identity and reflecting on the affection she had shown Tang San in the past, he suddenly felt that, perhaps, if he orchestrated it correctly, he could even allow his beloved disciple to possess a hundred-thousand-year soul ring at a low rank.

For the sake of his disciple, Yu Xiaogang had racked his brains.

"What kind of thing are you, to dare speak nonsense in front of me and Sect Master Ning!"

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes, and a vast, oppressive soul power swept toward Yu Xiaogang like a crushing tide. He had no fondness for this man, who was both a failure and self-righteous.

Yu Xiaogang felt the world go black. His fragile twenty-ninth-rank body could not withstand the pressure of a Title Douluo. He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to his knees with a thud.

Flender and Liu Erlong had exhausted their soul power in the previous battle and, despite wanting to protect him, were helpless to act. They could only watch as Yu Xiaogang was pinned down by Dugu Bo’s pressure like a dead dog, unable to struggle.

"Your Excellency Poison Douluo, please show mercy and spare the Grandmaster!"

Ning Fengzhi intervened to plead on his behalf. He knew Yu Xiaogang’s true background; although he had been expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, he was, after all, the biological son of Yu Yuanzhen. For the sake of Yu Yuanzhen, he could not simply sit by and watch Yu Xiaogang be tortured.

Dugu Bo snorted coldly and withdrew his pressure.

Finding a chance to breathe, Yu Xiaogang didn't even thank Ning Fengzhi. He scrambled to his feet and said urgently, "Sect Master Ning, you cannot take Xiao Wu away!"

"Grandmaster, why is that?"

Seeing this, anger flared in Ning Fengzhi’s heart, but remembering that Yu Xiaogang was Tang San’s teacher and Yu Yuanzhen’s son, he suppressed his temper and asked patiently.

Yu Xiaogang knew it was a pipe dream to ask Ning Fengzhi to give up a hundred-thousand-year soul beast based on his own words, so he immediately invoked Tang Hao as a shield. "Sect Master Ning, to tell you the truth, Xiao Wu was secretly raised by Tang San's father for Tang San. He is waiting for the right moment for Tang San to absorb her soul ring and soul bone. His father told me this back in Nuoding City, instructing me to keep a close watch on Xiao Wu and never let her leave Tang San's side!"

Although this was a lie concocted by Yu Xiaogang, he believed that for the sake of Tang San's future, Tang Hao would not hold it against him. Moreover, since the Bone Douluo and Poison Douluo could discover Xiao Wu's true identity, there was no reason Tang Hao could not have known. Thus, it was highly probable that Xiao Wu was indeed being kept by Tang Hao for his son. Perhaps Tang Hao shared his exact idea—to have Xiao Wu voluntarily sacrifice herself for Tang San.

Ning Fengzhi’s brows twitched upon hearing this. What Yu Xiaogang could think of, he could also deduce. If this transformed soul beast had been by Tang San’s side for so long, it was impossible for Tang Hao not to have discovered her identity. Could she truly be reserved by Tang Hao for his son?

For a moment, Ning Fengzhi began to hesitate. A hundred-thousand-year soul beast was rare and hard to find, let alone one still in its juvenile stage. It would be easy to obtain her soul ring and bone, unlike those powerful, fully grown hundred-thousand-year beasts that even the Sword and Bone Douluo would have to handle with extreme caution...