manynovel Chapter 223 Ghostly Appearances
Chapter 223 Ghostly Appearances
Chapter 223 Ghostly Appearances
Yang Podi chatted with his grandfather and maternal grandfather for a while, mainly to reassure them.
At this moment, Yang Podi suddenly spoke to a corner: "I've been listening for so long, shouldn't we come out and meet? If you keep hiding like this, I'm starting to feel like I can't help but want to keep you here."
Suddenly, a ghostly figure appeared in the corner, amidst a flickering void – it was Ghost Douluo.
Grandpa Yang Wudi and the others were shocked to see this. They hadn't expected that Ghost Douluo had been there for so long. Did he hear their conversation just now?
Ghost Douluo spoke with a somewhat sinister tone: "Yang Podi, when did you find out I was here?"
Yang Podi smiled slightly: "Senior's method of concealment is quite good, but it's a bit of a pity. I knew it as soon as I entered the door, otherwise I wouldn't have deliberately avoided you when I unleashed my killing intent. Otherwise, under the killing intent, I'm afraid even you would have had difficulty hiding."
Ghost Douluo was extremely surprised, but still a little angry, he said, "Why did you give Tang Hao the elixir just now? Tang Hao is an enemy of my Spirit Hall."
Yang Podi shook his head slightly: "It's just a single Earth Origin Fruit, nothing special. It only has a special effect on treating injuries. Besides, if I had really made a move just now, the first one to suffer would probably be a certain Great Soul Master. It's strange, really. With the power of your Spirit Hall, how could you allow a certain Great Soul Master to run rampant in the Heaven Dou region and organize people to rebel against the Spirit Hall? If Senior Ghost Douluo had personally taken action, you should have been able to kill him without anyone noticing."
Upon hearing this, Ghost Douluo was speechless. With his strength as a Title Douluo and his unparalleled concealment techniques, killing a Great Soul Master would be no different from killing a chicken. However, as someone who knew many secrets of the Spirit Hall, he naturally knew who he should not provoke.
However, Yang Podi continued, "Whether it's the Spirit Hall or the Three Upper Sects, you are both powerful and have many experts. We, the small and insignificant Tianxing Academy, do not want to offend either side."
"Those people from the Upper Three Sects hope that our Tianxing Academy will oppose the Spirit Hall and become the first to stick their necks out. Don't you Spirit Hall also want us to break ties with the Upper Three Sects, preferably to the point of mutual destruction, so that you can reap the benefits?"
"I'll say it again: I won't offend others unless they offend me, but if they do, I'll kill them. As for all the past grudges and grievances, they're completely irrelevant after this Earthly Fruit."
After Yang Podi finished speaking, he flashed to Ghost Douluo's front. In terms of speed and strangeness, even Ghost Douluo himself was ashamed of himself.
Yang Podi looked at Ghost Douluo with a half-smile: "I wonder if Senior Ghost Douluo is satisfied with the answer from my Heavenly Path Academy, or rather, whether His Holiness the Pope is satisfied with this answer."
Ghost Douluo remained silent for a moment before speaking: "I will report today's events to His Holiness the Pope truthfully."
Yang Podi seemed to have thought of something: "Senior Ghost Douluo, I remember that Yu Xiaogang is an elder of the Spirit Hall. His Holiness the Pope personally confirmed this during the finals of the Soul Tournament. Could you please help me confirm the stance of the Spirit Hall elders? If that's the case, the Spirit Hall should owe me a favor. In addition, Ye Lingling saved you all, so the Spirit Hall owes me quite a lot of favors."
Ghost Douluo remained silent for a moment before speaking: "Our Spirit Hall has always been clear about gratitude and resentment. His Holiness the Pope has already agreed to the two requests you made last time. From now on, we will no longer interfere in the affairs of your Heavenly Path Academy, and no one will harass Elder Ye Renxin."
Yang Podi smiled and nodded: "That's not bad. The Spirit Hall truly lives up to its reputation as a model for all spirit masters. It certainly doesn't disappoint."
"By the way, regarding the cooperation I discussed with the Holy Maiden last time, what did His Holiness the Pope say? Did he agree?"
Ghost Douluo's expression changed instantly, and he finally spoke with a gloomy face: "His Holiness the Pope is planning to go into seclusion recently and does not have time to cooperate with you for the time being. If you want to cooperate, it may have to wait for several years."
Yang Podi replied nonchalantly, "Then it's up to you. Although those three soul beasts are powerful, they are not insurmountable. Besides, there are seven Title Douluos in Heaven Dou City now. Perhaps they would be willing to cooperate with me to hunt soul beasts. At least Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School should be willing."
"Doesn't your Skywalking Academy not interfere in the struggles of the Soul Master world? You're willing to cooperate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to hunt Soul Beasts."
"Isn't it because the profits are too great? I'm really a bit envious of that Azure Bull Python. Besides, it's just a normal cooperation. It's just a business transaction between the two parties. I won't get involved in their battle with the Spirit Hall."
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After the two sides communicated, Ghost Douluo prepared to take his leave.
However, Yang Podi still spoke up: "By the way, with Senior Ghost Douluo's methods, he shouldn't let anyone find out that you've been to my Tianxing Academy, right? If those people outside find out, to avoid misunderstandings, I'm afraid we'll have no choice but to leave Senior Ghost Douluo to teach at Tianxing Academy for ten years."
Ghost Douluo's expression changed slightly, and he eventually transformed into a ghostly shadow and left Tianxing Academy.
However, Ghost Douluo's expression was extremely ugly. It seemed that he had been caught in Yang Podi's scheme from beginning to end. This Yang Podi was becoming more and more unfathomable. Even his proudest secret could be discovered. At the same time, Ghost Douluo couldn't help but think of the incident at the Papal Palace.
Ten days ago, after being treated by Ye Lingling, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned to the Spirit Hall. When Pope Bibi Dong heard Yang Podi's proposed treatment conditions and the content of cooperating in hunting spirit beasts, her face became extremely gloomy and ugly. Not only had the spirit hunting operation failed, but even her own target had been targeted by Yang Podi.
Ultimately, Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to secretly investigate the situation at Tianxing Academy. If possible, she wanted to create friction and have Tianxing Academy and Haotian Sect fight each other first, ideally resulting in both being severely injured.
But the result was completely unexpected by Ghost Douluo. Unexpectedly, the two sides did not actually fight. In fact, Ghost Douluo even gave Tang Hao a spiritual medicine to treat him, which completely ruined the Spirit Hall's plan.
As for the so-called cooperation between the two sides in hunting soul beasts, the original plan was to find any excuse to delay the matter, since Tianxing Academy did not have the strength to hunt those three soul beasts. However, if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was also involved, it would be hard to say.
In particular, the appearance of Yu Xiaogang, an elder of the Spirit Hall, has incurred another favor for no reason.
After Ghost Douluo left, Yang Podi spoke to his grandfather Yang Wudi and maternal grandfather Niu Gao: "Grandpa, Grandpa, haven't you made up your minds to deal with the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao yet?"
Grandpa Yang Wudi hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Just as Tang Xiao said, our two families were originally just a poor little family. We only became powerful by relying on Haotian Sect. Besides, we have spent most of our lives in Haotian Sect, so we still can't bring ourselves to be ruthless."
Yang Podi shook his head: "Those people from Haotian Sect have always been domineering. If we give them spiritual medicine today, they will probably be ungrateful and take advantage of us. Especially if Tang Hao recovers, they will probably become even more arrogant."
"Moreover, what we did today is probably considered a great disgrace in their eyes. Given their personality, they might want to get revenge. And I can't be sure if staying at Tianxing Academy for a long time will bring disaster."
Grandpa Niu Gao, however, was somewhat disdainful: "If those people from Haotian Sect really dare to make a move, at worst it's a fight to the death. Even if we old folks die in battle, you young ones can just overthrow Haotian Sect and avenge me."
Yang Podi was speechless upon hearing this. This was too reckless; they didn't even care about their own safety.
Yang Podi hesitated for a moment, then turned to Dugu Bo beside him and asked, "Senior Dugu, what do you think of what happened today? Do you also approve of my grandfather's actions?"
Throughout the entire day, Dugu Bo remained silent, as if he wasn't worried about anything.
At this moment, Dugu Bo sighed: "Although I feel very uncomfortable, I still think that the old goat and the old rhinoceros did a good job. They are clear about gratitude and resentment, repaying kindness and avenging wrongs. That is why I like to associate with these two old guys."
"Besides, if they really dare to make a move, I can simply avoid their sharp edge for now and let their two families die out in the future."
Recently, Dugu Bo has been incredibly lucky. After absorbing several soul bones in succession, his soul power has actually reached level ninety-four. In particular, he has a speed-type right leg soul bone, which is practically essential for killing, arson, and escaping. Now, Dugu Bo is getting a bit cocky and completely disregards his enemies.
Yang Wudi suddenly asked with some doubt, "Podi, isn't it a bit inappropriate to let Ghost Douluo go this time? And you were just talking to Ghost Douluo about cooperation?"
Yang Podi shook his head: "Although I can keep Ghost Douluo here, I don't want to antagonize the Spirit Hall yet, at least not yet. I don't want to become the Spirit Hall's number one enemy."
"Especially my actions just now. I deliberately controlled my killing intent. The other side should have guessed that I am a Title Douluo, and they can probably also guess that my father is also a Title Douluo. Now, our Tianxing Academy has about five Title Douluos on the surface, which can be considered a deterrent to all enemies."
Yang Zhentian, the father, was speechless for a moment: "Po Di, if I had known you wanted me to show my strength, I wouldn't have bothered to hide it like this. I thought you were losing control of your killing intent."
Yang Podi shook his head: "We don't need to deliberately show our strength. Instead, we should subtly reveal a little bit of our strength unintentionally. This will make the enemy more vigilant and at least make others think that Dad is our Tianxing Academy's biggest trump card. It can also mislead the real enemy and have unexpected effects."
Upon hearing this, everyone inwardly scoffed: Yang Podi is too cunning. He deliberately made others believe that Tianxing Academy has five Title Douluos. If an enemy were to attack, they would probably fall directly into the trap.
Grandpa Yang Wudi breathed a sigh of relief: "Podi, it's good that you did it right today. I hope these people will be more sensible after this year."
Yang Podi shook his head: "It's still early. We've already severed ties with the Haotian Sect. From now on, both the Tiandou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will probably visit us separately."
After returning to his room, Yang Podi carefully considered the events of the day and finally couldn't help but sigh.
Just as he had expected, his grandfather and maternal grandfather were still unable to sever their ties with the Haotian Sect. He hoped that those people in the Haotian Sect would be more sensible from now on, otherwise, even if it displeased his grandfather and maternal grandfather, he would still kill those people.
As for giving Tang Hao the Earth Origin Fruit, it was a trivial matter. The Earth Origin Fruit had no other use besides healing injuries, and at least it couldn't allow Tang Hao to break through again. The current Tang Hao no longer aroused Yang Podi's suspicion.
Yang Podi found it a bit strange. Given the level of the meeting today, why did Yu Xiaogang come out to speak? You should know that most of the people attending today are leaders of major forces, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan behind Yu Xiaogang has been destroyed, and Xue Qinghe is unlikely to value Yu Xiaogang as much as Prince Xue Beng does.
I have a feeling that Yu Xiaogang is being used as a tool by the other major powers. If I were to actually kill Yu Xiaogang, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Clear Sky School would probably laugh themselves to death.
(End of this chapter)