Chapter 110: Isolated from the World

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As night fell, the Star Dou Great Forest grew quiet.

After Oscar finished absorbing his Spirit Ring, the Shrek group had intended to leave this place of trouble quickly, but they had not expected Tang San to have a breakthrough on the spot and also need to obtain his third Spirit Ring.

Flender did not know whether to cry or laugh, but he could only bite the bullet and lead the group to continue walking through the Star Dou Great Forest, searching for a Soul Beast suitable for Tang San.

As for the Dragon and Snake couple, the Star Dou Great Forest was so vast that it was impossible for their luck to be so bad that they would encounter them twice in a row.

Moreover, even if they did encounter them, any Spirit Master with a normal brain would not choose to start a war inside the Star Dou Great Forest; besides, a mere thousand-year Soul Beast was not worth making such a big fuss over.

"Flender, don't worry too much. At worst, we can just reveal our trump card," Yu Xiaogang said.

As long as they spoke of Tang Hao's affairs, even if the Dragon and Snake couple were given ten times the courage, they would absolutely not dare to make a move against them.

Tang Hao was a fierce man who even dared to kill a Pope; a mere Dragon and Snake family would be nothing more than a matter of a few hammer strikes.

"Reveal our trump card?" Flender's eye twitched slightly.

"Xiaogang, sometimes revealing your trump card is useless."

This tactic of using a trump card for intimidation depends on the situation; what if the Dragon and Snake couple worried about Tang Hao's retaliation afterward and chose to bury them all in the Star Dou Great Forest?

Such things were not uncommon in the world of Spirit Masters!

In such a large forest, who would know who did it? "Then do you think he dares to gamble on whether Tang Hao is nearby?" Yu Xiaogang said.

"Or perhaps, does he dare to gamble that he can keep you here?"

Flender shook his head, "Hard to say."

Although there was a high probability that the Dragon and Snake couple would not choose to tear their faces off with him—after all, if they couldn't beat him, he could completely run away—as long as he escaped, the Dragon and Snake family would be finished.

Of course, he would definitely be finished too.

What kind of person was that Tang Hao? Who in this Spirit Master world didn't know? When it came to a domineering style of conduct, the Clear Sky Sect had never been inferior to the Spirit Hall!

That Tang Hao was even the representative of the Clear Sky Sect's domineering side; back then, no fewer than ten Spirit Saints died in the Spirit Hall's pursuit of Tang Hao, several Spirit Douluos died, and even a Pope died.

If something happened to Tang San here, would Tang Hao possibly let him off?

"Rest assured, at worst, I have one ultimate move." Yu Xiaogang revealed the Pope Token.

Flender was stunned, "Where did you get that?"

"Tang Hao gave it to me," Yu Xiaogang said.

Each of the Upper Three Sects possessed a Pope Token issued by the Spirit Hall; seeing the Pope Token was like seeing the Pope, which was similar to the meaning of a "King of Equal Rank."

Back then, Tang Hao was the young Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect; originally, as long as he broke through to Title Douluo, he could return to the sect to inherit the position of Sect Master. It was only later that an accident occurred, but this Clear Sky Sect Pope Token had always remained in Tang Hao's hands.

Back in Notting City, after Tang San took him as his master, Tang Hao had handed this Pope Token to him.

"Perhaps there are people who would dare to take the risk to gamble on Tang Hao, but absolutely no one would dare to gamble on the Spirit Hall," Yu Xiaogang said.

Today, the power of the Spirit Hall was no longer comparable to what it was back then. Ever since the Clear Sky Sect was beaten into closing its mountains and avoiding the world, the Spirit Hall had begun a massive expansion, and it did not just involve the Spirit Master world; even the territories of the Two Great Empires had been encroached upon by the Spirit Hall.

Originally, everyone thought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stand up to unite the remaining sects, but they never expected them to be the first to get mixed up with the Spirit Hall.

Today, among the Upper Three Sects, only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect remained holding on; two of the Lower Four Sects had already leaned toward the Spirit Hall, and in a few more years, it was feared the other two would do the same.

"Uh..." Flender's expression was somewhat strange.

"Xiaogang, what have you been doing all these years?"

"How come I feel like you've been completely cut off from the world?"

"What do you mean?" Yu Xiaogang asked in confusion.

"The old version of the Pope Token was publicly abolished by the Spirit Hall many years ago," Flender said.

"Abolished?" Yu Xiaogang was stunned.

"The Spirit Hall kicked the Clear Sky Sect out?"

The patterns on the Pope Token represented six types of patterns that had a major influence on the Spirit Master world, or rather, the iconic patterns of six Spirit Masters, which were generally their martial souls. The current Pope Token had not changed for many years. Generally, when a Pope Token was changed, it was because the relevant figures in the patterns had undergone major changes. However, after Tang Hao's incident back then, the Spirit Hall did not change the Pope Token patterns because, although the Clear Sky Sect was defeated, the influence of the Clear Sky Hammer remained powerful.

"No," Flender took out a book and opened the first page.

"The Pope Token was changed; the six patterns were canceled and replaced with the pattern of a scale."

"A scale?" Yu Xiaogang looked puzzled.

"What could a scale represent?"

"Fairness," Flender said.

"Fairness?" Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The world of Spirit Masters talks about fairness?

No, is there fairness in this world?

"Who came up with this thing?" Yu Xiaogang asked.

"Bibi Dong?"

Flender's eye twitched, "I'm saying, you hid in Notting City for over twenty years, you shouldn't be this out of touch with the world, right?"

"Have you really not paid any attention to the current situation of the Spirit Hall at all?"

"Wait, you haven't read this book?"

Yu Xiaogang looked at the four gilded characters "Feng Yan Feng Yu" on the cover and shook his head, "I heard some teachers at Nuoding Academy mention it, but I wasn't interested and haven't read it."

"Xiaogang, I know you are knowledgeable, but you also have to keep up with the times," Flender sighed.

"The Spirit Hall of today is no longer the same thing as before."

"I know, it's more aggressive, no longer satisfied with throwing its weight around in the Spirit Master world, and has even started to set its sights on the jurisdictions of the Two Great Empires," Yu Xiaogang said indifferently.

"That's not the point," Flender said.

"You... forget it, see for yourself."

Flender handed the *Feng Yan Feng Yu* in his hand directly to Yu Xiaogang.

"The continent today changes almost every year, and the changes are very fast. If you don't learn about these things, you will truly be eliminated by the era."

Yu Xiaogang was unimpressed and returned the book to Flender, "No need to look, it's just grandstanding; he's nothing more than a pretty boy relying on Bibi Dong's prestige to throw his weight around in the Spirit Hall."

"A pretty boy?" Flender's eye twitched.

"Who did you hear that from?"

It was the first time he had heard someone use a term like "pretty boy" to describe Nan Feng, even though he had never met that Nan Feng Elder himself.

"Have you heard of any proud battle records from this Nan Feng Elder?" Yu Xiaogang asked.

"Even regarding the Clear Sky Sect incident back then, there were never any traces of this person taking action; there were only schemes and tricks. As a Spirit Master, spending all day engaged in such sinister calculations and stirring up trouble across the Two Great Empires—if it weren't for Bibi Dong backing him, who would take him seriously?"

"You..." Flender was at a loss for words for a moment.

He inexplicably understood why Nan Feng wrote in the book that one should not argue right or wrong with an idiot, because what an idiot cares about is not right or wrong, but winning or losing.

Yu Xiaogang worshipped Tang Hao, so he naturally looked down on someone like this who had no direct display of strength yet possessed such a prominent reputation.

Of course, it was likely more out of jealousy.

Both were based on verbal theories, yet the Ten Core Competitiveness of Spirits that Yu Xiaogang had touted so heavily back then was ignored by everyone, while thanks to Nan Feng's actions over these years, there was almost no one on the entire continent who didn't know his name, and the book "Feng's Words" had almost reached the point where every Great Spirit Master and above owned a copy.

A person who had never displayed even a shred of martial strength in front of the public possessed influence that surpassed the emperors of the Two Great Empires and the Pope of the Spirit Hall.

It was clear that Yu Xiaogang was unconvinced.

(End of chapter)