Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 174 Sarath takes the blame
Behind Xue Qinghe, the little princess Xue Ke was slightly displeased when she heard Tang San's words, but her good upbringing prevented her from losing her temper on the spot. Instead, she wrote everything down in a small notebook in her mind.

Looking at Tang San's ordinary appearance, Xue Ke was very puzzled:

"Madam Yue is so beautiful, it stands to reason that Madam Yue's brother must be very handsome."

"How ordinary must Tang San's mother be to give birth to such an ordinary-looking son."

What Xue Ke didn't know was that in the entire Haotian Sect, there were only two people with outstanding looks, Tang Yuehua and Tang Chen. The looks of the rest of the Haotian Sect members were as ordinary as Tang San.

Back then, Poseidon chose Tang Chen over Qian Daoliu, probably partly because Tang Chen looked more handsome than Qian Daoliu.

……

Everyone stood at the castle gate and greeted each other.

In the crowd, Avalanche, disguised as a dandy young man, had to pretend that he couldn't get a word in. At this moment, he looked around boredly and suddenly stared into the distance.

After seeing the logo on the carriage in the distance, Xue Beng poked Xue Xing's arm calmly.

Xue Xing turned his head and looked in the direction of the avalanche, then turned back and said to everyone:

"After saying so much, let's go in first to avoid bad luck later."

These words had a hidden meaning, but when everyone noticed the Spirit Hall logo on the carriage coming from afar, they immediately understood.

Lin Rong looked forward, and at the same time glanced at Tang San from the corner of his eye, and saw that his expression changed very vividly.

"Salas!" Tang San clenched his fists, recalling the humiliation that Sarath had inflicted on him at his aunt's funeral a year ago, with murderous intent in his eyes.

But soon, Tang San remembered that Sarath was a Soul Douluo and he was not his opponent yet, so he restrained his emotions, turned around with a cold face, and stepped into the castle gate. Tai Long also hurriedly followed him.

"Hmph!" Seeing that Tang San was so ignorant of the rules of respect and inferiority and was walking in front of him, a prince, Xue Xing snorted coldly, pulled up Xue Beng and walked quickly inside.

Seeing this, Xue Qinghe nodded to Lin Rong and led Xue Ke in.

"Grandpa Yu, has Sarath been dismissed?" Lin Rong walked in and asked the old butler beside him in a low voice.

The carriage was engraved with the Spirit Hall logo, and the life breath exuded by the person inside was not that of Sarath, but a strange breath that Lin Rong had never seen before.

Because of this, he was not able to learn about the arrival of the Spirit Hall in the first place.

"Yes." The old housekeeper followed behind Lin Rong, clasped his hands together, and answered with a slight bend:
"Half a month ago, Sarath was removed from his position as the bishop of the Wuhun Hall of Tiandou City, and another platinum bishop Lawrence took over the position."

"As for the reason for the dismissal, it's ridiculous. The Spirit Hall lost five Title Douluo in the Western Province. Someone must take responsibility for such a huge loss."

"The Pope cannot be wrong, so the one who can take the blame is Sarath, the one who represents the alliance between Spirit Hall and the Tiandou Royal Family."

"Moreover, not only was Sarath removed from his position as the bishop of the Tiandou City Spirit Hall, but he was also stripped of his status as one of the four platinum bishops. He became a second-level cardinal, and his status and power are much lower than before."

"Young Master, you were in seclusion at that time, and I thought it was not a big deal, so I didn't disturb you."

After listening to it, Lin Rong suddenly understood.

When the leader does something wrong, his subordinates take the blame.

It seems that no matter which world you are in, this is the norm.

The four platinum bishops of the Spirit Hall: Cross, Sarath, Lordiala, and Lawrence. Among them, Cross and Sarath have the highest spirit power, at level 89 and 87 respectively, and have served as bishops of the Spirit Hall in the capitals of the Xingluo Empire and the Tiandou Empire respectively.

The remaining two, Lordiara and Lawrence, have much lower soul power than them, one is level 85 and the other is level 84.

And now, Cross was dismissed because of the annihilation of the Wind Sword Sect, which was more or less related to Lin Rong, but Sarath was dismissed purely to take the blame for Bibi Dong.

Looking at Tang San walking in the front, Lin Rong thought:

"Looking at Tang San's expression just now, it seems that he didn't know that Sarath had been dismissed."

"I just don't know whether Tang San is oblivious to what is happening outside, or Tai Long is deliberately hiding this information."

The group walked through the castle and came to the garden at the back.

At this moment, many guests have arrived. They gathered in groups of two or three, talking in low voices about today's topic.

After Lin Rong walked into the garden, he looked around and then walked straight to a secluded corner of the garden.

In that secluded corner, Marquis Ye Wenxin was sitting there alone.

Except for a few young guests in the garden, all the other guests knew that Ye Wenxin liked Lin Rong's mother.

Therefore, when they saw Lin Rong walking towards Ye Wenxin's position, they looked at each other and changed the topic of conversation at the same time.

"From the looks of it, Duke Lin must have learned about the matter between Marquis Ye and his mother from his housekeeper."

"Back then, when Marquis Ye was still the Ye Prince, he fell in love with the eldest daughter of the Du family at first sight. Unfortunately, because of the Ye family's inherited martial spirit, they were destined to be impossible to be together."

"You can't say that. Everyone in Tiandou City knows about the curse of the Ye family's martial spirit. The eldest lady of the Du family is aware of this. She has never had any feelings for Ye Shizi from the beginning. It was just an unrequited love between them."

……

In a quiet corner, Ye Wenxin saw Lin Rong coming over and was about to say something when Lin Rong's telepathic message rang in his mind.

"There are outsiders here, so behave normally."

Lin Rong sat down silently beside Ye Wenxin, while the old butler stood beside him.

"Level 75. In a little over half a year, you have increased your soul power by two levels. It seems that you have opened up at least one of the eight extraordinary meridians."

Lin Rong looked at Ye Wenxin and continued to ask:

"How is your Xuan Tian Gong training going? How many of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians have you opened up?"

Ye Wenxin looked at Lin Rong, pretending to say something, but actually replied with soul power:
"I have a soul force of over seventy levels, and I have successfully cultivated the Xuantian Gong to the seventh level."

"The progress of the eight extraordinary meridians is slower. I just opened up the second one not long ago."

Afterwards, Ye Wenxin seemed to be hesitant to speak, but finally asked in a voice transmission:
"My Lord, there are rumors out there that the meteor shower a few months ago was related to the gods. What do you think?"

Ye Wenxin knew very well that the curse of the Nine-Hearted Begonia could probably only be lifted by the legendary gods.

Half a year ago, half of the reason why he surrendered to Lin Rong was because Lin Rong showed his divinity in front of him.

(End of this chapter)