Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 65 Do you want to hear the truth or be fooled?

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After all the commotion, Xuanming's life settled down again, but he wasn't sure how long this academy life would remain stable.

Life at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was similar to his time at the Spirit Academy. Since Xue Qinghe had given him a heads-up, no one was so brainless as to deliberately cause him trouble.

Because in the eyes of these nobles, he was Xue Qinghe's man, just like when he was at the Martial Soul Academy, the students' first impression of him was that he was Hu Liena's man, the Pope's man.

It's not that these students are particularly well-mannered; it's simply because they know he's not someone they can bully.

Without this background and status, these people wouldn't look at him much better than Prince Barak.

……

After school in the afternoon, Xuanming returned to the Ye residence.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy has student accommodation, and the conditions are excellent, even better than those of the Martial Soul Academy. Moreover, there is no differentiated accommodation here; students can choose between private dormitories or shared dormitories.

Those who want to live in a private dormitory only need to apply. Of course, the accommodation fee will be higher, but those who can study in this college don't care about that little bit of money.

As someone carrying a huge sum of money, Xuanming originally wanted to live on campus, which would be convenient for his cultivation and save him the trouble of traveling back and forth, and also because he didn't want to continue to cause trouble for others.

However, Dugu Yan said she was worried about him being alone in the academy as a child.

With Xue Qinghe's suggestion, the eldest prince hoped to gain the support of Poison Douluo and the future Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master through him, so he could only continue to stay with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

"You're lucky to have survived that kind of situation."

As soon as he entered the backyard, Xuanming saw a figure that he vaguely remembered.

Dugu Bo.

"You two talk." Ye Lan stood up and led the bewildered Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling out of the backyard.

"Do you really want me to die?" Xuanming asked.

“If I wanted you dead, you would have been dead long ago,” Dugu Bo said.

"I'm just curious, what have you been through?"

After investigating the Barak Kingdom and finding that the incident had nothing to do with them, he began to suspect that the Spirit Hall was behind it.

However, he had just fought a life-or-death battle with Yue Guan and the others not long ago, so it would be too dangerous for him to rush to Wuhun City. Therefore, he first went to Olay City to find the patrolling deacon who had sold Xuanming.

After all, if it really was Yue Guan and his group who did it, they would definitely resolve the matter in order to win people's hearts.

As expected, the patrol officer who sold Xuanming had already been taken away.

Thus, he confirmed that Xuanming had been taken to Wuhun City.

Originally, he was just inquiring about the kid in Wuhun City to see what was going on. If Xuanming had already joined the Wuhun Hall, he wouldn't care anymore.

However, before he could figure out the news from Wuhun City, he intercepted a secret message from a spy in Tiandou City about the First Prince Xue Qinghe and a child with a peculiar martial spirit.

Since Xuanming has already been taken to Wuhun City by Yueguan, why was he released back to Tiandou City?

"Do you want to hear the truth, or just some lies?" Xuanming asked.

Dugu Bo paused for a moment, then said, "Let's try to fool them first."

"I was lucky. After being carried away by a soul beast, I managed to survive in the Sunset Forest and, after many hardships, returned to Heaven Dou City," Xuan Ming said.

Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow. "I told you not to fool me, not to treat me like a fool."

That night, let alone a mere Soul Master like Xuanming, even a Soul Saint would be in extreme danger, not to mention that he had been searching in that forest for several days without seeing a single person.

"So you want to hear the truth?" Xuanming said.

"Alright, to tell you the truth, I've been kidnapped by Yue Guan, and now I'm a lackey of the Papal Palace."

Dugu Bo's eye twitched. "Stop! I didn't say I wanted to hear the truth."

Xuanming remained unmoved, walked towards the pavilion, sat down opposite Dugu Bo, and continued, "The Pope sent me back to infiltrate the First Prince Xue Qinghe's inner circle and wait for an opportunity. If you need anything during the operation, you can contact the Platinum Bishop Salas of the Martial Soul Temple in Tiandou City."

"In addition, if there is an opportunity, try to win over Dugu Yan as much as possible, and it would be best to use Dugu Yan to control you to work for the Spirit Hall."

Dugu Bo's face darkened. "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"

"Deliberately what?" Xuan Ming asked, puzzled. Dugu Bo took a deep breath. "I didn't hear anything."

Involving a prince of a country is definitely not a trivial matter; just hearing about it tells you there will be a lot of trouble.

“Of course you can pretend you didn’t hear anything,” Xuanming said.

"I'm not trying to drag you down, I'm just trying to make things clear to you."

"Aren't you afraid I'll ruin this?" Dugu Bo said.

"What's it to you?" Xuanming asked, puzzled.

Does this have anything to do with you?

Dugu Bo's eye twitched slightly. "Indeed, it has nothing to do with each other."

"Then why did you try to destroy it?" Xuanming asked.

“By sabotaging this, you will inevitably offend the Spirit Hall. You were almost killed last time. You don’t want to do it again, do you?”

"Even if you don't consider yourself, you should at least consider Dugu Yan, right?"

"You know perfectly well that the Spirit Hall's style of doing things is even better than yours."

Dugu Bo's expression froze. "Can't you even speak properly, kid?"

Is this praising him or insulting him?

"Sorry, I don't know how," Xuanming said.

"..."

Dugu Bo took a deep breath. "You'd better speak less in the future, or you might get beaten to death."

“That’s what the Pope said too, and I did almost die when I was in Wuhun City,” Xuanming said.

"Then why don't you learn your lesson?" Dugu Bo said speechlessly.

“You may be petty, but you wouldn’t kill me over a few words,” Xuanming said.

He was indeed a bit overwhelmed when he was in the offering hall, after all, the psychological pressure he was under at the time was really about to explode.

However, he still considered the situation when he said those things.

After all, he was just a six-year-old child. Qian Renxue went to so much trouble to make him obey, she couldn't possibly kill him over a few words.

Moreover, first impressions are very important. If he initially gives Qian Renxue the impression that he is obedient and easy to fool, then if she dares to show any opposition or disobedience later, it will be considered a rebellion.

If you've been an obedient dog for too long, then if you dare to even look up at me, it's considered a great disrespect.

If Qian Renxue is going to kill him because of those few words, then there's no need for him to be patient anymore.

After all, even if you survive by swallowing your pride, you still have to kneel on the ground like a dog every day, and you'll be beaten to death if you disobey even slightly.

Since we're all going to die anyway, why bother being treated like a dog for a while before we die?

Human patience has its limits. If one does not explode through patience, one will be completely tamed through patience.

People who have been kneeling for a long time will never want to stand up again, because they have long forgotten that they are kneeling, and even feel that others should be like them.

“Furthermore, if you lay a hand on me and disrupt the Spirit Hall’s plans, you’ll only be asking for trouble,” Xuanming said.

"I don't care about my worthless life, but you'd better think it through."

"Even if you, the old geezer, have lived long enough, Dugu Yan may not have lived long enough."

Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow. "Are you threatening me?"

"It's not a threat, just stating a fact. Of course, you can also take it as me abusing my power," Xuanming said.

"..." Dugu Bo.

You're so ruthless, you even curse yourself?

(End of this chapter)