Nowadays, many rumors are circulating in Heaven Dou City.
Tang Yuehua is a renowned figure in the city, the esteemed mistress of the Moon Pavillion, a place that all nobles aspire to join. As such, every move she makes is closely watched.
A man frequently entering Lady Yuehua's private office was unheard of until now. Moreover, there were also rumors of a special relationship between Lady Yuehua and Emperor Xue Ye.
As for Gu Yi, his information had long been on the desks of the city's elite. They only knew that he was the dean of a spirit master academy, but dared not investigate further, for they saw the shadow of the Poison Douluo behind him. And no one in Heaven Dou City would dare to offend a Titled Douluo over such a trivial matter.
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Tianwen Academy
"Now I finally understand why Brother Yi hasn't been interested in women all these years. He simply doesn't care for the common type," Ma Hongjun commented, despite his recent changes, he couldn't abandon his love for gossip.
"But Brother Yi's taste has remained consistent, always favoring women with ample figures," Oscar added, sharing the same preference.
Zhu Zhuqing paused for a moment but then continued to walk away. Today's failure had frustrated her; she could tell that today's training was entirely a test of willpower, unrelated to talent or cultivation level. She had failed early in a training she should have excelled in. Thinking about the images that flooded her mind during the invasion of evil thoughts, the cold aura around her intensified.
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Shrek Academy, formally known as Blue Tyrant Academy
Flender and his group had followed Liu Erlong to Heaven Dou City, successfully taking over the academy she had built over twenty years. Flender had also heard about the rumors between Gu Yi and Tang Yuehua and couldn't help but sigh.
"Flender, let's try again to see if we can perform the Martial Spirit Fusion," Yu Xiaogang suggested. For some reason, their martial spirit connection had disappeared recently. Despite their previous 99% compatibility, they could no longer sense each other's martial spirits anymore. Their famed Golden Iron Triangle's fusion skill no longer worked, something they couldn't understand.
The reason why the three of them had made a name for themselves as the Golden Iron Triangle was because of their martial spirit fusion techniques. Otherwise, with their initial cultivation, it would have been almost impossible for them to make a name for themselves in the Spirit Master world, especially with a drag like Yu Xiaogang on their backs.
"Let's try" Flender agreed, equally puzzled. Even after being apart for over twenty years, they could still instantly fuse into the Golden Sacred Dragon upon reunion. But now, it was like they had lost all their chemistry.
Liu Erlong and Flender poured their spirit power into Luo San Pao's body as usual, if it was according to the previous situation, Luo San Pao would have been able to transform into the Golden Holy Dragon. But now nothing happened.
Poof!
Suddenly, Yu Xiaogang spat out blood and collapsed. His mutated, failed martial spirit, Luo San Pao, could no longer handle the fusion's powerful spirit energy, resulting in backlash and injury.
"Xiaogang, are you alright?" Flender was the fastest and immediately hugged Yu Xiaogang, even if the fusion of the martial spirits was unsuccessful, he shouldn't have been injured.
Yu Xiaogang was not unconscious and had only suffered some internal injuries. Martial spirits are connected to the human body, and if a martial spirit was harmed, the body would also be harmed. Luo San Pao is only a failed mutated martial spirit, if he could still fuse his spirit power to evolve into the Golden Holy Dragon, it would have been fine.
But now that the fusion of martial spirits is not possible, naturally, he cannot withstand such a powerful spirit power. Naturally, there would be backlash.
"Why? Why?" Yu Xiaogang roared to the sky in anger. The fusion was the only time in his entire life he ever felt powerful, and now he was back to being a useless spirit master.
"Flender, is it you? Are you refusing to cooperate?" Yu Xiaogang accused from Flender's arms. Fusion failure could only be due to two reasons: Low compatibility or Lack of mutual agreement. The latter seemed to be the only plausible cause. Yu Xiaogang knew he wasn't resisting, and Liu Erlong's obsession with him ruled her out. That left only Flender. After all it was because of him that he had to sever the relationship between himself and Gu Yi
Flender was stunned by the accusation. He had severed ties with Gu Yi and gave up pursuing Liu Erlong all for the sake of Yu Xiaogang, and yet he only received accusations and mistrust in return. His face turned cold, his concern withdrawn. They have been friends and brothers for so many years, and it really hurts his feelings to hear him say this. Even Liu Erlong couldn't understand Yu Xiaogang now. But this didn't stop her from worrying about Yu Xiaogang.
"Don't worry, Erlong. Yu Xiaogang has only suffered minor internal injuries. A recovery pill will fix it," Flender said, helping Yu Xiaogang up before leaving, feeling betrayed and saddened by the mistrust.
Yu Xiaogang, nearly hysterical, blamed Flender, "He must still hate me for driving away his disciple, refusing to cooperate, and causing my injury."
Liu Erlong looked at Yu Xiaogang who had almost gone crazy and comforted him, "Flender isn't like that. Maybe there's another issue. Don't worry, Xiaogang. With your intellect, you'll definitely find the problem."
Despite her gentle reassurance, Yu Xiaogang remained obsessed, unable to listen. He had spent over ten days researching without any results.
If Flander was still here, he would have said, "Ten days is nothing. When Gu Yi was researching his spirit skills, he didn't even need ten days."
(End Of This Chapter)