Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 325, Section 344: A Basket of Golden Dragon Fruit
After Yu Xiaogang finished recounting his experiences, the ghost spoke up, "Yu Xiaogang, are you sure that a female Soul Master from our Martial Soul, who claimed to be an Elder of the Martial Soul Hall's Judgment, gave you a Golden Dragon Fruit?"

“That’s right.” Yu Xiaogang nodded.

The higher-ups on the Spirit Hall side couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle.

"What are you laughing at?" Yu Xiaogang was bewildered.

“Our Spirit Hall’s current adjudication elder is Qian Daoliu, one of the two great spirit masters of the Spirit Master world, the Angel Douluo. How could he be a female spirit master?” Ghostly explained.

Yu Xiaogang: "."

"No, that's not right, it's a woman. She claims to be an elder of the Judgment, how could she not be?" Yu Xiaogang exclaimed in disbelief.

Bibi Dong said to Ning Fengzhi, Yu Xiaomen, and Huo Qiqiang, "The three sect leaders represent forces outside of my Spirit Hall. Based on your understanding of my Spirit Hall, do you know who the current Tribunal Elder of the Spirit Hall is?"

"Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu." Sect Master Huo acted as if it were none of his business.

“Your Majesty, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu.” Yu Xiaomen glared fiercely at Yu Xiaogang and said to Bibi Dong.

Ning Fengzhi said stiffly, "It is Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu." At this moment, he began to regret stepping forward to help Yu Xiaogang stir up trouble. The fact that Qian Daoliu was a judge elder of the Spirit Hall was a secret known to the higher-ups in the spirit master world. But you got your head stuck in a hole and couldn't even come up with a better reason. You said that Qian Daoliu was a woman.

“Yu Xiaogang, now that things are clear, none of the female judges in our Spirit Hall have given you a Golden Dragon Fruit,” Bibi Dong said to Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang was dumbfounded. Was this... a hallucination?

"Yu Xiaogang." At this moment, Yu Xiaomen stepped forward again to undermine him. He pointed at Yu Xiaogang and cursed, "After being a good-for-nothing for so many years, you've become delusional. How could the Spirit Hall possibly give you a precious Golden Dragon Fruit for no reason? I think you're just jealous that your friend Lin Chen possesses the Golden Sacred Dragon Spirit, which is something you can only dream of."

"I...I'm not jealous at all," Yu Xiaogang said angrily, his neck stiff. He turned his head to look at Lin Chen, who was standing with his arms crossed, not saying a word, but looking at Yu Xiaogang with a smug expression.

Yu Xiaogang's eyes immediately turned red. He pointed at Lin Chen and roared angrily, "Fine, then how did Lin Chen's martial soul evolve from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to the Golden Sacred Dragon? Can your Starfire Academy provide an explanation?"

The Snow Maiden merely touched the soul guide ring on her hand, and a fruit basket appeared in her palm, indeed filled with dozens of golden dragon fruits.

All the dragon-type martial spirits present were attracted by it, and a look of longing appeared in their eyes.

Looking at that basket of golden dragon fruit, Yu Xiaogang broke down once again.

I've been chasing after the Golden Dragon Fruit for most of my life. I even gave up my reputation to get it, and now you're telling me you have a basket of Golden Dragon Fruit here.

But what good are all these Golden Dragon Fruits? Luo Sanpao abandoned me. Even if I take one more, what difference will it make? Will I evolve into a golden giant spotted pig? Besides, your Starfire Academy has so many Golden Dragon Fruits, wouldn't it be better to give Lin Chen one? Why do you have to steal this poor soul's Golden Sacred Dragon from me?!

"Our Starfire Academy possesses so many Golden Dragon Fruits. Would you be satisfied with our explanation that we should give one to our seeded player to help his martial soul evolve into a Golden Sacred Dragon?" the Snow Maiden said.

Yu Xiaogang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"If that's the case, then the matter is clear."

"Wait—" Now, the situation has slid to an extremely unfavorable position for Yu Xiaogang. If this matter ends like this, then Yu Xiaogang will forever lose his beloved Golden Sacred Dragon. No, today, no matter what, he must force the Spirit Hall to put pressure on Starfire Academy and reclaim his Golden Sacred Dragon. So he said, "Then why does your Starfire Academy possess so many precious spirits? The Seven Treasure Exquisite Pagoda and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda have always been the inheritance of the Seven Treasure Ning family, the Clear Sky Hammer is the inheritance of the Tang family, and the Golden Sacred Dragon and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex have only appeared in our Yu family in history. Your contestants do not have these noble bloodlines, yet they possess these noble spirits. Don't you have an explanation for this? It must be that you used despicable means to seize other people's spirits, it must be!" By the end, Yu Xiaogang's tone had become resolute.

He asked the question that was on the minds of all the noble soul masters: you peasants, whose ancestors for eighteen generations have never had the blood of a noble soul master, where did you come from those martial souls that belonged only to nobles?

Ning Fengzhi said to Xue Nu, "This is also a point that puzzles me. I wonder if Your Majesty, the Ice Emperor, could provide an explanation?"

Yu Xiaomen and Huo Qiqiang, representing the noble soul masters, also demanded an explanation from Xue Nu.

Bibi Dong said to Xue Nu, "Your Majesty the Ice Emperor, I hope you can explain this point of doubt in the Soul Master world."

Snow Maiden nodded and said to Bibi Dong, "Your Holiness, I hope that your Spirit Hall can find me a six-year-old boy whose spirit has not yet awakened. Of course, it would be best if his ancestors were of ordinary blood and did not inherit a powerful spirit."

Bibi Dong nodded, then gestured for a cardinal to handle the matter.

The cardinal immediately carried out the order, and after a while, a boy was brought to the Spirit Hall Square and placed directly in front of Yu Xiaogang.

The Snow Maiden flashed to the plaza and said to the Spirit Hall personnel, "Could you awaken his spirit?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Spirit Hall personnel immediately organized to awaken the spirit of the young man, while the surrounding people watched this scene with curiosity.

The boy's martial spirit awakened quickly. His martial spirit was a hoe, with zero innate soul power, a standard useless martial spirit, destined to never become a soul master.

"Your Majesty, Ice Emperor, what do you intend to do with this peasant?" Yu Xiaogang asked humbly, though his words subtly conveyed a sense of superiority over such a lowly person. In Yu Xiaogang's eyes, even though his martial soul was a large spotted pig, he was still a Soul Master, a level 29 Great Soul Master, belonging to a completely different class and world from this peasant.

"Just kneel and watch from the side," the Snow Maiden said to the boy. "Given your current situation, you're destined never to become a Soul Master. Let me ask you a question: Do you want to become a Soul Master?"

"I think so." The boy nodded.

(End of this chapter)