Douluo Continent: My plan to slay the gods has been exposed!

Chapter 74: Is Gengxin City Gone?

"If the Spirit Hall doesn't welcome us, we'll just leave. Why humiliate us like this!"

"They actually expect us to take orders from a little girl?!"

The blacksmith team, who had been blocked in the middle by a whole team of law enforcement officers for a long time and were already suppressing their anger, not only did they not receive the treatment they deserved, but they also heard that they had to listen to the orders of a little girl who was not even as old as their own children. How could they possibly agree to that?

The blacksmith in charge was waving his hammer and causing a ruckus in the street. Although he didn't dare to actually hurt anyone, his cursing and swearing really infuriated the law enforcement officers.

Oscar was a little annoyed at the scene that was about to turn into chaos again, while Ning Rongrong, who was standing to the side, crossed her arms and looked at the noisy group with a cold gaze, without saying a word.

"Don't you want to follow the rules?"

"It's alright, Wuhun City respects everyone's wishes."

Only when the surrounding residents, who were munching on sunflower seeds and watching the commotion, and the other law enforcement officers appeared one after another, did a cold voice slowly drift over.

"Rongrong."

Oscar turned around in surprise. Ning Rongrong's face was devoid of her usual arrogance and cuteness; her eyes were cold and indifferent.

"The Soul Guidance Device Academy issued a recruitment notice a month ago, inviting you to work here. The basic working period is five years, and the salary is three times that of other places."

Ning Rongrong looked at the group and said expressionlessly, "But it's not like we can't do without you. What we need is a group of skilled blacksmiths, not a bunch of rich kids. If you feel this is inappropriate, then go back to where you came from. Wuhun City doesn't welcome you."

The foreman blacksmith put down his hammer, frowned, and looked at Ning Rongrong: "Little girl, are you sure you can make this decision?"

"Time is truly a strange thing. The Spirit Hall has only been quiet for half a year, and not only have news spread that His Holiness the Pope has gone mad and is unable to govern, but you have also forgotten the painful lessons of the past. Are you preparing to run wild on the Spirit Hall's head?"

"Just because a tiger closes its eyes and takes a nap, does that mean it won't eat people?"

Ning Rongrong stared at him coldly, watching the blacksmith's face gradually darken and fear spread in his eyes. Suddenly, she understood why Bibi Dong was so domineering, ruthless, and unforgiving back then!

If we cannot maintain a consistently tough stance, some scoundrels who can't see the situation will try to crawl onto our heads and disgust us. If there is still no reaction, then even more scoundrels will swarm in until they cover our entire bodies and devour our flesh!

"I apologize, sir, we have overstepped our bounds."

The blacksmith leader bowed his head in embarrassment and apologized. Hearing the tsk-tsk sounds around him, he felt a burning urge to hammer a hole in the ground and crawl into it!

But more than losing face, he was worried about displeasing the Spirit Hall.

Back then, it was because of the Spirit Hall that a group of unpopular blacksmiths were driven out of the prosperous area. Although they later built Gengxin City, a city of forging, on their own, making a name for themselves in the capital was always a dream they dared to dream of but dared not mention.

"Damn it, that son of a bitch said that the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School are now only superficially united, and have offended almost all the powers in the world."

"They're not weak at all! The patrol teams on the streets are led by Soul Emperors, and there are plenty of Soul Douluos watching from the shadows."

What terrified him most were the terrifyingly powerful figures among the crowd that had gathered around him. In just a short while, more than twenty or thirty of them appeared. How the hell was he supposed to fight them?

Do all those titled Douluo from those forces really amount to more than half the number of those from the Spirit Hall?

"Now that you've made up your mind, let's not waste any more time."

Even when the other party bowed their head and admitted their mistake, Ning Rongrong remained indifferent, directing a team of law enforcement officers to follow behind her, and leading these people familiarly toward the center of Wuhun City.

"Wow, that's amazing, Rongrong! You can even mobilize the Spirit Hall's people?"

"I never imagined Uncle Ning's status in the Spirit Hall was higher than I thought!"

Oscar withdrew his gaze, deliberately walked behind his girlfriend, and spoke cautiously, with a hint of pride and emotion.

You can say the Spirit Hall is bad, but you can never say the Spirit Hall is incompetent.

Bibi Dong alone has nine titled Douluo under her command, not to mention the several reclusive elders in the Spirit Hall who focus solely on cultivation. Compared to the Sword and Bone Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Spirit Hall's apparent strength is undoubtedly far greater.

"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing her boyfriend's daydreaming expression, Ning Rongrong looked at him speechlessly: "What does our temporary mobilization of the city's law enforcement force have to do with my dad? It's entirely because of that!"

"Is this little gadget really that amazing?"

Oscar stared at the silver-gray badge in Ning Rongrong's hand with a puzzled expression, his confusion undiminished.

What do you think?

The little witch chuckled: "The badge of the first generation of students of the Soul Guidance Device Academy and Research Institute is directly under the command of His Holiness the Pope of the Spirit Hall. Let me put it this way: as long as I am still in the academy, this thing itself has the same appeal as the cardinal of the Spirit Hall."

A figurehead with the same influence as a cardinal?!

"Little one, are you sure you're not lying?"

Oscar's eyes widened, and just as he was about to speak, an old voice asked directly.

"There's no need to lie about this, and I don't need it to enhance my status."

Ning Rongrong put the silver-gray baby bottle badge back into her soul tool, turned around and looked at the burly old man standing behind her, a slow smile appearing on her lips: "Long time no see, Senior Lou Gao."

For most of the year, Ning Rongrong devoted herself entirely to the affairs of the sect, whether it was the construction of the "Outer City" with the Spirit Hall, the later "Starry Sky Merchant Guild", or the discovery of some characteristics of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which led her to devote herself to the research of soul tools. As a result, she had no time to look back on the past for a long time.

It's no wonder that the leader of the top organization that used to handle hidden weapon orders in the sect had a somewhat weak impression of the sect. Moreover, since the sect handed over these small hidden weapons to the Spirit Hall, there was no need for the sect to pay expensive fees to send a third party to participate.

But more importantly, Lou Gao, with his completely white hair, tired eyes, and an air of decline, is indeed very different from his former image.

He looked as if he had aged twenty or thirty years.

"Those kids in front were just a little annoyed because they'd been left hanging for so long, being watched like monkeys, so they spoke without thinking," Lou Gao's lips moved, his tone becoming much lower: "Please don't take offense, Princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"We can now accept the Spirit Hall's orders."

I feel like something's not right.

Ning Rongrong and Oscar exchanged a glance, their expressions subtly shifting.

"Senior Lou Gao."

Ning Rongrong stopped, blinked, and looked at the listless, exhausted old man in front of her. She cautiously asked, "Has anything happened recently?"

"I met the wrong person."

Lou Gao gave a bitter laugh.

"Gengxin City is gone."

(End of this chapter)