In Douluo Continent, the Pope used me as a substitute for my first love.

Chapter 144 The Medical Master (×) The PUA Master (√)

"Holy crap, an old chrysanthemum?!"

When a group of powerful warriors who had just reached the Soul Douluo level suddenly appeared in his territory, including his mortal enemy Chrysanthemum Douluo, Dugu Bo was immediately filled with surprise and doubt after a brief moment of stunned silence.

"That old poisoner!"

Upon hearing the voice, Yue Guan turned around calmly. His face did not show anger at Dugu Bo's address; instead, it was somewhat amused.

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

"you……"

Dugu Bo opened his mouth, about to ask why he was here, but suddenly caught sight of Wang Zhao, who, despite being surrounded by a group of powerful figures, showed no panic and instead appeared quite relaxed. Dugu Bo's eyes widened in surprise.

"Grand Tutor Wang, Wang Zhao, can you explain to this old man what's going on?!"

As he spoke, he quickly noticed the "Qianhuang Douluo" he had met once before in the crowd. As he scanned the crowd with his spiritual power, he suddenly realized that a group of Soul Masters were surrounding the poison array that Wang Zhao had set up. These were none other than the Dragon Martial Soul Saint Guardians who had been secretly protecting Wang Zhao before.

The figures of Wang Zhao, Qian Jun, Yue Guan, and others seemed to overlap in his mind. Recalling the scene of "the Spirit Hall chasing down the Ancient Dragon Clan" not long ago, his years of experience in the mainland gave him some guesses.

Wang Zhao did not shy away from this, and took a small step forward to meet Dugu Bo's gaze.

"Senior Dugu, as you can see, you no longer need to harbor doubts in your heart, because I can tell you directly—"

"This is His Holiness the current Pope of the Spirit Hall; this is not called Qianhuang Douluo, but Qianjun Elder of the Spirit Hall; these are the elders of the Spirit Hall..."

As for me.

Wang Zhao gave a final, slight smile.

"I am Wang Zhao, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall."

"We are all from the Spirit Hall."

"...What exactly do you want?"

Dugu Bo's expression was unpredictable, especially when he looked at Wang Zhao, he seemed to feel a pang of indignation for some reason.

And Wang Zhao's expression remained remarkably calm...

Blanch!

The young man lacked martial ethics, played tricks, and deceived the old man's feelings.

"We don't want to do anything, it's just that the continent has been in turmoil for hundreds of years, and in recent years, the major powers have been on the verge of war. The Spirit Hall just wants to end all of this."

Bibi Dong then stepped forward and spoke.

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo immediately understood that the Spirit Hall was preparing to devour the continent. He then connected this to the appearance of the "Ancient Dragon Clan" at this time, which seemed to indicate that they were planning something big.

After a moment of silence, Dugu Bo, not intending to argue about Bibi Dong's words, forced himself to calm down and continued to ask:

"So what do you want from me?"

"Of course, join my Spirit Hall! Let's grow stronger together and create new glories!"

His response was Ju Douluo Yue Guan's sinister voice, which ended with two eerie "heh heh" laughs.

"impossible!"

Dugu Bo refused without even thinking about it.

"As you know, I have a grudge against this old chrysanthemum, and it's impossible for us to work together."

"Besides, I, Dugu Bo, am not one to be subservient to others..."

"resentment?"

Wang Zhao spoke up at this moment.

"What grudge can't be resolved?"

"Shut up, you brat!"

Wang Zhao was fine when he didn't speak, but as soon as he did, Dugu Bo's face turned gloomy.

"No matter how eloquently you speak, I, Dugu Bo, will never yield today!"

"Is that so..."

Wang Zhao immediately looked regretful.

"Senior Dugu, you are determined to fight to the death, but it's a pity for Miss Dugu Yan who is still cultivating. After she woke up, she should have been able to soar to great heights and reach the Title Douluo level or even higher. Did you notice? Her soul power is about to advance to level 30."

"A Soul Master who's not even twelve years old, tsk, tsk."

"What do you mean? Are you planning to use Yanyan to threaten me out of gratitude?"

Dugu Bo's weakness was touched, and he couldn't help but take a half step back, speaking with a fierce but inwardly weak tone.

"No."

Wang Zhao simply shook his head at this.

"I have never owed you any favors, so how can you claim I am taking advantage of your kindness?"

Swish!

Just then, Dugu Bo couldn't help but reveal his beast spirit phantom, which was a giant dragon that was tens of meters long, covered with green scales, with two crystal-clear green dragon horns on its head, red-gold eyes, four ferocious and terrifying claws, and huge wings on its back. It was the Azure Scale Golden-Eyed Dragon that had successfully transformed according to Wang Zhao's plan.

"Then what is this?"

Dugu Bo pointed at his martial spirit and questioned it loudly.

"Of course..."

Wang Zhao smiled.

"It was a help to a friend."

"friend?"

Dugu Bo frowned slightly.

"As you can see, the Pope, Elders, and other dignitaries from the Spirit Hall are gathered here... Do you really think you deserve such a grand display?"

Wang Zhao's sudden question.

"What do you mean?"

Dugu Bo's expression changed slightly, then he seemed to understand something and suddenly looked at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

"That's right. There is no other power on the entire continent that deserves our attention, not even the Haotian Sect; only this treasure land, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, and the immortal herbs."

Wang Zhao spoke eloquently.

"But if I wanted to, I wouldn't have needed to wait this month at all; today's situation would have happened sooner. Even without resorting to extreme measures, I could have simply treated your illness as usual and then taken over this medicinal garden without revealing the Spirit Hall's plans to you, thus avoiding the risk of exposure. The reason I kept my promise to treat your poison, even telling you about the preciousness of the immortal herbs, and expending effort to help your spirit complete its 'dragon transformation,' is because I believed you would never have been an enemy..."

"But friends."

"When facing friends, I think it's best to be honest. Besides, as the saying goes, there are no insurmountable grudges in this world. Moreover, what you have to do with our Chrysanthemum Douluo is just some minor grudge. It's only because of your pride that you've been entangled with him for so long, as if you're irreconcilable enemies."

"As for your concern about being subordinate to others, it's nothing more than a matter of dignity and freedom. But I want to ask you, does joining the Spirit Hall mean that you, as a dignified Title Douluo, will lose your dignity and the respect you deserve? As for freedom, how many people in this world can be truly free? Are you free now? Can you let your granddaughter act recklessly and stand in front of her to block everything for her? If you ultimately have to do a few things for the Heaven Dou Empire to achieve your goals, the Spirit Hall can help you, and even help you better."

"Furthermore, if you have a relaxed personality and don't want to join the troublesome Spirit Hall, you can also join the 'Ancient Dragon Clan,' which embraces all rivers and all dragons, as a Spirit Master with the Azure Scale Golden Eye Dragon Spirit, just like the Peerless Dragon and Snake Clan."

Wang Zhao smiled lightly as the true intentions were revealed.

"I guarantee you'll have less work and better treatment. I'll also do my best to nurture your granddaughter, Miss Dugu Yan, so that she can become at least a Super Douluo in the future, someone even younger than the Daily Douluo Tang Hao."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to tell you. I'm actually the same age as Miss Dugu Yan, and I'm still a little short of 12. My current soul power level is 49, and I'll be able to reach level 50 soon and become a Soul King."

(End of this chapter)