In Douluo Continent, there is a proper way to die.

Chapter 103 Excellent Matching Mechanism (4000 words)

Guangling Douluo led Yinlan to meet the elders one by one. After a while, the group saw Qian Renxue leave the Papal Palace and walk over.

"Finished talking?" Yinlan looked at Qian Renxue, who seemed relieved and refreshed, and wondered what the mother and daughter had talked about in the Papal Palace.

However, Yinlan felt that the relationship between the two had not improved. Otherwise, there should have been two people coming out of the Papal Palace now, and Bibi Dong would have come out with them. So it must have been that Qian Renxue said something that she herself was happy about, which angered Bibi Dong.

Yinlan pondered to herself that the relationship between the mother and daughter was not something outsiders could interfere with. Currently, Qian Xunji still had a "glorious and majestic" "filter" in Qian Renxue's mind. If she didn't investigate the truth herself, outsiders wouldn't be able to get involved in this mess. This matter needed to be planned carefully, and Qian Renxue needed to be guided slowly to discover the truth.

"What's wrong, Lanlan? What are you thinking about?" As soon as Qian Renxue arrived, she saw Yinlan looking down in thought. Her childish face was full of seriousness, and her expression, which did not match her appearance, looked quite cute. She immediately smiled and couldn't help but go up and give Yinlan a "lift-up".

Yinlan was startled, her short legs flapping a few times in mid-air before she looked at the other person speechlessly: "Yesterday, when you and His Holiness the Pope were arguing in the Hall of Worship, I heard you talking about some 'plan to steal the country.' I suppose that's why you, Sister Xue'er, used that silly 'faking death' excuse to hide your identity for so many years, right?"

...Wow, this girl's sharp tongue is just as good as the Five Offerings!

The elders inwardly complained.

"What are you saying?" Qian Renxue held up Yinlan and pressed it against herself, their heads rubbing together. "Never mind if it's stupid or not, there are definitely idiots outside who believe it, so tell me, isn't that right?"

Her words left Yinlan speechless.

Damn, it's true! The matchmaking system in Douluo Continent is just too good. In the original history, until Qian Renxue was exposed, the whole world actually took the nonsense claim that "the young master of the Spirit Hall's Qian family died young due to illness" as fact.

Seeing her speechless expression, Qian Renxue chuckled, put her down, and, holding her hand, asked again, "So what are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering if what you're doing is worth it," Yinlan said, counting on her fingers. "Even though you've wasted some of your talent, Sister Xue'er, it's not too late. As long as you focus on your cultivation, within twenty years you'll be able to use the most righteous methods to take everything in the mortal world into your hands. Why bother with such laughable tricks?"

Of course, she specifically mentioned "the human world," but for the original Qian Renxue in history, that was enough.

"Why do you say that too?" Qian Renxue looked at her with some surprise.

……"also"?

Yinlan glanced at the Papal Palace subconsciously. Could it be that Bibi Dong had asked a similar question? But that shouldn't be the case. Didn't she want Qian Renxue to stay away from her? Why would she say something like that, trying to keep Qian Renxue?

Yinlan remembered that in the original history, when Qian Renxue first carried out the "plan to steal the country", her original intention was to get Bibi Dong's attention so as to gain her mother's approval. It wasn't until later that she devoted all her energy to it, which also happened to be Bibi Dong's idea: out of sight, out of mind.

Bibi Dong's feelings for Qian Renxue are extremely complicated. Even she herself doesn't know how to face this daughter. However, she can't get rid of the hatred she once had for Qian Xunji. Therefore, she hates Qian Renxue because of her and doesn't want to see her.

...After Bibi Dong became the true Rakshasa God, her behavior became much more normal. Compared with her crazy and erratic behavior during the main storyline, it is easy to see how much the evil thoughts of the former Rakshasa God influenced her.

...As for Bibi Dong's Rakshasa God Test, it was initiated on the day Qianxun died. In other words, this is the sixth year of her divine test inheritance. The influence of the Rakshasa God's evil intentions on her is not as excessive as it will be in the future.

...Yesterday, Qian Renxue said such outrageous things in the Hall of Offerings, but Bibi Dong did not get angry as everyone expected. This reaction was obviously strange...In other words, she did not really want to help Hu Liena compete for the position of Holy Maiden, but wanted to use it to coerce Qian Renxue to give up the "plan to steal the country" and come back.

...No, Bibi Dong's feelings for Hu Liena were genuine, so what she was thinking was to try to get Hu Liena the position of Saintess if possible, and if not, to force Qian Renxue back.

……real or fake?

Yinlan was startled by the result she had calculated. She felt that her guess was pretty accurate. No wonder Bibi Dong didn't seem to have much of a reaction after Hu Liena's defeat in the martial arts competition today. She was currently in a state of being crazy but not completely crazy.

"It's worth it," Qian Renxue's voice reached his ears, bringing Yin Lan back to his senses. His dark eyes met the other's azure pupils. "Besides, I just want to leave this place. It's not like I really want to waste my talent. I've been training the substitute for so many years, it's not like it's just sitting around doing nothing. Besides, won't you be there to supervise my training in the future? Wherever I train doesn't matter."

...Having you is enough.

Qian Renxue's eyes were filled with nothing but her.

"That makes sense." It seems that Qian Renxue is preparing to step down from the spotlight and let a stand-in take over her plan. Yin Lan nodded slightly. Theoretically, it would indeed be faster for her to cultivate with her than for her to stay cooped up in the Papal Palace.

Just like Yinluo complained before, there's nothing wrong with being a grave mound grass in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well (laughs). That place can be said to be the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in Douluo Star now, even stronger than the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest. The only thing to be careful about is that it is safer to cultivate in the Lake of Life, but if the ice and fire dual energy in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is not handled properly, it will affect the foundation of the soul master.

In theory, as long as one can withstand the extreme energies of ice and fire there, not only plant-type soul masters, but any soul master can accelerate their cultivation there, after all, it is the burial place of two genuine gods.

How to isolate the influence of the ice and fire aura there, and purify the spiritual energy of heaven and earth there, is of course the job (or fun) of our great fat dragon Gu Yuena.

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The Heavenly Dou Empire, Heavenly Dou City, the Dugu family mansion.

It was a holiday day for the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, and the purple-haired, green-eyed girl hummed a cheerful tune as she pushed open the gate to her courtyard.

"Grandpa, I'm back!" Dugu Yan walked in with cheerful steps.

"Yanyan is back," Dugu Bowen said gently, reclining in a wicker chair in the pavilion in the courtyard, sipping his fragrant tea. "Has anything interesting happened at the academy lately?"

Almost two weeks have passed since Yinlan and the others left. During this time, he went back to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye and was shocked. The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye behind the poisonous fog had changed drastically. For some reason, a large group of extremely vigorous Blue Silver Grass appeared on the outermost edge, forming a faint blue-green protective shield that firmly protected the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye inside.

Furthermore, Dugu Bo noticed that this large group of Blue Silver Grass actually possessed a kind of mental suggestion ability. If someone with ill intentions were to enter rashly, they might be led astray by that mental suggestion and become lost within the poisonous fog he had laid out.

He only breathed a sigh of relief after the Blue Silver King relayed Yin Lan's words to him and left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. The other party did not leave a way to contact him. The poison in his body had been completely absorbed into his soul core, so there was no need for the herbs planted inside. The reason he went there was to see if the child had woken up so that he could detoxify Dugu Yan. He did not expect to be too late.

Fortunately, the Blue Silver King said that the "princess" would come back to him on her own initiative, and the "princess" he was referring to should be that child, which finally put his mind at ease.

Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yan with some worry. His granddaughter's strange hair and eye color were also caused by years of poisoning, and now there was finally a solution.

Dugu Yan looked at Dugu Bo with some confusion. Ever since her grandfather's green hair turned back to its shiny silver color, she could feel that her grandfather, who used to be worried, was much more relaxed and had become much more energetic.

In the past week or so, she even wondered if her grandfather had started to gain weight, because Dugu Bo had indeed gotten a bit fatter. His originally thin face had started to fill out and become rounder, no longer the gaunt, zombie-like figure he used to be.

"Yes, Grandpa," Dugu Yan moved to the stone chair opposite Dugu Bo and sat down. She poured herself a cup of tea, moistened her throat, and said, "A new student came to our school a few days ago. He was admitted to the Heavenly Grade class as soon as he enrolled. His name is Yu Tianheng. I heard he is only one year older than me."

Yu Tianheng? The child of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Yu family? Why isn't he studying at their Thunder Academy? What's he doing at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, a place with such a decadent academic atmosphere? What's so special about this crappy school... wait, there really is something!

Dugu Bo's eyes widened. It wasn't that he was bragging, but if there was any treasure in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, it would undoubtedly be his granddaughter, Dugu Yan. After all, winning over his granddaughter would be equivalent to gaining a Title Douluo-level combat power like himself. The entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan only had one Title Douluo at the moment. Moreover, he knew that the old dragon Yu Yuanzhen's cultivation level was now on par with his, both at level 93.

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He was well aware of the school's atmosphere at Tian Dou Royal Academy, but it was indeed a school with a "clean background" and was considered one of the top schools. Sending Dugu Yan to study there would prevent the Dugu family from being labeled with any kind of power. Although Tian Dou Royal Academy was directly under the royal family, anyone with eyes could see Dugu Bo's intentions.

If I can't afford to mess with them, can't I at least avoid them?!

But unexpectedly, while he managed to avoid it, there were actually shameless people who dared to chase after him and sent their own outstanding children to this lousy school!

No, I have to sit up and listen!

Dugu Bo straightened his back and sat up abruptly, startling Dugu Yan.

"You haven't had any contact with that kid, have you?" Dugu Bo's expression turned serious as he asked.

In the past, when he had no hope of curing the poison, he would have tolerated it. After all, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was one of the three upper sects and possessed the number one beast spirit in the world. If he were to pass away one day, he could at least protect Dugu Yan to some extent.

But things are different now. He is now under Yinlan's command and is no longer a free man with no background. To avoid Yinlan misunderstanding, he is unwilling to get involved with any other forces.

"Grandpa, what are you thinking?" Dugu Yan rolled her eyes and said irritably, "I'm just surprised that his cultivation level is three levels higher than mine. We've only known each other for a few days, we're not even that close!"

Dugu Bo breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he didn't completely let his guard down. Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng weren't familiar with each other yet, but even a good woman can be swayed by persistent suitors. Who knew what the future held? He was still a little worried and planned to give his granddaughter some psychological preparation.

"It's good that you're not familiar with each other. That little lizard was clearly after you two," a young girl's voice came from the space shattering beside Dugu Bo, "If you two get together, whose martial spirit will your future child inherit? And whose surname will they take? What if they also get poisoned by your inheritance?"

"Who?" Dugu Yan had never seen such a strange scene before. She immediately stood up, her pupils turned into vertical pupils, and two yellow soul rings appeared behind her. Her face was full of panic, and she retreated repeatedly.

"Yanyan, it's alright, it's someone Grandpa knows." Dugu Bo quickly stepped forward to comfort his frightened granddaughter and gestured for her to withdraw her martial spirit.

"Grandpa Dugu, it's been a long time. How have you been?" Yinlan stepped out of the spatial rift and looked through it. She could vaguely see the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire on the other side. She smiled at the grandfather and granddaughter. "I was delayed for a few days because of some things. I brought you the immortal herbs that your granddaughter needed. Oh, and I also brought you an acquaintance."

As soon as she finished speaking, another figure in a white dress sprang out from the spatial rift, grabbed Dugu Bo's arm, her eyes bloodshot, staring intently at him, repeatedly muttering the same phrase: "What a waste! What a waste!"

He had a handsome face and a beautiful voice, but at this moment he acted like a vengeful ghost, which was terrifying.

"Chrysanthemum Pass?!" Dugu Bo exclaimed, nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—rising behind him. At the same time, he pulled his granddaughter behind him. "What are you doing here?!"

Yue Guan's face darkened.

"Alright, stop making such a fuss. I brought Grandpa Ju here specifically to resolve the old conflict between you two," Yin Lan said with a smirk. "I'm now in a cooperative relationship with the Spirit Hall to prevent things from turning out badly when our own people fight each other."

(End of this chapter)