Every word was a masterful sob story. The onlookers were stunned....she was damaging herself eight hundred points to wound the enemy twelve hundred.
"Alright, little Ke. Even if your father died young, you shouldn't speak of him like that. After all, respect the dead—harping on it isn't proper."
When Yuan Longxuan spoke, the critical hit doubled.
He scooped the 1.45-meter loli into his arms, then fixed Xue Ye with a warm, "kindly" gaze that clearly said: She's mine now. Lay a hand on her today, and I'll topple your throne.
Everyone except Xue Ye and Xue Xing struggled to hold back laughter.
With no money left to pay salaries, the Tiandou royal family was indeed in disarray
That five billion had been the empire's accumulated treasury over a thousand years.....plucked clean in one go by Yuan Longxuan!
"Ahem! If there's nothing else, we should head out.
The team is waiting for me to join them for late-night snacks. Old man Xue Ye, see you tomorrow~"
With that, Yuan Longxuan set Xue Ke down from his lap and strolled away leisurely with the two little girls.
"Uh, Your Majesty, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect has matters to attend to today, so I'll take my leave first."
"Your Majesty, I also..."
One minute later, Xue Ye stood alone on the lofty viewing platform, shivering in the cold wind.
He wanted to rage, but feared being overheard by the departing Yuan Longxuan. In the end, he swallowed his foul words.
Yet just as Yuan Longxuan left the imperial city, he noticed Bishop Salas—who had been lurking in the background, enjoying the show—all this time, now trailing behind him.
"Anything you need?"
Yuan Longxuan turned, his golden eyes glinting with faint menace toward the man following him.
"That... I—His Holiness the Pope instructed me to deliver this letter to you, my lord. Please read it."
Salas hardly dared to breathe. Given the Pope's attitude toward Yuan Longxuan, he wouldn't dream of showing the slightest disrespect.
Yuan Longxuan opened the letter. Inside was a single sentence.....and a Pope's Decree???
The moment Salas caught sight of the decree, he dropped straight to his knees.
"Spirit Hall's Salas pays respects to Your Excellency."
Three minutes later, Yuan Longxuan returned to the Tianshui team.
As for the message Bibi Dong had sent via Salas....it simply told him to use the front entrance next time he came to see her.
[Next time you come to me, use the front door. That old fossil Qian Daoliu won't dare say a word.]
Damn it—why did this feel like a man sneaking around for an affair?
After dinner with Erlong and the girls at his Ju Xiang Pavilion, Yuan Longxuan prepared to head back to the hotel he had booked a month in advance.
For the next month, they would be facing off against so-called geniuses every day. How could they perform at their best without proper rest?
Xue Ke and the little cat girl Jiang Jing only needed to eat well, drink well, and play well.....this month was essentially a long vacation for the two of them.
When there were matches, they would sit beside Yuan Longxuan and watch. When there weren't, he would take them out to wander the city.
Yuan Longxuan, Xiao Wu, Liu Erlong, and Han Ruyan....each of the four would take three or four of the girls out in turns.
Aside from Xiao Wu, a peak level 98 Super Douluo, the other three were all Limit Douluo.
Add in the hordes of black-armored Limit Douluo puppets, and it was nearly impossible for anything to happen to the girls.
For fairness, the four adults rotated who they escorted.
Yuan Longxuan took: Bing'er, Xue Wu, Xue Ke, and Yue'er.
Xiao Wu had: Wu Ling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
Ruyan followed with: Shen Liuyu, Yu Hairou, and Meng Yiran.
Erlong led: Yanzi, the little cat girl Jiang Jing, and Zhu Zhuyun.
Perfectly balanced.....Yuan Longxuan with four, the others with three each.
Tiandou City had plenty of fun places anyway. A huge group would draw too much attention; splitting up like this made things much more relaxed.
After planning the next day's post-match outing over dinner, they all headed back to the reserved hotel.
Same old recipe, same old flavor—just like when the Tianshui team first came to Tiandou for practical training, Yuan Longxuan had booked the entire top floor.
On the way back, however, they stumbled upon a rather amusing scene.
Inside Tiandou City, outside a hotel....the new trio of scoundrels, drunk on the roadside.
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