Chapter 43: The Spirit Hall Returns in Defeat
Haotian Sect.

Tang Yuehua sat there alone, holding in her hand the soul guide that Di Hong had given her. She had not seen him since Di Hong sent her back. The last time she heard of him was when he killed a Soul Saint of the Xing Luo Empire on the battlefield.

To be honest, she was extremely worried when she heard the news, but when she knew that Di Hong was fine, she was relieved and happy for him.

Tang Hao, who had just finished training, saw his sister sitting there in a daze again, and couldn't help feeling helpless.

Next to him, a middle-aged man with a burly build and a face as sharp as a knife also shook his head helplessly. Tang Yuehua has often done this since he was rescued that time.

Finally, Tang Hao couldn't bear it anymore.

"Little sister, if you really want to see him, why don't you just go to the Kingdom of Silvester?"

After putting away the soul guide, Tang Yuehua stood up and bowed slightly to the middle-aged man.

"Big brother."

"Yeah." The man nodded slightly. He was Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua's older brother, Tang Xiao. Although they were siblings, he was fifteen years older than Tang Hao.

His bright eyes were a little gentle when he looked at Tang Yuehua. After all, she was his biological sister, and if he, as the eldest brother, didn't dote on her, who would? Although Tang Yuehua could not become a soul master, this did not affect his feelings.

"Yuehua, if you really want to see him again, maybe you will have the chance during the Soul Master Exchange Conference."

"Will he attend?" Tang Yuehua looked at Tang Xiao expectantly.

Tang Xiao nodded: "Yes, the royal family announced the list of people who will attend the soul master exchange meeting, and Di Hong's name is among them."

"To be honest, I also want to meet this boy you've been thinking about day and night. How did he manage to charm our good sister?"

"Brother!" Tang Yuehua said coquettishly, then turned her already blushing face to the side. She was now looking forward to the soul master exchange meeting.

"I also want to meet him and see who is better between me and him. Everyone says he is a genius, but I, Tang Hao, specialize in beating up geniuses."

Tang Hao hammered his hand, speaking with a very confident tone.

Tang Yuehua rolled her eyes at him.

"He was a Soul King at the age of twelve, and you haven't even reached Soul Emperor yet."

"So what? Our Clear Sky Hammer is invincible in the world." Tang Hao didn't care when the other party became a Soul King. In his opinion, all geniuses were nonsense under the Clear Sky Hammer. He could tell at a glance whether someone was a true genius by just hitting him with the Clear Sky Hammer.

He and Tang Xiao will also go to the soul master exchange meeting, and then they will be able to see how many geniuses there are on the continent and whether there are any strong people in the younger generation.

For so many years, he has been practicing with his elder brother in the sect and is bored to death.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past six months, Di Hong has been training in the mountains. After the training, he will go to fight with Di Yuan, a Soul Douluo-level soul master, who can bring him a good improvement.

In half a year, his strength improved by leaps and bounds. Although his soul power only increased by one level, his combat ability had a qualitative leap.

Under a waterfall deep in the mountains.

Di Hong sat cross-legged on a smooth stone, with no clothes on his upper body, revealing his nearly perfect muscle lines, broad back, wasp waist, and eight-pack abs. Di Hong now completely belonged to the type of person who looks thin when dressed and has muscular bodies when undressed.

The water from the waterfall fell on him, but the powerful impact did not affect him at all. He just sat on the stone without moving. Now he had completely withstood the impact of the water pressure, and his physical strength was no longer the same as before.

After half an hour, he slowly opened his eyes, and the moment he opened his eyes, a ray of light shot out from his eyes.

He stood up and looked around, then jumped onto the shore.

The moment he landed, his whole body was ignited with a blazing flame, and when the flames dissipated, his originally wet body was instantly dried by the flames. He took out a fiery red robe from the soul guide, and the moment he put it on, his muscular muscles were completely covered.

On a stone nearby, a fiery red sword was placed diagonally. He had a blacksmith specially make this sword using fire-refined iron. It was extremely sharp, but useless. In a battle with a high-level soul master, this kind of sword would easily break into pieces.

Especially when facing soul masters with the Seven Kill Sword Martial Spirit.

It's not a divine weapon after all.

After taking a look at Di Hong who had been practicing for half a year, he actually felt a little reluctant.

He loved this place so much, with green mountains, beautiful scenery, fresh air, and far away from the world. The singing of birds in the mountains was very pleasant, and from time to time he could hear the ethereal cry of deer, and no one came to disturb him.

Unfortunately, he couldn't stay for long.

"It's time to leave."

The soul master exchange meeting will start in more than a month, and he has to set off.

After returning to the palace, he explained the situation to Di Yuan.

Di Yuan didn't say much but just nodded. In the past six months, he has been planning reforms. He is not very interested in the soul master exchange meeting. After all, he is old and has long lost the drive of his youth.

Besides, he is already a Soul Douluo-level soul master and cannot participate in such activities.

Afterwards, Di Hong went to see Shen Ning again. Shen Ning gave him a lot of instructions and also urged him to get married.

Now he is fourteen years old, and in Shen Ning's opinion, he can get married in two years.

Emperor Hong had to flee in panic.

After meeting his eldest and second brothers, he left Silves City and headed for Tiandou City. Now he was the only one in the family who had the most free time. Di Ming was busy building an intelligence organization, and Di Yang was busy with reforms just like Di Yuan.

So he was the only one going to Tiandou City this time.

Now he has come to terms with things. Sometimes one should not be too timid. He has been too afraid and too conservative over the years, which is why he is like this.

In the past six months, in addition to preparing for the Soul Master Exchange Conference, another incident occurred in the Spirit Hall.

That incident was that the Spirit Hall suffered a major defeat. Although it had not been spread widely, all the top forces knew about it.

Not long ago, the Spirit Hall discovered an island overseas with many sea soul masters. Qian Xunji wanted to subdue the soul masters there, and then sent two thousand soul masters to attack there. However, they returned empty-handed and suffered heavy losses.

Out of two thousand soul masters, less than a hundred returned, and two Titled Douluo were also lost.

They underestimated the power of the soul masters there, as there were actually several Titled Douluo there.

The Spirit Hall gave that place a name, Devil Island, but its real name is Poseidon Island.

This battle was undoubtedly a huge blow to Qian Xunji, who had just become the Pope. Not long after he took office, the Spirit Hall suffered such a heavy loss, which caused his prestige in the Spirit Hall to drop significantly.

If it weren't for Qian Daoliu, his position as Pope might have been unstable.

The losses in this battle directly alarmed Qian Daoliu, who abdicated and became the great priest.

After understanding the situation, Qian Daoliu concluded that there must be extremely powerful soul masters there, so he decided to go and see for himself. To be on the safe side, before leaving, he also wrote a letter to invite Tang Chen, the old leader of the Haotian Sect.

Tang Chen gladly accepted Qian Daoliu's invitation, because the relationship between the two major forces had gradually become harmonious during this period, and after the new Pope took office, the Spirit Hall stopped suppressing the Haotian Sect, so the two level 99 peerless Douluo went there in person.

(End of this chapter)