Chapter 38 Liu Erlong at Her Dead End
"Just wait."
Seeing Chen Yao's resolute attitude, Bibi Dong rolled her eyes, too lazy to persuade him further, and then got up and walked towards the door...
"
Holy Maiden, what...what do you want this whale glue for?"
At this moment, the elder in charge of guarding the treasury saw Bibi Dong carrying a whale glue the size of a longan, its color a dull gray.
His face stiffened, showing disbelief, and he asked in confusion.
"I heard that the city's powerful and wealthy are eager for this whale glue, it's priceless. Since none of the treasures in the treasury are suitable for me, I'm taking this whale glue to study what's so special about it."
Bibi Dong pretended not to know what the whale glue was, speaking calmly.
"This...Holy Maiden, why don't you choose something else?"
The elder's lips twitched upon hearing this, and he tried to dissuade her.
"What, can't I take this whale glue?"
Bibi Dong glanced at the elder indifferently upon hearing this.
Although Bibi Dong's eyes were calm, the elder felt a strong sense of intimidation.
Instantly, cold sweat soaked his back.
"No...no, it's just that this whale glue is not suitable for you, Holy Maiden! Its function is..."
However, before the elder could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Bibi Dong.
"Alright, as long as I'm interested, there's no such thing as suitable or unsuitable. I'm taking this whale glue. You can report it to the Pope yourself later."
After saying that, Bibi Dong took the whale glue and left.
Only the elder was left with a bitter expression.
"This...how am I supposed to report this!"
...
Inside the room, Chen Yao looked at the whale glue that Bibi Dong brought back, his eyes flashing with excitement. Whale glue that is about a thousand years old is golden yellow and looks extremely eye-catching.
But if it reaches ten thousand years, it is the exact opposite, with a dull color and nothing special.
The grayish-brown whale glue in Bibi Dong's hand was clearly ten thousand years old.
Taking the whale glue from Bibi Dong, Chen Yao examined it carefully for a while, then recalled the description of whale glue from his memories.
Whale glue was a very precious ingredient; its outer layer was hard and couldn't be eaten directly. It needed to be softened by being burned with extremely high-intensity flames before it could be swallowed.
This presented Chen Yao with a dilemma. If it were just high temperature, it would be simple; he could just have a fire-type soul master roast it for him.
But extremely high-intensity flames were clearly beyond the capabilities of ordinary fire soul masters.
However, the top-tier fire-type soul masters in Spirit City all held important positions, and even Bibi Dong was difficult to persuade.
For a moment, Chen Yao was troubled, but soon, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up.
Wasn't there just one top-tier fire-type soul master in Spirit City right now?
It was Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon Martial Soul, comparable to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Although Liu Erlong had once crushed him, now, her strength was mostly crippled, and her offensive and defensive positions had been reversed!
"I have something to do, I'm leaving!"
Thinking of this, Chen Yao couldn't sit still any longer. After saying this, he hurriedly ran out of the house.
He left Bibi Dong, who was picking up a cup to take a sip of water, completely dumbfounded.
When Bibi Dong reacted, her face darkened, and she unconsciously tightened her grip.
The exquisite cup suddenly shattered, scattering across the ground.
"That bastard! He ran off without a thank you, without leaving anything behind!"
Looking at the wide-open, empty doorway, Bibi Dong said through gritted teeth, her face dark.
Meanwhile
, Liu Erlong sat in a cluttered room, her gaze blank.
The room was a mess, with broken tables and chairs, and shattered pieces of vases and decorations scattered everywhere—a scene of utter devastation.
This was her former office in Wuhun City, where she took on commissions during her free time from cultivation to maintain her livelihood.
But ever since she returned to Wuhun City, people from the Wuhun Hall had been constantly appearing at her shop. First, they told her about her incomplete documentation and illegal operations, then they began vandalizing and damaging her business.
Liu Erlong was already in a low mood, and this incident only fueled her anger.
But ultimately, reason prevailed over her temper.
Leaving aside the fact that Spirit City, where she was currently located, was owned by the Spirit Hall, and that with her half-crippled strength, she was utterly inadequate against this group of Soul Master enforcers.
If she dared to resist in the slightest, she would undoubtedly be in the Spirit Hall's prison, suffering a fate worse than death!
Liu Erlong knew perfectly well why these enforcers were targeting her.
If she had recently offended anyone, it was undoubtedly Chen Yao in the Star Dou Forest, who had almost ruined her life!
Feeling hopeless about revenge, she had resigned herself to the fact that the matter was over.
She never expected that Chen Yao, that despicable man, would be so vengeful, returning to the city to cause her trouble again.
But Liu Erlong was helpless. She
could only grit her teeth and endure it.
However, her forbearance did not elicit any concessions from the Spirit Hall members; instead, they became even more aggressive, vandalizing her shop almost daily and
scaring away nearly all her regular customers.
The landlord of her room was also quite frightened and, without asking any questions, ordered her to move out within two days.
Just then, Liu Erlong, who always spent whatever she had, was also running out of money and valuables.
And as a top-tier beast spirit master, her appetite was far greater than that of ordinary people.
After two days of agonizing hunger, Liu Erlong finally couldn't bear it any longer and went to the Spirit Hall to collect the spirit master allowance she had always considered nothing more than a hypocritical gesture from the Spirit Hall.
But unsurprisingly, she was beaten and thrown out.
It was said that the records stated Liu Erlong was a 4-ring battle spirit master, but she had only demonstrated 2-ring strength, suspected of fraud. Therefore, she was denied the allowance and given a severe punishment as a warning to other spirit masters with ulterior motives.
Dragging her wounded body, she returned to her dilapidated hut, which she only had one day left to live in.
Enduring intense pain and hunger, she stared blankly at the scene of devastation.
At this moment, she was utterly at her wit's end!
Her mind replayed the events of the past. Half a month ago, when she left Wuhun City to accompany Yu Xiaogang to the Star Dou Great Forest, she had been so excited.
But she never imagined that it would be a step into an abyss.
In the Star Dou Great Forest, she encountered Chen Yao, who not only ruined her most precious possession as a woman, but also crippled most of the strength she had painstakingly cultivated.
Even after returning to the city, she was still subjected to such targeting.
This cruel reality made her feel as if she were deep in an abyss, surrounded by the shadow cast by that man named Chen Yao!
Her heart felt like it was in the dead of winter, covered in frost, freezing her blood and leaving her feeling no warmth.
Finally, her heart broke. She closed her eyes, and two streams of hot tears seeped from the slits of her eyes, flowing down her cheeks.
Inside the ransacked house, uncontrollable, heart-wrenching cries could be heard...
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