240: Lü Buliang was taken to the Pope's Palace.
"Are you willing to join the Spirit Hall and serve the Pope?"Lu Buliang was not surprised to hear Bibi Dong's words. Qian Renxue had said long before that Pope Bibi Dong was very interested in the shadow spirit's ability to find soul beasts. Now that she had shown amazing talent and strength, he believed that no one would let go of such a valuable object.
If she joined the Pope's Palace, she could dispatch many Spirit Hall warriors to attack the City of Slaughter and kill the King of Slaughter together with Bibi Dong. The benefits she would gain would be self-evident.
Not only that, he can also use Bibi Dong like a puppet and instigate her to do things that are beneficial to him.
However, the seven worshippers on Qian Renxue's side are more valuable and have greater power. They even have the power to depose Bibi Dong from the position of Pope and establish a new Pope.
After comparing the before and after, leaving Qian Renxue and choosing Bibi Dong is obviously not a wise move.
Seeing that Lü Buliang had not given a reply, Bibi Dong's eyes became obviously colder, "Why? Is this question difficult to answer? You defeated the golden generation of Spirit Hall, so after you join Spirit Hall, whether it is training resources or power, all the benefits will naturally fall on you first."
Lu Buliang shook his head and refused, "Your Holiness, I have my own plans for my life and don't want to be restricted by anything."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly. She didn't want to be restrained in any way? Then why was she willing to stay under Qian Renxue's command?
"In that case, I wish you greater success in the future. I hope that one day you can step into the Douluo Palace and become a respected Titled Douluo."
As she spoke, Bibi Dong's complexion quickly returned to normal. She waved the scepter in her hand, and three rays of light condensed into three soul bones in the air.
Lu Buliang took the three soul bones that fell down with both hands.
In an instant, the aura of the soul bones appeared in the head, right arm and left leg. Lu Buliang seemed to be electrocuted. These three soul bones seemed to be eager to drill into his body, tempting him to absorb them quickly.
Among the three soul bones, especially the wisdom skull that condensed the spirit and glowed with light blue light, it seemed to contain a huge attraction that pulled Lu Buliang's heart.
The eyes of all the people present gathered at the display stand showed greed. Who among the soul masters would not have evil intentions when seeing the soul bones?
Lu Buliang almost flew down the fighting arena in the ocean of greedy gazes and returned to Yu Tianheng, Li Gang and others.
Looking at the three soul bones in Lu Buliang's hands, not to mention the members of Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2, even Shi Gao and Teacher Sun widened their eyes. In their entire lives, they had never seen a soul bone in an unabsorbed state.
Teacher Sun looked at Shi Gao, pointed at the three soul bones, and said excitedly: "Soul bones, these are living soul bones!"
Shi Gao blinked, and the greed in his eyes disappeared immediately. He coughed a few times in a pretentious manner, "Teacher Sun, please pay attention to your image. It's so embarrassing to act like you have never seen the world. These three soul bones are all obtained by the students with great effort, and you two don't get any."
"No." Yu Tianheng shook his head and said with some regret, "Our Tiandou Team 1 only played two games in the entire elite competition. Although I also want to have a soul bone, I really don't deserve it. These three soul bones should be distributed to the people in Team 2. It was they who fought all the way from the preliminaries to the finals to win this honor for Tiandou Royal Academy."
Oslo and Yufeng also put away the greed in their eyes and nodded together, "I give up too. There is only one right leg bone suitable for the agility attack type. Yufeng and I are both agility attack types. If you give me the soul bone but don't give him the soul bone, I would rather not have it."
Hearing this, Yu Feng snorted coldly, "Leopard, I didn't intend to give you a soul bone."
The two brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo were too embarrassed to share these three soul bones, and pretended to be regretful and said: "We are defense-type soul masters, and none of these three soul bones are suitable for us."
Shi Gao thought for a moment and said, "Aliang, you played in the entire elite competition, so we will distribute the soul bones according to your ideas."
Teacher Sun nodded in agreement.
"Okay." After answering, Lu Buliang's eyes swept over everyone. He took the wisdom skull that condensed the spirit among the three soul bones in his left hand, and the other two soul bones in his right hand.
Looking at Li Gang, Xiaoxuemei and others, Lu Buliang said seriously: "This head soul bone belongs to me, and the remaining right arm bone and left leg bone can be left to the academy. Li Gang, the six of you from Tiandou Team 2 have paid a lot in this elite competition."
"But I'll be honest. Soul bones can bring about fatal disasters. Your family doesn't have the ability to protect you. This is one point. The most important point is that with your strength, you are not strong enough to own these two soul bones. Leave these two soul bones to the academy first. When you have enough strength, the academy will naturally give you the soul bones. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Gang, his junior high school sister and the other four substitute players looked at each other. The greed in their eyes first turned into expectation, then into disappointment, and finally into determination.
As if they had made some decision, Li Gang and the rest of the Tiandou Team 2 nodded to each other.
"Captain, we understand what you mean. Without you, we might have lost in the first qualifying match. Without you, we would have been treated as trash. Thank you for letting us experience the honor of being a spirit master. Thank you for letting us know how a spirit master should work hard to win the respect of others."
Li Gang said sincerely: "We have learned a lot from you in this elite competition. You did the right thing. Leave the two soul bones to the academy. When we are strong enough, the academy will naturally give them to us. In the next elite competition, we will definitely rely on our own strength to win the championship and get our own soul bones!"
Yu Tianheng and others obviously did not expect Li Gang to say this. In their impression, Li Gang was a useless person with no strength and stubbornness.
But after seeing the performance of Li Gang and other members of Tiandou Team 2 in the finals, Yu Tianheng and others really felt that it was no longer the original Tiandou Team 2, but could become a first-team. Perhaps, in the next elite competition, the members of Tiandou Team 2 will become a first-team.
Growth. Shi Gao and Teacher Sun saw growth in the decisions made by Li Gang and the other members of Tiandou Team 2.
"Li Gang, do you think soul bones are everywhere? The prize for the champion of this elite competition is three soul bones, but it may not be the case next time." Having said this, Oslo lowered his voice and said, "Do you really think that the Spirit Hall is selfless and willing to share such precious soul bones with outsiders? You are dreaming!"
"Ah?" Li Gang was stunned.
Shi Gao patted Li Gang on the shoulder and consoled him, "I don't know if the next elite competition champion will receive soul bones, but I can be sure that in the next elite competition, the members of your Tiandou Team 2 will become Team 1 and advance to the finals. At your age, you can still participate in the last elite competition. You must work hard to practice in the next five years."
Li Gang nodded affirmatively, "Don't worry, Teacher Shi, we won't let you down!"
Lu Buliang put the wisdom skull that condensed his spirit into his ring soul guide, and handed the other two soul bones to Shi Gao, asking him to send them back to the academy to leave them for future outstanding talents in the academy.
Tiandou Royal Academy won the championship of this elite competition and left two soul bones to the academy. This was Lu Buliang's return to Tiandou Royal Academy. Looking back on the experiences of the past two years, from today on, he and Tiandou Royal Academy no longer owed each other anything.
"Aliang, what are your plans for the future?" Yu Tianheng suddenly said, "The elite competition is over, and we have all graduated. Everyone has their own family, but you are all alone. Have you ever thought about joining a certain force to develop your career?"
Lü Buliang smiled and shook his head, "Not yet. I just want to travel around the continent and see all the strange martial spirits and spirit beasts on the continent."
Yu Tianheng said sincerely, "When you get tired of playing and want to find a place to stay, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect welcomes you at any time."
"Okay." After answering, Lu Buliang thought to himself, if things develop according to the original novel, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan will be destroyed by the Spirit Hall in five years.
Although they were friends, Lu Buliang still didn't tell the secret. He just let the plot of the original novel develop naturally. Maybe five years later, he would have created a dark world and brought ultimate darkness to this continent.
"Lü Buliang, have you distributed the soul bones?" Bibi Dong did not leave just because the simple award ceremony was over. She had been watching the positions of Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2. Her eyes were fixed on Lü Buliang and she said in a deep voice, "If they have been distributed, then you guys in Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2 should leave. But you have to stay."
Everyone's eyes unconsciously turned to Bibi Dong standing on the display stand.
Shi Gao frowned slightly, puzzled. What did it mean to let Lü Buliang stay?
"Your Holiness, why do you want to keep Lü Buliang?" Shi Gao asked in confusion. "He is a student of our Tiandou Royal Academy. If he wants to leave, he must go with us."
Bibi Dong said calmly, "You have no right to speak here. Elder Gui, Elder Ju, and the twenty bishops in the audience, start."
In an instant, the group of twenty Spirit Hall warriors who were responsible for scouting and protecting the players' safety in the melee gathered towards the positions of Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2.
Jue and Gui Douluo also jumped down from the display stand and walked towards the Spirit Hall warriors who were surrounding Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2.
The entire audience was shocked and looked at what was happening in confusion.
Ning Fengzhi, who was sitting in the guest seats, probably guessed the Pope's intention. The championship was snatched away, and the three soul bones that originally belonged to the three people of the golden generation of the Spirit Hall were lost. Naturally, the Spirit Hall would get corresponding benefits.
That advantage is Lu Buliang, who has amazing talent and strength.
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By keeping Lü Buliang here, the Pope obviously wanted to use tough measures to force Lü Buliang to join the Spirit Hall.
"Master, those three soul bones are indeed precious, but Lü Buliang is more valuable than the soul bones. If we can rescue him now, perhaps we can become friends with him. Then we can find ways to bring him to the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect." The voice of Bone Douluo Gu Rong rang in Ning Fengzhi's mind.
Ning Fengzhi shook his head and thought, "Uncle Gu, if we take action, we will be at odds with the Spirit Hall. It would be fine if this could win people's hearts, but Lü Buliang is definitely not so easy to subdue. I'm worried that instead of helping him, I'll end up getting hurt."
Gu Rong looked at Lu Buliang, constantly pondering, and nodded after a moment, "The Sect Master's words make sense. Then let's wait and see what happens."
After finishing his mental conversation with Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi looked at Xue Qinghe and asked, "Your Highness, what are you going to do? Lü Buliang is a talent trained by the Imperial Academy. Are you going to give him to the Spirit Hall?"
"Teacher, we are now in Wuhun City, what can we do?" Xue Qinghe said calmly, "The talents trained by the Imperial Academy come from various aristocratic forces. After graduation, most of them will return to their own families to develop, and they may not necessarily join the Empire. Lu Buliang is homeless, but he wants to live a free life. At that time, I wanted to recruit him to work in the Empire, but he refused."
"In my opinion, if he is willing to join the Spirit Hall, I can't stop him. If he is not willing, with his shadow spirit's ability to escape, who can catch him?"
After hearing these words, Ning Fengzhi didn't know what to feel. He nodded meaningfully, looked at the Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2 who were surrounded by twenty Spirit Hall powerhouses, and watched what would happen.
Xue Qinghe was also paying attention to the situation in the venue. Lu Buliang had already been a member of the Spirit Hall.
No, to be exact, Lu Buliang is only hers at the moment.
Now Bibi Dong wanted to snatch the person from her, so she naturally refused.
However, Xue Qinghe's current identity is the Crown Prince of the Tiandou Empire, not Qian Renxue of the Spirit Hall.
Therefore, Xue Qinghe absolutely cannot snatch Lu Buliang from Bibi Dong in public. If he wants to snatch him, he has to wait for Bibi Dong to bring Lu Buliang back to the Pope's Palace, and then go to get Lu Buliang back in the identity of Qian Renxue.
Faced with the siege of twenty strong men from the Spirit Hall, the teachers and students of Tiandou Team One and Team Two were on high alert, their spirits were tense, and they were ready to fight at any time. Only Lu Buliang, the person involved, remained calm.
Long before the finals began, Qian Renxue had told him that if the Pope was determined to keep him, he should obey the Pope's wishes, and Qian Renxue would go to the Pope's Palace to take him back.
The twenty strong men from the Spirit Hall have surrounded Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2.
The people of Team 1 and Team 2 of Tiandou stood back to back, their faces full of fear. At this moment, they were in Wuhun City and had to face the pressure of many powerful people from Wuhun Hall. How could they not be afraid?
"Teacher Shi, what should we do?" Yu Tianheng asked.
Shi Gao glanced at Yu Tianheng and said, "Nonsense. Do you want to abandon your companions and leave by yourself?"
Dugu Yan stood directly in front of Lu Buliang, and Ye Lingling also followed him. Everyone seemed to protect him in unison.
Lu Buliang patted Dugu Yan's shoulder and said, "Yanzi, don't be nervous. I'm fine. Everyone, since the elite competition is over, you should go back and rest. Don't worry about me, I will handle this matter myself."
Hearing Lu Buliang's words, everyone was stunned.
Duguyan frowned and asked, "Aliang, do you really want to stay in the Spirit Hall?"
Lü Buliang did not answer the question directly. He glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, go back first. Don't worry about me. The Pope wants to keep me here because she is interested in my fourth soul ring. After she finishes asking what she wants to know, she will let me go. After all, the Spirit Hall is the organization responsible for managing soul masters. Soul masters are free to join the Spirit Hall or not. How can they be forced?"
At this point, Lü Buliang looked at Bibi Dong on the display stand and said, "Your Holiness, am I right?"
Bibi Dong didn't expect Lu Buliang to do such a thing. Not only did she not feel disgusted by her method of forcing him to stay, but she found a suitable excuse for herself.
"That's right. I believe most people are interested in why a soul master can absorb a 10,000-year fourth soul ring." Bibi Dong smiled calmly and followed Lu Buliang's words and said, "I kept you here because I want you to help me solve my puzzles. Once you solve my puzzles, it's up to you to stay or leave. You all can leave now."
Upon hearing the order, the twenty Spirit Hall warriors who had surrounded Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2 evacuated one after another, and the two Douluo Jue and Gui also returned to Bibi Dong.
Seeing that their situation had turned from dangerous to safe, everyone, including Shi Gao and Teacher Sun, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After Lu Buliang gave assurances to everyone again, the teachers and students of Tiandou Team 1 and Team 2 left with peace of mind.
The rest of the audience and the academy teams also left one after another, and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition came to an end.
Lu Buliang followed twenty Spirit Hall masters to the Pope's Palace on the mountain.
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