Heaven Dou City, Heaven Dou Empire.
As the capital and the most aristocrat-concentrated city of Heaven Dou Empire, it is also home to one of the three great sects in Douluo continent.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan!
Different from its other two counterparts, this sect/clan isn't exactly known for its powerful soul masters nor powerful martial soul bloodline inheritance.
This sect is known for its almost immeasurable wealth.
There is even a common saying among the people that, the wealth of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is even comparable to that of an entire empire.
With the sect's speciality being business, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's business is spread out, almost all over the continent.
It is quite prominent in business, even in the opposing nation of Star Dou Empire.
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Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Sect leader's hall.
There were four people present at the room.
A fairly handsome middle-aged man dressed in elegant and luxurious clothing, sat in the seat with a gentle smile on his face.
At first glance, anyone might think of him as a gentle and amiable person.
But if you look closely, one could see a hint of deep cunning in his eyes.
This man is Ning Fengzhi, the leader of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
He was looking at the man sitting opposite him with a polite smile.
Behind Ning Fengzhi's seat, stood two men. Both of them looked quite old.
One of them, He is an old man with a head of silver hair neatly combed behind his back, with a simple and unadorned appearance, both eyes not fully opened but slightly shut. His gestures in between gives off a very special feeling. His aura could be described as a sharp edge.
He stood straight with an unspoken elegance and has a sharp aura on him, as if he is a sword.
He is Chen Xin, the Sword Douluo, and also one of the two Titled Douluo elders of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
The other old man, with a withered face. He is not robust or muscular but still has a very astonishing stature clearly exuding his power. His muscles and skin are both withered, his eye sockets are deep caves, and if seen late at night it would simply be like an immense cranium.
On his scalp is only a few sparse wisps of white or grey hair. His horrible height is nearly 2.5 meters, and with his hoarse voice, he looks even more horrible.
In terms of overall appearance, he is not just a few levels behind Chen Xin, despite almost similar age.
But most people in the continent wouldn't dare to look down on him, as his identity demands it.
He is Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo, also one of Titled Douluo Elders of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan along side Chen Xin.
At this time, both of these Titled Douluo at the man sitting opposite of Ning Fengzhi, with some scrutiny and doubt.
The middle aged man was dressed in green robes and sat upright on the couch. He calmly drank the tea served to him, ignoring the scrutiny of the two titled douluo.
Finally, Sword Douluo Chen Xin couldn't help but speak up in doubt.
"You... You're Dugu Bo, correct?"
Bone Douluo Gu Rong also looked at the middle aged man with a sign of inquiry in his expression.
The middle aged man, or Dugu Bo, smiled calmly.
"We haven't seen each other for more than five years. Do you not recognize me anymore?" Dugu Bo said in a joking yet calm tone.
He secretly laughed in his mind after seeing the confused and disbelieving looks of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
Compared to six years ago, he is a completely different man right now.
Six years ago, he was an old man with green hair and eyes with a rather pale complexion. There was often a fishy smell around because of his uncontrolled poison soul power all over his body.
While he was seen as unsurmountable by those below Titled Douluo level. But for those at Titled Douluo level, he didn't seem to pose any threat at all.
Most Titled Douluo that came into contact with Dugu Bo, almost instinctively feel a sense of disdain and wouldn't take him seriously at all.
Just like Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. Dugu Bo had come into contact with these two quite often in the past. He could easily feel their disregard for him.
If not for the fact that he is capable of killing everyone one below titled Douluo level, and the range of his poison skills are also very wide, which makes him very feared. His skills are very suitable for mass group killing, which makes him one of the deadliest people in the continent.
But in an individual contest, pretty much no Titled Douluo thinks they will lose to Dugu Bo.
In the past, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had the confidence to subdue or kill Dugu Bo in a matter to seconds.
But now...
Even Sword Douluo felt a vague sense of crisis from Dugu Bo.
Not to mention, Dugu Bo's obvious changes compared to six years ago.
Now, his hair had changed from green to healthy black. Even his pupils had turned brown. He looked much younger compared to before. Almost as if he was reinvigorated.
He also didn't have that fishy smell around him, which used to be a symbol of his poison skills.
"We haven't met for just six years, but you've become a completely different person. If I'm not wrong, you're now level 95, correct?"
Sword Douluo Chen Xin stared at Dugu Bo deeply and said.
"You old poisoner, it seems you've got an incredible opportunity!"
Bone Douluo Gu Rong also signed with deep surprise.
"Hehe." Dugu Bo just smiled at the words of these two Titled Douluo.
Ning Fengzhi's pupils contracted the moment he heard 'level 95'.
His calm look faltered. He had a shocked expression for a moment.
But, as experienced as he is, Ning Fengzhi calmed down returned to his usual smiling face.
However, there seemed to be a lot of thoughts in his mind.
"Congratulations to Poison Douluo for his advancement in cultivation! If possible, Ning would like to hold a celebration banquet for you!"
Ning Fengzhi congratulated Dugu Bo with a smile and even offered to celebrate it, seemingly showing his generosity.
Dugu Bo didn't react much to it, and shook his head.
"There is no need for that. My improvement is simply because of the grace of our leader."
The trio of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan reacted in surprise. Ning Fengzhi, in particular, had a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Sword Douluo's eyes lit up at Dugu Bo's mention of leader.
"Leader? I see! Now that I think about it, there were quite a lot of rumors about you joining that new power called Ouroboros Organization!"
Bone Douluo said, then turned to Dugu Bo with a teasing grin.
"I said, how could a loner of an old poisoner like you could suddenly get an incredible opportunity? It turned out to be the alms given by that unknown Titled Douluo leader of Ouroboros organization!"
Dugu Bo looked displeased.
He and Bone Douluo have never gotten along well.
Unlike Sword Douluo who is very indifferent and doesn't bother with him, Bone Douluo had been completely looking down on him from the first day they met.
Although it's not to the point of enmity, Dugu Bo really doesn't like this ugly bony old man, who, so blatantly, looks down on him, regardless of the situation and location.
"Hmph! You talk as if you're some kind of free man unbound by any force! At the very least, the one I've chosen to follow has no fault regarding strength and resources, and is completely worthy of my alliegance!"
"Old Bone, I hate to break it to you. Although we seem to be in the same situation, we're not the same!"
When Dugu Bo said this, there was even a hint of pride in his tone.
In fact, Dugu Bo could be more direct and rude, but he stopped himself. After all, he is representing Ouroboros organization right now.
Only those who have truly entered the Ouroboros City, or have seen a glimpse of the might of Rayne, could possibly understand the overwhelming difference in power and prosperity between Ouroboros organization and the other top forces of the Douluo continent.
Without any clear information, forces like Spirit Hall, the three great sects and the two empires still think they are not much worse than Ouroboros organization.
"Oh?! Just because you've gotten a bit stronger, do you think you're on the same level as me?!"
Bone Douluo Gu Rong narrowed his eyes as his skinny bony face looked very gloomy.
Boom—
The powerful soul power pressure of a level 95 Titled Douluo came crashing down on Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo frowned and his expression also became gloomy and scary.
A eerie and gloomy green poison soul power exploded from him, repelling and nullifying Gu Rong's soul power pressure.
Bone Douluo Gu Rong was surprised by this.
"This old poisonous monster... his poison seems to have gotten many times stronger."
Sword Douluo Chen Xin narrowed his eyes and muttered thoughtfully.
He actually felt a bit of threat from Dugu Bo, although not much.
In the past, he wouldn't have put someone like Dugu Bo in his eyes at all.
Bone Douluo Gu Rong looked at Dugu Bo a bit more seriously this time.
Seeing the two of them getting impatient with each other, Ning Fengzhi quickly intervened.
"Now, now. Let's get along well. Let's not hurt the friendship between us with something like this."
"Uncle Bone."
With the subtle hint from Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo snorted coldly and turned his head to the side, at the same time, dispersing his soul power pressure.
Dugu Bo smiled disdainfully at Bone Douluo, but didn't say anything more to aggravate the situation.
With his current strength, he is definitely not afraid of Bone Douluo. Even if Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi join in, it still wouldn't faze him much.
He, Dugu Bo, also has a few trump cards given to him by Rayne.
If anything, he is quite expecting a situation where he would be forced to use these trump cards to feel their power.
But, thinking about his purpose in coming here, Dugu Bo held back his desire to show off to these two Titled Douluo.
Ning Fengzhi, in order to prevent anymore conflict between these two ill-tempered Titled Douluo's, changed the subject.
"Poison Douluo, this Ning wonders why you had the time to visit our humble sect? After all, you've been quite busy and rarely seen for the past few years."
"Hmph." Dugu Bo snorted lightly, then said.
"I, of course, came here under the order of our leader. He wants me to convey something."
"Oh?"
Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up, and there was a special gleam in his eyes.
"Does the leader of Ouroboros organization want anything from my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?"
Dugu Bo frowned a bit at the term 'Ouroboros Organization'. It sounded a bit awkward.
"Sect leader Ning, our organization is called Ouroboros Tower. Please refer to it as such."
Ning Fengzhi was surprised for a moment, then showed a slight apologetic smile.
"Ouroboros... Tower? I'm sorry, your majesty Poison Douluo. I haven't heard anything about it before. Myself and even most others only knew of the term 'Ouroboros' and didn't much. I believe you should understand, given the elusiveness of your organization till now."
"Almost no one in the continent knows anything about it. Whether it's time of creation or the time since it has existed."
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