"Ah, you're right! How could I have forgotten about Your Excellency Yunxiao?"
Upon hearing Yunxiao's words, Dugu Bo's eyes lit up.
Indeed, indeed, truly indeed.
With Your Excellency Yunxiao's strength, dealing with a mere Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would be effortless.
Not to mention, within Elf City, there were two other Titled Douluo elders from the Elf Clan—Ice Douluo, Shui Wu You, and Fire Douluo, Huo Wu Lu.
In essence, the Elf Clan, possessing three Titled Douluo, could strictly be considered a major power.
Your Excellency Yunxiao's Elf Clan might not rival the Spirit Hall, but compared to the so-called Upper Three Sects of the Douluo Continent, their heritage and overall strength likely fell short of the Elf Clan's.
Just as Dugu Bo was about to ask for help to protect the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family, he hesitated slightly, as if recalling something.
After stroking his chin, Dugu Bo continued, "Ah, Your Excellency Yunxiao. No matter what, I must first thank you for your kindness. But as the saying goes, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Your Excellency, you have no ties to the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family. If you're willing to help them, you must have some intentions—or perhaps some plans for the Ye Family?"
Having lived most of his life, Dugu Bo was no fool.
Offending the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was something any rational person would weigh carefully. Yunxiao had no connection to the Ye Family, so why would he involve himself in such a thankless task?
And this wasn't an unreasonable suspicion on Dugu Bo's part.
If this had been a matter concerning the Dugu Family, Yunxiao's willingness to help wouldn't have been surprising. After all, the two shared a good relationship.
Setting aside the matter of the Yin Yang Well of Ice and Fire for now—just considering Dugu Yan's recent circumstances, it was entirely possible she might end up with Huo Wu Lu.
By then, he and Yunxiao would practically be relatives.
Hearing Dugu Bo's blunt words, Yunxiao nodded without denial.
"Mm, Old Poison, you're not wrong. If this were a matter concerning your Dugu Family, I wouldn't hesitate to help. After all, Yanzi might one day call me brother-in-law. But unfortunately, this concerns the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family. As you said, I have no ties to them, so there's no reason for me to take on such a thankless task..."
Then, Yunxiao slowly laid out his thoughts.
Well, to put it simply—Yunxiao's idea boiled down to two points.
First, the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family would fully join the Elf Clan and become their vassal family.
Once the Ye Family became one of their own, everything else would be negotiable.
The crisis brought by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?
The Elf Clan can help resolve it!
The realm of a Titled Douluo.
A set of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones for each person.
All of these, Yunxiao would arrange without fail.
As for the second point, it was the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family settling in Elf City.
Moreover, they would become teachers in the Outer Courtyard of the Elf Advanced Soul Master Academy.
On a daily basis, aside from imparting cultivation knowledge, they would also be responsible for allocating cultivation resources for the students.
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
Your Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family would be responsible for imparting knowledge.
And our Elf Clan would provide you with protection in return.
Of course, the scope of this protection would naturally be limited to our sphere of influence.
Once they left the boundaries of Elf City and the Elf Advanced Soul Master Academy, if anything happened,
then the Elf Clan would bear no responsibility whatsoever.
After all, they were only providing shelter for the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family.
It wasn't as if every time a member of the Ye Family stepped out, a Titled Douluo would be arranged to follow and protect them, right?
It must be known that across the entire Douluo Continent, aside from Qian Renxue, no one else enjoyed such extravagant treatment.
Even Hu Liena, the Pope's disciple of the Spirit Hall,
only had the protection of a Soul Douluo when she traveled.
Although the Nine Hearted Begonia lineage possessed unparalleled healing abilities, when it came down to it, their Ye Family didn't have that kind of prestige.
Moreover, in terms of healing abilities,
their Nine Hearted Begonia lineage couldn't compare to Yunxiao himself.
After all, his fourth Soul Skill, Life Control,
was not only a top-tier red hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring but also an exceedingly rare life-attribute Soul Skill on the continent.
Dugu Bo: "???"
Upon hearing Yunxiao's words, Dugu Bo was momentarily stunned.
Good heavens, good heavens, truly good heavens—what had he just heard?
As long as the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family joined the Elf Clan,
and were willing to become a vassal family,
not only would the threat of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School be resolved,
but as one of their own, they would also be guaranteed advancement to Titled Douluo.
Even more exaggerated, each person would be equipped with a set of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
One Ye Lingling, plus Ye Lingling's parents—
the Nine Hearted Begonia Ye Family consisted of just these three.
One set of Soul Bones meant six pieces, and three sets meant eighteen pieces.
It must be known that these were a full eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones!
This… was simply outrageous, utterly inhuman.
Was Your Excellency Yunxiao's Elf Clan really this extravagant?
To be honest, even Dugu Bo was shocked by Yunxiao's grand gesture.
After a moment, when Dugu Bo regained his senses,
he coughed lightly a few times before speaking in a hesitant tone.
"Ahem, ahem… Your Excellency Yunxiao."
"The terms you've mentioned are far too exaggerated, aren't they?"
"Your Excellency, are you certain you're not joking with this old man?"
If such extravagant conditions had come from anyone else,
Dugu Bo would have long since slapped them across the face.
What kind of trash dared claim they could offer eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to win someone over?
But the one saying this was none other than Yunxiao, a true heavyweight—which forced Dugu Bo to believe it, at least somewhat.
After all, when this man Yunxiao had Soul Bones, he truly gave them away!
Faced with Dugu Bo's questioning, Yunxiao didn't even bat an eyelid.
After sipping his tea, Yunxiao remained silent, simply continuing to pull out Soul Bones one after another.
In just a few minutes, Yunxiao casually pulled out over a hundred Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
He glanced at the mountain of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones piled on the table.
Then, he looked at the numerous Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones that had fallen to the floor because there was no more space on the table.
At this moment, Dugu Bo's expression was truly a sight to behold.
After a moment of silence, Dugu Bo was at a loss for words.
Finally, he could only mutter in frustration:
"Holy shit, that's insane!"
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