Bibi Dong, the Ungrateful Wretch

Bibi Dong was dumbstruck.

She ventured, "Senior, you must be joking. How could I possibly be a match for my teacher?"

Don't make your Sister Dong laugh. He's a Titled Douluo, for crying out loud!

Qian Xunji's face darkened even further. "So if you could beat me, you really would kill me?"

"No, no, no..." Bibi Dong hastily waved her hands. "Teacher, you treat me like your own daughter. How could I do such a thing? Besides... the secret chamber has already been sealed, hasn't it?"

As she spoke, Bibi Dong even winked at Qian Xunji.

What she meant was: You were the one who put me in the secret chamber first!

Qian Xunji fell silent too. What a mess! An utter mess!

Watching Qian Xunji's expression change again and again, Bibi Dong immediately made her escape. "Senior, I'll mix you another glass of sugar water!"

Fortunately, Qian Daoliu was calmer. "Senior, there's something I don't understand. Although my son is headstrong and controlling, he's certainly no lecher.

"Even if something happens later that changes his character and he wants a beautiful woman, obtaining one would be no difficult matter with Spirit Hall's power. There must be another reason behind this, surely?"

Qian Daoliu poured out all the questions that had been piling up in one breath, voicing the question that concerned both Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong as well.

Teacher and disciple had spent so much time together that they knew each other's temperament well. Neither believed Qian Xunji was capable of doing something like putting his own disciple in a secret chamber.

Lu Jin nodded. "There was indeed a reason... and the fault lay first with this ungrateful wretch of a Holy Maiden."

Bibi Dong instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.

Her big eyes darted from side to side. "Senior... Great Enshrined... Teacher! Why are you all looking at me? I'm not an ungrateful wretch!"

A Titled Douluo, a Limit Douluo, and a senior even stronger than a Limit Douluo.

Under their gazes, Bibi Dong felt she had reached the pinnacle of her life.

She didn't want to be at this pinnacle.

Bibi Dong was nearly frightened to tears. "Senior, just tell me already. How was my future self an ungrateful wretch?!"

Lu Jin smiled. "Because you were going to betray Spirit Hall, of course."

Betray Spirit Hall?!

As soon as the words left his mouth, a vicious glint flashed in the eyes of both Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji.

No one would easily let a Holy Maiden they had painstakingly nurtured get away with betraying Spirit Hall.

But then another question arose. Qian Daoliu asked, "Senior, even if Dong'er was going to betray Spirit Hall, there were hundreds of ways to punish her. Why would Qian Xunji..."

Qian Xunji found the crucial point. "Senior, was the reason Dong'er betrayed us what sparked the secret chamber incident?"

Lu Jin nodded. "In the future, Bibi Dong would fall in love with someone. She wanted to fly far away with him and return to the life of an ordinary person."

Qian Xunji frowned. "If that were really all, I wouldn't have done something so bestial. Men and women marry when they come of age. That's only natural."

Lu Jin replied, "Indeed. If she had merely fallen in love with an ordinary person, your future self might have objected, but you wouldn't have gone to such extremes. But the man she fell for was none other than Yu Xiaogang, a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"Yu Xiaogang?" Qian Xunji frowned. "That good-for-nothing whose Martial Soul mutated backward into a pig and whose Innate Soul Power wasn't even level one?"

Spirit Hall's intelligence network spanned the world, and they had long since heard about Yu Xiaogang. Because this direct descendant was a good-for-nothing, Spirit Hall also looked down on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan considerably more.

Seeing Lu Jin nod, Qian Xunji glared viciously at Bibi Dong. "What a fine disciple you are! You actually wanted to leave Spirit Hall for a good-for-nothing like that!"

Being a good-for-nothing was bad enough, but he was also a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a force hostile to Spirit Hall.

How could Spirit Hall possibly save face?

Bibi Dong panicked. "No... I... Teacher, you know I hate good-for-nothings who have no ability but talk sweetly!"

Qian Xunji ignored her and waited for Lu Jin to continue.

Lu Jin cleared his throat. "You know what happened next. To stamp out Bibi Dong's unrealistic notions, Qian Xunji took her chastity in the cruelest way possible and forced her to give birth to Qian Renxue."

"After all, Bibi Dong was a supreme genius with Twin Martial Souls. Combined with the Qian Family bloodline, the child was bound to have outstanding talent. And in fact, Qian Renxue was a genius seen only once in ten thousand years."

Bibi Dong was dumbstruck.

She tried to argue her way out of it. "Isn't that a little too far-fetched? How could I fall for a good-for-nothing? How could I betray Spirit Hall for one? It makes no sense!"

Ah Yin, who had been cultivating all this time, slowly opened her eyes. Knowing the original course of her own fate, she had every right to speak. "That's what happens when love rots your brain!"

Bibi Dong was on the verge of tears. "Teacher, I swear I'll never fall for that good-for-nothing. If I really do fall for him, I'd rather let Senior forcibly marry me!"

Ah Yin immediately looked at Bibi Dong warily. "In your dreams!"

Qian Xunji snorted. "Why don't you look in a mirror? Even if I threw you onto Senior's bed, could you make him interested in you?"

Bibi Dong flushed red. "I definitely could. If you don't believe me, Teacher, try it!"

Seeing the conversation grow more and more outrageous, Lu Jin hurriedly said, "Let's stop here for today. I have other matters to attend to."

Poor Bo Saixi had run into trouble again.

Qian Daoliu left with the teacher and disciple.

Back at the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu's face immediately fell. "What on earth were you two doing?! We could have learned much more, but you two cut the conversation short. Who knows when we'll get another chance!"

Bibi Dong lowered her head and fidgeted. "I... Great Enshrined, didn't you tell me to go seduce Senior...?"

To put it bluntly, she had come around to the idea.

Hadn't Senior said she would fall for Yu Xiaogang and then be forced by Qian Xunji?

Rather than let that happen, she might as well come around.

Senior was handsome and powerful, and he was so gentle with Ah Yin... if it was Senior, perhaps a little romp wouldn't be so bad!

Qian Xunji cupped his fists as well. "Father, I only wanted to test Senior's attitude toward Dong'er."

"If something that would disgrace our family really might happen in the future, perhaps having Dong'er stay with Senior would be more reliable than relying solely on ourselves to change fate!"

"Besides, Dong'er doesn't seem averse to Senior. From the way he responded just now, although there was no sign of romantic feelings toward her, he wasn't averse to her either."

Bibi Dong was touched. She had been wondering how to deal with her teacher if the secret chamber incident really came to pass, yet he was thinking about her happiness.

She looked at Qian Xunji, moved. "Teacher, you're so good to me."

Qian Xunji snorted. "I just don't want a stain on my life. A disciple who likes a good-for-nothing is better sent away sooner rather than later. In any case, my daughter can become a god, so what use do I have for you?"

Bibi Dong's gratitude vanished like smoke. Sure enough, her teacher was still as unfeeling as ever!

Qian Daoliu looked at the teacher and disciple and sighed. "Dong'er, go to Senior's place and see if there's anything you can help with. Your teacher and I will have a private talk."

"As you command!"

After Bibi Dong left, Qian Daoliu turned to his son. "Go on, what exactly are you planning?"

Qian Xunji thought for a moment. "Dong'er has had a hard life to begin with, and I'm usually very strict with her. If she were to meet a silver-tongued man, she really might fall for him."

"So you won't give Dong'er a chance to choose for herself, and you'll hand her off to Senior Lu like a piece of merchandise?"

"That's better than her falling for a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. I'm the Pope. I have to put Spirit Hall's future and reputation first!"

Qian Daoliu thought for a moment. "Very well, then. Pay some attention to your own affairs too, and get married soon."

Qian Xunji cupped his fists. "I understand, Father!"

Meanwhile, above the sea.

Bo Saixi was surrounded by a group of sea beasts, led by none other than the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Because she had severed her connection to the Sea God, Bo Saixi's God-Bestowed Martial Soul, "Sea God," had also developed an abnormality. It was becoming increasingly illusory, as though it might disappear at any moment.

Only now did she understand.

From the very beginning, she had never been able to complete the nine trials and become a god. From the very beginning, her Martial Soul had been affected by the Sea God, and she had been the high priestess chosen by him.

A sacrifice to begin the Ninth Trial.

Now, the last of Bo Saixi's guilt toward the Sea God had vanished without a trace.

The Martial Soul she had been so proud of was not her true Martial Soul, and the power she had gained did not truly belong to her either.

Now she had Soul Power but could not even use a Soul Skill.

Surrounded by the nine-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, she had no hope of surviving.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced. "Bo Saixi, your Sea God doesn't seem inclined to show you any consideration. You'll return to Sea God Island as a prisoner. Being sacrificed is your only fate!"

Bo Saixi held herself up through sheer effort, staring fixedly at the Demon Whale King. "What benefit did the Sea God offer you to make you work for him?"

"Nothing much, just a chance to become a god." The Demon Whale King regarded her coldly. "So, for the sake of my chance at godhood, I must ask the high priestess to die!"

Bo Saixi sneered. "He promised to let you become a god... I willingly served the Sea God for so many years, only to become a sacrifice to begin the divine trial... yet you get a chance at godhood for capturing me?!"

"I have no interest in your affairs, Bo Saixi. Must I do this myself, or will you obediently let me bind you and take you back to Sea God Island?!"

"What if I choose neither?" Bo Saixi took a deep breath and prayed devoutly. "Lord Ancient God, please hear my prayer..."