Bibi Dong's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and the hostility in her eyes receded like a fading tide. She coldly spat out, "Men are all no good!"
Below the white jade steps of the Pontiff's Hall, Golden Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan looked awkward as he gave an embarrassed smile. "Your Holiness, then do I count as any good?"
"You have to be a man before you are qualified to discuss whether men are any good!"
A few minutes earlier, Ju Douluo had entered the hall to report a widely circulated rumor.
Everyone in Spirit Hall was discussing how Tuoba Xi seemed to have grown younger. Dark hair had appeared amid his white locks, and his skin had become as smooth as a baby's.
Knowing that Bibi Dong paid particular attention to maintaining her appearance, Yue Guan had been ordered to visit the Tuoba residence and investigate the matter.
When questioned, Tuoba Xi merely claimed that he had encountered an immortal herb in the Soul Hunting Forest and undergone this change after consuming it.
"Utter nonsense!"
Suspicion filled Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes as her fingertips lightly tapped the carved armrest of the Pontiff's throne. "Tuoba Xi took his grandson to obtain a soul ring. Did you find out about Tuoba Yan's First Soul Skill?"
Once bitten by a snake, one feared ropes for ten years.
Having once been deceived by Qian Xin Ji, Bibi Dong had long since developed a keen eye. Her intuition told her that Tuoba Xi's transformation was certainly connected to that child's soul skill.
Yue Guan lowered his head and respectfully replied, "Reporting to Your Holiness, Tuoba Yan personally stated that his First Soul Skill is called 'Holy Healing Nine Turns.' It came from a four-hundred-year Celestial Horse soul ring and can heal injuries while removing abnormal conditions from the body."
"A four-hundred-year soul ring?" Bibi Dong's phoenix eyes widened. "It can grant two support-type soul skills?"
As everyone knew, only soul rings over one hundred thousand years old could grant a soul master two different soul skills.
Healing was one soul skill, while removing any abnormal condition from the body was another.
A four-hundred-year soul ring possessing two different support-type soul skills defied common sense.
Seeing this, Yue Guan hurriedly explained, "Please hear me out, Your Holiness. Tuoba Yan's Saint Martial Spirit is a mutated martial spirit. Perhaps this effect comes from its unique characteristics. Take the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirit, for example. Its healing power can also remove abnormal conditions."
As a Title Douluo, Yue Guan possessed extensive knowledge of martial spirits.
Some powerful healing-type soul masters could rely on overwhelming healing power to remove abnormal conditions while casting healing soul skills.
For instance, soul masters who possessed the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirit.
With the assistance of Begonia Douluo, it was difficult for a soul master to die even if he wanted to.
On his way back, Ju Douluo had also harbored doubts about this matter, and he had already thought of the reason behind it.
Bibi Dong pondered for a moment, and the rhythm of her tapping suddenly quickened. After a while, she concluded, "Tuoba Xi lied!"
Yue Guan had served Bibi Dong for a long time and understood her well. Hearing this, he tentatively asked, "Your Holiness, do you mean Tuoba Xi became younger because of his grandson's First Soul Skill?"
Light flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes. Her deep gaze saw through Tuoba Xi's little scheme. She nodded repeatedly, and the corners of her lips unconsciously curved upward in satisfaction at having exposed his petty trick.
Yue Guan immediately understood and cried out, "Tuoba Xi deceived outsiders because he wanted to protect his grandson?"
Bibi Dong was a woman nearing fifty. Though she still appeared youthful and beautiful, she secretly put considerable effort into caring for her skin.
Now that there was a soul skill capable of making someone "grow younger," Bibi Dong's gaze, like that of the beauty-loving Yue Guan, began to burn with fervor.
Bibi Dong ordered, "Yue Guan, make another trip to the Tuoba Clan. Deliver my command: bring Tuoba Yan before me. As long as you bring him to me, I will make the lie impossible to hide."
As everyone knew, the Pontiff of Spirit Hall was a puppet.
Bibi Dong was the current Pontiff of Spirit Hall, yet she was not a puppet.
Aside from being the Qian Clan's daughter-in-law, Bibi Dong had other methods that had allowed her to almost completely cast off her status as a puppet.
Ju Douluo looked troubled. "Your Holiness, I'm afraid today is not suitable."
"What is unsuitable about it?"
"Your Holiness, to be frank, on my way back, Tuoba Yan left the Tuoba Clan in my carriage. He went alone to Heaven and Earth Nightclub."
"Say that again."
"Your Holiness, Tuoba Yan went alone to Heaven and Earth Nightclub."
Spirit City was known as the city of soul masters, the sacred land in every soul master's heart.
Spirit City had many playboy scions. Some of them were lustful.
She had governed Spirit Hall for many years and had witnessed all the bizarre excesses of high society, yet she had never heard of a noble child entering such places of pleasure at such a young age.
This absurd matter reminded her of that unbearable past.
Hiss~
Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes. The dark memories buried deep within her awakened, and she recalled the agonizing experience of being confined in a secret chamber by her teacher, Qian Xin Ji. An unnatural violet-black hostility rose from her body.
"Please quell your anger, Your Holiness!" Yue Guan was horrified and hurriedly fell to his knees.
Bibi Dong took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed her surging emotions. Her eyes were filled with contempt and disgust. "As expected, not a single man is any good!"
Yue Guan reminded her bitterly, "I am also a man..."
Bibi Dong looked him up and down, then suddenly chuckled. "Yue Guan, aside from your Adam's apple, I truly cannot see the slightest trace of masculinity in you. That is why I trust and employ you."
Ju Douluo's expression turned strange as he deliberately asked, "Then what about that old ghost?"
"Ghostly Figure is naturally a ghost."
Yue Guan clicked his tongue inwardly. At last, he understood why he and Ghost Douluo had become Bibi Dong's confidants. In this Pontiff's eyes, they had long ceased to count as "men."
Remembering Bibi Dong's earlier order, Ju Douluo cautiously asked again, "Then... Tuoba Yan... should I still summon him to appear before you?"
Bibi Dong frowned in disgust. "Do not let such a filthy little brat sully the grounds of my Pontiff's Hall!"
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