"Dong'er asks that you grant Xiao Gang access to the Core Archives," Bibi Dong said.
Qian Xunji looked at Bibi Dong fondly. "Give me a convincing reason, and I'll agree."
Bibi Dong brightened. "Xiao Gang has joined Spirit Hall. He's one of us. If Spirit Hall helps him overcome his Martial Soul Malignant Mutation and evolve his Martial Soul into a Golden Sacred Dragon, we'll gain another Titled Douluo. And everyone at the top of the Soul Master World knows about his mutation. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan couldn't solve it. If Spirit Hall can, our reputation will soar."
"Very well," Qian Xunji said indulgently. "For your sake, Dong'er, I'll open Spirit Hall's Core Archives to Yu Xiaogang."
"Thank you, Teacher." Bibi Dong hurried off to tell Yu Xiaogang the good news.
Yu Xiaogang was dumbfounded when he heard it.
Wait, Qian Xunji actually agreed?
Then delight surged through him. This proved how much Bibi Dong mattered to Qian Xunji. As long as Yu Xiaogang kept her close, he could use her to demand even more from the Pope.
Yu Xiaogang redoubled his efforts to win Bibi Dong over. Meanwhile, he roamed Spirit Hall's Core Archives as freely as if they belonged to him.
Because Bibi Dong was the Saintess, everyone else in Spirit Hall treated her with reverence and kept their distance. Under Yu Xiaogang's manipulation, she came to believe they avoided her because they despised her ugly Martial Soul. Only Yu Xiaogang, she thought, accepted how she looked after Martial Soul Possession and wanted to be her friend.
And so a strange sight appeared in Spirit Hall: the only person the gifted Bibi Dong could talk to was a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster.
Half a year later...
Yu Xiaogang slammed down the last book in Spirit Hall's