I Choose Bibi Dong

Ye Tian turned to his sister and explained with a smile, "The cost of a howitzer isn't high. Twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins will do. But the shells are precious. Like during that drill just now, leveling that mountaintop five kilometers away cost us a full nine hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins' worth of shells."

Hu Liena's little mouth fell open as she clicked her tongue in amazement.

"What you fired weren't shells at all—they were Gold Soul Coins raining down from the sky!"

Ye Tian spread his hands helplessly. "You were the ones who asked to see it. I only wanted to put my sister and Nana Meimei at ease, to prove that I can protect you."

If he did not prove his capabilities, Ye Tian would not feel good about making the two women worry every day.

It also happened to be a good opportunity to test the army's combat effectiveness.

Ye Tian chuckled. "So now you understand why the secret troops can't be deployed lightly, right?"

"When you're poor, you rely on tactical maneuvers; when you're rich, you blanket the battlefield with firepower. Our family is poor right now, so we can only stay on the East Sea Coast and defend this little patch of land."

"If we leave the East Sea Coast, I can no longer guarantee your safety."

Hu Liena giggled and wrapped her arms around Ye Tian's arm. "You really are a good brother."

She looked playfully at Bibi Dong. "Teacher, you really have a good little brother."

Bibi Dong's expression remained calm and unchanged.

Before meeting Ye Tian, she had never imagined that the Douluo Continent could possess weapons capable of dealing with soul masters.

What Ye Tian had shown her today had truly shocked Bibi Dong deep inside.

If Spirit Hall's army could all be equipped with such powerful howitzers—

Bibi Dong was confident that she could use them to seize all of Spirit Hall's power from the Worship Hall and that old bastard Qian Daoliu.

Within three years, she would lead Spirit Hall to unify the continent!

However, Ye Tian had also said that the shells were costly.

Spirit Hall's annual tax revenue was only seventy or eighty million.

And of those eighty million, at most half could be allocated to the military.

At that rate of consumption, Spirit Hall's economy would collapse in no more than a month.

It seemed she needed to win Ye Tian's support. With Ye Tian's supreme intellect and her formidable strength, Spirit Hall could have a future.

Perhaps... binding Ye Tian to her through marriage would be a good choice.

Thinking of this, Bibi Dong looked at Ye Tian with a sweet smile. "Your performance has truly surprised me."

"Of course." Ye Tian remained composed. "As they say, after three days apart, one should view another with new eyes. And you've been gone for three years, Sister. I'm no longer the person I used to be."

He spread his arms and looked toward the sky, speaking in high spirits.

"From now on, we siblings will devote ourselves to developing the East Sea Coast and live here in peace. No matter how great the storms raging across the Douluo Continent are, they won't affect us."

After a pause, Ye Tian looked at the golden-haired Hu Liena and said with a chuckle, "And you too, Nana Meimei."

Hearing that, Hu Liena's pretty face reddened as she said reproachfully, "I never said I was staying here."

"What?" Ye Tian's expression suddenly changed. "You still want to leave?"

Hu Liena raised her chin and challenged him, "What, I can't?"

"You know all my secrets. What if you leave and reveal them?"

Ye Tian shot Zhou Long a glance.

Scorpion Douluo Zhou Long immediately stepped forward, soul power surging from his body.

At the sight of Scorpion Douluo, Hu Liena grew slightly flustered and took a step back, staring warily at Ye Tian.

"Y-you, what are you trying to do?"

Yet Ye Tian ignored her and looked instead at his sister.

"Sister, is she trustworthy?"

Bibi Dong smiled. "Of course she is. Nana lost her parents when she was little and is a pitiful girl. Ever since she came to Spirit Hall, she has stayed by my side. She can be trusted."

Hearing his sister's words, Ye Tian waved Zhou Long away, signaling him to retreat.

He stared at Hu Liena and raised a fist threateningly. "Why didn't you say you wanted to leave earlier? For my sister's sake, I won't hold it against you."

"But if you dare reveal my secrets, hmph."

He had truly been careless.

Na Na actually wanted to leave.

If he had known, he would not have brought her to Sea Soul Valley.

Watching the two of them, Bibi Dong covered her mouth and laughed. She said to Ye Tian, "Xiao Tian, I do have a way to make Nana promise not to reveal the secret."

Ye Tian's eyes lit up at once. He stepped forward and asked, "Sister, what way?"

Bibi Dong said, "The two of you can get married. That way, Nana will be yours forever, and naturally she won't reveal anything."

"Teacher!" Hu Liena's face instantly flushed crimson to the tips of her ears. She stamped her foot.

Ye Tian looked at Hu Liena strangely. "I haven't even agreed, so why are you blushing like a kettle?"

Resting his fingers against his forehead, he gave Hu Liena a thorough once-over and evaluated her.

"Her figure isn't bad, and her face is quite pretty, but her temper is no good."

Ye Tian looked at his sister shamelessly and said, "To be honest, my ideal type is that woman from Spirit Hall."

After saying that, Ye Tian wore an eager expression.

"If I could marry someone like her, then this life would truly have been worthwhile!"

"Oh?" Bibi Dong rested her fingers against her forehead and chuckled.

She had privately heard that the two universally acknowledged beauties among Spirit Hall's younger generation were Hu Liena and Qian Renxue.

Now that Hu Liena was standing before Ye Tian, he was not interested in her at all.

Could it be her daughter, Qian Renxue?

If it was Qian Renxue, that would be somewhat troublesome.

After all, her relationship with her daughter was not very harmonious, and it would be difficult for her to interfere in the other's marriage.

Hearing Ye Tian's words, Hu Liena's pretty face also reddened.

Did Ye Tian like Sister Qian Renxue?

But the two of them had never even met.

Could it be that she was not pretty enough?

Or was her figure not to Ye Tian's liking?

As a girl, Hu Liena was still competitive. She lifted her eyes, stared at Ye Tian, and asked with a flushed face, "Ye Tian, between Hu Liena and Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall, which one do you like more?"

Hu Liena and Qian Renxue?

Ye Tian was slightly stunned. Though he had never met them in person, he had read the Douluo Continent novel.

Faced with Nana Meimei's question, he pondered for a while before answering hesitantly, "If we're talking about looks, Hu Liena is prettier. But when it comes to figure, Qian Renxue, with those long legs, is clearly better. In short, each has her own merits."

"Oh?" Hu Liena's fair face was full of smiles. "That was quite a watertight answer. You mentioned both of their good points."

Then she stared into Ye Tian's eyes and said, "But just as there are rankings in studying, the two of them must have a higher and lower. If you wanted to marry a wife, which one from Spirit Hall would you choose?"

After saying that, Hu Liena's heart began pounding wildly as she stared unblinkingly at Ye Tian.

"You want to know that badly?" Ye Tian looked strange, never expecting Nana to be so gossipy. His eyes filled with longing as he said, "Do I even need to think about it?"

Hu Liena's gaze froze, and her heart rose to her throat. "You already have an answer?"

"Of course." Ye Tian lifted his head, his eyes filled with yearning. "If I had to choose, then of course I'd choose the Pope, Bibi Dong!"