Refusal

Bibi Dong's pupils dilated, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Bibi Dong trembled as she asked again:

"What did you just call me?"

Qian Renxue's eyes were cold as she repeated herself in a completely emotionless tone:

"Your Highness of the Saintess Hall! Or should I still call you 'Sister'?"

Hearing Qian Renxue's emotionless words, Bibi Dong staggered back two steps in disbelief.

Her own daughter was calling her sister now. How laughable! When Qian Renxue had first come looking for her, she had always called her "Mother." Now things had become like this. It was all the result of her own actions.

Seeing Bibi Dong like this, Qian Renxue's heart stirred slightly, but only for a moment. She turned and took Ling Yuxuan's hand, heading out of the Training Field.

Just as the two were about to leave, Bibi Dong flashed forward and blocked their path.

"Oh, does our Saintess Hall have something else to say?"

Bibi Dong had been about to ask about Ling Yuxuan, only to realize that she did not know his name.

So Bibi Dong said to Qian Renxue:

"I noticed that the child beside you has Twin Martial Souls. I have Twin Martial Souls as well, and I know how to resolve the cultivation problems associated with them. I intend to take him as my disciple."

Qian Renxue looked at Bibi Dong with utter disgust.

This woman actually wanted to steal her Xiao Xuan now. Damn it!

"No need. Xiao Xuan is mine. He will never take you as his master."

Bibi Dong shook her head and said dismissively:

"Whether he becomes my disciple isn't for you to decide. It's up to him, isn't it?"

Bibi Dong turned to Ling Yuxuan and asked:

"Xiao Xuan, is it? May I call you that?"

Ling Yuxuan looked at Bibi Dong and shook his head.

"No. Only Xue'er Sister, Pope Uncle, and Grandpa Qian can call me 'Xiao Xuan.' You should call me by my full name, Ling Yuxuan."

A trace of astonishment flashed through Bibi Dong's eyes, but she quickly recovered.

"Very well, Ling Yuxuan. I ask you: are you willing to become my disciple? I can solve the cultivation problems of Twin Martial Souls for you."

Ling Yuxuan still shook his head.

"No."

"Very well. From now on, you will be my first... What? You're unwilling?"

Ling Yuxuan looked at Bibi Dong with unwavering eyes.

"Don't you want to resolve the conflicts and cultivation problems of Twin Martial Souls?"

Ling Yuxuan's next answer left Bibi Dong utterly speechless.

"The problems associated with Twin Martial Souls do not exist for me."

As he spoke, four pairs of wings spread behind Ling Yuxuan. He held a bow in his left hand and a spear in his right, standing there quietly as he looked at Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong was so shocked that she could not speak.

Ling Yuxuan could use both Martial Souls at the same time.

Even Bibi Dong herself could not yet use her two Martial Souls simultaneously.

"Can you tell me how you did it?"

As soon as she said it, Bibi Dong realized she had misspoken. As a Senior, she had actually asked a child how he had done it.

"I was born that way."

It was as though three crows flew over Bibi Dong's head.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Seeing Bibi Dong at a loss for words, Qian Renxue laughed.

"See? My Xiao Xuan doesn't need you as his master at all. He can solve the cultivation problems of Twin Martial Souls himself, and he can even do it better than you. Taking my Xiao Xuan as your disciple? Heh. Are you a locksmith? Are you worthy?"

Just as Bibi Dong wanted to say something to Ling Yuxuan, his entire body slowly floated into the air, and the Seraphim Mark on his forehead lit up.

To Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, Ling Yuxuan seemed to have transformed into a god—profound, majestic, and inviolable.

A storm rose in Qian Renxue's heart. In the past three years, this was the first time she had found Ling Yuxuan before her so unfamiliar.

Ling Yuxuan's eyes had turned brilliant gold. He swept Bibi Dong a disdainful glance, then slowly opened his mouth. His voice was filled with majesty as he calmly uttered three words:

"You are unworthy!"

After he spoke, the Seraphim Mark on Ling Yuxuan's forehead dimmed, and he fell into a deep sleep in Qian Renxue's arms.

Qian Renxue checked Ling Yuxuan's condition and found that he had merely fallen asleep from excessive exhaustion.

Then Qian Renxue carried Ling Yuxuan in her arms and walked away.

Bibi Dong remained standing where she was. Those three words had struck straight at her heart, leaving her unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

By the time Bibi Dong came back to her senses, Qian Renxue had already carried Ling Yuxuan away.

At first, Bibi Dong had come today hoping to ease her relationship with Qian Renxue. She had thought Qian Renxue would still be as she had been before, longing for her attention. But reality had slapped her hard across the face. Now, Qian Renxue looked at her with nothing but disgust, as though she were garbage. Everything she had done to Qian Renxue had ultimately driven her daughter away.

Bibi Dong clenched her fists. She had originally planned to help Ling Yuxuan solve the cultivation problems of Twin Martial Souls, then use him to get close to Qian Renxue. Not only could she get close to Qian Renxue, but she could also gain a disciple with Twin God-level Martial Souls. It would have been killing two birds with one stone.

Instead, reality had slapped her in the face again. Thinking of how Qian Renxue kept calling him "my Xiao Xuan," and how Ling Yuxuan held a higher place in Qian Renxue's heart than she did, Bibi Dong laughed bitterly. She had only herself to blame.

The moment Qian Renxue returned to the courtyard with Ling Yuxuan in her arms, he woke up. Seeing that she was carrying him, he softly called out:

"Xue'er Sister."

Seeing Ling Yuxuan awake in her arms, a faint blush rose on Qian Renxue's face. She then set him down.

Remembering how unfamiliar Ling Yuxuan had suddenly seemed just now, Qian Renxue asked:

"Xiao Xuan, why... why did you become like that just now?"