"That makes sense..."
Upon hearing Zhu Zhuqing's suggestion, Zhou Chen stroked his chin and nodded, saying, "Xiao Wu and the others are indeed no longer suitable to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest."
During this great battle, the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and the Ferocious Beast such as Di Tian did not appear. It was clear that they wanted to hide and stay out of the way to avoid attracting the attention of the Douluo God Realm and being hunted down by the gods of the Divine Realm.
Zhou Chen neither approved nor opposed this timid and self-centered attitude.
After all, as the saying goes, "Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you." Every living being has its own thoughts and difficulties, and we cannot impose our own thoughts on others.
However, with the top experts of the Soul Beast Clan, such as Gu Yuena, refusing to appear, the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape alone would certainly not be able to stop the Spirit Hall's next attack.
The Star Dou Great Forest has now become a free public toilet; the Spirit Hall can come and go as it pleases, and kill whichever Soul Beast it wants.
Furthermore, it's impossible for the powerful figures of the Purple Micro Palace to be stationed in the Star Dou Great Forest every day, so they simply couldn't protect Xiao Wu's safety.
Therefore, the only solution now is to get Xiao Wu and the two brothers, Da Ming Er Ming, out of the Star Dou Great Forest and hide in a safe place.
"Xiao Wu, what do you think?"
Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow and looked at Xiao Wu, who had big, wine-red eyes and Xiao Wu pure and beautiful.
Although he had already made up his mind, he still wanted to ask Xiao Wu and the others for their opinions, even if it was just to make a show of it, it would still win over people's hearts... uh, no, win over the hearts of the Soul Beast.
"I'll listen to Chen Ge, Da Ming Er Ming will listen to me."
Xiao Wu patted her bulging chest, looking obedient.
"Moo!"
With a soft groan, the enormous bull head of the Sky Azure Bull Python Da Ming also came closer, looking at Zhou Chen and saying, "Palace Master Zhou, the Star Dou Great Forest is our home, and we originally did not want to leave."
After a pause, Da Ming changed the subject, saying, "However, we're not fools. If we don't leave now, we'll be hunted down by the Spirit Hall sooner or later. So, we're willing to follow your arrangements, we just ask that you take good care of Sister Xiao Wu."
Da Ming's words implied that the younger brother-in-law was entrusting his older sister to his brother-in-law, which made Zhou Chen feel very comfortable.
As for the Titan Giant Ape Er Ming, it wasn't very bright, so it just scratched its head and mumbled in agreement, "I'll listen to Sister Xiao Wu and Big Brother."
Seeing that the three Soul Beasts had reached a consensus, Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Then you can leave with us."
"Chen Ge, are you taking us to Heaven Dou City?"
Xiao Wu said with some fear.
She once longed to go to the human world because its prosperity and civilization were incomparable to the Star Dou Great Forest. In the human world, she always felt extraordinary joy.
However, she is now completely afraid to engage with the human world.
Because most humans only see Soul Beast as prey, as mobile Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
The human world is too dangerous.
Especially since she was bringing Da Ming Er Ming along this time, with their enormous size, they couldn't hide at all in Heaven Dou City and could be discovered by humans at any moment.
Once discovered by humans, they will likely be besieged and hunted by a continuous stream of powerful Soul Master, and even the Purple Micro Palace might not be able to stop them.
Even within the Purple Micro Palace, there might be those who, unable to resist their own greed, would attempt to harm them.
Xiao Wu used to think that Da Ming Er Ming were very strong, so strong that they were not afraid of any human. Now she dares not think that way anymore.
The human world is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and powerful figures are everywhere. They are simply no match for the Soul Beast Clan. The Spirit Hall alone almost took the lives of the three of them!
Seeing Xiao Wu's frightened appearance, Zhou Chen couldn't help but feel pity for her.
He stepped forward, reached out and patted Xiao Wu's head, and said with a smile, "Heaven Dou City is indeed not suitable for you. I plan to send you to the Far North Land. The Frozen Forest there is also one of the habitats of Soul Beast."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief, but then seemed to remember something and said nervously, "Chen Ge, Soul Beast all have their own territories. The Far North Land belongs to the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, and we can't defeat them."
"No need to fight, we're all family."
Zhou Chen said calmly.
"Ha??"
Xiao Wu looked up blankly, her beautiful face full of question marks.
Zhou Chen smiled and said, "The Snow Empress and Ice Empress, two of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, are both my women and your sisters-in-law. They will treat you like their younger brothers and sisters. Most importantly, they are very powerful and can protect you."
Xiao Wu: "..."
Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape: "..."
Xiao Wu's pretty face was now scrunched up. She felt a pang of sadness, a sense of injustice and distress that was indescribable.
"What's wrong? Why that expression?"
Seeing Xiao Wu's jealous and aggrieved look, Zhou Chen chuckled inwardly, but on the surface, he asked with an air of righteous indignation.
"Chen Ge, I..."
Xiao Wu opened her rosy lips, wanting to speak, but didn't know what to say.
However, as Soul Beast, she expresses her feelings in a much bolder way than humans.
Suddenly, Xiao Wu twisted her slender waist and bounced her long legs, moving towards Zhou Chen.
Without thinking much, Zhou Chen instinctively reached out his arm and caught Xiao Wu, who was light-bodied and had smooth skin.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing turned her head away unhappily, preferring to ignore it.
Bi Ji and Zi JI, who also had close relationships with Zhou Chen, watched all this with great interest, their exquisite and beautiful faces filled with relief and encouragement.
In the eyes of Bi Ji and Zi JI, the two elders of the Soul Beast Clan, this world is one where the strong are respected, the weak are preyed upon, and the strong devour everything.
A super strong person like Zhou Chen should have three wives and five concubines, and enjoy a harem of beautiful women.
Just like a pride of lions, where one male lion leads dozens of female lions.
They desperately wanted Zhou Chen to take more wives and concubines from the Soul Beast Clan, so that their Soul Beast Clan could receive more pity and protection from Zhou Chen.
Xiao Wu wrapped her arms tightly around Zhou Chen's neck, feeling his warm breath. Her heart was pounding, and she couldn't help but be a little infatuated.
At this moment, her heart was filled with pure happiness.
"Brother, thank you."
Xiao Wu buried her pretty face in Zhou Chen's arms and called out softly.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen remained silent for a moment, then lowered his head and gently lifted Xiao Wu's long hair with his hand.
The two snuggled together for a while, and Zhu Zhuqing, who was standing to the side, was so jealous that she felt acid reflux.
She looked at the human-animal couple before her, crossed her arms, and said coldly, "That's enough. Are you planning to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest indefinitely?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu suddenly snapped out of Zhou Chen's arms as if waking from a dream, blushing and clutching the hem of her skirt with her small hands, lowering her head and not daring to utter a sound.
Zhou Chen, on the other hand, had a much thicker skin.
He looked directly at Zhu Zhuqing, nodded in agreement, and said earnestly, "Zhu Zhuqing is right, we should leave."
After a pause, Zhou Chen turned to Bi Ji and Zi JI beside him and instructed, "My two sisters, you two will escort Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming to the Far North Land to find the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, and then stay there for a while. What do you think?"
The reason he chose Bi Ji and Zi JI to escort Xiao Wu and the others was mainly because both of them were also Soul Beast, which made them more suitable.
"Alright, since I'm yours now, I'll do whatever you say."
With her stunning figure and Bewitchment face, Zi JI shrugged, her tone both intimate and provocative.
Bi Ji, on the other hand, was much more composed. She looked directly at Zhou Chen and said calmly, "We will take care of Xiao Wu."
"Okay, I'm counting on you. I'll order her to open a portal for you."
Zhou Chen nodded, snapped his fingers, and instantly, a silver spatial gate engraved with intricate patterns appeared in the sky.
The next moment, amidst a poignant farewell, the five Soul Beast — Xiao Wu, Bi Ji, Zi JI, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape —each over 100,000 years old, stepped into the spatial gate and vanished.
"And then? Shall we go back to Heaven Dou City?"
Zhu Zhuqing covered her mouth slightly and yawned.
"No, we're going to Spirit City."
Zhou Chen gazed into the distance, as if he could see the Spirit City thousands of miles away, and said, "Yan Zi, Ling Ling, Bing'er have all gone to the Spirit City to participate in the Soul Master Tournament. I have to protect their safety in case Bi Bi Dong becomes desperate and does something rash."
Three days later.
Spirit City, Pope's Palace.
Inside the study, Bi Bi Dong's graceful and tall figure leaned against a Swan -covered chaise lounge, her eyes half-closed.
At this moment, her face was pale, her breathing was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and she was coughing softly from time to time.
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Beside her, Hu Liena, dressed in a golden dress and draped in a white cloak, stood quietly, her delicate face filled with sorrow.
As Bi Bi Dong's only disciple and the next Pope of the Spirit Hall, Hu Liena has an extremely close relationship with her teacher, like mother and daughter.
Seeing her teacher so badly injured, how could she not feel good about it?
What hurt her even more was that the one who injured Bi Bi Dong was none other than her beloved, the handsome young man she loved to the core!
At this moment, Hu Liena truly felt what it meant to be caught in a dilemma and what it meant to be heartbroken!
"Na Na, you need to make a choice between the Spirit Hall and that kid!"
Bi Bi Dong's voice was authoritative and cold, even though she was seriously injured.
Hearing her teacher's words, Hu Liena's eyes reddened, and she said in a tearful voice, "Teacher, can't our Spirit Hall and... and him, coexist peacefully?"
"It's impossible!"
Bi Bi Dong was leaning back in her recliner, opened her eyes. The cold light in her eyes made Hu Liena lower her head involuntarily.
Shaking her head with a hint of exasperation, Bi Bi Dong sneered, "Na Na, you're too naive. Do you really think the reason Zhou Chen and I went to war was because of that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit?"
"Isn't that right?"
Hu Liena raised her head, pursed her red lips, and asked.
"Of course not!"
Bi Bi Dong said in a deep voice, "Zhou Chen has a Title Douluo with a space-type ability under his command. If he really only wanted to save that Soft Bone Rabbit, he could have simply opened a spatial portal and teleported the rabbit away. Why bother mobilizing hundreds of powerful individuals and ten Title Douluo to fight against my Spirit Hall?"
"So what exactly does he want to...?"
"He wants to conquer the world!"
Bi Bi Dong propped herself up, gently stroking Hu Liena's smooth, jade-like cheek, and said earnestly, "Zhou Chen is an ambitious and exceptionally intelligent man. He has the ambition to encompass the entire world and the will to conquer all directions. His goal is the same as our Spirit Hall's!"
"We all want to destroy the two great empires and unify Douluo, so a battle between the Spirit Hall and the Purple Micro Palace is inevitable!"
Before she could finish speaking, Bi Bi Dong, whose lung injury had been aggravated by speaking, covered her mouth and coughed violently a few times.
"Teacher, please have some tea."
Seeing Bi Bi Dong's pained expression with her delicate brows furrowed, Hu Liena quickly poured her a cup of tea and personally fed it to Bi Bi Dong.
After taking a couple of sips of tea, Bi Bi Dong finally calmed down. Her voice became a little hoarse as she said, "Na Na, you really can't run away anymore. You have to make a choice! Will you choose your teacher, the Spirit Hall, or him?"
Upon hearing this, Hu Liena was stunned.
Not daring to meet Bi Bi Dong's gaze, she slowly lowered her head, her lips moving slightly, but she couldn't utter a single word, remaining silent.
Silence, in fact, represents rejection!
Seeing Hu Liena refuse her request with silence, Bi Bi Dong felt a surge of anger rush to her head, her eyes turned red, tears welled up in her eyes, and the scenery in front of her instantly became blurry!
Her disciple, the disciple she had painstakingly cultivated for over twenty years, a disciple comparable to her own daughter, actually chose that boy over the Spirit Hall?
Seeing Bi Bi Dong shed tears of anger, Hu Liena panicked. Her voice trembled and she cried, "Teacher, I will never betray the Spirit Hall. The Spirit Hall raised my brother and me from childhood. I will never forget their kindness."
"But..."
"However, Zhou Chen is the Life's Love, my husband, and I cannot possibly be his enemy. If... if the Spirit Hall really goes to war with the Purple Micro Palace, I can only commit suicide on the battlefield to repay my teacher's kindness with my life."
"You, you..."
Upon hearing Hu Liena's words, Bi Bi Dong was so enraged that she nearly spat out blood as she pointed at Hu Liena!
Seeing this, Hu Liena gently bit her red lips, picked up her teacup, and whispered, "Teacher, calm down, have some tea first..."
"Smack!"
With a muffled thud, Bi Bi Dong snatched the silver teacup from her hand. Her hand, gripping the cup tightly, was slightly white from the force. She murmured sadly, "Is this fate playing tricks on us? I was like this back then, and so is my disciple..."
"Teacher..."
Hu Liena said in a panic.
"Get out! Get out! Get out of here! Now!!"
Bi Bi Dong pointed to the door and shouted loudly.
"Yes... teacher."
Hu Liena silently shed tears and slowly left the study.
After Hu Liena left, Bi Bi Dong suddenly picked up the still-warm teacup, drank it down in big gulps, and then threw the teacup hard on the ground, shattering it into pieces!