(Posted first, revised later)
"Teacher..." Hu Liena soon walked out from behind the Pope's throne.
Bibi Dong looked at Hu Liena. Her mood was terrible. She had originally wanted Hu Liena to judge whether there was anything strange about her behavior, but she had not expected her disciple to see such an embarrassing side of her.
"You must be very curious, right? Why your teacher knows Yu Xiaogang." Bibi Dong laughed at herself.
Hu Liena nodded lightly.
Bibi Dong had always regarded Hu Liena as her own daughter. She had practically watched Hu Liena grow up. Even though the content of Bibi Dong's ninth trial told her that Hu Liena carried the Rule of Power of the Asura God King, Bibi Dong still trusted her.
After hesitating for a moment, Bibi Dong said, "Actually, it isn't much of a secret. It's just that after I became Pope, the elders chose not to speak of many things concerning Yu Xiaogang."
"Decades ago, when I was still the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall, I met a young man. He was quite handsome, but because his martial soul had mutated, his talent was extremely poor. No matter how hard he cultivated, he could never raise his Soul Power to level thirty."
"But I saw all of that young man's hard work. Gradually, as we spent more time together, feelings grew between us. So I told him that he could study theoretical knowledge and search for a way to break through."
"After that, I brought him to Spirit Hall's library. He studied all sorts of theoretical knowledge there, and later established the ten great theories of martial souls. In the world of soul masters, people called him the 'Master.'"
"That was Yu Xiaogang. He was my first love. But later, because of our identities,