Qian Renxue: No, I Am an Orphan

[Su Yan: There's not much to say about the Clear Sky Hammer. What's powerful are the self-created soul skills. What I mentioned earlier was from the future Battle of Two Gods. Tang Hao probably isn't that outrageous right now, and Exploding Ring has severe backlash. Exploding all nine rings at once could kill him on the spot. Tang Hao wouldn't use it unless it was a life-or-death situation.]

[Su Yan: Dealing with Tang Hao or the Clear Sky Hammer is actually simple. If you can outrun him, you win. If you can't outrun him, you're done for.]

[Everyone: ???]

[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Are you serious?]

[Cat in the Shadow: Why does this feel so strange to me?]

[I Am an Orphan: What does a Soul Power showdown have to do with whether you can run fast?]

[Su Yan: You all know Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen. Qian Daoliu can't beat Tang Chen, but if I were Qian Daoliu, I could absolutely toy Tang Chen to death.]

[Su Yan: I have a set of Superior Military Strategy here. Do you want to learn it?]

[Everyone: Yes.]

[Bibi Dong: Are you bragging again?]

[Bibi Dong: Qian Daoliu can't beat Tang Chen, but if you were Qian Daoliu, you could? Why not say that if you were Qian Daoliu, you could even beat Bo Saixi?]

[Su Yan: Bibi Dong, just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't. Bo Saixi is only invincible at sea. As long as it isn't at sea, beating her isn't impossible. If you want to fight Bo Saixi, find a way to force her ashore.]

[Su Yan: On life's stage, the wise know how to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, letting their brightest light shine. The same goes for fighting Tang Hao. The moment he explodes his rings, immediately burn your Soul Power and run. By the time you escape, he'll be nearly crippled. Then turn around and strike back, and he'll be dead for sure.]

Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong fell silent in an instant.

She had deliberately wanted to put Su Yan down and regain some face.

But once Su Yan produced this Sixteen-Character Mantra, she could no longer say a word.

As the Martial Soul Hall Pope, Bibi Dong intended to unify the continent, so naturally she had studied military strategy. And because she had studied it, she knew just how sacred these sixteen characters were.

Overwhelmingly powerful!

The other girls in the Group Chat also fell quiet.

They did not understand military strategy.

But these sixteen characters still deeply shocked them. They could be applied to any battle!

Nuoding Academy.

Xiao Wu lay on her bed, utterly confused. Little Rabbit's Brain could not imagine how impressive this was, but she did not say anything either. Otherwise, she would expose the fact that she was uneducated.

Wait a second?

Little Rabbit's face instantly turned pale, and her body began trembling uncontrollably.

What had they just been talking about?

Tang San's Father was a Title Douluo who had been secretly protecting Tang San all along. Didn't that mean her identity had long since been exposed?

It was over.

There was a Title Douluo—and one Su Yan had called extremely powerful. She was definitely dead this time.

I jolted awake from my dying dream, only to realize the clown was me.

[Loves Eating Carrots: You... you... what did you just say?]

[Loves Eating Carrots: Tang San's dad is a Title Douluo and has been secretly, secretly protecting him all this time?]

[Su Yan: Yes, but in the River of Time I saw, he will remain hidden until the Soul Master Competition two years from now, when he appears in Spirit City to hammer Bibi Dong in the face.]

The back mountain.

Su Yan found it amusing too.

Little Rabbit was only realizing it now?

That was ridiculous.

The matter with Tang Hao had practically passed already.

And she had only just caught on?

Little Rabbit really ought to eat fewer carrots and more walnuts and fish to nourish her brain.

[Bibi Dong: I'll punch you in the face! Su Yan, enough!]

Xiao Wu was extremely anxious at this point. She did not quite understand what Su Yan meant.

Wouldn't Tang Hao come out and capture her?

But...

Xiao Wu wanted to ask, yet she did not dare.

If she asked her question now, the others in the Group Chat would learn that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

That would be even more dangerous.

What should she do?

[Loves Eating Carrots: I... I have a friend who wants to know. Will Tang Hao help Tang San hunt a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?]

[Su Yan: Not now. Maybe in the future.]

[Su Yan: Tang San cannot absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring yet, but Tang Hao has already claimed one. Normally, as long as it stays under his control, it will be fine. Once it leaves his control, it will be in danger.]

[Su Yan: Do you understand?]

[Loves Eating Carrots: Mm.]

Xiao Wu replied in the Group Chat, then lay motionless on her bed, too afraid to move.

She had been planning to flee straight back to the Star Dou Great Forest, but after seeing Su Yan's warning, she understood.

Right now, she was Tang Hao's captive Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. As long as she did not run and remained under his nose, there would be no problem.

If she ran, he would make his move.

But...

Didn't that mean she would die sooner or later anyway?

Little Rabbit felt utterly hopeless. She had not yet become a Title Douluo, and she had not gone to take revenge on Bibi Dong... Sob, sob, sob!

Even if she became a Title Douluo, she still would not be able to beat Bibi Dong!

I really am too miserable.

Run.

As long as she found an opportunity, she would run back to the Star Dou Great Forest... Right! She had to find a chance to escape, but where would such an opportunity come from?

Little Rabbit was despairing.

[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Strange. Why can't I quite understand what you two are talking about?]

[Yanzi is not Swallow: I understand. Tang Hao has already prepared a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for Tang San.]

[Cat in the Shadow: I heard that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings are red. Has anyone seen one?]

[Group Member Number Nine: No.]

[Bibi Dong: Call me Your Eminence the Pope, and I'll send you a picture to broaden your horizons.]

[Loves Eating Carrots: Bibi Dong, I'm going to kill you!]

[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Sister, why are you so worked up? Let's not look.]

[Yanzi is not Swallow: Blind Douluo Bibi Dong.]

[Cat in the Shadow: +1.]

Prince's Mansion.

Qian Renxue wore a thin nightgown, her golden hair draped loose behind her as she sat at the table making tea.

Hu Liena, dressed in a black robe, entered Qian Renxue's room.

Qian Renxue: "You came."

Hu Liena: "I came."

Qian Renxue: "You shouldn't have come, but you came anyway."

Hu Liena: ???

Qian Renxue pushed over a cup of tea and asked, "What did you come to see me for?"

Hu Liena pushed the teacup aside and said solemnly, "Little Xue, I know you hate me and think I stole your maternal love, but that isn't how it is."

"Listen to me..."

In one breath, Hu Liena told her everything that had happened in the Group Chat, then explained anxiously:

"Little Xue, you have to believe me. If there wasn't something wrong with Teacher, I wouldn't have taken such a huge risk and rushed all the way from Spirit City to Heaven Dou City to find you."

"I... you..."

Hu Liena thought Qian Renxue did not believe her and was preparing to say even more, only to realize that Qian Renxue's expression remained calm, as if she had chattered on for so long and Qian Renxue had not heard a single word.

"Something's wrong!"

Hu Liena's expression darkened. "Little Xue, something is wrong with you. How could you hear everything I just said without the slightest emotional reaction?"

Qian Renxue took a sip of tea, looked at Hu Liena, and replied, "Then what do you think the reason is?"

Hu Liena froze for a moment, then immediately took out the Jade Stone Mirror and checked one by one. In the end, she stared in shock. "You... you're Group Member Number Nine?"

Qian Renxue smiled faintly.

"No, I Am an Orphan."

Hu Liena: ???