Identity Revealed

Another three months passed. The two of them first endured the fierce assault of Eight Machines, then worked together to withstand the bombardment of Twenty Machines. During this time, Bibi Han met Qian Renxue's grandfather, Qian Daoliu. At first, he found the man somewhat familiar, but only recognized him as the old man who had studied and chatted with him on the Seventh Level after hearing him speak.

Bibi Han also understood Mother's intentions better—why she had made him study upward level by level, and why she had hesitated back then. It had all been so he could develop the right mindset, earn Qian Daoliu's approval, and live properly in Spirit Hall.

It took the two of them seven months to complete all this. During those seven months, Bibi Han celebrated his birthday. On that day, he used the Cute Appeal Method for the first time in years and successfully got Mother and Qian Renxue to eat at the same table, though the air was still thick with gunpowder.

On Qian Renxue's birthday, Bibi Han took her flying kites and playing everywhere. He even made a 16-Layer Cake himself. That night, both their faces were smeared with cream, and they were all smiles.

Over those seven months, Bibi Han's Soul Power had risen to Level 29 Peak. He likely would not need much longer to break through. That was despite spending so much time cultivating his spiritual power. Qian Renxue, meanwhile, rose two levels to Level 55. It seemed that although both were God-Tier Martial Souls, the Angel Martial Soul cultivated faster.

It was still that same rooftop, where Bibi Han and Qian Renxue sat together.

"Little Han, I'll be leaving before long. I'm afraid it'll be difficult for me to come back and see you in the future," Qian Renxue said sorrowfully. The Heaven Dou Empire Crown Prince's illness act was becoming harder and harder to maintain.

These seven months could be called the happiest time Qian Renxue had ever experienced. Though things had not gone well at first and she had endured plenty of anger, she became extremely happy afterward. She encountered many new things, learned many principles, found the first friend of her life, and even somewhat eased her relationship with that woman. If she could, she truly did not want to leave and return to that deceitful life of wearing someone else's face every day.

"Can you tell me what you're going to do?" Although Bibi Han already knew, he still wanted to ask.

Qian Renxue leaned close to Bibi Han's ear and told him. She laid bare such an important matter, trusting him completely.

Bibi Han was deeply moved by this.

Qian Renxue suddenly asked, "By the way, Little Han, you were adopted. Who are your parents? With talent as good as yours, why did they abandon you?"

"Do you really want to know?" Bibi Han's expression darkened as he spoke with great hesitation.

To be honest, he truly did not want to hurt Qian Renxue. Not even a little.

What evil had Qian Renxue, the villain of the original work, actually done? Had she slaughtered cities? Oppressed the Common People? Loved ambushes and underhanded tricks? No. She had merely poisoned two princes or killed a group of nobles, but to any normal person, did those people not deserve to die?

Born into the Royal Family of the Heaven Dou Empire, the leaders among the nobility, they had countless disgusting nobles orbiting around them. Had there been any shortage of evil deeds committed in secret? Could anyone believe that nonsense invented by the animation?

As the saying went, one who stayed near vermilion turned red, while one who stayed near ink turned black. When Spirit Hall began its great cause of unification in the future, the nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire would, in Bibi Han's view, all deserve to die!

As for the ambush during the later withdrawal, when soldiers and Soul Masters were criticized, Bibi Han truly laughed. Had Qian Renxue slaughtered innocents? Had she destroyed Heaven Dou City? Had she taken the opportunity to loot the treasury? In the future, all these first-rate forces would have to go to the front lines. If the treasury had no money, how would they wage war? Would they not still have to squeeze it from the hands of the Common People? The ones who would suffer most were still the Common People themselves.

And as for the nobles, with constant friction along the Border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, when had they ever not lived extravagantly? Had they ever thought of saving money? What bullshit love of peace—this was enough to make anyone laugh to death.

As an angel, Qian Renxue had always had her own bottom line. Though she had suffered such a miserable past, her heart remained bright.

Tang Hao, on the other hand, was hailed as a "hero" of the people and idolized by many. How many Martial Soul Branch Halls had he destroyed? How many low-ranking Soul Masters had he killed—people like Brother Tao, who had joined Spirit Hall merely to earn a living and worked diligently?

"Really," Qian Renxue answered.

Heh heh heh. She would find out sooner or later. Rather than let her become even sadder, more miserable, and more conflicted in the future, perhaps doing something bad, it was better to tell her now.

Bibi Han raised his Left Hand. A small golden hammer wreathed in Purple Lightning appeared in his hand.

"Whoa! Little Han, I never expected you to have Twin Martial Souls! Twin God-Tier Martial Souls!" Qian Renxue was somewhat puzzled as to why Bibi Han had summoned his other Martial Soul, but she was still happy for him.

Bibi Han gave a bitter smile. "Look carefully at the patterns on this hammer."

Only then did Qian Renxue examine it closely. "The patterns on this hammer are—Clear Sky Hammer."

"Blue Silver Grass, Clear Sky Hammer... You, you are..." Qian Renxue's voice trembled violently.

Bibi Han closed his eyes and said in unbearable pain, "That's right. I am the son of Tang Hao, the murderer who caused your father's death." (As understood by the Soul Master World)

Qian Renxue's body shook violently. How ironic. The first friend of her life was actually the son of her father's killer, while she herself was the daughter of the murderer who had killed his mother. (As understood by Qian Renxue)

There was a saying in the Soul Master World: misfortune should not extend to one's family. But how could that ever be fully achieved? Hatred itself was difficult to resolve. Harm one person, and their whole clan would be destroyed. Such things were extremely common in this world. The two of them were natural enemies who could not coexist under the same sky, yet they had become such close friends.

Tears burst from Qian Renxue's eyes.

"Little Xue," Bibi Han called softly.

"Don't call me that! We're enemies, not friends!"

Then Qian Renxue spread her wings and flew away.

Watching Qian Renxue's retreating figure, her tears continuously falling through the air, Bibi Han's heart ached violently. A tear also slipped from the corner of his eye.

"Enemies... enemies... why?"

PS: The author is a Single Dog with insufficient Brain Capacity, so this is all there is to the Romance Scene. Please go easy on me, Book Friends.