The League of the Unrighteous

"Yes. You're afraid to lose, and you can't afford to lose, so you want to minimize the risks as much as possible. Isn't that what I'm doing now, too—minimizing the impact this will have on Xiao Xue?" Qian Xunji said.

"All these years, I've been trying to wear down Xiao Xue's feelings for Bibi Dong while reasoning with her. But you saw what happened: as soon as her mother came back, she tossed everything I'd told her out the window."

"Clearly, reasoning alone can't teach someone. She has to see things for herself and experience them firsthand. The Heaven Dou Imperial Family is the best environment for Xiao Xue to grow."

Qian Daoliu still seemed hesitant. "Spirit City could work too..."

"Father! I'd rather she grow up to kill without blinking. At least then she'd be able to protect herself. I don't want her to end up like Bibi Dong did before." Qian Xunji said.

"In Spirit City, she'll instinctively rely on us. Once that dependence becomes a habit, we can help and protect her now—but what about after she becomes a god? Who will she be able to rely on then?"

"Xiao Xue isn't ordinary. She has an unprecedented Innate Level 20, and she's destined to become a god. What matters most for her isn't working hard at cultivation. It's honing her state of mind."

"..."

"What about her safety?" Qian Daoliu sighed.

"She's only nine. You want to send her to a place like that? What if she runs into danger?"

"You don't need to worry about that. The Martial Soul Temple in Heaven Dou City has three Soul Douluo bishops and more than a dozen Soul Saints stationed there. Xiao Xue will be completely safe." Qian Xunji said.

"Besides, given the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's cowardly nature, even if they discovered the truth, do you think they'd dare openly break with us?"

Destroying the Heaven Dou Imperial Family wouldn't be difficult for Spirit Hall. The problem was that things in the Heaven Dou Empire were complicated. Its factions were already plotting against one another, and if anything happened to the royal family, the kingdoms and duchies beneath them would declare independence in an instant.

The whole empire would descend into chaos!

As for Star Luo, the Dai royal family had close ties to the Clear Sky Sect. On top of that, the Star Luo Imperial Family's Martial Soul Fusion Skill couldn't be imitated, making it far too difficult and dangerous to place a spy there.

Compared to that, the Heaven Dou Empire was a better choice.

Even if Qian Renxue's cover was blown, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Would the Heaven Dou Imperial Family really dare to declare war on Spirit Hall?

They couldn't even control their own nobles and kingdoms. Declare war?

That would be the Heaven Dou Imperial Family bringing about its own downfall.

Saintess Hall.

"Your Killing Intent sure is easy to lose control of," Nan Feng remarked.

Earlier, when they'd gone to Pope Hall and she'd seen Qian Xunji, killing intent had surged out of her in an instant. Now, seeing Qian Renxue with her Martial Soul Possessed, it had shot out just as quickly.

Bibi Dong opened her eyes after finishing her breathing exercises. "You know how many people I killed in Slaughter City. All that Killing Intent built up inside me, and the Divine Slaughter's Domain it formed was always restless."

As she spoke, Bibi Dong's expression turned a little uneasy.

Because Nan Feng was around, she still hadn't started suppressing her Killing Intent herself. Every time it stirred, the boy brought it under control in seconds.

"From now on, unless I go mad, don't suppress my Killing Intent again," Bibi Dong said.

If she kept relying on him, she might never learn to control her Divine Slaughter's Domain.

"But I'm scared!" Nan Feng said.

"You have no idea how terrifying you looked. If I hadn't brought it under control, you might've snapped and killed me along with everyone else!"

Bibi Dong was at a loss for words.

He had a point.

When her Killing Intent went out of control, everyone in front of her looked like Qian Xunji!

"Maybe I should find you somewhere to stay," Bibi Dong said.

"I'm planning to go into seclusion, so I won't have time to look after you."

"Somewhere to stay?" Nan Feng hesitated.

"Where? And let me make this clear: I can't live in hardship!"

"I suffered enough in Slaughter City. I'm not putting up with so much as a little hardship ever again!"

Several days later, at Spirit Hall Academy.

Without a doubt, this was the strongest Soul Master Academy on the Douluo Continent. Spirit Hall itself was a massive Soul Master organization, and nearly all its members' children and descendants were sent to Spirit Hall Academy for training.

"You're not planning to make me go to school, are you?" Nan Feng asked, looking baffled.

"No. I'm here to find someone," Bibi Dong said.

Back in Slaughter City, she'd already taught Nan Feng a great deal. The boy had an excellent memory and could recite nearly everything she'd told him, so there was no need for him to attend a Soul Master Academy.

Besides, the greatest benefit a Soul Master Academy offered was helping students obtain Spirit Rings.

Nan Feng didn't need any Spirit Rings, and he already knew enough. As for combat, he was a Healing-type Soul Master, so there was no need to worry about that. And if he did need training, she could teach him herself.

"Someone?" Nan Feng stuck his head out and looked around.

"Male or female?"

"Just so we're clear, there's no way I'm letting a man support me!"

Bibi Dong's eyelid twitched. "She's a little girl."

As they spoke, Bibi Dong arrived at the teaching area of the Junior Soul Master Academy within Spirit Hall Academy. She found the person in charge and asked about the girl she was looking for.

A little while later, the Dean of Academic Affairs came in with a timid-looking girl with short pink-and-gold hair.

"Your Holiness?" Seeing who had come, Hu Liena froze.

"Nana, it's been a long time." Bibi Dong rarely wore a smile outside that could be called gentle.

Seeing this, the Dean of Academic Affairs tactfully left the office and closed the door behind him.

"You're planning to have her look after me?" Nan Feng asked.

Hu Liena stared blankly at the golden kitten sitting on the desk and speaking human words.

Was she hearing things?

Bibi Dong's eyelid twitched. "Nana, this cat is a special kind. It can talk. Don't be nervous."

Before she'd finished speaking, a flash of light passed over Nan Feng. In the blink of an eye, the little cat vanished, replaced by a handsome boy of twelve or thirteen.

"..."

The air seemed to freeze for a second or two. Hu Liena's vision went black, and she fell backward. Bibi Dong quickly reached out and caught her.

"Such a coward," Nan Feng muttered.

Before they'd left, he'd already had Bibi Dong get him some clothes, so he was dressed.

Bibi Dong laid the unconscious Hu Liena on the sofa, then grabbed Nan Feng by the collar, her expression dark. "What the hell was that?!"

Nan Feng looked innocent. "Isn't she one of us?"

"One of us?" Bibi Dong's eyelid twitched.

"When did I... No, what do you mean, 'one of us'?"

"The League of the Unrighteous, fighting feudalism, landlords, and authoritarian rule—our plan is to kill Qian Xunji and take over Spirit Hall!" Nan Feng declared solemnly.

"Huh?" Bibi Dong stared at him in bewilderment.

Where had he even come up with that string of terms?

"The moment I arrived in Spirit City, I could tell the whole place reeked of corruption and graft!" Nan Feng said, his expression turning serious.

"Just look at those city walls, those statues, that enormous golden throne. It was all built with the people's blood and sweat!"

"Soul Masters don't produce anything. Where did all this come from? They must have squeezed it out of ordinary people. Isn't that the oppression of feudal landlords?"

"On our way here, I saw what those ordinary people's villages were like. There were plenty of people so poor they couldn't even afford a meal."

"Would people who can barely feed themselves really be willing to give up the little they earn through their own labor?"

"Isn't this damn authoritarianism, born from their superior force?"

"As the head of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji represents the feudal landlord ruling class, doesn't he? Killing him means fighting feudalism, landlords, and authoritarian rule, doesn't it?"

"Of course, given your background, fighting Spirit Hall makes you a bit of a traitor. So I call us the League of the Unrighteous!"

"..."

"And what happens after we're done?" Bibi Dong asked, looking at him strangely.

"Then we replace that damn feudal landlord ruling class and enjoy the spoils ourselves!" Nan Feng said.

"After all, if I don't exploit people, someone else will. They might even exploit themselves."

"If exploitation and oppression aren't going to disappear, then we might as well enjoy them before someone else does."

"Right?"

"..." Bibi Dong.

I knew you wouldn't have anything good up your sleeve!