"You're not dead?"
Seeing Nan Feng suddenly walk over, Qian Renxue looked just as incredulous.
She'd clearly checked him just a moment ago. The cat wasn't breathing, its heart had stopped, and its body had even gone a little stiff!
Nan Feng ignored Qian Renxue. Instead, he patted Bibi Dong and pointed toward the kitchen.
Those people saw he was a cat and wouldn't give him anything to eat!
A few of them had even held food in their hands and dangled it in front of him to tease him!
Damn it! Did they think he'd put up with that?
Bibi Dong looked toward where Nan Feng was pointing and quickly understood what he meant.
She'd always taken Nan Feng with her before. Today, he'd gone on his own, so the people in the kitchen had obviously ignored him.
"Is there anything else?" Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji.
"No." Qian Xunji glanced at Qian Renxue behind him.
"And you?"
Under Bibi Dong's cool gaze, Qian Renxue silently lowered her head.
Qian Xunji didn't linger. He took Qian Renxue and left Saintess Hall.
"So he wants you to order Qian Renxue to go undercover?"
In Bibi Dong's private room, Nan Feng was finally able to turn back into a human and eat properly.
"More or less." Bibi Dong set down the plan for going undercover.
"He needs to maintain the perfect image of a father, so whenever something might damage it, he intends to make me do it."
Sending a nine-year-old child to infiltrate the imperial family and then kill the whole household was the sort of despicable thing that would tarnish Qian Xunji's righteous, saintly image if he suggested it himself. So she was the only one who could bring it up.
Besides, Qian Daoliu didn't trust her, either. If Qian Renxue stayed in Spirit City, she might secretly come to see Bibi Dong one day, and if anything happened, that would be awkward.
By comparison, Heaven Dou City was safer than here.
"So what are you going to do?" Nan Feng asked.
"What else can I do? Go along with it." Bibi Dong replied.
"Besides, I don't want to see that child."
"But she's basically your shield, isn't she?" Nan Feng said.
"If she leaves Spirit City, you'll be in danger."
The only reason Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu hadn't dealt with Bibi Dong yet was that they wanted to minimize her influence over Qian Renxue and her influence within Spirit Hall.
Qian Daoliu had undergone the Angel God Trial. He knew what might come up during it, so he couldn't risk letting this become an obstacle in Qian Renxue's heart.
If they killed Bibi Dong now, and Qian Renxue couldn't let it go—if the truth was even laid bare before her during the Angel God Trial—that her father had raped her mother and fathered her, and then her grandfather had joined forces with her father to kill her mother... Who knew whether such a shocking story might make Qian Renxue lose her mind and fail the Angel God Trial?
So Bibi Dong couldn't die at their hands.
Anyway, in Spirit City, the father and son practically held absolute power. They had plenty of time to deal with this slowly.
As for Qian Renxue's cultivation, there was no need to rush. She was destined to become a god, and there hadn't been a trace of the gods on Douluo Continent for twenty thousand years. How could a god appear again so soon after the last one?
In other words, in Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji's eyes, this was a sure win!
Sending her undercover to Heaven Dou was just a way to let Qian Renxue experience the schemes and strife of ordinary people. Success would be ideal, but failure wouldn't matter. It would simply give her some life experience.
After all, once the Angel God's glory returned to the world, mortals would submit of their own accord.
And that was exactly what would happen. If not for Tang San, that cheating bastard, the mortal side would have stood no chance against Spirit Hall's army led by a god, whether in strength or morale.
In fact, without Tang San, the Heaven Dou Palace Coup wouldn't have happened at all. Ning Fengzhi was a crafty old fox, and without a chance of winning, he'd never have resisted to the bitter end.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's vast network of interests across the continent, combined with Spirit Hall's powerful forces...
"Are you afraid?" Bibi Dong asked.
"Afraid of what?" Nan Feng asked, puzzled.
"If Qian Renxue leaves, I'll be in danger. And I'm your backer. If I fall, your good days will be over, too," Bibi Dong said.
Nan Feng gave her a strange look. "How could you have such a naive idea?"
Bibi Dong's eye twitched. "What do you mean?"
"This world has no shortage of backers." Nan Feng kept eating.
"If you fall, I can always find another mountain to lean on."
Bibi Dong froze. "You've already found a way out?"
"Not yet," Nan Feng said.
"But looking at your situation, I feel like I have no choice but to start considering whether it's feasible."
Bibi Dong's eye twitched. "You really are practical."
"I have to be." Nan Feng shrugged.
"Would it make sense to tell you that if you died, I'd kill everyone under heaven to avenge you? Or that I'd die with you?"
"Those kinds of lies—I might say them, but would you believe them? I'd be embarrassed to say them myself."
"So take it easy. I really can't handle any more upheaval. Being kept by a rich patron is exhausting. Just think how much effort I put into winning you over over the last three years."
"I finally succeeded, and now I'm just starting to enjoy the benefits. Then you suddenly fall. You'd be done and gone, but what about me?"
"In this world, I have nothing but you."
Bibi Dong froze, her expression turning a little unnatural. "Nothing but me..."
"You used to be fighting alone, but now I'll help you. You don't have to do things the way you used to," Nan Feng said.
"So listen to me, okay?"
As long as Qian Renxue remained sufficiently dependent on Bibi Dong, the father and son wouldn't lay a hand on her. She wasn't worth the risk otherwise.
With Bibi Dong staying in Spirit City, she couldn't stir up any trouble.
As long as she remained useful, she was safe enough.
"What do you want to do?" Bibi Dong asked.
"You said it yourself. Before Qian Renxue turned six, you thought she was innocent and didn't want to drag her into this. So why not do the same now?" Nan Feng took Bibi Dong's hands. The Horse Talisman activated, forcibly keeping her lucid to prevent her Killing Intent from spiraling out of control and cutting him down.
"I..." Bibi Dong looked conflicted and turned her eyes away.
She couldn't ignore that disgusting presence. Whenever she came into contact with it, she couldn't help remembering that night—and the days and nights she'd been imprisoned!
"Bibi Dong!" Nan Feng frowned.
"Can't you make up your mind? If you keep hesitating, you'll be the one who dies!"
Damn it!
He'd gone to all that trouble to win Bibi Dong over. If the future Female Pope fell, how was he supposed to get by?
With Qian Renxue?
Give him a break!
Even love-brains came in different varieties!
Bibi Dong loved Yu Xiaogang so much that she still couldn't forget him even on the verge of death. She'd even destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan just so Yu Xiaogang could be with the person he loved without anyone standing in their way.
Qian Renxue loved Tang San. Sure, she'd held back plenty, but when it was time to strike, that woman hadn't hesitated at all. She'd pull her pants back up and pretend nothing happened!
Could he really rely on someone like that? Who knew when she'd turn around and sell him out?
Bibi Dong was a love-brain through and through. Once you won her over, she could truly give you everything, even if she went mad in the process. But with Qian Renxue, winning her over would be useless. If there was enough to gain, she'd go after anyone.
By comparison, Qian Renxue just wasn't worth the effort!
Besides, that woman was hard to fool. The dream trick had worked before because Bibi Dong was under immense pressure in Slaughter City. Her mind was already unstable, her emotions shattered and her life in ruins. She'd even been tossed into Slaughter City like a piece of trash.
In that state, she'd been almost completely alone.
Even so, it had taken him nearly three years to win her over.
Qian Renxue?
Damn it! If he planted a dream in her head tonight, she'd probably run straight to Qian Daoliu that very same night!
Besides, he'd made the whole dream up himself. It only worked because she was caught up in it.
If Qian Daoliu saw through him, would he still be able to win her over?
Not a chance!
The moment Qian Daoliu sensed something was wrong, he'd summon his Martial Soul Avatar in an instant and come after him with that Flash Greatsword!
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