Yue Guan: What the Hell?!

Yue Guan's movement startled Bibi Dong.

Her outstretched hand paused.

Seeing Yue Guan's unusual reaction, Bibi Dong knew that he had clearly misunderstood something.

She had merely wanted to touch the baby's round, adorable little face.

However, Bibi Dong had no intention of explaining herself.

"Sigh!"

Bibi Dong let out a soft sigh. Thinking of certain things, her mood darkened.

She thought of another child.

An annoying child.

Not long after she had emerged from Slaughter City, she had still been unable to control the killing intent within her properly.

That annoying child had run up to her and flaunted her newly awakened Martial Soul. Then, Bibi Dong lost control.

Once her killing intent rose, she attacked without mercy.

Had a certain hateful old man not arrived in time, she would have strangled that child to death on the spot.

The reason she had come here was not only to clear her mind, but also to stay away from that chilling city and avoid seeing that annoying child again. She feared that she would be unable to resist killing her the next time.

As for the mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters, that was merely incidental.

Seeing that Bibi Dong had no intention of attacking, Yue Guan let out a sigh of relief, failing to notice the change in her mood.

However, Ye Qifeng, who had been staring at Bibi Dong with his large, dark eyes, understood the pain in her heart.

He stretched out his little hand and gently patted the back of Bibi Dong's hand.

"Don't be sad. Things will get better."

Ye Qifeng did not know what else to say, so he could only offer a simple bit of comfort.

"Eee, ahh—"

Feeling the soft touch on the back of her hand and hearing the baby's babbling in her ears,

for some reason, Bibi Dong's mood inexplicably improved. The tangled negative emotions within her also calmed considerably in an instant.

Bibi Dong looked at the clear-eyed baby before her and the tiny hand patting the back of her hand. Unexpectedly, she found him quite pleasing to the eye, and a faint smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

That smile was like spring sunlight, radiant and enchanting.

Ye Qifeng was instantly entranced.

Seeing Bibi Dong as she was now and recalling all that she had suffered, Ye Qifeng felt pity for her and silently made up his mind.

For the sake of that smile alone, Ye Qifeng decided that one day he would save her from that Asura hell, protect her well, and never let her meet such a miserable end.

At that moment, even Yue Guan was stunned.

"What the hell? The Holy Maiden actually smiled. How many years has it been since I last saw her smile? Am I seeing things?"

Yue Guan blinked his peach-blossom eyes, secretly doubting himself and refusing to believe it.

Yet the very next moment, he saw Bibi Dong repeatedly pinch the baby's face with her jade-like hand, the smile at the corners of her lips growing ever brighter.

Yue Guan was so shocked that he could not close his mouth.

Bibi Dong did not care what Yue Guan thought.

She simply felt very good at that moment. She liked this delicate, jade-carved baby a little and merely wanted to show some affection.

"Quick! Elder Ju and Her Holiness the Holy Maiden are right ahead!"

Just then, voices from the Wuhun Hall Enforcement Team sounded in the distance.

Quite a few people were continuously rushing over.

Before long, every squad of the pursuing Wuhun Hall Enforcement Team had arrived.

They did not possess the cultivation of Elder Ju and the Holy Maiden, so traveling took them some time.

By the time they arrived, they found that the battle had long since ended.

After all, Yue Guan was a level ninety-two Title Douluo, while Holy Maiden Bibi Dong was a level eighty-nine Spirit Douluo with one foot already across the threshold of Title Douluo. With the two of them acting together,

all the Enforcement Team could do upon arriving was clean up the battlefield.

They were more than happy with that.

Still, being spared a battle was naturally a good thing for the Enforcement Team members.

Although suppressing Evil Soul Masters was the duty of the Wuhun Hall Enforcement Team,

fighting Evil Soul Masters was extremely dangerous.

Not only were Evil Soul Masters bloodthirsty and brutal, but they also always had bizarre and strange methods that were impossible to guard against.

Every year, hundreds or even thousands of Enforcement Team members were killed or wounded fighting Evil Soul Masters.

"First Squad, Second Squad, you will clean up the battlefield. Gather the corpses of those Evil Soul Masters and burn them all. Don't leave them here to foul the ground. The rest of you, follow me and escort the Holy Maiden back to the Saintess Carriage."

Yue Guan gave instructions to the captains of several Wuhun Hall Enforcement Team squads.

"Yes, Elder Ju!"

The squad captains pressed a hand to their chests, knelt, and loudly accepted the order.

After Yue Guan had finished arranging everything,

he led the remaining Enforcement Team squads, escorting Bibi Dong toward the Saintess Carriage.

The Saintess Carriage was not far away and was specifically guarded by an Enforcement Team squad, so there was no need to worry about it being abandoned.

As for Ye Qifeng, he was naturally still in Yue Guan's arms.

No matter how much Bibi Dong liked him, she could not possibly carry him while traveling.

At that moment, Ye Qifeng had already fallen asleep. After all, he was still a baby and needed plenty of sleep.

Not much time passed.

The group soon arrived at the carriage.

"Your Holiness the Holy Maiden! Elder Ju!"

When the Enforcement Team squad left behind saw the Holy Maiden and Elder Ju return, they immediately dropped to one knee in salute.

"Mhm."

Bibi Dong merely gave a faint response before entering the carriage. She sat cross-legged on the cushioned seat and prepared to meditate.

She needed to seize every moment to cultivate, striving to break through the level ninety Soul Power bottleneck and enter the realm of Title Douluo as soon as possible.

"Rise."

Yue Guan was not as aloof, but his tone was full of authority.

Then he came to the window of Bibi Dong's carriage.

"Your Holiness the Holy Maiden, this..."

Yue Guan slightly raised the sleeping baby in his arms, awkwardly indicating him.

"Put him inside."

Bibi Dong lifted the carriage curtain and paused. After thinking about it, she felt it was inappropriate for Yue Guan to keep carrying him, especially since he still had to drive the carriage later. She agreed to let him place the baby inside.

After receiving Bibi Dong's approval, Yue Guan carried Ye Qifeng into the carriage.

This was the first time he had entered Bibi Dong's carriage.

But he had no desire to look around or admire it at that moment.

All Yue Guan wanted was to put down the baby in his hands as quickly as possible. The instant he stepped inside the carriage, he could clearly feel the air temperature plummet.

At the prompting of Bibi Dong's icy gaze,

Yue Guan gently placed the baby beside Bibi Dong's cushioned seat.

Then, as if fleeing for his life, he darted out of the carriage.

He had even used Soul Power.

The whole maneuver was as smooth as flowing clouds and running water.

Even Bibi Dong could not help laughing. Then her mind filled with question marks. "Am I really that scary???"

After leaving the carriage, Yue Guan finally took a deep breath once his feet touched solid ground.

He did not know why. Though his cultivation was so much higher than Bibi Dong's, whenever he faced her, he always felt a sense of dread.

Yue Guan fiercely shook his head, dispelling that feeling. He found a stone and began sitting in meditation to cultivate.

Once the First and Second Enforcement Squads returned from cleaning the battlefield, they could set off back to Spirit City.

Inside the carriage,

after Yue Guan left,

Bibi Dong returned to her meditative cultivation state.

Three shichen later.

By then, the carriage convoy had been traveling back to Spirit City for roughly five shichen.

Bibi Dong awoke from meditation.

A smile curved across her lips, and she appeared to be in an excellent mood.

Bibi Dong had discovered in surprise that this cultivation session had gone unexpectedly smoothly, without the usual sense of difficulty.

Her Soul Power Level had been at eighty-nine for more than a year.

Half a year ago, she had realized that her cultivation had entered a bottleneck. No matter how she meditated, her Soul Power improved with agonizing slowness.

Yet during that single shichen of cultivation just now, her Soul Power had increased far more than before, and the bottleneck in her realm had also begun to loosen.

Now, she was confident that before long, she would soon step into the realm of Title Douluo.

When that time came...

The smile on Bibi Dong's lips abruptly vanished, and she returned to her cold indifference. Heavy negative emotions surged back in, and her headaches began to flare up again.