Yes, You Will Fall in Love with Tang San and Betray Your Teacher
The Light Screen of the Chat Group spread out in mid-air, and messages scrolled by like flowing water.
Hu Liena had only glanced at it casually; the languid look in her foxy eyes hadn't even faded yet. The next second, her face turned completely dark.
[Daddy Douluo]: I think everyone knows that the person who best fits the description of "ungrateful wretch" in the Douluo Continent is none other than Hu Liena, the Saintess of the Spirit Hall.
[Daddy Douluo]: This Saintess Hall, for the sake of a one-sided love affair without even a formal title, was willing to sell her personal mentor and lose the entire Spirit Hall. Clean and decisive, without any hesitation.
[Daddy Douluo]: Call her an ingrate? Ha, that's giving her too much credit.
The three messages were all more heartbreaking than the last.
Hu Liena's breath hitched the moment the third message popped up.
It felt like a red-hot iron block had been stuffed into my chest.
Her fingers clenched uncontrollably, making a series of crisp cracking sounds at her knuckles.
The string of reason in my mind snapped inch by inch.
"That damned bastard..."
She forced out those words through her teeth.
The pavilion was deserted, and her voice echoed twice under the dome, carrying an uncontrollable tremor.
Hu Liena stared intently at the name displayed on the Light Screen— [Daddy Douluo].
A code name never seen before.
A guy who appeared out of nowhere,
She immediately slapped a huge label on her.
She didn't even know this person; she had no idea whether he was male or female, old or young.
However, the other party knew her background and her identity as Bibi Dong's personal disciple.
Something's not right!
Hu Liena forced herself to take a deep breath, the cold air filling her lungs and cooling her boiling emotions slightly.
[Daddy Douluo]: The old friends are probably very clear about the details, but the two new Douluo Continent locals in the group may not know. So today I'll just tell you the story from the beginning for fun.
[Daddy Douluo]: When was the initial plan for the Soul Hunting Operation in the Star Dou Great Forest decided? Everyone here can recall for themselves.
Bibi Dong is going to hunt down two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
How high is the level of secrecy surrounding this plan?
The number of people who know all the details can be counted on one hand.
Hu Liena, as Bibi Dong's personal disciple, was one of the very few people who knew the truth.
[Daddy Douluo]: That's where the problem lies.
Hu Liena's pupils contracted sharply.
Her breathing became heavy, her chest heaving violently, and a chill crept up her spine from the soles of her feet.
She didn't know why she had this feeling.
It's obvious that everything the other person said was a lie.
But the tone was so certain, as if he had witnessed it himself, as if he were recounting a fact that had already occurred.
"Wrong!"
She suddenly realized.
This person is using the result to deduce the cause.
He first established the conclusion that "Hu Liena is an ingrate," and then began to fabricate a chain of evidence.
One thing leads to another, portraying her as a heartless and treacherous person tormented by love.
Who exactly are you?
Hu Liena's clenched fist trembled slightly.
"Do you dare to come out and confront me face to face?"
The Chat Group naturally couldn't respond to her self-questioning remark; the messages continued to scroll.
[Daddy Douluo]: During a mission, Hu Liena encountered a person named Tang Yin —who is Tang San's alias.
Tang San infiltrated the Spirit Hall with the intention of causing destruction.
This Saintess Hall told Tang San the entire Soul Hunting Plan in the Star Dou Great Forest, without omitting a single word.
[Daddy Douluo]: I don't need to say more about the result, do I?
[Daddy Douluo]: Bibi Dong led her team to attack the Star Dou Great Forest, but all their efforts were in vain.
Two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast were intercepted by Tang San, who arrived just in time.
Both Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring belonged to him.
The Spirit Hall suffered a double loss.
And the root of all this is our Saintess Hall's tip-off.
Hu Liena examined the accusations in the message.
"Soul Hunting Operation in the Star Dou Great Forest: Hunting the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python?"
Her brows furrowed.
She had never heard of this before.
The teacher never mentioned any related plans to her, not even a hint.
Her position in the Spirit Hall was not low; as Saintess, she had access to some of the core secrets.
But this matter left a blank in her mind.
What she found even more absurd was the name itself.
Tang San, Tang Yin.
This person actually said that he would fall in love with Tang San.
But both names were equally unfamiliar to her.
She searched through her entire memory.
From all the Soul Master she had encountered to all the files she had reviewed, there was not a single person who could be matched with those two names.
What is unrequited love?
What leaked confidential information?
What benefited Tang San?
The whole thing seemed like someone had concocted a grand drama out of thin air and then forcibly inserted her name into the script.
"It's utterly absurd."
Hu Liena's voice contained a cold laugh. She raised her hand to her forehead, her fingertips touching her slightly hot skin.
"I, Hu Liena, am an upright and honest person, and my loyalty to my teacher is as clear Sun Moon. How dare this person use such vicious words to slander me?"
Her heart was pounding in her chest, not because she felt guilty, but because of anger and a kind of inexplicable frustration.
It's like being walked down the street and someone throws a bucket of dirty water at you from behind; you don't even know which direction the person who threw the water is standing in.
She paced back and forth in the pavilion a few times.
Each step was heavy, the heels clicking rapidly on the stone bricks.
After the anger reached its peak, another emotion slowly rose from the bottom of my heart.
It's confusion.
This person knew her lineage perfectly, was well aware of her status and position, and even had a considerable understanding of the internal workings of the Spirit Hall.
This shows that he was not a frivolous layman, but someone who had access to certain information.
The problem is that she herself was completely unaware of the version of the story he told.
That leaves only two possibilities.
Either this person is spreading rumors, and doing so with great care, meticulously crafting a whole set of logically consistent lies.
Either this person knows something that even she doesn't, and is giving some kind of hint.
Hu Liena stopped in her tracks.
She raised her head, her foxy eyes swirling with complex emotions.
The flickering shadows on her face fragmented her expression into countless pieces.
"Good."
She spoke softly, her voice eerily calm.
"You called me an ingrate, saying I've let down my teacher and the Spirit Hall."
"Then keep going. I want to see what other tricks you can come up with."
She sat down again, her hands clasped on her knees, her posture as upright as if awaiting judgment.
However, her slightly trembling eyelashes betrayed that she was not as calm as she appeared on the surface.