Ah Rou and Xiao Wu

"Your Excellency?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei both looked toward their Pope, feeling a little sympathy for the Platinum Bishop below. They were practically sweating on his behalf.

Bibi Dong said nothing. She scanned the hall once more, then furrowed her delicate brows. She was absolutely certain she hadn't misheard the voice that had just sounded in her mind.

Yet after searching, she hadn't found anything. The whole thing felt incredibly strange.

She was a Super Douluo with Soul Power at level ninety-seven. Who could enter her mind without her noticing?

[Ping: Congratulations, you've been selected by the Chat Group. Do you agree to join?]

Just as Bibi Dong was thinking that white silk stockings couldn't ride her sister—no, that pale purple, glossy pantyhose couldn't be taken off and stuffed into the readers' mouths, the voice sounded again.

This time, she felt it clearly.

Without hesitation,

she chose to agree.

She wanted to see which reckless bastard dared to toy with her, the Pope!

[Ping: Congratulations, you've successfully joined the Chat Group. Would you like to change your nickname?]

"Change my nickname?"

Bibi Dong was momentarily stunned. The unfamiliar new term left her puzzled.

But an explanation of the word soon appeared in her mind, and she understood what a nickname was.

Ridiculous. As the Pope of Spirit Hall, did she need to hide her identity?

Once she understood, Bibi Dong gave a cold laugh and entered her name without a second thought.

[Ping: Bibi Dong has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Sea God Island High Priest has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Seven Treasures Little Witch has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Xue Qinghe has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Hundred-Thousand-Year Rogue Rabbit has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Ning Shui Fei Luan has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Nine-Tailed Sky Fox has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Nether Shadow has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Jade Phosphorus Yan Yan has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Blue Silver Emperor has joined the Chat Group.]

[Ping: Ah Rou has joined the Chat Group.]

As a flood of notifications poured into the group all at once, Wu Xing's mouth hung open around a McNugget. It slipped from his lips and plopped onto the ground.

Not bad! It hadn't even been long since he sent out the invitations, and so many people had already joined.

Of course, the eleven people before him weren't the only beauties he'd invited. Not everyone would agree to join after some strange thing suddenly appeared in their minds.

Some of the beauties had either feared it was a trap or been startled and tapped the wrong button, so they hadn't made it in.

[Wu Xing: Welcome to the group, all my wives...]

He said it without thinking, then suddenly realized what he'd done. He hurriedly withdrew the message and sent a new one.

Good grief. He was so used to imagining fictional characters as his wives while writing that, now that they'd actually joined, he'd almost laid his feelings bare and died of embarrassment on the spot.

To save himself trouble, he'd made sure the Chat Group came with explanations for everything.

[Ping: Group Leader Wu Xing withdrew a message.]

[Wu Xing: Welcome to the group, beauties. We're all groupmates from now on, so let's get along, okay?]

Still, someone sharp-eyed in the group had seen the message Wu Xing withdrew.

Wives?

What did that mean?

As Bibi Dong's thoughts raced, the Chat Group's translation feature immediately provided her with the meaning of the word.

Her anger flared at once, making Yue Guan and Gui Mei beside her promptly shut their mouths.

The Platinum Bishop was sweating profusely and kowtowing nonstop.

Bibi Dong noticed what was happening and waved her hand.

"This has nothing to do with you. You may all leave."

At her words, her subordinates finally breathed a sigh of relief. None of them dared linger, and they hurriedly withdrew.

The pressure Pope's Excellency put on them was simply too great.

Sea God Island, Sea God Hall.

Bo Saixi also noticed the message Wu Xing had sent.

The Chat Group's explanation let her understand what it meant. Though she was usually dignified and composed, with a heart as still as water, even her expression shifted slightly.

She had lived for over a hundred years and presided over Sea God Island. She'd weathered every kind of storm, yet this was the first time a stranger had addressed her so frivolously.

Elsewhere, at Shrek Academy.

After reading the message that had been withdrawn, Ning Rongrong was slightly taken aback.

But as the Little Witch, she didn't really mind. She was more curious about why such a strange thing had suddenly appeared in her mind.

However, before she could ask, someone else spoke up first.

[Hundred-Thousand-Year Rogue Rabbit: Where is this place? Why is there this kind of image in my mind? And what was that message you just sent, Group Leader?]

[Ning Shui Fei Luan: It seems to mean "wife"...]

[Nine-Tailed Sky Fox: Wife? What does that mean? You bastard, how dare you be so frivolous with us!]

[Jade Phosphorus Yan Yan: So your name is Wu Xing? Just let me find out where you are. I'll show you what I can do!]

Seeing that his message had still been exposed, Wu Xing hurried to reply, trying to salvage the lofty image a Group Leader ought to have.

[Wu Xing: That didn't happen. You must've read it wrong.]

[Blue Silver Emperor: Screenshot.jpg.]

[Wu Xing: Holy shit...]

When he saw Ah Yin's screenshot, Wu Xing blurted out a curse. Did she really have to catch on that fast? She'd even learned how to take screenshots?

Anyone who didn't know better might've thought she was the mother of some transmigrator. How else would she know so much?

Just then, Bibi Dong saw that everyone had left and turned her attention back to the Chat Group.

[Bibi Dong: Brat, was this thing in my mind your doing? You'd better give this Pope an explanation!]

[Seven Treasures Little Witch: ??? Bibi Dong, are you the Pope of Spirit Hall?]

[Jade Phosphorus Yan Yan: Is that true? Bibi Dong, you're the Pope?]

[Bibi Dong: I'm the genuine article. Who are all of you? Every one of you is hiding your identity. What do you have to do with that brat?]

[Xue Qinghe: What does it matter to you whether we're hiding our identities?]

[Ah Rou: Exactly, Bibi Dong. You demon!]

[Hundred-Thousand-Year Rogue Rabbit: Huh, why is your nickname different from ours? Why is it gray?]

Bibi Dong nearly choked on her breath at Xue Qinghe's reply. She almost had a heart attack and died on the spot.

Others might not know Xue Qinghe's real identity, but she did. It was her own daughter, Qian Renxue, in disguise.

Now that her daughter had openly talked back to her in the group, how could she, as her mother, not be furious?

And there was nothing she could do about it. Only the two of them knew how bad their relationship was.

Besides, she couldn't expose the other woman's identity, nor could she talk to her too much, lest the other members grow suspicious.

Spirit Hall's years of planning couldn't be ruined by a moment of angry words.

With no other choice, she prepared to direct her anger at Ah Rou. But just as she was about to speak, she saw Hundred-Thousand-Year Rogue Rabbit's message and noticed the other woman's gray name.

[Ah Rou: Maybe because I'm... I'm already dead.]

[Nine-Tailed Sky Fox: What!]

[Ning Shui Fei Luan: What!]

[Nether Shadow: You mean this Chat Group can bring in the dead, too?]

Ah Rou's words shocked the group members. What kind of thing was this Chat Group? It could even bring in the dead!

Even Bibi Dong, who'd been seething with anger, felt most of it vanish the moment she saw the message.

Even Bo Saixi, who was experienced and well-informed, couldn't help showing a hint of emotion on her usually calm face when she heard what Ah Rou had said.

[Hundred-Thousand-Year Rogue Rabbit: Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't know what had happened to you.]

When Xiao Wu saw the other woman say she was dead, she hurriedly apologized.

She didn't know why the thing in her mind could invite the dead, too, but the dead deserved respect. Nothing could be more deserving of sympathy than that.

Besides, it reminded her of her own mother. Hadn't she been gone for many years, too?

[Ah Rou: It's all right, child. You didn't know, so you're not to blame.]

[Hundred-Thousand-Year Rogue Rabbit: Mm-hm, you're so nice, big sister.]

At the same time, Wu Xing saw the conversation between Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, mother and daughter, and sprayed out all the ice-cold Coke he'd just swallowed...