Qian Renxue Reveals Her Family Background

Dugu Yan's words immediately drew the agreement of the majority.

Everyone was in the same Chat Group now; in the words of the Group Master, they were all his people, so there was no need to hide or conceal their identities.

Seeing this, Wu Xing was just about to speak when he saw Shui Bing'er and Hu Liena take the lead in changing their nicknames to their real names.

[Shui Bing'er: This is my real name. My combat record is verifiable. I am a student of Skywater Academy.]

[Ning Rongrong: Skywater Academy? I think I've heard of it. They only accept beautiful women, but how are you so knowledgeable about men?]

Upon seeing Ning Rongrong's inquiry, a blush of annoyance and shame appeared on Shui Bing'er's pure face in the core disciples' dormitory of Skywater Academy.

She had already stripped off her own mask, and now she was being pressed for details. She couldn't very well say that an academy full of girls was the most restless when it came to discussing the opposite sex, and that she had heard it inadvertently from her companions!

If she said that, who would believe her?

Fortunately, before she could search for an excuse, the Chat Group was flooded with various messages.

[Hu Liena: I won't change my name when I walk, and I won't change my surname when I sit. I am Hu Liena. As for why you called me a sycophant earlier, that is because the Pope is my teacher!]

[Xue Qinghe: ...]

[Qian Renxue: Fine, I've worn this mask for over a decade; I'm tired of it.]

Seeing the two of them expose their own identities, and being the last one left, Qian Renxue bit her pink lip. Fine, she couldn't be the exception, so she changed her name back to her real one as well.

Moreover, now that she had the opportunity of the Chat Group, the grand plan of Martial Soul Hall was arguably irrelevant whether it succeeded or not.

Right now, the most important thing was to build a good relationship with Wu Xing.

[Xiao Wu: Oh, Hu Liena, I knew you had a deep connection with Martial Soul Hall. So Bibi Dong is your teacher! No wonder you are so willing to serve her!]

[Bibi Dong: Nana, you are actually Nana? You joined the chat, why didn't you tell your teacher?]

[Hu Liena: Teacher, Nana didn't mean to. I was originally planning to collect more intelligence before reporting to you.]

Seeing that the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox was a member of Martial Soul Hall, Xiao Wu was the first to jump out, gnashing her teeth.

And upon seeing that the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox was her own disciple, Hu Liena, Bibi Dong was stunned at first, then ecstatic.

She hadn't expected that besides her daughter, Nana was also in the group. This proved that Group Master favored them, as there were now three of them from Martial Soul Hall here.

But before she could be happy for long, she saw her daughter's nickname change from Xue Qinghe to Qian Renxue, and a bad premonition surged into her heart.

Sure enough, the next second, the thing she feared most happened.

[Dugu Yan: Qian Renxue? I've never heard of this name. Have you all heard of it?]

[Ning Rongrong: I haven't heard of it either.]

[Zhu Zhuqing: The surname Qian... could it be related to the former Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Xunji?]

[Qian Renxue: That's right. I am related to the former Pope of Martial Soul Hall. Qian Xunji was my father.]

Once these words were out, everyone was incredibly astonished. Aside from Hu Liena, no one expected another woman related to Martial Soul Hall to be here.

Even Hu Liena was shocked. This was the first time she had heard the name Qian Renxue, and she never imagined that the daughter of the former Pope was also in the group.

After all, Qian Renxue had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire royal family at the age of nine, back when the other party hadn't even been brought back to Martial Soul Hall.

[Ning Rongrong: Since you are the daughter of Pope Qian, why did you use the nickname of the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire?]

[Dugu Yan: Yeah, that's so strange.]

[Qian Renxue: For that, you'll have to ask the current Pope of Martial Soul Hall, my mother, Bibi Dong.]

[Bibi Dong: ...]

[Hu Liena: What??? Qian Renxue, you are also Teacher's daughter?]

[All Women: Sitting here waiting for the tea!]

Once Qian Renxue said this, the group exploded, but more people sensed something unusual.

The fact that she was actually Bibi Dong's daughter was even more explosive than the matter regarding Sister Ah Yin; they couldn't stop watching.

Moreover, judging from their entry into the group, the relationship between mother and daughter seemed very unusual, more like mortal enemies.

Bibi Dong hadn't expected her own daughter to expose her information directly, and she was caught off guard.

But thinking about it calmly, so be it. Since they had obtained the Chat Group and the Group Master knew everything about them, her daughter would eventually seek out Wu Xing to ask for clarity anyway.

Why not take this opportunity to lay everything out in the open?

As for the grand plan of Martial Soul Hall, with an opportunity like the Chat Group, it had become optional.

It had to be said that the mother and daughter were cut from the same cloth; their thoughts were surprisingly identical.

[Bibi Dong: Group Master, it would be better if you told Xue'er.]

Wu Xing had also been caught off guard by Qian Renxue's actions. He had been planning to watch the show and enjoy the drama to see how Bibi Dong would explain it, but he hadn't expected her to ask him to explain instead.

So, she couldn't bring herself to say it and wanted someone else to do it for her?

That made sense; the events of the past were indeed difficult for the parties involved to recount.

[Wu Xing: Bibi Dong, are you sure?]

[Bibi Dong: Yes, I'll have to trouble you, Group Master.]

[Wu Xing: Very well.]

Wu Xing did not waste any more words and went straight to the point.

[Wu Xing: Qian Renxue, what is it that you wish to know?]

[Qian Renxue: Lord Group Master, I wish to know about my father, and why Bi... why my mother has never cared for me since I was young, and even harbors hatred toward me!]

Qian Renxue took a deep breath, finally voicing the answer she had sought for so many years.

[Wu Xing: ...]

[Hu Liena: ...]

[Everyone: ...]

Now, everyone understood why Qian Renxue was always at odds with Bibi Dong in the group; they acted nothing like a mother and daughter.

It turned out there was a massive secret hidden here!

Naturally, they were even more curious about what kind of secret could cause a mother to despise her own flesh and blood from birth, and even grow to hate her.

However, there were some sharp-minded individuals, such as Bo Saixi, who recalled the bits and pieces that had occurred since joining the group and managed to guess at some of the reasons.

[Wu Xing: This is a long story, but I can tell you in advance that Bibi Dong does love you very much; she simply cannot overcome the hurdle in her own heart.]

[Wu Xing: Likewise, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue yearns for your maternal affection and cares deeply about your opinion. Otherwise, six years from now, she would not have let the grand plan of Martial Soul Hall fall to ruin because of you.]

[Wu Xing: Of course, the final outcome also has something to do with the fact that both of you are somewhat love-struck.]

Snap.

As Wu Xing slowly explained, the tightly wound strings in Qian Renxue's heart snapped completely at that moment.

That old woman loves her?

How could that be possible!

Qian Renxue recalled every memory she had: the look of bone-deep hatred, the cold indifference of ignoring her, and the impatient expressions that greeted her every time she tried to seek out her mother.

From childhood to adulthood, the cold eyes, the neglect, the estrangement, and the hostility had long since been carved into her very bones!

Yet now, a single, weightless sentence from the Group Master had overturned everything she had ever known.

What kind of insurmountable hurdle could possibly make a mother treat a newborn child with such cruelty? And abandon her so heartlessly!

In the Crown Prince's Mansion, having changed back into her original attire, Qian Renxue's fingertips clenched violently until they turned white, and her eye sockets uncontrollably flushed a blood-red...