Yu Xiaogang Must Die

Bibi Dong had also been deeply shaken when she saw Wu Xing reveal Xue'er's thoughts.

So she had wanted her mother's affection. So she had cared so much about what her mother thought.

Though she didn't know what had happened six years later, she could tell from the Group Leader's few words that it had been her own side that had made the mistake, causing everything to fall apart at the last moment.

Xue'er...

Bibi Dong murmured the name. Her body trembled slightly, and her once-cold heart was like a still lake struck by a pebble, sending ripples spreading across its surface.

The mood in the Chat Group turned heavy after Wu Xing's revelation. No one joked around anymore. They could all feel the complicated, unspeakable emotions beneath it.

[Wu Xing: It would take too long to explain everything, since there's far too much involved. So I put together a video. If you want to know, watch it yourselves.]

[ Ding: Group Leader Wu Xing uploaded a video.]

After what had happened in the cave that afternoon, Wu Xing knew that no amount of explanation could compare with seeing it for themselves.

Mm, it definitely wasn't because he was being lazy.

So he used his Golden Finger to copy a video from Blue Star that gave a detailed account of Bibi Dong.

As soon as he uploaded it, the group members opened the video through the Chat Group's built-in annotation feature.

Heaven Dou City.

Crown Prince's Mansion.

Qian Renxue sat by the window, gazing toward Spirit City, but she still couldn't bring herself to click the video.

It wasn't that she didn't want to know the truth, nor that she didn't want to find out what that impassable hurdle had been. She was only afraid that it would reveal something she couldn't accept.

But after more than twenty years of obsession, she was finally about to touch the answer. In the end, the longing in her heart overcame her unease.

She hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and finally opened the video that held all her mother's secrets.

In the Pope's Bedchamber in Spirit City, Bibi Dong never once looked at the video link in the chat.

Those dark, humiliating days had been a hell she'd personally endured. Every event was carved into her bones and blood; there was no need to relive them. She knew the Group Leader had astonishing powers and could peer into the past and future. The video must contain the pain she least wanted to touch, so she simply closed her eyes and leaned against the vanity, waiting for Xue'er to finish watching.

The video began with Bibi Dong's birth in an ordinary village under Spirit Hall's jurisdiction. Her parents had died early, and she'd grown up alone and miserable.

Because she was exceptionally gifted, she was noticed by Qian Xunji during one of his inspections after an unexpected encounter, and he brought her back to Spirit Hall to be raised.

Spirit Hall poured resources into her, and with her natural talent, she soon became its Saintess.

In those early years, she had lived a happy life, better than any orphan could have hoped for, with a carefree childhood.

At this point, Qian Renxue was glad her mother had enjoyed such a happy life. But as the video moved on, a figure appeared again and again, and she began to sense something was wrong.

Some man with ulterior motives had gotten close to her mother, who had been Spirit Hall's Saintess at the time. How could she not have seen something so obvious?

Had Spirit Hall protected her too well?

Sure enough, what happened next took a turn in the direction she didn't want to imagine. Her mother had actually fallen for that man!

If her mother had fallen for him, then what about her own father?

Qian Renxue's thoughts raced. She thought of her grandfather's evasions, the Elders' tight-lipped silence, and the description of Secret Room Douluo in the Chat Group.

A bolt from the blue struck her mind, leaving her swaying on the verge of collapse.

She didn't dare think about it, didn't want to think about it, but the images in the video kept going. Her father discovered what was happening with her mother, forcibly severed the relationship between them, locked her mother in a dark dungeon with no sunlight, and drove the man out of Spirit Hall.

When her father ordered her to stay confined and reflect on her actions, her mother refused to yield, even threatening to elope with that man.

By then, every group member could more or less guess what had happened.

They just found it a little ridiculous, and now understood why the Group Leader had suddenly brought up the term "love-brain."

Wasn't this exactly what it was? Spirit Hall had poured all its resources into raising her, and she was willing to abandon the parents who had nurtured her for a man with ulterior motives.

That was more than just being love-struck. She was practically an ungrateful wretch.

Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing recognized Yu Xiaogang the moment he appeared.

They hadn't expected the Pope of Spirit Hall to have had a history with Grandmaster.

Even more surprising, Yu Xiaogang was so calculating. He always seemed so serious and proper, but behind the scenes, he was such a hypocrite.

They weren't fools. When they saw Yu Xiaogang repeatedly showing up in the Martial Soul Hall Library and pretending to run into Bibi Dong, they knew he had ulterior motives.

A Saintess of Spirit Hall and a Grandmaster who was only level twenty-nine and would be turning fifty soon—what were the odds of that being a coincidence?

Ning Rongrong's expression grew especially strange. Before, she hadn't thought much of him. But now that she knew he was the sort who climbed the social ladder, just thinking of that stiff, corpse-like face made her want to throw up. How could Bibi Dong have fallen for a man like that?

If it were her, she'd never be interested in a man like him!

If she were to fall for anyone, it would be a mighty, domineering man like Big Brother Group Leader, or a handsome, striking man like the esteemed readers.

She glanced at Yu Xiaogang in the video again.

Urgh!

She felt sick!

Urgh!

Still sick.

Ning Rongrong hurriedly fast-forwarded the video, but then something occurred to her.

Wait, had that corpse-faced man used the same tricks to win Vice Dean Erlong's heart?

Very likely. After all, Vice Dean Erlong was also exceptionally talented, one of the strongest women on the entire continent. If there was nothing fishy going on, how could she have fallen for the same kind of man?

As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and someone who called herself the Little Witch, she wasn't some naive, airheaded girl. In fact, she was more far-sighted than many of her peers.

When two people's talent and status were completely mismatched, they might cross paths in passing, but there was little chance they would form a bond and be drawn to each other.

But two women had done just that. That could only mean the man had ulterior motives, deliberately engineered their encounters, and flaunted his knowledge to scheme for something.

After all, normally, if a heaven-favored daughter like you ran into a loser on the road, would you give him a second glance?

If you stopped to watch, it could only be because he was showing off to get your attention. What else could it be?

Were you going to learn from watching a Soul Beast fight, even though you could kill it with one casual blow?

Come on. You think this is one of those stories where a female CEO falls in love with me, a security guard, or me, a bald, unemployed loser, or me, a forty-year-old failure?

The video continued, confirming the Chat Group's annotation about Secret Room Douluo.

When he saw his disciple stubbornly refuse to admit her mistake or change her ways, he eventually resorted to that extreme measure, cutting off all ties with her past.

After that, Bibi Dong unexpectedly became pregnant. Qian Xunji threatened her, and she eventually gave birth to Qian Renxue.

Now they understood why Bibi Dong had ignored Qian Renxue, and why the relationship between mother and daughter was so poor. It all finally made sense.

By then, Qian Renxue had slumped helplessly in her chair, tears streaming silently down her face.

So her mother hated her and treated her coldly because she'd been born after her father forced himself on her mother.

So her mother had wanted to kill herself, but her father had threatened her with that man, and that was how she had come into the world.

No wonder her grandfather had kept silent, and the Elders had remained tight-lipped. How could anyone speak of such a scandal?

The Angel God's representative, the embodiment of light and justice.

Heh. What a joke!

But after the cold laugh, a fierce glint flashed across Qian Renxue's face.

Yu Xiaogang!

You must die!!!

Her father had been worse than a beast, and her mother's actions had been shameful too. But Yu Xiaogang's ulterior motives had been the true cause of everything!

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