The video didn't end there. In fact, it hadn't even reached the halfway point.
Yet it had left everyone utterly shocked. They never would have guessed that the Spirit Hall Pope, now so lofty and untouchable, had once been an innocent, carefree girl.
Her experiences were worthy of sympathy, but there were also aspects of them that were hard to approve of.
They sympathized because she had truly suffered. The part they couldn't approve of was that she had brought it upon herself.
If she'd been a little more wary, she wouldn't have been used by that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang, and the tragedy might never have happened.
And if she'd remembered Spirit Hall's kindness in raising and cultivating her, she never would have ended up in such a state.
Quite a few members of the group knew of or had heard about this self-proclaimed theoretical grandmaster. Most of them held him in contempt.
What was that famous line of his again? Right—"There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters."
That line was enough to make anyone laugh to death. He'd managed to insult himself without realizing it—and even insulted himself twice. What a genius.
The saying had caught on for a reason, but that good-for-nothing was too oblivious to realize it. He thought he'd made a name for himself, so he smugly kept repeating it.
After giving birth to Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong's path to darkness officially began. It was also when she truly revealed her heaven-defying talent.
She entered Slaughter City, became one of the ten Gods of Slaughter, was chosen by the Rakshasa God, and began the Rakshasa God Trial.
The experiences were practically dreamlike. Every group member except Bo Saixi was left staring in stunned silence.
They'd known the Pope was powerful, but they hadn't realized she was this powerful. They'd always thought their own talent was good enough to earn them the title of genius at their academies. Compared to her, though, they suddenly felt like nothing.
You could doubt the Pope's character, her morals, or even her bottom line—but never her strength.
Soon, the turning point arrived. The secret dungeon appeared once more, but this time, the tables had turned. To everyone's horror, they discovered a shocking secret.
The former Pope, Qian Xunji, hadn't died at Tang Hao's hands. The real culprit had been Bibi Dong!
Qian Renxue's eyes widened in shock. She couldn't believe it.
Her own mother had killed her father!!!
Hu Liena nearly collapsed to her knees when she saw this.
Was this the kind of shocking secret she was supposed to know?
Would her teacher silence her now?
Would being devoured like that be painful?
Even if the Group Leader could protect her and bring her back, she didn't want to experience that kind of pain!
Hu Liena regretted showing off and revealing her identity just moments ago.
If she'd known something like this would happen, she wouldn't have exposed herself even if she were beaten to death.
The video continued playing, bit by bit, until it reached the Elite Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
Huh?
Why wasn't it over yet?
Could it be—
Could this video show not only the past but the future too?
Hiss. The Group Leader truly lived up to being from Blue Star. He could show a Soul Master's past and future as moving images, making it feel as if they were witnessing everything firsthand.
The tournament ended, and the Soul Hunting Plan began. When the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bore the brunt of the attack, Ning Rongrong was in trouble.
That wretched Bibi Dong! Xiao Wu was right: that old woman was wicked to the core. Wu Xing should kick her out of the group! She was actually going to destroy Ning Rongrong's sect!
But soon, Ning Rongrong felt reassured again. Wu Xing had said that anyone who dared harm a group member would be kicked out. Surely Bibi Dong wouldn't give up her place in the Chat Group.
She took a sip of milk tea, her mood turning bright again, and continued watching.
Why wasn't she drinking beer? That stuff tasted like horse piss. The first time she tried it, she'd nearly spat it out. She couldn't understand why Wu Xing liked drinking it.
The video was long, but as time passed, it eventually showed the whole of Bibi Dong's life.
At the very end, to protect Qian Renxue, she willingly took that sword in her place. Only then did she speak her first words of concern to her daughter.
Bibi Dong's life ended at Jialing Pass, in her daughter's arms.
Watching her mother take that fatal blow for her, watching her mother lying in her arms and finally give her the maternal love she'd longed for all her life, Qian Renxue's face was drenched with tears. Her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
No wonder the Group Leader had said her mother loved and cared about her, but couldn't get past that wall because of certain things.
Now that she knew the truth, Qian Renxue would no longer blame her mother for having been cold toward her.
She would eliminate every threat to herself and her mother before it could take root, especially that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang!
[Qian Renxue: Group Leader, can you tell me who killed Bi... my mother in the end?]
The video had only given a detailed account of Bibi Dong's life, so Qian Renxue didn't know who the enemy that ultimately stood against her and her mother would be.
What the hell?
Bibi Dong had been waiting to see how her daughter would react after watching it, and nearly stumbled right off her chair.
She died?
When did that happen?
How come she didn't know?
She was alive and well, wasn't she?
Bibi Dong was thrown into turmoil. She hurriedly opened the video and dragged it straight to the end. Sure enough, it showed her lying in front of Xue'er, on the verge of death.
[Wu Xing: Finished watching?]
[Qian Renxue: Mm.]
[Wu Xing: Nothing you want to say?]
[Qian Renxue: My mother may be a bit, um, lovesick. She let her guard down around men who approached her with ulterior motives, and she acted a little ungrateful too. But no matter what, she's still my mother. I can't stand by and watch the future repeat itself.]
[Wu Xing: Ahem, Xuexue, is it possible that when I said "lovesick," I wasn't talking only about your mom?]
Seeing Qian Renxue call her mother lovesick, Wu Xing could only think: what the hell was this bizarre feeling?
[Qian Renxue: ?]
[Hu Liena: ...]
[The girls: ...]
After sending the question mark, Qian Renxue caught on and hurriedly asked again.
[Qian Renxue: Group Leader, are you saying I'm lovesick too?]
[Wu Xing: What do you think?]
[Hu Liena: ...]
[Qian Renxue: Impossible. Absolutely impossible!]
Qian Renxue immediately denied it. How could she be as foolish and naive as her mother? And there was no way she'd become lovesick.
[Wu Xing: Hu Liena, you seem awfully enthusiastic about sending those ellipses. Not one of you three women from Spirit Hall has a normal brain. You're all lovesick, got it?]
[Xiao Wu: Hahaha, this is killing Little Rabbit! Hu Liena, keep going—go on, send another one.]
[Wu Xing: Little Rabbit, don't get smug either. Image.jpg]
Xiao Wu was still laughing at Hu Liena when she saw the image Wu Xing had sent. Her belly-laughing face instantly froze.
That was because Wu Xing's image was one of those bizarre, heavily edited laughing pictures of Xiao Wu from the Blue Star internet.
Seeing the Group Leader call them out one by one, the group members trembled in fear. No one dared even breathe too loudly, afraid they'd get dragged into it too.
Even Ning Rongrong, who was usually active and had always wanted to be locked in the secret dungeon, quietly went silent.
Brother Wu Xing was so scary, and that picture of Xiao Wu was even scarier. It could make a three-year-old stop crying.
Ah Rou felt dizzy when she saw the picture of her daughter too. What was all this? How could there be such a terrifyingly fake photo?
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