Bibi Dong stood perfectly still, as though she hadn't seen Qian Xunji.
Last time, she had sworn she wouldn't keep bending over backward to please Qian Xunji—not unless he let her leave this damned Underground Palace.
Qian Xunji frowned slightly and demanded, "What is it, Bibi Dong? Have you still not learned your lesson?"
Hearing Qian Xunji's question, Bibi Dong was still somewhat afraid. She said sullenly, "Teacher, you clearly said that as long as I listened to you, you would let me leave here."
"Six years. It's been six whole years!"
"I thought I'd done everything you asked, Teacher. Why won't you let me leave?"
"Could it be you never intended to let me go at all? Do you plan to keep me locked up for the rest of my life?"
"Teacher, I trusted you so much. Why would you deceive me?"
"Why?" Tears streamed down Bibi Dong's face. Two parts heartfelt emotion, eight parts performance: she hoped to win Qian Xunji's pity and leave the Secret Chamber, but she was also testing him.
"Bibi Dong, is this how you do everything I ask?"
"You've disappointed me so much!"
"I'd planned to let you leave the Underground Palace after today, but it seems there's no need." Qian Xunji's expression turned cold. He gave a quiet snort and headed for the door, wanting to see how Bibi Dong would react.
Watching Qian Xunji walk away, Bibi Dong couldn't tell whether he was sincere or pretending. But her chance was right in front of her. To get out, to take revenge, she had to seize it with both hands.
Whether it was real or not.
"Teacher, I was wrong. I shouldn't have thrown a tantrum at you. Please don't go—give me one more chance." Bibi Dong scrambled after him on all fours, catching up in two or three steps. She clung to Qian Xunji's leg, tears glistening in her eyes.
Heh. You think you can take me on?
Qian Xunji gloated inwardly. He knew what Bibi Dong wanted and what she was trying to do.
Even the tiniest glimmer of hope would grow boundlessly in Bibi Dong's mind. Naturally, she was willing to swallow her pride for it.
"You know you were wrong?" Qian Xunji turned to look at Bibi Dong, his expression still grim.
Bibi Dong hurriedly replied, "Teacher, I really do know I was wrong. I know I shouldn't have doubted you or made you angry. Let me help you cool down."
Qian Xunji's belt fell to the floor, and his robe billowed in the breeze.
Bibi Dong was working hard to help Qian Xunji put out the fire.
Qian Xunji hit the bull's-eye once more, hoping that enough shots would finally hit home and get Bibi Dong pregnant.
His strength hadn't improved in quite some time.
He wanted to improve so badly.
So Qian Xunji decided to try one more time.
Bibi Dong obediently leaned against Qian Xunji, still imagining that he might let her leave the Secret Chamber and restore her position as a Saintess.
Only by regaining her position as a Saintess could she hope to leave Spirit City and go to Slaughter City to obtain the Rakshasa God's inheritance.
Only by becoming a god could she stop fearing Qian Xunji, the Qian Family, and Spirit Hall—and do whatever she wanted.
Though Qian Xunji had also been recognized by a Deity, how powerful could a Deity who could become a god simply by having children really be?
That might fool a clueless idiot like Leng Lingyuan, but once Bibi Dong became the Rakshasa God, she would surely crush Qian Xunji.
"Teacher, when will you let me leave the Secret Chamber?" Bibi Dong asked, her eyes full of hope. This time, she'd learned her lesson: she had to get Qian Xunji to give her a definite date so she could judge whether he really meant to let her go.
Qian Xunji answered a different question. "Dong'er, do you know? You hesitated when you admitted you were wrong."
"That shows you still don't trust me. You still hate me."
"If that's the case, how could I possibly let you leave so easily?"
"Dong'er, you've disappointed me so much."
"For the sake of a Yu Xiaogang, you not only opposed me, but were even going to betray Spirit Hall."
"Do you know that everything I'm doing now is to save you?"
"Do you really think that if you and Yu Xiaogang left Spirit Hall together, you could escape Spirit Hall's pursuit?"
"If you returned to Spirit Hall, you'd be as good as dead. Even if I didn't deal with you, the other elders and enshrined elders would force me to."
"You don't thank me, and you even resent me. You've broken your teacher's heart."
"Teacher, I didn't. I don't hate you," Bibi Dong hurriedly denied, though in truth her hatred surged like a raging tide.
Damn you, Qian Xunji. You're doing this for my own good?
You really are ridiculous!
You spent five or six years looking for Tang Hao and Ah Yin without finding them.
If I really had the chance to leave Spirit City with Xiao Gang, do you honestly think that bunch of useless fools under you could find us?
You want me to thank you?
Dream on!
I'll only hate you!
I hate you to the depths of my soul!
It's my poor Xiao Gang I feel sorry for. He's still foolishly waiting for me.
Qian Xunji naturally didn't believe Bibi Dong's nonsense, but there was no need to call her out. After all, seeing her swallow her pride like this was simply too amusing.
Of course, Qian Xunji certainly wasn't going to give Bibi Dong the definite date she wanted.
He continued, "Dong'er, you can take what I give you. You can't demand what I don't."
"Behave yourself, and one day you'll leave the Underground Palace. I don't want to keep you locked up here for the rest of your life." Qian Xunji affectionately rubbed Bibi Dong's head, then prepared to leave.
Damn Qian Xunji. There he went, saying the same thing again.
Bibi Dong had realized that Qian Xunji most likely had never intended to let her leave the Secret Chamber. He planned to make her bear children for the rest of her life.
But even knowing that, Bibi Dong didn't dare expose him. She wasn't ready to fall out with Qian Xunji.
For now, she could only endure it.
As for escaping the Underground Palace, she would have to find another way.
Perhaps she could use the maids.
Bibi Dong glanced at the maid who usually looked after her, a new idea forming in her mind.
As Qian Xunji walked along the corridor of the Underground Palace, he decided to spend the night alone with Xiao Rou and get her pregnant as soon as possible.
He was truly curious whether the offspring of a human and a Soul Beast would really be born at level ten innate spirit power.
Of course, what Qian Xunji had told Bibi Dong wasn't all lies.
He really would let Bibi Dong leave the Underground Palace and Spirit City, and go to Slaughter City.
He was no longer satisfied with Bibi Dong being only a Limit Douluo. He needed her to become the Rakshasa God and bear him children forever.
Of course, there was one condition: by the time he let Bibi Dong leave Spirit City, he had to have become a god himself.
After leaving the Underground Palace, Qian Xunji went straight to find Xiao Rou.
Leng Lingyuan had given her a room of her own, right beside Xue Ying's.
"Master, you're so naughty."
"Does Xiao Rou like it?"
"Mhm, I do."
Seven days later.
Xiao Rou's pregnancy was confirmed.
What wonderful news.
In ten months, Qian Xunji would be able to improve again—and finally learn the answer he'd been longing to know.
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