Journey to the Star Dou Great Forest

After quite a bit of hassle, Yu Xiaogang was carried onto a carriage bound for the Heaven Dou Imperial Capital.

Before leaving, he saw Bibi Dong's bare feet, reddened by the sand on the road because she had not worn shoes.

His heart filled with guilt. Dong'er cared for him far more than he had realized.

She had clearly hidden him deep in her heart. When she heard that he had been beaten by beggars, she had rushed out without even putting on shoes...

If his hands had not been broken, he truly would have wanted to slap himself hard a dozen times.

Just because Dong'er had lightly hit him a few times before, he had doubted her feelings for him.

He felt that his sins were grave, that he was unworthy of facing Dong'er.

He secretly swore to himself that he would never doubt her again.

For his sake, to protect him from being harmed by Spirit Hall's powerful experts, Dong'er could silently endure the pain of missing him. What right did he have to doubt her?

Yu Xiaogang gazed at Bibi Dong with deep affection. "Dong'er, I'll head back first. Once I've healed my injuries, I'll come find you as soon as possible. Wait for me."

Bibi Dong's face was also filled with sorrow. "Have a safe journey. Dong'er will keep waiting for you..."

Once the carriage carrying Yu Xiaogang had departed, the Spirit Hall group, no longer able to hold back their laughter, burst out laughing.

Yue Guan in particular laughed so hard that he doubled over and rolled around on the ground, tears streaming from his eyes.

"I've lived this long, yet this is the first time I've encountered such an idiot, so eager to deliver himself to someone else to be abused."

Bibi Dong put on a stern expression and glared fiercely at them.

"What are you laughing at? If any of you had laughed out loud just now and exposed my plan, I'd beat you all to death, hmph."

Ju Douluo forcefully suppressed his laughter and coughed a few times before asking Bibi Dong.

"Saintess, when that kid traveled with us to Suotuo City not long ago, you treated him quite well.

I remember you even told me that his theoretical knowledge was outstanding among his peers. Even Spirit Hall Academy lacked such talent. Why has your attitude toward him changed so drastically today?"

Bibi Dong pretended not to know what he meant and questioned Ju Douluo in return.

"Did I? Did I ever say something like that? Surely not. For that useless piece of trash who only knows how to talk big, the fact that I'm willing to beat him is already doing him a favor."

After answering Ju Douluo's question, she gave orders to several subordinates.

"Later, take my broken shoes and buy me a new pair on Suotuo City's streets.

I can't walk around barefoot. There's sand and pebbles everywhere, and they hurt my feet."

Without waiting to see whether they agreed, she turned and walked toward the Great Soul Arena.

The subordinates had no choice. As they said, a higher rank could crush a lower one—and this was an order from the Saintess. They could only obediently comply...

Meanwhile, Wang Jingyu was packing his belongings at the hotel, preparing to check out.

His most pressing task was to head to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and hunt soul beasts. Filling his three vacant Soul Ring slots came first.

After spending several hours packing his luggage, Wang Jingyu left the hotel and recited, "Laughing toward the heavens as I walk out the door—how could people like us be mere common weeds?" drawing eye-rolls from quite a few passersby.

Suotuo City was several hundred kilometers from the Star Dou Great Forest. If he relied on the most primitive means of travel, he would likely have to walk for several days.

In order to reach the Star Dou Great Forest as soon as possible, Wang Jingyu spent twenty Gold Soul Coins to hire a carriage.

Twenty Gold Soul Coins were practically nothing to the current Wang Jingyu.

But to the coachman, they were a huge fortune.

The coachman had originally been unwilling to make the trip because it was far away and rather dangerous.

But once Wang Jingyu offered twenty Gold Soul Coins, the coachman agreed immediately.

He looked at Wang Jingyu as if he were his own father. His eager manner made Wang Jingyu feel embarrassed.

After getting into the carriage, Wang Jingyu lay down directly inside, intending to stay sprawled out all the way to the Star Dou Great Forest.

But reality did not allow it. The carriage jolted violently the entire way.

The carriage itself had no shock absorption, and the road conditions were poor. After being jostled all the way, Wang Jingyu felt like his bones were about to come apart, let alone get a good sleep.

Whenever he was about to drift off, the rapidly spinning wheels would suddenly strike a large rock and yank him back out of his dreams.

"Fuck! Are you kidding me? Won't you let me sleep for even a moment?"

So frustrated he was nearly coughing blood, Wang Jingyu sat up, opened the Diary System, and began complaining inside it.

To hell with this! Douluo Continent wasn't as good as I imagined. Its transportation was backward enough, but even the roads were full of potholes.

On the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, my bones were nearly shaken apart. This is fucking ridiculous.

If this world had airplanes and high-speed rail, how great would that be? For a mere few hundred kilometers, a plane would take at most half an hour, while high-speed rail would take no more than an hour.

What a pity. This world's technology tree is completely different from Earth's. Wanting airplanes and high-speed rail must be nothing but a daydream.

Oh right, if I remember correctly, by the time of Douluo 3 and Douluo 4—tens of thousands of years from now—Douluo technology will be absurdly powerful.

Interstellar migration will be effortless. I wonder if I'll have the chance to live until then.

Pah, pah, pah. Isn't that nonsense? Now that I have the system, my minimum goal should be becoming a god.

After Wang Jingyu finished complaining, the jolting carriage left him so dizzy that a powerful wave of nausea rose in him. He leaned out the window and demonstrated what it meant for a man to puke without shame.

Bibi Dong changed into the new shoes her subordinates had bought. She did not think the color looked very good, but they were wearable enough.

After changing her shoes, she still had no intention of leaving the Great Soul Arena, because she wanted to wait for Wang Jingyu to return and find her.

Wang Jingyu had written in his diary that he would come looking for her and ask whether she was also a transmigrator.

But after waiting several hours, night fell, and even the Great Soul Arena had closed. Their group could only stand foolishly at the entrance and wait.

Bibi Dong was getting annoyed. Why had that guy not come yet? Had he forgotten?

She took out the diary from her Storage Spirit Tool. What she read made her so furious that she threw it to the ground on the spot and raised her foot to stomp viciously on it.

With a "snap," the heel of her newly bought high heels broke again. The subordinates looked at one another, utterly at a loss.

Bibi Dong puffed out her cheeks and said indignantly, "Bastard! How dare you stand me up! Just you wait! You won't let me follow you to the Star Dou Great Forest? Do you think that means I can't go on my own? Just wait until I get there—I'll show you how I'm going to mess with you!"

Ju Douluo stared at Bibi Dong with a strange expression. "Saintess, you're going to the Star Dou Great Forest? Aren't you only Rank 56? What are you going there for?"

"What else? To find someone, obviously! I'm going all in with that guy. He can forget about ever shaking me off."

In a fit of rage, Bibi Dong threw her broken new shoes onto the ground, picked up the diary, and walked off barefoot into the distance, no longer caring about the stones digging into her feet.

The Spirit Hall group looked at one another. They had no idea what the Saintess was talking about.

They only knew that the Saintess was becoming more and more abnormal.