Bibi Dong's Jealousy?

It was already sunset by the time he emerged from the Library Pavilion.

Su Chen felt completely at ease.

Qian Renxue had already appeared.

By the time he returned from Devil Island.

Qian Renxue would likely be born as well.

"Sister Lingyuan, is it your shift today?"

Returning to the Saintess Hall, Su Chen saw Ye Lingyuan dressed in the attire of a Temple Knight.

Silver-white armor encased the vital parts of her body, while the armor around her waist appeared supple, accentuating her slender, delicate waist.

"Little Chen, where have you been, hmm?"

Ye Lingyuan glanced at the few temple guards behind her, signaling them to patrol elsewhere, before walking straight up to Su Chen.

She leaned down and sniffed twice: "There's the scent of a woman?"

Ye Lingyuan suddenly crossed her arms, putting on an angry expression.

"How could you go out fooling around?"

Su Chen rolled his eyes at her: "Sister Lingyuan, let's talk business. Are you going when we attack Devil Island?"

"Business, is it!"

Ye Lingyuan crouched down, changing from crossing her arms to resting her chin in her hand: "I haven't received any orders, and I'm not suited for naval combat, so I definitely won't be going... I heard that most of those being deployed are flying Soul Masters and water-attribute Soul Masters..."

As the two chatted idly, they didn't notice that Bibi Dong had already arrived nearby.

She was dressed in a simple, elegant purple robe.

She had always wondered where the fragrance she smelled on Su Chen every day came from.

She finally saw the answer; it was on this woman.

In Bibi Dong's eyes, a woman with an incredibly hot and vibrant figure was crouching in front of her disciple, smiling like a flower, occasionally reaching out to pinch her disciple's cheek, or even planting a kiss.

All warmth had long since faded from Bibi Dong's exquisite face.

She did not interrupt, merely watching quietly.

Ye Lingyuan seemed to sense something and suddenly turned her head.

Her expression turned serious, and she immediately wiped away all playfulness, slowly standing up to bow her head toward Bibi Dong: "Subordinate Ye Lingyuan greets Her Highness the Saintess."

"Teacher, why are you here?" Su Chen also greeted her with a smile.

Bibi Dong's gaze swept past Ye Lingyuan, ignoring her salute with a mere cold huff.

The next second, she turned and left without saying a single word.

Su Chen was confused: "Teacher doesn't seem to be in a good mood. Could something have happened at the Pope's side again?"

"It probably isn't the Pope..."

Ye Lingyuan frowned; the Saintess didn't seem to like her very much.

"Little Chen, you should go after her and see. I'm going to patrol now. Remember to find me before you head to Devil Island; I have something good for you to eat."

"Alright!"

Su Chen bid farewell to Ye Lingyuan and jogged off to catch up with Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong had no intention of stopping or waiting.

Her expression was grim.

Why did these events feel as if she had seen them somewhere before?

In a dream.

Yes, it had happened in a dream—this Ye Lingyuan being so close to her disciple.

She hadn't expected it to manifest in reality.

She knew this Ye Lingyuan; she was a native of Martial Soul Hall.

Her talent wasn't bad, and she had the potential to become a Title Douluo.

Half a year ago, when Ye Lingyuan was absorbing a Soul Ring, her Martial Soul had mutated.

She had been listed by Martial Soul Hall as a key subject for cultivation.

Looking at her relationship with her disciple just now.

The Martial Soul mutation wasn't caused by absorbing a Soul Ring at all.

It was the Immortal Herb her disciple had given her.

What a good disciple he was, actually keeping things hidden from her.

"Teacher, why won't you wait for me!"

Returning to the Saintess Hall, Su Chen looked at Bibi Dong, who was already sitting there resting, and slowly approached her.

Although Bibi Dong was stunningly beautiful, she carried an air of coldness that kept strangers at a distance.

Seeing this, Su Chen stepped forward with a light gait, skillfully moving behind Bibi Dong.

His fingers landed gently on her shoulders.

Bibi Dong did not make a single move throughout.

Su Chen busied himself behind her for quite a while.

Only then did she speak with a half-smiling tone:

"Had your fill of fun? You actually remember to return to the Saintess Hall?"

Su Chen's movements paused slightly: "This is home for Teacher and me; if I don't return here, where else would I go?"

"Home."

Bibi Dong's gaze unfocused for a moment, and her tone softened involuntarily.

"Heh, with a beauty by your side for idle chatter, carefree and at ease, you should have forgotten all about home."

Su Chen leaned in toward Bibi Dong's fair neck, his eyes fixed on her profile as he asked: "Teacher, you aren't jealous, are you?"

Bibi Dong huffed: "Would a teacher be jealous of a little brat like you?"

Su Chen smiled and said nothing more.

He knew this certainly wasn't romantic jealousy, but rather Bibi Dong's possessiveness at work.

Su Chen understood this mindset; it was like when something you raised grew close to someone else, it would make one feel displeased for a time.

Su Chen softly changed the subject: "Teacher, we are heading out to sea in two days. Which two Title Douluo from the Elder Hall are leading the team?"

"Why? You've started caring about such things now!" Bibi Dong said with annoyance.

"Teacher, I feel that Devil Island shouldn't be underestimated. Would having only two Title Douluo stationed there be too few?"

"I have checked a lot of information; the ocean is extremely dangerous."

"The Soul Beast there also travel in packs."

"Especially the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast; they are hard to find in the Star Dou Great Forest, but the ocean doesn't seem to lack them."

"For the sake of safety, I feel we could bring a few more."

Su Chen felt that as long as Bo Saixi made a move, bringing a few more probably wouldn't help.

But at least it wouldn't end as miserably as in the original story.

He could bring quite a few people back.

Bibi Dong turned to look at Su Chen and chided him lightly: "You speak so lightly; do you really think Title Douluo are cabbages you can find on every street corner?"

"Looking across the entire Douluo Continent, there are only three factions that can consistently field two or more Title Douluo, counting them all."

"The first is the Clear Sky Sect, the second is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the last is my Martial Soul Hall."

"To mobilize two Title Douluo and two thousand elites in one go for this expedition shows it is already a top-tier force."

"Not to mention that one of the Title elders is at level ninety-five."

Su Chen rubbed his nose, and Bibi Dong let out a soft huff, resting her long, slender legs casually on the armchair.

Su Chen moved from behind to her front, took those long legs into his arms, and began to knead them gently.

Bibi Dong slowly closed her eyes, letting him draw patterns on her legs.

"Teacher, are there any Peerless Douluo on the ocean?"

Su Chen kneaded Bibi Dong's small feet.

They looked quite exquisite.

Like jade.

He felt a bit like taking a bite; was that an illusion?

"I don't think so!"

Bibi Dong kicked him, turning over lazily.

"There are only two Peerless Douluo; one is the Grand Pontiff of my Martial Soul Hall, and the other is Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect. As for a third, I have never heard of one."

"Don't change the subject. I haven't asked you yet: what is going on with Ye Lingyuan's Martial Soul? Her situation wasn't a mutation caused by absorbing a Soul Ring, was it?"

"Did you give her an Immortal Herb to eat?"