Worship Hall, side courtyard.
The morning sunlight spilled over a luxurious courtyard, where a young girl's crisp, pleasant voice rang out:
"Young Master, Young Master, it's six o'clock. Time to get up!"
The handsome youth lying in bed slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the delicate, adorable girl with wine-red hair and slightly babyish cheeks before him, he smiled. "Got it, Dong'er."
As Xiao Yao got up, he looked at the gentle, lovely Bibi Dong before him and could not help recalling their first meeting.
He had been three years old then. His parents had died not long after Xiao Yao was born, and since he had lived two lives, he could not get along with children his age.
Moreover, knowing that this was an extraordinary world with martial souls, where strength was the foundation of everything, he spent every day either reading or training his body.
His grandfather was the Fourth Worshipper of Spirit Hall, the Mighty Lion Douluo. Seeing him always alone, his grandfather felt uneasy, afraid that his temperament would be affected from an early age. Thus, he went to Spirit Hall's dedicated orphanage and found a girl of clean background and adorable appearance to serve as his maid.
She was a maid in name, but truly a playmate, meant to fill the emptiness in his grandson's heart.
It had been an autumn evening, with the sunset glow flowing over the golden leaves like water. His grandfather knocked on the courtyard gate.
Then he led in a delicate, adorable girl who resembled a doll.
Xiao Yao put down the book in his hands and looked at the girl with confusion in his eyes before turning to his grandfather.
Bibi Dong had initially been hiding behind the Mighty Lion Douluo. When she saw the boy's puzzled gaze, she stepped forward on her own and said nervously:
"H-Hello, Young Master. I'm the maid the Fourth Worshipper found for you. If there's anything you need, you can ask me to do it!"
"My name is Bibi Dong!"
Xiao Yao had originally thought that his grandfather had once again seen him spending all his time alone and wanted to find him a friend so he could live happily with someone.
He had even planned to casually find another excuse to refuse his grandfather, since he truly could not get along with children around three years old.
But the moment he heard her name was Bibi Dong, he was somewhat stunned.
This cute, wine-red-haired girl before him would awaken Twin Martial Souls at the age of six, becoming a genius.
In the future, she would overcome the danger of Twin Martial Souls causing one to explode and die in the later stages, become a Pope who held power over the world, and finally become the Rakshasa God!
So, after considering it briefly, he agreed to his grandfather's wishes and kept Bibi Dong as his maid.
What followed were three years of constant companionship, day and night.
Xiao Yao continued living as before, reading, learning knowledge, and training his body. Meanwhile, the way Bibi Dong looked at him gradually became increasingly strange.
She practically wanted to cling to Xiao Yao's side twenty-four hours a day.
Xiao Yao felt somewhat helpless about Bibi Dong's behavior.
In the original story, Bibi Dong had been attracted to Yu Xiaogang because he loved reading and was different from others, gradually falling in love with him.
However, Xiao Yao did not dwell on it too much. After all, she was only a three- or four-year-old child. Naturally, she did not understand romantic feelings between men and women; perhaps her affection for him was simply a little too high.
The Bibi Dong from the original story was indeed hard to describe. He could not judge Bibi Dong based on things that had not yet happened. Right now, she was only a three- or four-year-old child, and the environment and people she would encounter in the future had changed as well.
And so, more than three years passed. The two of them read and studied together, and trained their bodies together.
Bibi Dong always came to his bedside at exactly six o'clock to wake him up. This had been his request.
Once, he had woken up at three or four in the morning to use the bathroom, only to see a wine-red-haired shadow beside his bed staring at him with two huge, round eyes. She had nearly scared him to death.
That had been the first time Xiao Yao spoke to Bibi Dong in a stern, serious manner, telling her that she had to wait until six in the morning before coming to see him.
Bibi Dong was a genius in cultivation, so she naturally handled the work of being a maid with ease.
She took excellent care of Xiao Yao. The moment he felt even slightly thirsty, Bibi Dong would bring him a glass of water.
The instant he finished training, she would hand him a towel. Whatever book he needed to read, Bibi Dong would bring it home from the library a day in advance. Her virtues were simply too numerous to list.
In short, Xiao Yao was extremely happy and satisfied with his choice to make Bibi Dong his maid.
Seeing his grandson get along harmoniously with a companion his own age, the Mighty Lion Douluo was also deeply pleased and happy.
When Bibi Dong had been two or three years old, evil soul masters had attacked and slaughtered her entire village, including her parents. She had luckily survived and been brought to Spirit Hall's orphanage. During the few months she spent there, she had been excluded and isolated, and she thought she would only be able to live in such misery for the rest of her life.
But one day, an incredibly important figure brought her to a luxurious estate and told her to become the maid of a delicate, adorable boy.
Not only was that boy incredibly cute and handsome, but he did not look down on her because of her origins. Instead, he treated her gently and thoughtfully. He loved reading and learning, and trained diligently as well. He was simply too perfect.
Although she was supposedly a maid, her food, clothing, and daily necessities were all the same as Young Master Xiao Yao's. The young master ate all kinds of soul beast meat to supplement his nutrition and strengthen his physique, and she ate alongside him.
The Mighty Lion Douluo had never treated her as a maid and was very kind to her. Young Master Xiao Yao had never treated her as a maid either and was also very kind to her. Yet she truly loved being a maid, because she could use all sorts of excuses to get close to the young master. She was also extremely satisfied and happy with her current life!
Bibi Dong becoming Xiao Yao's maid was a win-win-win situation. Everyone was happy and satisfied!
"Young Master, today is the day we awaken our martial souls. Are you still going to train?" Bibi Dong asked as she looked at Xiao Yao, who had already finished getting ready to head out.
"Of course. Training accumulates over time, so we can't stop. Besides, the two of us can just ask Grandfather to awaken our martial souls separately," Xiao Yao said casually.
Then he walked outside and began the day's training.
First, he ran ten kilometers while carrying specially made metal weights. Bibi Dong ran alongside him as well, though her weights were much lighter.
Next came weighted frog jumps, weighted pull-ups, and lifting dumbbells far heavier than what children his age could possibly lift.
Bibi Dong had seen such scenes countless times already, yet every time she saw them, she still found them unbelievable and deeply shocking.
Was he really human? Was he actually some fierce beast's cub?
Before even awakening his martial soul, his strength was already nearly comparable to that of a Soul Elder. What would happen once he awakened his martial soul?
After training, Xiao Yao and Bibi Dong chatted while receiving healing from a healing-type Soul Saint.
Naturally, the topic was today's martial soul awakening, but unusually, Bibi Dong seemed somewhat listless today.
Young Master's innate divine strength was obvious to the naked eye. He would surely awaken the highest-grade martial soul. But what if she awakened a useless martial soul and had no Soul Power?
Or what if she had very little Soul Power? Although she knew that the young master would not despise her no matter what level of Soul Power she awakened.
But she understood one thing: dragons did not live with snakes. At the thought that if she had a useless martial soul, she would be unable to help the young master at all when he fought enemies in the future.
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