[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Cut the nonsense and hurry up!]
Ning Rongrong was already getting impatient. She wanted to see what her future would be like.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Just a moment.]
Ye Qiong pretended to reply, tapping away at the virtual screen.
He cleared his throat and began his "performance."
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: I see it. Your future.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: You will stand at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent...]
At those words, Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up at once.
The pinnacle of the Douluo Continent?
Could it be Limit Douluo?
That was the ultimate goal every Soul Master dreamed of achieving.
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Really? I can actually become a Limit Douluo?]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Not just a Limit Douluo. You will become an even greater being—a god in the Divine Realm.]
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Gasp...]
Ning Rongrong sucked in a breath. There were actually beings above Limit Douluo—gods?
Why had Sword Grandpa and her father never mentioned them?
But becoming a god? That sounded even cooler.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: But...]
Ye Qiong's sudden change of tone made her heart leap into her throat.
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: But what?]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Though you will become a god, the price will be rather steep.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: You will lose the two grandpas who love you most: Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.]
What?!
The smile on Ning Rongrong's face froze instantly.
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Impossible! My Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa are invincible! They're both powerful Titled Douluo. How could they die?]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: And that's not all. Your sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, will nearly be uprooted and destroyed.]
Ye Qiong offered no explanation. Instead, he dropped another bombshell.
Ning Rongrong's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
She couldn't accept this. Although she'd run away from home to roam freely, her sect was still her roots, and her two grandpas were her closest family.
You're telling me my sect will face a calamity. How could I accept that so easily?
But Ye Qiong's previous revelations in the group had been so accurate. How could this be false?
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Why... Why would this happen?]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Because you and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind you chose to side with someone called Tang San and become enemies of the entire Spirit Hall.]
Ye Qiong slowly revealed the "root" of the matter.
Tang San?
The image of the young man who'd been defeated by Dai Mubai in the hotel lobby today immediately surfaced in Ning Rongrong's mind.
Him?
How could this happen because of him...
Wait. Hadn't Xiao Wu mentioned earlier that Tang San's father was Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo, and that the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall...
Gasp...
At that thought, Ning Rongrong understood at once.
Like Xiao Wu, she was going to join Shrek Academy. If not for the group chat, she and Xiao Wu might both have become close companions of Tang San. By then, the sect behind her would spare no effort in supporting the forces of the Clear Sky Sect behind Tang San, putting them on a collision course with Spirit Hall.
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Group Owner, what should I do?]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Avoid harm and pursue what benefits you.]
Ning Rongrong's situation was easy enough to resolve.
Bibi Dong had already begun to change, so the future Soul Hunting Operation might never happen. As a result, the conflict between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall wouldn't escalate so easily to that point.
As for Ning Rongrong herself, as long as he told her all this and she didn't court disaster by continuing down the original path, nothing would happen.
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Thank you. I understand. By the way, what about my love life? Did you see who I... who I ended up with?]
Ning Rongrong suddenly wanted to ask. She wanted to know whether, in such a miserable future, anyone would still be by her side.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Your love life... It's rather tragic, if I'm honest.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: In the end, you settled for a food-type Soul Master named Oscar.]
Settled?
The word lodged in Ning Rongrong's heart like a thorn.
She was Ning Rongrong, the treasured jewel of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. How could her future husband possibly be someone she "settled" for?
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Even after you both became gods, so what? Your two grandpas still couldn't be brought back to life.]
At this despairing news, Ning Rongrong fell silent for a long time.
She had been somewhat delighted at the thought of becoming a god in the future, but she hadn't expected that even becoming a god wouldn't let her make up for the regrets of the past.
No. It hadn't happened yet. She still had a chance to change things!
Avoid harm and pursue what benefited her? If the Group Owner said so, then that was what she'd do.
Besides, she wasn't alone. She had two sisters by her side, as well as her fellow group members.
And the pope of Spirit Hall was in the group too. No one knew how the future would unfold.
Nearby, Zhu Zhuqing watched Ning Rongrong go from shock to looking utterly dejected, then finally to a determined expression. Curious, she opened her own window as well.
[No Petting Cats: Group Owner, I want to know my future too.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Sure. Same rules.]
Ye Qiong's reply was straightforward.
Fortune-telling cost money.
[No Petting Cats: But I don't have that much money.]
Zhu Zhuqing's reply was just as straightforward. Unlike Ning Rongrong, she had fled for her life, and she hadn't had much money on her to begin with.
On the other side of the screen, Ye Qiong thought for a moment.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: If you don't have money, that's fine too.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: You'll have to promise to do one thing for me later.]
Zhu Zhuqing's brow furrowed slightly.
[No Petting Cats: What thing?]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: I haven't decided yet. I'll save it for later. Don't worry, it won't be anything that puts you in a difficult position.]
Zhu Zhuqing thought it over for a few seconds, then agreed.
[No Petting Cats: All right, I promise.]
She longed to know whether she could break free from the shackles of her family.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Good. Then... I'll start "exploring."]
Ye Qiong slipped back into "mystic" mode.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Your future...]
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