Yu Xiaogang Witnesses Bibi Dong's Secret Chamber Incident and Completely Breaks Down!

Yu Xiaogang muttered to himself, his voice as dry as a traveler lost in the desert.

As a master theorist, he understood better than anyone what this meant—

It was the dream he had pursued all his life, the root cause of why his soul power had remained stuck at rank 29 forever!

Luo Sanpao seemed to sense his master's emotions. It let out a "Luo Luo" cry and rubbed its round head against his trouser leg.

Yu Xiaogang lowered his head to look at this Martial Soul that had become ridiculous due to a failed mutation, and a flash of pain crossed his eyes.

"System... just what are you?"

He asked hoarsely, his gaze fixed firmly on the system panel floating in the air.

That strange green halo made his skin crawl, yet the temptation of increasing his bloodline purity made him unable to resist.

Reason told him this was most likely a trap, but deep inside, the voice yearning to prove himself grew louder and louder:

What if... what if it's real?

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, his thin fingers trembling slightly in the air.

He remembered the ridicule he had endured all these years, the pity in Flander and Liu Erlong's eyes, and the voices that called him a "waste master" behind his back...

"I accept the mission!"

He suddenly growled, his voice filled with the resolve of one betting everything on a single throw.

[Mission accepted successfully]

[Loading footage...]

Yu Xiaogang's vision was suddenly swallowed by a blinding green light. When he could see clearly again, a virtual projection visible only to him appeared before his eyes.

Within the image, the figure who had haunted his dreams slowly emerged—it was Bibi Dong!

And she looked exactly as she had twenty years ago, when they had first met!

"Dong'er!"

Yu Xiaogang's cracked lips trembled as he spoke those two words. His thin fingers reached out involuntarily, only to pass through the insubstantial image.

Bibi Dong's youthful, radiant smile was just as it had been in the Spirit Hall Library back then. Those lively eyes seemed capable of seeing straight into his heart.

Memories surged forth like a tide:

At Yelin City's Lantern Festival, Bibi Dong had stood on tiptoe to place a flower wreath on his head;

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the vows they had made on the mountain behind Spirit Hall;

And... that rainy night, when she had pushed him away with tears in her eyes, her back resolute.

Yu Xiaogang's eyes instantly reddened, and his Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.

But at that very moment, a blond man suddenly entered the image!

"Qian Xunji?!"

Yu Xiaogang was struck as if by lightning, his blood seeming to freeze throughout his body.

Why was that former Pope of Spirit Hall, that sanctimonious hypocrite, here?

Why was he with Dong'er?

The setting in the image was none other than that gloomy secret chamber deep within Spirit Hall.

Yu Xiaogang's pupils shrank to pinpoints. He knew Qian Xunji all too well—

Back then, it had been in Spirit Hall that Qian Xunji had humiliated him before everyone and driven him out of Spirit Hall!

"Dong'er... don't... Qian Xunji, you beast! Stop it!!!"

Yu Xiaogang's roar came to an abrupt halt. His eyes were bloodshot as he watched Bibi Dong being bound by chains of soul power in the image, while Qian Xunji approached with a savage grin...

"NO!!!"

A heart-rending scream made the office windows hum and shake.

Yu Xiaogang staggered backward and knocked over an entire row of bookshelves. Heavy tomes crashed to the floor with a series of loud bangs.

Luo Sanpao cried "Luo Luo" in panic, desperately rubbing its fat body against its master's leg, yet it could not ease even a fraction of his pain.

[Mission complete]

[Distributing reward...]

Yu Xiaogang collapsed limply onto the floor, like an empty shell whose soul had been hollowed out.

He could feel that Luo Sanpao had indeed changed within him—

Several fine golden scales had emerged on its bloated body, but his mind was filled entirely with what he had just seen...

"So that's how it is... so that's how it is..."

He muttered neurotically, then suddenly burst into chilling laughter.

"Green light... hahaha... what a Green Light System!"

Cloudy tears rolled down his twisted face, splashing onto the scattered pages and spreading into dark stains.

Those theories he had been so proud of, those tomes he had painstakingly studied, had all become the most bitterly ironic joke.

Trembling, he grabbed a copy of Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls and tore it to pieces like a madman.

Amid the flying scraps of paper, Yu Xiaogang curled into a ball like a stray dog with its spine ripped out, releasing beastlike sobs that had been suppressed for years.

Meanwhile, Lin Jiang lay lazily on a wooden bed with his hands behind his head, one leg crossed over the other as it swayed back and forth.

Suddenly, a familiar notification sounded in his mind:

[Ding!~ Detected that subsystem bearer (Yu Xiaogang) has successfully completed a mission!]

[Calculating mission reward feedback...]

[Congratulations, main controller Lin Jiang. Feedback reward obtained: innate soul power rank +1! Current soul power rank +1!]

A warm current instantly swept through his entire body, and Lin Jiang narrowed his eyes in comfort.

He could clearly sense the qualitative change in his soul power—his meridians had become tougher, and the circulation speed of his soul power had increased by nearly thirty percent.

His innate soul power, originally at rank 10, had now risen to rank 11!

His soul power rank had also broken through from rank 23 to rank 24.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Lin Jiang stretched lazily, his bones cracking pleasantly. "This leveling speed is even faster than riding a rocket."

With a casual wave, he summoned the Azure Divine Vine. Its emerald vines gleamed softly beneath the moonlight, while faint golden patterns flowed along the edges of its leaves.

Rank 24 soul power surged through his meridians, far more abundant than before.

"Master, oh Master," Lin Jiang said as he played with the vine in his hand, a teasing smile curling across his lips.

"You need to keep working as hard as Tang San and complete more missions. The more miserable you are, the faster I level up..."

The chirping of insects rose and fell beyond the window as Lin Jiang closed his eyes contentedly.

The feeling of leveling up while lying down was even better than spending money in games in his previous life.

Thinking of Yu Xiaogang's grief-stricken face, he nearly laughed aloud.

Yu Xiaogang sat collapsed on the floor of the wrecked office, his chest heaving violently.

Tears blurred his vision, and the metallic taste of blood still lingered in his throat after all that screaming.

Just when he thought his heart was about to stop beating, an unusual sensation suddenly came from beside his feet.

"Luo... Luo Luo?"

Luo Sanpao's cry seemed a little louder than usual.

Yu Xiaogang barely managed to focus his eyes on his Martial Soul—then, in the next instant, an incredulous expression appeared on his tear-streaked face.

Luo Sanpao's already round body had become even fatter. Compared to before, it now looked more like a pampered domestic pig.

But what drew even more attention were the few golden scales beneath that greasy fur, faintly glimmering with a metallic sheen!

"This... th-this..."

Yu Xiaogang's voice trembled beyond recognition. He scrambled toward Luo Sanpao on hands and knees, his thin fingers cautiously touching those scales.

A faint trace of dragon might traveled through his fingertips, making his entire body tremble.

"It's actually real!!!"