The Curiosity of the Gossiping Public

(PS: Bibi Dong's ending will not be pleasant; it will basically be miserable. I have no fondness for characters like this ungrateful wretch, and Hu Liena is the same. In this work, I will write both of them into miserable fates.)

"Those monsters are in the Star Luo Empire. I feel sick just thinking about it. Although I've never been to the Star Luo Empire, I know it's a military powerhouse. Yet even so, it was occupied by those monsters."

"I really don't know how the Heaven Dou Empire managed to hold on."

"Seeing those disgusting monsters on walls or in the streets makes me sick."

These vendors, who were not Soul Masters, felt sick as they looked at the monsters before them. Ordinary children even more so—many of those children vomited the moment they saw the disgusting creatures.

How could those children, with their values and worldview, possibly accept the hideous appearances of those monsters?

So many children could not help vomiting when they saw the monsters.

"If you're going to throw up, find a corner. Don't vomit in the middle of the street!"

"You should stop looking. Those things really are too ugly."

Seeing the children vomiting, the adults told them not to keep watching. In their view, children would indeed throw up after seeing such things.

Even they themselves found those Abyss Monsters disgusting, let alone children.

"Honestly, if we really get invaded by those disgusting monsters in the future, does Douluo Continent even have a future? Didn't you see Spirit Hall fail to help the Star Luo Empire resist them?"

"You can't think like that. What if Spirit Hall didn't go all out? Or perhaps Spirit Hall wanted to conserve its strength."

Spirit Hall's image across Douluo Continent had originally been fairly decent, if not for Bibi Dong's radical actions.

But ever since Bibi Dong took power, Spirit Hall had begun expanding through aggressive methods, causing its reputation throughout Douluo Continent to worsen.

(Note: This is my analysis based on the original work. If you have any objections, feel free to share your thoughts.)

In the original work, Dugu Bo had told Tang San that over the years, many talented people who had not joined Spirit Hall had died in various accidents.

What Dugu Bo had implied at the time was that talented people who did not join Spirit Hall would basically be eliminated.

But this referred to talented people without backing. Spirit Hall did not dare do much to talented people with powerful backgrounds.

"In any case, we don't know whether Spirit Hall is truly qualified to defeat these monsters. Don't you think we should make some preparations? If those monsters really appear, we'll be better prepared."

Someone in the crowd voiced his opinion.

"That makes a lot of sense. If those monsters really show up, we'll be in big trouble. And judging from the latest information, the first place they appeared was the Star Luo Empire. Fortunately, we live in the Heaven Dou Empire. Even if the monsters attack first, they'll attack the Star Luo Empire."

"Although we don't know where those monsters came from, I don't think they could possibly be creatures that originally existed on Douluo Continent."

"Still, why did Spirit Hall's Supreme Pontiff call that Monkey-Faced Master Xiaogang?"

At that moment, one member of the public curiously spoke up. Everyone knew that Bibi Dong was the Spirit Hall Supreme Pontiff, and she was also the most famous female Supreme Pontiff among Spirit Hall's many Supreme Pontiffs.

It was not as though there had never been female Supreme Pontiffs in history, but they had all come from the Qian Clan, because Spirit Hall had been founded by the Qian Clan long ago.

But the current Supreme Pontiff was not from the Qian Clan. The previous official explanation—or rather, Spirit Hall's official explanation for why it was Bibi Dong—was that the Former Supreme Pontiff had no descendants.

Furthermore, Bibi Dong had been the Saintess, so she was chosen to serve as Supreme Pontiff.

But things were different now. As the public watched the comments displayed on the Sky Screen, they sensed that something was off. For example, why would Bibi Dong call that famous theory-swindling master, whom even ordinary people knew well, Xiaogang?

Why would she call Yu Xiaogang by the name Xiaogang?

After all, Yu Xiaogang did not look much better than that, and his theories were a complete mess. Even among ordinary people, there was a title for people like him: Monkey-Faced Master.

And Yu Xiaogang did not look particularly good either. At best, he looked like a greasy, bearded middle-aged man.

He was not handsome at all, so why would Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong call such a monkey-faced fraud master Xiaogang?

And now there was new information: the Former Supreme Pontiff had a daughter, and she seemed to be connected to Bibi Dong. That raised another question—why could Bibi Dong become Supreme Pontiff when the Former Supreme Pontiff clearly had a daughter?

And why would she address a Monkey-Faced Master so casually? In an instant, the masses began eagerly gossiping.

"Do you think Bibi Dong, the current Supreme Pontiff, might have some unspeakable relationship with Yu Xiaogang? Honestly, I don't like Spirit Hall. I knew a friend's child who was quite talented, with high Innate Soul Power. He awakened a good Martial Soul and strong Innate Soul Power, but because he didn't join Spirit Hall, he was eventually killed. That's why I dislike Spirit Hall. And Spirit Hall Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong once said that Soul Masters who did not join Spirit Hall were illegal Soul Masters and deserved to die."

"Bibi Dong is an extremely radical Supreme Pontiff. She practically treats Spirit Hall as her private property and all Soul Masters under heaven as her own people. If they don't join, they die."

"But why would such a strong female Supreme Pontiff act so intimately toward a Monkey-Faced Master and even call him by a pet name? I suspect there must be some unspeakable secret involved."

"Do you think it is possible that Qian Renxue is actually Bibi Dong and the Former Supreme Pontiff's child, while the one Bibi Dong truly likes is that Monkey-Faced Master?"

At that moment, a curious member of the public voiced his guess. But the moment he said it, others immediately laughed at him.

"Brother, are you joking? Bibi Dong is a famous Supreme Pontiff and a powerful woman. If she wanted men, she could find countless men to serve as her male concubines. But Yu Xiaogang is a greasy, bearded middle-aged man who doesn't look good at all. You're telling me Bibi Dong fell for him? Are you kidding me?"

"Maybe the reason Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong calls Yu Xiaogang so casually is that there is some secret behind it."

"Do you think the Supreme Pontiff might have some secret that Yu Xiaogang knows about?"

"I think that's highly likely!"

"But how could a level 29 piece of trash like Yu Xiaogang know any of the Supreme Pontiff's secrets?"

"Maybe the two met when they were young, and Yu Xiaogang learned about it then."