It concerned Spirit Hall?!
Qian Xunji's pupils instantly turned dangerous. He looked at his younger brother, but saw no change on his face, so he turned and headed straight for the Offering Hall.
Spirit Hall was the Qian Clan's stronghold, after all. No threat could be allowed to exist there!
After resting for most of the day and recovering much of his energy, Qian Chenzhou resumed compressing his soul power.
Spirit City.
Bibi Dong arrived at the street where the courtyard she had purchased stood, her face expressionless. When she looked at the house, none of her former joy remained; there was only deep disgust and revulsion.
At that moment, Yu Xiaogang was lying on a recliner in the courtyard, sleeping soundly with a book covering his face.
It couldn't be helped. With all that daily labor, even an old ox couldn't endure it.
Rong'er stood inside the house, looking coldly at Yu Xiaogang. Her eyes were calm, without the slightest ripple.
When Bibi Dong appeared in the courtyard, Rong'er nodded at her.
During this time, she had already received Ghost's voice transmission. Once Bibi Dong arrived, this mission would nearly be over.
She would be able to collect the final payment!
Bibi Dong calmly looked at the woman, her expression utterly unchanged.
"Master Yu."
Hearing that voice, Yu Xiaogang's body immediately shuddered. The book covering his face slid down his cheek, and he caught it with one hand.
Because this was the signal between him and Rong'er.
As long as Bibi Dong arrived, she would use that form of address to remind him.
Bibi Dong, who had entered the courtyard earlier, had already returned to the street. She stood quietly beside the stone wall outside the gate, listening to the sounds within.
Ghost was there as well.
Yu Xiaogang immediately sat up from the recliner. Holding the book, he pretended to read it, his left hand clasped behind his back as he paced back and forth through the courtyard.
Bibi Dong happened to enter the courtyard.
"Dong'er!"
Yu Xiaogang had kept his eyes on the gate. The instant Bibi Dong entered, he put on a startled expression and hurried over, reaching out to grab her wrist.
At the thought of Yu Xiaogang's hypocritical face, Bibi Dong wanted nothing more than to slap him to death.
But for the sake of the plan to come, she had no choice but to force down the fury in her heart.
Seeing that he still wanted to come forward and take her hand, she directly covered her palm with a layer of soul power to avoid touching this disgusting man.
"Xiaogang."
Bibi Dong spoke, wanting to put on her former manner, but no matter what, she could not manage it.
Even saying the name Xiaogang made her feel incomparably sick.
"Dong'er, are you all right? I've been worried sick about you during this time." Yu Xiaogang was too excited to notice the change in Bibi Dong's tone. Pointing at his haggard face, he said, "Dong'er, look at me. I've been so worried that I could neither eat nor sleep. I haven't slept peacefully for a single night, and I've lost so much weight."
Hearing his words and looking at his haggard face, Bibi Dong's eyes instantly reddened.
Not because she felt sorry for him, but because she wanted to kill him!
This damned man was still trying to deceive her!
Seeing Bibi Dong's reddened eyes, Yu Xiaogang was overjoyed. Yet he still put on a heartbroken expression. "Dong'er, don't worry about me. What did Qian Xunji say?"
"Xiaogang, we can't be together."
"Then let's elope!"
Yu Xiaogang had long anticipated this outcome, so he was not surprised in the least. Still wearing an anxious expression, he moved to pull Bibi Dong away at once.
"We'll go to the ends of the earth, somewhere Spirit Hall can't find us!"
"Xiaogang, it's impossible for us. Forget me."
As Bibi Dong spoke, her soul power erupted in an instant, blasting Yu Xiaogang away. He smashed heavily into the wall, and she left the courtyard after forcefully suppressing the venomous urge to break all five of his limbs.
"Dong'er! Dong'er!"
Yu Xiaogang, embedded in the wall, was still screaming.
Rong'er stood in the courtyard and looked at Yu Xiaogang with a cold sneer. He was still pretending to be deeply devoted, unaware that everything they had done during this time had already been seen by the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall.
She could not help but sigh. How ridiculous!
Did he not understand his own status or strength? What made him worthy of the Holy Maiden?
A toad dreaming of swan flesh!
Though she looked down on him deeply, Rong'er still hurried forward and grabbed Yu Xiaogang's wrist. It took a great deal of effort to pull him out of the wall.
"Xiaogang, are you all right?"
"Get lost!" Yu Xiaogang shoved Rong'er away, coughed up a large mouthful of blood, and looked toward the direction Bibi Dong had left.
"Xiaogang, you should get treated first. Your injuries are what matter."
"Fine."
Thinking of his injuries, Yu Xiaogang was determined to ask Qian Xunji why he had stopped them from being together!
When he arrived at Lexi Clinic, the healing soul masters who normally saw patients completely ignored him. Even as they sat there chatting, none of them would treat him.
"How can you stand by and watch someone die?!" Yu Xiaogang roared furiously.
The clinic owner had already issued an order: if anyone saw this crew-cut man and dared treat him, they would be thrown out of her clinic.
With things like this, who would dare treat him?
"Where did this dog come from, barking here? Beat him out."
A guard soul master approached with a vicious grin and kicked Yu Xiaogang straight out of the clinic doors. He slid more than ten meters across the ground before stopping.
When the guard turned to look at Rong'er, he wore a smile.
"I'll leave on my own." Rong'er would not give him the chance to lay a hand on her.
With her frail frame, one kick would leave her dead or crippled.
She helped Yu Xiaogang up and continued searching for treatment.
Little did they know, Ghost had been following behind them the entire time. Whenever a healing soul master dared to treat him, Ghost would send a warning directly into their ear.
By evening, Yu Xiaogang lay outside Spirit City's gates like a dead dog.
Rumble!
Dark clouds rolled overhead, and before long, torrential rain poured from the sky.
"Rong'er, let's go. Let's leave this place."
Yu Xiaogang staggered to his feet. Just as he was about to pull Rong'er away, he saw the coldness in her eyes. She looked at him as though he were an irrelevant stranger, devoid of her former tenderness.
"Rong'er?"
"Don't call me that." Rong'er said coldly, "Yu Xiaogang, leave on your own. I won't go with you."
"You!"
Yu Xiaogang felt an unbearable pain in his chest. Unable to catch his breath, he vomited another mouthful of blood.
"You're merely a soul master in your twenties. Without your father's name, what the hell are you?" Rong'er sneered, crossing her arms over her chest. "Even those commoner soul masters rely on their own efforts to improve themselves. And you? What have you done?"
"You wanted to use the Holy Maiden to rise in status, yet you don't even know what you are."
"You merely took advantage of the Holy Maiden's lack of worldly experience to seduce her. Tell me, aren't you just trash?"
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