Heretic! Heretic! Heretic!

"Who! Who was talking?!"

Qian Renxue jumped in fright, springing up like a startled little rabbit!

She shook her little head, quickly wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes, and anxiously looked around, desperate to find whoever had spoken.

Yet after searching for a long while, she was still the only one in the empty bedchamber, making her uneasy heart pound wildly.

"Who... who... who was talking just now?! I... I'm telling you, my grandfather is Spirit Hall's G-Grand Worshipper, my mother... my mother is..., and my father... my father is the Pope of Spirit Hall!"

"Y-You... who are you? Come out right now, or... or else, I'll... I'll..."

"What will you do?" A light, drifting voice entered Qian Renxue's ears.

"Ah! There really is something dirty here!"

This time, Qian Renxue was completely certain!

There was something dirty inside her bedchamber!

Otherwise, how could a second voice come from a room occupied by only her? And it was a voice she had never heard before!

At that moment, the originally spacious and bright bedchamber immediately became gloomy and sinister in her eyes, like a monster waiting to devour someone!

So scary! So scary!

That fear completely overwhelmed the sadness she had felt earlier!

Qian Renxue only wanted to escape this place and find her grandfather!

Her father was dead, and her mother hated her! In the vast Spirit Hall, only her grandfather could make her feel safe! Only her grandfather could protect her!

Watching Qian Renxue lift her nightgown and sprint barefoot toward the bedchamber doors, Lu Chen, who was observing from within the void, revealed a trace of speechlessness in his eyes.

Little Qian Renxue really was worlds apart from the grown-up Qian Renxue of the future!

The future Qian Renxue was beautiful, strong, and powerful.

The current little Qian Renxue was timid, tearful, slow to react—especially when she ran across the floor barefoot while holding up her skirt. There was an inexplicable sense of comedy to it.

She did not resemble her future self in the slightest!

It really was...

"Come back!"

The instant his words fell, Qian Renxue, who had been only inches from the door, shot back onto the large bed and sat properly in her original spot.

"Hm?"

The sudden change made Qian Renxue's lovely little head briefly freeze...

Who am I? Where am I?

Wasn't I about to get out?

Why am I back again?

Seeing Qian Renxue's adorable appearance, Lu Chen curled his lips. "All right, wake up."

Little Qian Renxue looked around in confusion. Seeing the still-empty surroundings, then looking at where she was, her lips immediately puckered.

Once she realized she had been trapped, her golden eyes instantly reddened. She asked pitifully, "Who are you? Did Mother send you to kill me?"

"?"

Lu Chen slowly formed a question mark, then asked in a teasing tone, "If I remember correctly, you were just about to use your mother to threaten me."

Qian Renxue slowly lowered her head. "In Spirit Hall, aside from Grandfather, only Mother can come here."

"Interesting." Lu Chen smiled faintly. "Have you calmed down?"

"Mm."

After her earlier panic, little Qian Renxue realized she could not escape this bad man's clutches, so she quickly adjusted her mindset.

Since she could not run away anyway, she might as well stay calm and stall for time. Perhaps Grandfather would arrive soon!

As the strongest Titled Douluo on the continent, Grandfather would definitely be able to defeat this bad man hiding in the dark!

"So, did Mother send you to kill me?"

"No."

"No?" Qian Renxue did not believe him.

"I said no, so no. If that were really the case, you would already be dead. Your little scheme to stall for time can't fool me."

After offering a brief explanation, Lu Chen's expression turned serious. "All right, now we need to discuss something important."

"Something important?"

Qian Renxue was somewhat puzzled, but the panic in her eyes had mostly faded by then.

Qian Renxue was not stupid. She knew this bad man was telling the truth. If he had truly wanted to kill her, then she, a newly born little angel, would have died countless times over already!

After all, he had seen right through her attempt to stall for time.

Seeing that Qian Renxue had adjusted her mindset, Lu Chen went straight to the point and asked:

"Do you still remember the scene you dreamed of when you first lost consciousness?"

"The scene I dreamed of when I first lost consciousness?"

Qian Renxue tilted her little head. Recalling those blurry memories, she could not help knitting her delicate brows. "Mm... I remember a little..."

When she recalled that miserable scene from the dream, an indescribable fear rose in Qian Renxue's heart.

It seemed... the vast ruins in the dream bore some... some resemblance to Spirit Hall, where she had lived ever since she was little... And that statue in the very center, the one cut in half...

At the thought of this, Qian Renxue's tiny body could not help shuddering.

Hopefully...

"You guessed correctly. The ruins and that tragic battlefield from your dream were the Spirit Hall you remember. As for the severed statue you saw, it was the Angel God Statue worshipped by your Spirit Hall."

Lu Chen's words contained no preamble at all. They directly shattered the last of Qian Renxue's fantasies!

As for whether learning in advance that Spirit Hall would be destroyed would strike too great a blow to the Qian Renxue before him?

Lu Chen felt that, for a little girl, what blow could possibly be greater than her father's death and her mother's hatred?

In any case, Qian Renxue was strong inside. If she endured it, she would eventually make it through!

Boom!

Lu Chen's words exploded in Qian Renxue's heart like a bomb!

Ruins? Spirit Hall? The severed Angel God Statue?

Bastard!

What nonsense was this bad man hiding in the dark talking about?!

How could Spirit Hall become like it had been in her dream? How could the Angel God Statue be severed?!

Spirit Hall had her grandfather and more than ten Titled Douluo stationed there to guard it!

How could that be possible?! How could it possibly be?!

Fake! It had to be fake!

This bad man in the dark was trying to deceive her!

"I don't believe you! My grandfather is the strongest Titled Douluo on the continent! With him guarding Spirit Hall, it will never become like it was in my dream! It will absolutely never turn into that!"

Qian Renxue spoke with unwavering certainty, every word forceful and firm!

Lu Chen smiled faintly. "What if a god intervened? Could your grandfather stop one?"

"A god?"

Qian Renxue's heart trembled. As a daughter born and raised in Spirit Hall, she naturally believed firmly in the existence of gods!

After all, Spirit Hall had worshipped the Angel God for generations! The Qian Clan themselves were descendants of the Angel God!

If a god truly took action...

"Lord Angel God will act! Lord Angel God will not abandon Spirit Hall!"

"What if the Angel God died?"

"Died..."

Qian Renxue was horrified.

Heretic! Heretic! Heretic!

This bad man hiding in the dark was absolutely a heretic. How could Lord Angel God die?!

She was a god! How could a god die?!

Alarmist nonsense! It was absolutely alarmist nonsense!

"You bad man hiding in the dark! Enemy of Lord Angel God! Don't even think of shaking my faith in the Angel God!"

Qian Renxue shouted.