Heretic! Heretic! Heretic!

"Who! Who was talking?!"

Qian Renxue was startled, springing up like a frightened 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 the person who had spoken.

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

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

"Y-you... whoever you are, come out now, or... or else, I'll... I'll..."

"And what will you do?" A light, drifting voice reached Qian Renxue's ears.

"Ah! There really is something filthy here!"

This time, Qian Renxue was completely certain!

There was something filthy inside her bedchamber!

Otherwise, how could a second voice come from a bedchamber occupied by no one but herself? And it was a voice she had never heard before!

At that moment, the spacious, brightly lit bedchamber instantly became sinister in her eyes, like a monster waiting to devour someone!

So scary! So scary!

This terror completely overwhelmed the sadness she had felt before!

Qian Renxue only wanted to escape and find her grandfather!

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

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

Little Qian Renxue really was vastly different 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, and especially when she ran across the floor barefoot while holding up her skirt, she had an inexplicably comical air about her.

She did not resemble her future self in the slightest!

She truly was...

"Come back!"

The moment his words fell, Qian Renxue, who had been mere inches from the door, whooshed back onto the large bed and sat upright in her original spot.

"Hmm?"

The sudden change caused Qian Renxue's beautiful little head to briefly shut down...

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 sitting, her lips immediately puckered.

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

"?"

Lu Chen slowly produced a question mark, then asked in an amused tone, "If I remember correctly, you were just planning to threaten me with your mother."

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

"Interesting." Lu Chen smiled faintly. "Calmed down now?"

"Mm."

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

Since she could not get away anyway, she might as well calm down and stall for time. Maybe Grandfather would arrive soon!

As the most powerful Title Douluo on the continent, Grandfather would definitely be able to defeat this bad person hiding in the dark!

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

"No."

"No?" Qian Renxue did not believe him.

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

After giving 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 most of the panic in her eyes had already faded.

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

After all, he had seen through her plan to stall for time completely.

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

"Do you remember the scene you saw in your dream when you first fainted?"

"The scene I dreamed of when I first fainted?"

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

Thinking of that horrific scene from her dream, an indescribable fear welled up in Qian Renxue's heart.

It seemed... that vast expanse of ruins in the dream looked somewhat... somewhat similar to Spirit Hall, where she had lived since childhood... And that statue in the very center, cut cleanly in two...?

At that thought, Qian Renxue's tiny body could not help shuddering.

Hopefully...

"You guessed correctly. The ruins and that horrific battlefield you saw in your dream were precisely the Spirit Hall from your memories. As for the statue you saw that had been cut apart, it was the Angel God Statue worshipped by your Spirit Hall."

Lu Chen's words had no preamble whatsoever, directly shattering Qian Renxue's final fantasy!

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

Lu Chen's answer was that, for a little girl, what blow could possibly be greater than having a dead father and a mother who hated her?

Besides, 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 Angel God Statue cut apart?

Bastard!

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

How could Spirit Hall become like it had been in her dream? And how could the Angel God Statue be cut apart?!

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

How was that possible?! How could that be possible?!

Fake! It had to be fake!

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

"I don't believe you! My grandfather is the most powerful Title Douluo on the continent! With him watching over Spirit Hall, it will never become like it was in my dream! It will absolutely never become like that!"

Qian Renxue spoke with absolute certainty, every word ringing like iron!

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

"A god?"

Qian Renxue's heart trembled. As a daughter born and raised in Spirit Hall, she naturally believed in the existence of gods without question!

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

If it truly were a god taking action...

"Lord Angel God will act! Lord Angel God will never abandon Spirit Hall!"

"What if the Angel God died?"

"Died..."

Qian Renxue was horrified.

Heretic! Heretic! Heretic!

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

Qian Renxue shouted in a clear, delicate voice.