The Upright Lord Heavenly Dao

Whoosh!

Qian Renxue shook her little head and looked around in confusion. When that familiar figure once again came into view, she finally realized where she was.

"Lord Heavenly Dao...?"

"Mm." Lu Chen nodded slightly.

"Aren't you busy?" Qian Renxue asked instinctively.

"Mm, I am busy—busy drinking tea." Lu Chen lifted his teacup and took a light sip, his expression utterly calm.

Qian Renxue: "..."

Was Lord Heavenly Dao making fun of me?

With countless thoughts rising in her heart, Qian Renxue pursed her little lips and stood prettily before Lu Chen, staring at him pitifully with her large eyes.

"Lord Heavenly Dao..." Qian Renxue's voice was soft and sweet. She said only four words, yet they seemed to carry an immense grievance!

"..."

Lu Chen's hand stiffened slightly. No, who taught her that?

That pitiful gaze, that soft and aggrieved tone, paired with that delicate, ethereal little face...

No, why did he feel like some evil Heavenly Dao stealing candy from a child?

"Speak properly!" Lu Chen shot Qian Renxue an irritated look!

Damn it! How was he an evil Heavenly Dao? How could he possibly be an evil Heavenly Dao? He was clearly the kindest Lord Heavenly Dao in all the heavens and myriad worlds!

He had never committed such vile acts as stealing candy from children or tricking little girls into doing bad things!

"Lord Heavenly Dao... y-you're not going to refuse to fulfill your promise to Xiaoxue, are you?" Qian Renxue still looked aggrieved, completely ignoring his instruction to speak properly.

"When did I ever say I wouldn't fulfill my promise?"

"Then..."

Qian Renxue held out her little hand and stared at him with tear-filled eyes.

Lu Chen: "..."

"Here!"

A ten-thousand-year Soul Bone appeared in Qian Renxue's outstretched little hand!

The instant she saw the Soul Bone, Qian Renxue froze. The tears on the verge of falling from her eyes stopped as well.

"The right leg bone of a 50,000-Year Holy Light Unicorn. Check it yourself!" Lu Chen said flatly, though there was a trace of displeasure in his voice.

She actually dared question Lord Heavenly Dao's integrity! She truly had a death wish!

Fortunately, Lord Heavenly Dao was kind-hearted and would not lower himself to the level of a mere little girl.

But once she grew up, he would definitely show her how formidable Lord Heavenly Dao was!

"Huh? It really is!"

Feeling the faint yet undeniable connection between her first soul ring and the Soul Bone before her, delight flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes!

Yay!

It really is a 50,000-year Soul Bone!

I have a Soul Bone too now~

Qian Renxue hurriedly stored the Soul Bone in her storage soul tool, then looked eagerly at Lu Chen again. "Lord Heavenly Dao, what about the rest~?"

"What else? According to our agreement, there was only this one Soul Bone!" Lu Chen said with his eyes averted, his face neither red nor his breath uneven.

"Lord Heavenly Dao, you promised Xiaoxue that as long as I did what you said, you would tell me the 'truth about Mother.' You can't go back on your word!"

Qian Renxue's eyes reddened again! She had scolded her mother back then precisely because of this condition!

Otherwise, if it had only been a 50,000-year Soul Bone, she never would have become such an unfilial daughter!

"All right, I won't tease you anymore." Lu Chen set down his teacup and turned to look at Qian Renxue. "Do you really want to know?"

"Yes!"

Qian Renxue nodded fiercely!

Of course she wanted to know! Why else would she have gone to scold her mother?

Did he think she had wanted to do it?

Did he think she had been happy while scolding her mother? She had been in so much pain...

The corner of Lu Chen's mouth twitched. She was far too dishonest with herself!

Was it really so hard to admit that scolding Bibi Dong had felt great and made her happy?

Lu Chen gave Qian Renxue a deep look. "Since you want to know, I will certainly tell you the truth."

"The reason your mother does not love you and hates you is very simple!"

Qian Renxue swallowed, her snow-white throat bobbing. So nervous! So nervous! What could it be?!

"Because..."

Lu Chen said meaningfully, "your mother, Bibi Dong, embraced an Evil God in her pursuit of power! She embarked on the path of the Evil God!"

"What?!" Qian Renxue cried out!

The Outworld Evil God! It was the Outworld Evil God again!

How could this be possible?!

Her mother had actually embarked on the path of the Evil God!

"Lord Heavenly Dao, you really aren't lying to me, are you?! Mother truly embarked on the path of the Evil God?"

"That's right!" Lu Chen nodded, his tone grave. "This Evil God is incomparably wicked and the lifelong mortal enemy of the Angel God!"

"Therefore, Bibi Dong, who has embarked on the path of the Evil God, is destined to hate every inheritor of the Angel God! In other words, every possessor of the Angel Martial Soul!"

"Someone with a God-tier Martial Soul like yours is someone she would dearly love to eliminate! Your mother, the inheritor of the Evil God, is likely thinking of killing you at every moment!"

"So that's how it is..." Upon receiving this answer, Qian Renxue's mood sank completely.

She had wanted to know the truth behind "Mother doesn't love me" so that she could ease the relationship between herself and her mother, so that her mother could love her daughter again!

Yet now that she knew the truth, Qian Renxue felt utterly at a loss!

An Evil God that was the Angel God's mortal enemy was destined to hate all inheritors of the Angel Martial Soul...

Faced with such a situation, Qian Renxue truly could not think of any way to break the deadlock!

Should she kill that Evil God? Or make Bibi Dong abandon the path of the Evil God?

"What, are you disappointed?" Lu Chen took a light sip of tea and asked calmly.

"Lord Heavenly Dao, do you have any way to save Mother? To make her abandon this path of the Evil God?" Unable to think of a solution, Qian Renxue could only place her hopes on Lu Chen once more.

"Yes!"

Qian Renxue's eyes lit up. "Lord Heavenly Dao, what method?"

"Become the Angel God, then shatter that Godhood!"

"..."

Qian Renxue, who had been happy for less than a second, darkened once more. "Lord Heavenly Dao, is there no other way?"

"There is only this one way!"

"Only this one way..."

Qian Renxue gritted her teeth, her eyes red. She only wanted her mother's love—why was it so difficult!

"Damn Outworld Evil God!"

She lifted her head and looked at Lu Chen with determination. "Lord Heavenly Dao! Please help Xiaoxue become stronger! Xiaoxue... Xiaoxue wants to save Mother as soon as possible! Drive away that Evil God!"

"First fulfill the ten-year agreement between you and your mother." Lu Chen smiled slightly. "Before defeating that Evil God, defeat your mother first! The inheritor of that Evil God!"

"Mm! Xiaoxue will definitely work hard!"

Qian Renxue wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes, her soft voice carrying a vicious edge!

For Mother! For Spirit Hall! And even more so, for their Angel Clan! She had to defeat the Evil God!

"Lord Heavenly Dao, that Evil God you mentioned before—the one who will destroy Spirit Hall in the future..."

"Don't worry. It isn't your mother. It is another Evil God."

But your mother was killed by that Evil God. Lu Chen added silently in his heart, not speaking the words aloud.

Qian Renxue had received enough information today. Any more, and he feared her young heart would be unable to bear it.

Qian Renxue let out a long breath. "Then, Lord Heavenly Dao, what is this Evil God called? Can you tell Xiaoxue?"

"The Rakshasa God!"

Qian Renxue left full of fighting spirit. She wanted to cultivate diligently! Become a god! Save her mother! Shatter the Rakshasa Godhood!

But could her mother really be saved?

After returning Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall, Lu Chen reached out and rubbed his chin.

In the end, he, Lord Heavenly Dao, had failed to keep his agreement.

He could not possibly tell Qian Renxue the true reason at this point.

Telling a child something so dark was simply too cruel. He could not do it.

Besides, if it affected Qian Renxue's state of mind and slowed her cultivation, allowing Tang San to develop in the meantime, would that not be more trouble than it was worth?

"I don't recall us agreeing on a specific time back then, did we?" Lu Chen mused. "That means I can tell her the truth whenever I want?"

Mm!

Then he would wait another fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, or eighteen years first!

Since no time had been agreed upon, it did not count as breaking the agreement!

Lord Heavenly Dao, upright as he was, could not do something like tricking a little girl!