Whoosh!
Qian Renxue shook her little head and looked around in confusion. When that familiar figure entered her sight again, she finally realized where she was.
"Lord Heavenly Dao...?"
"Mm." Lu Chen nodded slightly.
"Weren't you busy?" Qian Renxue asked instinctively.
"Mm, I was busy. Busy drinking tea." Lu Chen lifted his teacup and took a light sip, his expression utterly calm.
Qian Renxue: "..."
Was Lord Heavenly Dao messing with me?
Countless thoughts surfaced in Qian Renxue's heart. She pursed her little lips, stood prettily before Lu Chen, and stared at him with her big eyes, looking pitiful and helpless.
"Lord Heavenly Dao..." Qian Renxue's voice was soft and sweet. She had said only four words, yet they seemed to contain boundless grievance!
"..."
Lu Chen's hand stiffened slightly. No, who taught you that?
That pitiful gaze, that soft, aggrieved tone, paired with that delicate and otherworldly little face...
No, why did he feel like some evil Heavenly Dao who stole candy from children?
"Speak properly!" Lu Chen shot Qian Renxue an annoyed 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 worlds!
He had never done anything sinful like stealing candy from children or tricking little girls into doing bad things!
"Lord Heavenly Dao... Y-you aren't planning to break your promise to Xiaoxue, are you?" Qian Renxue still looked aggrieved, directly ignoring his instruction to speak properly.
"When did I ever say I wouldn't keep my promise?"
"Then..."
Qian Renxue held out her little hand and stared at him with teary 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 about to fall from her eyes stopped as well.
"A 50,000-Year Holy Light Unicorn right leg bone. Check it yourself!" Lu Chen's indifferent tone carried a trace of displeasure.
She actually dared question Lord Heavenly Dao's integrity! She truly had a death wish!
Fortunately, Lord Heavenly Dao was kind and would not lower himself to argue with a mere little girl.
But once she grew up, he would definitely let her see how formidable Lord Heavenly Dao was!
"Eh? It really is!"
Sensing the faint connection between her first soul ring and the Soul Bone before her, a flicker of joy flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes!
Yay!
It really is a 50,000-Year Soul Bone!
I'm someone with a Soul Bone now too~
Qian Renxue hastily stored the Soul Bone in her storage Soul Tool, then looked eagerly at Lu Chen again. "Lord Heavenly Dao, what about the rest~?"
"What rest? According to our agreement, there was only this one Soul Bone!" Lu Chen said, glancing sideways without blushing or missing a breath.
"Lord Heavenly Dao, you promised Xiaoxue that as long as Xiaoxue did what you said, you would tell me the 'truth about Mom.' You can't go back on your word!"
Qian Renxue's eyes reddened again! She had only gone to scold her mother because of that condition!
Otherwise, with just one 50,000-Year Soul Bone, she would never have become such an unfilial daughter!
"All right, I'm done teasing you." Lu Chen set down his teacup and turned to 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 wanted to?
Did he think she had been happy while scolding her mother? She had suffered terribly...
The corner of Lu Chen's mouth twitched. She really was saying one thing and meaning another!
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 even hates you is very simple!"
Qian Renxue swallowed, her snow-white throat bobbing. So nervous! So nervous! What could it possibly be?
"Because..."
Lu Chen said meaningfully, "Your mother, Bibi Dong, embraced the Evil God in order to become stronger! She embarked upon the path of the Evil God!"
"What?!" Qian Renxue cried out!
The Outworld Evil God! It was the Outworld Evil God again!
How could that be possible!
Her mother had actually embarked upon the path of the Evil God!
"Lord Heavenly Dao, you really aren't lying to me?! Mom truly embarked upon the path of the Evil God?"
"That's right!" Lu Chen nodded, his tone grave. "That Evil God is incomparably wicked and was the lifelong nemesis of the Angel God!"
"Therefore, Bibi Dong, who embarked upon the path of the Evil God, is destined to be hostile toward every inheritor of the Angel God! That means every possessor of an Angel Martial Soul!"
"A God-tier Martial Soul like yours is someone she would be desperate 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..." After receiving this answer, Qian Renxue's mood sank completely.
She had wanted to know the truth behind why her mother did not love her so that she could ease their relationship and make her mother love her daughter again!
Yet now that she had learned the truth, Qian Renxue felt utterly at a loss!
An Evil God that was the Angel God's mortal enemy was destined to be hostile toward all inheritors with Angel Martial Souls...
Qian Renxue truly could not think of a way to break this 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 again.
"Yes!"
Qian Renxue's eyes lit up. "Lord Heavenly Dao, what is it?!"
"Become the Angel God, then shatter that Godhood!"
"..."
Qian Renxue, who had been happy for less than a second, lowered her gaze again. "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 raised her head and looked resolutely at Lu Chen. "Lord Heavenly Dao! Please help Xiaoxue become stronger! Xiaoxue... Xiaoxue wants to save Mother as soon as possible and 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 the tears from the corners of her eyes. Her soft, sweet voice carried a vicious edge!
For Mother! For Spirit Hall! And even more so, for their Angel Clan! She absolutely 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 will be killed by that Evil God. Lu Chen silently added in his heart, without saying it aloud.
Qian Renxue had received enough information today. Any more, and he feared her young heart would not be able to bear it.
Qian Renxue let out a long breath. "Then Lord Heavenly Dao, what is this Evil God called? Can you tell Xiaoxue?"
"Rakshasa God!"
Qian Renxue left filled with fighting spirit. She was going to cultivate diligently! Become a god! Save her mother! Shatter the Rakshasa Godhood!
But could she really save her?
After returning Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall, Lu Chen reached up and rubbed his chin.
In the end, he, Lord Heavenly Dao, had failed to honor the agreement.
He could not tell Qian Renxue the true reason at this time.
Telling such dark matters to a child was too cruel. He could not bring himself to 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 remember we never agreed on a specific time back then, right?" Lu Chen pondered. "That means I can tell her the truth whenever I want?"
Mm!
Then he would wait another fifteen or sixteen or seventeen or eighteen years!
Since they had not agreed on a time, it did not count as breaking the agreement!
Tricking little girls was something an upright Lord Heavenly Dao could never do!
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