Kill Her, Kill This Ungrateful Wretch of Spirit Hall!

Spirit City's Central Plaza was exceptionally lively that day, with many residents gathering there.

At first, news of Saintess Bibi Dong betraying Spirit Hall and being severely punished by His Holiness the Pope had spread only within a small circle. But as time passed, more and more people learned of it.

"Traitor! Bah! His Holiness the Pope is so merciful! He treated you well, yet you ate Spirit Hall's food, took Spirit Hall's resources, and still betrayed Spirit Hall?"

"Ungrateful wretch! A mere ungrateful wretch! The Saintess stood second only to the Pope, above tens of thousands, yet she still betrayed Spirit Hall?"

"Throw things at her! Beat her to death!"

No one knew who had first shouted for her to be beaten to death, but the surrounding residents of Spirit City began taking the vegetables they had just bought from their baskets, as well as eggs, and hurling them at Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong sat in a corner, looking at the crowd around her with her head lowered, allowing the vegetable leaves and eggs to strike her body.

Countless voices rang in her ears—ungrateful wretch, traitor, and all sorts of even harsher insults.

"His Holiness the Pope didn't even kill a traitor like this, and even gave her a golden bowl to beg with. His Holiness truly is merciful!"

"Exactly! Who would have thought that Spirit Hall's Saintess would betray Spirit Hall? How ironic!"

"Revenge! Revenge! We must take the fight to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, capture the person who bewitched the Saintess, and publicly execute him!"

The surrounding residents were filled with righteous indignation. They had lived in Spirit City for generations; how could they not know how good Spirit Hall was?

Yet such a good Spirit Hall had produced a traitor. More importantly, no one could have imagined that this traitor would be their Saintess!

The Saintess... she was only one step away from becoming Pope. Once His Holiness the Pope stepped down, the Saintess would become the next Pope!

Fortunately, His Holiness the Pope had keen eyes and discovered this ungrateful wretch who betrayed those who had raised her. Otherwise, if Spirit Hall had truly fallen into her hands, who knew what she would have turned Spirit Hall into!

"I'm not a traitor... I'm not an ungrateful wretch... I'm not. I'm a victim too!"

"Yu Xiaogang, I hate you... Teacher, I hate you. Why couldn't you give me another chance? Why did you make me suffer all this? Why..."

Bibi Dong no longer knew how many times she had cried. She had already gone numb. She went through this every day.

At first, not many people knew about it. But as more and more people found out, the Central Plaza became crowded every day!

"She's using a golden bowl to beg? Everyone, take her golden bowl!"

"That belongs to Spirit Hall. It shouldn't belong to this traitorous ungrateful wretch. Everyone, get her! Beat her to death!"

The enraged residents of Spirit City were terrifying. A vast crowd surged toward Bibi Dong, and quite a few soul masters directly released their martial souls, determined to beat her to death right there!

"Stop! Everyone, stop! This is His Holiness the Pope's punishment for her. She cannot die here. All of you, stop!"

Seeing the situation spiral out of control, the original two members of the security patrol called for more patrolmen to stop the enraged residents of Spirit City.

Looking at the vicious residents rushing toward her as though they wished they could tear her apart, Bibi Dong felt immensely grateful that her teacher had not abandoned her completely.

"Bah! What a nuisance. Because of this traitor, the pressure on our security patrol has multiplied. If you ask me, we should just kill her outright!"

One patrolman complained bitterly. This was not the first time it had happened; it happened every day, and angry residents were terrifying.

They had been born in Spirit City, and their feelings toward Spirit Hall far surpassed anyone else's. Their hatred for traitors ran bone-deep!

"Enough complaining. His Holiness the Pope ordered that she must not die. If she dies, we'll all be buried alongside her!"

"Why didn't His Holiness the Pope just kill her?"

"How many times have you asked that already? How can we possibly fathom His Holiness the Pope's will? Just do your job!"

"Bah! Because of this ungrateful wretch, security in Spirit City has been under so much more pressure these past few days. We're the ones suffering for it!"

Bibi Dong curled up in the corner, ignoring the vegetable leaves and egg whites covering her as she listened to the surrounding patrolmen discuss the matter.

"Teacher... Dong'er truly knows she was wrong. Dong'er has truly repented. Dong'er doesn't want to suffer this..."

"Yu Xiaogang, if I ever get the chance, I'll definitely kill you, you heartless bastard. I gave up everything for you, but what did I get in return?!"

At that moment, Bibi Dong's resentment toward Qian Xunji and Yu Xiaogang had reached a terrifying level.

Because of Yu Xiaogang, she had fallen into this state. Because of her teacher's ruthlessness, she had become neither human nor ghost.

Inside the Consecration Hall on Divine Mountain.

Qian Daoliu and the other Attendants were handling the Papal Palace's affairs. After Qian Xunji left, all of this work had fallen onto the shoulders of these old men.

Light Feather Douluo wore a bitter expression, looking as though he wanted to tear the documents in his hands to shreds. He was miserable beyond words!

"Big Brother..." Light Feather Douluo stood up.

"What is it?" Qian Daoliu's eyes were weary. Being Pope really was exhausting; there were endless matters to deal with every day.

"When is Xunji coming back? What does it look like, having us old men sitting here and helping the Papal Palace handle official business?"

"Ah..." Qian Daoliu's head began to ache the moment he heard that question. This was not the first time he had been asked, but how could he know?

After Qian Xunji left Spirit City, he had vanished without a trace. Who knew where he was now?

"Big Brother, why did I never realize before that being Pope was this exhausting? It's mental exhaustion. Even trivial nonsense has to be submitted for the Pope to decide. What kind of nonsense is this?"

Looking at the dossier in his hands, Demon Subduing Douluo grew angrier the more he thought about it. He threw the dossier to the ground. "This is infuriating! Are those bishops all idiots?"

"Heh..." Qian Daoliu understood only too well. Otherwise, he would not have stepped down back then and let Qian Xunji become Pope.

"Spirit Hall has a saying: do more, make more mistakes; do less, make fewer mistakes; do nothing, make no mistakes..."

"Is that their excuse for doing nothing? I never realized before that Spirit Hall had become like this. Why does every matter have to be handled by the Pope?!"

Demon Subduing Douluo spoke furiously, wishing he could blast the bishop who had submitted those dossiers to death on the spot.

"Big Brother, take a look at this dossier..." Golden Crocodile Douluo rubbed his throbbing temples and directly handed the dossier in his hand to Qian Daoliu.

Qian Daoliu took the dossier and focused his gaze on it. He quickly finished reading it, then said, "Don't ask me. I don't know what Xunji is thinking either. He crippled her, yet still kept her alive."

"Because of this ungrateful wretch, no one knows how many conflicts among residents have broken out in Spirit City these past few days..."

Golden Crocodile Douluo said no more after that. Those who understood knew that this was not the first time this issue had been submitted.

"This matter still needs to be resolved. Otherwise, if this continues every day, the pressure on security in Spirit City will greatly increase."

Azure Luan Douluo put down the dossier in his hand and spoke.

"How should we deal with it?" Qian Daoliu swept his gaze across them. "Xunji kept her alive to make an example out of her."

"This..." The Attendants looked at one another, none of them knowing what to say.

"Are we really just going to keep her?" Golden Crocodile Douluo asked.

"Keep her alive. If we really kill her and settle everything once and for all, Xunji may blame us when he returns," Qian Daoliu said helplessly.