Jiangzi Crosses a Thousand Miles to Find Love

Lu Xuan revealed the contempt of a king.

Bibi Dong was just too coddled. Of course he knew it would hurt a little—after all, it was her first time. Her meridians were narrow at first, but after they were opened up, they would gradually widen, and she would slowly start to feel comfortable.

He really did not know what there was to cry out about.

Back when he had consumed the Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Delicate Herb, then jumped into the Icefire Yin Yang Well to temper his body, the pain he endured had been far worse than this. Yet he had not made a sound.

Bibi Dong was such a wimp~

As time passed, Bibi Dong's meridians had widened considerably. The initial stabbing pain gradually turned into a tingling numbness that made her want to cry out, but at the crucial moment, she remembered Lu Xuan's warning and hurriedly covered her mouth.

Suddenly, Lu Xuan asked,

"My soul power has circulated through your body five times in total—that is, five complete cycles. Did you memorize the route?"

Bibi Dong said, "Huh?"

She had been too busy feeling it...

Lu Xuan was so speechless he almost laughed.

He simply did not say another word after that.

However, Lu Xuan was in a foul mood. During the following process of guiding her soul power, he "accidentally" increased the output, filling Bibi Dong until she felt a pricking pain again...

I won't fuss over it, but I hold grudges.

About two hours passed.

The medicinal bath in the cauldron gradually became clear.

At that moment, Bibi Dong's delighted voice came from behind the screen.

"Teacher, I've broken through to level 60!"

"I used so many rare ten-thousand-year spirit herbs to make this medicinal bath, and personally helped you refine both its medicinal effects and the lingering power of the immortal herbs in your body. If you still couldn't break through to level 60, I'd be worried for you!"

After saying that, Lu Xuan waited expectantly for the system notification.

But Red Bean Bun seemed to have crashed and gave no response.

"Let me see... Stage Mission Two: Help the disciple break through to Soul Emperor. Uh, does she need to absorb a soul ring before it counts as reaching Soul Emperor?"

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment, then waved his hand.

"Tomorrow, we're going hunting for soul beasts!"

Outside the Sky Screen, the viewers had not even processed it yet.

"Level 60, hunting soul beasts? Brothers, did I pass out for a while? Didn't Her Holiness the Pope say she was only level 55 not long ago? How did she get to level 60?"

"This is insane! That's five levels within the Soul King realm, not the Soul Master realm! Under the cultivation of a Supreme Douluo, she actually bulldozed through it in one breath?"

"Oh heavens, I want to become a Supreme Douluo's disciple too! Why is Her Holiness the Pope so lucky? I'm seriously a little jealous!"

"Why do I get the feeling that if you threw a pig at a Supreme Douluo, the Supreme Douluo could raise it into a Titled Douluo?"

"This is the true weight behind becoming Titled at twenty and reaching the pinnacle at twenty-six! You youngsters don't understand the difficulty until you enter the Titled rank. You look at a Supreme Douluo as frogs at the bottom of a well look at the moon in the sky, but once you are fortunate enough to enter the Titled rank, you become but a mayfly gazing upon the vast heavens!"

Star Luo Empire.

The Star Luo Emperor, Dai Zhen, sat upon his throne and said meaningfully to the empire's marshal, who was also one of his royal uncles,

"If not for the appearance of this Sky Screen, I fear my horizons would forever have been confined to this little patch of land. But now, the Sky Screen has shown me more possibilities!"

"Our Star Luo royal family, and even the Star Luo Empire itself, possess limitless possibilities!"

Dai Zhen's tiger-like eyes narrowed as he issued an order,

"Men! From this day onward, establish a Heavenwatch Bureau to observe and record everything that happens on the Sky Screen. Record every word spoken by the Supreme Douluo for me! Work shifts day and night, and do not slack off for even a moment!"

"Also, summon the Imperial Medical Academy and open the imperial treasury. See whether we can replicate even thirty percent of the Supreme Douluo's medicinal bath. Gather Whale Glue as well. Any privately hoarded by civilians, or smuggled and sold without imperial authorization, shall be treated as treason!"

Dai Zhen had ruled Star Luo for thirty years. He was an iron-blooded monarch whose word was law.

The moment the order was issued, the enormous Star Luo Empire immediately sprang into motion. He intended to gather the empire's strength and maximize the benefits of the heavenly secrets leaked by the Sky Screen!

Dai Zhen rose to his feet, clasped his hands behind his back, and could not hide the excitement in his voice.

"Perhaps in the future, a thousand-year soul ring as the second soul ring will become standard for the direct descendants of our Star Luo royal family! And if their physiques are strengthened, does that mean they can obtain one additional enhancement-type soul ring?"

Compared to Dai Zhen, the Heaven Dou Empire's response was clearly much slower.

The Xue Ye Emperor did not issue any orders. He merely had people keep watch on the Sky Screen.

Soto City. The stars shone brightly through the night.

Yu Xiaogang's thoughts churned, leaving him unable to sleep.

The pretty image of Saintess Bibi Dong surfaced in his mind from time to time. Her innocent appearance took him back more than twenty years, to when he had first met the young Bibi Dong. His heart had skipped a beat and pounded wildly. That had been his lost youth!

Tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep, Yu Xiaogang suddenly thought of something.

Since immortal herbs possessed the heaven-defying power to change one's fate, could they help him break through the shackles of level 29 and become a "powerful" Soul Venerable?

At that thought, his heart burned with passion.

"Sunset Forest? It seems it's time for me to make a trip there."

"With my knowledge, I will certainly be able to handle immortal herbs with ease. I will choose the most suitable immortal herb for myself. Not only will I break through level 29 in one stroke, I can also improve my aptitude."

From then on, he would no longer be the useless trash people spoke of!

Papal Palace.

Bibi Dong, dressed in an exquisite nightgown, stood by the window with furrowed brows, deep in thought.

Everything that happened on the Sky Screen was closely connected to her.

But that was another spacetime. Saintess Bibi Dong had indeed embarked on a different destiny, while she was still living in this world. She had to make use of the information on the Sky Screen to plan ahead.

"Yue Guan sent word that the Icefire Yin Yang Well has already been found. Perhaps I should make the trip personally and pick immortal herbs suitable for me to absorb. Unfortunately, the Worship Hall has stuck its hand in as well. That old fossil Qian Daoliu actually sent Golden Crocodile there."

"And the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor martial soul..."

Bibi Dong recalled what Lu Xuan had said to Saintess Bibi Dong on the Sky Screen.

"Accept the power of devouring..."

After pondering for a moment, Bibi Dong issued an order.

"From now on, capture Fallen Ones alive whenever possible and escort them back to Spirit City."

"The supreme pope will personally cleanse the filth."

Sky Screen timeline—

Lu Xuan ignored Bibi Dong. Instead, using the knowledge he had learned from the Hundred Flowers Canon, he began working on the Icefire Yin Yang Well. First, he picked some immortal and spirit herbs that he could use for alchemy at any time. Second, he appropriately cleared some usable land around the Icefire Yin Yang Well to grow medicinal herbs, striving to maximize the returns.

Once busy Master Lu returned from the fields,

he saw Saintess Bibi Dong sticking out her butt as she made the bed.

Lu Xuan: ?

"What are you doing?"

"Teacher, I'm making the bed and getting ready to sleep."

Saintess Bibi Dong answered honestly.

"Oh, thanks."

Lu Xuan walked straight over. Under Saintess Bibi Dong's incredulous gaze, he lay down on the bed and casually tossed a straw mat into Bibi Dong's arms.

"What are you staring at? This is my wooden cabin, and my bed!"

"Either sleep on the floor or sleep outside!"

Bibi Dong had just parted her rosy lips, wanting to say that the mattress and quilt on the bed were hers.

But Lu Xuan swept her with a threatening look.

"Hm? Are you going to make your teacher sleep on the floor?"

Bibi Dong hurriedly shook her head, bit her lip, and silently began making a bed on the floor.

This was the first time in the Saintess of Spirit Hall's life that she had slept on a straw mat—and slept on the floor despite there being a bed.

The floor was so hard.

Just like her master's heart.

Meanwhile.

The young Yu Xiaogang followed the trail left by Lu Xuan's Red Rainbow, asking for directions all the way as he rushed nonstop toward Sunset Forest.

He learned from others that Bibi Dong had been expelled from Spirit Hall, and his heart was filled with joy and an indescribable excitement.

It was as though he had finally become worthy of Bibi Dong... Bibi Dong was no longer the Saintess of Spirit Hall, while he was the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's sect master.

Strictly speaking, Bibi Dong was the one reaching above her station.

Thus went a crude little verse:

Once, one glimpse took his breath away; ever since, sleepless nights held sway.

Jiangzi crossed a thousand miles, coming only to seek his love.