Only That?

Papal Hall, study.

Bibi Dong had dismissed everyone, leaving only herself and Dongfang Yu.

"Speak, Your Holiness," Dongfang Yu said coldly.

"Are you truly unwilling to call me teacher again?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Then can you truly call me your disciple again?" Dongfang Yu countered.

"Heh... heh, forget it."

Bibi Dong turned around, her back to him. "Twenty years ago, I was the Spirit Hall's Saintess and the heir to the next Pope. The previous Pope, Qian Xunji, was my teacher."

Dongfang Yu was startled. Was she planning to tell him the truth?

This was a good thing. Since she was willing to say it, it meant she truly cared about him.

"At the time, Yu Xiaogang had come to Spirit Hall on orders to establish friendly relations. It was then that I... I met him. He was very intelligent and driven. For a time, I thought he was nothing more than a bookworm." Bibi Dong sank into her memories.

"His martial soul had mutated, leaving him unable to break through Rank 30 for life. In others' eyes, he was trash, but not in mine... Back then, I cast aside my status as Saintess to befriend him. I had never met someone so intelligent yet so stubborn. I found him interesting." With her eyes closed, Bibi Dong smiled as she reminisced. That period had been the only light in her life.

"He took me everywhere to have fun. We were truly happy during that time. I even believed he was my destined one, even if he was a Soul Grandmaster despised by everyone..."

"Tell me, could he and I have had an ending?"

After listening to her beautiful memories, Dongfang Yu answered, "No."

"You think so too? You think I was wrong too?" Bibi Dong swiftly turned around, growing somewhat