Bibi Dong Was Scared Half to Death Again

At noon, in the Pope's Palace.

Qian Xunji looked grave. "You recorded all the key points Lin Fan made about Tang San this morning, didn't you?"

Bibi Dong took the notes Gui Mei handed her and stepped forward. "Teacher, we recorded everything."

"First: Tang San came from another world. He had a Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record containing cultivation techniques, Hidden Weapons, and his sect's tenets."

"Second: His main Soul Power cultivation technique was the Mysterious Heaven Skill. It was three times better than Spirit Hall's Meditation Method, including at restoring spent Soul Power."

"Third: He had abilities resembling soul skills that required no soul rings, only Soul Power. The first was Purple Demon Eyes, which used mental power to see through an enemy's weaknesses and counter illusion-type Martial Souls and soul skills. The second was Mysterious Jade Hand. It was virtually indestructible and could withstand sharp blades and poisoned attacks, such as my Spider Emperor Legs."

"The third was Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, a technique that made him more agile than an agility-type Soul Master and let him dodge attacks swiftly. The fourth was Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, a close-combat technique that could work wonders against beast Martial Soul users when used properly."

"Fourth were his Hidden Weapons. They were hard to guard against and came in many varieties: single-target, area-effect, and poisoned."

"So my conclusion is that even without using his Martial Soul or soul-ring skills, Tang San's unique abilities alone would make him unbeatable by anyone at his level."

Yue Guan said slowly, "Your Holiness, if this boy grows strong, he truly could destroy Spirit Hall. Lin Fan hasn't told us about his experiences or the opportunities he'll encounter on Douluo Continent yet. He's only reached the point where Tang San turns six and is about to awaken his Martial Soul."

Qian Xunji nodded. "Even from this alone, Tang San can't be underestimated! Though he hasn't arrived on Douluo Continent yet, we must prepare counters to his abilities and Hidden Weapons!"

"Yes, Your Holiness!"

After lunch, Lin Fan's little class began.

"Now that the introduction's over, let's start with Tang San awakening his Martial Soul and officially becoming a Soul Master."

"The person who awakened Tang San's Martial Soul was a Deacon from a Spirit Hall Subordinate Hall, a two-ring Grand Soul Master. The first Martial Soul Tang San awakened that day was Blue Silver Grass, universally regarded as a useless Martial Soul."

Bibi Dong couldn't help exclaiming, "The useless Blue Silver Grass? Isn't he the protagonist?"

"Don't rush. It'll make sense once I've explained." Lin Fan raised a hand to stop her.

"His Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, but this particular plant carried the bloodline of the Blue Silver Grass clan's emperor. It hadn't skipped a generation, either. Tang San's mother was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast who had taken human form."

"Common Blue Silver Grass could reach a hundred thousand years!?" Yue Guan was stunned; his own Martial Soul was a plant.

And without Lin Fan telling them, who would ever have imagined that the Blue Silver Grass found everywhere across the continent could reach a hundred thousand years?

Lin Fan nodded. "Yes. His mother was the emperor of all Blue Silver Grass on the continent. Think of the Pope of Spirit Hall, whom I mentioned before. Both held the status of a ruler."

Qian Xunji said slowly, "No wonder someone like him could grow up safely under Spirit Hall's nose. If his Martial Soul's origins were deliberately concealed, no one would see it as a threat."

"Exactly, Village Chief," Lin Fan replied. "And that's what the Soul Master who awakened Tang San's Martial Soul thought. When he tested Tang San's Innate Soul Power, this Soul Master named Su Yuntao thought nothing of Blue Silver Grass possessing Innate Full Soul Power."

"He merely lamented that someone with Innate Full Soul Power had awakened a harmless Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. He didn't even notice the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul in Tang San's other hand."

"You see, this world has a rule: when someone awakens Twin Martial Souls, both must be of equal quality. Otherwise, the stronger Martial Soul devours the weaker one."

"Take Pope Bibi Dong's Twin Martial Souls, for example. Both of her Spider Emperor Martial Souls are of equal quality."

"Clearly, though, Su Yuntao's grasp of basic Soul Master knowledge was terrible. He failed to recognize the significance of what he saw. Even after returning to the Spirit Hall Subordinate Hall, he didn't report Tang San's situation to Spirit Hall headquarters."

Qian Xunji bristled. "Was that Soul Master blind? How could he miss something so obvious?"

"Heh, well said, Village Chief." Lin Fan grinned. "We readers call Su Yuntao the Blind-Eyed God King. If he hadn't been blind to what was right in front of him, Tang San would never have had the chance to become a God King."

"He certainly was blind!" Bibi Dong remarked, then asked, "Which member of the Clear Sky Sect did he inherit his Clear Sky Hammer from?"

"I mentioned him before: Tang Hao, the new Clear Sky Douluo to bear that title," Lin Fan explained. "Tang San had no idea that his father, who spent every day drinking himself into a stupor in the village, was the famous Clear Sky Douluo."

"Because Tang San was too young, Tang Hao never told him who he was. He had a grudge against Spirit Hall, the most powerful force on the continent, so he'd stayed hidden all this time."

Bibi Dong couldn't resist asking again, "Why did Tang Hao have a grudge against Spirit Hall? And why was it a blood feud?"

"That brings us to the previous Pope, Qian Xunji." At Lin Fan's words, Qian Xunji's ears pricked up. He was listening intently now.

"Actually, Tang Hao was partly responsible for Qian Xunji's death. Back then, Qian Xunji discovered that Tang Hao's wife, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, was pregnant with Tang San."

"She was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Qian Xunji personally led Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and dozens of Soul Saints, Soul Douluo, and other experts to hunt her down. After Tang San was born, Tang Hao and his family had nowhere left to run. So Tang Hao's wife, Ah Yin, sacrificed her life to make him a Titled Douluo. With the Clear Sky Sect's unique techniques, he defeated Qian Xunji and his experts."

"Qian Xunji was badly wounded. Not long after he returned to Spirit Hall, word spread that he'd died—that Tang Hao had killed him. Naturally, Spirit Hall hunted Tang Hao, but he hid in a village in a remote region."

"Speaking of that, I have to tell you a joke: one generation of hammer kings follows another, and every hammer king hammers a Pope. In other words, the later Pope, Bibi Dong, got hammered by the Clear Sky Hammer too."

At those words, Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong both turned red with fury. "Damn the Clear Sky Sect! Damn the Clear Sky Hammer!"

Yue Guan immediately sent them a mental message. "Your Holiness, Saintess, calm down. None of that has happened yet."

He quickly turned to Lin Fan and asked, "But didn't you say earlier that Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji?"

Lin Fan nodded. "Yes. Qian Xunji returned to Spirit Hall gravely wounded, but he didn't die. Bibi Dong took advantage of his weakness and secretly murdered him. His death was horrific: her Spider Emperor Martial Soul devoured him and his Angel Martial Soul, beginning her Divine Trial for the Rakshasa God Position."

Bibi Dong's face went pale. She hurried to explain to Qian Xunji, "Teacher, I didn't—no, that was my future self!"

Bitterness welled up inside her. How did this come back to me again?

He did it on purpose. Lin Fan definitely did it on purpose. Hmph...