Battle

Previously, you had been listless and dispirited, searching everywhere for a solution.

As you continued gathering and experimenting, you had no idea what to do next. Your physical problems could no longer be fixed by eating Whale Rubber or anything like that. You wondered what you could do to restore your body's basic functions.

In the twentieth year of the Simulation, you had given up on continuing to work on your body and started focusing on building your career and increasing your strength.

Ah Yin often came to see you, but she left disappointed every time.

You had nearly grown accustomed to it. Your physical problems had not appeared overnight. If you could have solved them, you would have done so long ago. Now that you had given up, you were spared quite a few worries and no longer needed to fret over finding a wife to continue your bloodline.

You just felt that the way Snow Empress looked at you was somewhat strange. You could not put your finger on the feeling, but you did not pay it any mind. Ah Yin and Ice Empress had taken turns trying, yet you remained as steady as Mount Tai, completely unmoved.

Gradually, Ah Yin and Ice Empress also realized that the problem was not with them. It lay with you.

You openly admitted it. If you could not, then you could not; there was nothing to explain. Rather than keeping the other party in an ambiguous relationship, it was better to extinguish her hopes early and become friends.

Over the past few years, you had interacted much more closely with Dugu Bo, mostly discussing medicinal theories. You were practically becoming good buddies.

But your identities were what they were. Even though Dugu Bo was much older than you, your strength and status were there, so he did not dare overstep.

You found it rather helpless. Su Laowu could get along so well with Dugu Bo, so why did things turn into a superior-subordinate relationship when it came to you?

During this time, you also encountered Dugu Yan a few times. However, without your influence, Dugu Yan was still together with Yu Tianheng, and the betrayal and abandonment seen in Su Laowu's Simulation had not happened.

You did not want to shatter Dugu Yan's beautiful dream. Some people were meant to live in a beautiful dream for their entire lives. Reality was too cruel to them, and remaining in that dream was instead a form of protection.

When you stayed with Dugu Bo at Dugu Residence, you would occasionally run into Dugu Yan bringing Ye Lingling back with her. As elders, how did you and Dugu Bo view this? Naturally, you sat and watched.

"By the way, old man, the Ye Family seems to be a family of medicinal herbs, right?" you suddenly asked while talking with Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment. After recalling things for a while, he said, "My lord, it should be so. The Ye Family has inherited the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul from generation to generation. This has led every generation of the Ye Family to pursue medicine, so they have inevitably come into contact with medicinal herbs."

After listening to Dugu Bo, you planned to have your subordinates contact the Ye Family. Although medicinal herbs were practically useless to you, knowing a little more was always beneficial.

Afterward, the Ye Family gradually began contacting the West Wind Church. Their philosophies did not differ at all; both existed to save people and bring joy. They soon reached an initial cooperation agreement.

As the West Wind Church's sole decision-maker, after learning where you were, the Ye Family had Ye Lingling spend more time with you.

You did not refuse. From time to time, you pulled Ye Lingling into your conversations with Dugu Bo and shared some theories about medicinal herbs.

At first, Ye Lingling was somewhat unwilling. In her view, elders were all stubborn old fools who liked arranging this and that for young people, while also constantly pointing fingers.

But after spending a short time with you, she discovered that you and Dugu Bo were actually quite open-minded. Well, that was how it felt to Ye Lingling, at least.

After all, she had never seen any good people go out to visit brothels first thing in the morning, let alone two old men whose ages were impossible to determine.

You did not care. When you and Dugu Bo visited brothels, you merely listened to songs and watched beautiful women dance. You did not do anything improper.

In the twenty-first year of the Simulation, you ate simple food and chatted idly with Dugu Bo. After all these years, you had practically become a permanent resident of Dugu Residence. Occasionally, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ah Yin would come by to take a look at you.

They had originally wanted to stay, but you found them too troublesome and drove them away.

"In my opinion, Su Laoliu, you're just sour because you can't have the grapes," said Su Ming disdainfully, though he was thoroughly enjoying the show.

Dugu Bo sometimes teased you about being so old and still not finding a wife or anything. He felt that Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ah Yin were all quite good, but he could not understand why you felt nothing for any of them.

After learning this, you merely smiled and said nothing more.

Just as you were enjoying your leisurely days, a purple radiance shot into the sky from the direction of Spirit Hall, drawing the attention of the entire continent.

Bibi Dong had become a god—two years earlier than originally expected. You had no idea what had happened, but you knew something was very wrong. Bibi Dong had become a god far too early.

You did not know that after the incident with Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong had later realized what kind of person he truly was and fallen into an even more frenzied state.

After becoming a god, Bibi Dong's first target for revenge was you. She gathered an army in force and marched to flatten the West Wind Church.

Seeing this, you went to face her, accompanied by Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ah Yin.

There was no need to elaborate on Snow Empress and Ice Empress's strength. As for Ah Yin, she had relied on the popularity she absorbed while at your side to break through to Titled Douluo in an extremely short time.

Outside Spirit Hall City, you stood before the three women. In front of you, Bibi Dong stared coldly at you, with Qian Daoliu and the others standing behind her.

Although Qian Daoliu had been very unwilling to let matters reach this point, Bibi Dong had already become a god. Even if he wanted to stop her, he was powerless.

"She's mine. You handle the remaining few. Ah Yin, be careful. If necessary, just run," you instructed them before facing Bibi Dong head-on.

The battle between you and Bibi Dong was intense. Although you currently possessed only Demigod cultivation, your true combat power was equivalent to four Pseudo-Gods. With the support of your Soul Core, you fought Bibi Dong to a standstill.

Your wind attribute was extremely pure. Without absorbing a Soul Bone to strengthen yourself, you could not unleash the deadly strike Su Laowu had used against Bibi Dong.

Every clash between you and Bibi Dong sent terrifying shock waves rippling outward. At present, there was one piece of good news and one piece of bad news for you.

The good news was that you were evenly matched with Bibi Dong in a head-on confrontation. The bad news was that Bibi Dong had somehow learned how to borrow the Power of Heaven and Earth, sealing you within a space and fighting you there by force.

You did not know that this was actually a small reward the Sea God had arranged for Bibi Dong by colluding with the Rakshasa God, so she could deal with you, that annoying insect.

Your battle with Bibi Dong could not produce a victor in the short term, and the two of you fell into a stalemate.