The Joy of the Past and Present Chat Group: Wait Until I Cross Time and Space to Repay You with a Buttful of Favors

Li Qiu was a little surprised too.

Young Bibi Dong was remarkably quick to pick up the jokes he made and use them herself.

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Why can't I call you that?]

[Waaah, Little Mom was mean to me... I'm telling Dad to spank you...]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: @Love-Starved Little Angel, don't cry, daughter. Your mom still owes me a buttful of favors. Once I can cross time and space, I'll spank your little mom and teach her to respect her elders and care for the young!]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: @A Leaf Knows Autumn, okay. Thank you, Brother Qiu.]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Bleh... You dare talk about spanking this saintess? How bold...]

[And crossing time and space... I'll be waiting...]

Young Bibi Dong rolled her eyes. She wanted to tell him she would stick her butt out for him to spank.

But she decided she couldn't. She couldn't let herself get carried away.

After all, she was the Spirit Hall Saintess, even if this was only a chat group.

And there were only three of them.

Still, she couldn't get too carried away.

There were some things she had to rein in.

Yet chatting and joking with Qiu these past few days

had made her happier, somehow.

She chatted with him, traded pills with him, and received strange Soul Tools from him.

He also told her things she had never heard before.

Whale Rubber, for instance. And how coming first in group activity let her draw prizes like Shrink Earth to an Inch and the Spirit Refining Art.

Every one of them was a surprise she could never have imagined.

Life like this was far more interesting than she had expected.

And Qiu knew her past and future.

He truly was an extraordinary person.

Then there was the newly joined Little Qian Renxue,

her daughter from the future.

She was adorable and fun to talk to.

All in all, the Past and Present Chat Group really was a wondrous place.

She liked it very much.

It was full of laughter.

It held a kind of joy her first fourteen years had never known.

These had been her happiest days yet.

But they had also left her worried.

She didn't know how to face her teacher—

the teacher who had taken her as his disciple with ulterior motives.

She owed him a debt, but she bore him resentment too.

If she repaid the debt, would the resentment disappear?

She and Elder Lion flew away from Heaven Dou City,

heading for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Their figures gradually vanished into the night.

After Little Qian Renxue finished practicing Shrink Earth to an Inch, she practiced the Spirit Refining Art.

When she finished that, she practiced swordsmanship.

Qian Daoliu came to see whether Xiao Xue had gone to sleep.

Instead, he found her practicing swordsmanship in her chambers.

He felt a surge of pride. The little girl had talent and worked hard at her cultivation.

There was a stubborn streak in that tiny body.

Yet she was always asking for her mother.

At the thought, he shook his head.

Then he went to Qian Xunji's study

and picked up a ruler.

His granddaughter worked so hard, while her father neglected his cultivation

and spent all day reading trashy books about men and women.

He stormed in and gave Qian Xunji several strokes across the backside, making him howl.

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Just wait. When the group levels up, it might unlock travel across time and space. Then... heh heh...]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: I'll wait until you unlock it, then.]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: We really might be able to cross time and space?]

[Wow... That sounds so fun! I want to cross time and space too. I want to stop Dad from hurting Mom...]

[Then she wouldn't have to suffer so much.]

[Then she wouldn't hate me!]

Whenever Little Qian Renxue remembered the disgust, hatred, and loathing in her mother's eyes, she felt like crying. It hurt so much that her heart ached.

[@A Leaf Knows Autumn, Brother Qiu, when do you think it'll unlock?]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: I think it's possible.]

[As for when, I can't say. It could be at LV3, or it could be at LV6...]

[Why aren't you asleep yet?]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: I'm already in bed. What do you think happened after Dad did that to Mom?]

[Waaah... Just thinking about what happened between them hurts so much.]

[I'd suspected it before, but I wasn't sure and didn't want to believe it. I'd overheard some of the Spirit Hall maids talking in private.]

[Was I just fooling myself?]

[Grandpa wouldn't tell me either!]

[If I hadn't joined the Past and Present Chat Group, who knows when I would've found out for sure?]

[Thank you, Brother Qiu and Sister Young Bibi Dong!]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: You can't imagine what happens to Qian Xunji. Are you sure you want to hear it? I'm afraid you'll regret asking.]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Xiao Xue is strong. Tell me...]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Then call me the Sage Who Reveals the Truth...]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Showing off again...]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: @Spirit Hall Saintess, so what? You were lurking? I thought you'd gone to sleep.]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: As you'd put it, I'm a night owl.]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: @Spirit Hall Saintess, do you know what happens to you and Qian Xunji?]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Of course. My teacher is worse than a beast. To make his descendant—that's you—a god, he made my future self give birth to you full of hatred. He said that way your talent would surpass everyone before you, and you'd become a god...]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Ah... waaah, poor Little Mom. No wonder she hates me so much. So that's why... All for the sake of becoming a god...]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: What's pitiful about me? I'm not the future Bibi Dong!]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Mm, mm. Poor older Mom...]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: She isn't pitiful. In the future, she kills your dad and devours his soul...]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Ah... waaah... How could that happen? I never should've come into this world. Then none of this would've happened to you...]

Little Qian Renxue was overcome with guilt when she heard that.

Everything seemed to have started because of her.

[Spirit Hall Saintess: It's not your fault. You didn't get to choose your life...]

[I'm telling you this because, you little dummy, your life shouldn't be ruled by what happened between your parents. You should live the life you want.]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Waaah... Little Mom really is good to me!]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Shut up!]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: That's my saintess for you. Beautiful inside and out, and so thoughtful about Xiao Xue's future!]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Now you know how good I am. How about giving me a few more Soul-Guide Bees, or another pill?]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: No can do. You already owe me so many favors, and now you want more? How are you going to repay me?]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Goodbye...]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: What happens to Mom after she devours Dad? Grandpa won't execute her, will he? Grandpa's a Peerless Douluo. My poor, awful, lovable Dad... waaah... You suffered so much, and you...]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: No chance. Qian Daoliu even lets her become the pope!]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: 666... I never saw that coming...]

Young Bibi Dong watched the messages pop up in the chat group. She hadn't expected it either.

People's hearts truly were hard to fathom.

She still preferred sincere people.

Author's note—

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