Love Across Time and Space... The Playboy Kicks the Ball, Little Xue'er Is the Ball... Your Words Are Magic...

[Love-Starved Little Angel: I only kissed him twice, and you're jealous? You're so petty... Tyrant Dragon Soul Beasts are so ugly. Kiss one yourself...]

[@A Leaf Knows Autumn, big brother and group leader, look! My little mom's jealous! Jealous!]

Spirit Hall.

Qian Xunji arrived outside Young Bibi Dong's chambers, his face cold and his expression grave.

"Greetings, Your Holiness!" Two maids bowed.

"Is the Saintess still asleep?"

Qian Xunji frowned.

The sun was already high in the sky.

Bibi Dong usually came to pay her respects to him every morning.

Yet she had not come today.

That was why he had come to check on her.

"We don't know, Your Holiness!"

The two maids dropped to their knees in fright, their foreheads touching the floor.

"The Saintess ordered us last night not to enter unless she opened the door!"

One maid recalled the Saintess's words and spoke up.

Creak...

Qian Xunji pushed the door open and entered.

Bibi Dong was not in her chambers.

He immediately flew back to the Pope's Hall and found several Elders there.

"Where is Elder Lion, Elder Azure Luan?"

"Him? I don't know either!"

Elder Azure Luan shook his head.

Soon, a subordinate went to check Elder Lion Hall and reported that Elder Lion had not returned home last night.

"It seems Elder Lion and Her Highness the Saintess secretly left Spirit Hall!"

Elder Azure Luan thought for a moment. "Isn't Her Highness the Saintess nearly level fifty? Could they have gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Beast and absorb her fifth Soul Ring?"

"Dong'er only rose from level forty-eight to forty-nine a few days ago. You think she could gain another level so soon?"

Qian Xunji could not understand it. Dong'er had always listened to him before.

Whatever he told her to do, she did it.

She had been so obedient.

But these past few days, she had seemed strange. She had even left Spirit Hall in secret without telling him.

It was far too strange.

Where there was strange behavior, something sinister had to be afoot.

He had to find out what she was doing.

Still, with Elder Lion protecting her, she should be in no danger.

Elder Lion had disappointed him terribly.

He had once been his father's loyal subordinate.

How had Dong'er persuaded him to take her out?

When they returned, he would punish them severely.

Young Bibi Dong and Elder Lion had already reached the Man Faced Demon Spiders' habitat in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Dozens of Man Faced Demon Spiders lived there.

She took a photo and sent it to the Past and Present Chat Group.

[Spirit Hall Saintess: See? So many Man Faced Demon Spiders.]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: @Spirit Hall Saintess, little mom, you still haven't answered me. Do you like Brother Qiu?]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: A playboy kicks a ball. @Love-Starved Little Angel, you're the ball...]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Changing the subject won't help, even if you borrow Brother Qiu's line...]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Xue'er, don't push her. Love across time and space has no future... That's why she won't answer you.]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Wow, that makes so much sense. I'm writing it down. But isn't there a chance we could cross time and space someday?]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: That's not certain! If we're not sure, we can't... say it. We can't... make promises...]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Fine, I'll stop asking!]

Zhu Zhuqing sat beside Li Qiu, while Ning Rongrong sat across from them.

Xiao Wu saw them sitting together and wanted to join them.

But Tang San did not want to sit with them.

Dai Mubai and Oscar had just walked in through the door.

They looked around.

Dai Mubai spotted Zhu Zhuqing beside Li Qiu. With her shapely figure, cool, beautiful face, and keep-your-distance air, she was willing to sit beside Li Qiu.

His gaze turned colder.

Damn Li Qiu. How had he become so attractive to girls?

Oscar stared at Li Qiu with envy.

"Whoa... Li Qiu really has turned his fortunes around!

"He's got two stunning beauties sitting with him at breakfast!

"They're even putting food on his plate... And Ning Rongrong, the Young Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile, is practically fawning over him...

"And that Zhu..."

"Shut up!"

Dai Mubai shot Oscar a vicious glare.

His eyes darkened, warning Oscar that if he dared say anything bad about Zhu Zhuqing, he would make him pay.

Deep down, Dai Mubai envied Li Qiu a little too.

They walked over, sat nearby, and ate breakfast.

[Spirit Hall Saintess: We found an eighteen-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider. Elder Lion left it half-dead with one blow.]

[This Saintess is about to absorb its Soul Ring.]

[Anything I should watch out for?]

[I'm a little nervous.]

Young Bibi Dong stared at the chat group and sent the messages with her mind.

[@A Leaf Knows Autumn.]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Don't be nervous. Your mental strength is formidable. Forget eighteen thousand years—even a twenty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring would be no problem for you.]

[Circulate the Spirit Refining Art while absorbing it... Then you can absorb the Soul Ring with ease.]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Got it.]

Young Bibi Dong immediately circulated the Spirit Refining Art, then dealt the eighteen-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider its final blow.

She began absorbing the Soul Ring.

The process went smoothly.

The Man Faced Demon Spider's spiritual assault crumbled before her immense mental strength.

Was this the advantage of having such powerful mental strength?

Li Qiu really was incredible.

Before long, she soared from level fifty to level fifty-four.

Rising this fast felt amazing.

Elder Lion stood guard beside her.

He had feared the Saintess might go mad or explode.

He had not expected it to go so smoothly.

It was smooth beyond belief.

As easy as absorbing a hundred-year or Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

She opened her eyes.

"How do you feel, Saintess?" Elder Lion asked curiously.

"Good. Very good!" She stood and spotted eight spider spears glowing a ghostly purple behind her.

"Could these be an External Soul Bone?"

"An eighteen-thousand-year-old External Soul Bone! Hiss..."

Elder Lion's eyes widened.

This...

What kind of luck did the Saintess have?

Young Bibi Dong immediately took a photo and sent it to the group.

[Spirit Hall Saintess: [Photo] What is this?]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: Eight spider legs. So long, so big...]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Eighteen centimeters, or eighteen meters? An External Soul Bone, or Soul Beast legs? Nice luck!]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: Hehe... Of course it's an External Soul Bone.]

[Hehe... Are your words magic or something?]

[You mentioned it... and there it was!]

[You should've seen Elder Lion when he saw that External Soul Bone. His eyes nearly popped out!]

[It was cute, ridiculous, and hilarious...]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: I'm so jealous! But the stronger my little mom gets, the better!]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: I'm going to absorb the External Soul Bone now. Will it hurt a lot? Anything I should watch out for?]

[Love-Starved Little Angel: All-knowing Brother Qiu, please enlighten my little mom...]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: [Hands behind back] Pretending to be profound—]

Little Qian Renxue stared at the chat window pop-up for quite a while, but Brother Qiu sent nothing else.

Was he really keeping up the act?

She widened her bright eyes, speechless. He was even better at putting on airs than her image-conscious father.

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Ahem... Of course...]

[Just absorb it. There's nothing to worry about!]

[If you must worry about something, it'll hurt a little!]

Little Qian Renxue and Young Bibi Dong rolled their eyes at the chat window.

He'd made such a big show of it.

And now he expected them not to be disgusted?

Young Bibi Dong had no choice but to absorb the Soul Bone.