"What happened?"
Bibi Dong frowned at Bai'e, who was tied to the bed.
"Obviously, I nearly followed in your footsteps."
Bai'e relaxed. Good, although Bibi Dong had said she would not interfere, she had still come to save him now!
Followed in my footsteps?
Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes, falling silent in thought.
"Don't just stand there, dear mother. Save me!"
Bai'e puckered his lips toward the places where he was bound.
"Heh, although I don't think much of her, I also know you were in the wrong first. Why should I save you?"
Bibi Dong gave Bai'e a long look.
"I'll handle things between Xue'er and me myself, but now that she's tied me up in a secret chamber, it'll be hard for our relationship to progress."
Bai'e sighed deeply, somewhat troubled.
"Besides, our agreement was only that you would give me an identity..."
"Then how about this? Let me go, and as payment, I'll give you a gift package that increases the age of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. What do you say?"
Bai'e asked tentatively.
"Heh, I told you long ago not to come looking for her. You really brought this on yourself."
Bibi Dong sneered and shattered the restraints around Bai'e's feet with a crack.
"Consider it what I owe her..."
"Hey~"
Bai'e kept puckering his lips, indicating his wrists and waist.
Bibi Dong said nothing and simply continued shattering the restraints on Bai'e's body.
Bai'e rolled right off the bed!
"That feels good!"
Bai'e let out a howl and waved his fists!
Qian Renyou had really gone too far!
Even his original body had never suffered such indignity!
"All right, give me my payment."
"Otherwise, I'll lock you back up!"
A doting smile flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes, and her fair hand reached toward Bai'e without delay.
"Here, here~"
"Don't forget to take me out of here."
Since Bibi Dong had agreed so readily, Bai'e casually took out the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Mirror (Yin 4).
Whoosh!
Purple light flashed, and the Bronze Mirror instantly appeared in Bibi Dong's hand!
"Do you have any other trump cards?"
A strange smile appeared on Bibi Dong's face, and her voice instantly turned coquettish.
Under Bai'e's dumbfounded gaze, Bibi Dong's clothes remained unchanged, but her face became Qian Renxue's.
"You can contact your original body through this, right?"
"How do I use it?"
Qian Renyou looked at Bai'e teasingly, tapping the Bronze Mirror with her fingers, pale and lustrous as jade.
"I'm done for!"
Bai'e paled. Although he could recall the Twin Birth Mirror directly, doing so would leave him with even less of an explanation to offer Qian Renxue!
What was with this little Black Snow?!
Why was she so shrewd?!
With a miserable face, Bai'e obediently lay down on the cross on the bed.
"Let me see your true face."
Amused, Qian Renyou watched Bai'e, whose face resembled a little bitter melon, and waved the Bronze Mirror in her hand at him.
"No, I'm afraid you'll find me repulsive."
Bai'e shook his head and sighed softly.
"Let me see your true face, and I promise not to tie you up again."
Qian Renyou spoke teasingly.
"You said it..."
Bai'e's eyes lit up. Since he would no longer be tied up, getting out would only be a matter of time!
He could not ruin this account with its two divine-grade Martial Souls!
"Yes, I did."
Qian Renyou nodded.
[Beep, beep, beep. Golden Dragon King requests a video call with you.]
Qian Renyou looked strangely at the Bronze Mirror in her hand, where a line of golden text had appeared.
Her finger lightly tapped the green accept button.
Immediately afterward, a large, round face appeared on the Bronze Mirror. Qian Renyou could even see the other person's nostrils.
"Can you hear me?"
A childish voice came from the Bronze Mirror. As Jin Li on the other end moved farther back, Qian Renyou finally saw what he looked like.
He had golden hair and large red eyes, wore only a glittering golden bellyband, and stood roughly one meter tall.
His round little face looked very cute.
"Is this you?"
The corner of Qian Renxue's mouth twitched as she turned the mirror in her hand toward Bai'e.
"Yes, that's me."
Bai'e nodded. Although his original body had lived for a very, very long time, because of the Divine Forbidden Land, he had barely grown at all before obtaining his cheat.
"How old are you this year?"
Qian Renxue pursed her lips, her expression strange.
"I'm already a million years old!"
Jin Li planted one hand on his hip and plopped onto the ground.
"I'm being serious."
Qian Renxue's gaze softened a little. At the same time, she discreetly committed the mist-shrouded surroundings around Jin Li to memory.
"I'm being serious too, Qian Renxue. Actually, the place I'm in now is a prison."
"I've been locked up here since I was born."
"If I want to get out, my only option is to use clones to gather faith and become a god. I've wronged you..."
"But I'm selfish. More than that, I want to truly gain freedom of my own."
Jin Li lowered his head, speaking with genuine honesty this time.
"I thought you would be my first and last friend..."
A trace of sorrow flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes, and her voice sank.
"We can be!"
"Actually, Qian Renxue is my first friend too."
"Toward the end, I did consider whether to tell Qian Renxue the truth about my identity, but Golden Crocodile Douluo came too quickly. I was indecisive, and before I could make up my mind, I was arrested."
Jin Li sighed dejectedly.
"Are you a Soul Beast?"
After a moment of silence, Qian Renxue asked tentatively.
If it was true that Jin Li had lived for a million years and had yet to become a god, then he could only be a Soul Beast.
"Will you kill me?"
Jin Li raised his head, his clear red eyes flickering as he waited for Qian Renxue's answer.
"Heh~"
"A million-year-old Soul Beast? Wouldn't you be the one killing me?!"
Qian Renxue laughed self-mockingly.
"No. You're the first girl I've ever fallen for."
Jin Li raised his hand in assurance!
"What do you mean, the first?"
Qian Renxue was not moved in the slightest. Instead, she instantly seized on a particular word Jin Li had used!
"Huh?"
Jin Li blinked and began playing dumb.
"You have other clones out there?"
Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes and continued questioning him.
"Mm, mm~"
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Jin Li's forehead, and his words became indistinct.
You stupid brain, think of something!
Jin Li swallowed. At this point, he could only resort to underhanded tricks!
Jin Li pouted his little lips, and glistening tears welled in his eyes.
"Big Sister Qian Renxue!"
"Please don't stop liking me!"
"I really know I was wrong!"
This trick worked on Qian Lingsu a hundred times out of a hundred!
He had long since figured out the Angel Bloodline's tastes!
"Have you no shame..."
"You're a million-year-old Soul Beast..."
Qian Renxue pressed a hand to her forehead, speechless. Still, seeing Jin Li act like this to please her, she inexplicably found it funny.
"But the only meaningful part of my life was the half month I spent knowing you!"
"Once, a sincere love lay before me, but I failed to cherish it..."
"Only after losing it did I regret it beyond measure!"
"If heaven gave me a chance to start over, I would definitely say those three words to her!"
Jin Li clutched his chest beneath his bellyband, his face earnest.
"But I only see you as a little brother."
Qian Renxue's heart skipped a beat, but she still interrupted Jin Li's recitation.
Although that Qian Renyou behaved rather improperly, kissing Bai'e at every turn, Qian Renxue truly had yet to figure out exactly what she felt for Jin Li.
"Then forgive me this once, okay~"
"My dear big sister~"
"Big Sister Xue~ Big Sister Qian Renxue~"
Jin Li clasped his hands together and gazed pleadingly at Qian Renxue on the other side of the Bronze Mirror.
He felt no embarrassment. Wasn't this exactly what this face was for?!
"Stop!"
"You're a million-year-old Soul Beast locked in confinement. Who taught you all this?"
Qian Renxue rubbed her temples. Every word Jin Li spoke felt like a feather brushing against her heart, making it itch a little.
"Because I don't want to lose the world's best Big Sister Qian Renxue, it all just came spilling out."
"Did my words make you uncomfortable, big sister?"
Jin Li put on a pitiful look.
"Where are you now?"
Qian Renxue took a deep breath. Noticing her face growing hot, she hurriedly changed the subject!
"I..."
"I don't know. I've been locked up here since birth. I don't even know whether I'm in the world of the Douluo Continent."
"Because I've been locked in confinement, although I'm a million-year-old Soul Beast, I only had one year of cultivation when I met Big Sister Qian Renxue."
Jin Li did not dare reveal his circumstances, but sharing a few simple details was no problem.
"You've lived a million years and only have one year of cultivation?"
The corner of Qian Renxue's mouth twitched. That talent truly opened her eyes.
"Mm-hmm. It's because the Soul Power here won't let me cultivate at all."
"I was beaten up before, too. I spent hundreds of thousands of years recovering from my injuries and slept the rest of the time."
"I've only been awake for a very short time. It was only after meeting Big Sister Qian Renxue back then that I discovered the power of faith could help increase my cultivation, giving me a real chance to escape this place."
Jin Li spoke candidly.
"Then you really are rather pitiful..."
Qian Renxue felt that although Jin Li made himself sound terribly pitiful, for some reason, his choice of words really made her want to laugh.
"Wait, then how did you know who I was?"
"If you'd only just sent your clone into the Douluo Continent, why did you know about our Spirit Hall from the start?"
Prompted by Qian Renyou's reminder, Qian Renxue asked in confusion.
"My clones have randomly generated special abilities. I can see some information about you."
"But my name really was a coincidence. It wasn't until I was at Court that I actually learned you existed."
"We really were brought together by fate!"
Jin Li gazed delightedly into Qian Renxue's eyes.
"I understand."
Qian Renxue nodded. At this point, apart from the other clones Jin Li had left on the Douluo Continent, she had no more questions.
But given how candid Jin Li had been, she decided to let him off this once and not press him.
"It's already very late, so let's leave it here. We can talk more another time."
Qian Renxue took the steaming Lean Pork Congee out of her Soul Tool and tapped the Teleport Button on the Bronze Mirror.
"Big sister, even so... this clone of mine is hungry too~"
Bai'e looked pitifully at Qian Renxue. Barring any surprises, this food should have ended up in this clone's stomach!
"Go out and eat by yourself."
Qian Renxue ended the call and gave Bai'e a disdainful glance. Though this clone was good-looking, he still fell far short of the adorable original.
Now that she had little Jin Li, she could no longer be bothered with Bai'e.
Yes, she had figured it out!
She did indeed regard Xue Qianren as a younger brother, but that did not conflict with her suddenly falling for little Jin Li!
"Hehe~"
Bai'e smiled politely, his feelings exceedingly complicated.
He had never imagined that this clone would get to go out by having his original body employ a Honey Trap.
The Angel Lineage really needed a good electric shock!
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