"Th-this..."
Seeing Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong appear before him, Yu Xiaogang, who had been discreetly asking around about Bibi Dong all this time, froze on the spot.
He had truly searched for her a thousand times amid the crowd, only to turn around suddenly and find her where the lantern light grew dim.
Looking at the handsome man and beautiful woman before him, Yu Xiaogang was utterly dumbfounded.
He had heard of the Martial Soul Twin Stars' fame and knew of the feelings between Spirit Hall's Saintess and Divine Son.
He had set his sights on Bibi Dong, that pure, kind little white flower, but had not actually intended to steal her away.
After all, they were the Martial Soul Twin Stars. He hardly stood a chance.
He only wanted to gain Bibi Dong's sympathy and trust so he could enter Spirit Hall's Library Pavilion and look into his condition.
Yet when he actually saw the Martial Soul Twin Stars appear before him, Yu Xiaogang truly had no idea what to say.
He had never entertained those kinds of thoughts about Bibi Dong to begin with, and after seeing Gu Shengge, he entertained them even less.
Handsome. He truly was handsome.
His looks were so stunning that words could no longer describe them, and he also possessed an incomparably peculiar air that drew others to him.
As the two walked down the street, the way the surrounding women looked at Gu Shengge made it clear that, to the opposite sex, he was an irresistible, lethal poison.
Even knowing they were moths flying into a flame, they would willingly surge toward that blazing fire, wave after wave.
Yet when he saw Bibi Dong holding Gu Shengge's arm, smiling with her eyes full of nothing but him, despite never having had such thoughts before-
After seeing Bibi Dong, a faint voice appeared in his mind. That voice told him she was his.
She should have been his lover. If he lost her now, if he let her slip away, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
That voice, which had mysteriously appeared in his mind, made him understand clearly that if he missed his chance with Bibi Dong this time, he would spend his entire life mired in regret.
Moreover, when he shifted his gaze from Gu Shengge to Bibi Dong, he understood what love at first sight meant, what it meant for a single glance to span ten thousand years.
When Yu Xiaogang came to his senses, he walked toward Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong, his heart filled with apprehension.
"I am Yu Xiaogang. Greetings, Your Highness the Divine Son. Greetings, Your Highness the Saintess."
After approaching Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang first gave Gu Shengge an exceedingly friendly smile, then extended his hand to him.
Gu Shengge regarded Yu Xiaogang with an amused expression, smiled at the hand extended toward him, and said, "Yu Xiaogang, a member of the Yu Family of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"If my information is correct, you're the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's patriarch."
Hearing Gu Shengge's words, Yu Xiaogang smiled as he stood before him and Bibi Dong. "I never expected Your Highness to know of me. It is my honor."
"I, Yu Xiaogang, would like to befriend you both. What do Your Highnesses think?"
Seeing that Gu Shengge did not shake his hand, Yu Xiaogang felt no embarrassment. Instead, he continued looking at Gu Shengge with a smile.
After all, as long as he was not embarrassed, someone else would be.
After all, Gu Shengge was Spirit Hall's Divine Son, and with the street full of people, he could not possibly leave him without a way to save face.
He had already calculated all of this.
As long as Gu Shengge shook his hand, he could immediately extend his hand to Bibi Dong and then hold her little hand. That alone would be a huge step forward.
After hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Gu Shengge completely ignored the hand he still held out and said with a smile, "How could I, the Divine Son, possibly not know? The son of the illustrious Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's patriarch actually awakened a trash martial soul."
"You have no hope of reaching rank thirty in this lifetime. You've been stuck at rank twenty-nine for years."
"I have certainly heard your great name, Yu Xiaogang."
"After all, no matter how useless someone is, surely reaching rank thirty shouldn't be impossible?"
Smiling broadly with Bibi Dong in his arms, Gu Shengge looked at Yu Xiaogang, whose expression darkened at a visible speed, his eyes filled with mockery.
"You... you..."
"As Spirit Hall's Divine Son, is this the extent of Your Highness's magnanimity?"
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Because of Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, Wang Xiao had become something of a special exception. He did not awaken his martial soul talent with the other children, but underwent his awakening separately.
The person awakening his martial soul was Yue Guan, titled Chrysanthemum Douluo. Even Bibi Dong, the Supreme Pontiff herself, came for the occasion.
Looking at the gathering before him, Wang Xiao raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Wait, did these people all have X-ray cheats turned on?
I only just obtained Fei-ge Talent and the supreme martial soul, Emperor Armor. I haven't even awakened yet, and they've all come?
That shouldn't be right. Impossible.
While Wang Xiao was still puzzling over this, an excited Hu Liena pushed him toward the martial soul awakening array and said, her eyes full of anticipation, "Xiao, hurry, hurry, hurry! Let's see what martial soul you can awaken."
With that push from Hu Liena, Wang Xiao walked toward the Martial Soul Awakening array.
Bibi Dong, the Supreme Pontiff, stood to one side, watching Wang Xiao as she said softly, "Little fellow, you mustn't disappoint our Nana."
"After all, before you'd even awakened your martial soul, that girl Nana was already impatient to see you."
"I, too, would like to see just what is different about someone who has our Nana so concerned."
Only upon hearing Bibi Dong's words as he approached the Martial Soul Awakening array did Wang Xiao understand why his awakening had caused such a grand gathering, with Chrysanthemum Douluo, a Spirit Hall elder, presiding over it and even Bibi Dong coming to watch.
So this was the reason behind it all.
With that thought, Wang Xiao stepped into the Martial Soul Awakening array.
Before I've awakened my martial soul, I won't make a sound when you call me little fellow, or object when you style yourself Supreme Pontiff.
But once I've awakened my martial soul, what should you call me then? How will you address me? Hmm?
After stepping into the Martial Soul Awakening array, Wang Xiao closed his eyes and focused, and the Emperor Armor appeared in his mind.
With a boom, an incomparably vast and pure surge of light energy erupted from Wang Xiao's body, forming a clearly visible golden pillar of light that shot into the heavens, piercing the sea of clouds blanketing Spirit City and lingering for a long time.
At that moment, everyone present was stunned.
That immense light energy shook both Yue Guan, a Titled Douluo, and Gui Mei, who was concealed in the shadows.
Even Bibi Dong's pupils abruptly contracted within her beautiful eyes as she saw the commotion Wang Xiao had caused and felt the light energy erupting from his body.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In an instant, Qian Daoliu opened his eyes in shock inside the Worship Hall and immediately departed from it.
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