Sure enough, Yu Xiaogang took out a parchment covered in densely packed notes and said confidently, "Over the past month or so, I've devised a method for three-person Martial Soul Fusion. It's all recorded here."
"I imagine you've heard of the group that recently appeared, the Golden Iron Triangle. The three of them can fuse their Martial Souls into the Golden Sacred Dragon and fight opponents above their level. I created that Martial Soul Fusion Skill using the method on this parchment. By following this method, I can also find suitable candidates to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with you. As long as you need me, I'll definitely help you."
Despite her utter loathing for Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong could not help being startled by his words.
If she really could find someone whose Martial Soul could fuse with hers, it would undoubtedly be tremendously significant to her future control of Spirit Hall.
Just as Bibi Dong was thinking this, Xu Feng's mocking voice suddenly rang out in her mind.
[Heh, this hypocritical little creep really knows how to spew bullshit. Teacher has the supreme Twin Spider Emperor Martial Soul, with the potential for an undying body. Someone worthy of performing Martial Soul Fusion with her hasn't even been born on this continent yet. How does a brain-dead plagiarist of theories like you have the nerve to bring it up?]
[You're probably just trying to fool Teacher and regain your place in her heart, aren't you? You know perfectly well you can't do it, yet you insist on painting her a grand feast of empty promises. Sure enough, you're a hypocritical little creep, a piece of trash.]
"So Yu Xiaogang was lying to me again?"
After hearing this, Bibi Dong's gaze grew several degrees colder as she looked at Yu Xiaogang. Then she slowly held out her hand and said in a tone that brooked no argument, "Hand it over."
"Dong... Your Highness?" Delighted, Yu Xiaogang thought Bibi Dong was interested in his results and immediately offered her the parchment.
Boom!
Yu Xiaogang had not expected Bibi Dong to unleash a storm of Soul Power the moment he handed over the parchment, shredding it outright. Along with it came her cold, merciless warning.
"Listen carefully. From today onward, you are forbidden to use any theory you learned from Spirit Hall's ancient texts. Otherwise, you can wait for Spirit Hall to throw you into a dungeon."
Yu Xiaogang froze again. His heart felt as though it had been frozen in an ancient icy pool, chilled to its very core.
"Dong'er..." His face full of desolation and sorrow, Yu Xiaogang asked, "I love you so much. You're all I ever think about. Why are you being so cruel to me? What exactly did I do wrong?"
[Bleurgh~]
[Fuck, I'm going to puke.]
[You hypocritical little creep, you have the nerve to say that? This past month, the moment Teacher cut ties with you, you turned around and hooked up with your cousin Liu Erlong, just to make her your backup and a tool for your three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Your behavior has no ethics or morals whatsoever, and now you're saying this to Teacher? Can you be any more fucking disgusting?]
"Yu Xiaogang hooked up with his own cousin, Liu Erlong?"
At Xu Feng's words, Bibi Dong stiffened. She had never expected Yu Xiaogang to have done something like that behind her back as well. In an instant, the disgust in her eyes deepened.
"Yu Xiaogang..."
"You really are a piece of work..."
At that moment, whenever Bibi Dong thought of how long he had deceived her and how many times he had betrayed her, she felt overwhelming anger, disgust, and resentment. She even wished she could slap this hypocritical creep dead on the spot.
However, Bibi Dong did not want Yu Xiaogang to die so easily. That would do too little to vent her anger. She planned to take her dear disciple's advice and strike at Yu Xiaogang from the inside out, plunging him into utter despair.
"Yu Xiaogang, you're good. You're outstanding. You've done nothing wrong."
Suddenly, a strange smile appeared on Bibi Dong's face. Looking at Yu Xiaogang, she continued, "But do you know why I left you?"
"Why?" Yu Xiaogang looked utterly bewildered.
Beside them, Xu Feng saw Bibi Dong's smile and inwardly sensed trouble.
[Oh no, Teacher's about to get truly angry.]
[I need to slip away before I get caught in it.]
He recalled that the last time Teacher had smiled like this, she had nearly killed a Titled Douluo.
At that thought, Xu Feng no longer dared to lie around slacking off and hurried to make his escape. As for that idiot Yu Xiaogang, he did not even realize death was at his doorstep. He was probably still waiting for an answer.
"My dear disciple, come here."
Unexpectedly, before Xu Feng had taken more than a few steps, Bibi Dong released a wall of Soul Power, blocking every route of escape.
"Ahem. As you command, Teacher."
Xu Feng gave an awkward smile, then carefully walked over to Bibi Dong. He put away his usual lazy manner and kept a person's width between them, because he understood her current state all too well. She was wholly consumed by a desire for revenge without regard for the consequences. There was no telling what she might do to catch everyone off guard.
Yet the moment Xu Feng approached, Bibi Dong reached out her small hand and took his. With a gentle tug, she pulled him into her embrace, as intimate as a couple.
"Mm, Teacher, you..."
"Don't speak. Hold me."
Seeing Teacher like this, Xu Feng promptly shut his mouth. He was certain that she was now consumed by an intense desire for revenge and wanted him to cooperate in provoking and angering Yu Xiaogang. And he, as it happened, did not dare disobey Teacher in this state.
So Xu Feng slowly reached out and gently wrapped his arms around Bibi Dong's incredibly slender waist.
He thought that would suffice.
Instead, he earned a slightly dissatisfied look from Bibi Dong. He understood at a glance and obligingly tightened his arms until he held her firmly against him. Only then did they truly look like a couple, a couple without any distance between them.
Unfortunately, Xu Feng had yet to grow tall, so it looked as though he were the one nestled in Bibi Dong's arms.
"Yu Xiaogang, do you see?"
"This is why I left you."
Holding Xu Feng, Bibi Dong raised her delicate hand and imperiously pressed his head into her softest place.
A uniquely feminine, orchid-like fragrance wafted out, carrying a faint milky scent. Xu Feng felt utterly intoxicated.
[Stop smothering me with those things. Those two really make my head spin.]
[Sigh, forget it. Teacher's in the middle of a rage. I'd better endure it. I can still bear a little suffering.]
Meanwhile.
Boom!
At the sight before him, Yu Xiaogang felt a thunderbolt strike out of a clear sky inside his mind, leaving his world spinning.
"This..."
Then Yu Xiaogang began trembling all over, shaking his head repeatedly as he muttered.
"This is impossible!"
"This is absolutely impossible!"
A moment later, as though something had occurred to him, Yu Xiaogang suddenly roared hysterically, "You must be putting on an act for me! You're deliberately trying to make me angry, aren't you?"
Bibi Dong was Spirit Hall's Saintess. How could she possibly lower herself to have those sorts of feelings for a boy in his teens? Most importantly, Xu Feng was nothing but a complete wastrel who only knew how to slack off. How could she possibly give herself to a wastrel?
Even with the scene right before his eyes, Yu Xiaogang only thought Bibi Dong was putting on a show for him. He simply could not believe it.
But what happened next made his eyes widen.
"Mm, Teacher, what's wrong?"
For some reason, Bibi Dong's eyes had reddened. Who knew what she was thinking? Tears glimmered in her eyes, and although she was struggling to hold them back, her eyes still grew wet in the end.
"Why? Why is everyone against me..." Bibi Dong hugged Xu Feng tightly. For the first time, a look of grievance appeared on her exquisite face, making her look pitiful and vulnerable.
No one knew that even before coming to see Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong had considered giving him another chance. Otherwise, with her temperament, she would never have said so much to him.
Unfortunately, ever since she had met Yu Xiaogang, she had learned of more and more of his betrayals.
Yu Xiaogang was not the only one falling apart. She was falling apart too.
It was as though the whole world had begun turning against her.
The Supreme Pontiff she had once respected most, the teacher she had trusted as a father, had actually regarded her as nothing more than a tool for bearing children.
The man she had once regarded as her true love, the theoretical Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, had only wanted to use her to access Spirit Hall's resources. He was also a despicable plagiarist of ancient texts, a scumbag who ran off to another woman after their breakup, a beast who would not even spare that woman despite her being her cousin.
"Teacher, don't do anything rash..." Xu Feng could tell that Bibi Dong's emotions were in turmoil, and he was a little worried.
"My dear disciple, no matter what I do next, you won't blame me, will you?"
Bibi Dong was looking at Xu Feng too, holding him tighter and tighter. An inexplicable fear rose within her, a fear that her disciple, the only person closest to her, would leave her as well.
"Huh? Teacher, you... what are you planning to do?" Xu Feng's expression changed drastically in alarm.
Bibi Dong did not answer. Instead, she said very gently, "Don't speak. Kiss me."
(End of chapter)
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