On the whole, Lu Chen sympathized with Ah Yin, though only up until she occupied the Golden Ancient Tree.
From the moment she and Tang Hao began stealing the authority of the Plane Master and the Core of Life, they had utterly ceased to act human.
However, Lu Chen had no intention of revealing all of this at once for now. He would save it for later, because another heavyweight with higher priority was coming up next.
[Lu Chen: Ah Yin has had it rough, but she still falls a little short compared to Xiao Wu.]
Seeing this opening, Xiao Wu silently quickened the spoon in her hand.
She had a feeling that once she finished reading Lu Chen's spoilers, she might no longer feel like eating.
[Lu Chen: What I will record next is-
The Asura God King's designated sheath, the Clear Sky Douluo's reserved Soul Ring.
A Soul Beast girl with an irreconcilable blood feud against Spirit Hall, an innocent child who forgot it all as soon as the sun rose.
An intellectually challenged individual whose intelligence was so dire she could not remember how her parents died, a troublemaker with a mouth full of outrageous remarks who loved stirring up trouble.
Willingly sacrificed herself for her beloved, alas, her soul was tossed about through skills.
Split her soul in three out of love for her daughter, blocked the golden dragon to bear her son's disaster.
Deep sisterly and brotherly affection, Da Ming and Er Ming melted in the mouth; even after reincarnation, a God King pursued her across worlds.
One of the wildest Soul Beast traitors in the history of the Douluo Continent, Xiao Wu!]
The Chat Group, which had been flooding with messages, fell into collective silence.
[Yanzi: "Falls a little short."]
[Little Fox: "Glorious years."]
[Little Princess: @Xiao Wu, can I ask you a somewhat inappropriate question?]
After the silence came an extremely rapid flood of messages.
Except for Ah Yin, who had suffered a tremendous blow and was close to losing all hope.
As the subject of Lu Chen's spoilers, Xiao Wu's current feelings could only be described as a jumble of all five flavors.
She felt every variety of negative emotion, but she was not quite that despairing.
Compared to Ah Yin, the current Xiao Wu was definitely fortunate. After all, the vast majority of what Lu Chen had revealed had yet to happen.
And probably would never have the chance to happen.
[Lu Chen: When it comes to being thoughtless, if Xiao Wu called herself second, absolutely no one would dare compete with her for first.
She carried a blood debt against Spirit Hall for killing her mother, yet the moment she left the Star Dou Great Forest, she turned around and forgot it. If she had been temporarily enduring it because she had only just taken human form, was weak, and feared Spirit Hall's immense influence in the human world, that would have been understandable, but at least get your attitude straight!
Had she gathered information on Spirit Hall's important figures? Did she know which cities had more important Spirit Hall Branches? Were there any potential allies she could win over? Failing all that, could she at least consciously avoid those powerful Soul Masters to improve her chances of staying alive?
Xiao Wu said, I don't want to hear any of that, don't interrupt me playing big brother and little sister with Tang San. Then she turned around and went to Heaven Dou City with the Shrek crowd, got right in Spirit Hall's face by entering the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and finally, unsurprisingly, had her identity exposed by a whole group of Titled Douluo in Spirit City.
It was only because Tang San's level was low then and he was still far from a bottleneck. Otherwise, Tang Hao, who had long been following Tang San and knew Xiao Wu's true identity, might well have arranged a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for his ready-made son.]
[Lu Chen: Da Ming and Er Ming had it pretty miserable too, taking Xiao Wu as their big sister. Not only did they end up sacrificing themselves to Tang San just like Xiao Wu, but even after being resurrected, they had to spend their entire lives as watchdogs for the Tang family.
No, even dogs would shake their heads at how spineless they were!
Too bad Er Ming, crouching on that hill over there, can't see the Notebook and can't beat Tang Hao. Otherwise, he'd probably head straight down the mountain to Holy Soul Village overnight~]
Updates continued appearing in the Notebook, while the Chat Group's members were also talking.
[Netherworld: Xiao Wu, you... really are a little too naive.]
[Spirit Cat: Just a little?]
[Little Princess: @Xiao Wu, who are Da Ming and Er Ming?]
[Yanzi: @Xiao Wu, Lu Chen seems to have discovered your backup.]
[Little Fox: @Xiao Wu, who in Spirit Hall killed your mother? Tell me and I'll make life difficult for him! Our Spirit Hall is actually very good, so don't extend your hatred of an individual to the whole organization!]
Ever since the group members had confirmed that she belonged to Spirit Hall, Hu Liena had gradually begun letting herself go.
After being tagged repeatedly, Xiao Wu was practically numb. Sure enough, she only became this popular when she was the subject of everyone's gossip.
At the same time, she felt very fortunate.
Lu Chen really did know Er Ming's location. If he still dared take her in under these circumstances, he definitely had something to rely on. Thankfully, she had listened to the other group members' advice earlier and had not chosen to turn hostile.
At that moment, Xiao Wu's little head was working at an unprecedented speed, and she arrived at an answer that left her feeling rather pleased with herself.
What do you know? I'm actually pretty smart~
Once her mood improved, Xiao Wu generously answered the group members' questions, and did not forget to thank Hu Liena along the way.
[Xiao Wu: Da Ming and Er Ming are the little brothers I took in. They're also Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but they haven't taken human form, and they're very strong fighters too~
Da Ming is a Sky Azure Bull Python. Er Ming is slightly weaker than him, and his true form is a Titan Giant Ape.
Also, thank you, Little Fox, but my enemy is your Spirit Hall's Pope, Bibi Dong. You're no match for that old woman. I'm already very grateful for the thought (=･ω･=).]
That night, all the guards on duty at the Pope's Hall heard Her Highness the Saintess's sorrowful cries...
"Teacher, Teacher, I really was wrong! Stop hitting me, boohoo (┯_┯)!"
"You don't know you were wrong. You just think it hurts. Raise it higher!"
After thoroughly disciplining the ungrateful little wretch who had no respect whatsoever for her teacher, Bibi Dong snorted coldly and looked down at her long, fair legs.
So Xiao Wu was the fish that slipped through the net back then?
She doesn't seem to cherish the chance you bought with your life very much~
A pale pink light rose and faded, as though responding.
[Angel: @Xiao Wu, do you want revenge on her?]
[Liu Erlong: @Xiao Wu, I can help you!]
[Xiao Wu: ?]
[Little Princess: Xiao Wu: Big Sister Angel, stop testing me. I'm scared.]
[Yanzi: @Liu Erlong, lady, do you really want the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan dead?]
Dugu Yan had now fully recalled the information on Liu Erlong, though naturally only the superficial details. Given Dugu Bo's vicious, solitary disposition, no one would share romantic gossip with him in depth.
Lady, you may be the illegitimate daughter of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's second-in-command, but they haven't exactly mistreated you, have they?
Never mind all your other rotten deeds, the brawls and vendettas. Just slaughtering an entire forest of Soul Beasts alone was enough to get you summoned to Spirit City to answer for it.
Without Yu Luomian following behind to wipe your backside, could you have kept getting by peacefully in Heaven Dou City?
Openly expressing hostility toward Spirit Hall's Pope-you really do hate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan... Dugu Yan had still been quite upset about Liu Erlong threatening her earlier. Now, she declared that she had unilaterally forgiven Liu Erlong.
Because this lady really was courting death indiscriminately in every possible way.
[Lu Chen: Regarding the cause of Xiao Wu's mother's death, I always feel Xiao Wu is the one least qualified to speak.
After all, you can't expect anything from an idiot who even misidentified her own mother's Soul Ring.
Just as the testimony of someone intellectually disabled cannot serve as evidence in court.]
In the Pope's Bedchamber, Bibi Dong lowered her head to look at her left leg again, her eyes almost filling with pity.
[Lu Chen: Since I had nothing else to do, I checked just now. Xiao Wu's mother really isn't completely dead...]
The moment those words appeared, the group erupted.
[Xiao Wu: !!!]
[Little Princess: ?]
[Netherworld: ?]
[Yanzi: Wait, do all you Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts have such strong vitality?]
[Spirit Cat: This really is eye-opening. These are the only few Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts I've known of since I was born, and every single one has died, yet none of them are completely dead...]
[Back to That Day: ...]
Lu Chen was not making things up. He had just tried describing Ah Rou's information to the Live Point Map, and it had actually found her.
Though the point of light was extremely dim, indicating that her condition was quite poor, she indeed could not be called completely dead, and her location was indeed Spirit City.
So which version of the theories proposed by the forum experts in his previous life was this, exactly?
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