"Giggle... Hahaha..." Bibi Dong burst out laughing, a terrifying surge of Soul Power radiating from her body and knocking him back several steps.
Stomp, stomp...
"Bibi Dong, you vicious woman!" Yu Xiaogang roared angrily. "If you have a problem, take it out on me! Don't hurt Xiao San!"
Bibi Dong's pretty face instantly turned cold. A powerful surge of Soul Power seized Yu Xiaogang and lifted him into the air. "Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?"
"I'm telling you, Yu Xiaogang, everyone else has the right to condemn me, but you alone don't!!!"
"I won't just kill him. I'll kill everyone you care about!"
Back then, the two of them had joined Spirit Hall together and been each other's first love. Bibi Dong hadn't looked down on him for being nothing but trash. In an age when martial might reigned supreme, one could imagine how much criticism she had borne. Unfortunately, the former Pope, Qian Xunji, had later set his sights on Bibi Dong, while Yu Xiaogang had possessed no real strength, being only an ordinary Soul Grandmaster.
To protect him, Bibi Dong had lied and claimed that her heart had changed. He had then left Spirit Hall to travel, and during his travels, he had met Liu Erlong and fallen in love again.
The so-called Grandmaster was nothing but an idealist through and through. He believed himself to be righteous, but what he didn't know was that a woman had borne all the darkness for him!
Only after that incident had Bibi Dong completely changed, becoming filled with wild ambitions for power and strength. Perhaps only then could she feel secure.
And now, he was standing on the moral high ground, ordering Bibi Dong to release Tang San!
Release Tang San, then wait for him to grow strong and destroy Spirit Hall?
Spirit Hall was the only thing Bibi Dong now cared about and possessed.
Outside the Pope's Palace
Lin Chen strode up to the gates, only to be stopped by two golden-armored guards.
"Emperor, His Holiness the Pope is meeting an honored guest. You can't go in right now!"
Lin Chen frowned and asked, "What honored guest?"
"I think it's an honorary elder of Spirit Hall..." one of the golden-armored guards answered. "Emperor, His Holiness the Pope ordered that no one be allowed inside. Please don't make things difficult for us."
An honorary elder of Spirit Hall?
It really was him!
A rare trace of anger appeared on Lin Chen's face. Whether he had been mocked before or faced the earlier challenge, he hadn't felt the slightest negative emotion, but now...
He had spent three days alone in an empty bed, only to get up and find his wife meeting her first love, her ex-boyfriend, in private!
Who could put up with that?!
"I won't make things difficult for you. Move aside!" Lin Chen said coldly, forcibly suppressing his anger.
"This..."
"Get out of the way!"
Lin Chen shouted, a terrifying surge of Soul Power radiating from his body. Caught off guard, the two golden-armored guards were blasted back several steps.
Their Soul Power was far greater than Lin Chen's, but which of them dared to lift a hand against him?
"Come on, let's go..." The golden-armored guard on the left tugged his brother along as they hurried away. They didn't dare offend His Holiness the Pope, but neither did they dare offend the Emperor when he was angry.
The two hurried away, and one of them complained, "Sigh, what rotten luck today. Why did it have to happen on our watch? Tell me, why did the Emperor suddenly lose his temper when everything was fine?"
"Heh heh... You don't know, do you? That honorary elder is His Holiness the Pope's first love. Very few people in Spirit Hall know about it, so it's only natural for the Emperor to get angry," the other guard explained.
"Now you understand why I stopped you, right? This is a private matter between His Holiness the Pope and the Emperor. It wouldn't be right for us to stubbornly keep guarding the door. What would we gain except offending the Emperor, whose star is at its zenith? It's not like His Holiness the Pope would give us a medal."
"That makes sense! Big bro, you're really slick!"
"Heh heh... Learn from me, little bro. I can't promise you promotions and riches, but at least I can keep your life and your job safe!"
"Big bro, you really are my benefactor."
The Pope's Palace
Rumble... Boom!
The doors suddenly swung open. Lin Chen looked at the scene inside the hall and immediately understood. Things had indeed played out between the two as they had in his previous life; nothing had developed between them.
Even so, he still felt deeply uncomfortable!
Heh, this man was jealous!
Interrupted, Bibi Dong's pretty face instantly turned cold, but when she saw who had arrived, her delicate brows knitted slightly. "Why are you here?"
Lin Chen sneered. "What, am I interrupting His Holiness the Pope's meeting with her first love?"
A strange look flashed through Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes. The Soul Power around her slowly dissipated, and Yu Xiaogang, freed from its hold, instantly slumped to the floor.
"Cough, cough..." Yu Xiaogang coughed hard twice, looking at the young man with a strange expression.
Who was he, to dare speak to Bibi Dong so rudely, even with a hint of mockery?
Tap... tap... tap...
Bibi Dong walked up to Lin Chen with a catlike gait, her pretty face turning exceptionally gentle as her slender jade fingers stroked his cheek. "What brings you here, husband? Why didn't you rest a little longer today?"
H-husband?
Yu Xiaogang froze on the spot, a succession of expressions crossing his face. She was married? And to a young man, of all people?
Bibi Dong glanced at him, the corners of her lips rising slightly. She felt immensely pleased!
But while she was happy, someone else wasn't!
Smack!
Lin Chen pushed her jade hand away, gave her a cold glance, then strode up to Yu Xiaogang.
Bibi Dong's smile froze, and she stood there in a daze. For some reason, that indifferent look had made her heart tremble with unease...
He had actually rejected her?
If she took the initiative to stroke a male disciple's cheek, that disciple could go three years without washing his face!
But now, she had actually been rejected!
Lin Chen stood before Yu Xiaogang and asked expressionlessly, "Just now... were you the one who said you'd destroy Spirit Hall?"
Yu Xiaogang said solemnly, "If Xiao San dies at your hands, I'll make sure your Spirit Hall is destroyed!"
"Heh, hahaha..." Lin Chen burst out laughing, then his face turned cold. His hand, carrying terrifying Soul Power, pressed down on Yu Xiaogang's shoulder:
"Who the fuck do you think you are, talking about destroying our Spirit Hall?!"
Bang! Thud...
"Ahhh..." Yu Xiaogang screamed as he was forced straight down onto both knees.
Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly, and she cried out, "Lin Chen, you..."
"Shut up!!" Lin Chen turned and barked at her. Then, pointing at her, he said to Yu Xiaogang, who was kneeling on the ground, "She, Bibi Dong, is my woman now. Understand?"
"If you're speaking to her as an honorary elder, watch your attitude!"
"If you're speaking to her as the trash you are, watch your tone when you beg!"
"But if you fucking want to use your past relationship to stand on the moral high ground and put her down, I'm telling you, forget Tang San-I'll kill you first today!!"
Bibi Dong stood rooted to the spot, her heart trembling violently. This was the first time she had seen Lin Chen lose his temper, and it was for her sake.
He had just said she was his woman...
Tang San's family and the Clear Sky Sect had a generations-long feud with Spirit Hall, but Yu Xiaogang had still come, and he had said without the slightest attempt to conceal it that he was there for Tang San.
Heh heh... What gave him the nerve?
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have beaten and brutalized the 'righteous' Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and obtained 50,000 Villain Value.]
"Shut up and stop fucking making noise!" Lin Chen shouted irritably.
[...]
Yu Xiaogang: "???"
Bibi Dong: "???"
His kingly bearing was overflowing!
Who else was there?!