Bai Guyue was utterly disgusted.
"Who wants to share a bed and pillow with you? I want to sleep in a separate room, a separate room!"
If I really shared a bed and pillow with you, I'm afraid I'd be the one who couldn't sleep.
Bibi Dong wrapped her arms tightly around him again, pressing her chest against Bai Guyue's back. In a wistful tone, she said, "Xiao Bai, stop struggling. You can't escape. You just won over Dugu Bo, and that has strengthened my foundation. Shouldn't I reward you properly?"
"Reward me, my ass. Do I need you to reward me?" Bai Guyue snapped.
"Honestly, why bother? What's so bad about staying with me?"
Bibi Dong's tone suddenly turned somewhat resentful.
"Xiao Bai, you'd better be quiet. You wouldn't want me to have my way with you right here, would you? If you want to experience doing it outdoors, I might just oblige."
What a disobedient fellow.
She hadn't said a word just now, simply watching Bai Guyue perform.
Bai Guyue's expression darkened, and he ground his teeth. "I must have had eight lifetimes of rotten luck to run into a madwoman like you. If I'd never met you, who knows where I'd be living carefree?"
Bibi Dong lightly bit her lip, then leaned close to Bai Guyue's ear, breathing warmly as she whispered:
"That's not necessarily true. You can do whatever you please with me, and could you find another woman like me? Once we've dealt with Dugu Bo's affairs, we'll take care of the Soul Rings."
Bibi Dong truly liked Bai Guyue very much.
"There's really nothing I can do."
Bai Guyue felt utterly helpless.
I can't leave now, so I might as well prepare to obtain my Sixth Soul Ring first.
After he stopped struggling, Bai Guyue settled down to consider which Soul Beast to choose for his Sixth Soul Ring. With his physical condition, he could certainly consider a seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast, and by his Seventh Soul Ring, he could choose a hundred-thousand-year one.
He had cultivated the Ice and Fire Golden Body and then consumed Immortal Herbs, improving his Martial Soul Origin and strengthening his body. His strength had increased by a large margin.
Before long, Dugu Bo finished absorbing the Immortal Herb. The moment he opened his eyes, he began checking the changes in his body.
"The poison is gone."
Dugu Bo was ecstatic.
With the poison gone, his body felt wonderfully comfortable, and his previously blocked meridians had opened up.
Some color had also returned to his pale face.
Just like that, he looked at least ten years younger.
His Soul Power had also risen by one level, reaching level ninety-two.
The Immortal Herb's effects were indeed incredibly potent.
Wonderful.
"Sorry for the trouble, Brother Bai. A great kindness cannot be repaid with words alone. I will certainly do what I promised before, but I cannot go to Spirit Hall just yet. I haven't completely settled the matter I promised Prince Xue Xing I would handle."
Dugu Bo rose to his feet and immediately came before Bai Guyue. He nodded in thanks, then explained his current situation.
Because Prince Xue Xing had saved him, he had to repay that kindness before he could leave.
"That's no trouble. Once we've hunted our prey and obtained their Soul Rings, we'll go to Heaven Dou City and help you settle it."
With that, Bai Guyue looked at the Immortal Herbs before him and ran into a problem. "This is a bit of a headache, though. How should we gather these Immortal Herbs and take them away?"
Dugu Bo perked up at once. "Brother Bai, I have something here that can hold living things. I'll give it to you."
As he spoke, Dugu Bo took out a palm-sized brocade pouch.
"This is the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse. Unlike other Storage Soul Tools, it can hold living things."
"Living things?" Yue Guan perked up with interest and immediately stepped forward to examine it. "Old Poison, you may have a strange temper, but you really do have quite a few good things. Even Spirit Hall doesn't have anything like this."
It was truly the first time he had seen a Storage Soul Tool that could hold living things.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Bai Guyue accepted the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse and began a sweeping harvest, putting all the Immortal Herbs into the pouch.
Dugu Bo saw that Bai Guyue had only picked the Immortal Herbs, rather than pulling them up by the roots.
That meant they could grow back later.
He would surely return here to cultivate in the future. Cultivating here would certainly be more effective than cultivating outside.
Dugu Bo had already spent some time here.
After putting all the Immortal Herbs into the pouch, Bai Guyue continued, "Dugu Bo, go back and cure your granddaughter's poison, then wait for us to come find you."
"Then I shall take my leave."
With that, Dugu Bo turned and left.
He needed to cure Yanyan's poison as quickly as possible.
"Let's go to the Star Dou Great Forest too. Since Bibi Dong and I have both broken through this time, we'll go hunt Soul Beasts."
They would take this opportunity to go straight to hunting Soul Beasts.
Going back to Spirit Hall first would only waste time.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei nodded.
Bai Guyue was probably the only person who could address His Holiness the Pope directly by name.
Bibi Dong naturally didn't mind. In any case, he could even call her his wife in the future.
The four of them then set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.
While the four were on their way, elsewhere, in the Worship Hall...
Qian Daoliu sat cross-legged beneath the Angel God Statue when Golden Crocodile Douluo's voice reached his ears.
"Big brother, Bibi Dong left Spirit Hall a few days ago. No one knows where she went, and a great deal of business has piled up."
Golden Crocodile Douluo's tone was full of dissatisfaction with Bibi Dong.
As Spirit Hall's Pope, she had left her post without permission, and for so many days at that.
Qian Daoliu opened his eyes and said slowly, "Who else went with her?"
"Yue Guan and Gui Mei, as well as the guard at his side, Bai Guyue," Golden Crocodile Douluo answered.
"They've been gone this long. It seems they had business to attend to."
Qian Daoliu was in no hurry.
Bibi Dong had taken the position of Pope, and if she truly didn't want the job, she could simply leave the Pope's Palace.
So there could be no other reason for her absence but that she had business to attend to. Whatever it was, however, she should have left word.
Leaving without so much as a message was far too willful.
"Big brother, I said it back then. Bibi Dong should never have been given the position of Pope. That woman's ambitions are too great. We can't let her stay."
Seeing Qian Daoliu looking thoughtful made Golden Crocodile Douluo even more anxious.
He didn't know what his big brother was thinking.
Qian Daoliu stood and glanced at the Angel God Statue behind him. "Bring the accumulated business to the Worship Hall. I'll handle it for now. When she returns, I'll hold her accountable myself."
Golden Crocodile Douluo said, "Big brother, we should let the business pile up, then remove her from the position of Pope outright. Our Worship Hall has that authority."
As a member of the Worship Hall, why should Qian Daoliu have to wipe Bibi Dong's ass?
"Second brother, you don't understand." Qian Daoliu spoke seriously about what was on his mind. "Bibi Dong can't be removed as Pope. Xue'er hasn't grown up yet. Besides, my goal is to bring the guard at Bibi Dong's side into the Worship Hall."
"Bai Guyue?" Golden Crocodile Douluo asked.
"That's right. He's at the peak of Soul King before even turning eighteen. He'll probably be a Soul Emperor at eighteen. His talent surpasses both yours and mine."
Bai Guyue was the one Qian Daoliu had his eye on.
Before Qian Xunji died, he had often spoken of Bai Guyue's talent.
Since Ji'er was dead, Bai Guyue ought to join the Worship Hall.