Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Aggrieved Bibi Dong, Crying to the Douluo Hall
Fairness?!
Bibi Dong clenched her delicate hands tightly, biting her lips as she trembled with anger and disbelief.
She simply couldn't understand—she only wanted to pursue her own happiness.
Why was her teacher, Qian Xunji, reacting so strongly to this?
In the past, he had always cared for and cherished her.
But now, he had become so cold and heartless.
She wanted to leave Spirit Hall and be with Xiaogang.
Yet she had to be crippled, have her memories sealed, and her spirit bones extracted?!
This wasn't granting her wish—it was sentencing her to death!
A soul master without cultivation...
Was she still a soul master?
As for sealing her memories, she wasn't entirely sure what that entailed.
But extracting spirit bones...
Soul masters fused spirit bones into their bodies, merging them with the corresponding limbs.
There were only two ways to remove them:
One was amputating the body part that had fused with the spirit bone.
The other was death.
Even though she had only fused one left leg bone and one external spirit bone,
Removing them wouldn't kill her...
But it would leave her crippled!
At that moment, Qian Xunji's familiar face looked terrifying to her.
Her heart was filled with grievance and rage.
'I just want to be with Xiaogang. It's not like I would forget about Spirit Hall!'
'Even if I'm with Xiaogang, I will still treat Spirit Hall as my home!'
'Teacher, why are you being so cruel to me?!'
Qian Xunji's drastic change in attitude made Bibi Dong recall her doting Grandpa Qian Daoliu and the other worship elders.
'Qian Xunji, you refuse to let me be with Xiaogang! And you're treating me like this?!'
'I'll go tell Qian Daoliu and the worship elders—they will definitely uphold justice for me!'
With that thought, Bibi Dong turned and rushed toward the Douluo Hall to find Qian Daoliu.
After all, she refused to have her cultivation crippled.
She refused to have her memories sealed.
And she definitely refused to give up her spirit bones!
"Fairness? You're clearly just making things difficult for me on purpose!"
Bibi Dong clenched her fists, her almond-shaped eyes glaring at Qian Xunji in fury as she snapped,
"Just you wait! I'm going to find Grandpa Qian Daoliu and the worship elders—they will uphold justice for me!"
With that, she turned and ran out of the Pope's Palace.
Hearing her words, Qian Xunji's cold smirk deepened.
'Go complain to that old man Qian Daoliu and the worship elders?'
'That's exactly what I want!'
'This way, I won't have to explain everything to them later or waste time convincing them.'
Watching Bibi Dong storm out of the Pope's Palace in anger,
Qian Xunji stood up as well, his face indifferent as he followed at a steady pace.
...
Before long, Bibi Dong arrived at the Douluo Hall.
As soon as she entered,
She immediately cried out in grievance.
"Grandpa Qian, Grandpa Golden Crocodile, Grandpa Azure Luan—please stand up for me!"
Hearing Bibi Dong's distressed voice,
The worship elders of the Douluo Hall soon appeared one after another.
"Dong'er, what's wrong?"
A tall and imposing middle-aged man with golden hair, dressed in luxurious golden robes, looked at her with a warm and gentle smile.
It was Qian Daoliu.
"Grandpa Qian, Teacher—Teacher wants to cripple my cultivation and extract my spirit bones!"
Facing Qian Daoliu and the gathered worship elders,
Bibi Dong's amber eyes brimmed with tears as she sobbed in grievance.
Behind her, Qian Xunji arrived at a measured pace.
"Xunji!"
Hearing Bibi Dong's words, Qian Daoliu's expression darkened instantly.
He glared at Qian Xunji and roared,
"What is going on?! Why do you want to cripple Dong'er's cultivation and take her spirit bones?!"
"Is it just because you had an argument with her yesterday?!"
"You're a grown man—are you still acting like a child, throwing tantrums?!"
"Father!"
Facing Qian Daoliu's rebuke, Qian Xunji calmly replied,
"I am not acting on impulse. Crippling her cultivation and extracting her spirit bones was a carefully considered decision."
"Beyond that, I also intend to seal her memories."
"As for why—just ask her, and you'll understand."
Qian Daoliu was used to his son fearing him.
Yet this time, Qian Xunji showed no trace of fear.
Instead, his expression remained eerily cold and detached.
This was highly unusual.
Qian Daoliu frowned.
'Could there be more to this situation?'
He turned his gaze toward Bibi Dong,
As did the other worship elders.
"I just want to be with Xiaogang—what's so wrong about that?!"
"Yes, I am your disciple and a member of Spirit Hall—but I, Bibi Dong, am also a free person!"
"Who I choose to be with is my choice! What right do you have to stop me from pursuing my happiness?!"
"And you clearly agreed before, saying you would allow me to be with Xiaogang!"
"Yet now you suddenly want to cripple my cultivation and extract my spirit bones!"
"You're just deliberately making things difficult for me and going back on your word!"
With Qian Daoliu and the worship elders by her side, Bibi Dong felt as if she had found her saviors.
Filled with righteous indignation, she vented all her grievances.
"Grandpa Qian, you must stand up for me!"
However, her words made Qian Daoliu and the worship elders momentarily freeze.
The amount of information was... overwhelming.
For a moment, they didn't know how to react.
"Wait! Who is this Xiaogang?"
Qian Daoliu frowned.
From Bibi Dong's words,
It seemed that everything revolved around her feelings for someone named Xiaogang, whom she wanted to be with.
And that Qian Xunji disapproved.
Although he was Bibi Dong's elder, Qian Daoliu was an open-minded person.
If this Xiaogang was simply someone with insufficient talent and cultivation to match Bibi Dong,
Then his son's disapproval would make sense.
After all, Qian Xunji treated Bibi Dong like his own daughter,
So naturally, he would want her to be with the most outstanding young talent.
Yet recalling his own past regrets,
Qian Daoliu sighed.
If Bibi Dong truly loved this Xiaogang,
Then he was willing to let her be with him.
As long as he was part of Spirit Hall, that was enough.
"This Xiaogang's full name is Yu Xiaogang. He is the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's patriarch, Yu Yuanzhen."
"However, the martial soul he awakened wasn't the clan's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon,
But a severely degenerated variation called Luo Sanpao—his innate soul power was only half a level, and all his soul skills revolve around... farting."
"Yes, in the most literal sense."
"Moreover, he plagiarized Spirit Hall's soul ring absorption data, stole knowledge from our spirit master records, and repackaged them into nonsensical theories such as the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls and the Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory."
"He is utterly shameless!"
Qian Xunji smirked coldly, exposing Yu Xiaogang's background.
As he spoke,
Qian Daoliu and the worship elders' expressions grew darker,
Their faces twisting into a mix of bewilderment and disbelief.
They simply could not comprehend—
The prodigious, beloved Bibi Dong they had always doted on…
Had actually fallen for such a talentless, incompetent, and deceitful waste!