"Dong'er? You!"
Qian Xunji's eyes widened slightly, filled with surprise and gravity.
"…"
Bi Bi Dong sat at the table without a word. Her Spider Emperor Avatar stood by her side, staring fixedly at Qian Xunji.
Then, both of them closed their eyes, as if waiting for something.
Just a moment later, Bi Bi Dong opened her eyes again, trembling with excitement.
"The time… should be about right, shouldn't it?"
As her words fell, the Spider Emperor Avatar picked up the food box that was supposed to hold chicken soup. It was empty.
But that didn't stop it from carrying it out.
As the Spider Emperor Avatar departed, Bi Bi Dong also stood up. With a chilling smile, she walked forward.
A dark green radiance bloomed from behind her.
Soul-Devouring Spider Empress Spirit, Martial Soul Avatar!
Eight oily green spider lances slowly extended from her back.
Qian Xunji just watched quietly as Bi Bi Dong came to stand before him.
Buzz—!
The secret chamber's door slowly opened. The Spider Emperor Avatar had already left with the item.
"Elders, there is news of Tang Hao."
"By the order of my teacher, I must trouble you both to move to the Papal Hall to discuss the matter."
"…"
The voice from outside drifted in.
Qian Xunji's eyes looked toward the dark, lightning-streaked passage, a trace of bitterness and helplessness flashing within them.
Yet, he remained incomparably calm.
Outside the door, when Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo heard Bi Bi Dong say there was news of Tang Hao, they were immediately energized.
They hadn't forgotten what happened that day.
Somehow, the two of them couldn't even hold down a single Tang Hao. They had nearly lost their nerve!
It was an utter humiliation!
With Qian Xunji's prior order and the complete silence from within the secret chamber, Chrysanthemum Douluo and his companion suspected nothing.
Following Bi Bi Dong, they closed the secret chamber door and temporarily left their posts.
They weren't worried.
After all, to get here, one had to pass through the Papal Hall!
Guarding the door and guarding the Papal Hall were essentially the same thing.
Inside the secret chamber, as the heavy stone door slowly closed, Bi Bi Dong finally stood before the bed.
A cold sneer was on her face.
"Teacher, are you not afraid? Why don't you scream?"
"Heh."
With death at his doorstep, Qian Xunji's face instead took on a hint of nonchalance.
"Not to mention that this place is well soundproofed… Dong'er, would you even give me the chance?"
"What do you think?"
The spider lances behind Bi Bi Dong glowed with a sinister light, as if secreting venom.
She didn't have much time.
She had to kill Qian Xunji completely before the two elders, Chrysanthemum and Ghost, returned!
As for why she went through the trouble of luring the tigers away from the mountain, it was, of course, for the papal throne!
She had to leave as few stains on her record as possible.
She was the Saintess, the first in line to inherit the papacy, but if the crime of killing her master became known to those below, she would be far from that position!
"Heh."
Qian Xunji chuckled and slowly struggled, trying to sit up.
"Need help?"
"No need."
"How could I let you do that!"
Bi Bi Dong sneered, completely unwilling to help him.
As her voice fell, a spider lance shot out. With a squelch, blood splattered, accompanied by Qian Xunji's miserable scream!
"Ah—Pfft!"
A mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth.
The spider lance had pierced Qian Xunji's shoulder, its barb yanking him upright.
Qian Xunji clutched the bloody hole in his shoulder.
He raised his sweaty face, revealing blood-stained gums as he let out a soft laugh.
His pale face held a hint of disappointment.
"Dong'er, although I failed to retrieve it, I thought a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone could at least buy me my life."
"…"
Hearing this, Bi Bi Dong couldn't help but grit her teeth, seething with rage.
"Can everything be exchanged for something?!"
"Perhaps."
Qian Xunji was already certain that he was going to die.
"Shut up—!"
Bi Bi Dong's face became ferocious.
Unconsciously, the God of Slaughter Domain had already enveloped the entire secret chamber.
She would not show Qian Xunji the slightest bit of mercy!
Another spider lance pierced the air, penetrating Qian Xunji's right shoulder.
Squelch!
Bi Bi Dong's spider lances pierced through both his shoulders, hoisting him up, allowing the poison to spread and the blood to flow freely.
"Cough, cough…"
Qian Xunji continuously coughed up dark, black blood.
His face bore not a look of repentance, but a somewhat smug smile.
"You are right to hate me. I clearly had so many methods and means, yet I chose the most despicable one…"
In exchange for a Qian Renxue who possessed the potential to become a god!
Qian Xunji was still smiling.
Qian Renxue, with her level twenty Innate Soul Power, absolutely had a bright future!
The heavens had even sent her a Ye Tian!
She was destined to become a god!
He had created a god for the Qian Family.
The mission of the Qian Family's successive generations rested on his shoulders!
In a way, though he was dying, he had no regrets!
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, Bi Bi Dong trembled all over.
Her beautiful face twisted.
The memory she least wanted to touch was stirred up. She couldn't recall the images… but the hatred had been brewing for a solid ten years!
"Enough—!"
Bi Bi Dong roared, trembling.
"State your last words, my former teacher."
Thud!
Suddenly, Bi Bi Dong froze.
Qian Xunji's cold, blood-dripping hand had come to rest on her head.
"Dong'er, do you know…"
"Why your teacher didn't eliminate the root of the problem?"
"…"
Bi Bi Dong stood rooted to the spot, not moving, and certainly not answering.
Qian Xunji smiled, tremblingly stroking the beautiful hair on Bi Bi Dong's head.
He answered his own question:
"Because, you can also be considered my child…"
"Huu… Huu…"
Hearing this, Bi Bi Dong's eyes wavered. She couldn't help but gasp for breath, her body shaking. A strange, twisted smile appeared on her face.
Even her teeth were chattering.
Tears of scorching heat streamed endlessly from her eyes.
"At a time like this, are you still fantasizing that I'll let you go?!"
"Ahhh—!"
A piercing scream, like a soul-reaping malevolent ghost.
"You're courting death—Go to hell—Go to hell!!!"
Bi Bi Dong shrieked hysterically.
Squelch, squelch!
The sound of spider lances repeatedly piercing flesh echoed in the secret chamber.
Watching the lances descend upon him like a rainstorm, Qian Xunji's eyes held not a trace of hatred.
To do such a thing to the child he had raised with his own hands…
It was indeed an unforgivable sin.
He only hated himself for not being wicked enough!
Blood gushed out like a fountain, splashing onto Bi Bi Dong's face and clothes, filling the bowl on the bedside table that had once held chicken soup, its crimson mixed with a pitch-black hue.
—
Boom—!
A clap of thunder brought a torrential downpour.
In her room, Jin Yue'er was already straddling Qian Renxue's stomach, looking at her with a puzzled expression.
"Sister Xue, what on earth are you thinking about? Is it Ye Tian?"
"…"
Qian Renxue silently shook her head. She looked at Jin Yue'er, and after brewing the question for a long time, she finally couldn't help but ask, "Yue'er, if a man bullied you, what would you do?"
"Bullied? How did he bully me?"
Jin Yue'er asked, confused. Qian Renxue's face was slightly unnatural.
"Like… like tearing off your clothes…"
"Ah? Who? Ye Tian? Then of course I'd let him have his fun! Haha!"
Jin Yue'er giggled as if she had no sense of shame.
"Of course not Ye Tian! Yue'er, I'm being serious, stop messing around!" Qian Renxue said, biting her lip and glaring.
"What? Not Ye Tian!"
Jin Yue'er's mouth fell open, and her expectant face immediately turned fierce.
She did a backflip and landed on her feet on the bed.
Assuming a horse stance, Jin Yue'er continuously punched the air in front of her, saying viciously, "Then of course I'd brutally beat him to death! How dare he touch what I'm saving for Ye Tian! I'd have to smash him into mincemeat!"
Qian Renxue's heart leaped!
Her eyes filled with alarm; she seemed to have grasped the answer!
But she still held onto a sliver of hope.
Qian Renxue quickly sat up, looking at Jin Yue'er's ferocious expression.
She pursed her lips and continued to ask, "But what if… you even had a very beautiful, very powerful child with him?"
"What?!"
Jin Yue'er's eyes widened, looking as if they were about to shoot fire.
"Then he deserves to die even more!"
"Then… if you kill him, wouldn't your child be pitiful?" Qian Renxue asked urgently.
As proud as she was, she already had the answer in her heart, yet here she was, deceiving herself!
"I don't care about that. That's a separate issue!"
Jin Yue'er waved her hand dismissively, leaving no room for negotiation.
"That kind of bastard ruined my happy life of eating unlimited Ye Tian Pills! He's simply unforgivable!"
"A separate issue…"
Qian Renxue froze, her eyes wide.
Her expression finally changed drastically. She jumped off the bed, stepping on the quilt, and ran out without even putting on her shoes.
"Huh?"
"Ah! Sister Xue, it's pouring rain outside!"
Jin Yue'er stood on the bed, shouting, feeling completely baffled.
She didn't know why Qian Renxue would suddenly ask her such a hypothetical question.
Under the cover of the rainy night!
A bolt of lightning streaked across the mountain peak as a golden silhouette sprinted.
She ran continuously in the direction of the Hall of Worship.
"Grandfather, Grandfather!"
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