Chapter 16: Bibi Dong, You're Really Something
[Carrot Lover: Don't tell me she was killed by some evil wicked woman? Oh my god! That's way too terrifying.]
[Group Member No. 9: Eat fewer carrots and more walnuts and fish—good for the brain. Su Yan already said Qian Renxue will become the Angel God. How could she be killed now?]
[Yan Zi is Not a Swallow: But I really have never heard the name Qian Renxue before, nor have I ever heard that the Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, has a daughter.]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: I've actually heard of Hu Liena. Do you think there's a possibility that Hu Liena is Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong refused to acknowledge her as her daughter, so she changed her name and took her in as a disciple instead?]
Qian Renxue: "???"
[Group Member No. 9: Very rich imagination, very full plot, but absolutely impossible.]
[Carrot Lover: Why not?]
[Cat in the Shadows: Because Hu Liena is in the group. If she were Qian Renxue, would she still be afraid of going to see Bibi Dong?]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Then what if Hu Liena herself doesn't know her own identity?]
[Group Member No. 9: This…]
[Hu Liena: Are you guys being serious? Talking about this right in front of us—are you even being polite?!]
[My Surname is Not Yu: Su Yan, you said killing Tang San would hurt Yu Xiaogang more than killing his father. What did you mean by that?]
[Su Yan: Yu Xiaogang is a good-for-nothing, while Tang San is a Genius with Twin Martial Souls and Innate full soul power. Yu Xiaogang wants to use Tang San to prove that he is not completely useless. Only Tang San can give him hope.
[Su Yan: After Qian Xunji died, Qian Daoliu didn't kill Bibi Dong. Instead, he allowed her to become Pope. And Bibi Dong truly was capable—under her leadership, Spirit Hall grew rapidly to its current strength.]
[Su Yan: In a little more than two years, during the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament, Tang San will lead the Shrek Seven Devils to defeat the Spirit Hall Golden Generation, including Hu Liena, and take the soul bones Bibi Dong personally prepared for them.]
[Su Yan: From then on, as the protagonist, Tang San will begin his confrontation with the villain Bibi Dong—step by step defeating her, and eventually becoming the Sea God and Asura God, ascending to a dual-god position while trampling over Bibi Dong's head.]
[Su Yan: What I'm talking about is what I saw from the long river of time. The future might change due to some special reasons, so these things may not be completely accurate.]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: So why didn't Qian Daoliu kill Bibi Dong? Was it because he didn't know she killed Qian Xunji?]
[Cat in the Shadows: From what was said earlier, it sounds like Qian Daoliu actually did know she killed Qian Xunji?]
[Yan Zi is Not a Swallow: It makes no sense. Qian Daoliu knew Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji, yet he didn't kill her—and even let her become Pope?]
[My Surname is Not Yu: Did Qian Daoliu go insane?]
[Su Yan: Let me put it this way—on the Douluo 1 timeline, Qian Daoliu is the only person with zero black history. If I really had to criticize him, I'd say he's too righteous and upright—so upright he's basically an idiot.]
[Su Yan: Qian Daoliu truly treated Bibi Dong as his granddaughter. Think about it—if Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji had treated her poorly, would she have grown up with such a bright, innocent personality? Would she have fallen for Yu Xiaogang and foolishly tried to elope with him?]
Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect
Ning Rongrong stared in disbelief. After all, her Sword Grandpa's father was killed by Qian Daoliu.
Not to mention, Qian Daoliu had killed many people.
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: How is that possible? Qian Daoliu is infamous across the continent as a butcher. Nobody knows how many people he killed. How could he possibly be a good person?!]
[Su Yan: Different positions, different judgments. But Qian Daoliu can indeed be considered a good person.]
Pope's Palace
Hu Liena looked at Bibi Dong, wanting to speak but unable to find the words.
She truly didn't know what to say anymore.
Her teacher was a complete love-brain—absolutely hopeless!
And Tang San still isn't dead?
At this point, might as well kill Yu Xiaogang too.
One clean sweep!
Bibi Dong remained silent.
[I Am an Orphan: Heh… Bibi Dong, you're really something!]
[Su Yan: Bibi Dong, you still can't make a decision, can you? Honestly, I'm not even surprised!]
[Su Yan: According to what I saw in the long river of time, in the future, Yu Xiaogang will come to you, asking for a way to resolve the backlash of twin martial souls. He'll even promise you that his disciple Tang San will never become an enemy of Spirit Hall.]
[Su Yan: And you, little cutie Bibi Dong—under the influence of the Rakshasa God's evil thoughts, your obsession with Yu Xiaogang twists your mind. You even develop the desire to destroy the entire world to take revenge on those who look down on him. And worst of all… you actually believe him.]
[Su Yan: Like mother, like daughter—your daughter Qian Renxue learned her love-brain tendencies from you. Even after knowing Tang San's true identity, she still tries to win him over. Later, she repeatedly shows him mercy. Your disciple Hu Liena? Half a pound short of the same problem.]
[Su Yan: The destruction of Spirit Hall rests ninety percent on you three—mother, daughter and disciple together. And Bibi Dong, there's nothing pitiful about your fate. The truly pitiful one is your daughter, Qian Renxue. Children don't get to choose their parents.]
[Su Yan: At least you had a beautiful childhood, happy memories. But your daughter longed for your motherly love. Only at the end of her life did she finally learn the truth and receive that love, but by then, you had already been killed by Tang San, dying in her arms.]
[Su Yan: But to be fair, Qian Renxue isn't exactly pitiful either. In her desire to earn your approval, the things she does now aren't worthy of pity.]
Crown Prince's Mansion
Qian Renxue let out a bitter smile.
Su Yan's words were brutally objective. He favored no one. Her background was tragic, but her actions truly didn't deserve sympathy.
Everything she had done was to prove herself to Bibi Dong.
Unfortunately…
Now none of it mattered anymore.
…Hm?
Just as Qian Renxue was sighing, she suddenly froze.
Me?
Qian Renxue?
A love-brain… for Tang San?
Even after already knowing Tang San's identity?
Wasn't this pure slander?!
Qian Renxue grew angry and was about to confront Su Yan in the chat—but doing so would expose her secret identity.
She had no choice but to swallow her frustration, suffocating in silence.
Pope's Palace
Hu Liena had just been thinking that her teacher Bibi Dong's love-brain was beyond saving—yet in the next second, she was dragged into the mess by Su Yan as well.
"Defamation! Teacher, he's slandering me!"
"I would never betray Spirit Hall! I would never betray you! I, Hu Liena, won't have a boyfriend in this lifetime!"
Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena a strange look. Although nothing seemed wrong right now, she understood one thing very clearly:
Su Yan would never randomly slander someone for no reason.
Which meant… Hu Liena really might become like that in the future. And as for Xue'er… she didn't even know what to say.
Completely speechless.
"Nana, the teacher believes in you."
Hu Liena nodded vigorously, determination all over her face.
'Su Yan, oh Su Yan…'
'I beg you, please stop slandering me in the future!'
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