Just as she was about to defect, Bibi Dong obtained a simulator.

Chapter 34 If I can't cure the poison, can't I just pull it out?
Based on your feedback from previous simulations, the current simulation will automatically skip the past and future that you have already viewed and that have not changed.

At nineteen, you were awarded the Order of the Purple Script, showered with glory, and hailed as part of the Golden Generation.

Soon after, in preparation for the Continental Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies, you, along with your brothers Xie Yue and Yan, began grueling training.

But soon after, a question arose in your mind.

[In the training ground, Xia Yu, whom you've known since childhood, has been specially assigned by your teacher to work as a support staff member.]

[From then on, you often saw your imposing papal teacher, dressed in his everyday clothes, coming to your training ground.]

[You always see her chatting with Xia Yu, but when you ask her what the special meaning is of sending a Great Soul Master as a logistics officer, she mysteriously blurts out, "Maybe you've misjudged him."]

You felt a little resentful about this, after all, Xia Yu's poor talent was something all the children who grew up together in the orphanage had witnessed.

"Why does she still have such a strong prejudice against Xia Yu?"

Bibi Dong was puzzled. She recalled that when she had simulated Hu Liena several times before, she also seemed to have no good feelings towards Xia Yu.

"You might have to call him brother-in-law in the future, that's not a good idea, Nana."

After that day, you often saw your brother and Xia Yu hanging out together.

Every time you find out, you get furious, but from Xia Yu, whom you've scolded, you only ever get a smile to ease the awkwardness.

You think he's arrogant, that he treats everyone except a few people like air, indifferent and uncaring.

Your anger is like punching a piece of hard steel; in the end, you only hurt yourself.

"I don't care and it doesn't matter."

Bibi Dong carefully recalled the matter concerning Xia Yu, and it seemed that Hu Liena's words were indeed not a big problem.

Aside from Xie Yue, I've never seen him make friends with anyone. Apart from his Aunt Liu and the orphanage, I've never seen him care about anyone or anything.

Even if she wanted to control Xia Yu, she couldn't find any other way, so she had no choice but to start from these points.

"He really is a mysterious man."

Bibi Dong smiled, her thoughts about simulating Xia Yu's life growing rapidly like vines, clinging firmly to her heart.

She wanted to unveil this mystery and see clearly what made him exhibit this attitude towards life.

[Not long after, while you were training diligently, you learned from Xie Yue, who was occasionally distracted during training, that Xia Yu had been hunting for his third spirit ring for almost a month and hadn't returned yet.]

[This matter only lingered in your mind for a moment before you dismissed it with the conclusion that Xia Yu had died without a burial place in the Star Dou Great Forest.]

[You noticed your brother's worry, offered him only casual words of comfort, and then continued your cultivation.]

More than worried, you felt a strange sense of relief. At least your brother Xie Yue's bright future wouldn't be ruined by a good-for-nothing.

"Hasn't been back for a month?"

Bibi Dong stretched out her fingers and counted, realizing that it had only been three days since Xia Yu left, and her brows furrowed slightly.

"Could this kid have run away?"

Remembering that Xia Yu had always wanted to go to Dragon City in the simulation, Bibi Dong had this idea.

Bibi Dong fast-forwarded, and the text, as if constipated, appeared more quickly.

But your happiness didn't last long.

A few days later, Xia Yu returned.

He successfully acquired his third spirit ring and became a Spirit Master, but so what? You're only a year older than him, yet you're already a Spirit King, a position he can only dream of.

But your brother was overjoyed, and that very night he dragged you into a three-person party.

Xia Yu himself remained unchanged; the only difference was the addition of a black bird beside him.

[I don't know if you're seeing things, but for some reason, this looks somewhat similar to the Sword Feather Eagle, a top-tier soul beast I've read about in books.]

[But you just think you've gone crazy from training. After all, how could a Sword Feather Eagle, born with the strength of a hundred-year-old soul beast and possessing incredible speed, be like this ground-dwelling chicken pecking at the ground in front of you?]

Your brother asked him what had happened to him that made him come home so late.

But you heard him say he went to Soto, Nottingham, and Hansea for tourism.

Hearing this, you sneered inwardly. Even setting aside the furthest city, Hanhai City, Notting City was quite far from Wuhun City. With Xia Yu's barely three-ring soul power, a round trip would take at least a month. Seeing Xia Yu pull out two gifts from his pocket, your brother seemed to believe you.

[What you might not expect is that even you have one—it's merchandise from a famous team with the Soto City Arena logo printed on it; the seven-member team is called the Shrek Seven Devils.]

"After Soto City, there's also Hanhai City?"

Bibi Dong thought she was seeing things. In just one month, Xia Yu had managed to travel to Hanhai City, the westernmost city on the continent. This truly astonished her.

You still didn't believe he was telling the truth, so you simply remarked that the gift was well-made, and then turned and left, despite your brother's repeated glances at you.

[After this incident, you completely ignored this lazy and boastful person, and by extension, your brother as well.]

You believe that only you can shoulder the great responsibility of the Spirit Hall in the future.

[That's why your soul power has increased by one level during this period, making you even more confident.]

Before the competition began, your teacher bestowed upon you a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone, which would protect you from most poisons and even allow you to absorb and store them, but it also has an upper limit.

You believe your teacher must have investigated your upcoming opponent before entrusting you with this targeted soul bone.

"A ten-thousand-year-old soul bone immune to the corrosive effects of toxins? The Spirit Hall actually has such a thing?"

Bibi Dong was stunned. Having been Pope for so many years, she knew exactly what was in the Spirit Hall's treasury, let alone the rare ten-thousand-year-old soul bones.

But she had never even heard of this soul bone that could grant immunity to toxins.

"Could it be that I specially found this for Nana during this period of time?"

Many ideas popped into Bibi Dong's mind, but she couldn't come up with a definite answer.

The Soul Master Tournament is about to begin, and the Soul Master academy teams from each region are fighting hard, all to showcase their academy's prowess in this grand event.

Your efforts have paid off; through victory after victory, you have finally reached the finals stage.

The opponent is the dark horse of this competition, the Shrek team.

They didn't look very old, and although they already possessed the strength of a Soul Master, they were facing a Spirit Hall team with three Soul Kings.

You feel confident of victory.

"Don't make grand claims now."

Bibi Dong, who had already witnessed Hu Liena lose three times, shook her head.

Even though she gave Hu Liena an external soul bone that was designed to counter Tang San in the simulator, she was still affected by the repeated failures in the simulation.

She felt that her disciple's confidence was about to be crushed again by Tang San and his group.

[At the start of the battle, you and Xie Yue immediately unleashed your Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Enchantress.]

[Using the red mist that permeates the entire arena, you intend to defeat the Shrek team one by one.]

But the sudden appearance of six people caught you completely off guard.

[You directed Yan to deal with the ones who flew up, while you went directly to find Tang San, who was still on the field.]

[Relying on his unpredictable footwork and eyes that seem to see through the red mist, even if your soul power is high enough, you will fall into his rhythm.]

Time ticked by, and disregarding the excessive consumption of your soul power, you unleashed a wide-range soul skill.

After shaking off the persistent Tang San, you turn your attention to the six people who have already begun to land.

Even if they are outside the red mist, with the power you now possess as a demon formed from the fusion of you and Xie Yue, you can defeat them all in a short time.

With Yan and the others temporarily holding off Tang San, even with his strange footwork, he couldn't escape their encirclement. Meanwhile, with just a moon blade, you defeated all six members of Shrek Academy.

However, Tang San's external spirit bone contained a potent poison, and Yan and the others were all ambushed by it, collapsing to the ground with their faces turning purple.

He grinned smugly while threatening you to surrender, using the fact that Yan and the others were poisoned as leverage.

Seeing this, you smiled. Thanks to the soul bone your teacher had bestowed upon you, you easily absorbed all the toxins into it.

Hearing you say, "If there's no antidote, why not just extract it?", Tang San was shocked.

Surrounded by the seven of you, Tang San still tried to put up a desperate fight, but ultimately fell to your moon blade, becoming a stepping stone for your ascent to the top.

(End of this chapter)