Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 147 Mother's Kindness and Daughter's Filial Piety

Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong, dressed in a magnificent papal robe, sat high in the main seat, her eyes glaring sharply at Qian Renxue, who had reverted to women's clothing and whose face bore a resemblance to her own.

Qian Renxue was not to be outdone. Her willow-leaf eyebrows stood on end and her phoenix eyes widened as she glared at Bibi Dong with the same hatred.

"Did you do the thing about Yu Xiaogang?"

Bibi Dong's cold voice rang out in the hall, her tone barely concealing a restless killing intent.

Bibi Dong was unaware that Yu Xiaogang had come to see her, but she had learned from the list of teachers and students from various academies that Salas had submitted that Yu Xiaogang had become the team leader of Shrek Academy.

After the Heaven Dou Empire's participating team arrived in Wuhun City, Bibi Dong's girlish heart, which had been dormant for twenty years, suddenly revived. On a dark and windy night, she secretly sneaked into the hotel where Shrek Academy was resting, thinking that even just to see Yu Xiaogang would be enough.

As soon as she sneaked into the room, she saw a horrific sight of Yu Xiaogang.

Through the conversation between Flander, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang, she learned that Yu Xiaogang had arrived in Wuhun City ahead of time to try to see her, but was instead driven away and beaten by the Temple Knights.

Enraged, Bibi Dong immediately ordered a thorough investigation, and the results were quickly obtained.

Upon learning that the instigators were Jin Cang and Qian Gu XX, Bibi Dong understood everything. These two were legitimate members of the Hall of Worship, and this matter must have been orchestrated by Qian Renxue behind the scenes.

The thought of Yu Xiaogang, whose limbs had been broken, lying in bed groaning and needing to be fed by Liu Erlong, brought a pang of pain to Bibi Dong's face, and her gaze toward Qian Renxue became even more furious.

Qian Renxue keenly sensed the heartache hidden beneath Bibi Dong's anger, and a triumphant smile appeared on her lips.

It seems Xiao Yu was right. Bibi Dong, so this is your weakness!

Instead of directly answering Bibi Dong's question, Qian Renxue asked, "If I remember correctly, the ambush on the Heaven Dou Empire's participating teams' way to Wuhun City was supposed to target Tang San, the son of that sinner Tang Hao. But why did all the Title Douluo elders go after Nine Star Academy?"

Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly as she argued, "The Nine Star Palace is full of experts. I'm worried that the powerful figures behind them might interfere and affect our assassination of our target!"

Qian Renxue smiled knowingly and said, "There must only be the two of us here, so why bother with all this pretense, sis~ sis~"

Qian Renxue deliberately drew out the last syllable of her address, making it clear to anyone that there was sarcasm in her tone.

Bibi Dong was instantly enraged and stood up abruptly: "That's right, my target is Xiao Yu! This failure has only strengthened my belief that the Nine Star Palace's strength is mysterious and unpredictable, and it is very likely that it is no less powerful than our Spirit Hall. If such a force is not eliminated, it will inevitably become a major threat to our Spirit Hall sooner or later."

"Just because of your speculation, are you going to bring a powerful enemy to our Spirit Hall?"

Qian Renxue's imposing manner was in no way inferior to Bibi Dong's, and she spoke in an equally loud voice: "Xiao Yu not only helped me conceal my identity in front of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but also helped me consolidate my position in the Heaven Dou Empire. Such sincerity has earned you your suspicion, Bibi Dong! You are trying to destroy the ten-thousand-year foundation of my Spirit Hall!"

Looking at her daughter arguing with her, Bibi Dong suddenly felt as if she were seeing herself twenty years ago, and the softest part of her heart was touched, but only for a moment.

For this daughter with whom she shared blood, resentment and bitterness always outweighed maternal love. "You trust him so much, could it be that you've fallen for him? But I've heard that this kid already has two confidantes, one is the current heir of the Nine Heart Begonia family, and the other is the daughter of the Blazing Fire Academy!"

"This is none of your business!"

Whether out of spite or genuine feeling, Qian Renxue openly admitted to Bibi Dong, "I have indeed fallen for him. This Soul Master Tournament is my test for him. If he can defeat me and win, I will accept his advances!"

"No, impossible! I absolutely disagree!"

Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong, who suffers from mental illness, went into a frenzy again, and it's unclear how many sedatives it would take to calm her down.

Qian Renxue coldly observed Bibi Dong's crazed state and said in a chilling voice, "What right do you have to disagree? The only one who can stand up for me is Grandpa, and he's my only family!"

After saying this, Qian Renxue seemed to have lost her patience and turned to leave.

Bibi Dong was taken aback and wanted to call out to her, but no sound came out when the words reached her lips.

"Oh, right!"

Qian Renxue walked to the palace gate and said without turning her head, "This incident with Yu Xiaogang is just a warning. If you dare to attack Xiao Yu again, I will make sure Yu Xiaogang disappears from this world completely. I want to see if it's easier for you to kill Xiao Yu, or for me to kill a level 29 piece of trash!"

"You dare!"

Upon hearing Qian Renxue threaten her with Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong's previously complex emotions were reduced to mere anger. After all, in her heart, nothing was more important than Yu Xiaogang.

"Do you think I dare?"

Qian Renxue coldly left behind these last words, pushed open the door, and left.

"Someone come here!"

After Qian Renxue had gone far away, Bibi Dong slammed her hand on the armrest of the papal chair and shouted loudly outside.

Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, who had been waiting outside, hurriedly entered, listening tremblingly to Bibi Dong's instructions, fearing that Bibi Dong might take her anger out on them if she became displeased.

They dared not eavesdrop on the conversation between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, but judging from Qian Renxue's expression when she left and the barely concealed anger in Bibi Dong's voice when she called for help, they could guess how pleasant the conversation between the lively mother and daughter had been.

Fortunately, Bibi Dong didn't vent her anger on them. She took a deep breath and suppressed her rage, saying, "Make arrangements immediately. In this competition, Nine Star Academy must be matched with strong teams in every round. We must dig out all their secrets."

With Xiao Yu, a six-ring Soul Emperor, around, Bibi Dong didn't expect the academy teams to be able to eliminate them.

The only opponent who can match Xiao Yu is Qian Renxue. It is almost a certainty that Nine Star Academy will enter the finals. What Bibi Dong is doing now is to explore the strength of the other members of the Nine Star Academy team besides Xiao Yu, so that she can make preparations in advance when the Spirit Hall Academy team and the Nine Star Academy team are in the finals.

"yes!"

Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo accepted the order and left. Although the Soul Master Competition claimed to be absolutely fair and supervised by the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire, it was just talk.

If the Spirit Hall really wanted to operate in secrecy, it had plenty of ways to evade supervision.

Moreover, among the three parties supervising, the Spirit Hall itself goes without saying, and on the Heaven Dou Empire's side, Qian Renxue is going to participate in the Soul Master Competition, so what's left there is just a substitute. He doesn't have the guts to question the Spirit Hall.

As for the Star Luo Empire, they have a long-standing feud with the Heaven Dou Empire. In the original story, the reason why the two empires were willing to cooperate was because the Spirit Empire had seriously threatened their empire's survival. At present, the Spirit Hall is still just a neutral spirit master organization. The two empires have not yet felt that fatal crisis and still maintain a hostile relationship with each other. Even if the people of the Star Luo Empire discover that the Spirit Hall is targeting the Heaven Dou Empire's participating teams, they will not make a fuss.

(End of this chapter)