Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

As a result, the number of evil spirit masters on the mainland has decreased by more than 70%, and hundreds of millions of ordinary people no longer need to worry about being killed and having all their property taken away by evil spirit masters in the middle of the night.

Meanwhile, many of the evil spirit masters who were born evil and enjoyed killing for pleasure had no choice but to enter the City of Slaughter in order to save their lives in the face of the increasingly terrifying Bibi Dong.

That's right.

Bibi Dong's extremely forceful internal purge has indeed caused serious damage to the Spirit Hall's middle and upper management.

However, Bibi Dong, who won the favor of commoner soul masters, also gained the support of many commoner soul masters who were bullied and humiliated, which gave her many subordinates who were willing to risk their lives for her.

.......

Unfortunately.

No one understands Bibi Dong. Even for the sake of hundreds of millions of ordinary people, very few people can understand her, including her own daughter, Qian Renxue.

Even Yu Xiaogang once wrote a letter specifically accusing her of being a demon.

So she became even colder... and also even more lonely.

This situation persisted until the appearance of Dongqing, after which there was a slight turning point and change.

Bibi Dong's cold heart finally began to warm up.

This little boy, with his pure and kind smile, appeared before Bibi Dong like a little sun, melting the coldness in her heart almost instantly.

Nothing is impossible.

Everyone has a different personality and temperament, so the final results will naturally be different.

They are both men.

Some men are naturally attractive and never lack female friends.

Some men are naturally viewed with suspicion and always find it difficult to gain the trust of others.

They are both women.

When some women do something wrong, it makes people feel that it's not them who are wrong, but the world.

Some women do something wrong, and you just feel like they're being unreasonable, and you get annoyed just looking at them.

Appearance is only one essential factor contributing to the differences between people.

Sincerity is a sure-fire weapon, but good looks are just the entry ticket.

Bibi Dong didn't want to fall for him like this, but she really couldn't resist Dong Qing's warm and gentle warmth, which followed her around like a little shadow every day.

Perhaps Dong Qing himself was simply curious about the daily life of the Pope of the Spirit Hall.

But for someone like Bibi Dong who lacks love, it is undoubtedly a feeling of being cared for.

To be cared for, to be needed, and to have a little bit of sincerity.

For her, it was a sure-kill move.

.....

Wuhun City, the Pope's Palace.

"Your Holiness, tell me... why would Prince Dongqing like women our age?" Tang Yuehua suddenly asked.

To be honest, she felt only gratitude, not love, towards Dong Qing. After all, the age gap between them was too large, and she couldn't force herself to believe it.

But there's a saying...

An old ox eating tender grass—it's a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.

“Xiao Qing probably only likes pretty things, and it doesn’t have much to do with age. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have several 100,000-year-old humanoid soul beasts around him,” Bibi Dong replied after thinking for a moment.

"With His Highness Dongqing being so promiscuous, isn't His Holiness the Pope angry?" Tang Yuehua asked curiously.

"He's not my man, why should I get angry with him!" Bibi Dong said, looking puzzled.

Seeing Bibi Dong feigning ignorance, Tang Yuehua couldn't help but speak up: "But...but you two, as master and disciple, have clearly crossed the last line of defense...and even..."

Hearing her say that...

Bibi Dong interrupted her directly, saying, "Don't talk nonsense. Xiaoqing was just being filial to her teacher. There's nothing like what you're saying. We only have the most sincere teacher-student relationship..."

Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly changed the subject and continued, "Besides, aren't you also his music teacher? And aren't you two having an affair behind the scenes?"

“This is different…” Tang Yuehua looked hesitant, as if she had many words stuck in her throat but couldn’t say them.

Bibi Dong didn't ask why it was different. She just glanced at Tang Yuehua and asked, "What's different? Stop pretending. We're both this age now. So many years have passed. Haven't you ever thought about it?"

Upon hearing this...

Tang Yuehua remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking: "The men I like despise me because I'm just a useless Soul Master who will never reach the ninth level of Soul Power, and the men I don't like, naturally don't like."

Men have their age of romantic feelings, and so do women.

However, at that beautiful age, she was known as an even more useless person than Yu Xiaogang.

Others can at least cultivate to level 20 or higher in soul power, while she is destined to remain at the ninth level of the Innate Realm for her entire life.

How tragic! How helpless! How lonely!

"Ha, I didn't expect you to still be a virgin...."

A hint of jealousy, which even she herself was unaware of, welled up deep in Bibi Dong's eyes.

"Your Holiness, could you please watch your words a little? You are the idol of all female soul masters in the world!" Tang Yuehua said helplessly.

"No, I have no interest in idols or anything like that," Bibi Dong quickly waved her hand and said.

She really wasn't interested in these things. With that free time, she'd rather ask Dong Qing to change his job so that this little apprentice could show more respect to his teacher.

"Your Holiness, don't you know? Newspapers and newspapers not only promote Prince Dongqing, but also occasionally publicize your deeds, especially recently the stories about Poseidon Island's High Priestess Poseidon and your adventures on the continent when you were young. This has directly gained you a large number of female Soul Masters who call you two the most dazzling pearls in the Soul Master world."

As Tang Yuehua spoke, she took out a brand-new newspaper from the spatial soul tool that resembled a blue gemstone necklace around her neck.

After years of operation, newspapers have moved beyond their previous slightly poor layout. Now, when you pick one up, the first thing you see is the bold, blacked-out text.

Let's look at these big characters.

[Breaking News!]

[Bibi Dong, Pope of the Spirit Hall, and Poseidon, the High Priestess of Seagod Island, women who stood at the pinnacle of the Spirit Master world, revealed secrets from their youth that they had to keep quiet.]

[News details are as follows]

On August 6th, 2593 of the Douluo Calendar, Bibi Dong, who had recently become the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, encountered her lifelong best friend, a friend from an overseas island, while traveling across the continent.

Do you still remember that day...?

[Advertising space available for rent at a discounted price. Interested parties please contact the Wuhun City Newspaper Headquarters.]

.......

After reading the latest issue of the newspaper, even though Bibi Dong's temper had improved a lot over the years, she still couldn't help but swear.

"Depend on!"

"Your Holiness...did I say something wrong? Why did you swear?"

"It has nothing to do with you. The whole thing about me and that woman was made up by Xiaoqing."

"Fake...fake?"

"Of course it's fake. Who has a relationship with that woman? She's over a hundred years old now, more than fifty years older than me. How could we have gone on adventures together when we were young?"

"Then... how come the newspapers are so certain, recording even the little things that happen to you in your daily lives so clearly? I thought it was all dictated by Your Majesty the Pope yourself."

Bibi Dong glanced at Tang Yuehua silently, not in the mood to answer her question.

Because a long time ago, Dongqing had told her that newspapers are a kind of propaganda tool, capable of turning rumors into reality and black into white.

Moreover, the newspapers were backed by the Spirit Hall, which in turn gave the Spirit Hall a special status on the continent.

With the exception of a few people, most people trust the news reports in newspapers and magazines, and almost no one doubts that newspapers would fabricate facts that do not exist.

Bibi Dong had previously refused to believe it, disbelieving that anyone would believe such a fabricated story, and thus readily agreed to Dong Qing's request to edit her past experiences.

But she never expected that so many people in this world would lack the ability to distinguish the truth and actually believe what happened between her and Poseidon when they were young.

"Alas! Xiaoqing... I now believe you truly possess the ability to distort right and wrong in the world." Bibi Dong sighed inwardly.

It is easier to stop people from speaking than to stop a river from overflowing; many people believe whatever they hear.

What are the facts?

What is the truth?

They are completely unaware and unwilling to understand; they simply follow the crowd.

The saying "three men can make a tiger" applies here; sometimes, the more people say something, the more likely it is to become true.

In the past, under the deliberate influence of various sects and the two great empires, Bibi Dong was seen by the common people as a cruel executioner and a cold-blooded pope.

She was too lazy to explain, and had no interest in explaining.

For Bibi Dong

She didn't care how others saw her; she only cared whether the people around her believed her or were afraid of her because of these things.

But for Bibi Dong in the past...

Aside from Dong Qing, even Hu Liena was actually quite afraid of her and dared not get too close to this noble and aloof Pope of the Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong had asked Dong Qing about this before, why he was never afraid of her.

However, his answer was very simple.

"I'm not afraid!"

Unlike others, Dong Qing himself was of noble blood, so he didn't feel any pressure and didn't think there was anything to be afraid of about such a beautiful older sister as Bibi Dong.

As for Qian Renxue, she is his biological daughter.

Bibi Dong understood her personality well and knew that this unfilial daughter would never be afraid of her.

........

Time flies, and three days have passed.

Heavenly Dou Empire, Heavenly Dou City.

In a brothel in the west of the city, decadent music emanated from within, and in the distance, a dozen women in ancient costumes could be seen standing alluringly on a high platform.