The two exchanged brief pleasantries at first, catching up on old times.
"Xiao Gang, you've arrived." Bibi Dong said gently, holding her scepter.
"Yes, I'm here. How are you?" The master looked at Bibi Dong with a complicated expression.
“I am now the Pope of the Spirit Hall, a position above all others. Even the emperors of the two great empires would show me deference. What’s wrong with that?” Bibi Dong said with a faint smile.
"But you're not happy. Have you ever laughed from the bottom of your heart all these years?" the master asked with a sigh.
"You weren't even by my side! How do you know I didn't laugh?!" Bibi Dong's temper suddenly flared up.
"I..." The master hesitated, feeling very wronged.
It was your teacher who forbade me from being with you, and you refused to see me again.
How come you're turning around and blaming me now?
However, the master ultimately did not voice his thoughts. What happened back then was in the past, and there was no point in talking about it anymore. The two could never go back to the way things were before.
So he changed the subject and asked:
"Is there something you wanted to see me about?"
"Can't I let you come if there's nothing wrong?" Bibi Dong retorted.
“If His Holiness the Pope requests an audience, then of course we can,” the master said.
Bibi Dong snorted coldly, "Your Holiness, Your Holiness, don't you know my name?"
“…Bibi Dong,” the master said after a moment of silence.
Bibi Dong's expression softened somewhat, and she asked:
"Is that boy named Chen Feng really the author of the Foundation Establishment Technique?"
"Yes, to avoid trouble, we worked together to create a fake identity." The master nodded slightly.
"Ha, if you had come to me back then, none of the trouble would have been a problem."
"At that time, I accidentally discovered that Xiao Feng might be a member of the Chen family, so my first choice was naturally the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."
"I see." Bibi Dong nodded. "And then he became your student?"
"We can't really call them students, let's just say we're exchanging and learning from each other. My Golden Horn, oh, that is, Luo Sanpao's problem was solved by Xiao Feng."
"How did your Golden Trio come together later?" Bibi Dong asked casually.
The master didn't hide anything and said:
“After Xiaofeng and the others graduated from the junior soul master academy, I told them to enroll in Shrek Academy, which is run by Flander. As you know, compared to other intermediate soul master academies, Flander's is much more reliable.”
"Ah."
"However, there is a problem with Flanders. Due to a shortage of funds, the academy does not meet the basic requirements, which is why Shrek Academy has never been registered in any country."
"So they can't qualify for the Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament." Bibi Dong understood.
The master nodded and said, "That's right. At that time, Erlong had a Blue Tyrant Academy. In order to enable the children to participate in the Soul Master Competition, we got together again."
"So, you're with Liu Erlong again? Even if she's your sister?" Bibi Dong asked, staring at the master.
"No, I've made it clear to Erlong that from now on, we'll only be cousins." The master shook his head.
Bibi Dong's eyes flickered for a moment. "Are you serious?"
"I have no reason to lie to you."
Bibi Dong frowned. "Since you're not with Liu Erlong, why don't you come back to me? Didn't you leave in the first place because of your sister?"
The master looked puzzled. "Back then, your teacher, the former Pope Qian Xunji, told me that you were the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall and the next Pope. He said that a piece of trash like me was not qualified to be with you and that you would never come to find me again. I didn't believe it at the time, and I waited for you for a while, but you never came. That's when I left Spirit City."
Bibi Dong's face immediately darkened. She gripped the scepter tightly, and a deep purple glint flashed in her eyes.
"Thousand, seek, swift!"
What was the purple she saw? The master noticed the change in Bibi Dong's expression and a sense of doubt arose in his heart.
Could it be the same kind of pupil technique as Xiao San and Xiao Feng?
Just as the master was about to ask a question, Bibi Dong asked first:
"Xiao Gang, Qian Xunji is dead. Are you willing to come back to my side?"
"You... you address your teacher by his first name?" The master was somewhat surprised.
He felt that the relationship between the two popes of the Spirit Hall was not as simple as he had thought.
"You don't need to worry about that. You just need to answer my questions." Bibi Dong waved her hand impatiently.
The master then stopped dwelling on the relationship between the two popes. After thinking for a moment, he said:
“You are the Pope of the Spirit Hall, with an incomparably noble status, while I am just a teacher at an academy. What your teacher said back then was actually quite right. I am not worthy of you. Let bygones be bygones.”
There was another reason he didn't say: he disapproved of the Spirit Hall's way of doing things, and he still remembered the attack on Chen Feng.
"What if I'm willing to give up everything?" Bibi Dong asked urgently.
“It’s not worth it, Bibi Dong, and as the Pope, you can’t leave so easily.” The master shook his head.
He didn't think Bibi Dong could just let go like that.
“Why not? I can give up everything… Hiss…” Bibi Dong suddenly covered her forehead, a look of pain on her face.
"What's wrong with you?" The master suddenly felt uneasy.
“Leave…here…” Bibi Dong’s voice suddenly became intermittent.
"what?"
"Leave... Spirit Hall! Don't come back!" Bibi Dong suddenly threw Grandmaster towards the entrance of the council hall, then left somewhat disheveled from the other side.
"Bibi Dong! Dong'er!" The master collapsed at the door, nearly choking on his own breath and still somewhat bewildered, only instinctively calling out.
However, Bibi Dong left without looking back.
"...After that, I left the Spirit Hall and returned here." Inside the restaurant, the master finished his story.
He omitted some of the content of his conversation with Bibi Dong, since some things were not easy to say aloud, but he described in detail the strange things he observed about Bibi Dong.
After listening to the master's explanation, Tang San was completely bewildered, having no clue what the master was saying.
Chen Feng gradually began to have his own guesses.
The situation the master encountered was something that had never happened in the original work or the comics, which means that some variable caused this to happen.
So what are the variables regarding Bibi Dong? Chen Feng first thought of the time when he broke up Master and Liu Erlong, because he did so in order to have a card to deal with Bibi Dong.
Chen Feng's idea was that if Grandmaster and Liu Erlong hadn't ended up together, Bibi Dong would have had some hope and wouldn't have turned evil too quickly.
As is widely known, the Rakshasa God is a god of evil thoughts, or more accurately, a god of wicked thoughts.
Those who wish to inherit the divine position of the Rakshasa God will inevitably be influenced by evil thoughts.
A kind-hearted, normal person will instinctively fight against evil thoughts, but a person with only despair in their heart will simply give up and plunge into the abyss under the influence of evil thoughts.
Have thoughts of killing someone? So what if you kill? What's the big deal?
Do you harbor thoughts of starting a war? It doesn't matter; even if many die, it's just a number.
Want to destroy the world? Even better, they'll all die out of sight and out of mind, and there'll be nothing left to miss anyway.
That's roughly the situation.
In the original novel, after experiencing the secret chamber incident and severing ties with Grandmaster because of the attack on Tang San, Bibi Dong had no more warmth in her heart.
In her eyes, the world was meaningless, it caused her pain, and she wished it were destroyed.
Oh, besides Hu Liena, perhaps this is the only thought in Bibi Dong's heart.
However, after becoming a god, one can bring others into the divine realm, so Hu Liena alone could not stop Bibi Dong from falling into the abyss.
All she could see was darkness.
What Chen Feng wanted to do was to slow down Bibi Dong's descent into the abyss, thus giving her more time to develop.
Judging from what the master encountered today, Chenfeng's strategy seems to have worked.
After repeatedly questioning the master, Chen Feng confirmed that Bibi Dong's strange behavior only began after she said, "I am willing to give up everything."
Does this "everything" include the position of the Rakshasa deity in Bibi Dong's mind?
Chen Feng believes it should be included, otherwise Bibi Dong wouldn't have shown such obvious abnormalities. For a powerhouse at her level, there are very few factors that can affect her, and "god" is the most likely factor.
In Chen Feng's view, Bibi Dong probably went to visit the master to reminisce, only to be surprised to find that the master was not with Liu Erlong as she had thought.
The two may have confronted each other about what happened back then, and realized that Qian Xunji was interfering. As a result, Bibi Dong felt hope and wanted to be with the master again.
It's alright if Grandmaster doesn't want to return to the Spirit Hall; Bibi Dong can give up everything and live in seclusion with him.
She felt that no one could stop her this time.
Indeed, if Bibi Dong were to truly relinquish the position of Pope and go into seclusion, the rulers of the two great empires would probably jump for joy, and most of the Spirit Hall members would be powerless to stop her.
Perhaps only Qian Daoliu would be unwilling to see his son's grave covered in green, but he already felt guilty towards Bibi Dong, so he might not actually do anything.
There was indeed no one left to stop Bibi Dong, but "God" was not happy about it.
What's going on, little sister? You were doing so well with your dark side, how come you're suddenly full of love all of a sudden?
Perhaps it was due to the subjective influence of the Rakshasa God, or perhaps it was the autonomous reaction of the Rakshasa God's thoughts; in any case, Bibi Dong had run into trouble.
Chen Feng was naturally pleased with this outcome.
He didn't know if his guess was correct, but it was the most likely speculation he could make based on the available intelligence.
Chen Feng thought for a moment and said:
“Master, when I was on the VIP stage, the Pope did give me a unique feeling. It was a feeling that was both profound and had a vague sense of evil, something I had never encountered before. Could it be that the Pope’s martial spirit is special?”
"Her martial souls... her martial souls are the Death Spider King and the Soul-Devouring Spider King, which can indeed be associated with evil," the master said.
"Does that Pope possess twin martial souls?" Tang San asked in surprise from the side.
Aside from himself, this was the first time he had ever learned about another twin martial soul.
The master nodded and said:
“That’s right. I had considered asking her before about how to overcome the difficulties of having twin martial souls, but then I saw that Xiaofeng had a very good solution, so I didn’t ask her.”
"The difficulty of having twin martial souls? Does it mean that having twin martial souls could lead to death by exploding?" Tang San asked.
"Yes."
"That has indeed been resolved." Tang San smiled, recalling a conversation he had with Chen Feng back in Holy Soul Village.
That was the starting point of everything.
Now that he can withstand the fourth ring of ten thousand years, and with the ring-expanding technique researched by Chen Feng, he can no longer face the crisis of exploding and dying.
The master nodded in agreement with Tang San's statement, then pondered for a moment and said:
"So, she became like that because there was a problem with her cultivation?"
"Perhaps." Chen Feng didn't intend to reveal the matter of the Rakshasa God now, because such a being was too far removed from them, and it wouldn't make any difference if he did.
His only hope was that Bibi Dong could hold out long enough in the battle against the Rakshasa's divine will, which would give him enough time to develop.
In addition, Chen Feng also plans to make some adjustments to his original plan.
He originally planned to use the Heavenly Dou Empire as a foundation, rely on Qian Renxue to gradually accumulate power, and then seize the opportunity to make a move.
But now that he has revealed his identity and Bibi Dong seems to be in trouble, he might as well take bigger steps.
Chen Feng had gradually formed some ideas about how to do it.
He looked at the master and asked:
"Master, do you still plan to go to the Spirit Hall later?"
“Of course I will go. The Pope has encountered some problems, and I am a little worried about her,” the master said.
Tang San frowned.
The master noticed this and explained:
“I know you don’t like the Spirit Hall, and I don’t like it either. I won’t stop you from taking revenge. I just want to make sure the Pope is alright this time because of our past friendship. Personal relationships won’t affect my stance.”
He paused for a few seconds, then said in a low voice:
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