Chapter 33: The Curtain Is About to Rise
On the other hand, after being captured and taken to the punishment grounds in Spirit City, Yu Xiaogang was finally expelled from the city after being tortured for several days and nights.
Because Yu Xiaogang was the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Qian Xunji didn't go too far—he didn't beat Yu Xiaogang to death before expelling him from Spirit City.
Instead, he ordered a healing soul master to first treat Yu Xiaogang's injuries and then have him cast out of the city.
However, although his physical wounds were healed,
The continuous torture over several days and nights had still brought devastating harm to both Yu Xiaogang's body and mind.
When he was expelled, Yu Xiaogang's face was as pale as paper, his eyes empty, and he collapsed to the ground as if he had completely broken down.
After a long while, Yu Xiaogang finally regained his senses and struggled to get up from the ground.
Looking back at the towering Spirit City, hatred and fury suddenly surged in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, on the verge of erupting—almost becoming tangible.
Feeling the pain in his body, especially in the lower part, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists, his teeth chattered, and his heart brimmed with hatred and resentment.
Qian Xunji, Spirit Hall... just you wait!
You dare humiliate and torture me like this today. One day, I, Yu Xiaogang, will take fierce revenge and bring shame upon Spirit Hall!
Thinking about getting revenge on Spirit Hall in the future, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but also think of Bibi Dong with hatred and resentment.
Yu Xiaogang had always had a good impression of Bibi Dong.
After all, it was thanks to her that he was able to read many secret books in Spirit Hall.
But at that moment, after suffering such inhuman torture for days and nights, even though Yu Xiaogang knew Bibi Dong had probably been imprisoned by Qian Xunji, he still couldn't help feeling resentful toward her.
Bibi Dong, Bibi Dong, you kept saying you liked me, but I was tortured in that punishment ground for days—why didn't you come to save me?
Damn it! You must have been persuaded by your teacher and looked down on me as useless too!
The more Yu Xiaogang thought about it, the more convinced he became, and his face twisted further in rage.
Yu Xiaogang's personality is, in fact, quite strange.
On the surface, Yu Xiaogang seems like a kind and scholarly man, but in truth, he is an inferior and sensitive, hypocritical, selfish, and egocentric person.
This personality stems from Yu Xiaogang's unique life experiences.
From being held in high status and respect as a child in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, to being discriminated against by the same clan after awakening his martial spirit—
The former nurtured Yu Xiaogang's egocentrism, while the latter developed his inferiority complex and sensitive character.
The vast contrast between these two experiences unconsciously led Yu Xiaogang to hypocritically mask himself for the sake of pride.
In fact, these traits are evident in the original work: to help his disciple Tang San, Yu Xiaogang sought out Bibi Dong to ask for a way to prevent twin martial spirits from exploding.
Bibi Dong owed nothing to Yu Xiaogang.
Yet Yu Xiaogang confidently invoked their past relationship and went to Spirit Hall to ask Bibi Dong for help—on behalf of his enemy.
When Bibi Dong refused, and said she had sent someone to attack Tang San, Yu Xiaogang disregarded their past and furiously threatened her.
His hypocritical, selfish, and egocentric nature was blatantly obvious!
And now, even though Bibi Dong didn't personally come to the door and coldly sever ties with Yu Xiaogang like in the original story—
Yu Xiaogang's selfish and egocentric nature subtly placed all the blame on her.
He had long forgotten how much he gained through her, whether she wanted things to end up this way, or if she harbored unspeakable secrets.
Yu Xiaogang didn't think about any of that!
But this is exactly what Yu Xiaogang would do!
Just wait! Spirit Hall!
After resenting Spirit Hall and Bibi Dong in his heart, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists, gave Spirit City one last look, and limped toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.
At that moment, he didn't know where else to go, so he had to return to the Heaven Dou Imperial City first...
But on the road to Heaven Dou Imperial City,
Guided by the power of fate, Yu Xiaogang encountered Flender and Liu Erlong one after another. Then the three of them became sworn siblings and began their journey in the world of soul masters.
This part will be set aside for now.
...
And from the moment Yu Xiaogang was expelled from Spirit City—
Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
During these three years, Qian Renxue was born after the maid carried her for ten months. She is now over two years old, able to run around and call out "Papa" and "Mama."
However, regarding the maid—Qian Renxue's biological mother—it was publicly announced that she died from physical weakness and qi deficiency after giving birth.
Originally, Qian Xunji planned to find someone else to raise his daughter Qian Renxue.
But at Bibi Dong's request, Qian Xunji eventually entrusted Qian Renxue to her, and at Bibi Dong's strong insistence, allowed Qian Renxue to recognize her as her adoptive mother.
Su Mo was naturally very happy to see this happen, and he couldn't agree more.
The reason was simple—
Because in his previous life, Qian Renxue was one of Su Mo's favorite goddesses in Douluo!
Now, thanks to Qian Renxue's birth, he had the chance to interact with her from childhood.
So in the past three years, besides cultivating, Su Mo spent most of his time raising Qian Renxue alongside Bibi Dong.
It could be said that because of Qian Renxue's birth, Su Mo had gone out less frequently in the past three years to hunt down fallen or evil soul masters.
As a result, his cultivation level had only advanced from the Soul King realm to the Soul Emperor realm in those three years, still a long way from the Soul Saint realm.
However, Su Mo was fine with that.
Using the Death Scythe martial spirit's Soul Devouring ability to enhance cultivation is fast, but it's an unconventional path and cannot be relied upon too heavily.
Besides, at this stage, his cultivation level hadn't yet reached the Title Douluo level, so it wouldn't make much difference. It was better to use the time to guide Qian Renxue. Opportunities like this don't come often.
However, during these past three years, although Su Mo hadn't done much other than practice and raise Qian Renxue, thanks to his strength and status—
Bibi Dong had been quietly preparing to eliminate Qian Xunji.
For the past three years, Bibi Dong had been closely monitoring news of Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and A Yin, because in her previous life, she successfully killed Qian Xunji—and Tang Hao played a key role in that.
Her attention wasn't in vain.
Indeed, over the past three years, thanks to her vigilance, Bibi Dong discovered that the moment to get rid of Qian Xunji was slowly approaching.
(End of this chapter)