Just as Lin Yuan's body erupted in black and abyssal death energy, his back lined with eight sharp spider legs, a majestic aura swept over the Elder Hall. Every Titled Douluo nearby instinctively stood straighter, a chill rising up their backs.
At the entrance of the Elder Hall, Bibi Dong had arrived.
Her regal figure stepped into the light, her robes trailing like a dark tide, and her eyes sharp and cold as the moon in winter.
She came just in time to see the shadow of the Abyss Spider Emperor loom behind the boy named Lin Yuan.
Her eyes narrowed. The martial soul's aura was terrifyingly deep, a spider martial soul stronger than both of her Martial souls the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Emperor. And that moment, something in her spirit flinched.
'Even my martial soul… feels suppressed by it?'
It was a deeply disturbing realization. As the current wielder of one of the most terrifying martial souls in existence, Bibi Dong had never felt such a presence before.
'This is different from the information I received. Something's wrong.'
Then, her sharp hearing caught Qian Renxue's voice, "You've proven your claim, the martial soul evolution pills are the real deal. They can really make martial soul evolve"
Just as She Long respectfully handed over a small jade bottle to Qian Renxue ,Bibi Dong's gaze fixated on the jade bottle.
Her pupils shrank.
'Martial Soul Evolution Pills…? No such thing exists in the known soul master world.'
'And yet… that boy's martial soul clearly different from the data recorded. Which means…it has evolved.'
Her sharp mind, normally ruthless in battle and politics, if not in matters of love, instantly connected the dots.
'That jade bottle… those pills… something incomprehensible has happened here.'
A sudden pressure surged from her body as she took another step forward, her voice cold, cutting through the air like a blade of judgment:
"Wait a minute…"
There was only one thought in her mind ' I have to take that jade bottle containing the pills.'
When Qian Renxue saw who had raised the objection, her eyes flickered. Without missing a beat, she calmly turned her hand and placed the jade bottle into the inner layer of her space soul guide, hiding it from prying eyes.
Then she turned towards the newcomer and offered a graceful, textbook-perfect aristocratic bow.
"It is our good fortune that the Saint Lady has graced us with her presence."
Her tone was polished, neither warm nor cold, but impeccable in decorum, just as she had been taught.
As her head rose, her eyes met Bibi Dong's and something unspoken passed between them.
Qian Renxue's thoughts drifted coldly.
'Come to think of it, neither of my nominal parents were present during my martial soul awakening.'
'Grandfather agreed to hide the mutation of my mutated martial soul from them for a while... in exchange for my willingness to learn noble etiquette, and his teachings on honor, loyalty, kindness. '
Her eyes narrowed imperceptibly, as her thoughts turned darker.
'In the original story he was seen as a fool to honor and be loyal to a friend's promise, who had disappeared many years ago. Due to which he did not even step into Clear Sky clan, even after carrying the enmity and anger after his son's death. Even while Tang Hao did not kill Qian Xunji, he had severely injured him.'
' He had even honoured Chen Xin's father(a level 98 titled douluo) who had come to challenge him and sent his body back respectfully to the Seven Treasure Glazed tile Clan. This event actually took place two years ago. It was the talk of the soul masters world at that time.'
When Qian Renxue was thinking these things
Across the hall, Bibi Dong stood silently. Her sharp gaze swept over Qian Renxue's proud posture, that blonde hair tied with perfection, her eyes clear but unreadable. For a moment, the pressure in her chest tightened.
'Her gaze… it's no longer that of a child seeking approval.'
'Come to think of it… it's been nearly a year since I last saw her. The last time we spoke—I… I accidentally pushed her. She had slammed into the jade pillar, blood from her forehead…'
A flash of pain flickered across Bibi Dong's cold eyes.
'When I heard she had recovered… I was relieved.'
'But since then… she never came to see me again.'
The silence stretched. Neither mother nor daughter moved. One frozen in guilt, the other thinking something else.
Lin Yuan, who had withdrawn from the martial soul possession, blinked awkwardly like others at the strange tension.
Qian renxue's thoughts about her grandfather came to an end,
'However, in a world like this people like him are set aside. Aside from people with a love brain-'
When she noticed that Bibi Dong had been staring at her for a long time. A sudden cold chill crawled up the back of her neck.
'What is this crazy woman concocting in her head?'
'That's enough. This drama has gone on long enough.'
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