The instant Bibi Dong saw Qian Xuanji, several system notifications flashed through Qian Xuanji's mind. Looking at those shocking numbers, it was obvious just how deep Bibi Dong's hatred for him ran.
Qian Xuanji pretended to be weak as he looked at Bibi Dong walking toward him and demanded,
"What did you give me to drink?!"
"A drug that seals your soul power!" Bibi Dong sneered. "Teacher, your soul power has now been completely sealed by me. The current you is nothing but a useless cripple, utterly powerless just like how you treated me back then in the secret chamber."
"What are you trying to do?" Qian Xuanji asked in panic.
Bibi Dong walked toward him step by step but her gait changed. Her slender legs transformed into spider legs, a spider's egg sac bulged from her back, and her once peerlessly beautiful face turned ferocious, green-faced and fanged.
Ugly? Not really. A monster girl, after all.
The problem was this monster girl wanted to eat him.
"I've come to collect a debt!" Bibi Dong glared at Qian Xuanji venomously, contributing several more gacha points to him.
"Is it because of that trash Yu Xiaogang?" Qian Xuanji provoked.
[Bibi Dong Hatred +19999]
"Shut up, Qian Xuanji! Yu Xiaogang is not trash! In my heart, you're not even worth a single hair of his," Bibi Dong took a deep breath and said. "It's all because of you—you defiled me! It was you who made me unworthy of Xiaogang! Teacher, do you know how long I've waited for this moment?"
"I never let go of my hatred for you. I even sold myself to Rakshasa and obtained the divine power that you and even your grandfather desired but could never obtain! Hahahahaha!"
"Teacher, you're the one who drove me to fall. So let this ugly spider devour your hypocritical soul!"
As she spoke, Bibi Dong advanced to Qian Xuanji's front, her spider claw stabbing straight toward him.
Qian Xuanji raised his hand and grabbed the incoming spider claw. A purer, deeper dark soul power surged out from his palm, spreading along the claw and directly corroding Bibi Dong's soul power.
"You—" Bibi Dong stared at him in shock.
[Bibi Dong Shock +18888]
"Good disciple, shocked, aren't you?" Qian Xuanji said playfully.
"Wondering why I can still use soul power after drinking your poison? Or why I, a holy, light-attribute Six-Winged Angel, possess such terrifying dark attributes?"
Qian Xuanji looked at her with amusement. His icy purple eyes filled Bibi Dong with fear, dragging her back to the memories of being sealed of soul power—of humiliation, oppression, and helplessness at his hands.
[Bibi Dong Fear +9999]
Qian Xuanji chuckled sinisterly "Sorry, my dear disciple—I've also blackened. I've also fallen. Hehehe."
As he spoke, he spread his arms. The terrifying pressure of an Ultimate Douluo burst forth, instantly suppressing Bibi Dong's proud talent.
Behind Qian Xuanji, twelve wings unfurled. Nine crimson soul rings descended. The might of an Ultimate Douluo made Bibi Dong tremble with fear.
His Twelve-Winged Angel was like a monarch ruling over darkness itself. Bibi Dong's two dark-type martial souls—the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor—were strong, but under this overwhelming suppression, they couldn't even muster the will to resist.
Qian Xuanji stood up and walked toward Bibi Dong step by step. Gone was her earlier composure; she retreated again and again.
Until she had nowhere left to retreat and had her back against the corner wall. She had no idea what happened after feeding Qian Xuanji the drug. She only knew that the Qian Xuanji before her now felt even more terrifying than Qian Daoliu, the Great Worship of the Spirit Hall.
[Bibi Dong Despair +9999]
Looking at the trembling spider girl cowering in the corner, Qian Xuanji said,
"At this point, do you really think all of this is entirely your master's fault, my dear disciple?"
"Is it wrong for me to pursue love?" Bibi Dong said bitterly.
After enduring countless hardships and waiting in silence, she finally got a chance to kill Qian Xuanji only to end up with this outcome. Bibi Dong resented the injustice of the heavens.
"Too young, too childish!" Qian Xuanji said.
"You are the Saintess of the Spirit Hall. A Saintess, how could you be worthy of the freedom to choose love?"
"Then I won't be the Saintess anymore!" Bibi Dong snapped.
"Do you even have that choice?" Qian Xuanji said coldly.
"The Spirit Hall rescued you from evil soul masters, raised you, nurtured you. And in the end, for a ridiculous love, you were willing to abandon everything the Spirit Hall gave you and elope with Yu Xiaogang. Bibi Dong, are you worthy of love?"
His words boomed like thunder. For a fleeting moment, Bibi Dong almost doubted herself and almost believed she might truly be wrong. But soon, hatred flooded her heart once more.
"Without love, what meaning is there in living?" Bibi Dong glared at Qian Xuanji venomously.
"I failed to assassinate you. I don't want to live anymore either. Kill me."
[Bibi Dong Hatred +19999]
[Bibi Dong Resolve +9999]
"Kill you?" Qian Xuanji paused. "Why would I kill you, my dear disciple? I'm still counting on you to contribute to the glorious future of the Spirit Hall."
Such a fine hen—able to lay eggs and bear offspring. How could I let you leave so easily?
"Qian Xuanji, don't think that after everything you've done to me, I'll still be loyal to the Spirit Hall. Keep dreaming," Bibi Dong's soul power began to riot. Clearly, she intended to self-destruct, if she couldn't kill Qian Xuanji, she would at least end her own life.
However, Qian Xuanji directly sealed her soul power. With her soul power sealed, Bibi Dong was forcibly removed from her Martial Soul True Body state.
"Hehehe. In front of me, you don't even have the right to self-destruct, Bibi Dong!"
Qian Xuanji grabbed the utterly powerless Bibi Dong by the collar and dragged her toward the bed in the secret chamber, the bed that held their shared "sweet" memories.
"What are you trying to do?" Bibi Dong asked in terror.
[Bibi Dong Fear +9999]
"Good disciple, now it's your turn to become a useless cripple who can't use soul power—utterly powerless," Qian Xuanji said with a grin.
"And I can do whatever I want to you, just like I did back then in the secret chamber."
As for Bibi Dong, Qian Xuanji had no intention of becoming some lovesick fool like other transmigrators who turned into Qian Xuanji and try to win back her heart. After all, this woman had just poisoned him to kill him. If he hadn't been lucky enough to bind a system, he would've already been eaten clean—literally.
Bibi Dong was thrown onto the bed by Qian Xuanji, and that unbearable scene from the past resurfaced once again.
Bibi Dong struggled desperately, refusing to let Qian Xuanji succeed. Seeing her resistance, Qian Xuanji put on a "kind and friendly" smile and said:
"Heh heh heh, Dong'er, you wouldn't want something to happen to Xiaogang, would you?"
Bibi Dong's struggles abruptly stopped. She looked at Qian Xuanji in terror and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Bibi Dong, you'd better cooperate. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that after tomorrow—or some day soon—Yu Xiaogang won't be missing a 'part' or two," Qian Xuanji said in a voice as chilling as a night owl's cry, filling Bibi Dong with fear.
"Y-you—" Bibi Dong glared at Qian Xuanji and said, "You're shameless!"
Bibi Dong could disregard her own life, but the one thing she could never let go of in this world was her Xiaogang. With Qian Xuanji using Yu Xiaogang as a threat, she truly had no way out.
"Even if you get my body, don't even think about getting my heart. My heart will forever belong to Xiaogang," Bibi Dong said bitterly.
Qian Xuanji replied, "What do I need your heart for? I only need you to bear offspring for my Angel Clan!"
Hearing Qian Xuanji's words, all of Bibi Dong's resistance collapsed. She lay on the bed, letting him do as he pleased, tears of humiliation sliding down from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing that Bibi Dong had given up struggling, Qian Xuanji couldn't help but silently give Xiaogang a thumbs-up in his heart.
Xiaogang, Xiaogang… I really don't know how to thank you. If it weren't for you, how could Bibi Dong be this cooperative?
As repayment, I'll have Bibi Dong give me a few more little angels in the future—just to bully your disciple Tang Xiao-San a bit. Heh heh heh.
With Bibi Dong's cooperation, everything became much easier for Qian Xuanji. The two of them looked just like a pair of lovers deeply in love, entwined with each other.
[Bibi Dong Hatred +29999]
[Bibi Dong Hatred +25999]
[Bibi Dong Pleasure +19999]
[Bibi Dong Shame +19999]
He looked at Bibi Dong. Her face was still cold and expressionless, as if none of Qian Xuanji's actions had affected her at all.
Dong'er, so you're one of those people who says no but means yes.
[Bibi Dong Hatred +9999]
Qian Xuanji tidied up his clothes and thought to himself:
People of the three-dimensional world—Qian Xuanji's happiness is something you wouldn't understand. But I do. One word: bliss.
He looked at Bibi Dong, who was wrapped in the bedsheets, and said, "My good disciple, you'd better not harbor any thoughts of suicide. If anything happens to you, Yu Xiaogang will be dragged down to hell to be buried with you."
Bibi Dong did not hide her hatred at all as she looked at Qian Xuanji and said, "Qian Xuanji, you beast. One day, I will kill you. I will cut you into a thousand pieces!"
"Good. Very good," Qian Xuanji said. "I'll wait for you. As your master, I'll always stand in front of you, waiting for your revenge—until…"
"You can't even see my back."
With that, Qian Xuanji left the underground chamber.
After leaving, Qian Xuanji opened the system's exchange panel. Good grief—after a night of operation, the points Bibi Dong had provided shot straight up to 1.19 million.
"Dong'er, providing me with a chance for a silver draw in just one night—you really are my good disciple."
Now bound as an emotion-collection target, Bibi Dong appeared on Qian Xuanji's interface.
[Bibi Dong]
[Martial Soul: Death Spider Emperor, Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor]
[Level: 87]
[First Martial Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black]
[Second Martial Soul Ring Configuration: None]
[Fortune Level: Deep Pink]
[Relationship: –70 (Hatred)]
Looking at that –70 relationship value, Qian Xuanji couldn't help but frown.
Thinking it over, in the original story, the true culprit behind Bibi Dong's descent into extremism was the Rakshasa God. After beginning the Rakshasa God trial, she would become increasingly fanatical.
But unfortunately, starting the Rakshasa God trial required devouring the soul of a Six-Winged Angel. In other words, because of Qian Xuanji's existence, Bibi Dong was unable to begin the Six-Winged Angel divine trial.
Their relationship value hadn't fallen to rock bottom yet. That won't do, Qian Xuanji thought. At the very least, it should be –100. He rather liked Bibi Dong hating him at every moment.
"System, what exactly is this fortune value?" Qian Xuanji asked.
[Respected Host, fortune value represents a person's fortune attribute within the world of Douluo Continent. It is divided into Black, Gray, White, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Orange, Pink, and Seven-Colored.]
[Those with high fortune value receive the world's opportunities and luck. They might casually hunt a soul beast and easily obtain a soul bone, or receive help when encountering danger. Those with low fortune value will achieve little and encounter setbacks everywhere.]
[Generally speaking, Seven-Colored fortune indicates a chosen one of fate or fortune, both of whom can influence and amplify the people around them or those connected to them in the future.]
[Anyone with the potential to become a god has at least Pink-level fortune.]
[Those with the potential to become a Titled Douluo have at least Orange-level fortune.]
[Those with the potential to become Soul Saints or Soul Douluo…]
[Of course, fortune does not represent strength. A person may have poor talent and strength, yet still rule a nation; their fortune can remain high, though it fluctuates with the nation's power.]
[Targets bound by this system will have their emotion point collection cap determined by their fortune level.]
[Seven-Colored fortune: emotion point cap of 100,000]
[Pink fortune: cap of 50,000]
[Orange fortune: cap of 10,000]
[Purple fortune: cap of 5,000]
[Blue fortune: cap of 1,000]
[Below Blue: emotion points cannot be collected]
[System binding targets must have a relationship value with the host below 20.]
After hearing the system's explanation, Qian Xuanji finally understood how it worked. He had ten binding slots. Since he was choosing egg-laying golden chickens, he naturally had to pick the best of the best.
In the original story, who were the biggest golden chickens? Of course, those who could become gods—Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Tang San, and the Shrek Seven Devils!
Qian Renxue could be excluded—after all, she was his daughter.
Bibi Dong, this golden chicken that could both lay eggs and bear chicks, had already entered Qian Xuanji's chicken farm. Tang San, naturally, couldn't be spared either.
As for that "Master" Yu Xiaogang, that useless level-29 waste—what level of fortune did he actually have?
Was he capable of laying golden eggs, silver eggs, bronze eggs… or just dirt-cheap chicken eggs?
Previously, Qian Xuanji's life had been threatened by this "dutiful disciple," so he hadn't had time to carefully check what was in the system shop.
Now that he took a detailed look, his vision nearly went black everything was outrageously expensive!
Supreme God Position: 10 billionGod King Position: 5 billionFirst-Class God Position: 2 billionSecond-Class God Position: 1 billionThird-Class God Position: 500 million
Qian Xuanji swept past the God Position category at a glance. The reason was simple: his chicken farm had only just opened for business. Even if he slaughtered his "dutiful disciple" to harvest golden eggs, he still wouldn't be able to afford any of this. So he turned his attention to the Spirit Ring section.
The most expensive item in the Spirit Ring category was:
Million-Year Spirit Ring: 100 millionHundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (priced per 100,000 years): between 10 million and 100 millionTen-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring: between 1 million and 10 million
In other words, the golden egg he'd just squeezed out of his "dutiful disciple" was only just enough to buy a single ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
As for thousand-year and hundred-year spirit rings, Qian Xuanji couldn't even be bothered to look at them.
The upside of these high-priced spirit rings was that they could be absorbed without any obstacles and would automatically generate the most suitable or the most desired spirit ring for you. As long as you had enough points, even as a mere Spirit Master, you could instantly obtain a million-year spirit ring like Huo Yuhao.
Moreover, the year count of such a spirit ring could be fused with that of another ring to increase its age. Of course, there were rules: you couldn't break limits through shortcuts.
For example, if you had a 99,999-year spirit ring, you couldn't buy a ten-year ring and stack it to directly upgrade it into a hundred-thousand-year ring. To break a limit, you need to provide a spirit ring of the target tier. To upgrade a ten-thousand-year ring into a hundred-thousand-year ring, you'd have to supply an actual hundred-thousand-year ring.
Once the limit was broken, the two rings' year counts would be added together.
Although all of Qian Xuanji's spirit rings were nine red rings, each one was merely a base hundred-thousand-year ring and there was still plenty of room for improvement.
There were also Spirit Ring Beads, priced at 500,000 each. These could not be stacked with other spirit rings. The age of the spirit ring condensed from a bead depended on the user's own endurance; it would help condense a ring at the maximum age the user could withstand.
If you could endure a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, then it would form a hundred-thousand-year ring. It was a highly cost-effective item. Bibi Dong had contributed two of these treasures to Qian Xuanji.
Spirit Bones were divided into Universal Spirit Bones and Directional Spirit Bones. Directional spirit bones were the cheapest. Universal spirit bones would generate the most compatible spirit bone for the user, perfectly matching all existing spirit bones. Directional spirit bones, on the other hand, were things like Azure Sky Bull Python spirit bones or Titan Giant Ape spirit bones.
Beyond spirit bones, there were cultivation techniques, hidden weapons—everything imaginable—but the prices were shockingly high. The value of hidden weapons was even higher than that of spirit tools, which left Qian Xuanji completely baffled.
He asked the system about it, and the system's conclusion was that items not belonging to the Douluo world's framework were priced at ten to a hundred times the usual emotion points.
Hearing this, Qian Xuanji immediately understood—it was imported merchandise, after all.
After looking at the hidden weapons and then at the spirit tool knowledge system, Qian Xuanji concluded that with spirit tools around, hidden weapons were utterly useless.
After browsing the system shop, he'd originally thought that the large amount of emotion points his "dutiful disciple" had offered would let him buy quite a few good things. But on closer inspection, there really wasn't that much he could afford.
Once he finished checking the shop, Qian Xuanji turned his attention to the System Lottery.
100,000 emotion points for one Bronze Draw1,000,000 emotion points for one Silver Draw10,000,000 emotion points for one Gold Draw100,000,000 emotion points for one Diamond Draw
A lottery? Qian Xuanji's eyes lit up. Compared to straightforwardly spending emotion points, he loved gambling like this—small investment, big returns!
Seeing that the emotion points provided by Bibi Dong had already exceeded 1.2 million and were still steadily rising, Qian Xuanji was so happy his nose practically bubbled.
"System, let's start with a Bronze draw to warm things up."
[Please draw a card, Host.]
A stack of bronze cards appeared before Qian Xuanji. He reached out and placed his hand on them.
"Draw!"
A bronze-bordered card appeared, depicting a purple spirit ring.
5,000-Year Spirit Ring
[Universal Spirit Ring Card: This card can be used directly as a spirit ring, or to increase the age of an existing spirit ring. It can be used on yourself or on others.]
"Not a huge gain, but not a loss either," Qian Xuanji commented.
"Draw again." He placed his hand atop the bronze cards once more. "Draw!"
This card showed two spirit ring beads.
[Universal Spirit Ring Bead Card ×2: When you need a spirit ring, you can absorb the energy of these beads to condense a spirit ring. The effect is similar to a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring. The ring's age depends on your personal limit.]
These two beads could generate spirit rings at one's maximum tolerable age. Their combined value was one million emotion points. Spending one hundred thousand emotion points to get items worth a million—even though he couldn't use them yet—still made Qian Xuanji feel delighted.
If the hundred-thousand-point draws were this good, what about the million-point Silver Draw?
His anticipation soared. He placed his hand on the card pool and said, "System, use one Silver Draw."
The million emotion points squeezed out of Bibi Dong were deducted, and another card was drawn.
The card had a bronze border, and on it was a ten-thousand-year spirit bone!
[Directional Spirit Bone Card: Using this card grants a 45,000-year Wisdom Dream Demon head spirit bone.]
A forty-five-thousand-year head spirit bone would indeed be extremely rare in the outside world. But pulling this from a lottery for a million emotion points?
Qian Xuanji frowned.
He wanted to draw again, to see if he could get something better.
[Respected Host, we're sorry—your emotion points are insufficient.]
"Insufficient?"
Qian Xuanji checked and saw that his emotion points had dropped from over a million down to the ten-thousand range. In the blink of an eye, the filial offering from his dutiful disciple had been completely spent.
The good news, however, was that his "dutiful disciple" was still diligently generating new emotion points for him.
[Bibi Dong's hatred +5999]
[Bibi Dong's hatred +5999]
"What a wonderful disciple," Qian Xuanji said, deeply moved. "Whether your master can become a god someday will all depend on you."
But having only Bibi Dong wouldn't do. A farm couldn't rely on just a single golden chicken.
Qian Xuanji needed to expand his happy farm.
At this stage, the one who could generate the most profit for him was that Rat, poor guy had just suffered the pain of losing his wife. He must be cursing Qian Xuanji nonstop in his heart. Such a high-quality golden chicken—how could Qian Xuanji possibly let it slip away so easily?