Chapter 26: Bibi Dong the Scapegoat, New Rule — Question Function
Star Dou Forest.
Deep within the Lake of Life.
A silver giant dragon lay at the bottom of the lake. Her body was as massive as a mountain, simply lying there; she resembled a continuous mountain range, rising and falling in layers.
In front of the silver dragon floated an almost invisible black diary. The dragon's enormous silver eyes were fixed tightly on it, filled with confusion.
After receiving the diary copy, she was pulled into some kind of inexplicable chat group.
At first, she thought the God Kings of the God Realm had discovered her, which nearly frightened her to death.
But after carefully sensing the ancient aura emanating from the black diary, she realized it was mysterious and powerful.
As one half of the former Dragon God, the Silver Dragon King believed she possessed considerable insight — and this mysterious diary was definitely not something from the God Realm.
"How incredible… This diary copy is actually this powerful. Then I may have hope of recovering from my injuries and attacking the God Realm again to take revenge on those hateful gods."
After silently lurking for two minutes and reading the diary copy and chat group rules, hope gradually filled the Silver Dragon King's heart.
For a divine beast like her — who could sleep for hundreds or even thousands of years at a time — the benefits of the diary copy and chat group rules were simply too good.
She could practically receive diary copy rewards just by opening and closing her eyes each day. It felt unbelievably satisfying.
[A Cat Longing for Freedom: "I Sleep Every Day," why aren't you speaking? Did you fall asleep?]
[A Cat Longing for Freedom: Don't be afraid — we're all good people. This diary copy is our opportunity.]
[Yan Will Come Back: Yeah, come say hello. The other two new members have already spoken — you're the only one who hasn't.]
[I Sleep Every Day: Hello, everyone.]
[I Sleep Every Day: My name is Gu Yuena. I was just reading the diary copy and chat group rules.]
[I Sleep Every Day: By the way, "A Cat Longing for Freedom" and "Green Grass" — are you two soul beasts?]
Lake of Life.
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's and Ah Yin's nicknames, Gu Yuena couldn't help but ask.
If there were soul beasts in this chat group, that would be even better. At the very least, they would share common goals and topics in the future.
As for humans, Gu Yuena wasn't particularly fond of them, though she didn't hate them either.
After all, the situation of this era hadn't yet become as severe as it would two thousand years later, so she didn't strongly resent humanity.
[A Cat Longing for Freedom: I'm not a soul beast. I chose this nickname only because my martial soul is a cat — it doesn't mean I'm actually a cat.]
[A Cat Longing for Freedom: That said, our chat group probably doesn't have any soul beasts, right?]
[Green Grass: ???]
[Green Grass: I am a soul beast. My true form is a Blue Silver Grass.]
[Yan Will Come Back: Wait — there's really a soul beast here?]
[Cold and Detached Melon-Eating Girl: Then are you a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? How can you think independently like this? That's amazing.]
[My Surname is Not Yu: I never expected a soul beast would join our chat group. That's really rare.]
[I Am a Little Princess: "Green Grass," are you actually a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Your intelligence seems very high — at least tens of thousands of years of cultivation, right?]
Seeing that Ah Yin was a soul beast, the women all began asking questions, filled with curiosity about the new member.
They hadn't expected the chat group to pull in a soul beast. If that were possible, then in the future it might even pull in the legendary gods.
[Green Grass: My true form used to be a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor soul beast, but after sacrificing myself, I only have a few years of cultivation left.]
[Green Grass: I don't know whether I'll ever have the chance to return to a hundred-thousand-year cultivation again.]
Holy Soul Village.
Looking at her fragile body, Ah Yin felt restless and upset, inwardly blaming Tang Hao a little.
If he had sent her back to the Blue Silver Forest, she would at least have several hundred years of cultivation by now.
After all, the Blue Silver Forest was her territory. There, with the help of her subjects, Ah Yin could have quickly recovered from her injuries.
[Carrot Lover: "Green Grass," why did you sacrifice yourself? Were you forced by humans?]
Nuoding Academy.
After seeing that Ah Yin was also a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, Xiao Wu felt very happy. This meant she had her own kind in the chat group.
"Hmm? That's not quite right… She's a grass, and I'm a rabbit. Aren't we natural enemies?"
After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Wu suddenly realized this awkward fact — what should she do if a group member was technically one of her food sources?
[Green Grass: No. Back then, I was being hunted by Spirit Hall, so I sacrificed myself to my lover.]
[I Am a Little Princess: ???]
[I Am a Little Princess: Let me get this straight — you're a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and your lover is a human? That's… incredibly bizarre.]
[Yan Will Come Back: Also, Spirit Hall — Bibi Dong, was this your doing?]
[Pope of Spirit Hall: You all… such stereotypes!]
[Pope of Spirit Hall: Why is everything blamed on me? Am I the scapegoat?]
[Pope of Spirit Hall: This was clearly done by the previous Pope, Qian Xunji. I've only been in office for a few years, okay?]
[Pope of Spirit Hall: Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Soul Masters hunting soul beasts is only natural — especially a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. That's something Soul Masters dream of.]
[I Have No Mother: Exactly. Bibi Dong, this is the first time I've supported you this much. Ask yourselves — don't you want a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone?]
Heaven Dou City.
Seeing Bibi Dong's message, Qian Renxue's eyes showed a trace of approval.
"That foolish woman Bibi Dong is clear-headed for once."
Qian Renxue didn't particularly hate Ah Yin, but she didn't like her either.
In her memory, her father Qian Xunji had been gravely injured by Ah Yin's lover, Tang Hao, and later died from those injuries.
Because of this, Qian Renxue harbored deep hatred toward Tang Hao.
But toward Ah Yin — a hundred-thousand-year soul beast — Qian Renxue didn't feel much resentment, since Spirit Hall had been the one to initiate the hunt back then.
[Carrot Lover: But… Do soul beasts deserve to die? Do hundred-thousand-year soul beasts deserve even more to be hunted for soul rings and soul bones?]
Nuoding Academy.
Even Xiao Wu, who usually laughed and smiled every day, became gloomy at this moment.
Soul beasts did nothing, yet they constantly faced the risk of being hunted. Why was the world so unfair?
After Xiao Wu spoke, silence fell over the chat group.
Among them were both humans and soul beasts. There was no true answer they could give to Xiao Wu's question.
[Ding! Detecting a major disagreement within the chat group. A new rule is hereby established: Question Function.]
[Chat group members may jointly choose a diary topic, and the diary's owner, Lin Chen, will complete the diary entry. Perhaps this will answer your doubts.]
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