"Teacher, this place is so hidden. Why did you bring me here?" Jiang Chen asked about the doubt in his heart.
Bibi Dong didn't turn her head and said, "I see that your martial soul is very evil, and it also carries strong resentment. It's very similar to my martial soul."
"This place is of great benefit to my cultivation. If you cultivate here, perhaps your cultivation speed can also increase greatly."
"This place is known only to you and me. Don't tell anyone else."
She added another sentence.
"Teacher, I will keep the secret," Jiang Chen said.
Jiang Chen felt somewhat moved in his heart. This should be one of Bibi Dong's most important secrets, yet she had told him so readily.
"Aside from Senior Sister and Xue'er, Teacher is also the most important person to me. No one can harm her." Jiang Chen secretly resolved in his heart.
After walking about a hundred meters, the stairs disappeared, and the farther down they went, the larger the space became.
"Inside is a downward cave. Back then, for the sake of this place, I ordered the construction of a new Pope's Palace and moved it here."
The cave spiraled downward. Jiang Chen felt that the vertical depth was already around five hundred meters, yet they still hadn't reached the end.
"This depth should already be below the surface outside," he thought to himself.
After descending another five hundred meters or so, they finally reached the end.
Down below was an unexpectedly vast grand hall. On both sides of the hall stood thirty-six thick black pillars, each supporting the ceiling.
At the very center of the space stood an enormous statue.
The statue was about ten meters tall, humanoid, and its gender was indiscernible. Its face was green with fangs, incomparably ugly and ferocious. It wore a suit of purple armor, and from both sides of its back extended four massive scythes each.
The entire statue was shrouded in an incomparably dense and intense aura of evil.
The moment he saw the statue, a terrifying pressure came crashing down on Jiang Chen like a tidal wave.
Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly. She quickly stepped in front of Jiang Chen, blocking the pressure for him.
"Little Chen, if you can't bear it, let's retreat some distance," she said.
At that moment, the Corpse Core in Jiang Chen's dantian strangely rotated once. A pressure no less intense than that of the statue erupted from within his body, startling Bibi Dong into staggering backward several steps.
She only stopped when she reached the foot of the statue, looking at Jiang Chen with a face full of shock and fear.
An endless surge of intense resentment erupted from Jiang Chen's body, pressing back against the statue's pressure.
Watching all this, Jiang Chen was somewhat stunned. Could this Corpse Core actually possess intelligence?
As if provoked, it forcefully pushed back the other's pressure.
That terrifying resentment all came bursting from the Corpse Core inside his body and had nothing to do with him personally.
The evil and ferocious statue's pressure was suppressed in return. As if also provoked by Jiang Chen's Corpse Core, endless thick black qi surged out from the statue, incomparably malevolent.
A shadowy figure about three meters tall emerged from the black qi. A piercing, shrill laugh rang out, carrying an extremely cold aura.
When Bibi Dong saw this shadowy figure, her expression became extremely horrified. The figure gave her an urge to kneel and submit.
She quickly retreated, and only then did that feeling gradually fade.
This shadowy figure had a normal human appearance, unlike the statue's hideous and terrifying look.
The shadow hovered in midair, its cold gaze sweeping toward Jiang Chen.
The moment Jiang Chen was stared at by those evil eyes, his scalp went numb. He felt immense pressure and couldn't help wanting to retreat.
But the Corpse Core in his body prevented him from stepping back, easily blocking the shadow's pressure.
Jie jie jie...
An eerie and terrifying laugh sounded. Jiang Chen felt a strand of intent land on him, attempting to see through him completely.
The Corpse Core in his body trembled once, flicking the shadow's divine sense back.
"Not bad, little fellow. What a pity you already have an inheritance; otherwise, you would be even more suited to inherit my god position."
"Strange, could it be that the Divine Realm also has a god similar to me?"
As the voice fell, the shadow dissipated. The Corpse Core inside Jiang Chen also fell silent.
What surprised Jiang Chen was that the statue's pressure toward him had also vanished.
"Could this be a trace of divine sense left behind by the Rakshasa God when leaving the Douluo Continent?" Jiang Chen wondered to himself.
He quickly walked to Bibi Dong's side and found that her forehead was covered in bean-sized beads of sweat, her clothes almost completely soaked.
"Teacher, are you alright?"
Bibi Dong shook her head. Looking at the statue, her eyes still held lingering fear.
She had been in contact with this inheritance for many years, yet she had never seen this shadow before. That evil aura was identical to the statue's, only far more terrifying.
Bibi Dong had some guesses about the shadow's identity, but she couldn't understand what kind of existence it was.
"Little Chen, do you know what that shadow was?"
"Teacher, that should be a trace of divine sense left by a powerful god when departing from the Douluo Continent, used to guide the chosen person to complete the inheritance."
Bibi Dong finally breathed a sigh of relief. If that was the case, then the shadow should harbor no malice toward them.
"Little Chen, try cultivating here and see what effect it has," Bibi Dong said.
"It probably won't have much effect," Jiang Chen replied.
Even the Rakshasa God's shadow had said he already had an inheritance. How could it possibly help him cultivate?
Still, he sat cross-legged, circulating his energy to try.
But only moments later, he stood up helplessly and said, "Teacher, cultivating here is actually slower than cultivating outside."
The place was already deep underground, and the moonlight essence could hardly penetrate. The cultivation speed had dropped significantly.
Bibi Dong's expression carried some apology. "I thought it could make your cultivation speed faster."
"Teacher, it's fine," Jiang Chen said.
"Mm, then let's go back up."
Jiang Chen followed behind Bibi Dong. He glanced back at the towering statue once more.
As far as he knew, Bibi Dong's inheritance was different from other deities'. It was much more difficult and required a very long time to subtly accept the inheritance.
As they walked, Bibi Dong said, "If you have any matters in the future and I'm not up there, you can come down here to find me."
"Alright."
Not long after, the two returned to Bibi Dong's bedroom.
"Let's do this: you don't need to participate in tomorrow's special training. I'll have Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo take you to obtain your fourth soul ring."
"Understood, Teacher. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
"Mm, go on. The teacher needs to bathe."
Bibi Dong was drenched in sweat, her stunning figure fully revealed.
Jiang Chen didn't dare to look disrespectfully and quickly walked out.
When he came out, he found Hu Liena lingering not far away, her gaze occasionally drifting toward Bibi Dong's room.
"Senior Sister, why are you still here?"
Jiang Chen smiled and walked over.
"What did the teacher talk to you about? It took so long?" Hu Liena asked curiously.
"Nothing much. Teacher's martial soul is similar to mine, so she gave me some pointers on cultivation."
Hu Liena's face reddened. She hugged Jiang Chen's arm coquettishly and said, "Little Chen, I want to ask for a stalk of immortal-grade herb for my brother."
Her big, watery eyes blinked at Jiang Chen, along with that astonishing softness, making it hard for Jiang Chen to resist.
"Sure, sure. How could good stuff leave out my big brother-in-law?"
"What's 'big brother-in-law'?" Hu Liena found the new term very novel.
"Nothing, it just means big brother."
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