Chapter 284: Bibi Dong: How Could I, His Master, Be Outdone by Ah Yin?
Snow Empress's detailed explanation about attribute origins in the group.
Made Lin Qingmo fall into deep thought regarding the annihilation attribute of his own martial soul.
The chat group interface, which originally still had a few scattered messages popping up, also fell into a brief silence.
However, after a moment of quiet, Qian Renxue's message appeared again, breaking the stagnant atmosphere.
[Golden Liquid Angel]: Ah Qing, where are you now?
After pressing the send button with her fingertip.
Qian Renxue's fingers gently rubbed the secret order that Emperor Xue Ye had just issued.
The gilded confidential letter still carried the lingering warmth of the cinnabar seal. After being repeatedly rubbed by her, the edges had curled slightly.
She seemed to be contemplating something in her mind.
Very soon, Lin Qingmo, who had come back to his senses, replied.
[Dad Douluo]: I'm still in the core area of the Blue Silver Forest within the Star Dou Great Forest.
[Dad Douluo]: After handling the remaining matters here, I'll probably set off back to Heaven Dou City within a day or two.
Qian Renxue stared at this message. A calculating smile instantly appeared on the corners of her delicate lips, and a determined gleam flashed through her eyes.
One or two days.
The timing was just right.
She had already arranged the entire plan perfectly in her mind.
This soul fight had to be organized openly and legitimately.
Using Emperor Xue Ye's inspection of the newly formed Royal Fighting Team's actual combat ability as the reason, she would take the lead in holding an exchange soul fight competition between the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and other academies.
Not only could Emperor Xue Ye personally witness the strength of the Royal Fighting Team, allowing her to perfectly complete the responsibility belonging to the identity of Xue Qinghe and consolidate the position of crown prince,
She could also use this public occasion to personally witness exactly what kind of power Lin Qingmo, who had awakened the Blue Silver Life-Destruction Tree and controlled the annihilation attribute, could unleash.
At the same time, inside the chat group, Lin Qingmo's message refreshed once more.
[Dad Douluo]: By the way, please help me investigate any information related to the annihilation attribute across the entire continent. As long as it has even the slightest connection, please keep an eye out for me.
The moment the message was sent,
The chat group, which had occasionally still contained some casual conversation, instantly fell into complete silence.
Everyone on the other side of the screen looked at each other, and no one dared to reply casually.
This was clearly another fatal question.
Everyone in the group tacitly turned on Do Not Disturb and collectively entered pretending-to-be-dead mode.
[The Pope Herself]: I will help you search for information related to the annihilation attribute.
Bibi Dong looked at the chat group interface before her, her brows slightly raised as a trace of undisguised helplessness and displeasure flashed through her eyes.
These people actually did not even dare to say a single supportive sentence.
It was merely a casual promise, yet it could put Lin Qingmo's mind at ease. However, no one was willing to speak up.
In the end, she still had to clean up this mess.
'What a bunch of useless fools.'
"…"
And one of the group members despised by Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, was standing not far away from her.
Her crystal-blue hair gently fluttered along with the forest breeze. Her gaze landed on Bibi Dong, and her expression was especially complicated.
Of course, she knew the true identity of the woman before her.
Spirit Hall Pope, Bibi Dong.
The woman with overwhelming authority across the entire Douluo Continent, and also the one most feared by others.
But she knew even more clearly that this woman had always disguised herself as Lin Qingmo's beloved "Sister Dong Huang" in front of him.
In the chat group, she had also been carefully hiding her identity all along, afraid of revealing even the slightest flaw and allowing Lin Qingmo to discover something was wrong.
Just like the message she sent now, it was clearly meant to fool Lin Qingmo.
She truly was a rather scheming woman.
However, fortunately, this woman held no malice toward Lin Qingmo. Instead, she protected him everywhere and cared about everything concerning him.
She was even willing to expend resources and effort for him.
Their gazes briefly met in midair.
"Hmm?"
Their eyes silently clashed in the forest, filled with probing and vigilance.
Yet when they both looked toward Lin Qingmo at the same time, they instantly restrained all hostility and sharpness, showing a tacit understanding as if they had known each other for many years.
Ah Yin ultimately chose silence.
She did not expose her, nor did she question her. She merely quietly watched Lin Qingmo.
As long as this woman does not harm Lin Qingmo in the slightest.
Then the past grudges between her and Spirit Hall could temporarily be set aside.
In her heart, Lin Qingmo's safety would always come first.
At this moment, Lin Qingmo, who had just put away the chat group interface, walked over. His footsteps stepped on the fallen leaves in the forest, light yet steady.
He arrived in front of Ah Yin, interrupting her surging thoughts.
"Ah Yin, Master and I are going to leave this place. Stay in the Blue Silver Forest for now and focus on recovering your strength."
Currently, Ah Yin was still in her soul beast form and possessed seventy thousand years of cultivation.
She could no longer be casually carried around by his side like when she was weak in the past.
Rather than that, it was better to let her remain in the Blue Silver Forest and use the life origin of the entire Blue Silver clan to nourish herself.
She only needed to undergo one or two more life sacrifices, and Ah Yin would smoothly recover to her peak.
Ah Yin slowly descended from midair.
Tiny strands of Blue Silver Grass quietly bloomed beneath her feet, layering over one another and forming a soft grass carpet.
She raised her eyes and looked at Lin Qingmo walking toward her. Her clear pupils were filled with indescribable gentleness and deep reluctance.
Her voice was gentle like water, carrying a nearly undetectable trace of choking emotion. "Alright, I'll stay in the Blue Silver Forest and recover my strength as quickly as possible."
"Ah Qing, while you're adventuring outside, you must take good care of yourself."
"If you encounter any danger, immediately contact me through the Blue Silver Grass."
"Every single strand of Blue Silver Grass throughout the entire Star Dou Great Forest, and even the entire continent, will transmit messages for you and protect you."
Ah Yin also knew that her current state was simply unsuitable for following Lin Qingmo around.
Following him would not only prevent her from helping him in any way, but she would instead become his burden.
Only by staying in the Blue Silver Forest, relying on the life power of the entire Blue Silver clan, could she quickly recover to the peak and even break through her shackles to advance further.
Only then could she truly stand beside him, shield him from storms, and block all hidden and open threats for him.
As her words fell, Ah Yin lightly moved her fingertips.
Dozens of lustrous Blue Silver Grass vines quietly extended outward, carrying seven or eight soul bones emitting different attribute glows as they slowly delivered them in front of Lin Qingmo.
The soul bones shone brilliantly under the forest sunlight, and dense, pure soul power fluctuations continuously spread outward.
Every single piece radiated captivating light. One glance was enough to know that their quality was extraordinary—absolutely not something ordinary soul bones could compare with.
Seeing this, Bibi Dong, who was standing to the side, suddenly raised her brows.
A strand of extremely refined soul power quietly swept across those soul bones, and surprise flashed through her eyes.
Among these seven or eight soul bones, a full five pieces were above the ten-thousand-year level. There was even one top-tier soul bone approaching eighty thousand years.
A soul bone of this level would be treated as a sect-protecting treasure even by the Upper Three Sects, passed down through generations and rarely shown to outsiders.
Yet Ah Yin actually took them out so casually and handed them all to Lin Qingmo.
An inexplicably strong sense of competitiveness rose within Bibi Dong's heart.
Heh, weren't they just a few ten-thousand-year-level soul bones?
Once she returned to Spirit Hall, she would take out those top-tier soul bones stored deep inside Spirit Hall's treasury, each starting from fifty thousand years, and deliver them all to Lin Qingmo.
As his legitimate Master, she absolutely could not allow herself to be outdone.
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