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Raksha's eyes flickered with confusion.
"Immortal herbs? What are those? Something that can help Xiaogang break through the martial soul bottleneck that has plagued him for most of his life? Why haven't I heard about this in the Spirit Hall?"
Bibi Dong sighed again. Another foolish woman sitting on a treasure trove without realizing it.
If not for the fact that Raksha was, in some sense, still herself, Bibi Dong might have already used her powers to turn her into a puppet to handle matters for her. But feeling a pang of sympathy for her own kind, she decided to guide Raksha back from her misguided path instead.
Bibi Dong lightly scratched her golden-silk-like temples in irritation and calmly explained:
"Immortal herbs can be understood as treasures that gather the essence of heaven and earth, capable of reversing fate for cultivators.
Anyone who consumes an immortal herb possesses the potential to break through to the level of a Title Douluo. If someone has an immortal herb as their martial soul, as long as they don't foolishly follow the wrong cultivation path, becoming a Title Douluo is practically guaranteed. Even if they stray, the inherent power of the immortal herb still makes it easy to reach Soul Douluo-level strength."
(Tang San: !? Why do I feel like someone's talking behind my back?)
"For example," Bibi Dong continued, "your subordinate Ju Douluo possesses such a martial soul. His Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum is one type of immortal herb. Consuming it strengthens the body and grants the ability to cultivate an indestructible physique.
I imagine he must have bragged to you about his martial soul before, but you probably didn't take it seriously."
At this, Raksha suddenly recalled a past conversation with Ju Douluo. Indeed, he had mentioned something like this.
But at the time, Raksha had dismissed it as a joke. After all, Ju Douluo's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum looked more like a weapon-type martial soulâstiff and prickly, utterly unappetizing.
At this moment, Bibi Dong seemed to remember something and chuckled. "Come to think of it, using such a precious treasure on a useless man like Yu Xiaogang, who's over 50 years old, is truly a waste. He's nearly 60 now, with his vitality waning. He'll never break through to become a Title Douluo in this lifetime."
Once again hearing Bibi Dong insult her beloved, Raksha became agitated and tried to protest. However, this time, the wiser Bibi Dong grew impatient and sealed Raksha's voice with a sliver of divine power, continuing her monologue without interruption.
"Speaking of which, this Yu Xiaogang is incredibly selfish. In his quest to prove himself, he disregarded everythingâeven leaking internal information about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Spirit Hall. This forced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to live in fear for quite some time.
And after obtaining such a priceless treasure as an immortal herb, instead of returning it to repay his clan and ensure the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan gained another potential Title Douluo, he only cared about breaking through that laughable level 30.
Such behavior should be considered disloyal to his roots.
Moreover, you've been keeping tabs on his intelligence, right?
Since being expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he hasn't once visited his aging fatherâall in the name of proving himself.
What about Yu Yuanzhen, who raised him and never abandoned him, even when he was a failure?
This behavior could be called unfilial, couldn't it?
And you admire his supposed knowledge, don't you? Don't tell me you really believe he couldn't see that Liu Erlong, with her fire dragon martial soul, was related to him?
After all, even you should know that in this era, powerful dragon martial soulsâespecially those of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clanâare almost always connected. The most common variant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is the fire dragon.
Though Liu Erlong's cultivation aptitude may not match yours, you should understand that only a select few elders in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could produce someone like her. And these individuals are within five generations of kinship with Yu Xiaogang.
This must be deliberate incest, wouldn't you say?"
By this point, Raksha had nothing left to say. Her face turned pale. She hadn't realized any of this before, but now, even Rakshaâthe ultimate love-struck foolâhad to admit that Yu Xiaogang was truly despicable.
Even Raksha, despite being driven away by Qian Xunji's actions, would have helped her Spirit Hall companions if they were in trouble. After all, the Spirit Hall was like her familyâit had raised her and never wronged her.
She would have even risked her life to save her teacher if he were in danger.
That was just how pure-hearted Raksha was.
And precisely because of this purity, she was all the more vulnerable to manipulation by those with ulterior motives. Such was the nature of innocence.
High EQ perspective: A pure heart, untainted by worldly knowledge.
Low EQ perspective: Naive to the point of being easily deceived; two years later, she'd have three kids fooled out of her.
At this moment, Bibi Dong seemed to recall something amusing and chuckled softly.
"Speaking of interesting things, there's something you've likely paid attention to.
When he was about to marry Liu Erlong, her father, Yu Luomian, suddenly appeared. Keep in mind that they were traveling all over the continent at the time, and Yu Luomian hadn't shown much concern for his illegitimate daughter. If he truly cared, he should have sent a letter immediately upon learning that a worthless man like Yu Xiaogang had gotten close to his daughter, ordering Liu Erlong to stay away from him.
After all, how could a 29-year-old failure protect Liu Erlong, who was nearing the rank of Soul King at the time?
If anything happened, who would protect whom?
So why did Yu Luomian suddenly show up at that moment?"
Here, Bibi Dong smirked knowingly and lifted the restriction on Raksha's speech.
However, Raksha's eyes had lost their luster. These details didn't hold up under scrutiny. The perfect image she had built of Yu Xiaogang in her mind had completely collapsed, shattering even her dao heart!
Though Raksha had given up, Bibi Dong, having opened the floodgates of conversation, wasn't about to let her off the hook. She continued:
"According to my intelligence, you directly broke up with Yu Xiaogang in front of Qian Xunji when he forced you to do so. At the time, your feelings for each other were at their peak.
But if your love was truly so sincere, why did Yu Xiaogang so easily believe your breakup declaration?
Tell me, did he already think he wasn't worthy of you? Or perhaps he doubted whether your affection for himâa favored child of heavenâwas genuine or merely playful?"
As she spoke, Bibi Dong activated a sliver of her Goddess of Desire abilities, rapidly amplifying Raksha's negative emotions in this regard.
Raksha's pupils trembled violently, her eyes filled with disbelief as she began to question everything.
She even started to wonder:
"That's right⊠If our love was truly unshakable, shouldn't Xiaogang have desperately questioned me and begged me not to leave him at the time? He seemed toâŠ
Raksha painfully recalled the memory and muttered, "He said⊠I'd regret it."
At this moment, the rose-tinted glasses through which Raksha viewed Yu Xiaogang had shattered completely. For the first time, she found herself unable to recall the deep love she once felt for him.
Seizing the moment, Bibi Dong delivered the final blow: "So what exactly do you see in him? What's so great about this disloyal, unfilial, immoral scum?
Are you really attracted to his so-called wisdom?
Did all the books you read go to waste? All those so-called 'ten core competencies' he publishedâaren't they recorded in the Spirit Hall's archives? And weren't those books borrowed by you and handed to him personally?"
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