Chapter 108: Heaven-Defying Luck Still at Work — The Unlucky Bibi Dong!
[Hu Liena throws herself into your arms…]
[You and Hu Liena go to find Bibi Dong, who looks at the two of you with confusion.]
[From the way Hu Liena looks at you, Bibi Dong sees many things—and even glimpses her younger self.]
[Under Bibi Dong's astonished gaze, Hu Liena says she has broken through to rank sixty and needs to obtain a soul ring.]
["???"]
[You casually explain.]
[During your last outing, you picked up an immortal herb that Yue Guan had identified.]
[You gave the herb to Hu Liena to consume, and then she broke through.]
[Bibi Dong quickly examines Hu Liena's body and discovers her soul power is extremely solid and free of impurities, even more stable than that of a normal Soul Emperor-to-be.]
[Only then does she sigh in relief, though she looks at you both strangely.]
[A trace of envy and jealousy flashes in her eyes…]
[You two are childhood companions; being together is only natural.]
[But what about her?]
[With Gui Mei and Yue Guan in seclusion, Bibi Dong doesn't feel comfortable letting you leave Spirit City alone. She decides to personally take Hu Liena to obtain her soul ring and bring you along to gain experience.]
[You shrug, completely indifferent.]
[The next day, you leave Spirit City and head toward the Star Dou Forest.]
[Along the way, Bibi Dong keeps a dark expression the entire time because Hu Liena constantly clings to you. The two of you seem not to take her, your teacher, seriously at all… almost as if you don't even treat her as a person…]
[Unable to endure it any longer, Bibi Dong scolds you both, saying that at such a young age, cultivation should be your priority, not romance!]
[For the first time, Hu Liena talks back to Bibi Dong, saying she is cultivating.]
[Cultivating beside you makes her progress faster…]
[Bibi Dong looks at you suspiciously, not believing it.]
[She decides to test it, intending to teach Hu Liena a lesson and prevent her from being infatuated with a man.]
[…After testing it, the way she looks at you changes completely. Hu Liena was telling the truth!]
[Cultivating beside you really does produce twice the result with half the effort!]
[Bibi Dong is stunned; she never imagined you had such an effect!]
[Seeing Bibi Dong speechless, Hu Liena clings to you again, causing veins to bulge on Bibi Dong's forehead, though she can do nothing about it.]
[You are merely a disciple she accepted in name, whom she never personally taught, and she never cared about your future.]
[Hu Liena, however, was raised like a daughter.]
[Her daughter finding happiness should make her happy, yet she simply cannot feel happy.]
[Especially when you two act intimately in front of her, her hands tremble slightly.]
[You arrive at the Star Dou Forest. Shortly after entering the outer area, you once again pick up a hundred-year soul bone.]
[Entering the inner area, you slip and pick up another soul bone, a thousand-year-old one of decent quality.]
[Hu Liena is simply happy for you, but Bibi Dong raises an eyebrow.]
[She feels your luck is somewhat strange.]
[She secretly tries to make a move against you. Before she can even touch you, she steps on a pile of foul, still-steaming filth…]
[Bibi Dong: ???]
[You and Hu Liena look at Bibi Dong in confusion, then at her foot…]
["Ugh…"]
[Furious and embarrassed, Bibi Dong vanishes from the spot and only returns after a long while.]
[She has changed her shoes; her face is as dark as charcoal.]
[She examines you again, carefully checks the ground around her, confirms nothing unusual, and secretly tries to test you again.]
[She controls her strength and does not intend to hurt you. She only wants to see how powerful your luck really is.]
["Cawcaw."]
[At that moment, a flock of crows flies overhead. White droppings fall from the sky one after another, landing squarely on Bibi Dong's head and face.]
[Bibi Dong: "…"]
[You and Hu Liena: ???]
[Normally, with Bibi Dong's strength, she could easily dodge.]
[But somehow, the heel of her high-heeled shoe gets stuck, preventing her from moving.]
[Her attention is focused on you and the shoe, and she completely fails to notice the falling filth.]
["Teacher… you should wipe it off… it's almost in your mouth."]
[Hu Liena reminds her apologetically, feeling somewhat nauseated herself, but this is her most respected teacher.]
[Without any burden, you take Hu Liena's hand and move away from Bibi Dong.]
["Agh!!"]
[A miserable scream filled with killing intent erupts from Bibi Dong's mouth.]
["Teacher, stop shouting; it's really about to get into your mouth…"]
[You remind her.]
[Bibi Dong glares at you fiercely and disappears once again.]
[You feel somewhat baffled. What exactly is wrong with Bibi Dong?]
[After Bibi Dong leaves, a short while later, an injured giant fox appears not far from you and Hu Liena.]
[You both freeze. The fox's cultivation is around twenty thousand years, perfect for Hu Liena's sixth soul ring.]
[It has three tails and three eyes—quite a rare appearance.]
[Just as Hu Liena releases her martial soul, you flash forward and slap the giant fox on the head.]
[With a "bang," it collapses, barely alive.]
[Hu Liena: …]
[This scene completely shatters her worldview.]
[Her auxiliary-type junior brother slapped a twenty-thousand-year soul beast down to its last breath without even releasing his martial soul or using any amplification!]
[Even if it was heavily injured, it was still a twenty-thousand-year soul beast!]
[You shrug indifferently and say to Hu Liena:]
["Senior sister, this is our secret."]
[Hu Liena trembles and quickly nods. This is her junior brother and her man. Even if their teacher asks, she won't say a word!]
[This is a secret between her and her junior brother!]
[Her junior brother being powerful is a good thing, isn't it?]
[Hu Liena finishes off the giant fox and begins absorbing its soul ring. You glance at the corpse and, sure enough, sense fluctuations of a soul bone.]
[You take out the soul bone and weigh it in your hand, making no move to store it away.]
[When Bibi Dong returns, confusion fills her eyes.]
[A Soul Emperor-to-be and a Soul Ancestor killed a twenty-thousand-year soul beast?]
[Her disciples truly are heaven-chosen geniuses.]
[She doesn't try to test you again. After all, you are her disciple in name, and she only wanted to test you, not harm you.]
[Looking at you casually tossing the soul bone, Bibi Dong's eye twitches…]
[Just what kind of luck is this?]
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