Seeing Chrysanthemum Douluo's excited expression, Bibi Dong was completely dumbfounded.
In her mind, Chrysanthemum Douluo had served the Spirit Hall for so many years and had finally reached the position of Elder. How could he possibly be willing to give up his current wealth and status?
However, the reality was that Chrysanthemum Douluo didn't care about her threats at all and even seemed somewhat impatient.
Bibi Dong looked at Ghost Douluo in disbelief. "Gui Mei, are you also going to disobey my orders?"
She didn't believe that with her methods and charm, she couldn't even subdue a Titled Douluo.
Ghost Douluo didn't reply and silently walked to Chrysanthemum Douluo's side, making his stance clear.
For him, being with his old buddy was more important than anything else.
Besides, he couldn't stand Bibi Dong's bullying anymore. It was better to leave the Spirit Empire as soon as possible and join the more promising Wuji Sect.
Looking at the two unyielding individuals before her, Bibi Dong's pupils trembled slightly.
She hadn't expected them to be so resolute, willing to leave the Spirit Empire to defy her orders.
After a moment, she took a deep breath, trying to calm her anger, and said in a gentler tone, "Yue Guan, Gui Mei, I have treated you well. Why have you treated me like this? Besides, where can you go after leaving the Spirit Empire?"
Faced with Bibi Dong's feigned concern, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged a glance and revealed mocking smiles.
This woman still hadn't recognized her own limitations.
"Bibi Dong, the former Spirit Hall gave you the highest treatment, yet you show no gratitude whatsoever. You only spent some gold soul coins, yet you expect us to willingly risk our lives for you. Don't you find that ridiculous?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo's words were like daggers to the heart.
These words directly tore off Bibi Dong's facade, exposing her ungrateful and exploitative nature.
For a moment, Bibi Dong's face became so gloomy it seemed it could drip water. She even felt murderous intent, but in public she dared not make a move, lest Qian Daoliu cause her further trouble.
"Bibi Dong, we should thank you for your generosity."
After a pause, Chrysanthemum Douluo's shrill voice carried a hint of mockery. "If you hadn't removed us from our elder positions, we wouldn't have had any reason to leave."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong's expression changed again.
The feeling of being betrayed by trusted confidants was unpleasant. Fortunately, she hadn't placed too much trust in them, only regarding them as important pawns.
To her, apart from Hu Liena, everyone else in the Spirit Empire was just a pawn.
A moment later, her eyes turned icy cold, and she said mercilessly, "If you dare to leave, you will be betraying the Spirit Empire, and I have the right to send people to hunt you down!"
Hearing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo couldn't help but laugh.
Just now she wanted to remove them from their elder positions, and now she wouldn't let them leave. This woman was truly fickle.
Letting this woman rule the Spirit Empire would only lead to a predictable end.
However, if His Majesty were willing to provide support, the Spirit Empire might still be able to survive.
"Our minds are made up. If you want to send people to hunt us down, go ahead. Send a few elders and see if they'll listen to you."
With that, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo stopped talking and immediately turned to leave Spirit City.
Watching their departing figures, Bibi Dong felt a pang of sorrow. Why couldn't anyone stay by her side forever?
Losing two Super Douluos at once would undoubtedly make it much more difficult for her to control the Spirit Empire and annex the two great empires.
At this moment, a hint of regret crept into her heart.
Just as she was about to speak to persuade them to stay, Chrysanthemum Douluo preemptively uttered, "Bibi Dong, you are as repulsive as your martial soul!"
These words struck Bibi Dong like a thunderbolt. Her eyes glazed over, and she remained stunned for a long time.
She couldn't believe these words came from the mouth of her most capable lieutenant, words even more heartbreaking than when Yu Xiaogang left without saying goodbye.
After all, even she herself hated the way she looked when using Martial Soul Possession.
When she came to her senses, she found that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had already vanished. In her extreme rage, she even cracked the scepter in her hand.
"Yue Guan, I will kill you!"
Bibi Dong roared, her scepter shattering in response. She immediately dispatched four Titled Douluos to hunt down the two.
Meanwhile, Lin Mu was in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Since Qian Renxue was not there, he had to set aside the matters entrusted to him by Ge Long and instead find Ah Yin, who was temporarily residing in a side hall.
It was late, so the two had to stay in the palace.
Under Ah Yin's increasingly skilled service, Lin Mu felt completely relaxed. After feeding her, he finally slept on the dragon bed.
Early the next morning, Lin Mu immediately found several ministers and informed them of Qian Renxue's departure.
These ministers were all trusted confidants of Qian Renxue.
Immediately afterward, Lin Mu found Ge Long and ordered him to lead troops to defend the empire's borders.
For now, he could only assign some tasks to Ge Long; otherwise, it would be easy to expose that Qian Renxue was not in the palace.
Before he had completely controlled the empire, Qian Renxue's true identity could not be revealed. Only after she completed the unification of the continent could she openly reveal her identity.
After arranging these matters, Lin Mu did not stay in the palace but took Ah Yin to the Elemental Academy.
Now his soul bones had been collected, and he didn't need to worry too much about his soul spirits. Only the progress of his faith power was a bit slow, and he had to speed it up.
Unlike the Sea God, who collected the faith power of sea soul masters, he needed to collect faith power from the five elemental soul masters.
Therefore, he had to vigorously develop the Elemental Academy and recruit as many elemental soul masters of suitable age and decent talent as possible.
As for the slightly older ones, he would recruit them into the Wuji Sect.
Of course, this was only the first step. The key was to demonstrate absolute strength in the eyes of the world and become the sole object of faith for elemental soul masters.
For the next period of time, Lin Mu planned to stay at the Elemental Academy to teach students.
Of course, he focused on teaching talented geniuses like Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er, who would then pass on their knowledge to other soul masters.
One person teaches ten, ten teach a hundred, this was much more efficient.
During this time, Lin Mu went to the Star Dou Great Forest and, with Di Tian's help, subdued two 100,000-year-old soul beasts as soul spirits.
The two soul spirits were wind and earth attributes respectively. The wind-attribute soul spirit was attached to his fourth soul ring, and the earth-attribute soul spirit to his seventh soul ring.
From then on, Lin Mu had five soul spirits, and his soul ring configuration became three black, five red, and one gold.
He had four soul spirit slots remaining, with his eighth soul ring preferably equipped with a fire-attribute soul spirit.
After dealing with this matter, Lin Mu went to help the Silver Dragon King restore her origin.
On his way back to Heaven Dou City, he happened to run into Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had come to seek refuge.
"Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on Bibi Dong? What trouble has she caused this time?" Lin Mu asked, looking surprised.
"Your Majesty, this is what happened."
Chrysanthemum Douluo briefly explained the situation.
After learning the whole story, Lin Mu immediately appointed the two as elders of the Wuji Sect.