Chapter 76: If the Fish Dies and the Net Breaks, No One Benefits!
The moment those words were sent, the entire chat group fell into dead silence.
The chilling madness transmitted through the text alone was enough to make Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and the others—who had been enjoying the drama moments ago—turn pale with fear.
She'd gone mad.
Bibi Dong had completely lost it.
Was this the price of offending a lunatic?
...
Heaven Dou City, Blue Tyrant Academy.
Liu Erlong, who had been looking smug just moments ago, thinking she had seized Bibi Dong's weakness, now felt as though she had fallen into an icy abyss as she stared at the bloody threats filling the chat.
The teacup in her hand slipped and shattered on the floor with a sharp crack.
"Imprison… torture… sever hands and feet…"
Although Liu Erlong was hot-tempered and known as the "Horn of Slaughter," she was ultimately only a Soul Saint.
Facing someone like Bibi Dong—a ruthless figure standing at the peak of the continent, someone who even dared confront Qian Daoliu head-on—her strength was insignificant.
"N-No… don't…"
Liu Erlong panicked.
She truly panicked. She never expected that a moment of loose talk would stir up such a massive hornet's nest!
Nor did she expect Bibi Dong to find a loophole in the system's rules.
That madwoman Bibi Dong was definitely capable of doing it!
Her strong survival instinct made her back down instantly.
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac (Liu Erlong): @Supreme Pope… Th-that… Your Holiness, I… I drank too much just now!]
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: I was talking nonsense! Please don't take it seriously!]
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: We're all diary-copy holders—sisters in the same trench… there's no need to make things so tense, right?]
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: I was wrong! I was really wrong! I'll never mention that matter again!]
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: Please spare me! I still need to wait for Xiaogang, and I want to help him find a dragon-type soul beast with a golden bloodline, sob…]
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: If my arms and legs are broken, Xiaogang will be heartbroken!]
Bibi Dong: ...
Liu Erlong spammed apologies in the group, completely lacking her earlier arrogance.
However, Bibi Dong's avatar remained lit—yet she did not send another message.
That silent stillness was the most terrifying of all.
It was like the Grim Reaper's scythe was already hanging above her head.
At that moment, another "madwoman" came online.
Qian Renxue had no interest in Liu Erlong's fate. Her mind was consumed by reckless abandon after her identity was exposed.
Since she had already suffered social death—since even the truth of being an "illegitimate daughter" had been revealed—
What did she still have to fear?
Ignoring the tense atmosphere in the group, she began repeatedly tagging Bibi Dong.
[I Don't Like Men: @Supreme Pope, Bibi Dong! Stop pretending to be mysterious and scaring people!]
[I Don't Like Men: I only want one answer now!]
[I Don't Like Men: Back then—what exactly happened between you, my father, and Yu Xiaogang? Why has Grandfather never told me?]
[I Don't Like Men: Why did you fall in love with that useless Yu Xiaogang?]
[I Don't Like Men: He has no strength, no looks, and he's just a coward who copies theories!]
[I Don't Like Men: What exactly about him was worth loving? Enough to make you even…]
Separated by the "network line," Qian Renxue finally asked the question she had buried in her heart for more than ten years.
If she had been standing face-to-face in the Pope's Hall, she would never have dared question Bibi Dong like this.
Pope's Hall.
Seeing Qian Renxue's question, the red glow in Bibi Dong's eyes intensified.
That was the most disgusting memory of her life.
How could she possibly tell Qian Renxue the truth?
Tell her: You are the product of your father forcing himself on me?
Tell her: I left Yu Xiaogang to protect him—and was forced to give birth to you?
[Supreme Pope: Shut up! Qian Renxue, shut up!]
[Supreme Pope: Some matters are not something you have the right to ask about!]
[Supreme Pope: You should think about your own situation instead!]
[Supreme Pope: Your disguise has already been completely exposed by Lin Yuan! Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan both know who you are now.]
[Supreme Pope: With the relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dugu Bo, and the Heaven Dou Empire, do you think Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan won't tell their elders?]
[Supreme Pope: Your infiltration plan has already failed, you fool!]
[Supreme Pope: As for what happened back then—I will never explain it to you. Not in this lifetime!]
Bibi Dong forcibly cut off the topic, shifting the conflict toward Qian Renxue's survival crisis.
Watching the most powerful mother-and-daughter pair on the continent tear into each other across the chat group, the onlookers felt extremely conflicted.
[Seven-Treasure Little Rich Lady (Ning Rongrong): Gasp… this is terrifying. I really want to know the gossip from back then, but I feel like the more I know, the faster I'll die.]
[Seven-Treasure Little Rich Lady: @I Don't Like Men—Qian Renxue, since you're from Spirit Hall, was all the respect you showed my father before just an act?]
[Seven-Treasure Little Rich Lady: The more I think about it, the scarier it gets! I called you Brother Qinghe for so many years…]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Rongrong, that's not the main point right now, is it?]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: The real issue is—now that we know this shocking secret, what do we do?]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: If word gets out, will that madwoman Bibi Dong imprison us too?]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: And Qian Renxue is in Heaven Dou City. According to Lin Yuan's earlier diary entries, there should be two Titled Douluo guarding her. My grandfather alone probably isn't a match.]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Why don't you ask your Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone to come over?]
Although Dugu Yan spoke as if she were afraid, a strange excitement could be sensed between the lines.
As for Liu Erlong, she had completely lost her nerve and only wanted to become invisible.
Crown Prince's Residence.
After reading Bibi Dong's reply, Qian Renxue, though still furious, calmed down slightly.
Yes.
That madwoman Bibi Dong was hateful—but she was right.
The urgent issue now was not settling the grudges of the previous generation.
It was cleaning up the mess in front of them.
Ning Rongrong knew.
Dugu Yan knew.
Behind them stood the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the top three sects, and the extremely troublesome Poison Douluo.
"Damn it…"
Qian Renxue rubbed her aching temples.
"Ning Rongrong is the bigger problem. If she tells Ning Fengzhi, he'll definitely inform Emperor Xue Ye…"
"No. I must stabilize her."
Her eyes flickered as she sent a message to the group.
[I Don't Like Men: @Seven-Treasure Little Rich Lady, Ning Rongrong—we can make a deal.]
[I Don't Like Men: As long as you keep this secret and don't tell your father, the future Heaven Dou imperial treasury will allow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to select three treasures. I can also promise never to harm your sect in the slightest.]
[I Don't Like Men: Otherwise, if the fish dies and the net breaks, no one will benefit.]
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