Bibi Dong cried for a while. Just as Jiang Chen was about to step forward to comfort her, she suddenly stopped.
She quickly wiped away her tears, then burned that document.
"Teacher, are you alright?" Jiang Chen probed.
Bibi Dong's reaction seemed a bit off; she had calmed down far too quickly.
He worried that Bibi Dong would bottle up the pain and secretly grieve alone at night.
Bibi Dong smiled and said, "This Yu Xiaogang was an old acquaintance of mine. Seeing the sudden news of his death, I was just a little sad."
Noticing that Jiang Chen still looked worried, she smiled and said, "What are you worrying about for no reason?"
Jiang Chen said, "Teacher, I've heard some elders say that you once had a romantic relationship with Yu Xiaogang…"
This matter was no secret among the higher-ups of Spirit Hall; any elder of somewhat senior standing knew about it.
Bibi Dong said, "Rest assured, after so many years Teacher has long forgotten him. I only regarded him as an ordinary friend."
"Really?" Jiang Chen was somewhat doubtful.
Just now she had clearly shed tears and even cried out loud.
"Really." Bibi Dong nodded.
She stood up and pulled Jiang Chen along. "Come, let's go keep Xuening company."
Only then did Jiang Chen relax a little. It seemed Bibi Dong had truly let go.
Even if she hadn't completely let go, the problem shouldn't be too serious.
...
A few days later, Hu Liena emerged from seclusion, and Jiang Chen's life once again became lively and colorful.
Hu Liena's cultivation had also reached the Spirit Douluo level.
The matter of Jiang Chen being targeted by the gods had not affected Hu Liena's inheritance.
The Asura God had once told him to rest easy; that nine-tailed fox deity of the God Realm had a decent relationship with the Asura God and would not abandon Hu Liena.
Hu Liena only reunited with Jiang Chen for a few days before entering seclusion again.
Time flew by, and another half year passed.
During this period, Qian Renxue had also emerged from seclusion once. Her cultivation had soared as well, breaking through rank ninety and becoming a Titled Douluo.
In terms of normal cultivation speed, she was still a bit faster than Jiang Chen and Hu Liena.
Coupled with the rewards from the Angel Trials, breaking through to Titled Douluo was not surprising.
Even Hu Liena had already become a Titled Douluo.
Her trials numbered nine, and none of them were particularly difficult. The rewards for completing the trials had sent her cultivation soaring like a rocket.
Now only Jiang Chen was still at the Spirit Douluo level, though he had already reached rank eighty-nine.
It wouldn't take long for him to reach rank ninety either.
Previously the Asura God had hinted that after completing the second trial, he would receive extremely generous rewards.
After all, the difficulty of the trials had been condensed into only three assessments, so the rewards were certainly not ordinary.
Bibi Dong remained stuck at rank ninety-eight.
Breaking through from rank ninety-eight to rank ninety-nine was extremely difficult and could not be completed in a short time.
On this day, after once again sending Qian Renxue and Hu Liena into seclusion, Jiang Chen also prepared to go out and move around a bit.
He was already very close to rank ninety. At the shortest it would take within a month, and at the longest no more than two months, before he should be able to break through.
At that time he would go to the City of Slaughter to find Tang Chen.
Although a year ago he already possessed the strength of a Peerless Douluo, the other party after all held a divine weapon, and it was the Asura Sword with its formidable offensive power. He had to handle it carefully.
Just as Jiang Chen left Spirit City, in Hanhai City, the largest coastal city in the western part of the Spirit Empire, seven young men and women appeared.
They were precisely the Shrek Seven.
One year's time had passed, and the seven of them seemed to have each undergone a complete transformation. Their spirits were full, and their entire bodies radiated a powerful self-confidence.
That formidable aura made no one in Hanhai City dare approach within three zhang of them.
Tang San frowned slightly and said, "All of you, restrain your auras. If Spirit Hall here notices us, it will be troublesome."
"Right, right, right, hurry and pull your auras back. What if you scare that Jiang Chen away?" Ning Rongrong quickly directed the others.
Ma Hongjun grinned and said, "It's just that I just broke through to Titled Douluo and it's a bit hard to control. In one year we advanced nearly forty ranks. Our achievement is probably unprecedented and will never be repeated, hehe…"
Although extremely pleased with himself, he still restrained his aura.
"Jiang Chen, I will definitely kill you!" Dai Mubai's entire body radiated icy killing intent.
After Tang San's analysis, Dai Mubai understood that the chief culprit who had turned the many experts of the Star Luo Empire into human skins back then was very likely Jiang Chen.
Therefore, just like Ning Rongrong, he wished he could kill Jiang Chen immediately.
Beside him, Zhu Zhuqing's face was also filled with hatred.
In that nation-destroying catastrophe back then, because of the special relationship between their Zhu clan and the imperial family, the Zhu clan had likewise been wiped out by Spirit Hall.
The seven of them had now received the gods' favor and had all broken through to the Titled Douluo realm.
But to them, the Spirit Empire was still a colossal behemoth.
Revenge was not something that could be accomplished in a short time.
However, they could take Jiang Chen as their target. They still could not destroy the Spirit Empire for now, but killing one Jiang Chen was not a problem.
They had not completed the nine trials; this time coming ashore was precisely to deal with Jiang Chen.
In their new round of trials, the mission was to defeat the Holy Son of the Spirit Empire, Jiang Chen.
All seven of them had the exact same mission: defeat Jiang Chen.
Tang San said, "Let's first find a place to eat, then carefully discuss the subsequent plans."
On his back he carried a long, strip-shaped object wrapped in gray cloth, looking somewhat mysterious.
Dai Mubai and the others nodded and followed Tang San to a nearby restaurant, where they opened a private room.
After they were seated, Tang San still carried that long strip-shaped object on his back.
Dai Mubai looked at the object and couldn't help feeling a bit envious. He couldn't resist saying, "Little San, this Sea God's Trident of yours is truly abnormal. One hundred and eight thousand jin. I'm afraid even a light smash would turn that Jiang Chen into meat paste."
Tang San frowned slightly and said, "That Jiang Chen cannot be underestimated. Facing him, carelessness will exact a price."
Ma Hongjun curled his lip, somewhat disdainful. "Little San, I think you're being overly cautious. The Sea God Lord said his current cultivation is only rank eighty-nine. The seven of us are all Titled Douluo already. Are we still afraid of him?"
Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the others all nodded, very much agreeing with Ma Hongjun's view.
Oscar analyzed, "Back during the finals of the Spirit Master Tournament, only you, Little San, had reached Spirit Ancestor, while the six of us were still Spirit Elders. Of course we were crushed by him.
"Now the seven of us all surpass him in cultivation. Defeating him will be as easy as turning over a hand."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded and said, "Senior Bo Saixi is invincible on the ocean and is known as the existence closest to a god. The seven of us working together could defeat her; defeating Jiang Chen will be as easy as turning over a hand."
Ning Rongrong's pretty face twisted slightly as she looked at Tang San. "Little San, I heard you and that Jiang Chen came from the same village. But this time, after we defeat him, I must take his life. I hope you won't stop me."
Dai Mubai said, "Little San, the content of our trial is to defeat Jiang Chen, but it doesn't say we can't kill him. You won't oppose it, will you?"
Tang San was silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh and said, "When I was little I already worried that Jiang Chen would become a villain. At that time I swore that if he indiscriminately slaughtered the innocent, I would definitely kill him!"
Dai Mubai and the others all relaxed. They had previously still worried that Tang San would consider their shared hometown ties.
Now they could finally rest easy.
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