CH 49: Yu Xiaogang Scheme of the Past

"Sigh, Yu Xiaogang, Yu Xiaogang." The noiret sighed, slowly walking to the unconscious body of the lecherous kidnapper :"Here I thought you weren't too stupid. Yet here you are, not even knowing the meaning of prison. Do you know what that means?

It's a place where evil people who have done wrong and evil things are imprisoned in to not do any more things that would harm the innocent. A place where evil people are thrown into to kill each other, that's a prison.

It's something that both the Tian Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, along with every kingdom AND every city have as well. So for you to actually say that just baffles me with your stupidity. But you know what? Fine. Since you don't want to hand him over to the Martial Soul Hall, I'll handle it my own way."

Reaching the body, he set his foot on his head :"You know how I deal with trash?" Looking back, he smiled coldly at the old man :"I crush them." A moment later, Bu Le's head was directly crushed. The sickening sound of his skull being shattered under his foot echoed throughout the alley, as his eyes popped out and his brain matter got shot around.

Looking at the disgusting scene of blood suddenly splattering around with bits and pieces of brain matter and teeth, a sense of nausea and a sickening feeling ran through the children.

"Ugh... blegh!" Not being the best one to deal with things like this, Oscar's stomach immediately turned as he quickly ran to a corner to throw out. He set a domino effect, because the others immediately began to throw out as well.

Besides Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing, of course. One was a murderer who would kill for the simplest of reasons, the other was one who had to live with the constant danger of death breathing down her neck.

Xiao Wu throwing up confused him though. Why did the old hag of 100,000 years old throw up at the sight of blood baffled him. She was seriously useless even as a Soul Beast, huh?

Giving his leg a sharp twist, he got off most of the blood as he smiled nonchalantly :"There, all done. See how easy it was. Anyway, I'm going back. I'm not gonna wait for you all. Zhu Zhuqing?"

"Hm." The noirette nodded as she followed him. While they went back, the others stayed back for a bit to recover while the teachers looked after them before going back as well.

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- (1 month later)

[Arachnid Age: 1,171,875,000,000,000,000-years (4M) (one quintillion one hundred seventy-one quadrillion eight hundred seventy-five trillion)]

Having defeated the Emperor Team, bringing their second phase of training to an end, the Shrek folks had thrown a celebration. But of course, Flender being too stingy, wasn't the one who had paid for it. It was Qin Ming, a former student of Shrek school, now a teacher in the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and a Lv 62 Soul Emperor.

This fight was the reason why Ah Li had stayed with the hypocrites for so long. It was so that Tang San couldn't get in Dugu Yan's radar. And frankly, he had done an awesome job. With Tang San being trash, and without Zhu Zhuqing willing to perform Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai, there was no choice they could win.

So Ah Li had basically carried the team and gained victory. As for Dugu Yan's poison? Did anybody dare to use poison in front of him? He had 1,171,875,000,000 (one trillion one hundred seventy-one billion eight hundred seventy-five million) Man Faced Demon Spiders' worth of poison, he was the godfather of poisons at this point.

Everything had gone like the original afterwards. They talked with Qin Ming, and it was decided that they'll join the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy with some conditions. Ah Li didn't bother listening to the rest.

After the celebration, he was resting in the room of the hotel where they had been staying for a while. Just laying down and relaxing his mind for a while. Just being with those idiots was mentally taxing for him. Bibi Dong had gone away for a little bit, probably to spy on Yu Xiaogang since he seemed to be getting drunk with Flender and might reveal some things she could use.

He was just chilling, when a scream seemed to be approaching him rapidly. Bibi Dong. Recognizing the voice, he immediately sat upright, serious as to what had happened. But even when Bibi Dong reached him, she didn't say anything. She just immediately returned to his Spiritual Sea and back to her Rakshasa Domain.

He was alarmed. Very alarmed. He had never seen that kind of reaction from the goddess. Sure, Yu Xiaogang would piss her off to no end and cause her to roar bloody murder. But Ah Li hadn't seen her like that. It wasn't a scream of rage or annoyance, it was one of sadness, regret and despair.

Sensing no danger around, he quickly entered his Spiritual Sea to see Nightmare awake. Probably awakened by Bibi Dong's screams. He wasn't mad at being awoken though. He looked worried :"Xiao Li, what's going on? Why was Bibi Dong acting like that?"

"I don't know..." The noiret shook his head, turning to the red mist :"But I'll find out." Entering the dark cave, he immediately heard the sound of sobbing. His heart sank as he looked at Bibi Dong. She was in a corner, hugging her knees and crying into them uncontrollably.

Ah Li didn't know if she sensed him or not, because she completely ignored him even as he walked towards her. Kneeling in front of her, he gently grabbed her shoulders :"Sister Goddess? Sister Goddess, what happened? What's going on?"

She simply shook her head, sobbing and choking on her words, her cries intensifying :"I-it was a-all for nothing! A-a lifetime of n-nothing! A-all wasted for a love that never even existed!"

He didn't know what was going on. But he knew one thing, he had to comfort her. Getting on his knees, he hugged her immediately. Pulling her into his chest as she hugged him back right away, crying loudly into his chest.

"It's okay, Sister Goddess. It's okay." He cooed, kissing her head as she cried :"I'm here for you. I'm here. Let it all out. I'll always be here." Rubbing her back and head gently, his heart squeezed at the sound of her cries. He had never seen her like this, and didn't want to either. Every sob, every choke, every cry and every tear that stained his chest pulled on the strings of his heart.

Of all the people in the world he wanted to see sad, she was not one of them. So seeing her so sorrowful, was one of the worst feelings he ever had. "It's okay, I'm here for you." He kissed her head, hugging her head into his chest for comfort.

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Bibi Dong was in the room Yu Xiaogang and Flender were drinking in. Already drunk with alcohol, raised his glass :"Come on, drink!" He was in a bad mood, and Yu Xiaogang understood why. Of course he'd be dissatisfied with disbanding Shrek school, the place he worked so hard for.

So, with a sigh, he toasted, he himself almost hammered as well :"Well, I'll drink with you." He knew his friend was in a bad mood, so he amused him.

Flender, slurring :"Yes... yes-yesterday... yesterday I... received a letter from Erlong again, she... she asked where you are again in the letter. Xiao...Xiaogang, you...what are you thinking? She...has been waiting for you for so many years!"

Yu Xiaogang, bitterly :"You... sigh, you still have the nerve to ask me, she is my cousin... my dear cousin, I...what can I think? I have been away for so many years, aren't I creating opportunities for you? You have not taken her down for so many years!"

Flender, laughing :"You think...do you think I don't want to? But I...all my efforts are useless! I...I... sigh, I wish I had half your ability to attract women."

Yu Xiaogang :"What nonsense are you saying...?"

Flender :"Could it be... is it... apart from Erlong, the current Pope of the Martial Soul Hall, didn't...wasn't she attracted to you too? Say... to be honest, Xiaogang, I have always wanted to ask you, how did you hook up with her?"

Taking advantage of the alcohol, Flender straightened up, and suddenly asked the question he had always wanted to ask Yu Xiaogang. A question that made memories flash in Yu Xiaogang's eyes :"Bibi Dong..."

Seeing that Flender was really curious, and feeling guilty for disbanding Shrek school, Yu Xiaogang decided to satisfy Flender's curiosity :"Sigh, fine, I'll say it this one..." Immediately exciting Flender :"Speak!"

But he wasn't the only one excited for the news, Bibi Dong was anxious too. She hated Yu Xiaogang, that never changed after her death. But even so, she wanted to hear his confession of love for her. Because if he didn't love her, that only meant her entire life was for nothing.

She was willing to disregard the Martial Soul Hall, and even was willing to go as far as to elope with Yu Xiaogang. Just because she wanted to stay with him when she was young. It was she who took the initiative to pursue Yu Xiaogang, not Yu Xiaogang. She hoped that was the truth, because if not...

She was honestly afraid of the answer. Because if it wasn't, she lived a life of pure regret and foolishness. Something she was afraid to think about.

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Having calmed down somewhat, Bibi Dong had finally decided to tell Ah Li the truth. The truth of her past. Who she was, and what her past was. When she was finished telling a short story of her life and death, and how she came to hate Yu Xiaogang, she started to explain what she had heard tonight. The betrayal she had suffered unknowingly. The foolishness she had and what scheme she had been fooled with.

Ah Li couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He already knew what was coming. It wasn't hard to figure it out. Yu Xiaogang was easily one of the most arrogant useless people in all of the novels and stories he had read.

Dissatisfied with his own incompetence, since he couldn't find a solution in his clan or Tian Dou Empire, he set his eyes on Martial Soul Hall. The most knowledgeable place on the continent. And he knew just how to enter it.

Through fooling a naive girl.

He decided to get close to Bibi Dong on purpose, something that Bibi Dong didn't know about. If she knew, she couldn't fall in love with someone who deliberately approached her with a purpose.

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Drinking with a bewitched look, eyes full of memories, he began to tell the tale :"Flender, my Martial Soul was born with defects due to mutation, you know that. However, as the son of the master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the three upper clans, how can I be willing to become a waste?!

I am smarter than everybody else, I am more knowledgeable than everybody else, why should I be a waste? Since my Martial Soul is inherently flawed, I just need to find a way to make up for my Martial Soul's flaws. It's not like there haven't been Soul Masters who found a way to make up for their own flaws by chance before! Since someone has done it before, then I, Yu Xiaogang, can definitely do it too!

It was precisely with this purpose that I read a lot of books. After reading the books of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, I went to other sects. Because of my status, most other sects were willing to let me read their books.

But after I read all the books of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and other sects, I still wasn't able to find a solution to my own Martial Soul's defects. So I thought of the Martial Soul Hall, which has the largest reserve of Martial Soul knowledge!

After many inquiries, I stumbled upon the former Saintess of the Martial Soul Hall, who is now Pope Bibi Dong. She was talented, innocent, and the most important thing is that she appreciated smart people very much! It may be because her talent is so powerful that no one can match her, so she appreciates a person's wisdom even more!

And this gave me an idea."