Chapter 180 You’re Getting Married, and the Bride Isn’t Me…
Liu Erlong’s eyes widened, staring at Jiang Bai in disbelief.
A terrifying thought surfaced in her mind!
Could it be... that she and Xiaogang...?!
Her voice trembled violently: "You...you mean...?"
Jiang Bai looked at her, his smile deepening.
He nodded, speaking solemnly, "Actually, Bibi Dong gave me a mission before..."
He paused, lowering his voice as if revealing a secret: "She told me to find Yu Xiaogang and bring him back to her."
"That day, I happened to run into Yu Xiaogang, so I just grabbed him."
"Then, after Bibi Dong caused a huge ruckus at the Spirit Hall, she took Yu Xiaogang with her that very night..."
"...and eloped."
The words fell.
Liu Erlong’s mind went blank!
Elopement...
Elopement...
Elopement...
Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang eloped...
These words echoed repeatedly in her ears!
No less intense than "You’re getting married, and the bride isn’t me..."
Her hands clenched into tight fists.
Her nails dug deep into her palms, drawing blood, but she felt nothing!
Her full chest heaved violently, her eyes burning with rage!
What a Bibi Dong!
How dare she...
Jiang Bai looked at her, secretly amused.
He decided to add fuel to the fire.
"By the way,"
his voice rang out again, "I actually witnessed their heartfelt confession."
Liu Erlong abruptly raised her head, staring intently at him.
Jiang Bai continued, "Yu Xiaogang said that he actually loved Bibi Dong the most."
"As for Liu Erlong..."
He paused, a hint of disdain in his voice, "It was only because he had no one to protect him back then that he chose to approach her."
"Just playing around."
"Besides, he said Liu Erlong had a very fiery temper, and he couldn’t stand it."
Finally, he said, word by word, "In his heart, it has always been Bibi Dong..."
"Enough—!!!"
Liu Erlong roared!
Her voice was filled with pain, anger, and despair!
Tears streamed down her face!
Don’t say anymore...
Don’t say any more...
She didn’t want to believe these words.
She didn’t want to believe it.
But...but the truth seemed to be like that?
Otherwise, where was Bibi Dong?
She had heard that the Spirit Hall’s announcement at the time stated that Bibi Dong had been "removed" from him position as Pope.
How could a Pope be so easily removed?
Moreover, it wasn’t her own abdication, but being removed!
After being removed, Bibi Dong vanished without a trace.
Yu Luomian had also said that he hadn’t seen Bibi Dong at the new Pope’s coronation ceremony.
The old Pope was nowhere to be seen during the transition between the old and new popes.
And before that, Yu Xiao had just been captured by the Spirit Hall and brought back to Spirit City.
Things...
Seemed to be like that.
Liu Erlong’s eyes gradually became empty.
Tears silently streamed down her face.
Xiao Gang...
Why...why did you do this to me...?
You...you eloped, then why...
Why...didn’t you take me with you...?
She stood frozen, petrified.
At that moment.
Tang San, kneeling on the ground, finally managed to speak!
He struggled to lift his head, hissing, "Then why did you kidnap Xiao Wu?!"
His voice was hoarse, filled with deep-seated hatred: "Give her back to me!"
Since you had a reason to kidnap your teacher, what about Xiao Wu?
Tang San was certain that Xiao Wu and Jiang Bai had never met, had no grudge against each other!
Then why did Jiang Bai kidnap Xiao Wu?!
Jiang Bai glanced at him.
His gaze was like that of someone looking at an ant.
"It was just a matter of convenience."
His voice was casual.
Just a matter of convenience?
Tang San was stunned.
A living, breathing person, captured by him, and it was just...
a casual matter?
Jiang Bai ignored his shock.
He looked at the trembling Liu Erlong, at the clenched teeth of Tang San, and his smile deepened.
"So soon you’re cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer," he said, looking at Tang San, "are you trying to show off at the Soul Master Competition?"
Tang San’s body stiffened abruptly!
How did he know I had twin martial souls?!
How did he know I cultivated the Clear Sky Hammer?!
Could he have been secretly...
"That’s right!"
Jiang Bai’s voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Yu Xiaogang told us. Our entire Spirit Hall knows!"
Tang San: "..."
His mind went blank.
Teacher...
Didn’t you say that no one could see my Clear Sky Hammer?
How could you... tell everyone?!
Jiang Bai looked at his distraught appearance and felt a surge of joy. He put his arm around Jiang Li’er’s waist.
"Good luck!"
His voice carried a hint of teasing. "Looking forward to seeing you in the finals."
The words had barely left his lips.
The two figures vanished into thin air.
As if they had never existed.
Only a silent forest remained, along with Tang San slumped on the ground and Liu Erlong, her face streaked with tears.
...
Wuhun City, Pope Mountain.
Inside the bedchamber.
The space rippled, and Jiang Bai and Jiang Li’er appeared out of thin air.
Jiang Li’er stretched, her long golden hair swaying behind her.
Jiang Bai walked to the bedside, plopped down, and then lay back, sinking into the soft bedding.
"I’m exhausted... time to sleep."
Jiang Li’er looked at him, a hint of a smile flashing in her crimson eyes.
"You big oaf, you never tell the truth!"
She walked over, looking down at him.
She looked at Jiang Li’er’s face for a moment, then blushed slightly.
She bit her lip, then pounced on him!
She pressed herself against Jiang Bai, lowered her head, and kissed his lips.
The two were entwined in passion.
Suddenly.
A gentle voice rang out in the room: "Jiang Bai..."
Jiang Bai and Jiang Li’er froze simultaneously!
Jiang Li’er pushed Jiang Bai away, her face as red as a ripe shrimp!
Jiang Bai turned his head, looking in the direction the voice came from.
Beside the bed, a figure in emerald green stood quietly.
Bi Ji.
She was still wearing a long emerald green dress, gentle and charming, with a soft and beautiful temperament.
But now, her face was also flushed, clearly having seen something she shouldn’t have.
Jiang Bai’s eye twitched slightly: "Sister Bi Ji, when did you come out?"
Bi Ji said softly, "Just now."
She paused, her gaze shifting elsewhere, not daring to look at the two disheveled figures on the bed: "Di Tian might need to see you."
Jiang Bai was taken aback: "Di Tian?"
Bi Ji nodded: "I was cultivating in the tower just now, and the dragon scales Di Tian gave me were shimmering."
She looked at Jiang Bai: "You just came back from the Star Dou Great Forest, right? I thought you might have forgotten something, so I came out to tell you."
Jiang Bai after listening, he rolled his eyes in annoyance: "That Di Tian, really!"
He complained, "Why didn’t he say so earlier? Of all times, just when I was about to rest!"
Bi Ji blushed and whispered, "So... are you going or not?"
Jiang Bai sighed and sat up in bed: "Yes, of course I’m going!"
What else could Di Tian be asking him for at this time besides the Golden Tree?
Last time, on the small island in the center of the Lake of Life, he had mentioned wanting a branch of the Golden Tree to Di Tian.
Although Di Tian had refused then, Jiang Bai could sense that he hadn’t completely ruled it out.
"Sister Bi Ji, let’s go."
Jiang Bai raised his right hand, and a nine-colored glazed pagoda appeared in his palm.
The pagoda shimmered with light, and the Dragon God’s Heart at its tip shimmered with a mysterious glow.
Bi Ji nodded, transformed into a stream of emerald light, and disappeared into the pagoda.
Jiang Bai put away the small pagoda and looked at Jiang Li’er on the bed.
Jiang Li’er was looking at him with a resentful expression.
Jiang Bai walked over, bent down, and gently kissed her forehead: "Little Li’er, wait for me to come back."
"Soon!"
Jiang Li’er didn’t speak, only staring at him with her crimson eyes.
Jiang Bai smiled, and in a flash, disappeared from the spot.
Inside the bedchamber, only Jiang Li’er remained.
She lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
An itchy, tingling, unsettling feeling lingered.