Soul Land: Bibi Dong Is My Martial Soul-Chapter 197: The Pope Learns of Yu Xiaogang’s Death

Then, Su Mo carefully explained the rewards Ning Rongrong had received.

These were things Su Mo hadn't told them when he returned earlier, because he wanted to give them a surprise.

And now, it seemed the effect was quite good. Ning Fengzhi and the others were all delighted by Ning Rongrong's performance.

"Good, good, good..."

"As expected of my precious daughter—Rongrong, you're truly amazing!"

"Daddy is so proud of you!"

After listening to Su Mo, Ning Fengzhi burst into loud laughter and excitedly praised Ning Rongrong.

"Very good, excellent—our Rongrong has truly made us proud!"

"She's incredibly talented, far more outstanding than I was at her age!"

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo also offered generous praise. They were truly happy with Ning Rongrong's achievements.

"Lingling, what about your current spirit power level?"

After his joy subsided, Ning Fengzhi didn't forget Ye Lingling and quickly turned to ask her.

"I... I'm not as amazing as Rongrong, but I've already reached level 64!"

Seeing Ning Fengzhi asking about her, Ye Lingling responded a little shyly.

She genuinely felt a little embarrassed, since she was a few years older than Ning Rongrong but had a much lower spirit power level.

"Level 64? That's already very impressive! At your age, none of us were as outstanding as you are now!"

Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but smile wryly after hearing her answer.

"Indeed, Lingling is also very talented!"

"Back then, we weren't even close to your level!"

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo chuckled in agreement, sincerely believing that Ye Lingling was excellent in her own right.

"Mhm!"

Hearing their words, Ye Lingling felt a bit happier and also a bit bashful. She realized she might have been overthinking things.

"Su Mo, what about your current spirit power level?"

Ning Fengzhi finally looked toward Su Mo, asking with a look of anticipation.

"Yeah, Su Mo, little guy, what level are you at now?"

Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo also turned their eyes to Su Mo. They were full of expectations for his spirit power level.

After all, even Ning Rongrong had improved so much. As the one undergoing the Sea God's inheritance trials, Su Mo had to be even more incredible, right?

"Not bad. I'm currently at level 82, already a Spirit Douluo."

Su Mo smiled and casually revealed his current spirit power level.

"That's not all—Su Mo also obtained another 100,000-year spirit ring and a 100,000-year spirit bone! He now has three 100,000-year spirit rings!"

Ning Rongrong quickly added the part Su Mo had left out.

"What?"

"Is that true?"

"Another 100,000-year spirit ring and a 100,000-year spirit bone?"

Ning Fengzhi and the others were all stunned as they looked at Su Mo. They knew Su Mo was outstanding, but to be a level 82 Spirit Douluo at just 21 years old—that was outrageous.

Especially considering he had three 100,000-year spirit rings.

Many Titled Douluo didn't even have one 100,000-year spirit ring!

Not only did Su Mo have them, he had three. That was simply unbelievable.

Moreover, they also knew Su Mo had previously obtained the 100,000-year Soft Bone Rabbit spirit bone. Now he had another one—that made two 100,000-year spirit bones!

They didn't even know that Su Mo had also obtained a 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor spirit bone from Tang San. If they had known, they would have been even more shocked.

"Good, good, good!"

"As expected of someone chosen for the Sea God's inheritance trial—Su Mo, you're the most outstanding young man I've seen in all these years!"

Ning Fengzhi sincerely praised Su Mo.

"Su Mo, you've completed the seventh Sea God Trial now? Why did you come back early?"

He then asked about Su Mo's trial progress.

There was no need to ask about Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, since Su Mo had already mentioned that Rongrong had completed all seven trials. Ye Lingling's five trials must have been completed too.

As for Su Mo, at the very least, he had completed as much as Rongrong.

That's why Ning Fengzhi asked.

"Yes, I've completed the seventh trial. The eighth includes a task that must be done here on the continent, so I came back."

Su Mo nodded.

"Oh? What kind of task needs to be completed on the continent?"

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi asked again out of curiosity.

"Assist a faction or lead your own faction to complete the unification of the continent."

Su Mo didn't hide anything and answered directly.

"The unification of the continent!"

Everyone was shocked by Su Mo's words. They hadn't expected his task to be something like this.

Just hearing it made it sound absurd and unbelievably difficult.

"That won't be easy. Even if the Heaven Dou Empire can defeat the Star Luo Empire, there's still Spirit Hall—far stronger than the Star Luo Empire!"

"Defeating Spirit Hall is even harder than annexing the Star Luo Empire!"

Ning Fengzhi quickly frowned, looking worried.

Because he truly felt that Su Mo's task was too difficult.

"Yeah, this mission is basically impossible!"

"It's way too hard!"

Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo also frowned, echoing Ning Fengzhi's sentiment—the task was simply too difficult.

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"Take it slow. The mission spans ten years, so there's no rush."

Su Mo smiled faintly.

For now, he did not reveal Qian Renxue's true identity.

If he did, Ning Fengzhi and the others would probably no longer think his mission was that difficult.

As long as he assisted Qian Renxue in taking down the Star Luo Empire, and then helped her successfully merge the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, the task of unifying the continent would be complete.

"Uncle Ning, you still haven't told me what exactly happened."

Su Mo then asked Ning Fengzhi about the unusual movements in the Heaven Dou Empire's army.

"It's Qinghe—he's missing!"

"Qinghe has been missing for three days. We've searched every place he could've gone, but we haven't found him!"

"This news is still being kept secret, but it won't stay hidden for long. We must find Qinghe as soon as possible!"

Hearing Su Mo's question, Ning Fengzhi's expression darkened. He didn't hide anything and immediately told Su Mo what had happened.

"What?"

"Xue Qinghe is missing?"

"And he's been gone for three days?"

Su Mo's face changed drastically at Ning Fengzhi's words.

In an instant, countless possibilities ran through his mind.

Logically speaking, with Qian Renxue embedded within the Heaven Dou army, nothing should've happened to her.

Unless she left the army voluntarily—and even then, with Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo by her side, there shouldn't have been any danger.

If it were just one or two days, Su Mo might have understood, but to go missing for three days without any notice—that was nearly impossible.

"I gave Xue Qinghe a coordinate marker—I'll teleport over right now and take a look!"

Su Mo suddenly remembered he had given Qian Renxue a location marker and quickly spoke.

"Really?"

"That's great!"

Ning Fengzhi was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Mhm, I'll teleport over and check right now."

Su Mo nodded.

Without wasting another word, he immediately activated his spatial powers and prepared to teleport to Qian Renxue's location.

Su Mo wasn't worried about danger. With his current strength, he could retreat at any moment.

Buzz—

But when Su Mo used his spatial power and tried to locate the coordinate he had left with Qian Renxue, he was stunned to find—it was gone.

Or rather, he could no longer sense it.

"Su Mo, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Su Mo had not left after casting his soul skill, Ning Fengzhi's hopeful expression turned grim. He hurriedly asked in concern.

"I can't sense the coordinate marker I gave Xue Qinghe."

Su Mo's expression also turned heavy.

Now he finally understood why the Sea God had given him what seemed like an easy task to unify the continent—it was because something had gone wrong.

And the one in trouble was Qian Renxue, the key figure in that plan.

He was certain—Qian Renxue must have run into an incident.

"Su Mo, what's going on? Did something happen to Xiaoxue?"

In Su Mo's mind, Bibi Dong anxiously asked.

"Not sure yet, but the only people who could make Qian Renxue voluntarily leave the army would be from Spirit Hall. No one else would dare touch her—only that woman."

Su Mo responded in his heart.

"It might be because she found out about Yu Xiaogang."

Su Mo quickly made his judgment.

"..."

After hearing that, Bibi Dong fell silent.

At that moment, in Su Mo's Martial Soul Space, Bibi Dong's expression was filled with remorse.

Su Mo's words had made everything clear.

The only ones capable of making Qian Renxue leave the Heaven Dou army were people from Spirit Hall.

And none of them would ever target Qian Renxue—except the Pope, Bibi Dong, who had learned of Yu Xiaogang's death.

Realizing that it was her own actions—killing Yu Xiaogang—that caused Qian Renxue's disappearance, how could Bibi Dong not regret it?

"How could this happen?"

"Did something really happen to Qinghe?"

Ning Fengzhi, hearing Su Mo's conclusion, also realized the seriousness of the situation.

He had already suspected things were bad, but now Su Mo's words confirmed it—something must have happened to Xue Qinghe.

"This is bad. Qinghe's disappearance won't stay hidden for long. The Heaven Dou Empire will fall into chaos..."

Assuming the worst, Ning Fengzhi's expression grew darker.

In the past, he wouldn't have cared that much about what happened to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Even if Xue Qinghe went missing, at most the empire would fall into disorder before crowning a new heir to the throne.

But now it was different—whether the Heaven Dou Empire remained stable directly impacted Su Mo's mission.

If the empire couldn't stay steady, how could it help Su Mo unify the continent?

In Ning Fengzhi's heart, assisting Su Mo in completing the Sea God's inheritance trial was his top priority.

"If something really has happened to Xue Qinghe, this is serious."

"Yes, and within the Heaven Dou imperial family, only Princess Xueke is left now."

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo both looked deeply concerned.

What Su Mo had just said was clearly hinting that something had happened to Xue Qinghe—perhaps he was already dead.

Otherwise, why would Su Mo be unable to sense the coordinate marker he gave her?

They were well aware of how powerful Su Mo's spatial soul skill was. If he couldn't sense it, that meant only one thing—it had been destroyed.

And three days had already passed since Xue Qinghe went missing.

Any hope of rescuing him was likely too late.

Just like Ning Fengzhi, the two Douluo were already convinced that Xue Qinghe was most likely dead.

"..."

Facing the situation, Su Mo didn't even know what to say.

And now, it was even more impossible for him to reveal Xue Qinghe's true identity.

...

At this moment, in the secret Rakshasa Realm hidden within the Pope's Palace—

"Mother, Yu Xiaogang really wasn't a good person. I killed him to vent your anger!"

"Mother, believe me—he truly wasn't worthy of you!"

"..."

Qian Renxue was in a sorry state, her limbs bound by spider webs, unable to move.

But even so, she continued trying to persuade the Pope, Bibi Dong.

"Shut up! No one knows Xiaogang better than I do!"

"Why did you kill him?"

"Ah—!"

Bibi Dong shouted in fury, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Qian Renxue, filled with murderous intent.

Truthfully, she really did have the urge to destroy Qian Renxue at that moment.

She never would've imagined that Qian Renxue would actually kill the man she loved—Yu Xiaogang.

When she first received the news a few days ago, she couldn't even believe it.

Bibi Dong realized that she hadn't paid attention to Yu Xiaogang's situation in a long time. Feeling guilty, she asked someone to check in on him.

But she never expected to learn that Yu Xiaogang had been missing for some time.

After extensive investigation, Bibi Dong finally uncovered the truth.

Yu Xiaogang had been captured by none other than her own daughter—Qian Renxue.

...(End of Chapter)

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