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"Hmm, right now he's waiting outside the palace. Should I bring him in to see you?"
Hu Liena said with a mischievous smile.
"If you have nothing else to tell me, then bring him in!"
Seeing her disciple's playful demeanor, Bibi Dong shook her head helplessly.
"Then, teacher, I'll bring him in!"
Watching Hu Liena's cheerful steps as she left, Bibi Dong unconsciously tightened her grip on the scepter beside her, murmuring to herself.
"Is he Tian-ge and Zhixin's child? I wonder who he resembles more…"
"Come, follow me inside. Teacher wants to see you!"
After leaving the palace, Hu Liena immediately grabbed Lin Ye, who was waiting outside, and ran back toward the palace.
Once they entered the palace, Hu Liena let go of Lin Ye and addressed Bibi Dong, who was seated on the throne.
"Teacher, I've brought him in!"
"Alright, Liena, you can leave now."
On the throne, Bibi Dong stood up, holding her scepter, and said slowly to Hu Liena.
"Yes!"
Hu Liena responded and left the palace slowly.
"Child, your name is Lin Ye, correct?"
After Hu Liena left, Bibi Dong looked at Lin Ye with a faint smile on her lips and asked.
"Yes."
Lin Ye responded while observing the Wuhun Hall Pope before him.
It was said that the current Pope of Wuhun Hall was a woman who possessed both beauty and capability. After a glance, Lin Ye could not confirm her capabilities, but as for her beauty, he had to admit in his heart that the rumors were true.
The woman before him wore ceremonial robes of interwoven silver and light purple, her skin fairer than snow, and on her head was a silver-purple crown embedded with gemstones. In her hand, she held a gleaming scepter, and her flawless face exuded a dignified and majestic aura.
She was indeed a great beauty—at least among all the women Lin Ye had seen, none could compare to this Pope of Wuhun Hall.
However, toward the Pope before him, Lin Ye's thoughts were purely appreciative, without any trace of offense.
"Your Holiness, Hu Liena said that you know news about my parents. I came to see Your Holiness this time precisely for this. I hope Your Holiness will fulfill my request!"
Facing Bibi Dong, Lin Ye bowed deeply and said.
"Hehe, Lin Ye, I'll just call you Xiao Ye. Don't worry, I'll tell you the news about your parents. But let me say this in advance: I don't know much about your parents, so it's impossible for you to get all the answers from me. But I'll tell you everything I know."
With a faint smile on her face, Bibi Dong held her scepter as she walked down from the throne and approached Lin Ye.
"You really do resemble your father more. In the future, you'll surely charm countless young girls. I just wonder which little girl will end up lucky enough."
Standing in front of Lin Ye, Bibi Dong gently caressed Lin Ye's cheek, her expression carrying a trace of nostalgia.
"Your Holiness…"
Feeling the soft and cool touch on his face and smelling the fragrance from Bibi Dong, Lin Ye's body stiffened slightly, and his heart grew somewhat flustered.
Why is this Pope caressing my face? Could it be that she was very familiar with my father and mother? Otherwise, why would she treat me so intimately…
"Hehe, Xiao Ye, you don't have to call me Your Holiness. That sounds too formal. Just call me Auntie."
Seeing Lin Ye's slightly flustered expression, Bibi Dong chuckled softly, withdrew her jade-like hand from his face, but then grabbed Lin Ye's hand instead.
"Sit down. I'll tell you slowly…"
Holding Lin Ye's hand, Bibi Dong waved her other hand, and a stone chair appeared behind Lin Ye. She pushed Lin Ye gently, seating him down.
"Your father was actually a very mysterious man. I met him more than thirty years ago, back when I hadn't yet become Pope but was only the Holy Maiden of Wuhun Hall. At that time, the Pope of our generation was my teacher."
"At the time, I liked a young man who was training in Wuhun Hall. He was someone of noble birth but whose fate was filled with hardship. His martial soul had mutated from the most powerful beast martial soul into a trash martial soul with only half a rank of soul power. Under the ridicule of his clansmen, he could not bear the humiliation and decided to explore the mysteries of martial souls to rewrite his destiny."
"And so, he naturally joined our Wuhun Hall, the oldest power on the continent."
"Although he wasn't handsome at all and had very poor talent, he had an unyielding heart. At the time, I don't know what came over me, but I fell for him because of his efforts."
"But a man like that, no matter how noble his birth, could never compare to our Wuhun Hall. So my teacher firmly opposed our relationship."
"But I was determined to be with him. To separate us, my teacher locked me up, trying to make me submit through some very lowly methods."
At this point, although Bibi Dong's voice remained soft, there was a suppressed anger in her tone.
"It was your father who suddenly appeared and saved me."
Suddenly, Bibi Dong looked at Lin Ye, her gaze somewhat complicated.
"After saving me, your father told me that the man I loved only cared about himself and did not truly love me. I didn't believe him, but your father didn't mind. Instead, he told me to test him. He suggested that I suddenly distance myself from him to see if he would care for me or suspect some special reason behind my actions. But in the end, your father was right. That man actually thought I had fallen out of love with him and left in a huff!"
As she spoke, Bibi Dong gripped her scepter tightly, her chest rising and falling, clearly still angry at the man she once loved.
"I fell out of love? How ridiculous. At the time, I was the Holy Maiden of Wuhun Hall, and he was just a useless man. If I had wanted to change my mind, I wouldn't have been with him in the first place!"
"Moreover, how much of his research was accomplished with my help? Otherwise, as someone regarded as trash, who would have cooperated with his research?"
"Yet even with my help, he didn't trust me. Perhaps he was too used to being ridiculed and thought everyone looked down on him, including me—that I left him because I despised him."
"And after I helped him complete his research and compile the Martial Soul Ten Core Competencies, he didn't even mention me in it. How laughable!"
"And while he thought I betrayed him, it wasn't long after leaving Wuhun Hall that he found another woman. So who betrayed whom? But now I've let it go."
Bibi Dong's voice returned to calm.
"The Martial Soul Ten Core Competencies?"
Hearing Bibi Dong mention the Martial Soul Ten Core Competencies, Lin Ye's expression turned a bit strange.
Could this heartless man be the Grandmaster?
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