System notification: [Bibi Dong Affection: -20 (Fear, Unfamiliarity)]
“I’m not trying to do anything…” Qin Xuan didn’t care in the slightest about this negligible affection level.
He shot a meaningful glance at the book in Yu Xiaogang’s hands.
Bibi Dong followed his gaze, and her pupils instantly contracted, a flash of panic appearing in her eyes.
“Yu Xiaogang, do you know that those so-called ‘theories’ you just mentioned are not open to the public?
Especially that book in your hand—it is a top secret of Spirit Hall.
Even I don’t have the qualifications to read it.”
Qin Xuan’s eyes flashed with a cold light as he smiled dangerously at Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang’s hair stood on end.
He hurriedly stowed the book into his spatial soul tool, pretending to be calm.
“So what?
I am also a member of Spirit Hall.”
As the legitimate son of the contemporary patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, how could Yu Xiaogang not know the importance of a major faction’s foundational secrets?
If they were leaked, they wouldn’t be foundational secrets anymore.
He just subconsciously ignored it, having grown accustomed to leeching off others while being under the protection of the Holy Maiden, Bibi Dong.
“Is that so?” Qin Xuan sneered disdainfully, tearing at Yu Xiaogang’s scars.
“I remember you used to be a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, right?
And the legitimate son of the contemporary clan head, Yu Yuanzhen.
It was only because your martial soul mutated into a pig that you couldn’t stay in the clan anymore and ran over to Spirit Hall.”
Bibi Dong blocked Yu Xiaogang, defending him, “That’s all in the past.
Xiaogang is now a member of Spirit Hall, just like us.
And his martial soul is Luo Sanpao, the cute Luo Sanpao, not a pig.”
“I know, it’s just a farting pig, isn’t it?” Qin Xuan said.
“But he is still a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, is he not?”
“Your Highness the Holy Maiden, I hope you understand the situation clearly.
On one side is the family that gave birth to him and raised him.
On the other side is Spirit Hall, a place where he has absolutely no status to speak of.”
“Are you sure he won’t leak Spirit Hall’s secrets to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, or anyone else, in exchange for a high position and a handsome salary in the future?”
“Xiaogang would absolutely never!” Bibi Dong answered preemptively.
Her attitude was decisive and resolute.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists.
Fully demonstrating his signature style of being weak towards outsiders but striking heavy blows internally.
Faced with Qin Xuan’s questioning, he hid behind Bibi Dong without uttering a single word. This story is hosted at g.com.
Qin Xuan glanced sideways at Yu Xiaogang behind Bibi Dong.
“Don’t tell me you need a woman to answer questions for you?”
“Xiaogang, hurry up and answer.
Tell him you won’t leak the secrets,” Bibi Dong turned around, grabbing Yu Xiaogang’s arm, urging him anxiously.
Bibi Dong knew today’s matter could be big or small.
If it were reported to her teacher, or even the Elder Palace, as Spirit Hall’s number one genius of the younger generation, she would at most receive a scolding.
There wouldn’t be any substantial punishment.
But Xiaogang would be miserable…
No major faction would tolerate an outsider knowing their secrets.
This was an unbreakable iron rule in any world.
“I have nothing to do with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan anymore.” Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth, holding back for a long time before finally speaking.
Qin Xuan sneered coldly.
“That’s not the answer I want.
Whether you are a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and whether you will leak Spirit Hall’s top secrets are not mutually exclusive.”
“Do you know that the intelligence you hold are top secrets of Spirit Hall?
Even some Titled Douluo elders might not know all of them.”
“Based on this point alone, even if I killed you right now, His Holiness the Pope wouldn’t blame me.”
Finishing his words, Qin Xuan’s smile abruptly turned dangerous.
Hearing this, Bibi Dong summoned her soul rings—two yellow, two purple, two black.
A massive black spider phantom appeared behind her.
She took a defensive stance, her face full of vigilance.
“I won’t allow you to hurt Xiaogang.”
“Then make him answer me,” Qin Xuan said calmly.
He had no intention of making a move; even if he did, he couldn’t beat her anyway.
Bibi Dong heard this, withdrew her martial soul, and turned back to Yu Xiaogang.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang’s fists, hidden inside his sleeves, were clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, yet he didn’t even notice.
The physical pain wasn’t important anymore; the mental torment was worse.
He once again felt the lowliness and powerlessness of being mocked by his family in the past.
He looked at Bibi Dong, then at Qin Xuan, took a deep breath, and said timidly, “I won’t.”
“A simple ‘I won’t’ is not enough.
Even if you won’t right now, what about someday in the future?” Qin Xuan toyed with him.
“A person who can easily betray his own family is not worthy of trust.”
“Unless you swear by your martial soul that if you ever leak anything you’ve seen, heard, or learned in Spirit Hall to the outside world, your martial soul will shatter, your body and soul will perish, you will become a cripple, be gang-r*ped…
your clan will be exterminated, and your entire family will die.”
Even Titled Douluos could become honored guests of the two great empires based on their word, let alone an oath tied directly to one’s martial soul.
However, Yu Xiaogang was destined to break this so-called oath anyway.
He was an extremely cowardly, inferior, arrogant, timid, and selfish person.
Qin Xuan only said this purely because he found the guy annoying and wanted to disgust him.
“Qin Xuan, you’re going too far!
I told Xiaogang all of this, it has nothing to do with him!
If there’s an issue, I’ll take full responsibility!” Bibi Dong shouted.
“What, do even you think he will leak Spirit Hall’s secrets in the future?
Also, Your Highness the Holy Maiden, you should correct your attitude.
It was Spirit Hall that awakened your martial soul, trained you, raised you, and gave you your exalted status.”
“Everything you have today was given by Spirit Hall, not Yu Xiaogang.”
“Since you enjoy this privilege, you correspondingly have the obligation to maintain the interests and reputation of Spirit Hall.”
“If you only know how to enjoy privileges, yet turn your elbow outward (betray your own side), disregarding Spirit Hall’s rights and interests for your own selfish desires just to protect Yu Xiaogang’s pathetic ego, then what is the difference between you and an ungrateful wretch?”
“The Holy Maiden in my heart is not someone who picks up the bowl to eat and puts it down to curse the mother.”
“If it weren’t for you, I would have cleaved him in two the moment he held that top-secret Spirit Hall book.”
With just a few simple words, Qin Xuan directly shut Bibi Dong up, while simultaneously backing Yu Xiaogang into a dead end.
“I…” Bibi Dong was at a loss for words.
In the end, under Bibi Dong’s troubled gaze and Qin Xuan’s coercive glare, Yu Xiaogang was forced to swear the oath.
If he leaked what he saw, heard, or learned in Spirit Hall, his entire family would die, his martial soul would shatter, his body and soul would perish, he would become a cripple, and be gang-r*ped…
“Alright, the oath is sworn, and I’ll return the book shortly.
Don’t bother us anymore.” Bibi Dong looked at Qin Xuan in disgust, grabbed Yu Xiaogang, and turned to leave.
Today was just too unlucky.
Xiaogang had suffered such a great injustice for nothing.
Given his inferior yet kind nature, he must be feeling terrible inside.
She needed to comfort him properly and help him regain his confidence.
Unfortunately, what she didn’t know was that this was only the beginning of Yu Xiaogang’s nightmare, an endless nightmare that would never fade.
“You think you can just walk away like that?” Qin Xuan stopped them.
“What else do you want?
Xiaogang already swore the oath!” Bibi Dong turned around, glaring at Qin Xuan angrily.
As for Yu Xiaogang, he was cowardly as always, not even daring to turn his head to look at Qin Xuan.
[Bibi Dong Affection: -20, Affection reduced to 0 (Extreme disgust, even hatred)]
“Nothing much…” Qin Xuan smiled, silently reciting in his heart: System, bind.