Chapter 93: The Hunting Operation of Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and A Rou! (1)
Qian Renxue finally chose to accept the Spirit Hall's plan of replacing the prince with a cat.
However, Qian Renxue was not immediately sent to the Heaven Dou Empire to approach Prince Xue Qinghe. Instead, she began training for the upcoming plan under Spirit Hall's arrangement.
In reality, Qian Renxue didn't need any training for this plan.
Because in her previous life, she had already undergone such training.
With the experience of her past life, she only needed to follow the plan in this life, and she could once again easily replace Prince Xue Qinghe.
However, because she was still reluctant to leave, Qian Renxue stayed in Spirit Hall for about a year longer.
It wasn't until the time to go to the Heaven Dou Empire—just as in her past life—that she formally accepted the mission and was sent there, albeit reluctantly.
As the Holy Son of Spirit Hall and due to his relationship with Bibi Dong, Su Mo knew where Qian Renxue was headed.
Although he felt a bit guilty and sad, he had no regrets—because this version of Qian Renxue was the one he had always admired and cherished.
"Xue'er, we'll meet again someday!"
When Qian Renxue left, Su Mo stayed in the tower of Spirit Hall, watching the carriage taking her away. He couldn't help but think to himself.
After Qian Renxue's departure, Su Mo's life became more monotonous.
He spent most of his time cultivating, occasionally completing Spirit Hall duties or taking Hu Liena to play around Spirit City.
In the blink of an eye, another year passed.
It had been four years since Su Mo tricked Tang Hao with his strategy and became the thief of Cao!
In these four years, Su Mo—who had already reached the Soul Douluo level—naturally ascended to the rank of Title Douluo.
Now, Su Mo's cultivation had reached level 93 of the Title Douluo!
But by now, the soul rings for his Death Scythe Spirit were basically all fused.
Before becoming a god, Su Mo could no longer add spirit rings to the Death Scythe.
However, as the master of Three-Life Spirits, Su Mo's power hadn't reached a bottleneck.
Now, Su Mo could begin adding spirit rings to his other two spirits.
After a period of reflection, Su Mo finally chose the Tree of Life Staff spirit as the second to enhance with rings!
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In Spirit City, inside a luxurious mansion—
After seeing off his sister Bibi Dong, Su Mo, wearing an elegant green robe and cloud boots, sat alone in the hall, savoring delicious pastries while deep in thought.
Recalling what Bibi Dong had said earlier—she needed to leave for a while.
But given her current status in Spirit Hall, aside from the annual continental inspection to ensure no one tarnished the Hall's reputation in its branch cities, there should be no other reason for her to leave Spirit City.
Could it be… just like in the original novel, Bibi Dong was planning to take people to the Great Star Dou Forest to hunt Xiao Wu's mother?
Considering Spirit Hall's recent mobilization, Su Mo felt that this speculation was highly likely.
Looking at how Bibi Dong had led Spirit Hall over the years, her strategy was likely to maintain the plot as it was to ensure her advantage of foresight.
If so, then Bibi Dong was now likely headed to the Great Star Dou Forest to hunt Xiao Wu's mother—so the storyline would proceed as she remembered it.
Originally, this matter had little to do with Su Mo.
But thinking about how Bibi Dong's actions would surely involve Xiao Wu this time, Su Mo couldn't help but hesitate.
Should he go take a look?
Over the years, due to receiving three memory modification opportunities from the system, and after much reflection, Su Mo had summarized some possible rules for how the system rewarded him.
According to his idea, the system's memory modification rewards were based on his degree of influence on this world.
The first of the three rewards was a newbie gift pack, which Su Mo didn't count.
But the reason he had received the two later memory modification opportunities was because he influenced Bibi Dong and took over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes early, as well as snatching Ah Yin—Tang San's mother.
At first glance, these two actions seemed to drastically alter the plot.
But in reality, they didn't!
From the perspective of the Tang Sect, it's clear that the Douluo Continent has a legendary "Son of Destiny."
If the Son of Destiny in the Tang Sect era was Huo Yuhao,
Then in the Douluo Continent era, the Son of Destiny was undoubtedly Tang San!
And based on the dazzling fortune of the Son of Destiny, even if Su Mo allowed Bibi Dong to seize the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes early, Tang San would still likely find other opportunities.
Thus, Su Mo's influence wouldn't significantly change the future development of the plot or the Douluo world.
As for taking Ah Yin, that mattered even less—it hardly impacted the storyline or the world!
But Xiao Wu is different!
As the heroine of the Douluo Continent, Xiao Wu's presence runs throughout the entire plot.
Many of Tang San's decisions and actions were because of Xiao Wu. In the end, he defeated Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue because Xiao Wu became the sheath of the Shura Demon Sword and replaced Tang San as the Shura God.
If they managed to capture Xiao Wu, it would undoubtedly cause a major change in the story's development!
In other words, he might earn a huge reward from the system, maybe even a chance to completely rewrite his memory!
Thinking of this, Su Mo's eyes lit up. He clenched his fists, stood up instantly, and made a decision:
To go to the Great Star Dou Forest with Bibi Dong and see what happens!
After making this decision, Su Mo left Spirit City immediately after preparing, and followed the path taken by Bibi Dong and her group, heading toward the Star Dou Forest.
On the other side, outside the Star Dou Forest—
After leaving Spirit City and traveling for several days, Bibi Dong—wielding the Pope's Scepter—had already arrived with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yueguan, Ghost Douluo Guimei, and a group of Spirit Hall's Soul Douluos and Soul Saints.
Gazing at the vast Star Dou Forest in front of her—like a sea of green trees—Bibi Dong's eyes seemed distant, as if lost in thought.
"Your Holiness, shall we enter now?" asked Chrysanthemum Douluo Yueguan cautiously, seeing Bibi Dong suddenly stop.
"Enter!" Bibi Dong shook her head, regained her composure, and gave the deep command to proceed with the plan she had laid out.
"Yes!"
Under Bibi Dong's lead, the group of Spirit Hall spirit masters soared into the air and entered the largest gathering place of spirit beasts in the Douluo Continent.
They dove straight into the depths of the Great Star Dou Forest.
Bibi Dong's goal this time was very clear: to hunt a 100,000-year-old spirit beast.
So, along the way, no one paid attention to the spirit beasts they encountered—they all headed directly toward the core area.
However, just as Bibi Dong led the group to the forest's core…
In the heart of the Star Dou Forest, Xiao Wu—still in her 100,000-year Soft-Boned Rabbit form—and her mother, A Rou, who had transformed into a human, were unaware of the imminent danger.
The two "people" were still playing near the forest's center.
Sometimes they stopped to admire the beautiful spirit beasts nearby; sometimes they were drawn to the stunning flowers growing along the path; and sometimes they found tasty mushrooms in the forest and stopped to pick them.
In short, their laughter echoed nonstop.
(End of this chapter)