"Are you truly unable to understand?"
A cold curve lifted at the corner of Bi Bi Dong's lips. She refused to believe that with Ye Tian's intelligence, he couldn't grasp the hidden meaning in her words.
Ye Tian's expression shifted slightly as he steeled himself and said:
"Please enlighten me, Teacher."
"Hmph! Slippery eel!"
Bi Bi Dong's jade-like hand slapped Ye Tian's head as she let out a cold snort.
As if treating Ye Tian like a puppet on strings.
In a strange, horizontal and vertical posture, she slowly landed outside Wisteria Residence.
Bi Bi Dong reached out and pinched Ye Tian's chin.
Forcing him to turn his head and look at her, she spoke down to him from her superior position:
"You only need to know... as long as you obediently listen to your teacher, whatever the Pope cannot give you, your teacher can obtain for you."
"Do you understand?"
"Gulp~"
Ye Tian looked up at Bi Bi Dong's beautiful face bathed in sunlight.
But he couldn't feel any warmth at all.
Why did it feel like she was treating him as her exclusive property?
"Teacher, are you... threatening me?"
Ye Tian asked with an awkward laugh.
He didn't want to side with anyone, after all, benefiting from both sides better served his interests.
"What do you think?"
Bi Bi Dong's eyes turned cold, casually resting her gaze on Ye Tian's neck.
Her jade hand released his chin and slowly moved to grip his neck.
Damn!
Ye Tian's heart screamed in alarm as he hurriedly nodded in agreement.
"I understand!"
"I truly understand!"
"Teacher, you must believe in my sincere devotion!"
Ye Tian finally chose temporary submission.
This woman Bi Bi Dong, saying all that was nothing more than forcing him to take sides.
He never expected things to turn out like this.
The importance Bi Bi Dong placed on him was completely excessive.
But this was completely unnecessary!
His talent was good, and he was somewhat clever,
But that didn't change the fact that he was currently just a small fry!
Not to mention being unqualified...
Even if he were qualified,
He simply didn't have the ability to meddle in Qian Xunji and Bi Bi Dong's messy affairs.
From beginning to end, he never intended to get involved.
As a Food-type Soul Master, Ye Tian only wanted to lay low, steadily and surely... first raise his level, obtain the opportunities he should get - that was what truly mattered!
"Hmph! Nonsense about devotion."
"I think you won't yield until you see the coffin!"
Bi Bi Dong looked speechlessly at the little brat she held in her hand again.
He wouldn't take the soft approach, forcing her to use the hard one.
Truly quite shameless!
"No need for the coffin, Teacher, that's unnecessary."
Ye Tian looked at the cold yet beautiful face before him, without any improper thoughts.
He had to make his position clear.
To protect his own interests!
"As your disciple, I absolutely support you becoming the decision-maker of Spirit Hall, but I'm just a minor Soul Master with no say in anything!"
Bi Bi Dong frowned.
What nonsense was this brat spouting?
When did she ever say she wanted to become the next Pope?!
Had this brat misunderstood something?
"Teacher, the most important thing for your disciple right now is cultivation. But rest assured, even if His Holiness the Pope truly gives me a Spirit Bone, it won't change my sincere devotion to you. I will always be your absolute direct subordinate, your most loyal follower!"
After hearing Ye Tian's crazy talk.
Bi Bi Dong finally understood what Ye Tian was trying to say and couldn't help but laugh.
Though she was laughing,
The coldness on Bi Bi Dong's face didn't diminish in the slightest.
Clearly laughing out of anger.
"Ye Tian, oh Ye Tian, I truly don't know where you get such thick skin from? You describe insatiable greed as if it were righteous and noble."
Bi Bi Dong angrily pinched Ye Tian's cheek.
"Ah, this—teacher, be gentler! These are all words from the depths of my heart!"
Ye Tian kicked his legs wildly while still proclaiming his loyalty.
"Words from the depths of your heart? Hah."
Bi Bi Dong let out a cold laugh, unable to help but sigh:
"You little brat, you're much more cunning than I imagined. You keep saying you want to support me as Pope, yet you can't bear to cut ties with the current Pope."
"Do you even believe the nonsense you're spouting?"
"I feel ashamed on your behalf!"
Bi Bi Dong shook Ye Tian's cheek while pinching it. Seeing that Ye Tian still wanted to sweet-talk her, she immediately commanded in a stern voice:
"Enough, shut up! Look into my eyes and listen to me!"
"..."
Ye Tian was somewhat dazed, covering his face and nodding.
"Listen carefully!"
Bi Bi Dong pointed her index finger at Ye Tian's nose, lowering her voice with extreme seriousness:
"I don't care if what you're saying is sincere or not."
"Anyway, I'm warning you. Don't think that just because you're still useful to me, you can act without fear. If you dare defy my wishes and side with Qian Xunji, don't blame me for cleaning house!"
"As for the rest, whether you take the Spirit Bone he gave you or not, I don't care. But the Spirit Bone I promised you—you are not allowed to refuse it!"
"Otherwise—I'll kill you!"
The last three words were almost gritted out through clenched teeth. Bi Bi Dong's eyes turned crimson, and the dense killing intent made Ye Tian truly feel a lethal threat, causing him to tremble uncontrollably.
"Now, do you completely understand?"
After speaking,
Bi Bi Dong put Ye Tian down, clapped her hands, and placed them on her hips.
The killing intent surrounding her dissipated.
Bathed in the sunlight, Ye Tian shivered from the sudden shift between cold and heat.
He nodded repeatedly.
"Mhm, mhm, I absolutely support you as Pope, teacher."
"You'd better say less of that kind of thing."
Bi Bi Dong frowned in warning but didn't explain further. As long as Ye Tian didn't join forces with Qian Xunji, that was enough.
Some things,
she didn't want more people to know!
"Alright."
Bi Bi Dong bent down and pinched Ye Tian's slightly chubby cheek again.
"That's it for now~"
After saying this,
she gave Ye Tian's cheek a final shake and strode into the Wisteria Residence.
Then, she wrinkled her nose, catching a faint scent of medicinal herbs.
She sniffed her fingertips curiously.
"Getting more fragrant as his cultivation changes, huh? It seems he'll be quite a restless fellow in the future."
Bi Bi Dong murmured to herself before disappearing past the doorway.
"So excessive, has she gotten addicted to pinching?"
Ye Tian stood at the entrance, rubbing his cheek in annoyance.
He couldn't help but feel fortunate—fortunately, he had agreed to become her disciple back then, or he might have been done for long ago.
In just a few days,
Ye Tian had learned the lesson that without strength, one can only be bullied!
He had to grow stronger as soon as possible!
But the Food system was still the Food system—his own strength was lacking, so he could only rely on external means.
Ye Tian's young face turned serious.
It seemed this half-baked Daoist couldn't just know a bit about Pill Dao.
Perhaps he needed to understand some Ballistics Dao too!
"That's it then. Anyway, I won't know if it works until I try!"
Ye Tian hammered his palm, having made up his mind.
He didn't need to reach an earth-shattering level,
When traveling in the future, one must have some means of self-protection, right?
"Ah~ Another hefty expense."
Ye Tian shook his head helplessly as he retrieved the glass jar from his wrist guard.
While activating his Soul Skill, he squeezed through the door crack.