Chapter 327: Death is Worth It

"Tea... Teacher, why have you come?"

Seeing Bibi Dong holding her Scepter with a seemingly strange expression, Hu Liena, quite adept at reading the room, offered her a way out.

Bibi Dong followed the lead and stepped down: "Originally, Chrysanthemum Elder and Ghost Elder were to escort you to Death Canyon, but since the two of them have other urgent matters today, I shall escort you there myself."

"Yes, thank you, Teacher," Hu Liena said, bowing her head respectfully.

Bibi Dong began leading the group toward the back of the Spirit Hall.

Three luxurious large carriages were waiting there; it seemed Death Canyon was not close by.

The group stopped in front of the carriages.

How to distribute the three carriages was a problem...

The guards and such would naturally run alongside, and besides them, two squads of the Guard Army knights were waiting quietly, evidently also there to escort them.

As for the remaining five people—Bibi Dong, Qin Jian, and Hu Liena—how to distribute them among the three carriages was the issue.

The carriages were not very large; logically, Bibi Dong should have one, and then Qin Jian and the other four should sit two to a carriage.

But who would sit with Qin Jian...

"Teacher, let me share a carriage with Qin Jian, and my brother can share one with Yan; that will work."

Seeing Bibi Dong pondering in silence, Hu Liena cleverly offered another way out.

As for whether she had any selfish motives, that was unknown...

Yan wanted to speak but stopped himself, while Xie Yue seemed to have no particular thoughts.

Bibi Dong's eyes slowly narrowed.

"Qin Jian is my Guard Captain, so he shall come with me. As for you all..."

Her gaze flickered toward Hu Liena, and she suddenly said: "Nana, I have something to tell you; you come with us."

"Ah! Yes..."

Hu Liena's expression was strange beyond measure.

Even Yan and Xie Yue were left dumbfounded, not knowing how the three carriages had been allocated in such a way.

In the end, Qin Jian, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena sat in the lead carriage, while the two carriages behind were occupied by Yan and Xie Yue respectively...

What felt even more miraculous to Hu Liena was the seating arrangement after boarding.

She had originally assumed Qin Jian would sit in a row with her; after all, as the Pope, it seemed no one was qualified to sit in the same row as Bibi Dong.

But Qin Jian's actions left her stunned.

She saw him sit down beside Bibi Dong quite naturally, the two sitting side by side, and her high-and-mighty Pope teacher actually didn't react at all.

That disregard was as if she were already used to it.

Hu Liena cast her look of profound admiration toward Qin Jian, the miraculous meaning in her eyes self-evident.

What have you done these past two days, and how exactly did you turn my teacher into this...

Qin Jian blinked, conveying information through his eyes: "Guess."

Hu Liena rolled her eyes: "Guess your head. Isn't it just flirting? I knew you, a Million-Year Soul Beast capable of Charm, would be hard to deal with!"

The two went back and forth, their eyes flying, though it was unclear if they actually understood each other's meaning...

"Ahem!"

Bibi Dong placed her hand to her mouth and gave a dry cough, reminding Qin Jian and Hu Liena of her presence.

The two's chaotic eye contact immediately became serious, the speed of their face-changing leaving Bibi Dong stunned.

She couldn't help but feel that these two were a match made in heaven...

No, that was definitely a wrong feeling!

The coldness that subconsciously emerged in Bibi Dong's eyes frightened Hu Liena, who was sitting opposite, into silence, and she nearly shivered.

She knew she shouldn't fight for a man with her teacher; this was too terrifying, it simply made the little fox tremble...

"Nana..."

Not knowing if it was her own overthinking, this voice sounded somewhat meaningful to Hu Liena's ears.

"You also know what kind of people survive in Death Canyon..."

Bibi Dong's expression was very serious; she looked like a strict teacher.

"Except for those Evil Soul Masters who fled into Slaughter City, almost all the Evil Soul Masters discovered on the Dalu are in Death Canyon. They kill each other every day, fighting for the right to survive..."

"As time passed, beyond just the right to survive, after the top-tier individuals were born, they began to pursue their own desire for power, or desire for enjoyment..."

"Gradually, it developed into a bottom-up pyramid structure."

Upon hearing this, Qin Jian was thoughtful: "No matter the environment, once survival and safety needs are met, do they begin to seek self-actualization? In other words, wherever there are people, there is a world of strife?"

"Survival needs? Safety needs? Self-actualization?"

Bibi Dong was slightly surprised, then nodded gently: "You are right. Even in such harsh living conditions as Death Canyon, there is still a group of people living relatively well."

She continued: "Besides survival, what do you think is the resource they fight over the most?"

"Is... is it subordinates?" Hu Liena asked.

Bibi Dong shook her head, then looked at Qin Jian, only to see him looking at Hu Liena with a half-smile.

"Qin Jian, what do you think it is?" she asked.

"Of course it's women!"

Qin Jian pointed at Hu Liena without hesitation: "Especially women like Nana, the temptation is one thousand percent!"

"Nana?"

Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, two beauties of vastly different styles, heard this and their expressions simultaneously turned strange.

"Is there something wrong?"

There was no embarrassment on Qin Jian's face; he looked as if it were a matter of course.

Hu Liena turned her head away, her pretty face flushed slightly.

Bibi Dong said indifferently, "Is this also a part of your struggle?"

"Ahem!"

Qin Jian felt awkward at this moment.

Some things can only be understood, not spoken of; it wouldn't be interesting if said out loud, would it?

Pope, you have to play by the rules...

"After people satisfy their survival needs, they naturally want to satisfy their own desires, and the strongest and most easily driven among desires is, of course, physical desire, not to mention a group of Evil Soul Masters..."

Qin Jian decisively changed the subject, and his serious appearance made both great beauties, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, unable to help but curl the corners of their mouths, then simultaneously restrained their expressions, intending not to let the other party notice.

But in fact, there were only three people in the carriage, and Hu Liena and Bibi Dong were sitting opposite each other; with the keen eyes of Spirit Masters, how could they not see the changes in each other's expressions...

At least, in Hu Liena's eyes, the image of her dignified Pope teacher had already collapsed completely.

"I called you in because I was worried you would overlook this point and forget how alluring you are to men."

Bibi Dong's explicit words made Hu Liena unable to even lift her head.

"Actually, there is one thing I said that wasn't accurate..." Qin Jian suddenly said.

Bibi Dong turned her head and asked curiously, "What is it?"

Qin Jian scanned Hu Liena up and down: "I think that, for men, the allure of a woman like Na... ahem, like her, might even exceed the desire for survival... Who knows, many people might think, if they could sleep with this woman once..."

He chuckled and continued, "It would be worth dying for."

(End of this chapter)