Chapter 329: How to Stay in Death Canyon

"What is it this time?" Bibi Dong asked helplessly.

Hu Liena and the other two also stopped.

Then they saw Qin Jian swaggering toward Hu Liena, and under Yan's fiery glare, he said, "I have something for you."

"What are you giving me?" Hu Liena asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

She had already sensed Bibi Dong's chilly gaze from the corner of her eye, but she had no intention of distancing herself from Qin Jian.

Who doesn't have a temper? Hu Liena had been completely provoked into a super-invincible rebellious phase by Bibi Dong's attempts to undermine her.

You don't want me to get close, so I'll get even closer; if you want him to be my teacher's husband, then I'll make him your disciple-in-law first, let's see who succeeds first, hmph!

"Nothing much, just giving you a few sets of clothes." Qin Jian began rummaging through his Soul Guidance Device.

Good thing he had kept a few tattered beggar outfits from when he was under Grandmaster's devilish training, plus a large cloak—perfect!

Seeing Qin Jian pull out a pile of pitch-black, tattered clothes, everyone's eyes went blank.

"Heh, Qin Jian, you're giving Nana this kind of stuff?"

Yan's voice was laced with sarcasm.

If not for the fact that the Pope was watching nearby, he would have loved to go full-on mockery and spit right onto that handsome face of Qin Jian's that made him feel both envious and jealous.

Not just him, even Xie Yue frowned and had an opinion: "Qin Jian, don't think that just because you're the Guard Captain, you can insult us so casually. One day, we will trample you under our feet!"

"Sigh... children who haven't been beaten by society..."

Qin Jian shoved the clothes in his hands into Hu Liena's without further ado: "Here, take them or leave them."

"I'll take them, of course I will, thank you!"

Hu Liena beamed as she took them.

That expression was genuine happiness, without a hint of impurity.

Yan and Xie Yue were both... frozen.

"You're thoughtful, Qin Jian."

Bibi Dong sighed softly: "It actually makes me, the teacher, seem like I didn't consider things thoroughly."

"You only intended for it to be a test for her, right?"

Qin Jian spread his hands: "It's just that the difficulty for her is too high, especially in the beginning; it's better to cover up if you can."

They had just discussed this in the carriage, so naturally, they understood the meaning behind Qin Jian's actions.

But Yan and Xie Yue, those two dense blockheads, naturally couldn't think of that.

"You two idiots, you should actually thank Qin Jian. If he hadn't given me these clothes, you two would be beaten half to death within a day if you tried to protect me."

Hu Liena rolled her eyes and put the clothes on over her own, especially the large black cloak, which completely obscured her figure and face.

"Nana, I suggest you don't stay with them, so you don't get dragged into trouble."

Seeing that Hu Liena had no reaction to Qin Jian's use of "Nana," Yan was once again incensed.

"Staying with us is the safest for Nana, don't you try to sow discord!" he roared.

Qin Jian shook his head helplessly: "Nana, look, they actually have quite delicate features, and they're dressed so handsomely..."

As he spoke, the expressions on Hu Liena's and Bibi Dong's faces turned strange.

"Tell me, after one night, will there be 'chrysanthemums ruined, wounds all over the ground, and flowers falling to break one's heart'?" Qin Jian said softly.

"Pfft!"

Hu Liena couldn't help but cover her mouth, laughing until she shook.

Bibi Dong was more reserved, but that fleeting smile still stunned everyone.

Yan and Xie Yue, who had been full of rage, went blank-eyed at the sight...

"Two idiots!"

Hu Liena snorted coldly.

Wrapped in the black clothes, she nodded her thanks to Qin Jian again, then walked alone into Death Canyon.

"Nana, wait for us!"

The two lackeys scrambled to follow...

"Alright, what are you still looking at!"

Seeing Qin Jian still staring at Hu Liena's back, Bibi Dong said irritably: "You've finished building up all the favor you wanted, aren't you coming back with me? What's with this lingering reluctance?"

What was with this tone of a wife-scolding husband...

The guards had been trying very hard to control their facial expressions all day, but they were reaching their limit; if they kept holding it in like this, they would soon break...

In reality, Qin Jian wasn't lingering in reluctance; his brain had turned into a quantum computer at this moment.

How exactly could he stay behind, how could he stay in this Death Canyon to continue building favor with Hu Liena—this was the problem he urgently needed to solve.

"Dong'er... uh, no, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!"

He had been so immersed in his thoughts that when a flash of inspiration finally hit, Qin Jian almost blurted out that form of address.

Now the guards really couldn't hold it in; one by one, they opened their mouths wide, looking as if they were preparing to stuff an egg into them.

"What did you want to say?" Bibi Dong asked with an unkind look in her eyes.

"Cough..."

Qin Jian gave a dry cough and said: "Pope, I just suddenly felt that the structure of this Death Canyon isn't very reasonable, and it could be improved."

"Hm? What kind of improvement?"

Bibi Dong was indeed piqued with interest.

Qin Jian continued: "Here, Evil Soul Masters are all put together regardless of the severity of their crimes, forcing them to compete, to kill, and to become devils, but their aptitudes are actually not the same, so this method doesn't maximize the results."

"Aptitudes are not the same... maximize the results..."

A look of contemplation flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes.

"That's right, we can completely avoid putting them all together, there's no need for this 'one-pot stew' approach..."

Qin Jian smiled and said, "Why not use a grading system? It can preserve the original intent of Death Canyon's existence while maximizing the tempering effect."

"A grading system? You mean..."

Bibi Dong's eyes lit up.

Qin Jian nodded, pointed in the direction of Death Canyon, and said, "We can grade these Evil Soul Masters according to the magnitude of their crimes, confining Evil Soul Masters of the same grade in one area. From grade one to grade nine, the further along you go, the more evil the confined Spirit Masters are. By the time you reach the grade nine area, they would all be the type of Spirit Masters who take pleasure in killing and are born evil..."

"Doing this can indeed make the danger levels of different areas vary, and it can also allow our disciples who are being punished or undergoing trials to proceed by level, so the mortality rate won't be too high," Bibi Dong said, lost in thought.

Qin Jian smiled and added, "Not only that, but with a grading system in place, disciples undergoing trials can also slowly advance from lower-grade areas to higher-grade ones. Proceeding step-by-step like this will certainly yield better results."

"Moreover, didn't you say that there would be Evil Soul Masters in Death Canyon who tower above other Spirit Masters?"

He continued, "Then, as long as such an Evil Soul Master is born within any given grade area, let them advance to the next grade. In other words, when their level of ferocity exceeds their current grade, they will also earn a promotion. This can maintain the difficulty of the different grade areas and avoid the solidification of hierarchy within the same grade..."

"After all, a Death Canyon with a solidified hierarchy cannot provide the best training effect..."

Thanks to book friend 【Seraph Red Dragon】 for gifting 200 coins to Bibi Dong! And 200 coins to Hu Liena!

(End of this chapter)