Chapter 339: Bibi Dong's Counterattack

"Teacher, are you ordering me to leave him?"

Upon hearing Bibi Dong's demand, Hu Liena's mind became somewhat chaotic: "How could you do this..."

"This is for your own good. Without sufficient strength, how can you be safely with him? That would only be a burden."

Bibi Dong said indifferently: "Besides, the most important thing for you right now is to improve your strength. This is your golden age. If you delay it, how will you serve as the Saintess of my Spirit Hall in the future? How will you succeed my position?"

"Hasn't this always been your dream? Have you forgotten it now? Are you going to give up your bright future for this kind of Void emotion?"

Hu Liena opened her mouth, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

"Don't tell me that love won't delay your cultivation. Spending all day trying to please a man, thinking all day about how to make a man like you more—with you like this, how much focus is left on cultivation?"

The more Bibi Dong spoke, the more severe she became, fully exerting her identity as a teacher.

Hu Liena was stunned for a moment.

"That..."

Qin Jian, who had been watching the show for quite a while, couldn't hold back anymore: "Actually, being immersed in love won't affect cultivation..."

Bibi Dong turned her head to look at him, her gaze like lightning: "Is that so?"

Qin Jian seemed unaffected by her gaze, pointing at himself with a calm expression: "Look at me. I've always been immersed in love, yet haven't I leveled up faster than anyone else?"

This time it was Bibi Dong's turn to be speechless: "You..."

"So, actually, love and such won't affect cultivation; it might even boost the motivation for cultivation, who knows..."

Qin Jian said leisurely: "After all, cultivation is such a dull thing, but if two people can do it together, there will be much more fun. It aligns with the principle of combining work and rest, and it might even lead to faster improvement."

Hu Liena's eyes lit up.

"Much more fun?"

Bibi Dong's eyes narrowed slightly.

She was about to use her ultimate move...

"Is it just like what you did to me? Using every means to hold my hand, to hug me?"

Hu Liena widened her eyes.

Bibi Dong continued: "And, you are already living in the same room as me, and now you are flirting with Nana again. Don't you feel ashamed?"

She had figured it out: to make Hu Liena retreat in the face of difficulties, she didn't necessarily need to force her to admit she liked Qin Jian and then personally enter the fray to compete for favor as teacher and student.

She could completely expose Qin Jian's true colors and make Hu Liena realize that this man only used sweet talk to deceive women's trust; in this way, she could naturally make Hu Liena leave Qin Jian on her own.

"You... you live with Teacher?"

Hu Liena was indeed shocked; she could never have imagined that her high and mighty Pope teacher would actually be willing to live with a man.

"That's right, he lives with me, and he tries every possible way to provoke me. Such a man, now shifting his target so easily to be with you—don't you doubt his intentions?"

Bibi Dong added more fuel to the fire.

Qin Jian had to speak; if he didn't, Hu Liena's trust in him would be destroyed.

This woman Bibi Dong... is really difficult to deal with!

"The reason I live with you is because a Spirit Douluo tried to assassinate me that night, isn't it?" Qin Jian spoke up.

Hu Liena's fox-like eyes turned: "A Spirit Douluo tried to assassinate you?!"

Qin Jian nodded and said indifferently: "My situation has always been very dangerous; many people want me dead. Therefore, the Pope invited me to live in her outer room so that it would be safer."

Hu Liena realized: "So that's how it is."

"Then why did you come to hold my hand? And hug me?"

Bibi Dong did not want to let Qin Jian turn the tables so easily, so she pressed him step by step: "And, you also said that you liked me..."

Hu Liena widened her eyes.

Bibi Dong questioned him coldly: "Are those words all fake? Were you just lying to me?"

This question was... extremely difficult for Qin Jian.

This concerned whether his persona would collapse right here.

Saying he liked Bibi Dong and constantly flirting with her, while simultaneously running over to flirt with Hu Liena and saying he wanted to be with her—no matter how you looked at it, this behavior was scummy beyond measure...

Even with the super-high emotional intelligence brought by his Love Flower, he was in a dilemma at this moment and found it hard to answer this question perfectly.

Should he deny his feelings for Bibi Dong and deny those actions, only saying he liked Hu Liena?

Not to mention whether that could fool Hu Liena, that would be completely giving up any future possibilities with Bibi Dong, so what would happen in the future?

Of course, he couldn't deny his feelings for Hu Liena either, otherwise, things would explode right here.

It's a tough one...

"What? Nothing to say?"

Bibi Dong looked at Hu Liena and said indifferently: "Nana, you see, this man is not worth your heart; he is merely playing with your feelings."

"Qin Jian..."

Hu Liena turned her head to look at Qin Jian beside her and said in a low voice: "Are you really just playing with my feelings?"

"Sigh..."

Qin Jian sighed.

Who said building a harem was easy? How did those transmigrator predecessors make all their women get along so happily so simply? Why didn't he inherit that kind of talent...

"If I were playing with your feelings, would you still like me?"

He looked at Hu Liena and said earnestly: "I don't believe you can't tell the difference between sincerity and pretense."

Hu Liena pursed her lips: "But you and Teacher..."

"I do indeed admire the Pope," Qin Jian suddenly interrupted.

Bibi Dong and Hu Liena were both stunned at the same time.

"Nana, with the Pope's peerless elegance, do you really believe there is a man in this world who wouldn't admire her?"

Although Qin Jian's words made Hu Liena's heart ache, she had to admit the truth of them.

And as these words were spoken, Bibi Dong's aura involuntarily subsided.

"So, when I spent every day with the Pope, when I seemed to have a bit of a chance, of course I couldn't help but try..."

Qin Jian looked into Hu Liena's eyes and said, "Actually, you and I are very much alike. For people like us, we don't develop that sense of awe and fear of desecration that ordinary people have. The more high and mighty the Pope is, the more I want to try..."

Hu Liena couldn't help but nod; she knew she was the same way.

"It's a pity, though..."

Qin Jian glanced at Bibi Dong, looking very regretful: "It's a pity the Pope wasn't moved by me in the slightest. Since that's the case, I naturally know when to retreat, and that's when I followed the Pope to bring you to Death Canyon..."

Bibi Dong felt the situation taking a wrong turn and suddenly interrupted, "Is your relationship with Nana any different from mine with you? Isn't it all about wanting to conquer? Could it be that you are like this with me, but have developed real feelings for Nana? No one would believe such nonsense."

Qin Jian: "..."

(End of chapter)