Chapter 165

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"Is there really no other way?" Xue Di asked.

"Other ways..." Bibi Dong was silent for a moment.

"There is one, but the time is too short; it's too late."

"What way?" Xue Di asked.

"There is someone who truly loves him without reservation, and who can stop him," Bibi Dong said.

"Can't you do it?" Xue Di asked, puzzled.

"I can't," Bibi Dong shook her head.

"I understand him, and he understands me just as well, because it was he who changed me."

"No one cannot live without someone else; love is just a part of life, not the whole thing, so this matter itself is a false proposition; it cannot happen."

"At least humans cannot do it."

Human love and desire are centered on the self, for the sake of oneself.

Since the center is oneself, then everything else can be changed.

Nan Feng knows very well that even if he died, she wouldn't be unable to live.

Always talking about seeking death, that is not true love; it is childishness.

It's just that childish feelings most resemble true feelings, so everyone confuses the two.

But similar, in the end, is not the same.

Children will grow up, and childish feelings will also become the past.

Time can smooth over everything.

Nan Feng lives too clearly, too objectively, which is why he is in pain.

In the City of Slaughter, Nan Feng didn't just enter her mind; he broke into many people's spiritual worlds and saw too much.

Through those images of the fallen ones' pasts, Nan Feng gradually depicted the world outside the City of Slaughter.

It was also because he saw too much darkness in this world through the perspectives of those fallen ones that he went crazy.

He didn't suddenly go crazy, nor was he moaning without an illness; breaking into others' spiritual worlds, what he received was not just what he wanted, but also those complex feelings and emotions.

It's just that at that time, Nan Feng was busy constructing a dream to fool her and didn't notice.

But after leaving the City of Slaughter, the aftereffects kicked in! Abstract memories and concrete images, what he saw and heard in Wuhun City, and the subsequent war with the Clear Sky Sect, Tiandou City, Xingluo City—Nan Feng became increasingly crazy!

He went from being full of hope to being left with only despair.

"Your Holiness the Pope, someone requests an audience."

Just as Bibi Dong and Xue Di were both silent, Salas walked in.

"Who?" Bibi Dong asked.

"This..." Salas glanced at Xue Di and hesitated.

"That person has an obsolete Pope Token in their hand."

Ever since Nan Feng implemented reforms, the original Elder Tokens and Pope Tokens of the Spirit Hall have been abolished.

The Pope Token was changed to a scale, and the Elder Token is that Elder's martial soul; every Elder's token is specially manufactured and only represents that Elder, no longer representing the Elder Hall.

The Pope Tokens of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have already been recovered, and the Spirit Hall has issued them new Pope Tokens.

Now, the only old-version Pope Token still circulating outside is the one from the Clear Sky Sect.

"Don't see them," Bibi Dong said impatiently.

With Salas being so evasive, she didn't need to guess to know it was Yu Xiaogang coming with the Pope Token Tang Hao gave him.

She could even guess seven or eight-tenths of why he came.

"But he has already reached the side hall," Salas said, a little panicked.

Bibi Dong frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"

"Your Holiness the Pope, please forgive me!" Salas buried his head deep.

"It was Elder Nan Feng who said that if anyone comes with an old-version Pope Token, no matter who it is, they should be treated well, and after recovering the old token, replace it with a new one."

"Your subordinate really doesn't have ulterior motives..."

Bibi Dong's little affairs were seen by many in Wuhun City back then; it's just that since the Pope didn't speak, they didn't dare to say much.

He also wanted to kick Yu Xiaogang out, but that guy had the Pope Token; he had to follow the rules.

"Then can't you just replace it for him?" Bibi Dong said. "Uh..." Salas raised his head.

"The Spirit Saint Hall doesn't have Pope Tokens in stock. If we make a new one, it has to be reported to Wuhun City and reviewed by the Pope and the Elder Hall. Moreover, he holds a Pope Token, so his status is equivalent to the Pope's. Since he requests to see you, your subordinate can only come to report to you."

A Platinum Bishop is one rank lower than an Elder, and an Elder is one rank lower than the Pope; no matter who holds the Pope Token, at least in terms of etiquette, they must do it fully.

"Let him get lost," Bibi Dong said impatiently.

"If he doesn't get lost, can we... use force?" Salas asked cautiously.

"Whatever, don't bother me," Bibi Dong waved her hand. Salas bowed and ran away.

"Is he your old lover?" Xue Di asked strangely.

Bibi Dong's eye twitched, "How much did he tell you?"

"When we were in the Far North, we were bored and curious, so we asked, and he told us," Xue Di said.

"..."

"What else did he say?"

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Spirit Saint Hall, side hall.

The confident Yu Xiaogang was brewing his emotions. He believed that as long as he spoke, Bibi Dong would definitely give him what he wanted, and incidentally, he could also get the cultivation method for twin martial souls from Bibi Dong.

As long as Tang San makes a splash in the Spirit Master Tournament and Tang Chen reappears, the Clear Sky Sect will surely emerge again. At that time, as Tang San's teacher, he...

"Your Holiness the Pope said, let you get lost."

The door suddenly opened, and Salas and several guards walked in.

Without the previous respect, Salas was now facing not a Pope Token, but just a small Spirit Master.

"Bishop Salas, I said, please tell the Pope directly," Yu Xiaogang said.

"I said, Your Holiness the Pope told you to get lost," Salas said, a bit impatient.

This matter was extremely dangerous to begin with; after all, besides Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, there was also his immediate superior, Nan Feng.

If Bibi Dong acted on impulse and really did something, he would be finished! When Nan Feng asked about it later, what would he say? Tell the truth? Is he courting death?

Ten years ago, Nan Feng could kill the Demon Bear Douluo in front of those Titled Douluo Elders of the Elder Hall; now, he could probably slap him to death with one palm.

The Pope could also slap him to death! He was truly panicked about such a sensitive issue! "Salas, I said, I am looking for Bibi Dong," Yu Xiaogang said in a deep voice.

"Not Nan Feng."

Salas frowned, "What did he just say?"

"Reporting to the Bishop, this person called Your Holiness the Pope and Elder Nan Feng by their names; this is a great disrespect," a guard on the side said.

"Calling your name directly is also disrespectful."

"Great disrespect... how is it punished again?" Salas asked.

Yu Xiaogang's expression tightened, "Salas! I have a Pope Token! Don't you dare mess around!"

"Pope Token?" Salas raised his eyebrows.

"Where is it?"

"..."

Yu Xiaogang's face stiffened.

Didn't you take it just now?! "Can't take it out?" Salas's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Then that's a crime on top of a crime~"

"Wait a minute!" Yu Xiaogang panicked.

Damn it! Salas must be in cahoots with Nan Feng!

Bibi Dong doesn't even know he's here!

"I want to see Bi..."

Slap! Before Yu Xiaogang could finish his sentence, Salas raised his hand and slapped him, knocking him directly to the ground.

"See who? Even hitting you dirties my hands," Salas said, glancing speechlessly at Yu Xiaogang on the ground.

"Someone, beat him out with sticks; don't let such riffraff in."

"If you let such things in again next time, you can go sweep the streets."

(End of chapter)