Chapter 302: White Moonlight

"Grandfather didn't explain the specific reasons to me; he only said that back then, it was indeed Father who wronged that woman. Grandfather told me not to blame her, saying that woman has always loved me!"

Qian Renxue's expression gradually turned somewhat ferocious. "How could that woman possibly love me! From childhood to adulthood, I have never seen her smile at me. Her attitude toward me wasn't even as good as it was toward her disciple. I've been in Heaven Dou Empire for so many years; has she ever worried about me in the slightest? She loves me?"

Her voice was hoarse, and by the end, there was even a hint of trembling in it.

"Calm down." Shi Quan's gentle Mental Power spread outward, soothing the complex mental fluctuations that appeared in Qian Renxue due to her agitation.

Under Shi Quan's soothing, Qian Renxue also gradually calmed down and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I've made a fool of myself in front of you."

"Saying that makes us strangers." Shi Quan asked calmly, "Then have you continued to investigate the specific reasons in depth?"

"Investigate?" Qian Renxue shook her head with a bitter smile. "Aside from Bibi Dong and Grandfather, no one else knows about the events of that year. There are no clues whatsoever elsewhere. Even if there were people in the know, Grandfather kept them tight-lipped; it's impossible to find any relevant information at all."

After a moment of silence, Shi Quan said, "I can help you investigate this matter."

Although Shi Quan knew the ins and outs of the matter, the problem was that he didn't have any evidence. Relying solely on his own claims, he feared it might be counterproductive and could even lead Qian Renxue to suspect Shi Quan's motives.

An investigation was a good entry point. If he could ease the relationship between Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, he could not only win Qian Renxue's favor but also win over Bibi Dong.

"Investigate?" Qian Renxue looked somewhat dazed. "Investigate why that woman killed my father?"

"Yes." Shi Quan nodded slightly. "I don't think your grandfather would lie to you. If he said Bibi Dong loves you, then he must have a basis for it. As for why Bibi Dong loves you but acts as if she doesn't, there must be some reason for it. As long as we investigate it clearly, then all the problems will become simple, won't they?"

"You're right!" Qian Renxue's eyes regained their luster. "I don't believe that woman loves me. If Grandfather knew that woman killed Father, why would he still let her be Pope! I must know what happened back then!"

"Very few people know about this; it belongs to the absolute secrets of the Spirit Hall. Can you really find out?" Qian Renxue looked at Shi Quan earnestly.

"I naturally have my own methods." Shi Quan smiled mysteriously. "Actually, after you told me about this, it reminded me of some things. However, whether there is a connection, I still need further investigation, but it counts as a lead."

"Really?" Qian Renxue looked surprised. It wasn't that she hadn't investigated before, but she had always returned empty-handed. She had only just said one thing to Shi Quan, and he already had a lead?

"Yes, you should have an impression of Yu Xiaogang, right?"

"Tang San's teacher?" Qian Renxue frowned, not knowing what connection there was between the two.

"During the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament back then, I noticed that Bibi Dong seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally favoring and protecting this Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang was once a member of the Spirit Hall, and the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls he published were also summarized based on the classics in the Spirit Hall. With his talent, I imagine he wouldn't have been qualified to view the classics in the Spirit Hall at will, right?"

"You mean, Yu Xiaogang viewed the Spirit Hall's classics through that woman's connections?"

"That's right. Judging from Bibi Dong's current attitude toward Yu Xiaogang, their relationship back then shouldn't have been bad. So I think we can start from Yu Xiaogang's side; perhaps he will know some of the things that happened back then."

"This counts as a lead?" Qian Renxue frowned slightly.

Shi Quan smiled. "For things in the past, we can only look for people from the past. This Yu Xiaogang is currently the most convenient investigation target. Let's investigate him first and see. If we don't find any useful clues, we can then proceed layer by layer; we will eventually find out."

"Most convenient?"

"He is right there in Lanba Academy in Heaven Dou City."

"Lanba Academy?" Qian Renxue thought of something. "The Golden Iron Triangle, Liu Erlong?"

Shi Quan snapped his fingers. "Exactly!"

"If no effective information is obtained from Yu Xiaogang, what direction do you plan to start from?"

"If I can't find anything, then I'll just have to make a trip to Wuhun City." Shi Quan waved his hand, while inwardly laughing to himself: "How could I not find anything? Yu Xiaogang bears at least half the responsibility for what happened back then."

He had never understood why a genius like Bibi Dong would fall for a loser like Yu Xiaogang.

Taking advantage of this investigation opportunity, he could take a good look.

Having agreed with Qian Renxue, Shi Quan left the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, his figure turning into nothingness as he arrived outside Lanba Academy.

Powerful Mental Power directly enveloped Lanba Academy. The absolute gap in Mental Power meant that no one in the entire Lanba Academy could detect Shi Quan's Mental Power.

Locking onto Yu Xiaogang's figure, Shi Quan flashed and arrived in a forest within Lanba Academy.

Just as Dugu Bo had investigated before, the current Yu Xiaogang was like a dull puppet, his eyes hollow as he stared blankly at the sky. Liu Erlong was right by Yu Xiaogang's side; perhaps because of taking care of Yu Xiaogang these past few years, her pretty face inevitably revealed a hint of exhaustion.

"Sleep!" Shi Quan whispered, and invisible Mental Power enveloped the two.

In less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, the two fell into a deep sleep.

"I want to see why Bibi Dong's eyes were so blind."

Shi Quan's figure slowly descended, his consciousness entering directly into Yu Xiaogang's dream.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Bibi Dong was actually like this when she was young. It's hard to imagine she could be connected to the noble Pope of today."

The young Bibi Dong was like a flower just beginning to bloom, innocent and stunningly beautiful. Her youthful face was not as high and mighty as it was now, but instead radiated an aura of youth. Between her brows, she revealed a kind of unpolished, natural beauty, like the first ray of sunlight in the morning—warm and dazzling.

"What a wave of 'refreshing novel' tropes and 'youthful angst' literature."

Watching the two meet and their past, Shi Quan couldn't help but clap in admiration.

Bibi Dong had Innate Full Spirit Power and Twin Spirits; upon her Spirit Awakening, she was taken as a disciple by the Pope—a textbook script for a heaven-favored daughter of a wealthy family.

Yu Xiaogang held the script of a loser in a great family who was regarded as trash, yet relied on his so-called unyielding, fate-defying, and competitive spirit to constantly struggle and fight.

Having grown up pampered and flattered by others, Bibi Dong encountered someone like Yu Xiaogang for the first time—someone as indifferent as a chrysanthemum, who ignored her and wanted to change his destiny against the heavens—and she immediately felt he was heaven-sent, and he instantly became her 'white moonlight'.

It completely stacked all the buffs from the melodramatic novels of his previous life.

(End of chapter)