Chapter 173: The Laughingstock of the Entire Continent
After Yue Guan and Gui Mei left, only Bibi Dong remained inside the vast Supreme Pontiff Palace.
Bibi Dong’s chest heaved violently. She flung the platinum scepter in her hand away with great force, and it hit the floor with a clattering sound.
Her expression was as hideous as a demon from Hell. Filled with immense rage and hatred, she thought:
’Who could it be? All the old-timers who knew about Xiaogang and me back then have already been suppressed and pushed to the fringes of Spirit Hall under my orders.’
’Either they are guarding prisons, completely isolated from the world, or they’ve been out in the Enforcement Team hunting down fallen Spirit Masters. Most of them have died over the years, so how could anyone still have the power to spread these trashy erotic novels across the entire continent overnight?’
’To have such power, and to know not only that I was with Xiaogang, but also what that beast Qian Xunji did to me... there is only one person in all of Spirit Hall...’
’Qian Daoliu!’
’That damned old bastard. I thought that since he was guarding the Elder Hall, he really didn’t care about worldly affairs. When Tang Hao attacked last time, he didn’t send a single Elder to help.’
’This time, he’s stirring up trouble again, writing these damned erotic novels. He’s even willing to ruin his dead son’s reputation just to completely smear my image and destroy my prestige.’
’It seems he is preparing to make a move against me. He wants to make me completely lose the support of the people within Spirit Hall, then drive me out of office so his granddaughter can return and inherit the position of Supreme Pontiff.’
’Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! This old bastard’s methods are truly ruthless. But if you think this is enough to topple me, you are sorely mistaken.’
’I only wanted to pursue my own love. Xiaogang promised me that he would personally cook his specialty white porridge for me. That was a tenderness I had never experienced before, something the cold Spirit Hall had never given me. You all only ever pressured me to Cultivate day in and day out; everything was suffocating me.’
’You only valued my talent. Only Xiaogang liked me for who I am. Is there something wrong with me wanting to leave with Xiaogang? I have done nothing wrong!’
’It was that beast Qian Xunji. He drove Xiaogang away and forcibly took me. As the victim, I should only receive everyone’s sympathy, while that Qian Xunji will be nailed to the pillar of shame, unable to ever clear his name for all eternity.’
’Although my image is ruined, if you think you can pull me down from the position of Supreme Pontiff like this, the Elders and Bishops of Spirit Hall will never agree to it.’
Bibi Dong was so confident because she had been the Supreme Pontiff for ten years. During these ten years, she had vigorously promoted her own confidants. The Spirit Temples, Main Spirit Halls, Branch Spirit Halls, and Sub-Spirit Halls under Spirit Hall were almost all controlled by personnel she had promoted.
These people she promoted would surely be loyal to her. Apart from the Elder Hall, she had already taken control of everything in Spirit Hall.
Spirit Hall, which the Qian family had operated for tens of thousands of years, was now firmly in her grasp. She was not afraid of falling out with Qian Daoliu at all.
If Qian Daoliu truly dared to fall out with her, she would dare to take the entire Spirit Hall, excluding the Elder Hall, and split off to establish her own Spirit Hall.
At that point, Qian Daoliu would be left with nothing but the Elder Hall, and he would have no way to deal with the split-off Spirit Hall.
Although it was a bit overconfident, Bibi Dong possessed this kind of baffling self-assurance.
After all, in Bibi Dong’s view, she was able to sit on the throne of the Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall because of her grand strategy, brilliance, iron-fisted methods, and decisive actions.
Qian Daoliu was old. After Qian Xunji’s death, Qian Daoliu did not step forward to take charge of the overall situation. Facing the chaotic situation at that time, Bibi Dong had relied entirely on herself to become the Supreme Pontiff.
Qian Daoliu hadn’t provided her with any help at all!
This was Bibi Dong’s source of confidence!
...
Meanwhile, Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who had left the Supreme Pontiff Palace, were quietly using their spirit power to project their voices into lines.
Yue Guan said:
"Old Ghost, when this trashy erotic novel was submitted, you must have read it, right?"
Gui Mei, whose entire body was shrouded in black mist, replied in a hoarse voice:
"Mn, I read it!"
Yue Guan said with some melancholy:
"Given the Supreme Pontiff’s composure, if the content of this erotic novel were fake, she would have definitely just tossed it aside, sneered, and called it utterly boring."
"But looking at the Supreme Pontiff’s reaction—tearing the book into powder and ordering us to collect these erotic novels across the entire continent and destroy them all..."
"It gives one the feeling of... being exposed and reacting with shame and anger. I think... perhaps... the content in that erotic novel is likely true."
"The Supreme Pontiff once betrayed Spirit Hall, attempting to elope with that loser named Yu Xiaogang, and was later locked in a secret chamber by the previous Supreme Pontiff for repeated battles."
"If all of this is true, I can hardly look the Supreme Pontiff in the eye anymore. That damned erotic novel was written too vividly. Now, my mind just keeps replaying the scene of the Supreme Pontiff and the previous Supreme Pontiff’s battle over and over again."
Gui Mei was silent for a long while before replying in a hoarse voice:
"So what if it’s true? So what if it’s false?"
"We brothers threw our lot in with the Supreme Pontiff for wealth and status. As long as the Supreme Pontiff can provide us with wealth and status, whether the Supreme Pontiff has betrayed Spirit Hall or not, what does that have to do with us?"
"We just need to execute the Supreme Pontiff’s orders and preserve our wealth and status. That is enough."
Upon hearing this, Yue Guan thought about it and realized it was indeed the case:
"Brother, you are right. We two dignified Titled Douluo threw our lot in with the Supreme Pontiff for wealth and status. If we still had ideals and beliefs, how could we have become the loyal dogs under the Supreme Pontiff’s command?"
"Then let’s go. Let’s hurry and execute the Supreme Pontiff’s orders. Instruct the Spirit Temples, Main Spirit Halls, Branch Spirit Halls, and Sub-Spirit Halls everywhere to ban those erotic novels and collect and burn them all."
Following Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s transmission of Bibi Dong’s orders, the Spirit Temples, Main Spirit Halls, Branch Spirit Halls, and Sub-Spirit Halls everywhere dispatched large numbers of personnel to take action.
Searching for the erotic novels house by house, the large-scale operation immediately attracted the attention of all parties.
Bibi Dong had truly made a terrible move. She might have been provoked, which led her to issue such a command that only served to draw more attention to the very thing she wanted to cover up, born out of shame and anger.
Some people who were skeptical about the content of the erotic novels discovered that Spirit Hall had such a huge reaction, which made them gradually believe that the content of the erotic novels might be true.
People all have a contrarian psychology. If Spirit Hall hadn’t intervened, perhaps they wouldn’t have been so interested. Now that Spirit Hall was strictly investigating the erotic novels, they actually wanted to catch a glimpse of the contents.
This caused the price of the erotic novels on the black market to skyrocket to an astronomical level.
Just at this moment, a large quantity of erotic novels flowed into the black market, reaching as many as one million copies, and they were snapped up in no time.
Coupled with the Two Great Empires fanning the flames, it led to a situation where the more strictly the erotic novels were investigated, the more rampant they became on the market.
Even if Spirit Hall exhausted all its manpower, it had no way to control the spread of the erotic novels.
Whether it was the Heaven Dou Imperial Family or the Star Luo Royal Family, both harbored dissatisfaction toward Spirit Hall, this Holy Land for Spirit Masters.
Since they couldn’t deal with Spirit Hall, they would just do their best to disgust them.
This time, they all wanted to see Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall become the laughingstock of the entire continent.
(End of Chapter)
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