Chapter 363: Hu Liena Makes an Oath to Change Her Destiny
Chapter 363: Hu Liena Makes an Oath to Change Her Destiny
Hu Liena was extremely nervous.
However, the expected questioning and interrogation did not come.
Instead, the invisible pressure emanating from Bibi Dong gradually receded after Hu Liena finished speaking.
Hu Liena could feel that her teacher seemed to... relax?
This made her even more bewildered.
"Words defaming you and me..."
Bibi Dong’s voice drifted over faintly, carrying an indescribable emotion.
"What did they say in that Chat Group?"
Hu Liena’s heart tightened.
Here it came.
Her teacher had asked the most crucial question.
"This..."
Hu Liena was apprehensive, hesitant, and found it somewhat difficult to speak.
To say that she would be infatuated by a man she had never even met, betray her teacher, and cause her teacher’s death?
Just repeating such words felt like a desecration of her teacher.
"Hmm?" Bibi Dong let out a soft hum from her nose, carrying a sense of prompting.
Hu Liena did not dare to hesitate any longer. She grit her teeth and forced herself to speak: "There is someone in that Chat Group named ’Daddy Douluo’. He... he said this Disciple is an ungrateful wretch!"
"He also said that in the future, this Disciple would... would fall in love with someone named Tang San, ruin your grand plans for that man, and would... and would..."
She simply could not bring herself to say the words that followed, her entire body trembling slightly.
"And also cause your master’s death, right?"
Bibi Dong finished the sentence for her.
Her voice was as calm as stagnant water, showing no hint of anger or joy.
"!!!"
Hu Liena suddenly looked up, her face deathly pale.
She didn’t even notice the strangeness of how Bibi Dong was able to finish her sentence.
Her eyes were already turning red as she eagerly defended herself, "Teacher! That person is talking utter nonsense!"
"He said those are things that will happen in the future, but how could he possibly know what happens in the future!"
"This Disciple respects teacher just like my own parents, and this life of mine was given to me by teacher. How could this Disciple ever betray or harm teacher!"
"This Disciple’s loyalty to teacher can be witnessed by heaven, earth, the sun, and the moon!"
Her voice carried a sob, but there was not a hint of falsehood in it.
These were her true feelings, every word spoken with tears of blood.
"..."
Bibi Dong gazed at her.
Deep within those eyes, complex emotions surged for a brief moment before quickly returning to tranquility.
Then, Hu Liena saw her teacher’s lips slowly curl into a smile.
The smile was very faint, yet it truly existed.
"Sure enough," Bibi Dong said softly.
Hu Liena was stunned.
Sure enough?
What did she mean?
Bibi Dong leaned back, returning to her indolent posture.
Yet her voice carried a piece of information that made Hu Liena’s scalp tingle: "Your master is aware of the existence of that Chat Group."
"!!!"
Hu Liena’s eyes widened in shock.
Her mind went completely blank.
Her teacher knew?
Bibi Dong continued, "Because your teacher is also in it."
These words exploded like a clap of thunder in Hu Liena’s mind.
"Teacher, you too?!"
She almost lost her voice as she cried out, completely forgetting the proper etiquette she should maintain before the Supreme Pontiff.
Shock, an incomparable shock.
But immediately after, a thought that made her whole body run cold slithered into her heart like a venomous snake.
Her teacher was also in the Chat Group?
Then had her teacher already seen those words long ago?
Then the questioning just now... was a test! A test of her!
Hu Liena’s back was instantly drenched in cold sweat, a chill penetrating every bone in her body.
If she hadn’t confessed everything just now, but had chosen to conceal it or lie instead...
How would her teacher view her?
What would be the end of a Disciple disloyal to her teacher, a successor who kept secrets from her master, in the Spirit Hall?
Even if her teacher doted on her.
Once that rift was planted, the trust between master and Disciple would collapse completely.
Having figured this out, Hu Liena only felt her scalp tingle with fear.
Her knees buckled, and she knelt heavily once more.
"Teacher! Every word this Disciple just spoke is the absolute truth, without the slightest deception!"
"This Disciple’s loyalty and love for you are not false in the slightest! I beg teacher to see clearly!"
Her voice carried a tremor and urgency, like someone who had just survived a disaster.
Her forehead knocked heavily against the cold jade floor, making a dull thud.
Bibi Dong rose from her throne and slowly walked down the steps.
Her magnificent skirt trailed across the polished floor, each step treading right on Hu Liena’s heartstrings.
A hand reached out and supported her arm.
"Rise."
Bibi Dong’s voice carried a rare trace of gentleness.
Hu Liena stood up tremblingly, following the gentle pull.
However, her eyes were still red, and tears were still welling up, though she forced herself to keep them from falling.
Bibi Dong sighed, reaching out to wipe away the moisture from the corners of her eyes.
"Silly child, your teacher is not blaming you for anything."
Not blaming.
These words finally allowed Hu Liena’s heart, which had been in her throat, to fall back into her chest, and she nearly collapsed from relief.
"But Nana..."
Bibi Dong shifted her tone, which became deep and profound once more.
"What if your teacher told you that everything A-Qing said is true?"
"A-Qing?"
Hu Liena was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood—that ’Daddy Douluo’, the bastard who defamed her, must be the ’A-Qing’ her teacher spoke of.
But why would her teacher ask this?
Did her teacher actually believe what that madman said?
Panic seized Hu Liena’s heart once again, even more intensely than when she was being tested earlier.
Because this time, she could hear the seriousness in her teacher’s tone.
Bibi Dong released her grip and turned her back to her.
"Your teacher just wants to tell you that what A-Qing said might not be false, but is indeed highly possible—it is what will happen in the future."
Her voice drifted over faintly.
Hu Liena’s face instantly turned deathly pale, devoid of any color.
She knew her teacher well.
Bibi Dong never spoke without reason, let alone joked about such matters.
Since her teacher said so, it meant... it meant her teacher believed that A-Qing’s words were credible.
But how was that possible?
That she would betray her teacher in the future? Cause her teacher’s death?
Hu Liena only felt the world spinning around her, unable to even stand steadily.
"Since I joined that Chat Group, A-Qing’s words have almost never failed to come true."
Bibi Dong’s voice echoed in the empty hall.
Hu Liena staggered back a step, barely steadying herself by leaning against a nearby stone pillar.
She believed her teacher.
But precisely because she believed, she felt all the more terrified.
If what A-Qing said was true, didn’t this mean... she really would be an ungrateful wretch in the future?
And an ungrateful wretch who would betray her teacher’s kindness and cause the death of her dearest one all for a man?!
This realization made her almost unable to breathe.
Shame, fear, anger, and disbelief—all sorts of emotions collided violently in her chest, almost tearing her apart.
Just as she was about to break down, a hand gently caressed her cheek.
Bibi Dong had appeared before her at some unknown point.
Her palm gently stroked her cold face.
In those deep purple eyes, a rare softness was revealed at this moment.
"Nana."
She called her name, her voice as light as a feather.
"That is, after all, only a future that hasn’t happened yet."
"Do not fear it."
Bibi Dong’s thumb brushed across the corner of her eye, wiping away the tear that was about to fall.
"We only need to change it now, and everything will be fine."
Change it!
These words were like a beam of light, piercing through the dense darkness in Hu Liena’s heart.
She suddenly widened her eyes.
Yes, the future had not happened yet.
None of those things... had happened yet!
Why should she be bound by an illusory future?
Why would she fall in love with someone she had never met, someone destined to be her teacher’s enemy?
Tang San?
As this name rolled through her mind, only cold killing intent remained in Hu Liena’s eyes.
She only had to kill him!
As long as she killed that Tang San without hesitation when she met him, then none of it would happen!
She would not betray her teacher, and her teacher would not die!
She knelt down heavily, raised her head, and said to Bibi Dong with a face covered in tears, "Teacher, this Disciple swears that I will change that future!"
"This Disciple will never disappoint you! This Disciple will prove with actions that you did not misjudge me!"
Hu Liena’s voice was hoarse, yet powerful and resolute.
The Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, at this moment, made an oath to change her destiny.
Bibi Dong looked down at her, the curl of her lips slowly widening, ultimately turning into a meaningful smile.
She helped Hu Liena up and gently patted her shoulder.
"Good child, your master believes in you."
(End of Chapter)
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