Chapter 243: Crazy Confrontation
Time slowly passed, and in a blink of an eye, two more years had gone by.
In Spirit City, inside the Supreme Pontiff Palace, Bai Yu sat on the Supreme Pontiff's throne, reviewing various reports submitted to him, much like an emperor handling imperial decrees.
He had been doing this for almost two years, going through three stages: from being overwhelmed at first, to feeling despair, and finally returning to a state of calm.
Normally, Bibi Dong was the Supreme Pontiff, and she hadn't abdicated yet, so these matters shouldn't have been Bai Yu's responsibility.
But circumstances are unpredictable. Initially, it was because Bai Yu spent his days either with women or loafing around.
Bibi Dong found it unbearable, so she used the flimsy excuse that as the Saint Child, Bai Yu needed to familiarize himself with Spirit Hall affairs, and roped him in as a laborer.
However, Bai Yu didn't object, as he thought it wouldn't matter to be a laborer for a couple of days; it would just be indulging Bibi Dong.
But unexpectedly, before he could find an excuse to slip away, Bibi Dong encountered a problem.
The Rakshasa God inheritance within her began to act up, urging her to quickly inherit the God Position.
The reason was that Bibi Dong's spirit power had already reached level 97 even before she obtained a copy of the Chronicle of Light and Shadow.
Even though she later followed Bai Yu's advice and didn't cultivate for several years, she still reached level 100 due to the one-level-per-year increase.
Since spirit power undergoes a qualitative change upon breaking through level 100, transforming into divine force, and Bibi Dong's Rakshasa God inheritance was somewhat irresponsible, it didn't provide information regarding this.
This led to Bibi Dong not concealing her breakthrough at all. By the time she realized it, it was too late; the Rakshasa divine soul within the inheritance had discovered this matter.
So the Rakshasa God was displeased. She felt she had been tricked. She was already at level 100, and the inheritor still hadn't inherited the God Position. What was she waiting for?
Thus, she started causing trouble, wanting Bibi Dong to quickly complete the God Examination and inherit the God Position so she could leave the God Realm and roam freely.
But Bibi Dong was unwilling. She still wanted to stay in the lower realm for a while longer. Inheriting the God Position so early, wasn't that problematic?
These two conflicting viewpoints caused Bibi Dong to seem like she had a split personality. Every day, she argued incessantly with the Rakshasa divine soul attached to her, like a shrew in a vegetable market.
Under such circumstances, Bibi Dong naturally had no mood to handle affairs. She simply fabricated an excuse about a cultivation mishap requiring seclusion and dumped all responsibilities onto Bai Yu.
With the Supreme Pontiff's duties set aside, Bibi Dong's only daily task was to engage in intense confrontation with the Rakshasa divine soul in her mind, and this confrontation lasted for almost a year.
However, although Bibi Dong didn't tell Bai Yu the truth due to the Chronicle of Light and Shadow, Bai Yu still found out.
Don't forget, his Spirit, the Hong Ming Knife, was still on Bibi Dong. Through the entanglement of the Hong Ming Knife with Bibi Dong's aura, one could say that as long as Bai Yu wished, he could know everything Bibi Dong did.
Sometimes, he couldn't help but sigh, if Bibi Dong had refined the life gold and transformed her soul into a divine soul, how could she be troubled by a wisp of divine soul as she was now?
But at this time, he had no reason to send the life gold to Bibi Dong. If he did, it wouldn't be Bibi Dong being exposed, but rather him, Bai Yu, being exposed.
At the same time, through Bibi Dong, he verified another rule of that broken notebook.
The reason was that the ability to increase spirit power by one level per year suddenly became useless after level 100.
Because a year after Bibi Dong broke through level 100, she was still level 100 and had not received any further increase.
This was not due to being stuck without a tenth Spirit ring; even if she were stuck, she would still feel her spirit power growing. Bibi Dong simply had no actual increase.
Subsequently, Bai Yu racked his brains, studying that broken notebook over and over again.
He finally found a reason that seemed impossible but was very likely for that broken thing.
The notebook's annoying introduction clearly stated one thing: increasing one level of spirit power per year. Please note, the two words 'spirit power' are key!
So, while Bai Yu wished he could scream to the heavens and tear up the notebook, he finally paid attention to these two words.
He then understood: this broken thing could only increase spirit power, but after level 100, the spirit power in one's body would turn into divine force, rendering this broken thing useless.
After that, he had one more reason to despise this notebook.
He had originally hoped to quickly pass through the middle stage and develop into the later stage with it, but unexpectedly, this broken thing was so useless, directly falling short after the early stage.
At the same time, Bai Yu secretly rejoiced that his trump card was not this useless waste; otherwise, even if he became a god, he would only be a mere minor god official.
The thought that without the law diagrams brought by his reincarnation, even if he became a god, he would have to live under the thumb of Tang Fozu, sent a shiver down Bai Yu's spine.
“Your subordinate greets His Royal Highness the Saint Child. An unsigned letter has been delivered to Spirit Hall, addressed to you. What do you wish to do…?”
As Bai Yu was reviewing documents, a guard stationed at the entrance of the Supreme Pontiff Palace suddenly walked in and handed him a letter.
Bai Yu's eyelids twitched involuntarily as he looked at the letter before him. This letter immediately reminded him of being treated like a Japanese person two years ago.
However, as the old saying goes, since he was already here, could he turn back? The same applied to this letter; since it had been delivered right before Bai Yu, could he resist reading it and send it back unopened?
It was obvious that was impossible. Bai Yu then waved his hand, signaling the guard to leave, then unfolded the letter and began to read it.
After reading the entire letter, Bai Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint smile played on the corner of his lips. With a flick of his finger, the paper instantly turned to dust.
“Heh heh, Star Luo finally couldn't hold back, huh? I thought there wouldn’t be an opportunity again this year.”
“It seems Heaven Dou should also receive the news soon. Now I just need Little Angel to send me a message, and the plan can begin.”
Qian Renxue had already inherited the throne over a year ago, but for some reason, Star Luo made no move all of last year.
With Star Luo inactive, Qian Renxue, having just ascended the throne and with an unstable court, also couldn't act rashly.
Otherwise, the now-dormant Prince Xue Xing would likely stir up trouble again.
And this letter was sent by Zhu Zhuyun, who was still in Star Luo City, pretending to be in seclusion.
Although Bai Yu hadn't asked her to deliver messages, she still sent him a letter when she learned that Star Luo was about to send troops to Heaven Dou, wanting him to prepare early.
However, truthfully, Bai Yu didn't have much to prepare. In terms of troop sources, Spirit Hall had already made arrangements years ago, just waiting for the war to begin and Heaven Dou to request aid.