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The Group Chat fell silent for a moment as everyone processed the information. In the grand halls of Spirit Hall, the Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong nodded her head thoughtfully. She looked at the screen and murmured to herself that she finally understood how it all worked.
Hu Liena, standing nearby, felt that something was still a bit strange. She looked at her teacher and asked if she could clarify something. She wondered why the cousins from the Dai Family and the Zhu Family were accepted by society, but first cousins like Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang were treated like outcasts. She asked if they weren't essentially the same thing.
Bibi Dong stared at her disciple with a blank expression. She had no answer to give. She wondered why her student was worrying about such things and felt quite speechless. It was as if Hu Liena expected her teacher to know everything about biology and social taboos.
At the Moon Pavilion, Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua were also stunned by the conversation. They looked at each other in shock. Both of them had been involved in relationships that society considered taboo, and now they finally understood the logic behind the rules.
Liu Erlong posted in the chat that she had learned something new today. Wang Dong added that this was a great piece of gossip and that they were gaining knowledge they never knew before. Tang Yuehua joined in, saying that even though people in their world did not know the scientific explanation, they always knew that people with the same bloodline should not be together. Bo Saixi agreed, noting that the knowledge shared today by Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua was very important for everyone to understand.
Zhu Zhuyun had also discovered the problem within her own family. It was just as Su Yan said. In the Zhu Family, when clansmen with low spirit power married each other, these health problems appeared very often. However, the core members who were strong almost never had these issues. It seemed that having a high rank of spirit power and great strength helped the body resist those bad genes.
Zhu Zhuyun sent a message to Su Yan. She told him that she wanted to change the Zhu Family and asked if he could help them fix these deep-rooted problems.
Inside the carriage, Zhu Zhuqing felt like a light had been turned on in her mind. She finally understood why things were the way they were. Ah Yin looked at Su Yan with curiosity and asked if it worked the same way for Spirit Beasts. Su Yan nodded his head and explained that normal life followed these rules. He told her that if a being is strong enough, they can naturally compensate for genetic defects.
Xiao Xiao is the Cutest posted a question to the group. She asked why society could accept the situation with the Dai Family and the Zhu Family, but they could not accept the relationship between first cousins like Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang. Bibi Dong chimed in, saying she had the same question, and soon everyone else in the chat added a plus one to show they were curious too.
Back at Spirit Hall, Hu Liena looked at Bibi Dong with a helpless expression. She realized that her teacher did not actually know the answer. She thought to herself that if her teacher didn't know, she should have just said so instead of acting mysterious.
Su Yan finally replied to the chat. He explained that before people understood genetics, they believed that people with the same surname were one family, while cousins with different surnames were seen as different. People often married cousins to keep power and interests within the family. However, marrying someone from the same clan with the same surname was seen as pure incest by society.
Bibi Dong immediately tagged Liu Erlong in the chat. She told her to look closely at the last two words Su Yan had typed. Bo Saixi told Tang Yuehua to look at them as well.
At the Moon Pavilion, Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua were absolutely furious. It was a complete coincidence that they were sitting together today to enjoy the gossip, only to be dragged into the conversation and insulted. Liu Erlong shouted at everyone to shut up immediately. Tang Yuehua begged them to stop, saying that she and Erlong already knew they were wrong and didn't want the past brought up again.
I Am an Orphan posted a reply, telling the two women to look at the first four words of the Group Chat name. He asked if anyone ever really let anyone else off the hook in this group. Hu Liena added that the group was all about a love-hate relationship. Ma Xiaotao commented that she always felt the person who named the group was a genius, and I Am an Orphan thanked her for the compliment.
Yanzi is not a Swallow posted a supportive comment, but Group Member No. 9 asked a scary question. He asked what would happen if the group decided to eat the "melon" or gossip of the Orphan one day. Bibi Dong replied that they would deal with it when the time came. She said she looked forward to the day when everyone could mock and humiliate him together.
In the Crown Princes Mansion, Qian Renxue was gritting her teeth in anger. She thought to herself that Bibi Dong should not regret those words when the time eventually came for her own secrets to be revealed.
Su Yan decided to get back to the main topic. He wanted to continue talking about Zhu Zhuqing. He pointed out that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai were six or seven years younger than Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. He asked the group if this method of competing for the family succession was just a stupid idea.
He noted that since they had the same parents and the same spirit, the younger siblings had no chance. With such a large age gap, the younger ones could never win in a test of strength.
Yanzi is not a Swallow said she was going to die laughing because the person who created that competition method was a "genius." Tang Yuehua added that in such a situation, the younger ones could only win if they were the protagonist of a story.
Bibi Dong disagreed, asking how many protagonists there could really be in real life. She said that in the history of the Douluo Continent, there had only been one Bibi Dong. Red Dust Dream Dream Dream agreed with the Supreme Pontiff, saying that in ten thousand years, no one else like her had appeared.
Dark Avenger suddenly brought up the name Ye Xishui. Hu Liena quickly jumped in to defend her teacher, telling the user not to compare a morally bankrupt woman like Ye Xishui to Bibi Dong. Bo Saixi added that if it weren't for Yu Xiaogang, she believed Bibi Dong would have been an even more excellent Supreme Pontiff.
Su Yan told everyone to stop spamming the chat so he could finish. He explained that because of this unfair competition, Dai Mubai knew he could never defeat his older brother. After a second brother had already died at the hands of Dai Weisi, Dai Mubai became afraid of death. He was a coward who abandoned Zhu Zhuqing and ran away to save himself.
Su Yan continued, saying that if Dai Mubai had been alone, running away might have been understandable. But he had a fiancée who was supposed to be his teammate, and he left her behind to face the danger alone. What made it even worse was that after he ran to Soto City, he spent his time playing with women every single day. He even had a rule that when he stayed at a hotel, he had to have two sisters with him at the same time.
Su Yan explained that this behavior was part of the culture of the Star Luo Empire. He quoted Dai Mubai, who once said that women do not count as people but are just resources to be used.
The entire Group Chat was filled with question marks. Everyone was shocked by such a disgusting statement. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong was very annoyed. She called the situation absurd and declared that when she established her Spirit Empire, the first thing she would do is destroy the Star Luo Empire. Hu Liena nodded her head in agreement.
Bibi Dong posted that the Dai Family of the Star Luo Empire was on a path to certain death. Hu Liena agreed, and even Liu Erlong said she supported the "Old Woman" Bibi Dong this time. Wang Dong called Dai Mubai a complete piece of scum. Ma Xiaotao asked the ancestor Ning Rongrong if she could beat up that scum when they met him. Many others joined in, asking for the same thing.
In the carriage, Dugu Yan and the other girls were also furious. They called Dai Mubai a bastard and a piece of trash. They were angry that he abandoned Zhu Zhuqing and even angrier that he dared to call women resources.
Nine Treasures Little Princess told everyone to leave it to her. She promised that when they arrived at Shrek Academy, she would deal with both Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang.
Su Yan then asked if everyone was ready for what was coming next. He specifically asked Zhu Zhuqing if she was ready to see the rest of the story. Zhu Zhuqing could only respond with more question marks, feeling a sense of dread about what else was going to be revealed.