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"Mom..." Xiao Wu murmured, throwing herself into the woman's arms and crying, "Mom... Mom..."
Bai Qinchen looked at Bibi Dong with a look of doubt in his eyes. The person lying in this crystal coffin was actually Xiao Wu's mother.
"What's going on?" Bai Qinchen finally couldn't contain his doubts and looked at Bibi Dong to ask.
"What's going on?" Bibi Dong curled her lip and said, "Didn't you hear it all? This woman is her mother."
"No, I mean, why is she like this?" Bai Qinchen asked, frowning.
"Didn't I tell you last time? I killed her and absorbed her spirit ring," Bibi Dong said calmly.
"I don't believe it!" Bai Qinchen shook his head, staring intently at Bibi Dong, and said, "Tell me honestly, what's going on?"
"Why should I tell you?" Bibi Dong pouted, lazily sitting on a rock to the side, legs crossed, looking languid.
"What happened to my mother?" Xiao Wu released the woman, raised her head, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Bibi Dong, and asked through gritted teeth.
“Dead.” Bibi Dong said calmly.
"How did you die?" Xiao Wu's voice suddenly turned cold, her gaze icy as she stared at Bibi Dong and asked in a deep voice.
"What? You want revenge?" Bibi Dong's lips curled into a mocking smile as she looked at Xiao Wu with amusement. "Want to avenge your mother?"
"Yes," Xiao Wu nodded firmly.
"What will you use to take revenge?" Bibi Dong continued to ask, glancing at Bai Qinchen beside her and laughing, "You don't mean to ask Bai Qinchen to get his woman to help you, do you?"
"I..." Xiao Wu was speechless, looking at Bai Qinchen beside her with a wronged expression.
Bai Qinchen held Xiaowu's small hand, patted it gently to comfort her, and said, "Don't listen to her nonsense, she definitely didn't kill your mother."
"Who else could it be but her?" Xiao Wu pouted, looking at Bibi Dong with a defiant expression.
"If she really did kill her, do you think she would use a crystal coffin to protect your mother's body?" Bai Qinchen asked rhetorically, while casting his gaze at the female corpse inside the crystal coffin.
"..." Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu fell silent instantly.
Indeed, if Bibi Dong really killed her mother, there would be no need for such a complicated process as setting up a crystal coffin to protect her body.
“Your Holiness, there’s no need for you to lie to us anymore. Just tell us straight, why did you bring us here?” Bai Qinchen shook his head and said.
"Tch, boring." Bibi Dong curled her lip, stood up, walked to the crystal coffin to the side, looked at the peerless beauty lying inside, sighed, and said, "Do you have any way to bring her back to life?"
"..." Xiao Wu looked at Bibi Dong in surprise. What did she just say? Was she begging Bai Qinchen to save her mother?
"How can I save him?" Bai Qinchen said with a bitter smile.
He is not Tang San, who has extensive experience in resurrecting people, especially his wife.
Even Long Tianyang was resurrected by Bai Xiuxiu and Long Tianyang themselves; he did nothing.
“I don’t know either.” Bibi Dong looked at the woman, a hint of sadness flashing in her beautiful eyes, and said, “But if there is anyone in this world who can save her, it is probably only you.”
"Uh, you trust me that much?" Bai Qinchen said, touching his nose.
“Don’t you trust me just the same?” Bibi Dong looked at Bai Qinchen and said with a smile.
"Alright!" Bai Qinchen shrugged, then said, "Tell me first, how did she die? I need to know how she died before I can know how to save her. Ask the people in her family."
Bibi Dong nodded slightly, then said, "She died because of me."
"For you?" Xiao Wu's eyes widened in disbelief. "Why would my mother save you from death?"
"Back then, I went to the Star Dou Forest with my teacher to search for a 100,000-year-old soul beast. During that time, I encountered danger, but I was saved by your mother's sudden appearance."
"After that, your mother was worried that I would bring people to find you, so she took you away."
“At that time, I also had a falling out with my teacher and we got into an argument. He tried to hit me. Your mother appeared again and took the fatal attack for me.”
“She was seriously injured and sacrificed herself for me.” Bibi Dong looked at Xiao Wu’s mother with her beautiful eyes and murmured, “If it weren’t for me, perhaps your mother wouldn’t have died. I owe her a life.”
"My mother sacrificed herself for you?" Xiao Wu was taken aback, then shook her head, her expression complicated.
Bai Qinchen was also speechless. He had previously thought that Xiao Wu's soul ring was not on Bibi Dong, but unexpectedly it was still on Bibi Dong, although it was given to him by Xiao Wu's mother herself.
“Hmm!” Bibi Dong nodded gently and said, “So, I hope you won’t hate me.”
"Hmph!" Xiao Wu snorted coldly and said irritably, "Who knows if what you're saying is true or not."
Bai Qinchen gently patted Xiao Wu's little hand and said, "Once you save Auntie's life, you'll know."
"Do you have any ideas?" Xiao Wu looked at Bai Qinchen expectantly, her beautiful eyes filled with anticipation.
"I can't help it." Bai Qinchen shook his head, and seeing the disappointment on Xiao Wu's face, he smiled and said, "If I can't help it, you can ask Bai Xiuxiu and the others."
Chapter 293 Finding a Way
"Qinchen, are you all alright?" Bai Xiuxiu and the others rushed over to Bai Qinchen as he came out of the Papal Palace, asking with concern.
"Hmph!" Bibi Dong snorted coldly and said, "What do you mean? Would I harm him?"
"Hmph! Who knows what you're capable of?" Bai Xiuxiu sneered. "You are the Pope, after all! Is there anything you wouldn't dare to do in the entire Douluo Continent?"
Bai Xiuxiu didn't have a good impression of Bibi Dong. After all, in her mind, Bibi Dong was the biggest villain of this era, who had done all sorts of bad things.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Seeing this, Bai Qinchen waved his hand helplessly, interrupting the two women's argument, and then looked at Bibi Dong and said, "Your Holiness, I'll be going back now."
"Hmm!" Bibi Dong nodded gently and said, "Don't forget what I asked you to do."
"Don't worry, this isn't just your problem, it's Xiao Wu's problem too." Bai Qinchen nodded slightly, then took Xiao Wu and left the Papal Palace.
Back at the inn, the women surrounded her, asking about Xiao Wu and Bai Qinchen's situation. Bai Qinchen briefly recounted what had happened, and the women's expressions immediately changed, showing extreme shock.
"How can a sacrifice be used to revive someone?" Bai Xiuxiu muttered, her brows furrowed, after listening to Bai Qinchen's explanation.
Although Tang San's family has experience with resurrection, and she herself has been resurrected, she doesn't really understand this.
Bai Xiuxiu looked at Xiaowu and said, "When Xiaowu was resurrected, she first took the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to repair her body. Daming and Erming sacrificed themselves, and finally, with the help of the Sea God's Light, her soul and body were fused together."
“My resurrection was due to an agreement reached with Long Tianyang,” Bai Xiuxiu said, looking at Long Tianyang beside her.
Long Tianyang nodded slightly.
"Xiao Wu and her mother are both Soft Bone Rabbits. Is it possible to revive her using the same method?" Bai Qinchen asked, frowning.
“No.” Bai Xiuxiu shook her head gently and said, “The reason why Xiaowu’s method worked is because she ate the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red.”
"The Acacia Heartbreak Red will only have medicinal effects if it is picked by hand," Bai Xiuxiu explained.
"What should we do then?" Bai Qinchen asked, his brows furrowed.
If he knew of any herbs that could revive the dead, he could simply exchange for them in the system.
“Right now, Auntie’s body is in human form. The most important thing now is to restore her soul.” After thinking for a moment, Bai Xiuxiu said, “Once the soul returns to the body, she should be able to enter a state of slumber and then slowly recover.”
Bai Qinchen nodded slightly after hearing this, and then asked, "Then which herbs should be used to restore the soul?"
"I don't know much about this," Bai Xiuxiu said, gently shaking her head.
"By the way, the College of Botany should know more about these things. Hasn't Wang Liuchen from the College of Botany been looking for you lately? You can go and take a look," Tang Yuge suddenly reminded her.
"The College of Plants..." Upon hearing this, Bai Qinchen nodded slightly and then said, "Alright, I'll go ask now."
With that, Bai Qinchen strode out of the room and headed towards the inn at the Botanical Academy to inquire about herbs for healing the soul.
Meanwhile, inside the Botanical Garden, Wang Liuchen rested her chin on her hands, her face full of worry, and murmured, "Sigh, I've been looking for him for so many days, but he still won't see me."
"Teacher, he's probably just busy with the finals and hasn't had time lately," Mu Yunteng comforted him.
"Yes, teacher, don't be disappointed. How about we go take another look now?" Yao Zi echoed, trying to persuade her.
"Never mind," Wang Liuchen sighed, "Let's go back."
"Teacher, teacher!" Yuqin suddenly ran over excitedly and shouted.
"What is it?" Wang Liuchen turned to look at Yuqin with a puzzled expression.
"Bai Qinchen is here, he says he's looking for you!" Yuqin said excitedly, "You should go quickly!"
"What?" Upon hearing this, Wang Liuchen suddenly stood up and hurriedly ran out the door.
Soon, Wang Liuchen arrived at the hotel entrance and saw Bai Qinchen waving at her from afar.
"Teacher Wang!" Bai Qinchen greeted him with a smile, saying, "It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Bai Qinchen!"
"Hello!" Wang Liuchen looked at Bai Qinchen somewhat awkwardly. Although she was stronger than Bai Qinchen, she had no confidence in facing him.
"Teacher Wang, I'd like to ask you a few questions," Bai Qinchen said directly, "I'd like to ask, what herbs can restore the soul?"
"Restore the soul?" Wang Liuchen was taken aback for a moment, then said, "It depends on the degree of damage to the soul. If it's only minor, ordinary soul-nourishing herbs will suffice."
"What? Is your soul damaged?" Wang Liuchen asked with concern.
"No." Bai Qinchen shook his head gently and said, "Let's go inside and talk."
“Okay!” Wang Liuchen nodded and led Bai Qinchen into the hotel.
Bai Qinchen sat on the sofa and looked at Wang Liuchen, saying, "His soul is severely damaged; you could say he's just a shell now."
"Is it that serious?" Wang Liuchen frowned and said, "Then we can only try the ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus seed. However, the ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus seed has harsh growing conditions and is very difficult to find."
"And there's also the divine-grade Ganoderma lucidum, the Seven-Star Life-Sustaining Flower, the Nine-Leaf Ice Soul Flower..." Wang Liuchen counted on his fingers.
Bai Qinchen silently memorized the names of the medicinal herbs that Wang Liuchen had mentioned, intending to exchange them from the system for Xiaowu's mother to take.
"Who are you? Your soul is so badly damaged?" Wang Liuchen asked curiously, seeing that Bai Qinchen remembered it so clearly.
“A friend,” Bai Qinchen said, without going into details.
Seeing that Bai Qinchen was unwilling to elaborate, Wang Liuchen did not ask any further questions. She said, "These herbs are extremely rare and priceless. I'm afraid they will be very difficult to obtain."
Bai Qinchen nodded without saying much, but instead exchanged a magical herb from the system and handed it to Wang Liuchen.
"Teacher Wang, I'll give you this magical herb. Thank you for telling me this information," Bai Qinchen said earnestly.
Wang Liuchen looked at the herb Bai Qinchen handed over, opened her mouth in surprise, and said, "This is the Frost Snow Grass?"
“Yes.” Bai Qinchen smiled calmly.
"Then... this, isn't this too precious?" Wang Liuchen swallowed hard and asked hesitantly.
Although she had been looking for Bai Qinchen these past few days in order to obtain the immortal herb, seeing the immortal herb that Bai Qinchen had given her still made her unable to remain calm.
“It’s not valuable.” Bai Qinchen shook his head and said, “Compared to your information, it’s nothing at all.”
"Thank you, thank you." Wang Liuchen accepted the immortal herb with trembling hands, expressing her gratitude.
Chapter 294 I also quite like tea
Bai Qinchen looked at Wang Liuchen's outstretched hand and grasped her soft, boneless hand.
As soon as Bai Qinchen grasped Wang Liuchen's hand, Wang Liuchen's pretty face immediately flushed red, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Bai Qinchen.
Wang Liuchen's heart raced and her breathing became rapid. She could feel the warmth of Bai Qinchen's hand holding hers, and a strange excitement and thrill welled up inside her.
In fact, in the past two days, she had also learned from the students what Bai Qinchen had done after giving them the immortal herbs.
She didn't dislike Bai Qinchen; in fact, she even had some expectations for him, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to see him repeatedly.
After all, Bai Qinchen is so young yet possesses such strength and so many immortal herbs; he is sure to achieve great things in the future. If one could establish a connection with him, it would be of great help to one's own future.
However, even though she was mentally prepared, she was still extremely nervous when Bai Qinchen actually took her hand. Her breathing became erratic, and her face turned incredibly shy.
"Teacher Wang, what's wrong?" Bai Qinchen held Wang Liuchen's small hand and asked in confusion when he saw her blushing and pretending not to know anything.
"No, it's nothing." Wang Liuchen quickly shook her head, her voice slightly flustered, and said, "You, sit down for a while, I'll go get you a cup of tea."
With that, Wang Liuchen quickly fled the spot, leaving Bai Qinchen behind with a smile on his lips.
Watching Wang Liuchen's flustered figure, Bai Qinchen smiled, feeling the lingering warmth in his palm, his smile deepening.
"Huff~ Huff~" Wang Liuchen hid behind the counter, panting heavily, her pretty face burning, her heart pounding, and her mind a complete mess.
"Is he... is he going to attack me?"
"I, what should I do?"
Should we say yes or no?
"If I agree too quickly, won't it seem like I'm not reserved enough?"
"Now that I have the magic herb, do I no longer need to play with him?"
"Wouldn't this be a bad idea?"
"Oh no! What should I do?!"
Wang Liuchen clutched her head in frustration, her heart in turmoil, her thoughts racing, and a mix of emotions surging within her.