The Reason for Their Visit

"Make friends?" Zhou You glanced at the people behind Zhang Ping and couldn't help laughing. "You came as a group to make friends?"

Zhang Ping's face flushed in an instant, as though a blot of red ink had spread across it. It was a lovely sight.

She lacked Hu Liena's naturally alluring air, and her looks could only be described as those of a girl next door. But in Zhou You's eyes, Zhang Ping's cuteness suited a girl her age, unlike Hu Liena, who seemed so out of place.

A major reason Zhou You was unaffected by Hu Liena's Charm was that she was too young, yet insisted on acting mature. It was awkward to watch.

The girl before him was different. She was completely natural.

But Li Kai, standing behind her, saw the scene and immediately got the wrong idea.

He grabbed Xu Yu, who was still entangled with him, and used brute force.

"Get out of my way!" He actually flung the somewhat smaller and thinner Xu Yu straight aside.

Fortunately, Sun Chuantao had been watching all along. He quickly reached out and caught Xu Yu, saving him from a face-first fall.

Before he could scold him, Li Kai had already lunged at Zhou You.

"You bastard, how dare you bully Xiaoping? I'll fucking kill you!"

Before Zhang Ping could react, she felt a gust of wind rush past, and a dark figure darted by her side!

"Wait..."

It was too late. Li Kai couldn't hear a word anyone was saying now. He charged straight at Zhou You and swung a fist at his face.

"One after another." Zhou You was somewhat speechless.

Just a moment ago, they were calling me boss, saying they wanted to be my underlings and make friends with me, and now they pull this?

As thoughts raced through his mind, Zhou You didn't stand idle. As the fist drew near, he stepped back at just the right moment. His left hand had risen at some point to seize Li Kai's wrist, while his right hand caught him under the armpit.

Then he twisted his hips, turned, and bent at the waist. Without relying on strength, using only the leverage of the human body and the momentum of his opponent's charge, he smoothly executed a Judo Back Throw.

—Bang!

Li Kai's forehead smashed squarely into the bluestone-paved ground. The fall left him dizzy and disoriented, and he remained in a daze for quite a while.

What happened? Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

After a while of lying there in a stupor, as though he had lost his memory, Li Kai finally regained the ability to think in the glaring sunlight.

Zhou You turned around as if shaking off a speck of dust. Looking at Zhang Ping, he pointed at the dazed Li Kai at his feet. "Is there something wrong with his head?"

Zhang Ping nodded instinctively, but quickly caught herself and hurriedly shook her head, blushing again.

"Li Kai just misunderstood. He isn't a bad person..."

"He isn't a bad person, yet he came at me for no reason. So I'm the bad one?"

Zhang Ping hurriedly shook her head, but didn't know what to say. She was somewhat shy by nature and wasn't very good at dealing with strangers.

So Zhou You smiled. "Your name is Zhang Ping, right? I'm Zhou You. I'm happy to be your friend."

Hearing that, Zhang Ping finally smiled. Two dimples appeared in her cheeks, giving her an air of innocence that made Zhou You smile along without realizing it.

"Xiaoping." The frail boy named Xu Yu ran over and glanced at Li Kai, who was still lying on the ground gathering his senses, a subtle look in his eyes.

Just as Zhou You was wondering whether he was going to take his anger out on him, Xu Yu raised his foot and planted it right on Li Kai's face.

"Hello, I'm Xu Yu."

"Aaah—! Xu, I'm gonna fucking kill you!"

"Uh, hello..." Zhou You looked at Li Kai, whose head was pinned underfoot, then at Xu Yu, who looked perfectly calm, as though he hadn't done a thing. He couldn't quite figure this guy out.

"Sorry about that." At that moment, Sun Chuantao came over and quickly pulled Xu Yu aside, making him move his foot. Xu Yu did so reluctantly.

The moment Li Kai was free, he sprang up with a carp flip. A shoe print still marked his face, and he was breathing hard with rage.

"You damned Xu Yu, I'm gonna fucking kill you!"

"Bring it on! You think I'm scared of you?"

"Come on! Let's get in the arena. I'll fucking kill you!"

"With that brain of yours, I could toy you to death with both hands tied!"

"You're a Support System Soul Master, a little weakling in a real fight, and you dare run your mouth?"

"I've always spoken frankly to pigheads."

"Say that again!"

After just a few exchanges, the two pressed their foreheads together and glared at each other like fighting bulls, leaving Zhou You clicking his tongue in amazement.

Seeing the two making fools of themselves in front of Zhou You, Sun Chuantao finally darkened and shouted, "Enough! You two bastards, shut up!"

Seeing that he was truly angry, Li Kai and Xu Yu finally quieted down, though they still glared at each other, silently vying for the upper hand.

Sun Chuantao felt exhausted, but he still forced himself to turn to Zhou You. "Sorry you had to see that."

"It's fine." Zhou You smiled unconcernedly. "I can tell those two are close."

"Who's close to him?!"

"Are you fucking blind?!"

Sun Chuantao felt even more exhausted. Damn it, he gave you a way out, so take it, you two bastards!

Zhou You looked around and saw people looking their way. After some thought, he said, "This isn't the place to talk. Let's go to a rest room."

There were many rest rooms near the academy's training ground, usually able to accommodate five to seven people. Naturally, Sun Chuantao had no objection and nodded at once.

Seeing this, Zhou You's eyes flickered, and he understood. He had known these people hadn't simply come to make friends.

They probably want to ask me for something?

Once Soul Masters on Douluo Continent set foot on the path of cultivation, they seemed to become a little more calculating. Even the youngest Soul Masters couldn't be treated like ordinary children.

After all, it was hard for someone carefree and thoughtless to get far on this path.

"Then let's go."

In the rest room, Zhou You couldn't be bothered to sound them out and asked directly.

"You didn't come looking for me just to make friends, I suppose." He then glanced at Li Kai. "And of course, I doubt you truly wanted to follow me either."

Sun Chuantao was a little embarrassed and could only glare angrily at Li Kai, not sparing Xu Yu either.

Only Zhang Ping lowered her head, looking deeply ashamed.

"So, why don't you be direct and tell me what you came for?"

When he finished speaking, the rest room fell quiet for a moment. Only the sounds of fighting from the training ground outside could be faintly heard.

Listening to the sounds outside, Zhou You's thoughts wandered. So there really were people who shouted "Martial Soul Possession" and the names of their Soul Skills in battle...

"Actually..." Sun Chuantao finally spoke. "There is something we'd like to ask you to help with."

"Mm." Zhou You made a sound to show he was listening.

Now that he had spoken, Sun Chuantao stopped concealing it. He took a deep breath and explained.

"Xiaoping had already reached level twenty at the last Quarterly Assessment, but she still hasn't found a suitable Soul Ring. She applied for Soul Hunting, but they never managed to hunt the Soul Beast she wanted."

Only then did Zhou You become a little interested. "What Soul Beast do you want to hunt?"

"A Sonic Bird."

So that's what it is. Zhou You asked curiously, "What rank was the Soul Master leading the team?"

Sun Chuantao wore an expression that was hard to describe. "A Soul King."

I see. Zhou You nodded. He knew why the other man had that expression now.