Nothing Here but You Catches My Eye

Liu Erlong beamed the moment she saw Flender accept it. "That's more like it. How are the children supposed to cultivate if they can't even eat their fill?"

Flender nodded with a bitter smile, then suggested showing her around the academy and introducing her to everyone. Liu Erlong nodded and walked to his side, the two of them strolling shoulder to shoulder.

"Boss Flender, how have you been all these years?" Liu Erlong suddenly asked Flender beside her.

"More or less the same. Not great, but not terrible either." Flender shook his head and spoke somewhat gloomily. The Four-Eyed Owl, usually as shrewd as they came, could not bring himself to sweet-talk in front of the woman he liked.

"True enough. You're a Soul Sage, after all. No matter how badly things went, you wouldn't starve. It's just those children and teachers following you who have suffered." Liu Erlong teased him slightly.

Hearing that, Flender could not help picturing Dai Mubai's miserable state. Bitterness kept creeping onto his face. Liu Erlong naturally knew Flender well enough, and she could not help asking, "What's wrong? Why do you look so awful?"

Flender bitterly shook his head at Liu Erlong, then began recounting what had happened to Dai Mubai: how the culprit had swaggered into the academy afterward to wander around, yet had been treated as an Honored Guest.

Upon hearing this, the already hot-tempered Liu Erlong immediately declared that she would find the true culprit and cripple him with her own hands. Flender and his group had weaknesses to worry about and no powerful backing.

She was different. She was the illegitimate daughter of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Even if she could not cripple him, she could at least beat him up to vent her anger.

After hearing her out, Flender hurriedly stopped her.

"Why?" Liu Erlong asked, puzzled.

"There was a woman following that person. I couldn't see through her cultivation. She seemed like an ordinary person who had never cultivated, but an ordinary person couldn't possibly stay by his side." By the time he said that much, Liu Erlong understood.

For a while, the only sound between them was their footsteps. It was not until they neared the place where Tang San and the others had gathered that they put away their negative emotions. They could not bring those emotions to the children.

The people training stopped what they were doing when they saw Flender. With Dai Mubai absent, Oscar asked in his place, "Principal, this is...?"

"This is Liu Erlong. Her martial soul is the Fire Dragon, and she is a level seventy-eight Soul Sage." Flender extended a hand as he introduced her to them.

When Xiao Wu heard "level seventy-eight" from within the crowd, her heart trembled. Then she let out a relieved breath. Luckily, she was not a Soul Douluo. Otherwise, she would be finished. How would she avenge Schrodinger's mom then?

Though she said that to herself, a faint unease still filled her heart. Tang San, standing beside her, noticed her anxiety and reached out to take her hand, looking at her questioningly.

But Xiao Wu merely shook her head and said nothing. Tang San could only turn back to listen to Flender and Liu Erlong talk, though his mind was clearly no longer on their conversation.

For some reason, he felt that Xiao Wu had been a little off lately. She was always absent-minded. As her older brother, he did not even know what was troubling her. It made him feel that he had failed in his role as her brother, but now was not the time to talk.

He decided that when they returned to the dormitory tonight, he would have a proper talk with Xiao Wu.

After Flender finished speaking, he waved a hand and had the students continue training on their own. He then accompanied Liu Erlong to Suotuo City to purchase a property.

When night fell, Flender and Ning Rongrong had the same exchange of mockery as in the original story. The difference was that, with Lu Mingchuan as an example before her, no matter what Flender said, she could use Lu Mingchuan to shut him down. Still, experience won out in the end, and Ning Rongrong was the first to lose her composure in their verbal clash.

Then he and Liu Erlong led the group to the Soul Arena.

As for Lu Mingchuan, shortly after he finished dinner, Alicia dragged Huang Quan away in a flash, leaving no trace behind. He, meanwhile, took Mirror Flow around Heaven Dou City.

"Do you not need to keep your eyes covered with black cloth anymore?" He finally could not suppress the question in his heart.

Mirror Flow shook her head. "Nothing here but you can enter my sight, and you are my cure." She said the latter half so softly that he only caught the first part.

"I see." With the doubt in his heart resolved, he grew a little happier. He had wanted to draw a prize ever since school started, but this was not a good time for it. He would have to wait until he got home, burn incense, take a bath, and then have a proper draw.

With that thought, he put the lottery out of his mind and focused on enjoying his time alone with Mirror Flow. Huang Quan was usually simply blank and dull, only occasionally showing a slight domineering, possessive side. Only slightly.

Mirror Flow, on the other hand, was aloof most of the time and gave him a rather heavy feeling. But it did not matter. A real man feared nothing. Then he felt a slightly cool little hand take his.

He tried to clasp it in return, but could not break free, only causing that cool little hand to grip even tighter. Seeing that there was nothing he could do, he could only enjoy his wife Mirror Flow's soft little hand. Suddenly, he spotted an icy blue piece of jade in a jewelry shop and gently tugged Mirror Flow, signaling for them to head over.

Mirror Flow's scarlet eyes held a trace of confusion as she watched Lu Mingchuan buy the jade and tuck it into his clothes. Then the two slowly wandered out of the city, listening to natural sounds that had been difficult to hear in his previous life.

Feeling Mirror Flow's presence beside him, Lu Mingchuan had lost count of how many times he had felt happy. Suddenly, a chubby little bird flew toward Mirror Flow's head and landed directly on top of it.

Lu Mingchuan found it amusing to see Mirror Flow freeze in place. After laughing for a while, his smile froze as well. Mirror Flow still wore the same expressionless face, but for some reason, he kept feeling that she was getting embarrassed and angry.

After a while, perhaps finding the block of ice boring, the fat bird wobbled off and flew away. Seeing it leave, he became even more flustered, because a faint smile had appeared on Mirror Flow's face.

Mirror Flow slowly walked up to him. Then he felt a pair of cool little hands slowly pinch the soft flesh at both sides of his waist. Instantly, a sharp pain shot through his waist, and his handsome face twisted in an instant.

Seeing him bare his teeth in pain, the corners of Mirror Flow's lips lifted a little more before she released him. Lu Mingchuan hurriedly rubbed his waist. Mirror Flow stood there watching him, though there was still a trace of worry in her eyes.

After all, Lu Mingchuan was still far too weak compared to her. She was afraid that she had used too much force and truly hurt him. Only after seeing him take his hand away from his waist did the worry in her eyes fade, and she immediately returned to her usual coldness.

Mirror Flow was so cute. Oh, right, thank you all for the tips. Feel free to come hang out in the group when you have time.