Life Force

Zhao Ming clapped his hands and looked at his handiwork with satisfaction.

Hmm, not bad.

"You little brat, what are you trying to do? Let me go!" Feeling herself tightly bound from head to toe, Hu Liena was instantly terrified.

"What am I trying to do? What do you think I'm trying to do?"

"Let me go, you little hooligan!" Hu Liena cursed angrily.

"What little hooligan? A girl like you has no chest and no butt. I'm not even interested." Zhao Ming narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"But since you've put it that way, it would seem a little unreasonable if I didn't do something to you."

"You wouldn't dare?!" Hu Liena was flustered and enraged. "I'm telling you, I'm the Saintess of Spirit Hall. You'd better behave yourself."

"Pfft, who are you trying to scare? You're the Saintess of Spirit Hall? Then I'm the Pope of Spirit Hall!"

As he spoke, Zhao Ming moved closer to Hu Liena with a smile.

"Ah... you little hooligan! Y-you, stop right there."

Hu Liena immediately screamed. She had never imagined that she would be humiliated like this in broad daylight.

"Go ahead and scream! Scream until your throat breaks, and no one will come save you..."

"You!" Hu Liena felt both humiliated and furious.

She only hated herself for insisting on bathing in the Star Dou Forest. Couldn't she have endured it and washed up after leaving?

Given those people's temperaments, they would never dare disturb her while she was bathing. So they probably still didn't even know she had gone missing!

At that thought, two streams of tears rolled down her face.

Seeing Hu Liena cry, Zhao Ming felt that perhaps he had gone too far. After all, he was in the wrong to begin with. He had seen her body and was still treating her like this.

"Huh? This ring is pretty nice. I'll take it." Just as he was about to let Hu Liena go and make his escape, Zhao Ming noticed the ring on her finger. It seemed to be the legendary Storage Soul Tool.

"Y-you, what are you doing? That's my ring." Hu Liena opened her eyes to find that, at some point, he had snatched away the ring she had been wearing.

"So this is a Storage Soul Tool."

Zhao Ming's eyes gleamed. He had only ever seen things like this in novels. He had never expected that one day, he would possess such a treasure himself.

The ring was originally rather large for Zhao Ming. Yet the moment he put it on, it rapidly shrank until it fit his finger perfectly.

It was a pink ring. It looked a little strange on Zhao Ming's hand, but practicality was what mattered most to him.

Whew, I need to get out of here fast.

This girl had definitely not come alone to hunt Soul Rings. Once they discovered Hu Liena tied up like this by him, he definitely would not meet a good end.

"Hehe, Nana, I'll be going now." Zhao Ming took a few steps, then felt it was a bit of a loss and came back.

Looking at Hu Liena's soft, rosy lips, he pressed his own against them.

"So fragrant." Zhao Ming felt a little lightheaded. Hu Liena's lips were soft and carried a faint fragrance.

"Shameless!" Hu Liena said through gritted teeth, her face flushed crimson with anger. She had never imagined that her first kiss would be taken here.

"Nana, my wife, how can you talk to your Husband like that? It makes me a little sad. And whenever I get sad, I want to do even more excessive things!"

"Y-you wouldn't dare!" Hu Liena widened her eyes and shouted. More excessive things—could he mean...? No, absolutely not.

"What wouldn't I dare do?" Zhao Ming said disdainfully.

"Y-you, then what do you want?" Hu Liena felt like crying without tears. Running into someone like him was simply her bad luck.

"Hehe, call me 'good Husband.' Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I won't make things difficult for you." Zhao Ming said with a grin.

"What did you say? That's impossible!" Hu Liena was so angry that she looked like an agitated little kitten with its fur standing on end.

"Fine, then today I'll show you what cruelty is!"

"Don't, I'll say it." Seeing Zhao Ming about to make a move against her again, Hu Liena gritted her teeth. "Good! Hus! Band!"

"No, there's no sincerity at all." Zhao Ming shook his head. "Your voice has to be gentler, your expression has to be smiling, and your eyes have to look full of affection."

You!

Hu Liena felt like her lungs were about to explode from rage. But if she did not do as he said, she would probably suffer even greater losses.

"Good Husband~" Hu Liena said, trying her best to make her voice sound soft and sweet.

"Good wife, you're so obedient. Then I'll be going now. Consider this ring a token of love from you to me. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility for what happened today. Wait ten years for me. When your hair reaches your waist, I will surely ride seven-colored auspicious clouds... and come marry you." Zhao Ming said with a smile before quickly running off.

"Bastard! Don't let me see you again, or I'll definitely kill you!" Hu Liena said furiously.

About five or six minutes later, Hu Liena had recovered a little Soul Power and forcefully shattered the vines binding her.

After quite some time, once she had tidied herself up, Hu Liena returned to the Soul Hunting Team's camp from Spirit Hall Academy.

"Nana, why were you gone so long? I was just about to go look for you!" A tall man dressed in fine clothes said to Hu Liena. Seeing her return, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, he keenly sensed that something was off about Hu Liena.

"Brother, I'm fine." Hu Liena shook her head and let out a faint sigh as she looked toward the sky to her right.

"Alright, everyone, keep moving. Let's try to find a suitable Soul Ring for Xie Yue today..." said a Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall.

One day later.

At the edge of the Star Dou Forest, Zhao Ming lay on the ground, gazing lifelessly at the sky.

Beside him was a delicate, lovely woman.

The woman wore a purple gauze dress that outlined her perfect figure. Her waist was slender, her legs long. Even from afar, one could not help but curse under one's breath, What a seductress.

Although Zhao Ming had only spent one day in the Star Dou Forest, it had left a tremendous shadow over him. A mere level-ten Soul Master had made it out of the Star Dou Forest alive—who could know the dangers he had faced?

It could be said that without the system's warnings, he would probably have died long ago.

"Ding, Main Quest being issued."

"Ding, join Nuoding Academy and gain Xiao Wu's favor."

"Quest reward: one random Martial Soul."

Xiao Wu?

Zhao Ming's eyes lit up, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

Xiao Wu was very beautiful.

Especially after she grew up, she had a pair of beautiful long legs.

If he could win over a girl like that, how wonderful would that be?

Then he could lie on Xiao Wu's beautiful long legs and tell her jokes, making her happy every day. How blissful would that be?

When Zhao Ming had read the original story, he had felt pity over Xiao Wu's tragic fate. Xiao Wu was so beautiful and so innocent, yet she had been won over by the sinister and cunning Tang San. Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

Now that he had transmigrated here, he definitely would not let Xiao Wu suffer what would happen to her in the future.

"Open the system panel," Zhao Ming said.

Host: Zhao Ming

Soul Power: Level 11

Martial Soul: Puppet

Spirit Bone: None

Puppet: Flame Spirit Princess (Life Force: 1)

Check-in: No check-in location available

Quest: Join Nuoding Academy and gain Xiao Wu's favor.

Looking at his panel, Zhao Ming could not help frowning.

"System, what is that Life Force beside Flame Spirit Princess?"

"Puppets produced by the system initially have no emotions and are lifeless objects. But once a Puppet's Life Force is fully filled, the Puppet will completely awaken and be absolutely loyal to the Host."

"What did you say? A Puppet can awaken?" Zhao Ming asked excitedly.

After obtaining the Flame Spirit Princess Puppet, Zhao Ming had felt somewhat upset. Flame Spirit Princess was beautiful, but she had no vitality. How wonderful would it be if she could awaken?

She was his Puppet now and would listen to whatever he said.

Wouldn't that mean...?

Zhao Ming raised his bright eyes and looked at Flame Spirit Princess beside him.

Flame Spirit Princess was beautiful, and her exquisite long legs were so lovely. He could play with them for years!

Perhaps in the future, she might even become his wife.

But then again, was it really okay to throw one's wife into battle? Wouldn't that make him just like Gan Jiang? Was that really okay?