Coquettish Xiao Wu

Late at night, all was quiet.

Flender read through the letter in his hand with a headache.

The powerful Sword Intent emanating from the paper made him dare not show any disrespect.

Yet just after he set the letter down, a voice rang out beside his ear.

"Flender, come out!"

Zhao Wuji, who had already gone peacefully to sleep, had no idea he had just narrowly escaped a calamity.

The next day, dawn broke.

Tang San went out early to cultivate his Purple Demon Eye.

Mu Yuan got out of bed not long after and cultivated where he was for a while.

After some time, there was a knock on the door.

When he opened it, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were outside.

Xiao Wu stood at the door, while Ning Rongrong leaned against the wall.

The moment Ning Rongrong saw Mu Yuan emerge, she quickly turned her head away.

"Xiao Wu, Rongrong, do you need something?" Mu Yuan asked.

Xiao Wu smiled. "Rongrong and I came to check on you. How did you rest? Are you feeling better?"

The moment Xiao Wu finished speaking, Ning Rongrong immediately interrupted, "It has nothing to do with me. Xiao Wu insisted on coming!"

Already used to this, Mu Yuan said, "I'm fine. My Soul Power has recovered."

"That's good. Oh, right, where's Third Brother?" Xiao Wu asked.

"He went out to cultivate early this morning. He should be nearby. If you're looking for him, you can search around here, or you can come in and wait for a while."

"I never said I was looking for him. I was just asking." Xiao Wu said. "Actually, Rongrong and I are hungry, but we can't find the cafeteria. Do you remember where Dai Mubai said it was yesterday?"

Mu Yuan thought back for a moment. "I remember Mubai saying it should be in the southwest corner of the village."

Xiao Wu shook her head. "That's what I remembered too, but Rongrong and I just went there. We didn't see any cafeteria at all."

Mu Yuan frowned slightly. "I don't think I remembered wrong. Mubai said it was there yesterday..."

Xiao Wu blinked her beautiful pink eyes, grabbed Mu Yuan's arm, and said somewhat coquettishly, "All right, stop thinking about it. Come help us look for it!"

As she spoke, she pulled Mu Yuan outside without giving him a chance to refuse.

Although Mu Yuan felt that Xiao Wu's actions were a little too intimate, he did not feel any aversion to it, so he followed Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to look for the cafeteria.

Very soon, the three arrived at the place Dai Mubai had mentioned yesterday. Just as Xiao Wu had said, there was only a row of ordinary houses. There was no cafeteria at all.

The three searched around the area again, but still found nothing.

"I'm so hungry. Dai Mubai is way too unreliable!"

Xiao Wu complained.

Ning Rongrong followed behind them. Though she said nothing, she was clearly dissatisfied as well.

"There's nothing we can do. We can ask Mubai later," Mu Yuan said. "I have some pastries here. Eat some first to tide yourselves over."

As he spoke, Mu Yuan took out three boxes of pastries from his Soul Tool. He had stocked plenty of such food inside it.

Xiao Wu happily accepted the pastries.

"Thanks. I'll treat you to a big meal another day!"

Ning Rongrong accepted a box as well and, unusually, said two words, "Thank you."

The three ate as they walked. Suddenly, they heard a familiar voice coming from nearby.

"You have earned your death! Blue Silver Bind!"

"It's Third Brother!" Xiao Wu immediately recognized the voice.

The three hurried toward the source of the sound.

Soon, on a street, they saw Tang San fighting a chubby boy.

That chubby boy was naturally Ma Hongjun.

Early that morning, Tang San had gone out to find an empty place to cultivate his Purple Demon Eye.

After finishing his cultivation, Tang San happened to run into Ma Hongjun forcing himself on a girl while on his way back.

Tang San found it impossible to tolerate.

The girl being forced was secondary. The key was that if someone like Ma Hongjun existed at Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu's safety would be threatened as well.

Thus, Tang San and Ma Hongjun broke into a fight.

Ma Hongjun was currently in a state of Martial Soul Possession. Though his somewhat bloated body had no aesthetic appeal, the purplish-red flames covering him were quite intimidating.

Tang San had also used his Martial Soul, as well as his First Spirit Skill, Blue Silver Bind.

However, Ma Hongjun's flames heavily countered Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. Those purplish-red flames were extremely hot and adhesive, and Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was directly burned away.

After his attack failed, Tang San's gaze sharpened as he silently placed a hand at his waist.

The laws of the Tang Sect: once an opponent was confirmed to be an enemy, once they had earned their death, one must not show mercy. Otherwise, one would only bring trouble upon oneself.

"Everyone, stop!"

Seeing this, Mu Yuan hurriedly shouted. He brought his hands together, and two trees instantly sprang from the ground, directly binding and restraining Tang San and Ma Hongjun at the same time.

Tang San's expression changed. Mu Yuan had moved too quickly. Before he could react at all, the trees had already bound him.

Does this guy not need any preparation to use a Spirit Skill?

No, he didn't even summon his Martial Soul!

Could it be a Self-Created Soul Skill?

Tang San thought with a deep frown.

In truth, this did not count as a Self-Created Soul Skill. It was merely a small trick in the application of Soul Power.

Mu Yuan simply used the Soul Power within his body to control the growth of trees. That was all.

Anyone with a certain degree of control over their Soul Power could accomplish it.

However, Tang San was clearly still some distance away from that level.

Tang San activated his Mysterious Jade Hand, turning his palms jade-white as he tried to break free. Yet the trees wrapped around him were like steel, completely impossible to move.

Only now did Tang San understand Zhao Wuji's true strength.

Ma Hongjun on the other side was having an even worse time than Tang San.

His body type naturally made being restrained far more painful.

"Let me go! Who are you people? How dare you cause trouble at Shrek Academy!"

Unwilling to be outdone, Ma Hongjun activated his Phoenix Evil Fire to burn Mu Yuan's trees. The trees were soon ignited, but astonishingly, although the flames burned across them, they could not burn through them.

Seeing Ma Hongjun resisting fiercely, Mu Yuan controlled the trees to absorb Ma Hongjun's Soul Power, intending to make him behave himself.

Very quickly, a large amount of Ma Hongjun's Soul Power was absorbed. He could no longer maintain his Martial Soul Possession, and the flames went out as well.

Seeing this, Tang San hurriedly shouted:

"Mu Yuan, don't let this guy go! He tried to forcibly take a girl off the street. I kindly tried to stop him, but not only did he refuse to listen, he even attacked me. He has earned his death!"

Xiao Wu's eyes widened. "This guy is actually that bad!"

Ning Rongrong spat out two words. "Human trash!"

Hearing everyone speak of him this way, Ma Hongjun immediately grew frightened and hurriedly said:

"What are you trying to do? My master is a Soul Sage! If you touch me, it won't end well for you!"

The girl whom Tang San had accused Ma Hongjun of forcibly taking then hurriedly ran out from a corner to explain, "You've misunderstood. Hongjun is a good person. He didn't force me."

Mu Yuan naturally knew the truth of the matter. He said:

"All right, it should be a misunderstanding. If I'm not mistaken, this guy should be a student of the academy too..."

Just as he was speaking, a gloating voice rang out from behind them.

"Oh? Fatty, what happened to you?"

Dai Mubai walked over.

Dai Mubai was dressed exceptionally neatly today, without his usual uninhibited air. It seemed he had deliberately dressed up for someone.

After seeing Dai Mubai, Mu Yuan briefly explained what had happened.

Dai Mubai burst into laughter after hearing it. He then introduced Ma Hongjun to everyone, finally clearing up the misunderstanding.

Mu Yuan also released Ma Hongjun and Tang San from their restraints.

Afterward, everyone went to the cafeteria together, and Zhu Zhuqing joined them midway.

In fact, the place Dai Mubai had mentioned yesterday was correct.

The cafeteria really was there. The ordinary row of houses Mu Yuan and the others had seen earlier was Shrek Academy's cafeteria.

Shrek Academy had rented those houses and used them directly as a cafeteria without even renovating them. From the outside, they looked no different from ordinary residential houses.

Moreover, there were no cafeteria facilities inside. There was only a somewhat larger wooden table and the stoves found in ordinary homes. The food consisted only of things like steamed buns and pickled vegetables.

"This really is simple!" Xiao Wu could not help complaining.

At that moment, she was somewhat glad that she had eaten the pastries Mu Yuan had given them earlier.

At this moment, a bespectacled middle-aged man walked over.

"This year is quite good. We have five little monsters. I am Flender, your dean. On behalf of the academy, I welcome you. Later, each of you is to pay one hundred Gold Soul Coins in tuition to Teacher Li, who is in charge of finances. After breakfast, we will begin the training for your first class."