Touching Zhu Zhuqing! Oscar Clings to a Powerful Backer!

More than thirty methods.

The more Flender and Ma Hongjun listened, the more despairing they became!

None!

Not a single one could be achieved right now!

Immortal Herbs, External Soul Bones, Primordial Exotic Inner Cores—just hearing the names made it clear how precious they were!

And the special potions.

Even though Zhuge Lan had recited the general formulas, the rare herbs within all started at ten thousand years old.

Not only were they scarce, they were also unaffordable!

The two, who had been brimming with anticipation, instantly sank into disappointment.

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One mourned that he was beyond saving.

The other mourned that his money was gone.

It was truly miserable.

But Flender was not shameless enough to ask Zhuge Lan for the Gold Soul Coins back.

After all—

If those thirty-plus sets of solutions were sought outside.

Any one of them would cost over ten thousand Gold Soul Coins. How could they possibly be bundled for five hundred Gold Soul Coins?

It was only that their family funds were insufficient and they could not put them into practice.

"Ah!" Flender sighed. "Gather at the training ground in half an hour."

He left dejectedly with Ma Hongjun.

Dai Mubai gave Zhuge Lan a meaningful look.

He walked toward Zhu Zhuqing and was about to speak.

Then a figure entered the Cafeteria.

Zhuge Lan found him rather familiar.

He seemed to be—

A waiter from the Rose Hotel?

"Dai Shao!" The man said politely, "I finally found you! Today is the day to settle your tab. You owe our Rose Hotel two hundred and fifty Gold Soul Coins. I'll waive the change for you. How would you like to pay?"

Even Zhuge Lan was stunned!

What kind of business was the Rose Hotel running?

They came to a major customer's door to collect debts?

What he did not know was—

Dai Mubai had requested this himself.

Because spending so many Gold Soul Coins at the hotel meant he had slept with many women.

Wasn't that kind of record meant to be flaunted?

Normally, Ma Hongjun and Oscar would turn green with envy when they heard it.

But now—

"Heh!"

Zhu Zhuqing sneered.

She directly hooked her arm around Zhuge Lan's, pulling it into her bosom, then dragged him out of the Cafeteria.

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Watching Zhuge Lan's arm sink deep into that fullness, Dai Mubai trembled all over!

And yet—

Zhuge Lan even gave him a helpless shrug, indicating that this was not his choice either.

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He hated it!

Why had he loved showing off so much back then?!

Zhu Zhuqing pulled Zhuge Lan out of the Cafeteria.

Then immediately let go of him.

"Sorry." Zhu Zhuqing took the initiative to explain. "Dai Mubai used to be my betrothed, arranged before our births. But for certain reasons, he ran away three years ago."

"He left eight-year-old me behind to face the pressure alone while he came here to indulge himself."

"So there is no longer any relationship between us."

"As for why I came to Shrek, it was only to become stronger. Nothing more."

Zhuge Lan nodded thoughtfully.

"Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai..."

"You're from the Star Luo Empire—the imperial Dai Family and the ducal Zhu Family?"

"Because of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, which has been passed down through generations, a boy and a girl are betrothed from childhood to compete for the throne."

"So Dai Mubai couldn't beat his elder brother Dai Weisi, abandoned you, and ran away alone?"

"Tsk!"

Zhuge Lan pursed his lips, his expression hard to describe.

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Zhu Zhuqing was quite surprised by how well Zhuge Lan knew everything.

But thinking back to his earlier performance.

She found it reasonable again.

He could recount even such secret matters in detail.

It was only natural for him to know royal gossip that could be learned with a little investigation.

"Ah." Zhuge Lan sighed. "Zhuqing, you've suffered."

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Zhu Zhuqing's body suddenly tensed!

No one had ever cared about how difficult things had been for her!

But Zhuge Lan!

After learning about her past, the first thing he said was—you've suffered!

It struck Zhu Zhuqing right in the heart.

Her eyes could not help but well up with tears.

But being so strong-willed, she chose to quicken her pace.

So Zhuge Lan would not see her face.

Mm.

Yet as Zhuge Lan watched the string of Emotional Value +7777 above Zhu Zhuqing's head, his feelings were complicated.

He had truly spoken from the heart just now.

He had not expected to hit her right in the soft spot.

Poor girl!

But then he looked at his balance.

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Good heavens!

In just this short while, he had farmed over ninety thousand Emotional Value?!

It was almost enough to save up for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

Watching Zhu Zhuqing's alluring, swaying back, Zhuge Lan's lips curved slightly.

Save up a little more and exchange for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill first.

While Zhu Zhuqing is still disappointed in Dai Mubai.

I'll take her down in one go!

I'll give Dai Mubai the indulgent future he deserves.

I'm so considerate, hehehe—

When they arrived at the training ground.

Besides Tang San and Xiao Wu, Oscar was also there, his beard shaved off.

When he saw Zhuge Lan, he first grinned broadly, then froze when he noticed Zhu Zhuqing.

Isn't this the woman Boss Dai has his eye on?

How come—

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He quickly returned to normal and walked up to Zhuge Lan.

"Junior brother! You're incredible!" Oscar said sincerely. "You're only a Soul Elder, yet you can fight a Soul Saint in close combat. How did you do it?"

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Oh?

Zhuge Lan was somewhat surprised.

Oscar was the first person so far to notice the strength of his physique.

—even Zhu Zhuqing had only cared about his Soul Ring Year Limit.

"You weren't even there at the time. How did you notice such a detail?" Zhuge Lan asked curiously.

At that, Oscar's expression turned strange.

He summoned his sausage Martial Soul.

"I'm a Food-type Soul Master, right?"

"Teacher Zhao's condition was... rather bad at the time."

"He thought he'd been poisoned, so he came to me for a Detoxifying Sausage."

"But before he could eat it, he got better on his own."

"Afterward, I got curious about who had messed Teacher Zhao up so badly, so I specifically asked Boss Dai about it in detail."

"That's when I noticed that your physical strength was a little too abnormal, wasn't it?"

"And none of your three Soul Rings seem to strengthen your physique."

"So..."

Zhuge Lan nodded. Oscar was quite perceptive.

He casually said, "My family's Body-Strengthening Secret Recipe mainly enhances the physique and secondarily increases the Soul Ring Year Limit."

As soon as Oscar heard that, he began rubbing his hands together eagerly.

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"Hehehe!" Oscar said cautiously, "Could you give me a dose too?"

Zhuge Lan raised a brow.

You—

You were just asking for it empty-handed?

Oscar understood instantly.

He gave a bitter laugh.

Testing the waters, he said, "Lan-ge, your little brother doesn't have any assets. I can only offer myself up."

"Lan-ge, from now on, you're my big brother!"

"If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west!"

"Whatever you need, feel free to order me around!"

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Judging by that number, he seemed quite sincere.

Oscar had great talent and a good personality.

Though he was a little rogueish early on, that was because his foster father Flender had led him astray.

A Food-type support Soul Master had gone alone to the Far North in search of the slim chance of becoming a War Soul Master, all so Ning Rongrong would not fall out with her elders.

—and in the end, he had actually succeeded!

Among the Shrek Seven Devils, he was one of only two people Zhuge Lan found agreeable.

—the first was naturally Zhu Zhuqing.

He was a real man and worth befriending.

After thinking briefly.

One sentence from Zhuge Lan made Oscar leap into the air!

He said—