Is Business Booming?

Chen Ping nodded in acknowledgment of Xuan Zi's instructions, his face tense.

He did his best not to laugh outright in front of Xuan Zi.

There was always someone stronger out there, and a sky beyond the sky.

He had previously wondered why Xuan Zi always waited until he had enough ingredients to make two portions before delivering them together. So that was the reason.

But Dragon God Douluo Mu En...

He was one of the few characters in the Original Work who was practically impossible to find fault with.

Other than his blatant favoritism and double standards when it came to Evil Soul Masters, there really was nothing else to criticize about Mu En.

Chen Ping was not making that up.

Dark Cloud Douluo and Long Xiaoyao were both soul masters with the Darkness Attribute.

Why was one the Dark Dragon Emperor, whose reputation resounded across the continent, while the other was reviled by everyone and forced into becoming a true Evil Soul Master?

Was it because Long Xiaoyao's talent surpassed Dark Cloud Douluo's?

Wrong. It was because Shrek controlled the standards by which Evil Soul Masters were judged throughout the entire Douluo Continent, and Long Xiaoyao had been close enough to Mu En when they were young.

Mu En had simply put in a word before his master and grandmaster, securing Long Xiaoyao an official certification.

But it would not be right to say that Mu En was the one who drove Dark Cloud Douluo to this point. After all, Mu En had merely spoken up for Long Xiaoyao and protected him; that did not mean he had deliberately kicked Dark Cloud Douluo while he was down.

In truth, the double standards toward Evil Soul Masters were not Mu En's problem alone. It was the attitude of Shrek Academy's entire upper echelon, with Ma Xiao Tao being the most typical example.

Thinking about it that way, even that black mark barely held up against Mu En. His willingness to speak for Long Xiaoyao instead made him seem righteous and loyal to his friends.

No wonder he was such a formidable figure—the only person in the entire Douluo Continent to comprehend a Self-Created Soul Skill like Reign Over The World.

With that thought, Chen Ping sighed faintly.

Watching Xuan Zi stride across the water and vanish at the far end of Sea God Lake within a few breaths, Chen Ping was just about to get to work when the Soul Guidance Communicator at his waist rang again.

Chen Ping could not help but pause. Soul Guidance Communicators were not cheap. Even among the students who came to study at Shrek, not every family could afford one.

After all, their transmission range was limited and their production cost was high. Anyone who could afford such a thing was undoubtedly either wealthy or noble.

The reason Chen Ping had one was only because Xuan Zi had specially equipped him with it for convenience.

"Big Brother Bei Bei, what is it?"

Chen Ping answered the communicator, assuming it was Bei Bei calling. Yet to his surprise, a gentle female voice came through instead.

"Hello, is this Senior Chen? I'm the one who placed an order with you today."

The soft, sweet voice made Chen Ping smile. He remembered now.

He had originally worried that after that Fourth Year Senior Sister canceled her order, his portion of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall would go unsold. Yet another student had immediately ordered it afterward.

"Mm-hmm, yes, it's me. I'm on campus right now. Where should I deliver it?"

Chen Ping instantly perked up and entered work mode, the soul of a laborer blazing fiercely within him.

The reason he had not been able to make money this way before was not because he had failed to think of it. Rather, most of the places Chen Ping had been simply could not afford dishes with such high markups.

Moreover, he had been far too weak back then and lacked the ability to protect himself. Even if a customer truly could afford it, he would still have had to look before and after, wary of the risk of being robbed.

But after arriving at Shrek, both problems had been solved at once.

Not only were there students everywhere who could accept this level of spending, but even if Chen Ping himself was not particularly strong, who would dare act recklessly in Shrek City?

So, making as much money as possible while he had the chance had become Chen Ping's biggest goal lately.

"Alright, alright. The Girls' Dormitory Building? Mm... I know where it is. Wait for me at the entrance to the Dormitory Building."

After hanging up the communicator, Chen Ping found it rather amusing.

It seemed that the student who had ordered his Buddha Jumps Over the Wall this time was not an upperclassman or upperclasswoman from the academy, but someone in his own year who had not yet enrolled.

No wonder she had called him Senior Chen right away.

She did not even know that Shrek had only one Dormitory Building and that men and women still lived together there. No wonder she had casually referred to a Girls' Dormitory Building.

Chen Ping clenched his fists, feeling the abundant vitality in his body after eating from the Eighth Window for over two months, and he was immediately filled with motivation.

Compared with the potions provided by the system, food-based nourishment might not produce such immediate results, but it had the advantage of having no side effects whatsoever.

With food-based nourishment on one side and Using Potions on the other, Chen Ping's physical condition was now worlds apart from when he had first arrived in Shrek City.

What Chen Ping did not know was that not far from him, by Sea God Lake, a young girl with neat, light golden short hair had just hung up her communicator as well.

The girl had large, sapphire-blue eyes, long eyelashes like little brushes, and several charming freckles on her cheeks that made her appear even more youthful and lively.

"Let's go. We'll wait for that senior at the dormitory, arrange our room, and try the food made by this Senior Chen that Senior Bei Bei recommended. We can officially register tomorrow."

The girl stretched lazily and rose to her feet, speaking as she faced Sea God Lake.

Beside the Golden-Haired Girl sat another girl with fiery red short hair.

This girl also had rare red Eyes, exquisitely delicate features, and skin as fair as jade.

But the most eye-catching thing about her was likely her lovely, even explosively curvaceous figure.

A slender willow waist swayed with graceful charm, her exquisite curves spreading like drifting clouds.

"Yes, Young Master."

The voluptuous red-haired girl replied in an icy tone.

"Xiao Feng, I won't say anything when we're in the Sect, but at the academy, we're sisters. Don't call me Young Master anymore, understand?"

A faint smile touched the blonde girl's lips as she held out her fair, soft little hand before the red-haired girl.

When the normally cold-faced red-haired girl saw that Slender Hand before her and heard the girl's soothing words, like a clear spring, her cheeks immediately flushed red, and all traces of coldness vanished from her face.

"O-Okay, Sister Xiao Tian."

Even the red-haired girl's voice trembled as she said this. She extended her equally delicate hand and took hold of those slender fingers, like white jade scallion shoots.

By then, night had long fallen. The lights along Sea God Lake were sparse, and only the bright moonlight shone upon the water, making its surface shimmer with rippling waves.

Thus, the blonde girl known as Sister Xiao Tian did not notice that the girl holding her fingers had already turned scarlet, with faint white steam beginning to rise from the top of her head.

Sister Ning Tian's hand was fragrant and soft.