Dai Mubai's Gesture of Goodwill

Dai Mubai nodded repeatedly when he heard that. "Of course. You two, I'll cover the cost of this room as well."

Li Chen and Xiao Wu nodded.

Dai Mubai looked at them and continued, "I'm guessing you're here to join Shrek Academy, right?"

Li Chen naturally knew why Dai Mubai said that, but Xiao Wu did not.

Xiao Wu asked curiously, "How did you know? We never said what we came here for."

Dai Mubai smiled. "You two look to be around twelve years old, and you're quite strong. In Suotuo City, the only famous Soul Master Academy is Shrek Academy."

"And it happens to be Shrek Academy's enrollment season, so I boldly guessed that you two must be here to register for Shrek Academy."

Xiao Wu nodded.

"I see."

Dai Mubai was delighted. The two of them really had come to join Shrek Academy.

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Dai Mubai, and I'm a student of Shrek Academy. With strength like yours, you'll definitely be able to join Shrek Academy smoothly. When that happens, I'll be your senior."

As Dai Mubai spoke, he glanced at Tang San and inwardly cursed. This is bad. How did I forget about this kid?

They're together. I beat him up so badly—could that cause a problem?

But then he thought again.

The young man and woman in front of him had not shown much concern for the kid he had beaten badly. Their relationship might not be very good, though that was not surprising. In a Great Clan, competition was fierce.

Although most clans were not as intense as their Star Luo Imperial Family, where it came down to life and death, everyone was happy to see others make fools of themselves.

After all these years, Dai Mubai had become well-versed in the ways of dealing with people. Although this ordinary-looking kid was not particularly strong, he should still be able to join Shrek Academy successfully.

Everyone who could join Shrek Academy was exceptional. It was best not to offend them if possible.

He immediately cupped his fists toward Tang San again and said, "Brother, no blame for ignorance. How about we make peace?"

As he spoke, Dai Mubai handed Tang San a purple card.

"Brother, there are 5,000 Gold Soul Coins in here. You must accept it."

Tang San was instantly delighted. Five thousand Gold Soul Coins! How much iron would he have to forge to earn that much? With this money, he could protect Xiao Wu better and buy more cultivation resources.

Tang San was no fool. Knowing that both Xiao Wu and Li Chen had already made peace with Dai Mubai, he naturally had to do what benefited him the most.

Taking the Gold Soul Coin card, Tang San said, "I'm also here to take the Shrek Academy entrance exam, and I'm confident I can join Shrek Academy."

"Good, good, good!"

"I'm a few years older than you. Although my strength is no match for yours, Brother, I enrolled before you did, so I'll call myself your senior. What do you think?"

"Of course," Li Chen replied.

"Then I'll be leaving first. I'll wait for you at Shrek Academy."

Dai Mubai beckoned to the pair of twin sisters. Although their gazes had remained fixed on Li Chen, they also knew that he was much younger than Dai Mubai and had even defeated Soul Elder Dai Mubai while fighting above his level. On top of that, there was a girl beside him who was even prettier than the two of them. They clearly had no chance.

Though somewhat regretful, they still followed behind Dai Mubai.

When Dai Mubai reached the door, he suddenly thought of something. Wearing a knowing smile, he said to Li Chen, "Brother, do you want these twins?"

Dai Mubai thought that if he could build a good relationship with Li Chen in advance through two women, it would be a guaranteed profit. After all, those two women were merely two fish in his pond.

Before Li Chen could speak, Xiao Wu gritted her teeth and glared at him. "If you dare, I'll never speak to you again."

Li Chen gave a bitter smile. "Brother, no, no. Don't set me up."

Dai Mubai also realized that he seemed to have offended Xiao Wu. He cupped his fists toward her and left.

"You three, we only have one room now. What are you going to do?"

"Are the three of you staying together?"

Tang San looked at Xiao Wu with a hint of excitement. Naturally, he hoped to stay with her, but Xiao Wu ultimately disappointed him.

"Tang San, you and Li Chen should get another room. We're grown up now. We can't stay together anymore."

Naturally, those words did not make Tang San dissatisfied. After all, in Tang San's view, he did not want Xiao Wu staying with Li Chen either.

Tang San did not notice that as they walked out, Xiao Wu gave Li Chen a look.

They had agreed to meet at the entrance of the Rose Hotel.

The next morning, Li Chen and Xiao Wu came out together.

When Tang San saw this, he immediately asked Xiao Wu, "Xiao Wu, where did Li Chen sleep last night?"

Li Chen thought, Where else could I have slept? Of course I slept in the same room as Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's expression darkened slightly. "Are you questioning me?"

The moment Tang San saw that Xiao Wu was angry, he hurriedly apologized. "Little Sister Xiao Wu, that's not what I meant. I was just curious~~"

Xiao Wu ignored Tang San and strode forward on her long legs.

After taking two steps, Xiao Wu paused and said, "Li Chen came early this morning. He came upstairs to call me."

Tang San immediately let out a sigh of relief when he heard that.

I knew the two of them couldn't possibly be together. Little Sister Xiao Wu has always liked me. Otherwise, why would she only spend my money and never Li Chen's?

This kind of behavior was called flying a kite. As the name implied, one had to loosen the string for a while, then tighten it again.

If it was too loose, the kite could fly away. If it was too tight, the string would snap.

Over the past few years, Li Chen had taught Xiao Wu a great deal of knowledge in this regard, all to prevent her from being deceived by other men besides him.

She could not leave Tang San without an explanation, but she could not explain too much either. She only needed Tang San to feel that he still had hope, that if he tried a little harder, he could win her love.

The three of them did not hire a carriage and instead chose to walk to Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy was not far outside the city. They reached the small village in only half a day.

At the village entrance, they saw over a hundred people crowded together. Upon approaching, they saw an extremely crude wooden archway bearing a green Little Monsters emblem, with the words Shrek Academy written above it.

A sixty-year-old man was arguing with a middle-aged man in front of a table.

Li Chen inwardly sighed. So this was that useless academy that only knew how to deceive people. It really was exceptionally shabby.

Li Chen felt that even Tang Hao's little wooden hut was better than the academy's buildings.

The old man impatiently waved his hand. "Dai Mubai, I'll leave them to you."

Dai Mubai, who had been sitting in the back, immediately used Martial Soul Possession. His entire body grew larger, and a powerful aura radiated from him.

After frightening those people away just as in the original story, Dai Mubai sharply spotted Li Chen, Xiao Wu, and Tang San behind them.

Dai Mubai waved at them, then said to the sixty-year-old man, "That boy is the one who defeated me with only level 27 Soul Power."