"Cough, cough. Miss, I'm only thirteen."
Seeing that the female Soul Master who called herself Wang Dong'er was staring at him with burning eyes, Shen He tactfully pointed out his age.
"Thirteen is good! Thirteen is even better!"
Unexpectedly, after Shen He revealed his age, the female Soul Master's eyes lit up even more, and she grew even more excited.
No, sis, you're getting a little too desperate! You won't even let a thirteen-year-old child off the hook? Don't think you can push me around just because you have a good figure!
While Shen He was tussling with the masked female Soul Master, Great Master Yu, who was leaving the Great Soul Arena with Tang San, saw the two of them talking at the entrance.
"Xiao San, isn't that Shen He over there?"
"Master, that is indeed Shen He, but who's the masked female Soul Master beside him? I don't think I've seen her before."
Following the direction Great Master Yu pointed, Tang San naturally spotted Bibi Dong beside Shen He with his excellent eyesight.
"I haven't seen that female Soul Master either, but she feels strangely familiar. Her clothes look ordinary in style, but they aren't cheap."
Great Master Yu felt an indescribable sense of familiarity when he saw the female Soul Master. He then recalled how Shen He had bought the Shrek Academy and become its dean.
"Xiao San, do you remember how Shen He spent one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to buy the Shrek Academy?"
"Master, of course I remember. I'll never forget how he arranged for us to live in a pigsty!"
"I was wondering where he got so many Gold Soul Coins! Now that I look at it, everything is clear!"
Great Master Yu analyzed the situation with considerable disdain.
"Female Soul Masters who come to the Great Soul Arena to watch matches are generally quite wealthy. And this female Soul Master is tugging and pulling with Shen He at the entrance. Could there be some filthy transaction going on?"
"I think Shen He's Gold Soul Coins must have come from being kept by a rich woman! And now that rich woman has come looking for him!"
People really did see the world through their own minds. Only someone like Great Master Yu could come up with such a guess.
"Master, why would you make such a guess?"
Tang San asked in great confusion. Great Master Yu's guess was extremely logical, unlike something a person with no experience would come up with.
"Cough, cough. When I was young, I naturally had plenty of female admirers too. Unfortunately..."
Hearing Tang San's words, Great Master Yu recalled how he had once tricked the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall. He sighed with emotion, seemingly reminiscing about the happy days when he had been kept by the rich woman of the Spirit Hall.
"Shen He must have met a benefactor! Xiao San, come with me. We'll correct this unhealthy trend in Shen He!"
Great Master Yu marched forward righteously with Tang San, intending to shamelessly follow Shen He and see what was going on.
"Dean Shen He, what are you and this beautiful female Soul Master planning to do?"
Shen He merely smiled when he saw Great Master Yu and Tang San appear from who-knew-where. Another idiot has rushed over to give me experience.
"Cough, cough. Great Master Yu, Miss Wang Dong'er and I hit it off at first sight, so we were planning to go to a teahouse and exchange cultivation insights. Could it be that you two want to come along?"
Shen He felt a little annoyed when he encountered Great Master Yu, but Bibi Dong was different. After all, Great Master Yu had been her white moonlight in her youth. Her lips trembled slightly beneath her veil, clearly recalling the days she and Great Master Yu had spent together.
"Dean Shen, Xiao San and I happen to have some questions about cultivation as well. Why don't we go to the teahouse and discuss them together?"
"That wouldn't be a problem."
"Ah?"
When she heard that Great Master Yu wanted to go to the teahouse as well, Bibi Dong's delicate body trembled along with her heart. Even her voice sounded slightly altered.
"Miss Wang Dong'er, have we met before? Your voice sounds somewhat familiar, but I can't remember when we met. Would it be convenient for you to remove your veil?"
It was an incredibly clichéd line. Even Shen He could tell that Great Master Yu simply wanted to see what Wang Dong'er looked like.
"Cough, cough. Sir, I believe this is our first meeting, isn't it?"
Hearing Great Master Yu's words, Bibi Dong remembered that she had gone out incognito this time and could not let anyone know where she was. Thus, she coughed and deliberately altered her voice slightly as she spoke.
"However, if you're coming together, then it wouldn't be impossible to discuss it."
With that, Bibi Dong led the group to a teahouse in Suotuo City, where they rented a private room to discuss matters.
"Dean Shen, I didn't seek you out for anything major this time. I mainly wanted to get to know you after watching your match. If possible, I hope you'll join my faction."
As Bibi Dong spoke, she lifted her veil slightly and took a sip of tea before continuing.
"I greatly admire your talent and potential, Dean Shen. I can also offer you fairly excellent terms."
"Cough, cough. Miss Wang Dong'er, what do you think of my disciple, Xiao San? In terms of talent and potential, he's quite outstanding as well. His Martial Soul is even a one-in-a-million beneficial mutation! He also possesses an extremely rare External Soul Bone!"
Seeing that the mysterious female Soul Master intended to recruit Shen He, Great Master Yu immediately recommended his disciple, Tang San. Naturally, he only described Tang San's strengths. He did not mention the pig Martial Soul or the Eight Chysanthemum Spear at all, displaying the same flair he had shown when fooling Bibi Dong back then.
He was still the same man he had been back then!
Watching Great Master Yu speak so confidently and freely, Bibi Dong's thoughts flew back more than a decade. Back then, Great Master Yu had been just as confident. He had never cared about outsiders' doubts and had persisted in his Martial Soul theories.
Bibi Dong had heard a little about the audience's shameless and vulgar comments regarding the evil ghost in Tang San's butt, but under Great Master Yu's persuasion, those comments had astonishingly become evidence of Tang San's ability to bend and endure for the greater good. This greatly improved Bibi Dong's impression of Tang San.
No, who exactly is this woman? How could Great Master Yu fool her so easily that she's completely dazed, with her eyes practically glued to him?
Seriously? Great Master Yu has no looks, bearing, family background, or strength. He's an old man who sometimes even has the bad habit of eating shit and farting, and you're still interested in him?
You must really be starving!
Seeing the mysterious woman's demeanor, Shen He began to grow suspicious of her identity.
The three of them were seated around a round table, so they were not very far apart. Shen He even saw the mysterious woman quickly switch the teacup Great Master Yu had drunk from with her own. She moved so quickly that, without the powerful dynamic vision granted by the Sacred Body Martial Soul, even a Titled Douluo probably would not have been able to see it clearly.
What? You're asking where Tang San was sitting? Naturally, he was standing behind Great Master Yu. How could a mere Tang San be worthy of sitting at the table?
As the dean of the Shrek Academy, Shen He was naturally seated. Bibi Dong was the host, so she was seated as well. As for Great Master Yu, although he was not a teacher at the Shrek Academy, he had no shame! That alone was enough for him to sit down!
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