Zhang Lexuan: I'm Not Going Back to Shrek

When Lin Feng casually struck, sending the Nether Poison Wolf flying backward, and stood protectively before Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo with absolute power, the two couldn't help but burst into tears.

Exhaustion, weakness, frayed nerves, the constant fear of becoming food at any moment, the despair of being isolated and helpless – all of it erupted at that instant.

"It's okay now."

Lin Feng went over and gently ruffled their heads, softly comforting them. Then, the two began to cry in Lin Feng's arms.

Feeling the dampness on his chest, Lin Feng said nothing.

Lin Feng wasn't a good person, but he wasn't entirely bad either. Whether he would become like Gu Yue Fang Yuan in the future was unknown, but at least for now, he was decent. Especially when the people he saved were beauties, Lin Feng didn't push them away when they cried.

Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo cried louder than each other, as if to release all the grievances they had endured. After their emotions were vented, and with their spirits and bodies utterly exhausted, they fell asleep in Lin Feng's arms. When they opened their eyes again, it was already the evening of the next day.

When Zhang Lexuan opened her eyes again, she saw Han Ruoruo sitting beside Lin Feng. A bonfire burned before them, with the meat of some unknown Spirit Beast roasting on it.

"Lexuan, you're awake."

Seeing Zhang Lexuan stir, Han Ruoruo quickly rushed to her side to help her up.

As Han Ruoruo helped her up, Zhang Lexuan noticed the bandages wrapped around her body. Memories of before flooded back into her mind, and she remembered her injuries and the poison from the Nether Poison Wolf. Her wounds ached faintly, but the poison from the Nether Poison Wolf seemed to have been dealt with.

"Sister Ruoruo, I didn't expect I'd still have to rely on you for care in the end."

Hearing this, Han Ruoruo's face flushed.

"Um, Lexuan, actually, I fainted from crying back then too. I didn't have time to treat your wounds, and even my own wounds were..."

Han Ruoruo didn't finish her sentence, but seeing her completely flushed face, Zhang Lexuan could already guess what had happened.

"So, Sister Ruoruo, the wolf poison you and I were afflicted with..."

"Mm, first we sucked out most of the venom, then applied the antidote."

Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan buried her face in her lap. Thinking about the parts of her body that had been poisoned, her face turned as red as Han Ruoruo's.

After a long while, Zhang Lexuan finally recovered. After barely suppressing her emotions, her face finally stopped being so red.

"Regardless, thank you, senior." Zhang Lexuan walked over to the bonfire and bowed to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng looked at Zhang Lexuan, who was in a similar state to when Han Ruoruo had woken up, and slowly said, "I'm only seventeen, I'm not that old."

"Ah?" Zhang Lexuan's mind went blank. If she remembered correctly, when Lin Feng saved her, he had treated the Nether Poison Wolf like a stray dog on the roadside, easily driving it away.

With that kind of strength at seventeen? Even few Titled Douluo at seventy could achieve that!

Such strength was unheard of, even in Shrek's records. After all, someone who could treat a sixty-thousand-year-old Nether Poison Wolf like a stray dog must be at least a Titled Douluo. And a seventeen-year-old Titled Douluo was something even Tang San, ten thousand years ago, hadn't accomplished.

"A seventeen-year-old Titled Douluo? This..."

Zhang Lexuan looked at Han Ruoruo, hoping to find out if there were any records of powerhouses of that level in this world.

Cutting a piece of roasted meat, Lin Feng casually handed it to Zhang Lexuan. "Don't misunderstand, I'm not a Titled Douluo. It's just that due to certain special reasons, I can fight against Titled Douluo."

"Oh." Zhang Lexuan took the roasted meat Lin Feng handed her, then felt something was off again.

Seventeen years old, not a Titled Douluo, but able to fight Titled Douluo.

She understood every word, but combined like this, why did it feel like she didn't recognize them?

They thought their talent was already unrivaled, but they never expected someone to be even more terrifying. Was this the young master of some hidden family?

While her mind was filled with suspicions about Lin Feng's origins, Zhang Lexuan didn't ask. Some things were best left unasked if the other person didn't mention them.

Taking a bite of the roasted meat Lin Feng had given her, Zhang Lexuan's eyes lit up. "Delicious! How did you cook this meat?"

"Just control the heat well. Never mind that, are you still planning to return to Shrek?"

Zhang Lexuan nodded without hesitation. "Of course. Shrek is my home, I have to go back to Shrek."

Lin Feng wasn't surprised by her words. After all, Zhang Lexuan's loyalty to Shrek in the original work was evident. Even if she had to kneel and apologize to Profound Elder for the sake of the Supreme Elder's achievements, she still stayed at Shrek afterward, and at least outwardly, she had no complaints about Shrek. Therefore, Zhang Lexuan's statement was within Lin Feng's expectations.

However...

"Are you sure you still want to return to Shrek? If you go back now, you'll probably have to kneel and apologize to the teacher who led you, and besides..."

"Are you sure the teacher who leads you to hunt for your ninth Soul Ring next time won't be the one who almost got you killed this time?"

Lin Feng's words were calm, but Zhang Lexuan's expression turned grim, and she fell completely silent.

It was because Zhang Lexuan knew that Lin Feng's words were highly likely to be true.

First, there was the matter of returning to kneel and apologize to Profound Elder. Given Shrek's current high-level combat strength, Shrek absolutely could not afford to lose Profound Elder. On the contrary, Shrek could afford to lose a genius like her, even if they weren't lacking in talent.

After all, Zhang Lexuan knew that her own potential might not even reach Profound Elder's level, unless she became a Twin Spirit, grew rapidly, and showed the talent of a Limit Douluo. Otherwise, even if this was Profound Elder's fault, she would likely be the one to take the blame.

And she would have to beg Profound Elder to let her take the blame.

If things were even more dire, and she believed Profound Elder's words, and he got emotional and offered to help her hunt for her ninth Soul Ring in the future, she might truly face certain death.

But thinking of Elder Mu's kindness to her, Zhang Lexuan hesitated.

While Zhang Lexuan hesitated, Han Ruoruo, who had also thought about how Shrek would handle this matter, shook her head frantically.

"I'm not going back. I barely survived this Soul Hunting operation. If Elder Xuan wants to help me hunt for souls again, I'm afraid I won't even know how I died! If you're dead, then nothing matters!"

Listening to Han Ruoruo's words, Zhang Lexuan fell silent.

Yes! If you're dead, nothing matters. If Lin Feng hadn't intervened to save them this time, she would probably be a corpse by now.

No! Considering the opponent was a Spirit Beast, there might not even be a corpse left.

Thinking this, Zhang Lexuan lost all desire to return to Shrek.

PS: Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo aren't going back, so who should kneel?