Xu Yaoyao

"Do I look good?"

The young girl's red lips parted slightly as she spoke. It was impossible to tell if she was happy or angry, her tone carrying an indefinable meaning, yet spoken as if discussing everyday matters.

Lu Lin detected a hint of elusiveness in her words.

Lu Lin didn't rush to answer. Instead, he tried to deduce the young girl's identity in his mind.

Xu Yaoyao?

Or Ning Shuang?

The moment he saw this young girl, these two names automatically surfaced in Lu Lin's mind.

The Outer Court Twin Beauties.

Qin He had mentioned them to him before.

But Lu Lin had never actually met either of the two individuals he was thinking of. Although he had a suspicion, he couldn't confirm it further.

From any perspective, this young girl in fine clothes was exceptionally beautiful.

Any adjective Lu Lin could think of would be fitting for her.

But what did it have to do with him?

If it were Ning Shuang, it would be manageable. But if it were Xu Yaoyao, those three words represented immense trouble.

Lu Lin thought for a moment and said:

"I used to come here often and never saw you, miss. Um, sorry to intrude, I'll leave now."

With that, Lu Lin turned around and left the area without any hesitation.

Xu Yaoyao lazily glanced at the departing Junior Student, saying nothing.

However, she thought to herself that this Junior Student was rather interesting. At the very least, his gaze wasn't unpleasant.

And he was quite handsome too.

Xu Yaoyao's martial soul was the Star Crown.

She hailed from the royal family of the Star Luo Empire, her status extremely noble.

Being from the royal family and a girl, Xu Yaoyao naturally had much more experience than her peers.

Her ability to read people and situations had become almost instinctual. She could sense that Lu Lin was telling the truth.

Looking at it this way, she had indeed occupied his usual spot.

Her martial soul is the Star Crown. The best place for her to cultivate is at night when the stars are brilliant and the Milky Way flows.

She didn't need to specifically come to the Mimic Forest to cultivate.

But the scenery here was excellent.

Coupled with the quietness, Xu Yaoyao liked to come here to rest when she had nothing else to do. She didn't expect that she wasn't the only one with this idea.

This Junior Student has good taste.

Lu Lin sat cross-legged in a newly found clearing in the forest.

It was already some distance from the place with the excellent scenery.

He was surrounded by taller trees. Although the environment was not as good as before, it was equally quiet.

Lu Lin sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state, concentrating his mind and closing his eyes, he began to circulate the Flawless Body Casting Art to begin his cultivation.

After transforming into Innate Full Soul Power, Lu Lin's cultivation speed was like the difference between heaven and earth compared to before.

Both started cultivating their martial souls at the age of six and both cultivated the Flawless Body Casting Art.

In six years, his transformed body, Ji Ming, had directly advanced from level 10 to level 34. This was even with him deliberately slowing down his cultivation speed.

However, Lu Lin's main body was only level 17 before entering Shrek, even though his main body had spent much more time cultivating than his transformed body.

The gap between them was so large that it defied logic.

Otherwise, Innate Full Soul Power soul masters wouldn't be so rare and so highly valued.

Of course, from another perspective, the lower the soul master's level, the faster their cultivation speed usually is.

The higher the strength, the slower the rate of improvement.

After reaching the Five Rings, some soul masters often spent months, or even years, without making any progress, and it was common for them not to be able to advance even one level.

And the Three Ring Soul Elder is the first watershed for soul masters.

It could be said that if one had not broken through to the Three Rings before the age of twenty, then they were destined to not achieve much.

A certain Master seemed to be in such a situation.

Even though he broke through the bottleneck of level 30 because of the Immortal Herb, his final achievements should still be limited.

Fortunately, Lu Lin had not encountered such a leveling bottleneck yet.

Before coming to Shrek, although his cultivation speed was slow, he could still feel himself improving.

Now, after absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty's Origin, it's even more so.

If nothing unexpected happens, Lu Lin estimated that in another two months, he should be able to break through to Level 27.

It doesn't sound fast.

But the difficulty between leveling up from Level 4 to Level 5 and from Level 26 to Level 27 is naturally different.

The lunch break passed in a flash.

After finishing his cultivation, Lu Lin straightened up, patted the dirt off his body, and returned to the teaching building for class.

At five in the afternoon, Shrek Academy's cafeteria.

Lu Lin was dining with Qin He.

Lu Lin, as usual, spent one Gold Soul Coin to order a Soul Beast meat supplement set meal.

Lu Lin was naturally not too stingy when it came to cultivation, as he didn't have many places to spend money anyway.

For him, improving his strength as quickly as possible was more important than anything else.

Qin He ate more simply, but it wasn't cheap either.

Although Qin He's attire was simple and his personality could be described as lively and outgoing, fond of gossip.

He never seemed to struggle with spending money. Lu Lin inferred from his speech, demeanor, and the boy's talent and martial soul.

Lu Lin guessed that his background should not be low.

But he hadn't actively asked.

After all, he got along with Qin He not because of his background.

However, the boy kept looking around while eating, restless for even a moment.

In contrast, Lu Lin ate much more elegantly.

Coupled with his good looks, after absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty's Origin, his temperament had even sublimated, becoming gentle and reserved.

This even caused some young girls to cast frequent glances his way.

"Lu Lin, look quickly, that's Xu Yaoyao!"

At this moment, Qin He suddenly put down his chopsticks, leaned over, and tugged at Lu Lin's clothes.

Hmm, Xu Yaoyao?

Hearing the name, Lu Lin subconsciously looked up, following the direction Qin He pointed.

He suddenly saw a stunningly beautiful, long-haired girl holding a food tray.

Then he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

This tall girl was precisely the girl he had chanced upon in the Mimic Forest at noon.

Qin He didn't notice Lu Lin's strangeness and whispered beside him:

"How is it, Lu Lin? She's Xu Yaoyao, isn't she beautiful?"

"One of the Outer Court Twin Beauties, I mentioned her to you before."

Xu Yaoyao was currently looking around, preparing to find a place to sit, when her gaze happened to meet Lu Lin's.

Xu Yaoyao was slightly taken aback, then the corners of her lips curved slightly, revealing a beautiful smile.

Then she walked directly towards Lu Lin's direction.

Lu Lin's lips twitched.

Qin He still wanted to continue gossiping with Lu Lin, his eyes flickering.

It wasn't for any other reason; Qin He was simply in a state of enjoying the gossip.

After all, Xu Yaoyao rarely appeared in public, and she was a princess of the Star Luo Royalty, so whether it was her looks, her temperament, or her background, she was full of talking points.

Thus, Qin He didn't notice Xu Yaoyao walking towards them. By the time he realized it, Xu Yaoyao had already sat down opposite Lu Lin.

"Junior Student, we meet again."

Xu Yaoyao's red lips parted slightly, she looked at Lu Lin, and said with a smile.

Qin He blinked, looked at Lu Lin, then looked at Xu Yaoyao opposite him.

His expression was extremely strange.

But he was a smart person. As soon as Xu Yaoyao finished speaking, Qin He had already picked up his own cutlery and moved to another table.