Dai Mubai Admits Defeat

"Heh!"

Li Xiaoyao sneered.

The Flintlock Pistol in his right hand slowly aimed at Xiao Wu.

"Little Rabbit, have you made up your mind?"

"Do you want to fight me?"

"Stand up for that Little Scoundrel?"

Li Xiaoyao paid no heed to Tang San's venomous glare.

He knew full well that Tang San was the sort to hold grudges over every slight. The more he endured now, the more vicious his revenge would be in the future.

But—

So what?

Once he absorbed Xiao Wu's Soul Ring and seized the opportunity of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his strength would soar. By then, Tang San would not even be qualified to look up at him!

"Damn it!"

"You bastard, you still dare to be this arrogant?"

"Sister Xiao Wu will fight you!"

Seeing Tang San's miserable state and hearing Li Xiaoyao continue to press him, Xiao Wu gritted her teeth in fury.

"Cough, cough, cough! Xiao Wu, forget it!"

"You and I are both rank twenty-nine. Even I was no match for him, so the result would be much the same if you went instead!"

Tang San let out a helpless sigh—

Then reached out to stop Xiao Wu, who was about to charge forward.

Faced with Xiao Wu's concern and anger—

Tang San could only swallow this humiliation.

Having lived two lives, he knew clearly that this youth named Li Xiaoyao was likely from some powerful faction.

Before he and Xiao Wu had either a powerful backer or the absolute strength to kill Li Xiaoyao, they could only endure.

Even though he wanted nothing more than to kill Li Xiaoyao and take that Space Soul Bone, he could only forcibly suppress the killing intent in his heart. He did not even dare to utter a single harsh word.

After receiving Yu Xiaogang's careful guidance, he understood the ways of those great powers all too well.

Take Spirit Hall, for example—

Once someone chose to become Spirit Hall's enemy, they would face suppression and assassination from Spirit Hall.

And his current situation—

Was exactly as his teacher had taught him.

If he dared to reveal even a trace of killing intent, then given Li Xiaoyao's flamboyant conduct just now, Li Xiaoyao might directly kill him the very next second.

Then not only would he die—

Even Xiao Wu would be implicated.

"Brother Li is powerful. I was simply inferior in skill!"

"I, Tang San, lost today's sparring match!"

Tang San was, after all, a martial artist.

Even though a bullet had pierced through the right side of his waist, leaving his face pale and cold sweat beading on his brow, he still gritted his teeth without letting out a single groan.

There was no dejection in Tang San's eyes. Instead, he regarded Li Xiaoyao's strength with newfound seriousness. "Today's defeat has shown me my own shortcomings. If there is an opportunity another day, Tang will seek Brother Li's guidance again."

After offering a few pleasant words, Tang San walked unsteadily out of the Rose Hotel, holding Xiao Wu's hand.

Tang San kept his head lowered the entire time and said nothing, terrified that Li Xiaoyao might fire another shot into the left side of his waist over a disagreement.

After all, his right waist had already taken a bullet. His only remaining left waist could not be injured too.

Otherwise, he might be crippled for life—

"Tch! Boring!"

Seeing Tang San, whom he had beaten into submission, leave the Rose Hotel with Xiao Wu, Li Xiaoyao turned to look at Dai Mubai nearby.

"Hey! Little Blondie!"

"You seemed pretty arrogant just now, didn't you?"

"How about we have a match?"

"Just like that Little Scoundrel from before!"

"I'll give you three moves. How about it?"

The moment Li Xiaoyao said this, Dai Mubai hurriedly waved his hands in fright.

"No, no! I'm not your match!"

"I really was too arrogant just now. I apologize!"

If you could not beat them, you admitted defeat—

If you could beat them, you bullied them to death.

That was Shrek Academy's school rule—the twisted logic of "a Soul Master who does not dare cause trouble is not a good Soul Master" and "those who do not dare cause trouble are mediocrities."

Of course, in Li Xiaoyao's eyes, these rules were nothing more than a fig leaf for bullying the weak and fearing the strong!

If Shrek Academy was really so impressive, why did they not provoke a Titled Douluo?

Why did they not provoke the two great empires, the Upper Three Sects, and the Four Great Kingdoms?

Just then, Dai Mubai's eyes flickered.

"This Li Xiaoyao looks to be about my age. His skills and bearing are anything but ordinary. He cannot possibly be a commoner Soul Master. I wonder whether he attends a Soul Master Academy?"

"If I can build a good relationship with him, or even bring him into Shrek Academy, it will be a win-win situation for both the academy and me.

Although Shrek Academy has several exceptionally talented students, they lack the support of powerful factions behind them, which has always limited their development.

And if I want to return to the Star Luo Empire and compete for the throne, Shrek Academy's strength alone is far from enough. I need sufficient outside support as well.

With a Three Purple One Black Soul Ring configuration, there must be a formidable power backing Li Xiaoyao—either a reclusive Soul Master family or a sect with deep foundations."

Thinking of this, Dai Mubai's eyes lit up.

The gloom that had long clouded his heart due to the suppression from his elder brother seemed to be mostly swept away by this sudden hope.

"As long as I can borrow the support of the power behind Li Xiaoyao, along with the strength of Shrek's teachers, I may be able to gather enough confidence to return to the Star Luo Empire!"

After figuring all this out, Dai Mubai's face filled with delight.

"Hahaha! brother Xia, let me introduce myself!"

"My name is Dai Mubai, and I'm a student of Shrek Academy!"

"To express my apologies for earlier, I, Dai Mubai, will cover all your expenses at the Rose Hotel from now on."

"Of course, there are also these twin beauties. If you like them, how about letting the two of them keep you company tonight and help you cool off?"

It was no wonder Dai Mubai was being so attentive. Back when he had been in the Star Luo Empire, he had been young, weak, and lacking in resources, with no foundation in the imperial court either.

That was why his own elder brother had ruthlessly suppressed him, forcing him to flee the Star Luo Empire and come to Suotuo City in the Heaven Dou Empire to lie low.

If he could build a good relationship with Li Xiaoyao, perhaps he would truly have a chance to return to the Star Luo Empire someday and reclaim everything he had once lost.

Of course, even if there were no chance of returning to the Star Luo Empire, having another friend—especially one as powerful as Li Xiaoyao—was never a bad thing.

"Tch! This is really troublesome!"

"Dai Mubai is throwing money around and offering women. He's really leaving me with no reason to make a move against him."

Li Xiaoyao curled his lip, then glanced at the twin sisters, who were eagerly waiting to be given away.

"Little Blondie, I appreciate the gesture!"

It had to be said that after being groomed, these twin sisters had excellent proportions. With careful makeup, they were fairly pretty as well, but they were two filthy public buses.

But unfortunately—

Li Xiaoyao was a clean boy. He had no habit of riding in the same car as someone else, much less Prime Minister Cao's tastes.

Rather than touch two filthy public buses.

He might as well—