Beasts of Burden

Xiao Wu Flying Kick!

Xiao Wu excitedly executed a flying kick in midair.

She would never have dared to imagine it in the Same Realm, but she was clearly a whole major realm above Lin Xuan and had the advantage of an extra Soul Ring. What the hell did she have to fear?

However, the smile on Xiao Wu's face froze the next second.

The instant Xiao Wu made her move, Lin Xuan reached back and grabbed her incoming ankle.

It looked as though Xiao Wu had voluntarily delivered her foot right into Lin Xuan's hand.

Almost instinctively, Lin Xuan subconsciously treated Xiao Wu like Loki and prepared to smash her against the ground a couple of times.

But Xiao Wu had not lived all these years for nothing.

When Lin Xuan had barely swung her halfway around, she hurriedly adjusted her posture.

Her body bent into a folded shape as she directly grabbed Lin Xuan's shoulders.

Although Lin Xuan had deliberately trained his body's flexibility since childhood, Xiao Wu's move still startled him in that instant.

Was this really something a human could do?

Were all her bones soft or something?

"Waist Bow!"

Just as Lin Xuan was stunned, Xiao Wu suddenly activated her first Soul Skill. Her body seemed like a bow that had been drawn taut in an instant, violently exerting force and forcibly stopping Lin Xuan's swinging motion.

At that moment, Xiao Wu was like a longbow bent to its limit, while Lin Xuan's arm had become its tough bowstring.

"Boss Lin, are you trying to kill me?! I'm so tiny—if you slammed me down once, I'd be dead!"

Xiao Wu shouted.

Lin Xuan came to his senses as well.

There was no helping it. Whenever he grabbed someone by the foot, he could not resist slamming them around twice. It was instinct—completely instinctive.

But even if it was his fault, there was no way he would admit it.

"How could I possibly want your life? I only did that because I believed in your strength. See? Didn't you block it?"

Lin Xuan said righteously.

"Really?"

Xiao Wu was somewhat dazed.

Lin Xuan seized that instant of distraction and reached out to grab the hand Xiao Wu had braced against him.

"Ah! Lin Xuan, you have no martial honor! You launched a sneak attack!"

Startled, Xiao Wu hurriedly lifted one leg, intending to lock it around Lin Xuan's neck and form a stable triangle.

Lin Xuan truly had to admire her flexibility.

But just as he was about to say something, his eyes inadvertently glanced over...

"Off you go!"

His face slightly red, Lin Xuan flicked both hands as if tossing noodles. Soul Power surged into Xiao Wu's body like silver needles, stimulating her body and disrupting the flow of her Soul Power.

At the same time, the immense force made Xiao Wu's body suddenly go limp. Like a boneless snake, she was flung straight away by Lin Xuan.

"Ow!"

Under Lin Xuan's deliberate control, Xiao Wu landed bottom-first on a patch of Blue Silver Grass.

"Hiss..."

Xiao Wu sprang to her feet with a kip-up, then kept rubbing her butt as she hopped and bounced around like a monkey.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Lin Xuan, you seriously have no sense of restraint! Don't you know you're supposed to go easy on girls?"

Xiao Wu felt like her butt was about to split apart.

"I already held back. Otherwise..."

Lin Xuan glanced at the ground beside him, the implication obvious.

"Hmph, what's with your freakish strength? You're strong like a monster! And why did I feel like I got electrocuted just now?"

Xiao Wu said gloomily.

After testing it out, she found that even though her Soul Power was nine levels higher than Lin Xuan's, she still was not his match.

His strength was terrifying enough, and he could even electrocute people.

"Don't tell me you have Twin Martial Souls?"

Xiao Wu looked around, then asked curiously.

"You're overthinking it. If I had Twin Martial Souls, I'd probably die laughing."

Lin Xuan rolled his eyes.

"Then why did I feel like I got electrocuted?"

Xiao Wu pressed on.

"Hold out your hand."

Lin Xuan extended his hand toward Xiao Wu.

Curiously, Xiao Wu placed her hand in his.

"It's simple. As long as your control over Soul Power is precise enough, you can..."

Lin Xuan once again controlled his Soul Power into fine needles, then fiercely pierced them into Xiao Wu's body and rapidly dispersed them.

The foreign Soul Power that suddenly surged into her body made Xiao Wu shudder all over. Her body immediately produced a rejection response, and her palm went numb as though she had been electrocuted.

"So that's how it is."

A look of understanding flashed through Xiao Wu's eyes.

It was not actually numbness, but a kind of pain.

It simply was not painful enough to be especially intense.

"Is that a Self-Created Soul Skill? That's amazing!"

Xiao Wu looked at Lin Xuan with shining eyes.

"Not really. My control over Soul Power is just a little stronger, that's all."

Lin Xuan shook his head.

He had already confirmed it. Matching Soul Masters in strength was no problem for him, even Battle Soul Masters, who specialized in strength.

At least compared to Xiao Wu, she could only contend with him a little after using Waist Bow.

With his strength, as long as no Teacher stepped in, he would basically have no opponents in Nuoding Academy.

Well, Tang San excluded.

That guy specialized in control. Lin Xuan would indeed find him somewhat troublesome to deal with, but only troublesome—not impossible.

The main issue was that he had already offended Tang San. With Tang San's vindictive temperament, he definitely would not let it go after returning from this Soul Hunt.

"So, are we still fighting?"

Lin Xuan asked Xiao Wu with a smile.

"N-no, I'm not fighting. Boss, you're wise and mighty. How could I possibly be worthy of being your opponent?"

Xiao Wu said with an awkward laugh.

Yet inwardly, she secretly swore that once she broke through to Level 20, she would definitely come back and reclaim her dignity.

Then... Jiejiejiejie!

"Fine, then. Since you're not fighting, I'll leave all the cleaning to you from now on."

Lin Xuan wore an expression that said he thought highly of her, then walked straight to where Xiao Wu had fallen earlier and sat down cross-legged.

Soul Masters did not face many restrictions at school.

Other than meditation, there was practical combat, so there were only a few classes in the morning each day. The rest was free time.

It allowed the students to meditate or fool around.

Tang San would return in a few days. From what he knew of Tang San, there would definitely be another sparring match then. He had to find every possible way to improve his strength in these limited days.

So naturally, the cleaning had to be left to Xiao Wu.

The workload was not that heavy anyway.

"Ah?!"

Xiao Wu stared at Lin Xuan in a daze, but he had already closed his eyes and could not be bothered to pay her any attention.

As Lin Xuan cultivated with full concentration, a small Blue Silver Grass sprouted from his hand. As Lin Xuan poured Soul Power into it, the Blue Silver Grass continuously grew until it reached three meters in length.

By then, the Blue Silver Grass was already two fingers thick.

It looked lush and green, yet it also gave off a fragile feeling as though it would shatter at the slightest touch.

"So annoying!"

After seeing that Lin Xuan had truly immersed himself in cultivation, Xiao Wu stomped her foot.

Suddenly, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

Lin Xuan could treat her like a beast of burden, so could she not order other people around instead?

No sooner thought than done.

Xiao Wu immediately ran down the mountain in a hurry, only to see a group of people climbing up under the lead of a young man.

One look at their aggressive bearing told her that they had come to cause trouble.