"Mmm~"
A languid moan sounded as a pair of jade-like arms stretched out from beneath the covers. From the center of the large bed, atop an extra layer of bedding spread over the soft sheets, a fair face emerged.
"This guy really knows how to enjoy himself."
Sitting up, the sleepy-eyed girl muttered to herself, then happily stretched her body.
It was hard enough to turn over on her little bed, but she could roll around freely on this huge one.
Still, the reserved young lady gave up on the idea she very much wanted to try. After all, this was a man's bed.
Knock, knock, knock~
Someone knocked on the door.
Had that guy come back?
Come to think of it, she had misunderstood him last night. But hmph, who told him to feed Huo Yutong medicine at that hour?
Her delicate bare feet stepped onto the sheets. Her fair fingers gently tugged at the collar that exposed her exquisite collarbones, tidying her clothes slightly.
Click~
"Wang Dong?"
A crisp voice rang out.
A cute little face entered those dreamy eyes.
"Huo Yutong!"
Though the strange sensation made Wang Dong's mind incomparably clear, her hand suddenly tightened, and with a bang, she slammed the door shut. The girl instinctively looked back at the bed behind her. Seeing the empty bed, she froze for a moment, then let out a breath of relief.
An Zhen wasn't here.
That was right. She had merely spent one night alone in this room. What was there to be nervous about?
Wang Dong opened the door.
"Wang Dong, why are you here?"
The loli looked puzzled, her little face instinctively peering into the room.
"Isn't it because of the pill An Zhen fed you? What, did you wake up and find your room stank and your body was filthy?"
"A pill?"
The loli nodded lightly. That had indeed been the case when she woke up this morning, leaving her confused. An Zhen had also fed her something round last night.
"Yes, that thing is called a Xuan Water Pill."
Wang Dong explained.
It expelled impurities from the body and improved one's Innate Soul Power aptitude...
That was far too precious.
A misty haze gathered over the loli's sparkling eyes, and her eye sockets became slightly wet.
Bedding, meals, such a high-paying job, such a precious pill... It was the first time Huo Yutong had been treated this way by anyone other than her mother. And An Zhen had even gotten injured standing up for her last night.
Injured!
"Right, Wang Dong, where is An Zhen?" the loli asked anxiously. She had washed up that morning and changed into clean clothes from the wardrobe. Without even having time to tidy her dorm, she had rushed out to see how An Zhen was recovering.
"An Zhen?"
Remembering that she had a "home" she could not return to, the girl said proudly, "I kicked him out last night. Who told him to feed you medicine at night?"
"But—"
The loli's face was full of shock and disbelief. "But An Zhen was injured last night."
"!"
Wang Dong froze. The image of the young man's unsteady departing figure from last night flashed through her mind.
"There are inns in Shrek City..." The girl's words trailed off. Even if there were inns, they were still quite a distance from here. Under normal circumstances, that would have been nothing, but An Zhen had been injured last night.
"Wang Dong!"
The anxious little cutie stomped her foot, tears in her eyes. "How could you do that?!"
"I... I didn't think of it before!"
"Beauty has made me so haggard."
The young man lay panting across a pair of black-stockinged thighs, the stockings biting into the flesh.
"Refresh."
The next instant, the exhausted-looking young man became brimming with vitality. His formerly weary face was now full of energy.
As for giving up desire?
How could that be possible? Desire was the driving force that pushed people forward.
"Mmph, mmph, mmph."
An indistinct sound rang out. Long hair like flames swayed gently in the air as slender, well-defined hands slapped An Zhen's thigh.
"Cough~"
Ma Xiaotao, dressed in a maid outfit, covered her mouth and coughed. Her already breathtaking beauty gained another touch of girlish fragility.
"What a pity. Without Huo Yutong, my cultivation speed has returned to normal."
"Slurp~"
Obvious regret appeared on An Zhen's face. One hand gently stroked the soft red hair in his arms, while pleasure stimulated his mind and drove away his temporary unhappiness.
At the same time, the girl's arrogance blocked An Zhen's view as a wonderful spring scene descended with pressure.
The young man lying by the lake lazily stood up. A Golden Yellow Soul Ring lit up, and the blanket covered in dirt and his slightly rumpled clothes instantly became spotless. A clump of dirt appeared on the ground.
"Let's grab some food first."
Purple Cafeteria.
He swiped the metal card Xu Sanshi had given him.
There were still over twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins left.
"Rich people."
He had originally been rich himself.
His god-grandfather was Jing Hongchen, so An Zhen naturally could not lack money. It was just that he definitely could not suddenly display a large sum of money from an unknown source here.
"An Zhen!"
A crisp, lively voice called out to the young man carrying a tray. A playful, energetic girl with a single ponytail waved at him excitedly. "Sit here."
"Good morning, Senior Tang Ya, Senior Beibei."
"Don't be so formal. Just call me Tang Ya, and call him Beibei."
"Mm." The refined young man beside her nodded gently and warmly.
"Sure." An Zhen agreed.
"How is your body?"
"I rested for a night. I'm fine now." An Zhen took a sip of sweet soup.
"Then, would you consider joining the Tang Sect?" The girl finally revealed her true intentions, her bright eyes looking at An Zhen expectantly.
"The Tang Sect?"
"Yes, yes, the Tang Sect founded single-handedly by Ancestor Tang San."
An Zhen showed a thoughtful expression.
"Our Tang Sect has the continent's number-one Mysterious Heaven Skill, as well as all kinds of incredibly powerful hidden weapons~" Tang Ya bragged.
"Sorry, I'm not interested."
An Zhen shook his head in refusal.
He had no interest in hidden weapons, and the Mysterious Heaven Skill was of no use to him either.
"I see." Although she had anticipated this possibility, Tang Ya still could not help feeling dejected.
"Right." The refined young man looked at An Zhen and said, "An Zhen, Xu Sanshi—the guy you beat up yesterday—has arranged a gathering outside at noon today. He wants to invite you, Junior Brother, and Wang Dong over to formally express his apology."
"Do you have time?"
"That works."
He stuffed a small steamed bun that cost one Gold Soul Coin into his mouth. He wondered whether Huo Yutong and Wang Dong had eaten yet. He should bring some for them.
"Oh, old man, you're here so early today."
At the dormitory entrance, a Level 99 Ultimate Douluo had refreshed once again.
"I'm old. I can't sleep, so I came out to feel the vitality of you young people." The old man's kindly voice rang out.
An Zhen's gaze landed to the side.
The senior with long, straight black hair.
Zhang Lexuan.
The serene Senior Sister stood quietly there.
"Do you like her?"
The aged voice carried a hint of teasing beside An Zhen's ear.
"Gentle and understanding, beautiful with a great figure, wealthy and powerful. This junior perfectly meets the conditions you mentioned that day."
"I like her."
An Zhen nodded lightly.
He was an honest child.
To be honest, who would not be moved by such a serene, gentle beauty with long, straight black hair?
The world embraced all things.
The old man said nothing. The senior with long, straight black hair stepped forward.
"You promised last time that you would use your martial soul on me."
"But you will bear all the consequences yourself." The lazy young man merely looked at her with those calm black eyes.
It was not as if he had not read the original work.
He had some understanding of this Senior Sister. Among all the female students in this academy, even Jiang Nannan, who had suffered harm, would be easier to win over than this Senior Sister.
"Of course."
Martial soul, possess.
She closed her eyes, then opened them. A fleeting Spiritual Light flashed through her crystalline eyes. They said the eyes were the windows to the soul, and as the senior with long, straight black hair gazed into the young man's eyes, her delicate body suddenly trembled.
A world?
This was the scene Zhang Lexuan saw in An Zhen's eyes.
Two Golden Yellow Soul Rings appeared by An Zhen's hands, then lit up one after the other.
Tuo Yin.
Reflection.
Smack!
A steaming small bun landed atop the senior's black hair.
"I'm leaving."
An Zhen did not want trouble for no reason. She was a Soul Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and soul bone. In truth, he had not made any changes to her at all. He had merely fixed a small bun in the air above her head. Simply moving an object was not much of a drain on him now.
He had also gained an imprint of Senior Zhang Lexuan.
"Great-grandfather."
The senior with long, straight black hair retreated to Mu En's side. "I did not feel any Soul Power fluctuations."
"That was the reconstruction of world-space."
His clouded eyes stared at the air above where Zhang Lexuan had just stood. "When you reach the level of an Ultimate Douluo in the future, you will be able to sense it."
"Ultimate Douluo..." Zhang Lexuan murmured. "Do you think so highly of him?"
"If a Title Douluo's cultivation progress is like destroying a forest, where we make plans, proceed step by step, hunt or drive away animals, and chop down trees, then he is a Fire Phoenix."
The elderly man in his twilight years gently closed his eyes as the lively voices of girls and boys reached his ears.
The gentle senior turned around to look at the dormitory building, her gaze complicated.
Some people spent their lives desperately seeking what they could never obtain, while others were born with it.
"Cheers!"
The drinks containing a small amount of alcohol splashed from their cups.
"My previous actions were my fault. Here, I, Xu Sanshi, once again offer my sincere apologies to you both."
Inside an elegantly decorated room, expensive and delicious dishes covered a costly rosewood table. A black-haired young man bowed deeply to the handsome pink-blue-haired youth and the cute-faced boy beside him.
When An Zhen returned to the dorm, he did not see Wang Dong or Huo Yutong. He tidied Huo Yutong's dormitory, meditated for over two hours, and was preparing to head to the restaurant using the address Beibei had given him at noon when he saw Wang Dong, looking guilty, and Huo Yutong, full of anxiety.
"Th-this... Senior, you already apologized and compensated us earlier." Huo Yutong had never seen such a scene before.
Wang Dong was somewhat absentminded. Her dreamy, beautiful pink-blue eyes occasionally glanced at the handsome young man sitting quietly beside her, while her slender fingers pinched at her clothes.
The real story officially begins next chapter. Everything before this was just a warm-up.
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