Tang San's Frustration

"The plan was a complete success!"

After declining Ye Yingluo's invitation to hold a victory celebration, Su Mo bolted out of the academy.

Tang Wulin's group had suffered such a crushing defeat this time entirely because they lacked intelligence.

Although Su Mo had already tried his best to go easy on them, Tang Wulin and the others had practically insisted on walking into it.

If they had seriously investigated Su Mo's Martial Soul before the match, they would not have lost so badly.

After all, the weaknesses Su Mo displayed to the public were quite obvious.

Just as Su Mo was considering where to have fun today, a graceful figure in white in the distance instantly caught his attention.

"That's... Gu Yue?"

Even from far away, Su Mo recognized her.

Su Mo had not expected Gu Yue to leave Tang Wulin's side and act on her own.

Ever since Gu Yue entered Eastsea Academy, aside from going to school with Tang Wulin every day, she had only stayed alone in her dormitory to cultivate.

This was the first time she had slipped out alone like this.

Could it be that he had dealt her too great a blow?

Watching Gu Yue's retreating figure, Su Mo pondered to himself.

Soon, Su Mo realized something and quickly followed after her.

"Those not of our kind are sure to have different hearts!"

"Those not of our kind are sure to have different hearts!"

Along the way, those words echoed continuously through Gu Yue's mind as though they possessed some kind of magic.

They left Gu Yue distraught, so distracted that she did not even notice Su Mo openly following behind her.

It was only after someone secretly alerted her that Gu Yue realized Su Mo was there.

"Why are you following me?"

Gu Yue turned around with a stern expression, glaring at Su Mo behind her with unfriendly eyes.

"Nothing much. I'm just somewhat interested in you, Gu Yue."

As though he had expected Gu Yue to ask that, Su Mo immediately brought out the excuse he had prepared in advance.

"Interested in me?"

Gu Yue pointed at herself, surprise flashing across her pretty face.

Gu Yue had never expected that Su Mo had followed her just to say this.

"Yes! I'm very interested in you, Gu Yue."

Seeing that Gu Yue did not believe him, Su Mo loudly repeated himself.

Su Mo's voice was so loud that Gu Yue hurriedly looked around, terrified that someone might see them.

Only after confirming that there was no one nearby did Gu Yue breathe a sigh of relief.

The disturbance from Su Mo also temporarily pushed the worries in her heart to the back of her mind.

"I'm not interested in you. If there's nothing else, don't appear before me again."

After calming herself slightly, Gu Yue looked at Su Mo with utmost seriousness and spoke each word distinctly.

Gu Yue had originally wanted to warn Su Mo further, but considering that she had just lost to him, she could only swallow the words that had reached her lips.

"Rejected right from the start? Gu Yue, you're so heartless!" Although Su Mo said that, he was not at all surprised by Gu Yue's rejection.

"Forget it. This is my contact information."

"If you ever change your mind, Gu Yue, remember to contact me!"

With that, Su Mo took a business card from his storage ring and tossed it to Gu Yue.

Gu Yue had just wanted to refuse when she saw Su Mo already walking away.

"Psycho!!!"

Watching Su Mo's departing back, Gu Yue cursed bitterly.

Unable to make sense of Su Mo's intentions, Gu Yue had initially wanted to throw away the note in her hand. But when she recalled the meaningful smile on Su Mo's face when he spoke, she ultimately kept it as though possessed.

"The Master, shall I eliminate him?"

As soon as Su Mo disappeared from Gu Yue's sight, two figures flashed to her side.

They were Gu Yue's guards in Eastsea City, Di Tian and Xiong Jun.

After what had happened to Na'er last time, Di Tian truly did not dare let Gu Yue remain alone in human society again.

Once bitten by a snake, one fears a rope for ten years.

Even though Gu Yue had not lost her memories this time, Di Tian still insisted on staying by her side.

Seeing Xiong Jun eager to make a move, Gu Yue raised a hand to stop him. "There is no need. Until we understand Su Mo's background, neither of you is to act on your own."

Then Gu Yue shifted her gaze to Di Tian and said softly, "I'll leave the investigation into Su Mo's background to you, Di Tian."

For Gu Yue, although her defeat by Su Mo this time was partly due to her carelessness, Su Mo's own strength could not be underestimated.

At the very least, Su Mo's spiritual power surpassed hers. Otherwise, she could not have so easily fallen into Su Mo's Illusion Technique.

Elsewhere, after Su Mo left, he could clearly sense that the gaze that had been fixed on him from the shadows had vanished.

When Su Mo had chosen to follow Gu Yue just now, he had not had any particular intentions. He simply wanted to make his presence known.

Just as Su Mo was wondering what he should eat tonight, his right wrist suddenly began to buzz.

After glancing at the photo sent to him, Su Mo smiled happily.

In the photo, Tang Wulin's adoptive parents, Tang Ziran and his wife, were dressed in white lab coats and busily working on something at a workbench.

Although using someone's parents as leverage was truly contemptible, Tang Ziran and his wife had practically delivered themselves to him.

"Not bad. Keep watch over the two of them. Under no circumstances can anything happen to either of them!"

After thinking for a moment, Su Mo quickly typed out a message and sent it.

"Wonderful, the Lord praised me!"

Upon seeing Su Mo's reply, the woman on the other end of the phone had a sickly flush rise on her cold, pretty face. Even her breathing became heavy, while her two smooth, glossy long legs began rubbing against each other.

However, the woman soon seemed to remember something and rapidly typed on the screen. "Lord, that little blonde is planning to go to Shrek to challenge them in person. Should I stop her?"

"Oh?"

Seeing the message she sent again, Su Mo was somewhat surprised, but he quickly replied, "Don't interfere with her. Since she wants to go, let her go."

"Maybe she'll even lure out someone remarkable."

"Understood!"

"Lord, I recently bought another new outfit. Would you like to see it?"

Without waiting for Su Mo to refuse, she quickly sent over an extremely revealing photo.

"Emmm..." Su Mo's expression remained entirely unmoved as he looked at the pair of plump white rabbits that seemed ready to burst through her collar.

There was no other reason. Right now, he truly had the desire but lacked the ability.

Night

After spending the entire afternoon investigating Su Mo's information with Xie Xie, Tang Wulin had just lain down on his bed, ready to get a good night's sleep, when a somewhat reproachful and even exasperated voice rang out in his mind.

"Why did you refuse me this afternoon?"

"As long as I made even the slightest move, I could have helped you break his Illusion Technique."

The instant Tang Wulin had fallen under Su Mo's Illusion Technique, Tang San, who was hiding deep within Tang Wulin's sea of consciousness, had immediately reminded him.

In Tang San's view, as long as he helped Tang Wulin break Su Mo's Illusion Technique, Su Mo himself would certainly lose his ability to fight due to the backlash from it.

As long as they eliminated Su Mo, their strongest combatant, the remaining two from Class One would be nothing to fear.

But Tang San had not expected Tang Wulin to prefer losing the match rather than accept his help.

"Lao Tang, my father taught me from childhood that one must have a clear conscience in life, and be fair and impartial in one's actions."

"I can't cheat in a match against my classmates!"

Tang Wulin's voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally firm.

Of course, there was one thing Tang Wulin did not say: he had actually enjoyed the warm feeling within that Illusion Technique.

Tang San, who had wanted to say something more, fell silent after hearing Tang Wulin's words.

At that moment, Tang San could not help blaming Tang Ziran and his wife in his heart.

Although Tang San had seen how well Tang Ziran and his wife treated Tang Wulin.

They had taught Tang Wulin to be far too rigid.

A Tang Wulin like this would suffer a great loss sooner or later.

Fortunately, Tang Wulin was still young. There was still hope for him.

Once Tang Wulin entered Shrek, the influence of Shrek's culture would sooner or later change his immature way of thinking.

In this world, only victors were righteous.