Douluo: I Take the Benefits, You Bear the Side Effects
Chapter 23

Dai Mubai and Tang San Trigger Spirit Resonance

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Perhaps it was because Ning Chuan had a filter on for Little Cat.

He only felt she looked countless times better than anything he had imagined while reading.

As for the version made by the anime, it was simply an insult to humanity.

Ning Chuan sighed inwardly. No wonder she was the second fiercest woman on Douluo Continent!

By the way, the first was her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun.

Just then, the long-absent System notification sounded in Ning Chuan's mind: Ding! Side Effect detected: the Host's beloved has triggered Spirit Resonance with another person. Please bind a recipient.

"Bind Tang San."

Without a second thought, Ning Chuan chose Tang San. Being coveted by Dai Mubai was such a wonderful thing, so of course he had to shove it onto Tang Buddha.

The bound target possesses two Martial Souls: 1. Blue Silver Grass 2. Clear Sky Hammer Please choose.

"Blue Silver Grass."

Choosing the Clear Sky Hammer was absolutely out of the question. He was only here to disgust Tang San, not to strengthen them and disgust himself.

Binding successful! Current Side Effect recipient: Tang San Side Effect: Spirit Resonance (greatly increases Dai Mubai's favorability toward you; in severe cases, it may cause Dai Mubai to fall in love with you.)

"Hehehe, Brother System really is reliable."

Ning Chuan cackled inwardly. This way, the only thing still binding Little Cat was that so-called marriage contract. She would no longer be affected by her Martial Soul.

If Yu Xiaogang had been here, Ning Chuan would have had to set them up somehow. What a pity that Gangzi had missed out on such a fine match for nothing!

After all, in the original story, Zhu Zhuqing did not seem to love Dai Mubai, that regular Brothel patron, all that much. It was more a surrender to fate, along with the influence brought by their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

At the same time, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing seemed to sense something. The Spirit Resonance between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing vanished. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and Dai Mubai's White Tiger Martial Soul began attracting one another. All three wore astonished expressions.

Seeing Ning Chuan staring at another beautiful woman again, Xiao Wu could no longer bear it. Angrily, she stomped her foot at him, but Ning Chuan instinctively dodged.

"Is something wrong?" Ning Chuan asked calmly.

"You..." Seeing Ning Chuan's expression, Xiao Wu was so frustrated she nearly spat blood.

Although Ning Chuan was usually like this, why could this guy stare at other beautiful women so openly, yet never look at her that way?

She had a pretty face and a good figure, vermilion lips and pearly teeth, delicate brows and fine eyes, skin fair as snow, and long, slender jade-like legs.

How was she any worse-looking than the others... Xiao Wu was furious, but when she saw that wicked pair in front of Zhu Zhuqing's chest, she weakly added in her heart, Mine aren't that small, okay?

Tang San, standing behind Xiao Wu, had no idea what she was thinking. But seeing the two of them like this, he was overjoyed inside.

This was good.

As long as Ning Chuan kept acting like this, sooner or later Xiao Wu would be completely disappointed in him.

With that thought, Tang San regained his confidence.

Registration continued. Many applicants were eliminated for being over thirteen years old or for having Soul Power below level twenty.

Everyone gradually came to understand Shrek Academy's admission rules.

In just a few minutes, the original queue of more than a hundred people had dwindled to barely over a dozen.

Soon, Ning Rongrong finished registering.

It was Ning Chuan's turn.

"The usual rules. Ten Gold Soul Coins for the registration fee. Hold out your right hand so I can check your bone age." The elderly man handling registration did not even glance at Ning Chuan as he spoke lazily.

Ning Chuan lightly tossed the ten Gold Soul Coins he had prepared into the wooden box, then extended his hand.

The old man squeezed Ning Chuan's hand, then looked at him with some surprise and nodded. "Around twelve years and three months old. Not bad, just right."

"Ning Chuan, you're actually younger than me?"

Xiao Wu knew that Ning Chuan did not like being called Little Six in public, so she called him by name. Still, learning that Ning Chuan was even younger than her age after taking human form left her looking surprised.

Didn't that mean they would have an older-sister-younger-brother romance in the future?

At the thought, Xiao Wu's cheeks flushed red.

"Summon your Martial Soul."

Ning Chuan nodded and, at the old man's signal, summoned his Martial Soul.

A cyan glow rose up, and a three-foot-long emerald sword appeared in Ning Chuan's hand. Yet he still did not summon his Soul Rings.

"Where are your Soul Rings?"

The old man was Li Yusong, a teacher at Shrek Academy. His Martial Soul was the Dragon Pattern Staff, and his Soul Ring configuration was white, yellow, purple, purple, purple, black. He was a level sixty-three Power Attack Type Battle Spirit Emperor. Seeing that Ning Chuan had not summoned his Soul Rings, he could not help but look puzzled.

"Isn't the first test simply that you must be under thirteen and have Soul Power above level twenty-one? Or is my current Soul Power still insufficient to pass?"

Ning Chuan answered with a question.

"Of course you've passed."

Had an ordinary applicant spoken to him like that, Li Yusong would definitely have given them a lesson and taught them what it meant to respect one's teachers. But judging by Ning Chuan's Soul Power fluctuations, he had clearly already surpassed level thirty.

A twelve-year-and-three-month-old Little Monster had come right to their doorstep. If Li Yusong let him get away, Flender would skin him alive.

Next, Xiao Wu and Tang San registered as well. One had a Beast Spirit, while the other had Blue Silver Grass. Both possessed two hundred-year Soul Rings and displayed considerable talent, so they naturally passed without issue.

At that moment, Dai Mubai, who had watched the three of them pass registration, walked over and smiled at Ning Chuan. "I knew you'd pass smoothly. The later tests definitely won't be a problem either."

As he spoke, his gaze drifted toward Zhu Zhuqing behind Ning Chuan, and a lustful wolfish gleam flashed in his eyes.

Although he did not recognize Zhu Zhuqing, whether it was her figure or appearance, she was exactly his favorite type.

Then he looked at Tang San, a puzzled expression appearing on his face.

Earlier, he had vaguely sensed someone over here whose aura was very similar to his own, carrying a feeling that they complemented each other.

Perhaps the two of them could join forces and perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

At first, he had assumed it was that beauty from earlier.

He had not expected it to be this charcoal-headed guy.

Could he have sensed it wrong?

At the thought of having to fuse Martial Souls with someone as ugly as Tang San in the future, Dai Mubai could not help but shudder.

Good heavens, if he had to fuse Martial Souls with such an ugly, rough man, he might as well die.

But why did he suddenly feel that the other person was not so annoying after all?

Tang San felt the same way. For some reason, they had not felt this way during their last meeting, but now the feeling had suddenly appeared.

It left him with a puzzled expression.

Could it be because he possessed two Martial Souls? He had not released his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul before, so the sensation had not been obvious then?

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