"Yet its teaching standards were utterly worthless. Anyone who joined Shrek Academy and passed the so-called Fourth Trial Assessment, aside from me, would have Innate Soul Power of no less than level seven at worst. But out of more than sixty people, only a scant dozen or so broke through level forty before turning twenty."
"The rest either faded into obscurity or died. And they had the nerve to claim that the strongest graduate from Shrek Academy had become a Spirit Hall Elder. Did they even consider what level Spirit Hall Elders stood at...? But that day, I gave up the idea of leaving Shrek."
Zhu Zhuqing could not make sense of what he had said so far.
But what came next made Zhu Zhuqing suddenly stop in her tracks. "I have no way to maintain our connection."
"What?"
She turned around and stared at Ning Chuan in shock, her slightly parted lips clearly revealing her confusion.
Ning Chuan deployed his trump card. "If I leave Shrek Academy, there will no longer be any connection between us. I can't think of any other excuse to pull you out."
"Why would you do this? We only just met not long ago..."
Zhu Zhuqing stood blankly where she was as moonlight spilled down from the sky, illuminating her face.
It revealed the way she gently bit her lip.
"...Call it love at first sight, or lust at first sight. Probably. In any case, I won't let go."
"Even without deliberately doing this, wouldn't that still be possible?"
With that, Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward as though she wanted to cut off the topic and bid farewell to the past.
Her attempt to act tough looked adorable, a stark contrast to her usual cold demeanor.
Ning Chuan knew he had succeeded more than halfway.