"So, my dear Tingyun, what did you call me over for?"
Bai Mo had just arrived in Shrek City when he heard that the matter had already been settled. He glanced at Tingyun speechlessly, having thought he was coming over to throw down.
"Benefactor, don't be impatient~ Let this little lady keep you in suspense. How much do you know about the continent's number one academy~?"
Tingyun's syrupy voice rang in Bai Mo and Wu Qingyao's ears.
Wu Qingyao broke out in goosebumps. Bai Mo, meanwhile, was so tempted that he wished the author would make another "ten years passed in the blink of an eye" jump.
"Shrek Academy? It's turned out plenty of geniuses, and wasted plenty too. What about it?"
"Aiya~ What this little lady wanted to ask was your opinion of Shrek Academy~"
"Decadent. Arrogant." Bai Mo paused, then slowly uttered two words.
"Is that your answer, Benefactor~? Have you ever thought of replacing this decadent, arrogant force~?"
Tingyun's emerald-green eyes brimmed with amusement as she gazed at Bai Mo, bright and limpid as water.
"No! I don't have time for that. As long as they don't come looking for trouble with me, I can't be bothered with them."
Bai Mo crossed his hands in an X, making a "nope" gesture, and spoke indifferently.
"Mhm~ This little lady understands what Benefactor thinks~" Tingyun hid half her face behind her fan.
"So, stop keeping me in suspense. I can't follow all this beating around the bush. Just tell me why you called me over!"
"This little lady wants to move the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce headquarters to Shrek City. I'd also like to ask Benefactor to come and lend me your support!"
Tingyun lowered her folding fan, revealing her fair, delicate, oval face, and beamed at Bai Mo.
"Then I'll have to stay here a while longer," Bai Mo said thoughtfully.
"No need! We can talk to Shrek and have them keep an eye on things!" Classmate Wu Qingyao raised her hand to offer her opinion.
Bai Mo and Tingyun exchanged a strange look, then couldn't help laughing.
"Wu, the Tang Sect is under Shrek Academy's watch too!"
Hearing Bai Mo say that, Wu Qingyao scratched her head and fell silent.
Bai Mo stroked his chin, deep in thought.
It was obvious that Tingyun had apparently been slighted by Shrek, which was why she wanted to move Minghuo here. Of course, Shrek City's location was indeed excellent, and establishing the headquarters here would be a very profitable move.
That was, if Minghuo could get a foothold. Bai Mo trusted this smiling "old fox," who was actually already a hundred years old, to manage it.
What's more, Tingyun's earlier questions might have seemed like she was asking what Bai Mo thought of Shrek, but in truth, she was gauging his attitude toward it.
If Bai Mo liked Shrek, Tingyun would probably have planned to swallow her grievance.
"Then let's do it. I have the Simulated Universe anyway, so it makes no difference where I stay. I can lend Sister Tingyun my support, and I also want to check out the Star Dou Great Forest and see if I can find anything unexpected."
"This little lady is troubling Benefactor again~ Benefactor and Miss Wu, please follow me. This little lady has already arranged your lodgings~"
"Let's go. I still need to enter the Simulated Universe later and let Aunt Ning know!"
As the owner of the Emperor Scepter, Bai Mo didn't need a login device; he could enter its inner space anytime, anywhere.
Over the past two years or so, Bai Mo had collected the souls of some dying Soul Beasts. As a result, the True Number World had become much more lively.
Of course, even after arriving in the True Number World, the souls of Soul Beasts that had been dying in Douluo Continent wouldn't recover completely. That was the bottom line Bai Mo had set.
Their souls simply faded more slowly here.
Bai Mo took a quick look around the True Number World, then paid it no further attention.
Until Little Black Tower solved the problem of how to reproduce true life in the True Number World, it could only be considered a little garden.
Bai Mo then entered the Simulated Universe after Little Black Tower had remodeled it.
As soon as he emerged from the starting point, he could see five towering spires piercing the clouds.
They were white, yellow, purple, black, and red.
Bai Mo called these five spires the Trial Towers. Their colors represented the difficulty, while the floors represented the level.
Over the past two years, Bai Mo, Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and some direct descendants of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect who had entered through login devices had all taken a beating in these towers.
Of course, those direct descendants only thought the place was an ancient training Soul Tool discovered by the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
Bai Mo had only given ordinary login devices permission to enter this area.
Going farther on, beyond the five towers, Bai Mo arrived before a Crystal Palace.
Little Black Tower had named it [Bai Mo's Crystal Palace]. It seemed that Miss Little Black Tower had seen right through Bai Mo.
Bai Mo entered the Crystal Palace and found Ning Tian on the bed, playing Snow Bros. with Wu Feng.
Mm-hm, Bai Mo had also asked Little Black Tower to develop a few games for passing the time.
Otherwise, with Bai Mo's talent and the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's full support, he would have reached level 20 two months earlier.
It was precisely because of the games that Wu Feng and Ning Tian had become somewhat addicted to them. One was level 18, and the other level 16.
That useless little redhead did nothing but play games all day!
"You two are having a great time, huh!"
"Ah! Bai Mo, where did you go? Aunt Ning said you went out with Mom. Why didn't you take me with you!"
Wu Feng angrily slammed her head into Bai Mo's stomach, knocking him flat on the floor.
Ning Tian paused the game first, then asked Bai Mo, who was lying there, worriedly:
"What's wrong? Did something happen that made you enter the Simulated Universe all of a sudden?"
Bai Mo pushed Wu Feng's head aside and sat up.
"Nothing. I'll have to stay over there for a while, so I can only talk to you here. Remember to tell Aunt Ning!"
"Really? You're not coming back!" Wu Feng stared at Bai Mo with wide, shining eyes. She even seemed a little delighted?
"You little rascal!"
Bai Mo mercilessly kneaded Wu Feng's soft cheeks between his fingers.
Wu Feng pouted and whimpered, while beneath her short skirt, her legs kept kicking at Bai Mo.
Bai Mo felt conflicted. He'd originally thought that in the original story, Wu Feng liked Ning Tian because there was no one in her world better than Ning Tian. She'd had no other choice!
Bai Mo had even thought that with his own excellence, their years of companionship, and—most importantly—his good looks, he could surely set Wu Feng straight.
Wu Feng hadn't let Bai Mo down either. She was usually very dependent on and affectionate toward him, and treated him completely differently from other boys.
So Bai Mo hadn't thought much of it when Wu Feng had seen him hugging "Qian Renxue"'s leg in his sleep and had rushed over to hug his other leg.
So Bai Mo hadn't thought much of it when, right after he'd drawn Little Black Tower, Wu Feng kept chasing after her with pointless questions.
So Bai Mo hadn't thought much of it when, right after he'd drawn Tingyun, Wu Feng had thrown herself into Tingyun's arms and exclaimed, "Fox sister, you smell so good~~"
So...
So...
"You little rascal, Wu Feng! You just want to play both sides, don't you!"
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