The Expedition to Other Worlds Will Never End! Ma Hongshuai: What? I Go to Brothels Every Day?

After changing clothes, Dugu Yan followed Xiao Yi into the palace banquet hall. Inside, she saw more than a dozen tables arranged in two rows. They were the kind of ancient tables meant for individual dining, with just enough room for two people at each one.

Dugu Yan asked softly, "Xiao Yi, are there a lot of people coming today?"

"Yes! Emperor Qingtian wants to take this opportunity to introduce you to everyone and announce the progress of the expedition to other worlds."

"Oh."

The banquet was about to begin, and more and more people were arriving.

Xiao Yi showed Dugu Yan to her seat, gave her a few reminders, then went off to take care of her own duties.

"Can I sit with you?"

Just then, Zhu Zhuqin, whom Dugu Yan had met briefly during the day, came over and sat down beside her.

"O-of course!"

Dugu Yan looked at the face that was 99 percent identical to Zhu Zhuqing's. She silently nodded to Zhu Zhuqin in greeting, then looked away, feeling it would be rude to stare.

Zhu Zhuqin introduced herself. "Hello, my name is Zhu Zhuqin."

"I'm Dugu Yan."

"I know. Um, can I ask you something? Have you met my doppelganger?"

"I have!"

"Then can you tell me about her?"

"Well..."

Dugu Yan nodded and pondered for a moment, organizing her thoughts before speaking. "Shrek Academy has seven inner-court students, the seven most talented students at the academy. They're known as the Shrek Seven Devils! One of the seven is named Zhu Zhuqing!"

Zhu Zhuqin nodded.

Dugu Yan hesitated, then continued. "Zhu Zhuqing just turned thirteen this year, I think. Her Soul Power Level... should be around level thirty!"

"She's that weak? Go on."

"Um... her boyfriend is..."

"Boyfriend? She has a boyfriend?"

"Mm." Dugu Yan nodded and explained, "Zhu Zhuqing belongs to the Hell Spirit Cat clan of the Star Luo Empire in our world. As soon as she awakened her Martial Soul, she was betrothed to Dai Mubai, the Third Prince of the imperial family!"

"Dai Mubai?" Zhu Zhuqin furrowed her brows, thinking of someone named Dai Muhei. Dai Muhei was also a descendant of the Star Luo Empire's imperial family. She supposed the two of them were doppelgangers!

Besides, she had spent this time learning about her family's history in depth, and had even asked her older sister about it.

The political marriage had indeed happened!

Dugu Yan paused briefly, then continued. "Dai Mubai was oppressed by the other princes of the Star Luo Empire, so he came to Shrek Academy in the Tiandou Empire to study. A few years later, Zhu Zhuqing came to Shrek too."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqin frowned and asked, "She came too? Did she follow Dai Mubai?"

"I'm not sure. But in our Douluo World No. 1, the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill is famous! Zhu Zhuqing... she must have come looking for Dai Mubai, right? Otherwise, it'd be too much of a coincidence for her to show up at Shrek. Do you know about the Star Luo Empire's system for choosing an heir? If they can't defeat the other princes, there's only one outcome!"

"I know a little." Zhu Zhuqin nodded, thinking, It seems my doppelganger has probably already lost her virginity... Sigh. I can't let her live!

Zhu Zhuqin fell silent for a long time.

Dugu Yan had been watching her expression closely. Now she asked timidly, "Um... can I ask why you're all so concerned about whether your doppelgangers have lost their virginity?"

Zhu Zhuqin turned to Dugu Yan and asked curiously, "You're not that young anymore, are you? Are you seeing anyone? Have you lost your virginity?"

"Me? I do have a boyfriend, but we haven't had sex."

"Oh? Since you have a boyfriend, why haven't you had sex?"

"I... I..." Dugu Yan's face flushed bright red. She couldn't exactly tell a girl she'd just met that it was because she was poisonous, and he was afraid to touch her...

Zhu Zhuqin blinked. Seeing how embarrassed Dugu Yan was, she didn't press further. Instead, she explained what she'd meant earlier. "We want to devote everything to Emperor Qingtian, so we can't allow ourselves to be tainted by any blemish! Not even our doppelgangers in other worlds!"

"Huh?" Dugu Yan's mouth fell open. She didn't know what to say.

Zhu Zhuqin immediately realized Dugu Yan had misunderstood her. She explained slowly, "When I say 'devote everything,' I don't mean devoting our bodies... Though, of course, we'd be willing to do that too! What I meant was helping Emperor Qingtian conquer other worlds and reach the vastness of the myriad heavens! The expedition to other worlds will never end!"

Seeing Zhu Zhuqin's expression and tone grow more and more solemn, Dugu Yan was swept up in the mood too. Even her breathing grew careful.

"Hey, what are you two talking about?"

As they were speaking, a chubby red-haired boy came running over.

Zhu Zhuqin frowned and asked, "Ma Hongshuai, what are you doing here?"

Ma Hongshuai cheerfully scratched the back of his head, looked at Dugu Yan, and said, "I heard someone came from Douluo World No. 1, so I came to take a look. Sure enough, you look exactly like Dugu Yan!"

Dugu Yan looked at Ma Hongshuai and naturally recognized that he was Ma Hongjun's doppelganger.

However, the Ma Hongshuai before her wore a bright, open smile. He was nothing like Ma Hongjun, who had a lecherous look on his face!

Ma Hongshuai introduced himself. "Hello, I'm Ma Hongshuai. Can you tell me about the me from the other world?"

Dugu Yan hesitated, then glanced at Zhu Zhuqin and asked uncertainly, "Are you sure you want me to tell you? Your doppelganger... isn't great! He might be far worse than you imagine!"

By now, some of the people nearby had started paying attention to them.

Dugu Yan was already the center of attention, and Ma Hongshuai's sudden appearance had drawn even more people over.

Ma Hongshuai said with a smile, "Go ahead, it's fine. No matter what my doppelganger is like, I can take it!"

"Well... all right."

Dugu Yan noticed everyone's eager looks, so she said, "In our world, your doppelganger is named Ma Hongjun! Ma Hongjun is one of the Shrek Seven Devils at Shrek Academy. They're the seven most talented students at the academy!"

"Haha!" Ma Hongshuai laughed proudly and boasted to everyone, "See? My doppelganger in another world is just as talented!"

Everyone immediately began discussing it among themselves.

Dugu Yan's mouth twitched. With a strange expression, she said, "But... but Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul is the Evil Fire Phoenix!"

"Mm! Just like mine! We both have the powerful Evil Fire Phoenix!"

"You have the Evil Fire Phoenix too?"

Dugu Yan looked at Ma Hongshuai in surprise and shifted a few centimeters in the opposite direction, trying to put some distance between them.

It was only a tiny movement, but it hit hard!

Ma Hongshuai's smug smile froze on his face. After a moment, he asked, bewildered, "Why are you moving so far away from me?"

Dugu Yan opened her mouth, then continued. "Since Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul is the Evil Fire Phoenix, the phoenix's Evil Fire is impossible to control... He's been haunting brothels since he was six! He's thirteen this year!"

Boom!

Ma Hongshuai froze as if struck by a bolt of lightning!

Dugu Yan continued, "Ma Hongjun comes from a commoner family and has no clan wealth to support him, so... the women he visits at the brothels are all middle-aged aunties in their forties or fifties! They're cheaper!"

"No! No! No! No! No way! There's no way I go to brothels every day and look for women in their forties and fifties... Gulp! No way! Absolutely no way! Absolutely no way!"

Dugu Yan continued, "There's also Dai Mubai. He and Ma Hongjun are regulars at the brothels! They often arrange to go together!"

"What? They go together too? No! Absolutely not!"

Ma Hongshuai was so furious he seemed to go mad. He demanded, "How do you know all this? Have you been to the brothels too? Or did they tell you about going there?"

"Ma Hongshuai!"

Zhu Zhuqin shouted from beside him. Her angry cry brought Ma Hongshuai, who had been beside himself with rage, back to his senses. His mouth twitched as he apologized. "Sorry, I... I... I'm sorry! I lost my temper!"

"It's all right."

Dugu Yan awkwardly waved her hand and explained, "Everyone knows about the flaw in Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul. When the Evil Fire in his Martial Soul flares up, he can't control himself. Anyone who's paid him attention knows at least a little about it. And Dai Mubai..."

As she spoke, Dugu Yan glanced at Zhu Zhuqin, then continued, "People from my school circle have been to the brothels too. They said they often ran into Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai there."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqin's expression darkened too!

Her doppelganger's boyfriend was someone who haunted brothels every day? And he went as part of a group! It completely exceeded anything Zhu Zhuqin could have imagined!

"Hah..." Zhu Zhuqin drew a deep breath and thought, If my doppelganger really lost her virginity to a scumbag like that... I'll kill her! Even Emperor Qingtian won't be able to save her. I said it!

Someone asked, "Aren't these two scum? Do Feng Xiaodi and the others know what they've been doing?"

Dugu Yan shook her head. "They don't! My grandfather told me not to tell them, because he was worried they'd make a huge scene!"

"Why?"

"Um..." Dugu Yan hesitated again, unsure whether she should say.

Ma Hongshuai quickly fanned the flames. "What's there to hide? You could tell me my doppelganger goes to brothels every day, so what else can't you say?"

Dugu Yan thought he had a point, so she continued. "Earlier, when we needed to raise funds, Feng Xiaodi, Ozka, and my grandfather went to an auction. At the auction, Ning Fengzhi, the head of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in our world, bought a fox-eared woman whose Martial Soul had mutated!"

"An auction? A fox-eared woman?!"

Someone cried out in shock, while some older people sighed over the nation's former system and its dark past.

Dugu Yan continued, "Then, that very night, Feng Xiaodi and Ozka snuck into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and saw... They saw Ning Fengzhi trying to force the fox-eared woman, Xiao Wei, to have sex with him!"

"What?! Something like that happened? Who's Ning Fengzhi's doppelganger? Everyone should stay away from him from now on! That's a crime!"

"Then... Ozka castrated Ning Fengzhi!"

"Hiss!"

"That's why my grandfather told me not to tell them. He was afraid they'd castrate Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai too! They might even kill them!"

Thump!

Ma Hongshuai slammed his fist on the table and roared, "They should kill them! Get rid of these social parasites! Damn it! What a pair of beasts!"

At that very moment!

In a corner, Ning Yuzhi furrowed his brows slightly. Under the watchful eyes of his companions, he stood up, pretending to be calm, and walked step by step toward the door.

"Director Ning! Where are you going?"

"My house is on fire. I'm going back to check on it!"

Whoosh! Ning Yuzhi moved even faster. He turned a corner, then shot straight into the air with a whoosh. He was out of there!

Ning Yuzhi didn't dare look back.

The moment he heard the name Ning Fengzhi, he knew that Ning Fengzhi was his doppelganger!

At first, Ning Yuzhi had been listening with great interest. Then he heard that his doppelganger had been castrated by Ozka!

Damn! Ning Yuzhi cursed under his breath. Before everyone could realize that he was Ning Fengzhi's doppelganger, he turned and fled! He didn't hesitate for a second!

This place was no longer safe!

As for the palace banquet? Ha... It wasn't as if he absolutely had to attend!