Rewarding Flender with a Soul Bone

After three rounds of drinks.

Lin Xiao took Zhou Yi back to his private apartment at Shrek Academy.

Zhou Yi lay on the soft bed and stretched lazily. "Ah, you really know how to enjoy yourself. Back home, those old geezers force me to cultivate every day. I've had enough."

Lin Xiao sat in a chair, reading the book he had yet to finish.

"I'd advise you to go back early. If they find out you descended to the lower realm without permission, you won't escape punishment. Even your father won't be able to protect you."

Zhou Yi did not care. Closing his eyes, he said, "Don't worry. I left behind a clone. It'll take them some time to discover I'm gone. No matter what, I'm going to have some fun here these next few days."

Lin Xiao felt rather helpless. The Asura God had thrown him down here. If he wanted to return to the God Realm, the Asura God would have to come personally. Otherwise, he could only wait until he broke through level one hundred and became a god.

Zhou Yi was different. He had secretly descended to the lower realm using the Space Pearl. If he was discovered, he would be confined at best and punished by the Five Thunder Formation at worst.

Looking at the sleeping Zhou Yi, Lin Xiao shook his head helplessly. This guy really went straight to sleep after eating, not worrying in the slightest about whether he would be caught.

The next morning.

Zhou Yi woke from his sleep and saw Lin Xiao beside the desk at first glance.

"Lin Xiao, you didn't sleep all night?"

"Sleep my ass." Lin Xiao put down his book and turned around. "There's only one bed in this room. You took it, so where was I supposed to sleep?"

"Uh..." Zhou Yi froze, then pointed beneath himself. "You could sleep on the floor."

"Fuck off!"

After tidying up a little, the two left the room and arrived at Shrek Academy's square.

At that moment, all the teachers and students of Shrek Academy were discussing the self-cultivation of Soul Masters. When Flender saw Lin Xiao, he handed the students over to Zhao Wuji and hurried over himself.

The Shrek students all looked toward the young man beside Lin Xiao. It was their first time seeing him, and they were curious about who he was.

"San, who do you think he is? He looks like he's only around twenty. Could he be Teacher Lin Xiao's younger brother, or maybe his older brother?"

Oscar leaned over and asked in a low voice.

Tang San shook his head. He did not know who this person was either. There were countless Soul Masters on the continent. How could he possibly know them all?

Zhao Wuji stroked his chin. Even with his cultivation as a Soul Saint, he could not see through this man's strength. That proved this person had already reached the level of a Titled Douluo.

No wonder he was so close to Lin Xiao.

"Your Excellency Lin Xiao, this is?"

"Ah, let me introduce you. This is the dean of Shrek Academy, Flender, a level seventy-eight agility-attack Battle Soul Saint. His martial soul is the Four-Eyed Cat Owl. Back then, he was the main fighter of the renowned Golden Iron Triangle. He founded Shrek Academy."

Zhou Yi smiled faintly. "So you're Dean Flender. I've long admired your name. Back then, I absolutely loved you."

Lin Xiao nearly choked on his saliva. This guy was really full of bullshit.

Flender was stunned as well. "You know me, sir?"

"Uh..." Zhou Yi's expression changed, and he coughed. "Ahem, of course. Who doesn't know the Golden Iron Triangle? My name is Zhou Yi. I'm Little Brother Lin Xiao's friend. From now on, we're all family."

"Ah." Flender's eyes lit up. Anyone who could become friends with Lin Xiao was certainly a Titled Douluo powerhouse.

For such a person to join Shrek Academy would truly bring glory to the place.

"So it is Your Excellency Zhou Yi. I've long admired your name."

Lin Xiao finally could not hold back and burst out laughing. He had not expected Flender to be such a skilled bullshitter too.

Zhou Yi patted Flender on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Dean, you're too polite. Since you're the dean of Shrek Academy and Little Brother Lin Xiao's superior, I'll give you a meeting gift."

Before Dean Flender could refuse, a silvery-white bone appeared in Zhou Yi's palm.

A terrifying killing intent erupted from the bone almost instantly.

"This is a fifty-thousand-year left leg soul bone named Windchaser. You happen to be an agility-attack Soul Master, so I'll give it to you."

"It's nothing special, so please don't mind it."

Flender's eyes had already widened, and his breathing became hurried. A fifty-thousand-year soul bone was nothing special? Good heavens, just who was this guy?

Soul bones were things every Soul Master dreamed of obtaining. Even Titled Douluos might not possess more than three soul bones, yet he was merely a Soul Saint and had somehow received a soul bone over fifty thousand years old—one that suited him perfectly.

While there were quite a few soul bones on this continent, soul bones that matched one's attributes were truly as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. Out of ten thousand soul bones, one might not even find a single one suited to oneself.

One could imagine just how valuable a suitable soul bone was.

Whether it was Zhao Wuji or all the teachers and students of Shrek Academy, their eyes went wide. A soul bone over fifty thousand years old was an unparalleled treasure.

Seeing their expressions, Zhou Yi frowned slightly. "Flender, what's wrong? You don't like it? It may be a little cheap, but this is the only soul bone I currently have that suits you."

Flender snapped back to his senses and hurriedly accepted the soul bone Zhou Yi handed over. A tear of excitement rolled down his face.

"Thank you, Your Excellency. Thank you, Your Excellency."

Zhou Yi patted Flender's shoulder approvingly and glanced sideways at Lin Xiao.

"Alright, let me take a look at your students."

Flender said excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes. Please, Your Excellency."

After putting away the soul bone, Flender's attitude had changed from respect to admiration, as though he would willingly climb mountains of blades and dive into seas of fire.

"These are the students of our Shrek Academy. Please have a look."

Zhou Yi examined them starting with Tang San. When he saw Na'er, however, his brows suddenly furrowed. His right hand unconsciously tightened around his feather fan, and his Soul Power began to surge rapidly.

Almost instantly, Lin Xiao appeared beside him, grabbed his right hand, and transmitted his voice to him.

"This is Na'er. Just as you thought, she's my younger sister in the human world. Keep it secret for me."

Zhou Yi narrowed his eyes. Upon hearing this, he withdrew the Soul Power he had just released.

"If that's the case, then I'll give you this favor, big brother."

Lin Xiao truly wanted to slap him straight back to the God Realm. He was seriously infuriating. But considering that Zhou Yi was a guest from afar, he decided to put that thought aside.

Until no one was around.

Zhou Yi gently fanned himself with the feather fan in his hand and said with a smile, "Children, release all your martial souls and soul rings for me to see."

Tang San and the others looked at one another, then revealed their martial souls at the same time.

The most eye-catching among them was Tang San. His third eight-hundred-year soul ring was simply too shocking. Even Zhou Yi stared in a daze.

"The third... an eight-hundred-year soul ring? And it came from a grass-eating sheep?"

Zhou Yi turned his head and asked through voice transmission, "Lin Xiao, you did this, didn't you? What were you thinking, making him absorb a hundred-year soul ring? Aren't you trying to get him killed?"