Leng Yaozhu's Itch

After absorbing the Seven-Colored Mushroom Soul Spirit, Li Luo was just about to thank that mysterious senior properly.

Unexpectedly, the Ghost Sorrow world constructed by Lord Sea God

shattered with a crash.

And Li Luo woke up...

He heard what Leng Yaozhu had said.

Even though they had killed the man and started the fire, who would be foolish enough to admit they'd done it?

Tang Wulin was utterly astonished by Li Luo's answer.

Xie Xie was just as full of admiration.

Gu Yue looked at him with adoration.

When it came to lying through their teeth, none of them could hold a candle to Li Luo.

Unfortunately, they had misjudged him.

Li Luo was a man of integrity who stuck to the facts.

"To say we had nothing to do with it wouldn't be right either," Li Luo said with a gentle smile.

Leng Yaozhu's eyes narrowed slightly. "You are?"

"Greetings, Senior. I'm Li Luo," Li Luo replied with another smile.

Leng Yaozhu praised him. "I know. The Li Luo who inspired the saying, 'If you've never met Li the Immortal, you can hardly call yourself a hero.'"

"Quite the Li Luo. Three years ago, you brought down our Spirit Pagoda's official website."

"I'm sorry about that," Li Luo said apologetically. "May I ask who you are, Senior?"

Leng Yaozhu replied coolly, "Leng Yaozhu of the Spirit Pagoda."

"So it's Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix herself." Li Luo gave an elegant bow. "It's an honor to meet you."

Xie Xie was shaken to the core. Holy crap, this was Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu, with her mutated Heavenly Phoenix Martial Soul—a Limit Douluo and Four-Word Battle Armor Master,

the deputy tower master of the Spirit Pagoda.

The heir to the Leng Family.

Brother Luo was talking with someone as important as her, yet he was neither servile nor overbearing, chatting and laughing with ease. I'm so jealous...

Country bumpkin Tang Wulin was even more stunned. Heavenly Phoenix Douluo's name carried immense weight. She was a major figure in the Spirit Pagoda, without a doubt.

An existence far beyond his reach.

He figured he'd stumble over his words just trying to speak to her.

Brother Luo was incredible. He wasn't the least bit intimidated in front of someone so important!

Gu Yue was a little jealous.

Leng Yaozhu was a woman in her full bloom, gentle and dignified, brimming with feminine charm.

She grumbled inwardly, The Dragon Queen's gone bad. She actually likes older women.

Hmph. When I grow up, I won't be any worse than her.

Leng Yaozhu said seriously, "Li Luo, you said it had nothing to do with you, but that isn't quite right either. May I ask what happened?"

"Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix, what if I told you this whole incident was caused by a pot of Braised Beef in Pot? Would you believe me?"

Li Luo's voice flowed on, unhurried...

He told Leng Yaozhu that more than two years ago, he had killed two Evil Soul Masters from the Holy Spirit Cult. While he was eating Braised Beef in Pot, the Holy Spirit Cult had retaliated against him.

The captain of the East Sea mecha brigade had stepped forward,

bravely standing against the forces of evil.

He had fought the Evil Soul Masters to the end. The Evil Soul Masters had been driven off, but the mecha brigade had fallen.

At the end, Li Luo said, "I can swear on Sea God's honor that everything I've told you is true."

If any of it was false, may Sea God be struck by lightning and die a horrible death.

Hidden deep in Tang Wulin's Soul Sea of Consciousness, Sea God Tang San ground his teeth...

Leng Yaozhu was only half-convinced, but she really didn't want to believe that a few children could wipe out an entire mecha brigade.

Just then, Ye Yin, the lord of Eastsea City, arrived.

He had just received instructions from Long Yeyue.

The instructions were a little strange.

Ye Yin, the lord of Eastsea City, broke into a smile. "So you're the heroes who stood up for justice. You protected Eastsea."

"Thank you!"

"Eastsea is fortunate to have you."

Ye Yin practically forced a Federation bank card into each of their hands.

"Eastsea won't let its heroes go unrewarded!"

"This is your reward for standing up for justice."

Leng Yaozhu was left dumbfounded. She couldn't figure out what Ye Yin meant by immediately deciding the matter was settled.

Actually, Ye Yin didn't understand either.

He had received instructions from Long Yeyue.

Long Yeyue was the former vice master of Shrek's Sea God Pavilion, and she was famous for being difficult. Ye Yin couldn't afford to ignore her instructions.

Far away in Eastsea, Long Yeyue finally relaxed a little. "I had Ye Yin apologize and give them each a Federation bank card loaded with a million. That terrifying existence shouldn't keep watching me now..."

Still stunned, Tang Wulin accepted the card from Ye Yin. It was a black-and-gold card, with at least a million in savings.

Tang Wulin trembled.

A million!

How much blacksmithing would he have to do to earn that much?

He was practically in a daze.

He didn't even realize they'd returned to the academy.

"One million Federation Coins."

He was in a state of extreme excitement...

He just couldn't calm down!

The matter at the Braised Beef Shop was put aside for the time being. Leng Yaozhu was still somewhat puzzled, but she didn't press the issue.

Before saying goodbye to everyone, she gave Li Luo her contact information.

"If you come to the Spirit Pagoda to buy a Soul Spirit, I can give you a twenty percent discount."

Before leaving, she added, "If you ever run into trouble, you can come to me."

Xie Xie was very envious of Li Luo's good fortune. He wasn't interested in the million Federation Coins or the discount on Soul Spirits, but the chance to call on Heavenly Phoenix Douluo whenever he had trouble was very appealing.

Xie Xie was green with envy. "Why does Brother Luo always get so lucky?"

Leng Yaozhu departed with graceful, confident strides...

Li Luo smiled as he watched her leave.

Suddenly, a sharp pain struck the soft flesh at his waist.

Gu Yue's voice rang out, dripping with sarcasm. "Was she pretty?"

Li Luo's mouth twitched...

Gu Yue had been green with jealousy the whole way back.

Her words dripped with sarcasm.

Everyone returned to the dormitory. Tang Wulin was still excited, and Xie Xie looked down on him. "Hey, country bumpkin, do you really have to act like that?"

"Never seen money before?"

"Do you even know how much of a country bumpkin you look like right now?"

Tang Wulin didn't get angry. He said excitedly to Xie Xie, "It's a million Federation Coins! I'm so happy I feel like jumping up and down."

"Jumping up and down?" Xie Xie asked, puzzled.

Before Tang Wulin could answer, Xie Xie agreed, "I don't know why, but I feel like jumping up and down too."

"Really? That's great," Tang Wulin said happily.

"Let's go outside and jump."

The two of them got excited at the same time, singing in an eerie voice, "Red mushroom, green mushroom, one for you, one for me."

A Blue Mushroom sprouted from Tang Wulin's arm.

A Yellow Mushroom sprouted from Xie Xie's forehead.

They each plucked one and popped it into their mouths.

They went to the open space outside the dormitory, put their arms around each other, and sang in unison, "Blue mushroom, yellow mushroom, eat them and pogo-stick your way up to the Divine Realm."

"Jump!"

At the very top of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu's face flushed. She felt itchy all over and really wanted to scratch herself.

But it wasn't an appropriate place to scratch.

She fought desperately to hold back.

It was so itchy!

She was the noble tower master of the Spirit Pagoda. Doing something like that would be far too embarrassing.

But Leng Yaozhu really couldn't stand it anymore.

The black lace slipped away.

She looked down.

A red bump had appeared there.

It was incredibly bright.

Leng Yaozhu cried out, "What is this?"