Two Big Cloves of Garlic Showed Up

"Chu—Men—!!!"

Liu Erlong wiped the cream off her face and charged after him.

"Sister Erlong, I was just livening things up. No need for all the fighting and killing..."

"I'll liven up your head!" Liu Erlong swung her greatsword like a rock and hurled it at him. "You! Stand still!"

Xiao Wu finally caught on. She stomped her foot angrily, wiped her face, and joined the chase.

"You creepy uncle! My new dress! This is all your fault!"

For a while, the forest rang with laughter, along with a bit of less harmonious chaos.

Half an hour later.

Chu Men had washed up, and the bruises on his face had vanished.

Dressed in a clean black outfit, he stepped out of the wooden cabin, looking refreshed.

He glanced back at Liu Erlong, who was still angrily wiping down her armor, and Xiao Wu, who sat beside her with puffed-out cheeks, sulking.

He grinned. "I'm off to teach!"

Liu Erlong didn't even look up. "Get lost!"

Chu Men didn't mind. Whistling, he rode off on his Harley Fat Boy in a flash.

At the same time,

the gates of Blue Tyrant Villa slowly opened. Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao rode in a carriage emblazoned with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon crest, heading toward Blue Tyrant Academy.

Outside the gates of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi's carriage also started moving. Its wheels rolled over the bluestone road with a steady rumble.

In the shadows of a building at the Crown Prince's Mansion, three figures in yellow flickered past and darted in the same direction.

A little over an hour later,

Liu Erlong was in the wooden cabin in the forest, patiently teaching Xiao Wu cultivation methods and combat skills, when two figures appeared in the courtyard out front without a sound.

At their head was Yu Zhentian, an elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Following him was the family's haughty "genius," Yu Songtao!

Hearing the noise, Liu Erlong looked up and saw the two unwelcome guests. Her brow immediately furrowed, and her tone turned hostile.

"What are you doing here?"

Yu Zhentian's gaze swept over the courtyard, which had yet to be repaired and was damaged in several places. A flicker of surprise crossed his eyes, and he said gravely,

"Erlong, I'm here to discuss something with you—the Lightning Soul-Guided Device."

Liu Erlong patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder, signaling for her to go back and rest.

Then she replied coldly, "The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan doesn't need to concern itself with this."

She drew the line plainly!

"This is no small matter!"

Yu Zhentian's tone grew serious. "The Lightning Soul-Guided Device is extraordinary. If it could be used by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, it would surely..."

Liu Erlong simply turned around and left Yu Zhentian staring at her back.

Yu Zhentian's eyes turned sinister. "I heard it was invented by a teacher named Chu Men. Is that right?"

Though he phrased it as a question, the threat in his voice was unmistakable.

He knew a thing or two about Liu Erlong.

She was Yu Luomian's illegitimate daughter, unacknowledged by the clan, and naturally unworthy of the Yu surname.

But she had once been the Horn of Slaughter of the Golden Iron Triangle. With her mutated Fire Dragon Martial Soul and the strength of a Power Attack System Soul Saint in her thirties, there was no question about her talent.

But if anyone claimed she could invent a Soul Tool, he wouldn't believe it for a second.

So the key was that little Soul Ancestor named Chu Men.

At his words, Liu Erlong's eyes turned icy. She barked,

"Yu Zhentian, try laying a finger on him!"

The air turned cold in an instant.

Just as the two were poised to clash, the familiar roar of a Harley motorcycle came from outside the courtyard.

Chu Men rode in and pulled off a much cleaner, more stylish skid than before, stopping with a flourish at the courtyard gate.

Today's classes had been much easier. He'd spent two whole lessons bragging to a crowd of lovestruck girls.

His steps were still practically floating as he walked!

Just as he'd rehearsed countless times in his mind, he elegantly removed his sunglasses, doing his best to exude the bearing of a celebrity!

Then he noticed two strangers in the courtyard.

"Well, well. The dean has guests!"

Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao turned at the same time to look at Chu Men.

Six eyes met!

An unusual tension seemed to drift through the air!

Leaning against his Harley, Chu Men narrowed his eyes and studied the scene with keen interest.

"Looks like they're here to cause trouble!"

[Well, who are these two?]

[Those lightning symbols on their clothes—they're from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, right?]

[The commenter above is sharp. I'd say that's probably it. A man's guilt lies in possessing a treasure. They're here for the streamer.]

Yu Zhentian looked at Liu Erlong, his voice carrying the condescending generosity of an elder toward a junior.

"Erlong, if you're willing to return to the clan, I can personally arrange to restore your status as a direct descendant."

He paused. The corner of his eye swept over Chu Men. Just as the intelligence had described, Yu Zhentian couldn't help letting some contempt seep into his voice.

"So this is the Soul Ancestor named Chu Men. He can join us too, as a guest elder."

Liu Erlong folded her arms and leaned against the doorframe, her gaze cold as frost.

Now that the main character had arrived, she wasn't in a hurry anymore.

Chu Men removed his sunglasses at his leisure and slipped them into his breast pocket, as if he hadn't heard a thing.

Seeing their cold attitude, Yu Zhentian's expression darkened.

"Erlong, think carefully. Without the clan's protection, you'll be facing more than just the forces coveting the Soul Tool. Even Blue Tyrant Academy..."

Yu Songtao immediately chimed in.

"Cousin Erlong, if the people inside the clan find out you've left Soul Tool technology in the hands of an outsider, they won't let it go either!"

As soon as he finished, a sudden burst of laughter rang out.

"Hahahaha!"

Chu Men laughed so hard he doubled over. Pointing at Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao, with tears nearly spilling from his eyes, he turned to Liu Erlong.

"They're from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, right? Are they always this hilarious? Maybe they've been cultivating so much they've fried their brains."

[Streamer: Did Tianheng hire you two clowns?]

[Classic villain threats, and not even delivered well. I recommend taking a few classes at our school!]

[The number one Beast Martial Soul under heaven? Their strength may not be number one, but their arrogance sure isn't second! They show up and try to snatch things right away. Even bandits have more class!]

Yu Zhentian turned sharply and looked Chu Men in the eye for the first time, like an aging lion.

"You've got guts, kid!"

The pressure of a Soul Douluo burst forth, twisting the air around Chu Men.

"Heh. What the hell are you?"

Chu Men stopped laughing, tapped the Inversion Pen against himself, and spoke with casual confidence.

"Blue Tyrant Academy is doing just fine. We don't need protection from some random clan. And anyone who wants trouble can come and get it! Let's see how many fools dare to run wild on our turf!"

As he spoke, Chu Men shot Yu Zhentian and Yu Songtao a provocative look. He might as well have said, "You two are the ones running wild."

"You!"

Yu Zhentian hadn't expected a mere Soul Ancestor to withstand his pressure, let alone talk to him like that. His beard bristled with rage.

"Fool who doesn't know the height of the heavens!"

He turned to Liu Erlong, as though even replying to Chu Men would lower his station.

"Erlong, you're doing a poor job running Blue Tyrant Academy! You let all sorts of riffraff in."

"Can't deny that."

Chu Men scoffed and strolled over to stand beside Liu Erlong. He stared straight at Yu Zhentian, his voice dripping with undisguised mockery.

"Otherwise, how would two big cloves of garlic like you have waltzed right through the gates of Blue Tyrant Academy?

"What are you looking at? You still want to glare at me? Xiao Wu, shut the gate and release the dogs!"