Dai Mubai was taken away by members of the Spirit Hall Enforcement Team.
Bound hand and foot, without even being given his clothes, he was escorted out just like that.
The Rose Hotel had plenty of guests, and the streets outside were even busier.
Being escorted out like this, with the Spirit Hall Enforcement Team personally leading the way—
It was bound to cause quite a stir.
Dai Mubai gritted his teeth in anger and tried to keep his head down, not daring to look at the expressions of the people around him.
He could imagine that plenty of people were mocking him right now.
The Spirit Hall Enforcement Team had gone too far. Were they trying to ruin him completely and make him a laughingstock?
"Damn Spirit Hall. I won't let you get away with this!"
His eyes brimmed with murderous intent.
He had already marked the Spirit Hall as his enemy.
"Why are you looking down? Now you're embarrassed?"
The captain of the enforcement team smacked him on the back of the head.
Dai Mubai grunted. The slap nearly knocked his soul out of his body.
Was that guy doing it on purpose?
"You're so young, and already up to no good. Is this how your parents raised you?"
The captain snorted, clearly very displeased with Dai Mubai.
He was even wondering whether he should give him a thorough beating once they got to the Spirit Hall.
His wife had seemed a little strange lately.
And there were rumors that she'd been seeing a young blond man.
The guy in front of him was blond—and a lecher, to boot.
He strongly suspected this was the very man!
Whatever. As long as the guy was young and blond, he'd give him a proper welcome!
Dai Mubai didn't dare say another word. He seemed completely oblivious to the other man's intense resentment.
"This guy's really famous now,"
Lin Ye muttered.
After this commotion, the whole of Suotuo City would probably hear about him.
If someone found out you'd seduced a respectable woman, they'd only criticize you a little.
Some might even envy you.
But getting caught in bed, with the City Defense Army and the Spirit Hall both stepping in—
That was an exceedingly rare occurrence.
After this incident, Dai Mubai's reputation was utterly ruined.
Xiao Wu snorted and said, "He deserves it. He's disgusting!"
"Exactly!"
Lin Ye replied with a perfectly serious expression.
"Let's go back to our room and rest."
Xiao Wu said with a bright smile, then headed for the room first.
Lin Ye glanced in Zhu Zhuqing's direction, his feelings a jumble.
I never would've guessed. Zhu Zhuqing's pretty impressive.
What a spectacular scene—catching them in the act!
But what will she do now? Go back to the Star Luo Empire and suffer, or stay here?
Zhu Zhuqing's body trembled when she heard his thoughts.
That was right. What should she do now?
She had already punished Dai Mubai.
And this incident had shown her that she absolutely couldn't rely on him.
There was no way she could change her fate by counting on him.
So, should she return to the Star Luo Empire?
Going back to the Star Luo Empire would definitely be dangerous. Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi won't let her off the hook.
She'd be better off joining Shrek Academy. For now, it should be relatively safe.
Shrek Academy?
Zhu Zhuqing's expression shifted.
It sounded like a decent choice.
Judging by the looks of it, the other party was planning to enroll at Shrek Academy too.
What exactly was going on with this man named Lin Ye?
Why could she hear his thoughts?
She was intensely curious now.
There was no way to explain what was happening.
Perhaps if she got close to him, she might find out.
With that in mind, she walked straight over to Lin Ye.
"Hello. Do you know about Shrek Academy?"
Zhu Zhuqing's sudden approach startled Lin Ye.
"I do. It's just outside Suotuo City. The facilities are rudimentary, but it's an excellent academy!"
Excellent, my foot. Yu Xiaogang has some ability, sure, but he's a creep. The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul were cobbled together by plagiarizing other people's research.
If you let Yu Xiaogang train you, you're bound to end up on your knees.
Lin Ye knew the truth.
Yu Xiaogang was a fairly capable teacher.
But there was one key problem.
Shrek Academy's students' later growth actually had little to do with him.
People like Tang San and Dai Mubai had only made it as far as they had because they'd stumbled upon countless opportunities.
Without those opportunities, if they'd followed Yu Xiaogang's training plans to the letter, it was hard to say whether they'd all have become Titled Douluo.
Never mind gods.
Tang San was a walking cheat code.
He used one cheat after another, and the people around him got dragged along for the ride.
Tang San followed his teacher's theories, yet everything he did broke those very theories.
That was pretty amusing.
Zhu Zhuqing felt reassured.
She definitely needed to go to Shrek Academy!
As for whose guidance she'd accept, she could decide once she got there.
Her top priority now was to figure out what was happening with the thoughts she could hear.
And why did this man know so much?
Some of it was information only she herself should have known.
It was truly baffling.
"A Ye, why haven't you come in yet?"
Xiao Wu's voice came from inside the room.
Then she poked her head out.
She seemed a little surprised to see Zhu Zhuqing, but also as if she'd expected it.
They were so close together that she could hear the thoughts too.
From Lin Ye's thoughts, she could tell that Zhu Zhuqing seemed to be in a bad situation.
A girl being hunted, even targeted by her own sister.
All in all, she was pretty pitiful.
And she could hear Lin Ye's thoughts just like Xiao Wu could.
So they ought to have a good talk.
"Hello, I'm Zhu Zhuqing."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly and greeted her first.
"Hi, I'm Xiao Wu. Wu, as in 'dance.'"
"You're so pretty. How about we go out and talk?"
Xiao Wu said with a grin.
"Sure."
Zhu Zhuqing didn't know what Xiao Wu wanted to talk about.
But since she'd suggested it, Zhu Zhuqing decided to see what she had to say.
Besides, she felt quite relaxed around her.
It was like being with an innocent, carefree girl.
"You two are going out? What are you going to talk about?"
Lin Ye was curious. Was this how fated companions were supposed to meet?
Even though their meeting was different from the story, had they still formed a bond right away?
Tsk—
The pull of the plot was kind of terrifying. He'd have to be careful from now on.
"Just chatting. Don't pry into a girl's business."
Xiao Wu rolled her eyes, took Zhu Zhuqing by the hand, and led her outside.
Zhu Zhuqing was a little uncomfortable at first.
Being led by the hand felt awkward, even if it was just someone her own age.
But she soon relaxed.
She was just a girl. She shouldn't pose any threat to Zhu Zhuqing.
Lin Ye scratched his head. Had they really just left?
Never mind. Girls were impossible to understand.
He'd be better off taking a nap than wasting time on it.
He was already at level sixty-two in Soul Power, so he wasn't worried about improving his cultivation in the slightest.
With the system on his side, he just had to keep checking in.
Check in diligently, and he'd get more treasures than he could carry.
It was a shame he still hadn't found a Soul Bone suited to him. That was a little disappointing.
The main issue was that Soul Bones were too low-level.
If it wasn't tens of thousands of years old, he honestly wasn't interested.
It'd be best to get treasures like an External Soul Bone. They had much greater potential for growth.
Meanwhile, Xiao Wu led Zhu Zhuqing out of the hotel, and the two of them wandered along the street.
"You lured me out here. What do you want?"
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