"Cut it out. It's not like being a maid is such a big deal," Xiao Wu said stubbornly, her cheeks faintly flushed. "What's so bad about it...?"
You couldn't really blame Xiao Wu for giving in so easily. Du Hao's offer had been far too tempting.
Forget Du Hao's own talent, which, in Xiao Wu's eyes, was simply top-notch.
Even Zhu Zhuqing, who had been by his side all along, was a genius in her own right...
For a little rabbit like her, who needed human aura to keep changing and evolving,
this kind of temptation was simply impossible to resist.
"Heh, a joke's a joke, but you don't really think I'm someone to you, do you?" Du Hao said with a look of disdain as he ate his delicious meal.
"Xiao Wu, that joke went too far." Zhu Zhuqing, who had been listening, rarely spoke up.
Zhu Zhuqing wasn't joking. In this world, a maid's status was actually very low.
If Du Hao hadn't saved her before, she, the ice-cold goddess, would never have taken a job that came with certain 'built-in qualities.'
"Haha..." Xiao Wu's rabbit ears drooped at once. She asked timidly, "D-did I say something wrong?"
Watching the man and two women over there sharing such an intimate moment,
Grandmaster, who was eating and chatting with the others nearby, couldn't help smacking his lips.
"Are kids these days all so mature?" He glanced at Tang San with a strange look and asked tentatively, "Xiao San, was your hometown friend always like that?"
"Uh... I guess?" To be honest, Tang San wasn't sure either.
After all, Du Hao had never told him about having a maid.
"Hao-ge, you're the best~" Xiao Wu wrapped both arms around one of Du Hao's arms and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Xiao Wu won't be a maid anymore, okay?"
Seeing Xiao Wu acting so coy, Du Hao, who had already finished eating, shuddered from head to toe.
He hurriedly said, "I never planned to make you one. Even Zhu Zhuqing was just playing along with me..."
After all, no matter how perverted he was, he couldn't seriously make that kind of joke in an ancient era like this.
At most, he could play around in private...
He reached out and ruffled Xiao Wu's hair. Du Hao's gaze drifted toward Tang San's table, then suddenly lingered on Grandmaster.
A question had suddenly occurred to him.
He turned to Zhu Zhuqing and asked, "Zhuqing, have you already obtained a Soul Ring?"
"Although I awakened at Notting Academy,
my Soul Power was full when I tested it privately, but I don't know why the test showed that I was at level seven.
As for obtaining a Soul Ring,
I'll have to wait for the academy's group Soul Hunting trip. That's still more than half a year away." Zhu Zhuqing explained everything to Du Hao in detail.
She also took the opportunity to tell him a little about how the academy helped students obtain Soul Rings.
After all, she was basically an ordinary person now. For obtaining a Soul Ring... this was the only option available to her at the moment.
"Is that so? That's a bit of a problem..." Du Hao frowned. He hadn't expected one of life's hurdles to show up so soon. It had caught him completely off guard.
Although someone with Innate Full Soul Power could still cultivate without obtaining a Soul Ring, without the boost from a Soul Ring,
no matter how hard you worked to accumulate Soul Power, you'd still just be a slightly fatter pig!
But the damn academy wouldn't help its students obtain Soul Rings until more than half a year from now. And the Soul Rings they got would definitely be nothing special.
That led to a vicious cycle...
Innate Full Soul Power + half a year of hard cultivation = a slightly fatter pig.
Obtaining a Soul Ring + unknown factors = a Soul Ring with an extremely low floor and a mediocre ceiling.
Put the two together and you got: "An ordinary person with no power or influence, destined to live a life of mediocrity."
What the hell was this, a joke?
Still, it was a good thing he had a cheat, and with his advantage of knowing what was coming, he could just about deal with this...
But—however!
Don't forget that on Douluo Continent, there was a very curious hidden rule about obtaining Soul Rings early on!
You could even say it was something every transmigrator to Douluo knew!
That was, the conditions for absorbing the first three Soul Rings were directly linked to your physical fitness!
That was the main reason Du Hao, despite having obtained Innate Full Soul Power, hadn't immediately gone to get his First Soul Ring.
He was waiting!
Waiting to earn a reward related to physical fitness!
And what about the delay in his cultivation progress?
Come on, he had a cheat. Why worry about that?
Weren't you just pulling an egg out of thin air?
As far as Du Hao was concerned, obtaining a Soul Ring could wait, but he absolutely couldn't be careless about it.
Once his physical fitness improved, he'd go straight for a high-level Soul Ring. That was the answer for the current version!
According to Du Hao's own estimate,
his system could trigger two or more missions a day. In a month, he'd definitely be able to earn the reward he wanted!
If he had to, he'd just outlast the system!
There was still plenty of time before graduation, so there was no need to panic!
Besides, he had beauty... and patience.
And if he really got impatient, he could always ask Tang San's good buddy and cheap master for help.
He could have him ask the principal to lend a hand. After all, he had plenty of money...
As long as your thinking didn't falter, there were always more solutions than difficulties.
So, when he returned to the dorm, Du Hao still had enough time to head toward Dorm Seven.
He planned to see whether his good buddy Tang San had returned to the dorm.
Of course, that was secondary. The main reason was that it was still early.
Going back to the villa too soon
would leave him with nothing to do. He might as well find something to occupy himself.
After all, nighttime was when he could really let his nature run free. He'd just triggered a mission, too!
"Choice One [Black]: Rabbits are so cute, how could you bully one? Spend your break learning how to flip and pepper a rabbit, and taste what a hundred-thousand-year-old one is like...
Reward: Resurrection Coin *1."
"Choice Two [White]: The rabbit's already pitiful enough. Let him have a good 'sleep'!
Reward: Teaching book from the nth generation: Soul Power Control, from 'Beginner' to 'Buried'"
Although he didn't know why the second choice was both white and black, the reward was pretty good.
A teaching book from who-knew-how-many generations in the future. It couldn't be too bad...
Of course, most importantly,
when he watched the little rabbit bouncing around in front of him, he really couldn't bring himself to do something so cruel.
Even if it meant a Resurrection Coin... it still wasn't worth it!
She was already practically meat in his bowl, and you wanted him to bully such a cute rabbit? Were you even human?
Just as Du Hao and the others arrived at Dorm Seven,
they happened to see a male teacher in his thirties standing by the dorm entrance, saying something.
"Which of you are the new Work-Study Students?" The teacher holding a notebook swept his gaze across the crowd and said in an even voice, "Today, I'm here to assign you your jobs. Otherwise, you'll be expelled.
I hope you'll be quick about it. I have other things to do."
At that, Xiao Wu, who had been happily walking along, pricked up her ears and hurried over.
"Teacher! Me, me, me!" Xiao Wu happily went to the front of the group. "Teacher, I'm this year's Work-Study Student. My name is Xiao Wu—the Wu in 'dance'!"
"Mm. My name is Mo Hen."
Mo Hen's first impression of the lively, adorable girl standing before him was quite good.
His stern tone softened without him even realizing it.
"I'm here to assign your Work-Study Student job. You'll clean the garden on the south side of the athletic field every day.
You'll get ten Copper Soul Coins a day.
Make sure you clean it properly, or you'll be punished." Mo Hen said with a light laugh.
Xiao Wu nodded at once to show she understood.
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