Pfft—
Su Yun almost failed to keep up his aloof Holy Son act.
This was the hundred-thousand-year-old Rogue Rabbit?
She'd taken the bait already?
I hadn't even started sweet-talking her!
I hadn't even used the classic line about taking her to see the goldfish!
"Of course I do."
Su Yun fought back a laugh and flicked his wrist, pulling one out of the System Space.
Thick!
Big!
Red!
A Top-Grade Ruby Carrot.
It had come with the system's starter gift pack as pet food. Supposedly, it contained a trace of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and held a fatal attraction for Soul Beasts.
"Wow!"
Xiao Wu's eyes instantly turned into hearts, and she was practically drooling.
It was a yearning that came from the depths of her soul!
She could feel that if she ate this carrot, her Soul Power would definitely shoot up by a huge amount!
"Want it?"
Su Yun dangled the carrot in his hand like a kidnapper luring a little girl with a lollipop.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm!"
Xiao Wu nodded so hard she could've pounded garlic with her head.
"Call me Big Brother, and the carrot's yours."
"Big Brother!"
Xiao Wu called him that without a shred of dignity, her voice sickeningly sweet.
Satisfied, Su Yun handed her the carrot. As naturally as could be, he ruffled Xiao Wu's head and even gave her pair of rabbit ears a little squeeze.
They felt amazing.
Soft and fluffy.
[ Ding! Key plot event "Xiao Wu's First Meeting" intercepted. Tang San's Luck Value -500. Host's Villain Value +100. ]
Su Yun whistled to himself.
Sweet!
That was the joy of getting something for free.
Just as Su Yun and Xiao Wu were enjoying their friendly, intimate interaction, a discordant voice rang out.
"Stop!"
Tang San came running over, panting, a shabby bundle on his back. Yu Xiaogang followed behind him, his face dark.
They'd just finished registering. The moment they reached the dormitory entrance, they saw a scene that made his eyes bulge with fury:
The rich young master who'd humiliated them at the school gate was laying his filthy hands on the head of that adorable little girl!
And the little girl was actually happily munching on something he'd given her!
For some reason, Tang San was suddenly overcome by a powerful, aching sense that he'd lost something important.
It was like the cabbage he'd painstakingly grown had been carried off, pot and all, by the landlord's dim-witted son next door before he'd even had a chance to take a bite.
"Let go of that girl!"
Tang San darted forward and stepped in front of Xiao Wu. He stared at Su Yun, a hint of purple glimmering in his eyes (Purple Demon Eye activated).
"In broad daylight, what are you trying to do?"
Su Yun withdrew his hand, leisurely opened his folding fan, and waved it as though shooing away bad luck.
"Well, if it isn't Little San, the one who wants to treat Grandmaster like his own dad?"
It was a double-edged jab, dripping with sarcasm.
Su Yun looked at Tang San with a faint, mocking smile.
"What did I do? I invited my little sister to eat a carrot. Is that against the law?"
"You're the one who came charging in, yelling and screaming. What if you scared the poor girl? Ever heard of common decency?"
Tang San faltered.
He looked back at Xiao Wu and saw her holding the carrot, staring at him in confusion. There was even a hint of disdain in her eyes.
"Who are you? Why are you stopping me from eating my carrot?"
Xiao Wu frowned and edged behind Su Yun.
This big brother was a little strange, but the guy who'd suddenly rushed over was even stranger!
He was all fierce and scary, and he smelled like dirt!
Crack.
Tang San heard his heart shatter.
"I... I came to help you..."
Tang San tried to explain.
"Help me?"
Xiao Wu warily guarded the carrot in her hands.
"You want to steal my carrot, too? No way!"
Su Yun:
"Pfft."
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
Looking at Tang San's face, which had turned the color of pig liver, Su Yun's inner self was already rolling around on the floor laughing.
This was the Child of Destiny?
This was Pure and Clean Young Master Tang San?
That was it?
Yu Xiaogang came forward, too. He looked at Su Yun, his face dark enough to drip water.
"Young man, that's enough."
"This is an academy, not your backyard. Using money to corrupt your fellow students goes against a Soul Master's moral code."
Here we go again.
Moral blackmail.
Su Yun rolled his eyes.
"Grandmaster, have you misunderstood the meaning of 'morality'?"
"I'm spending my own money to treat a fellow student. That's called being kind."
"But you've brought your disciple to live in this pigsty, packed in with dozens of other people. You can't even afford a blanket. Is that your idea of 'morality'?"
Su Yun pointed behind him at the freshly cleaned Dorm Seven (Wang Sheng and the others were busy cleaning like mad), then at the shabby bundle in Tang San's hands.
"If I were you, I'd have found a crack in the ground to crawl into by now."
"Being poor isn't your fault. But being poor and still putting on airs? That's on you."
"You!"
Yu Xiaogang trembled with anger and pointed at Su Yun.
"You're impossible! Impossible!"
"If I'm impossible to reason with, then don't bother reasoning with me."
Su Yun shrugged, then turned to Xiao Wu, his face instantly transforming into a gentle smile.
"Little Sister Xiao Wu, the dormitory's been cleaned up, but it's still a boys' dormitory. It's going to stink."
"Your big brother has a villa in town. The bed there is big and soft, and there are carrots to eat as far as the eye can see."
"Want to come stay with me?"
There it was—the real plan!
Tang San's pupils shook.
"Don't even think about it! Xiao Wu's a girl. How can she go with you—"
"Sure!"
Before Tang San could finish, Xiao Wu had already chirped out her agreement.
She finished the carrot in a few bites, dusted off her hands, and skipped over to link her arm through Su Yun's.
"Big Brother Su Yun, let's go! It really does smell weird in here!"
As she spoke, she even glanced at Tang San and pinched her nose.
Tang San: "..."
Destroy me. Get it over with.
He watched helplessly as Su Yun led Xiao Wu out of Dorm Seven, swaggering off and leaving him with nothing but a carefree silhouette.
Before leaving, Su Yun glanced back at Tang San and mouthed:
"Your wife's so juicy."
Boom!
The string in Tang San's mind called reason snapped completely.
He didn't know what "wife" meant, or what "juicy" meant.
But he knew it was a trampling of his dignity!
"Su Yun! You and I are mortal enemies!!"
Tang San's anguished roar echoed through Dorm Seven.
Su Yun, meanwhile, had already boarded a carriage back to town and pulled out the little notebook that made Bibi Dong love and loathe him in equal measure.
[X year, X month, X day. Sunny, turning cloudy.]
[Today's record: intercepted one Rogue Rabbit, enraged Tang San to the point of seeing double.]
[I have to say, that rabbit really does feel nice to the touch. No wonder that kid Tang San was so desperate over her later.]
[Still, Xiao Wu really is a thoughtless girl. Give her a carrot and she'll follow you, without a shred of caution.]
[It's a good thing she ran into an upright gentleman like me. If she'd met some other bad guy, she'd already have been skinned and dismembered for spicy rabbit head.]
[Come to think of it, that girl Xiao Wu really has had a hard life.]
[She finally took human form and came to the human world to find her mother (though she couldn't find her), only to run straight into the huge pit that was Tang San.]
[In the original story, Tang San kept saying he'd protect her like his own little sister. And what happened?]
[When danger came, Xiao Wu sacrificed herself. When he needed a Soul Ring, Xiao Wu sacrificed herself. When he needed to be revived, Xiao Wu even had to cough up her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.]
[How was she a little sister? She was a walking health pack and a backup Soul Ring vault!]
[That "Come back to life, my love" line moved how many naïve girls? But to me, it was nothing more than a carefully orchestrated scheme of emotional manipulation.]
[The whole Tang family is cut from the same cloth. That old bastard Tang Hao, too. His wife sacrificed herself, and he hid away to drink, dumping the whole mess on his son.]
[The Tang family's Martial Soul isn't the Clear Sky Hammer. It's the "Wife-Crushing Hammer," right? Anyone who gets involved with them is doomed.]
[Good thing Xiao Wu is with me in this life.]
[Although I'm also craving her Soul Bone (crossed out), at least I'll give her a warm home.]
[As for sacrificing herself? Hah. Who'd dare make my woman sacrifice herself?]
[Anyone who dares lay a finger on her, I'll scatter their ashes to the winds!]
Pope Palace.
Bibi Dong had been reading about Su Yun luring Xiao Wu away in the diary, a mocking smile playing on her lips.
So he really was a little lecher. He wouldn't even spare a six-year-old child.
But when she saw the words "sacrifice," "walking health pack," and "Wife-Crushing Hammer," her smile froze.
"Tang Hao... his wife sacrificed herself..."
A bloody memory surfaced once more.
Back then, former Pope Qian Xunji had pursued Tang Hao for that hundred-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Emperor.
In the end, he'd forced the Blue Silver Emperor to sacrifice herself, creating the youngest Clear Sky Douluo and leaving Qian Xunji gravely wounded (before Bibi Dong eventually devoured him).
"So sacrificing their wives is a Tang family tradition?"
Bibi Dong murmured to herself, a look of intense revulsion flashing in her eyes.
In her life, she hated nothing more than men who exploited women's feelings and sacrificed them to benefit themselves!
Whether it was Qian Xunji, Yu Xiaogang, or Tang Hao and Tang San!
They were all birds of a feather!
"What a fine 'Come back to life, my love.'"
"What a fine Wife-Crushing Hammer."
"Su Yun really does have a wickedly charming tongue."
Bibi Dong drew a deep breath and closed the diary, her gaze turning colder than ever.
She rose and walked to the enormous floor-to-ceiling window, gazing toward Notting City.
"If this rabbit is Tang San's health pack and the Tang family's good fortune..."
"Then I simply won't let them have their way!"
"Guards!"
Gui Mei's figure appeared once more.
"Pass down the order. Send a Soul Douluo—no, have Elder Ghost Leopard go to Notting City in person."
"Protect Su Yun and that rabbit in secret."
"If anyone from the Tang Clan dares to approach that rabbit..."
Killing intent surged in Bibi Dong's eyes. She slammed the scepter in her hand against the ground, and it boomed:
"Kill them all!"
Before you continue