The Drunkard's Interest Lay Elsewhere

[Heavenly Craft Academy] Main Teaching Building, first floor exhibition area. 🍭♟ 💙ൠ

Yang Shelly stood in front of a stone statue, her eyes filled with curiosity and inquiry as she looked it over from head to toe.

"Hello, are you a new student who just enrolled this year?"

Han Li had noticed Yang Shelly for a while. After asking Lu Qiwen, his senior, and confirming that Lu Qiwen had no impression of this beautiful woman, Han Li finally stepped forward and asked with a polite smile.

Hearing the person who had been watching from behind for a while approach her, Yang Shelly slightly turned her head and glanced at the other person indifferently. "I am not a student of [Heavenly Craft Academy]".

The cold voice rang out, instantly sobering Han Li up considerably. Looking at the icy Yang Shelly, he awkwardly touched his nose. "Ah... this... I see, then... then..."

After hesitating for a while, still unable to find a smooth excuse to leave, Lu Qiwen, who had been watching from the sidelines, immediately stepped forward. "Han Li, class is about to start, let's go—"

"Hey—!" Han Li immediately responded loudly, "Coming, coming—!"

While responding, she turned around and ran towards Lu Qiwen without looking back.

Completely ignoring the bee and his wingman hurrying away behind her, Yang Shelly continued to look at the stone statue in front of her.

This is a life-size stone sculpture of a woman, exquisitely crafted. In Yang Shelly's knowledge, aside from Brother Yi, the sculptor of this sculpture possesses the best skill in the entire Douluo Continent. 🐳✋ Claw 🎈👮

Most importantly, Yang Shelly vaguely felt that some of the carving patterns on the stone carvings were familiar, very much like the work of Brother Yi.

The difference is that the carving technique of this stone sculpture is much more immature than Brother Yi's current level.

Her gaze locked on the stone sculpture's icy yet exquisitely beautiful face, then glanced at its graceful and alluring figure, and Yang Shelly couldn't help but feel a little uneasy:

"This stone statue... could it be one of Brother Yi's earliest works from when he was practicing sculpting?"

"A girl named Ah Rou suddenly appeared, claiming to be an old friend. I've basically been by Brother Yi's side these past few years, and she looks no more than eleven or twelve years old. Is she really his childhood sweetheart, or...?"

"Now there's another beautiful woman like this..."

Just then, a clear, melodious voice rang out not far behind Yang Shelly: "Hello, are you a new student this year?"

"Um?"

Yang Shelly narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, slowly turned around, and cast her gaze toward the speaker.

At first glance, Yang Shelly was taken aback. She looked at the person who came, subconsciously turned her head to look at the stone sculpture beside her, and then looked at the person again.

A few seconds later, Yang Shelly's lips curled into a cryptic smile:

"You students from the [Heavenly Craft Academy] are really interesting. Even your questions are exactly the same. You're so in sync!"

"Um?"

The person who arrived, Liu Erlong, showed a hint of surprise on her pretty face upon hearing Yang Shelly's reply, failing to understand the meaning behind her words.

On the other side, seeing that even Liu Erlong Divine City, Yang Shelly secretly gritted her teeth, but a businesslike smile appeared on her equally beautiful face, the same smile she wore when facing Ah Yin:

"It's nothing. A student from your academy just asked me the same question. I'm not a student of the [Heavenly Craft Academy], I'm just here to take a look..."

"By the way, my name is Yang Shelly, I am twenty-four years old, and I am a level 53 Power Attack System Battle Soul King."

With a hint of cunning and a nonchalant tone, Yang Shelly was observing the female student opposite her, whose looks and figure were formidable rivals.

Although Liu Erlong sensed Yang Shelly's gaze, she was confused and only shifted her body awkwardly. She was then stunned by Yang Shelly's age and strength, her rosy lips parting slightly. "Twenty-four years old? Soul King? And a level fifty-three Soul King at that?!"

Shocked but out of politeness, Liu Erlong quickly introduced herself, "My name is Liu Erlong, I am fifteen years old, and I am a level 39 Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder."

"Fifteen years old, a level 39 Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder?"

Liu Erlong was shocked by Yang Shelly's age and strength, and Yang Shelly was equally surprised by Liu Erlong's age and strength.

Don't be fooled by Ah Yin's current age of eighteen (Soul King) and her previous breakthrough to the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor realm at the age of fifteen. Just because she broke through to the four-ring Soul Elder realm at fifteen doesn't mean anything to Liu Erlong, who is only a level thirty-nine Soul Venerable at fifteen. You should know that before meeting Ling Yi, Yang Shelly only broke through to the Three-Ring Soul Elder realm at the age of eighteen!

Looking across the Douluo Continent, Yang Shelly was once a little genius girl within a city and hundreds of miles.

In addition, Liu Erlong in front of us is level 39, which means that she is only one step away from level 40, and she may be able to break through in the remaining two months of this year.

Once he breaks through, regardless of the month or anything, he'll be a fifteen-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestor. That would make him another prodigy comparable to Ah Yin!

Although he might not be able to break through another major realm as quickly as Ah Yin did in just three years, reaching the Soul King realm at the age of eighteen, he would definitely be a few years earlier than Yang Shelly, who broke through to the Soul King at the age of twenty-four.

Thinking about this, Yang Shelly immediately felt a wave of pressure wash over her.

"What the hell! When did Soul Master with this kind of talent start appearing one after another? And they're all beautiful women?!"

Despite inwardly cursing, Yang Shelly maintained her smile and praised, "Amazing! At only fifteen, you're already level thirty-nine. It seems you have a good chance of breaking through to the Soul Ancestor realm this year. Who knows, the continent might have another female Titled Douluo in the future—"

"You must understand, throughout the thousands of years, every era has seen the birth of Titled Douluo, but the number of female Titled Douluo is pitifully small, less than one-tenth of the number of male Titled Douluo..."

"Oh, not at all~" Liu Erlong was a little overwhelmed by Yang Shelly's repeated praises, and quickly said a few words of modesty, praising Yang Shelly: "Sister Shelly is the most amazing. As we all know, the higher the level, the slower the strength increases. Sister, you are already a level 53 Soul King. I think the Soul Emperor and Soul Saint behind you are nothing. The Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo behind you should be just around the corner..."

Let's not talk about this anymore~

Still not used to this kind of mutual flattery, Yang Shelly noticed that the two were much closer than when they first met, so she decisively changed the subject. "Let's talk about this statue~"

Turning around, he looked at the life-size stone sculpture of Liu Erlong next to him and exclaimed in admiration, "This sculpture is really well-carved. It perfectly captures Erlong's beautiful face and figure."

"It must be a masterpiece created by a sculptor who has deeply imprinted the figure and appearance of Erlong Sister in their heart, right?"

After asking a pointed question, to avoid seeming abrupt, he added, "I wonder if I could meet this master sculptor with such exquisite skills?"

To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~