"Gu Yue, is this your master's wife?"
Xie Xie leaned closer, lowered his voice, and raised his eyebrows.
He figured that as Leng Hanyuan's student, Gu Yue definitely knew the relationship between this cool and stunning mature woman and Teacher Leng.
Gu Yue shot him a strange glance.
Master's wife?
The corners of her lips curled up slightly as an amusing idea suddenly sprang into her mind.
She said nothing, merely smiling.
In Xie Xie's eyes, her reaction naturally became confirmation of what he had assumed.
Understanding dawned on him at once.
So that was it!
Xie Xie, whose personality had always been rather lively, stepped forward and cheerfully greeted the cool and stunning mature woman.
"Hello, Master's Wife!"
"Master's wife?"
Hearing this child suddenly call her that, Leng Yaozhu frowned.
Since when had she gained the identity of someone's master's wife?
Leng Hanyuan, standing beside her, had an eyelid twitch.
He punched Xie Xie on the head.
The force was just right—enough to daze him, but not enough to hurt his brain.
"Ow?!"
Xie Xie clutched his head, looking somewhat aggrieved.
"What was that for, Teacher Leng?"
He felt utterly wronged.
Why did politely taking the initiative to greet someone earn him a punch?
Teacher Leng?
Leng Yaozhu keenly caught the way Xie Xie addressed Leng Hanyuan.
So this child was a student in her ancestor's class!
Then, she suddenly thought of something else.
Her fair, lovely face instantly turned crimson.
So when this child had called her Master's Wife, he had thought she was her ancestor's...
Leng Yaozhu, who always wore such a cool and glamorous expression, seemed to have white, hazy steam rising from her head.
Her phoenix eyes, normally imposing even without anger, had turned into spirals.
Looking at the aggrieved Xie Xie, Leng Hanyuan said irritably:
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"She is my blood-related junior!"
Although Leng Hanyuan had never had any children.
This generation of the Phoenix Family was most likely descended from other members of the family from back then.
After the changes of ten thousand years, those blood ties had probably grown terrifyingly thin.
Still, they were both members of the Phoenix Family, so there was nothing wrong with calling Leng Yaozhu a blood-related junior of Leng Hanyuan.
"Huh?"
Xie Xie was dumbfounded.
She wasn't his master's wife?
How had she become his junior instead?
He stared blankly at Leng Hanyuan, then at Leng Yaozhu.
No matter how he looked at it, Leng Hanyuan, who appeared to be a young man barely in his twenties, did not look like the elder of this breathtakingly beautiful mature woman.
But Teacher Leng certainly had no reason to deny it.
But if that wasn't the case, why had Gu Yue reacted that way?
Hadn't she confirmed it?
Suddenly, Xie Xie caught sight of Gu Yue's lips curling even higher from the corner of his eye.
His heart skipped a beat as he understood everything.
When he looked at Gu Yue again, his gaze carried a hint of gritted-teeth resentment.
He had been set up!
Gu Yue had clearly led him into thinking that on purpose, making him cause this embarrassing mess!
Yet Xie Xie could not exactly blame Gu Yue.
After all, she had not said a single word from beginning to end.
Everything had simply been his own imagination.
Thinking of that, Xie Xie, with nowhere to vent his grievance, felt that society had suddenly become so dark.
Gu Yue was too awful!
They were the same age, so why was he being crushed on an entirely different level?
Xie Xie was still just an innocent child. How could he possibly outwit Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King?
Tang Wulin, who had also been about to step forward and call her Master's Wife, silently halted.
His gaze toward Xie Xie was filled with sympathy, along with a touch of relief.
Fortunately, he had not beaten Xie Xie to it. Otherwise, he would have been the one making a fool of himself.
At the same time, Tang Wulin could not help moving a few steps away, widening the distance between himself and Gu Yue.
He truly could not handle this bad woman.
Who knew when she would quietly trick him again without him even realizing it?
"Little Yaozhu, don't mind it. Children say whatever comes to mind."
Seeing Leng Yaozhu's pretty face flush as red as an apple, Leng Hanyuan offered a word of comfort.
Fortunately, Leng Yaozhu was not some inexperienced young girl.
Although Xie Xie's "Master's Wife" had made her blush furiously, she soon calmed herself down.
"By the way, Little Yaozhu, why did you come to Eastsea City?"
Leng Hanyuan gave Leng Yaozhu a puzzled look.
As the vice tower master of the Spirit Pagoda and the head of the Phoenix Family, she should have had plenty of matters to deal with.
Logically, she should not have come all the way to a place like Eastsea City.
Only then did Leng Yaozhu remember the purpose of her visit.
She explained:
"It's like this, Brother Hanyuan. Ever since Divine Blacksmith Zhen Hua publicly announced that he was joining the Phoenix Family, all the major powers have become restless."
"Shrek Academy has already begun making moves."
"The Sea God Pavilion has sent an invitation."
"Sky-Propping Douluo Yun Ming, the master of the Sea God Pavilion, is preparing to come to Eastsea City and hopes to exchange pointers with you."
When she mentioned Sky-Propping Douluo Yun Ming, a few other emotions entered Leng Yaozhu's voice.
For some reason, ever since Leng Hanyuan had awakened, Leng Yaozhu's obsession with Yun Ming no longer seemed so deep.
Although matters from the past still stirred something unusual in her, she no longer reacted with such intense emotion whenever he was mentioned.
Perhaps the amazement she had felt in her youth had gradually faded greatly with Leng Hanyuan's appearance.
"Sky-Propping Douluo wants to spar with me?"
Leng Hanyuan murmured softly, not having expected Shrek Academy to make such a move.
"Mm."
"Your appearance probably made them unable to sit still, Brother Hanyuan."
"Though it is nominally a sparring match, it is likely a test directed at you, Brother Hanyuan."
"Powers such as the War God Temple and the Tang Sect may not appear to be making any major moves for now, but they will definitely be watching this sparring match closely."
Leng Yaozhu softly analyzed the various intentions hidden behind this challenge from the man universally acknowledged as the continent's number one.
"So I came to ask what you think."
"If you are unwilling to accept this sparring match, we can find a reason to decline."
"Shrek Academy is not yet at the point of completely tearing ties with our Phoenix Family."
"No need."
Leng Hanyuan spoke.
His eyes flickered with the confident gleam of someone who had everything under control.
"Isn't it merely a test?"
"Then let them test me."
"Accept Shrek Academy's challenge."
"I am also quite interested in the continent's current number one, Sky-Propping Douluo Yun Ming."
Leng Hanyuan raised the index finger of his right hand.
Translucent frost gathered at his fingertip into a flower, only to explode into tiny ice crystals that drifted down.
"Hiding one's head and showing one's tail is the conduct of rats. I disdain such things."
A cold smile curved his lips.
"Doesn't Shrek Academy want to test me?"
"Then let's make this a grand affair and put it completely out in the open!"
"If they want to test me, they must pay a price..."
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