Troublemaking

"Mimi... what did you... just say?"

Ye Qiong's voice carried a trace of imperceptible trembling; he thought he had misheard.

"Mi... hap... py... Mimi..."

The fluffy pink ball tilted its small face upward, looking at Ye Qiong with its clear, pure eyes, and once again uttered those two distinct syllables in a stuttering fashion.

This time, Ye Qiong heard it clearly and distinctly.

Mimi could make simple sounds!

Ye Qiong was so excited he jumped straight up, a surge of immense joy instantly flooding his brain.

He excitedly scooped Mimi up and spun around in circles on the spot.

"Mimi! You can finally speak! This is great! This is wonderful!"

The fact that Mimi could now produce simple sounds proved that she would definitely be able to speak in the future, perhaps even recover her memories and return to her original form!

To him, this was ten thousand times more joyful than earning millions, or even hundreds of millions, of emotion points.

"Mi! Mimi!"

Held in Ye Qiong's arms as they spun, Mimi also waved her little paws happily, letting out cheerful chirps.

It took quite a while for Ye Qiong to calm his agitated heart.

He immediately opened the system panel, his gaze locked firmly onto the status column of his first martial soul, "Mimi."

Sure enough, beneath the martial soul information, a brand-new progress bar had appeared.

[Martial Soul: Mimi (One-star, can only make simple sounds)]

[Evolution to Two-star (can speak simple phrases): 0/100,000 emotion points]

[Evolution to Three-star (can speak fluently): Locked]

Looking at that number, Ye Qiong drew a sharp breath.

One hundred thousand emotion points!

To evolve from one-star to two-star required a full one hundred thousand emotion points—the equivalent of the price of a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring!

He had originally thought that as he cultivated, Mimi would evolve naturally.

Now it seemed he had been too naive; relying solely on cultivation was like trying to put out a burning cart of firewood with a single cup of water.

If he wanted Mimi to grow quickly and return to the appearance of Cyrene, he would have to rely on the ultimate weapon: emotion points.

"One hundred thousand it is. It's just emotion points, right? I'll earn them!"

Ye Qiong clenched his fists, his eyes reigniting with fighting spirit.

With the triple multiplier, he could earn one hundred thousand emotion points by dropping two or three more revelations.

He then looked at the rewards from the system's built-in tasks.

If the Group Owner accepted tasks, they could earn additional emotion points, and the Stellar Jade he obtained could also be exchanged for ten emotion points each.

"Once I get out of here, I can start taking on some tasks."

Ye Qiong's gaze then swept over to the group chat level.

[Group Chat Level: LV3 (Still some distance from LV4)]

First of all, level four would provide a four-fold multiplier for emotion points.

His current triple multiplier was already decent, but if he upgraded to level four and gained a quadruple multiplier, things would surely be even faster.

As for other functions, Ye Qiong saw that after reaching level four, he could invite another batch of newcomers into the group and unlock the live-streaming feature.

The live-streaming feature—that was a good thing!

Recording videos in segments was too troublesome; live-streaming was much more convenient.

With live-streaming, he could control the flow of the plot in real-time and guide the group members' emotions. Wouldn't the emotion points just roll in?

"It seems the top priority is still to find a way to raise the group chat level."

Ye Qiong confirmed his next goal in his heart.

The next day, the Shrek group officially set out, heading in the direction of the Star Dou Forest.

The group traveled at an extremely fast pace, covering over four hundred kilometers in a single day (feet being faster than carriages—truly impressive).

When night fell, they arrived at a small town.

The town was not large, but because it was close to the Star Dou Forest, soul masters came and went in an endless stream, making it quite lively.

Zhao Wuji chose a hotel that looked reasonably clean, booked several rooms, and then brought everyone to the restaurant to eat.

The Shrek group sat around the dining table. Ma Hongjun waved his hand and ordered a table full of dishes. Just as they were about to pick up their chopsticks, the eight members of Canghui Academy walked in...

[First Cute Bunny: Recorded the first segment. Posting it in the group so you all can see the true colors of Dai Mubai and the others. It's exactly as the Group Owner revealed.]

[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: We will be recording in segments from here on out.]

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing tacitly refrained from touching their chopsticks, quietly using the group chat to record Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

Ma Hongjun's eyes were fixed intently on the female student from Canghui Academy as he lowered his voice to say to Dai Mubai, "That chick looks pretty good. They're from Canghui Academy, right?"

Dai Mubai let out a disdainful snort, his voice neither too loud nor too soft, but just enough for the teachers and students of Canghui Academy at the neighboring table to hear: "A tiny Canghui Academy, what are they being so arrogant about?"

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: A classic opening. Max out the trash talk first; getting beaten up later is purely self-inflicted.]

[Most Beautiful Pope: Shrek is truly one of a kind to raise such ill-mannered juniors.]

[I Am Not Yanzi: Sitting here waiting for Dai Mubai to get slapped in the face. After the last leak, I already felt this guy was a brute. Xiao Wu, record it clearly, don't miss the look on his face when he gets beaten.]

Ye Zhiqiu, the lead teacher of Canghui Academy, sank his face and whispered a few words to the young man beside him.

The young man stood up immediately. As he passed the waiter, he deliberately bumped into him, sending the tray flying straight toward the top of Dai Mubai's head.

Tang San reacted with lightning speed, steadying the waiter with his left hand while catching the tray with his right, placing it smoothly onto the table.

Seeing this, the young man tripped him, sweeping his leg toward the legs of Dai Mubai's chair.

Furious, Dai Mubai struck out with his palm. The young man was sent flying backward instantly, knocking over tables and chairs as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The five Canghui Academy students stood up immediately, but were stopped by Ye Zhiqiu: "Which academy are you from?"

"You aren't worthy of knowing." Dai Mubai's evil eyes flickered, his tone arrogant.

"Teach them a lesson!" Ye Zhiqiu roared.

The five Canghui students rushed toward the table at once. Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun also rose to meet the challenge, while Oscar shrank back, preparing to make his sausages.

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing remained seated as steady as a mountain, quickly uploading the current segment after finishing the recording, even finding time to glance at the messages in the group.

[Begonia Blossoms: Just watched the second part. Xiao Wu, you guys didn't step in? Just sitting there watching?]

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: They know what happens next. This fight was unnecessary to begin with; let the boys deal with the consequences themselves.]

[Heavenly King Covers Earth Fox: Without Ning Rongrong's support, Zhu Zhuqing's flanking, and Xiao Wu's frontal interference, they won't last long, right? Are there more videos coming?]

On the battlefield, the five Canghui students released their martial souls, all displaying the same one white and one yellow soul ring configuration.

Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun also activated their martial souls: Dai Mubai with two yellow and one purple, Ma Hongjun with two yellow, and Tang San with two yellow.

They had expected to suppress their opponents easily, but without Xiao Wu's melee interference and Zhu Zhuqing's flanking assault, the three of them quickly fell into a disadvantage.

[First Cute Bunny: Finished recording and sent it to the group. Look at how much Dai Mubai is struggling, hee hee, he totally brought this on himself.]