"Congratulations, Master! You triggered a fivefold reward and received: one Self-Created Soul Skill Card, 'Brutal Power of Lust' (Fine Quality)!"
"The Fine Quality 'Brutal Power of Lust' Soul Skill Card removes the side effects after use. Once the skill ends, it will not increase lust at all!"
Hearing the voice,
Li Haiyun's lips curled into a faint smile. He was rather pleased as he thought, 竹清 finally took that step. She defeated Dai Mubai and gave him a good beating!
"Dai Mubai's private life is a mess. He's so young, yet he's constantly living with different girls and carrying on affairs everywhere."
"He might have caught all sorts of diseases. Maybe he can't even perform in certain ways!"
"He really isn't worthy of Zhu Zhuqing!"
Li Haiyun wholeheartedly supported Zhu Zhuqing's actions and wished the poor girl a complete and happy life in the future.
May she escape both the sins of her family and the sins of a scumbag!
Meanwhile,
Li Haiyun noticed the Black Grade reward Zhu Zhuqing had received this time.
"It's a Self-Created Soul Skill Card, and using it comes with a side effect: it greatly increases the user's lust for an entire day!"
"This reward is pretty interesting. I just hope Zhu Zhuqing won't let some other male Soul Master take advantage of her after she uses the skill!"
"Of course, if she needs my help, I'll be there for her!"
Li Haiyun thought to himself, having Zhu Zhuqing's best interests very much at heart.
And so, he continued waiting in the shop for customers while wishing Zhu Zhuqing success with her next quest.
Meanwhile,
on the track beside the entrance to Shrek Academy,
Zhu Zhuqing had absorbed all the golden energy floating in front of her into her body.
Self-Created Soul Skill, Brutal Power of Lust—mastered perfectly!
"Rongrong, I've completely grasped it!" Zhu Zhuqing said happily.
A Self-Created Soul Skill was an exceedingly rare thing.
Some Soul Masters devoted decades to careful study and immersion, yet still might not manage to create even one Soul Skill.
Soul Masters capable of creating their own Soul Skills were all among the best of the best—geniuses!
And Zhu Zhuqing had completed a Black Grade Quest and learned a Self-Created Soul Skill. It was truly exhilarating.
"Zhu Qing, that's amazing! Congratulations!" Ning Rongrong said with a bright smile.
Not far away, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar watched the scene with great curiosity, silently committing the five words "Quest Card Shop" to memory.
Just then,
a terrifying aura swept down from high above, locking directly onto Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
"Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, what are you two doing here?!"
A furious voice rang out from the sky, and an immense pressure bore down on Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
The powerful aftershock of Flender's aura made Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar shudder where they stood.
At the same time,
Flender, the dean, descended from the sky with two enormous wings spread behind him and landed beside Dai Mubai.
"Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar!" Flender barked. "You're classmates. Dai Mubai is injured, and you just stood by and watched. Is that what you're supposed to do?"
"That's not what happened, Dean Flender. There's a reason..." Seeing that the dean was angry, Oscar hurried to explain, intending to tell him about the Soul Fighting Wager.
"Enough!"
Flender cut off Oscar before he could finish.
"Whatever the reason, you're Dai Mubai's classmates, yet you stood here watching and nobody went over to help him. That's your fault!"
"Especially you, Oscar! What are you good for? Where's your Big Recovery Sausage?"
Looking at Dai Mubai's battered body, and especially the mess of shoe prints all over him, Flender snapped.
Dai Mubai hadn't just been beaten. He'd been trampled and humiliated, too. It was downright miserable!
"Dean, I..." Oscar tried to explain again.
"Shut up!" Flender flung out his hand, his face thunderous, and cut him off. "I'll deal with those two wicked girls first, then I'll teach you lot a lesson!"
This was the first time Oscar had ever seen Dean Flender so furious.
He'd had a whole string of explanations ready.
But Flender wouldn't let him speak, so Oscar had no choice but to swallow the words on the tip of his tongue.
At the same time,
Oscar guessed that the chubby Ma Hongjun might not have explained what happened properly. He couldn't help feeling frustrated and blamed Ma Hongjun in his heart. "That damned fatty—did he not tell them about the feud between Boss Dai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong? He's going to get us killed!"
Then,
Flender's raised brows were steeped in fury as his gaze shifted between Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
His stare seemed to take physical form, like countless Cat Eagle claws, ripping relentlessly at the bodies of the two girls.
Flender spoke to Ning Rongrong first. "Ning Rongrong, if you don't want to join Shrek Academy, then go back to your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"How dare you join forces with Zhu Zhuqing to badly injure Dai Mubai?"
"And worse, you even used your feet to humiliate a helpless, severely injured Dai Mubai! You have no sense of honor whatsoever!"
"This is Shrek Academy, not a place where you can run wild!"
"If your father didn't teach you properly, I don't mind giving you a lesson in his place!"
"I'll give you thirty breaths to think carefully about why you committed the crime of harming a fellow student!"
Flender berated Ning Rongrong furiously.
He didn't immediately step in and teach her a lesson, since he was deeply wary of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind her.
As the dean, he still hoped to reform Ning Rongrong and have her remain at Shrek Academy.
So even in his anger, Dean Flender gave Ning Rongrong some time to reflect.
As long as she sincerely admitted her mistake and swore to behave herself,
Flender could let the matter go and give Ning Rongrong a chance to mend her ways.
After finishing his tirade at Ning Rongrong,
Flender stood on the moral high ground and glared at Zhu Zhuqing like a vicious wolf. He rebuked her, "And you, Zhu Zhuqing! You've gone too far!"
"You're Dai Mubai's fiancée, yet instead of growing close to him, cherishing one another, and cultivating together, you..."
"You actually joined forces with that troublemaking Ning Rongrong to beat Dai Mubai and humiliate him with your shoes!"
"Do you think what you did was right?"
"Zhu Zhuqing, do you know that Dai Mubai has changed a lot since you came to Suotuo City?"
"For your sake, he stopped flirting with women. For your sake, he gave up that whole field of flowers."
"Dai Mubai only likes you. You're the only one he has feelings for. He's never lowered his head to any other woman!"
"Can't you feel how he feels about you, Zhu Zhuqing?"
"Zhu Zhuqing, you're truly made of stone! Look at Dai Mubai's back—how could you bring yourself to hit him so hard?!"
"You'd better reflect on this, too, and give me an answer I can accept. Otherwise, I'll pursue this matter to the end!"
As Flender spoke, he infused every word with his cultivation power, making each one ring with passion.
When he finished, Flender clasped his hands behind his back and regarded the two girls with the bearing of a stern teacher and father.
He thought he'd made an excellent argument. He'd even convinced himself!
As long as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing repented and started behaving, Flender felt that Dai Mubai's beating might have been worth it.
Dai Mubai, sprawled on the ground, listened to Dean Flender's scolding of Zhu Zhuqing and felt deeply moved.
It's true. For Zhu Zhuqing, I gave up the chance to flirt with so many women!
I truly love Zhuqing!
Dai Mubai was so touched that tears even glistened in the corners of his eyes. He felt deeply wronged.
"Disgusting!" Zhu Zhuqing knitted her brows, her beautiful eyes flashing with unconcealed revulsion.
Chapter 44: The Reason Was to Make Dai Mubai Remember the Shape of the Shoe Prints
Zhu Zhuqing wasn't a fool.
Although Dean Flender spoke with such self-righteous conviction,
if you examined his words closely, they were complete nonsense.
Ever since Dai Mubai had arrived in Suotuo City, he'd spent every day surrounded by wine and women, flirting with one girl after another. He was absolutely filthy.
And now he had the nerve to claim he'd given up the chance to flirt with other women for her?
What a saint of love!
He'd gone around sowing wild oats everywhere, then come looking for her to pick up the pieces?
How could Zhu Zhuqing possibly put up with that? She loathed Dai Mubai more than ever.
Zhu Zhuqing also couldn't help feeling disgusted with Flender for saying such lecherous things.
She'd once respected the dean who accepted only monsters, and even felt some goodwill toward him.
But now, all that respect and goodwill had vanished without a trace.
In their place was nothing but revulsion—revulsion!
Ning Rongrong frowned beside her, feeling just as deeply disgusted with Dean Flender.
At the same time, Ning Rongrong even regretted enrolling at Shrek Academy. It was like walking straight into a tiger's den!
Not far away, Oscar's peach-blossom eyes gleamed as he listened.
"Dean Flender is right. Wuwu, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing are just awful!"
"Dai Mubai and I have both done so much for them. We've devoted all our thoughts to them."
"But all we get in return is a cold shoulder. It's too much!"
"It's like throwing stones into the sea. Not even the tiniest response to our deep devotion!"
Oscar was moved. He felt that Dean Flender was absolutely right.
He was willing to give up the whole forest, the whole field of flowers, for Ning Rongrong.
But Ning Rongrong wouldn't even spare him a glance...
"Third Brother..." Xiao Wu tugged at the edge of Tang San's sleeve, worry in her eyes. Her heart felt heavy.
As a Soul Beast, she didn't really understand what boys were thinking.
Xiao Wu instinctively felt sorry for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, but she worried that she didn't understand the male perspective, so she didn't know what to say.
Tang San glanced at Xiao Wu, but didn't speak.
In Tang San's worldview, whether in his past life or this one, whoever had the harder fist had the right to speak!
Time passed by.
Dean Flender decided that enough time had gone by. His blazing eyes turned toward Ning Rongrong as he asked, "Have you reflected enough?"
"Tell me, why did you want to harm a fellow student and humiliate him?"
"Give me an answer I can accept. Otherwise, I'll step in and teach you a lesson on your father's behalf!"
As he spoke, Dean Flender's aura suddenly changed, and an even more terrifying pressure bore down on Ning Rongrong.
An ordinary Soul Master would have been so frightened by Flender's powerful Soul Saint pressure that their legs would shake like reeds.
But...