"You little girl..." Yue Guan wore a thoughtful expression.
"W-what is it?" Xiao Wu's voice trembled.
Yue Guan gently placed his slender hand on her shoulder and spoke warmly.
"Don't be so frightened. I don't kill innocent people indiscriminately."
Then Yue Guan continued walking forward.
Only after seeing Yue Guan leave did Xiao Wu finally let out a long breath.
After more than twenty minutes, Yue Guan had finished inspecting the school's over eight hundred teachers and students.
"Strange. Even if Tang Hao isn't here, I clearly smelled that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast..."
"Could I have been mistaken?"
Yue Guan thought it over, but still couldn't find an answer. He waved his hand and led his team out of the academy gates.
"The culprit isn't here. Withdraw with me!"
The more than two hundred Spirit Hall guards and over thirty Soul Masters followed Yue Guan out in long strides.
Seeing that Chrysanthemum Douluo had gone far away, Xiao Wu immediately took Lin Hui's hand and led him to a corner, where she demanded,
"What did you do to me? Why couldn't he smell my aura?"
"And when did you find out I was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
Lin Hui released his Martial Soul, the Ultra Ball.
Just now, when Lin Hui had taken Xiao Wu behind the teaching building, he had used his Ultra Ball Martial Soul to capture her. It was her only chance to stay alive, so she had no choice but to agree.
"My Ultra Ball Martial Soul's true purpose is to capture Soul Beasts, and it can only capture Soul Beasts that are at least ten thousand years old. After capturing one, it can conceal the aura of a Soul Beast that has taken human form. However, this concealment weakens as the Soul Beast grows stronger."
"From what I can tell, at least at our current level, I can still protect you."
"From now on, you'll stay with me."
Lin Hui spoke with unusual decisiveness.
"Hmph, who says I want to stay with you?" Xiao Wu pouted. "Who do you think you are?"
"If you don't want to, I won't force you. I'll hand you over to that lord from earlier right now!" Lin Hui said with a smile, continuing toward the teaching building.
"You bastard!" Xiao Wu stamped her foot in anger, but there was nothing she could do. When she saw Lin Hui walking away, she followed after him too. "Hey, wait for me!"
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, another three years went by.
Lin Hui had reached level twenty-nine, and it was time for him to graduate from Notting Academy.
During their time at Notting Academy, Tang San had fawned over Xiao Wu for nearly six whole years and bought Lin Hui breakfast for almost as long, while Lin Hui and Xiao Wu had shared a bed for six years.
As they prepared to part, Tang San urged Xiao Wu,
"Xiao Wu, Grandmaster recommended a good academy to me called Shrek Academy. Why don't we go there together after graduation?"
"Shrek Academy?" Xiao Wu seemed never to have heard of it. She turned to Lin Hui and asked, "Should we go?"
"No." Lin Hui replied without hesitation. "It's nothing but a den of swindlers."
"Okay, then I won't go either!" Xiao Wu replied to Tang San.
Tang San asked curiously, "Then where will you go after graduation?"
"I'll go wherever Lin Hui goes!" Xiao Wu answered. After all, Lin Hui had captured her as his pet, so she could only stay with him from then on.
"Lin Hui..." Tang San repeated the name, and hatred rose in his heart once more.
He had fawned over Xiao Wu for six whole years, yet she still only remembered Lin Hui, that man!
At the school gates, Tang San watched Lin Hui and Xiao Wu walk away from the academy. He clenched his fists, and tears fell despite his best efforts.
"I swear I'll never be a man again if I don't avenge this!"
Yu Xiaogang appeared too, placing a hand on Tang San's shoulder.
"Xiao San, Shrek Academy is a place that trains monsters. You'll meet better companions there. With Shrek's training, you'll definitely be able to defeat Lin Hui and take Xiao Wu back!"
"Besides, that academy's dean is famous for protecting his own. If you join and show him what you can do, he might even step in and help you take Xiao Wu back."
At the prospect of a chance to reclaim Xiao Wu, Tang San's eyes immediately brightened.
"Really? The dean can actually do that?"
Yu Xiaogang explained with particular confidence,
"Of course. Shrek Academy has two Soul Saints and several Soul Emperors. No matter how formidable Lin Hui is, can he really stand against them?"
"Besides, Shrek's motto is: 'Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre!'"
"Then I'll definitely join Shrek Academy, show them what I can do, and take Xiao Wu back!" Tang San declared firmly.
Tang San didn't care whether this went against Xiao Wu's wishes. He didn't mind using force, either. He believed that as long as he took her back, she would understand his good intentions in time.
Yu Xiaogang watched Lin Hui's retreating figure, hatred welling up in his heart too.
"Because of you, I couldn't hold my head up at Notting Academy for six whole years!"
"Even if I can't do it myself, I only have to say the word to Flender, and he'll surely teach you a proper lesson!"
"Lin Hui, once you leave Notting Academy, your good days will be over!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Suotuo City, Balak Kingdom.
Lin Hui and Xiao Wu walked along the city streets. People streamed past on both sides, and many vendors hawked their wares. The whole city was bustling.
"Lin Hui, where are we going next?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.
"To Star Dou Forest. I need to capture a million-year-old Soul Beast there to serve as my third Soul Ring," Lin Hui said.
After all, Xiao Wu had already been captured by his Ultra Ball, so it was time to share some secrets with her. Besides, capturing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would require her help.
"A million-year-old Soul Beast? How is that possible?" Xiao Wu was stunned. "As far as I know, the oldest Soul Beasts in Star Dou Forest are only a hundred thousand years old! And those are the forest's overlords!"
"Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape?" Images of the two hulking Soul Beasts, towering like mountains, appeared in Lin Hui's mind. "But there may be secrets even you don't know."
"Then how do you know?" Xiao Wu asked.
"That's none of your business," Lin Hui said.
"Hmph, you miser!" Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips and grumbled. "How does this guy have so many secrets?"
Lin Hui and Xiao Wu passed through a narrow alley. Several heavily made-up women stood on either side, and as the two walked by, the women called out,
"Handsome, come have some fun!"
Lin Hui paid them no mind and continued on his way.
But as he walked, someone called out from behind him in an overbearing voice.
"Hey, that chick with you is a real looker. Let me have some fun with her, then I'll give her back after I've worked off my Evil Fire!"
Lin Hui turned around and saw a round, fat man whose features were squashed beyond recognition. He wore a coarse red shirt, and his eyes were feverish and restless.
It was the notorious fatso from Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun!