The Clingy Ice Queen—Chen Wuzhu

"Clap, clap."

Chen Wuzhu dusted herself off.

When her beautiful eyes looked at Di Tian, none of her previous aloofness remained.

The cold woman who had once wanted to beat Di Tian until he was searching the ground for dragon teeth, the icy beauty whose heart had always been higher than the heavens—

She had completely vanished.

It was as though she had been beaten into acquiring some strange new trait:

"Hmph!"

"Any woman who dares get close to you, I'll burn her to ashes with Ultimate Fire."

After uttering those terrifying words, the witch's tone turned gentle.

"Um, well... Teacher told me to see you off."

"Is there anywhere you want to go?"

The more she spoke, the darker Di Tian's expression became.

Was this seeing me off?!

This was fucking escort service!

He did not respond at all and simply turned to leave.

When Di Tian left, Chen Wuzhu followed.

However, she did not get very far.

"Roar—"

The one blocking her path had arrived. Zi Ji was here.

She stood elegantly behind Di Tian, her smooth purple hair drifting in the wind.

Her delicate palm shot out, carrying the water-yin attribute and devouring power.

"Ultimate!" Chen Wuzhu's gaze sharpened. She struck out with a palm as well, her flaming hand carrying Ultimate Fire as it met the attack head-on.

The Four-Word Battle Armor fused with her body appeared, eleven crimson points of light shining brilliantly.

"Boom—"

The two palm strikes collided, and Chen Wuzhu was forced into a disadvantage.

Zi Ji's icy voice reached her ears:

"Di Tian doesn't want to bother with you."

"Are you blind?"

Looking at the furious mother dragon before her, Chen Wuzhu was naturally unhappy as well.

"Creak!"

Her dainty fists clenched until they creaked.

But in the next moment, she still loosened them.

She was not Zi Ji's match yet. Making things awkward or causing too much of a scene would not benefit her.

Better to wait a few years.

By then, the academy would definitely force Di Tian to take part in Sea God's Fate.

And compared to Zi Ji, her cultivation speed was far superior.

At Sea God's Fate, whoever dared stop her from standing beside Di Tian, she would beat them up. Whoever dared stand beside Di Tian before her, she would steal them away at the wedding.

Her stubborn nature surfaced.

After giving Di Tian one final look, as if saying, I won't give up, she finally left.

Di Tian got into the soul car.

Bi Ji and Yuanen Huihui were already seated inside. The instant Di Tian got in, Yuanen Huihui hugged his arm with lightning speed.

"Phew~"

Her previously taut muscles gradually relaxed along with her exhale.

Spending a day in an unfamiliar place was an enormous challenge for Yuanen Huihui. Her mind and body had been tense the entire day.

Only Senior Di Tian, whom her grandmother had approved of, could give her even a little peace of mind.

Bi Ji first glanced at Di Tian, then turned to Zi Ji, who had taken the driver's seat.

"Zi Ji."

"What happened?"

"Your Soul Power is in turmoil. Did you get into a conflict with someone?"

Zi Ji pouted, looking both annoyed and upset.

"Mm-hm."

"Ask Di Tian why."

"You've only been in the human world for a few days, and you're already getting all lovey-dovey with a human beauty."

Hearing that, Bi Ji immediately turned to Di Tian.

"What are you talking about?" Di Tian rubbed his furrowed brow. "I'm still completely confused."

She had only heard two sentences.

Yet the perceptive Bi Ji immediately sorted out the chain of events. Zi Ji had clearly exaggerated because she was unhappy. Judging by how exasperated Di Tian looked, there definitely had not been any lovey-dovey scene between him and a human beauty.

"Phew~"

Her delicate hand gently rested on Di Tian's shoulder, then lightly pulled him back into her embrace.

Bi Ji wore a flowing green dress on her upper body today, paired with white stockings below.

Her straight, slender legs were pressed together, serving as a lap pillow for Di Tian.

Her soft hands pressed against the acupoints on Di Tian's head, gently massaging them.

The effect was obvious. Very soon, the furrow between Di Tian's brows was smoothed away.

Di Tian let out a long breath.

"In the future, unless absolutely necessary, I'd better not fight young girls."

"Still."

"There was some luck in the misfortune."

"There's at least one small benefit."

"Chen Wuzhu should work even harder to stop the dog chains sent by the Federation's major families and factions, right?"

Di Tian had not failed to anticipate the possibility that beating a girl his age from aloof to clingy might happen.

In a world with extraordinary power, at an age when young people were first awakening to love, on a continent where love served as the underlying logic—

If a proud daughter of heaven was suppressed for a long time, or overwhelmingly suppressed, by a proud son of heaven, then over time, that aloof girl could very easily become clingy around him.

For example, Wu Siduo toward Tang Wulin.

Or Ling Luochen toward Huo Yuhao.

Or Meng Yiran toward Tang San.

And so on. There were too many examples to list.

But—

To become clingy after being beaten only once—

That truly exceeded Di Tian's expectations.

Especially since there was already a proud son of heaven named Ye Moyong among Chen Wuzhu's peers. Under normal circumstances, Chen Wuzhu's love-struck target should have long since been Ye Moyong.

Becoming clingy was not the same as becoming promiscuous.

It certainly would not mean that countless men had tasted those crimson lips.

When an aloof witch became clingy, it was because she happened to meet someone in her youth who dazzled everyone, someone like a moonlight love—a special product of one's younger years.

There could only be one in a lifetime.

In the original timeline—

It had clearly been mentioned that Chen Wuzhu confessed to Ye Moyong at Sea God's Fate.

Moreover, after Ye Moyong openly chose another girl, the stubborn and persistent witch took matters into her own hands and stole the groom—and succeeded.

Although she ultimately did not end up with Ye Moyong, Ye Moyong also failed to match with the girl he liked at Sea God's Fate.

"But now..." Di Tian murmured unconsciously.

As he murmured, he suddenly remembered something.

His change—

Had caused changes in Shrek.

Chen Wuzhu and Ye Moyong had not entered Shrek's inner court to cultivate. Instead, they had come to the Elf Branch Academy as instructors, acting as dog chains meant to bind him and Bi Ji.

And because the Sea God's Fate venue at the Elf Branch Academy had to be built lavishly, it required a great deal of time.

"Hiss~"

So that was it.

Without realizing it, he had taken Ye Moyong's ecological niche.

"Mm~"

Having figured everything out, Di Tian's clenched heart relaxed considerably.

"Learn from a setback, then."

Resting on the lap pillow covered in white stockings, Di Tian watched Bi Ji's exquisite, long eyelashes flutter.

"You mean people like Chen Wuzhu."

"Should we find a few outstanding human youths to act as shields? In the future, they could block humans who use soul battles as an excuse to approach you."

"Use humans against humans."

"Great minds think alike." Di Tian nodded. He was going to turn Qian Lei into a spatial grand summoner capable of shedding his shell like a golden cicada anyway. Using Qian Lei to block some troublesome humans would be easy enough.

"Still."

"The lesson I learned wasn't about Chen Wuzhu. At most, she caught me off guard. It wasn't a major matter."

"Thinking of using humans to guard against humans who approach me under the excuse of soul battles doesn't rise to the level of learning from a setback, either."

"Learning from a setback means that I'm walking on thin ice in the human world. I must consider everything thoroughly before acting."

"What Chen Wuzhu did today truly showed that I hadn't considered things carefully enough."

At that moment—

Zi Ji, who had been silently driving, suddenly spoke:

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"No one in this world can be perfect."

"That's true."

"I can only try my best to think things through."

Even if he could have considered that Ye Moyong and Chen Wuzhu had yet to attend Sea God's Fate, no one could have predicted that Chen Wuzhu would become clingy after a single blow.

Just as Di Tian thought Zi Ji had suddenly spoken to comfort him, her next words were:

"Besides."

"The things you haven't considered thoroughly are not limited to one."

"The next one has already come knocking."

Di Tian: "?"