Seeing Tang San looking like Wu Zetian after losing her husband Li Zhi, Zhao Wuji signaled Oscar and Dai Mubai with his eyes.
Dai Mubai and Oscar hurried forward to comfort Tang San.
"Third Brother, calm down first. Don't be impulsive."
"That's right, Third Brother. Calm down. I don't know what grudge you have against that guy, but now isn't the time for revenge. The Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake is still in his hands."
Comforted by his two good brothers, Tang San's Tang Syndrome eased somewhat. But when he saw the teasing look on Meng Chen's face, he thought of the humiliation he had suffered at Notting Academy.
Damn it! Was he really not going to avenge the grudge from six years ago?!
Tang San gritted his teeth, but then he remembered that Oscar needed the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake.
If he pushed Meng Chen too far and made him kill the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake—
Then who knew how long it would take them to find Oscar another suitable spirit beast?
Tang San had no choice but to calm down and shout sternly at Meng Chen, "Meng Chen, I remember your martial soul is a mutated Thunder Vine, which isn't compatible with the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake. Hand it over to us, and I can settle the grudge from six years ago with you later."
For Oscar's spirit ring, he could even put aside the great grudge from six years ago. He truly was a man of boundless loyalty!
Tang San thought to himself, his chin unconsciously lifting as he waited for Meng Chen to offer up the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake with both hands.
After all, he was willing to temporarily set aside even a grudge from six years ago. Wasn't that merciful enough?
Meng Chen's forehead was covered in black lines. No, was this still Tang San?
Didn't he remember Tang San being a disciple of the Tang Sect in his previous life?
Where was his scheming? Where was his composure? Where was his ability to plan everything out?
Holy shit, you're playing Tang San better than Tang San himself!
Damn it, do you know you're out of character?!
"Wait!"
An aged, commanding cry rang out, interrupting Meng Chen's inner rant.
Everyone turned around and saw two figures rushing toward them at high speed.
One was old and one was young, both women.
The old woman appeared to be in her sixties or seventies. Her full head of white hair was combed immaculately. Though advanced in age, she was remarkably vigorous. Her face bore many wrinkles, yet her complexion was as rosy as a baby's.
A sharp gleam flickered in her eyes. In her right hand, she held a three-meter-long snake-headed cane, while six spirit rings rose and fell around her body.
Following beside the old woman was a charming young girl with a rather bewitching appearance. Her short hair reached her ears, and she looked around sixteen or seventeen.
She wore a neat, fitted outfit that tightly outlined her already well-developed figure. Her large dark-brown eyes were fixed firmly on the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake in Meng Chen's hand.
She also carried a snake-headed cane, though hers was shorter than the old woman's, only two meters long. She had just two hundred-year spirit rings.
Seeing more people arrive, including a Spirit Emperor, Zhao Wuji became wary.
Mainly because the old woman's snake-headed cane looked familiar, and he vaguely had a guess.
Chao Tianxiang looked at the captured Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake and the three spirit rings around Meng Chen, and a flash of shock passed through her shrewd eyes.
Whose child was this? His spirit ring configuration was actually so terrifying!
And he looked much younger than her granddaughter, yet he was already a Spirit Elder. Incredible, truly incredible. There had to be some superpower backing him.
Then, leaning on her snake-headed cane, Chao Tianxiang walked up to Meng Chen and smiled kindly. "Young man, this old woman is Chao Tianxiang, and this is my granddaughter, Meng Yiran. The Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake you captured escaped from my hands."
"If you don't believe me, look at its abdomen. There are two wounds there, inflicted by my cane. There are wounds beneath its wings as well. I simply wasn't careful enough and let this slippery little fellow escape."
"My granddaughter has just reached level thirty and needs this spirit ring badly. As you can see, she inherited my tool martial soul, the Serpent Cane. High-level serpent-type spirit beasts are the most suitable for her."
"I see that you have already reached the Spirit Elder realm, young man. This Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake is of no use to you. Why not return it to us?"
Meng Yiran stared at Meng Chen and his spirit rings, and a storm raged in her heart.
She had thought herself a genius, but compared to the boy before her, she was simply heaven and earth apart!
Hearing that the Serpent Woman had also come to claim the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake, Oscar became anxious.
He had just wanted to speak when Zhao Wuji glared at him. "Don't shout recklessly!"
"Teacher Zhao, she's only a Spirit Emperor. What are you afraid of? You're a Spirit Sage!"
Oscar said dissatisfiedly. Zhao Wuji backhanded him across the face, nearly knocking Oscar into the dirt.
"What the hell do you know? The old woman isn't frightening. Her husband is!"
Zhao Wuji quietly told the Shrek Academy group about the Peerless Dragon and Snake. The Dragon Duke and Serpent Woman had always been inseparable. Since the Serpent Woman was here, the Dragon Duke could not be far away.
"Little Ao, it looks like your Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake is a lost cause."
Dai Mubai bumped Oscar's shoulder. Oscar looked dejected. Why was he so unlucky?
Tang San, however, stepped forward with a confident expression.
"Little Ao, don't worry. This Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake will definitely be yours. No one can take it away."
Tang San was so confident because, before Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong came to Shrek Academy, he had another one of those precognitive dreams.
In the dream, he foresaw Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's arrival. He also foresaw Oscar breaking through level thirty and, with his help, obtaining the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake's spirit ring.
Furthermore, after Xiao Wu was captured by the Titan Giant Ape, he angrily chased after it. He encountered a Man-faced Demon Spider, killed it, and absorbed its spirit ring, breaking through to the Spirit Elder realm.
As for why he did not continue chasing Xiao Wu and instead chose to absorb the spirit ring, Tang San thought it was perfectly reasonable. Only by breaking through and gaining greater strength could he save Xiao Wu.
Although Xiao Wu had already been taken by Meng Chen in reality, what one thought about during the day appeared in one's dreams at night. Tang San believed Meng Chen had to be that Titan Giant Ape.
The dream was telling him that he would encounter Meng Chen and Xiao Wu again in the Star Dou Great Forest.
This time, Tang San swore that he would take Xiao Wu back!
While Tang San was brainwashing himself, Meng Chen also released the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake from its restraints and smiled at the Serpent Woman. "Since this Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake is Granny's prey, I'll leave it to Granny to handle."
The Serpent Woman's face lit up with delight. She had not expected Meng Chen to be so agreeable.
"Thank you, little brother. May I ask your name?"
"Meng Chen."
The Serpent Woman was surprised. "Oh my, little brother, your surname is Meng as well? My husband is named Meng Shu. Since we share the same surname, perhaps we were family hundreds of years ago."
"Granny, you should have your granddaughter kill this spirit beast first, lest something unexpected happen. After all, someone else has their eyes on this spirit beast."
Meng Chen reminded the Serpent Woman. Only then did she remember that another group nearby wanted the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake's spirit ring. She nodded and immediately had Meng Yiran kill the snake and take its ring.
"Stop! Meng Yiran, I challenge you to a match. By the rules of the spirit master world, whoever wins gets the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake!"
Just as Meng Yiran raised her Serpent Cane to strike the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake, Tang San snapped out of his self-brainwashing and loudly stopped her...
PS: I'll add one extra chapter first. Once I get used to this pace, I'll add two extra chapters.
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