Lesson

In an instant, she summoned her martial soul and flew into the air, widening the distance between herself and Yao Shi. Only then did she evade his punch.

"Oh, you finally decided to use your martial soul."

Yao Shi looked up at Wang Dong in the air, his tone mocking.

Because Wang Dong's martial soul was far too conspicuous, the area had already filled with newly arrived students, and murmurs of discussion rose from time to time.

"Damn, people are already fighting on the first day of school."

"Wow—it's a handsome guy and a beautiful girl fighting."

"And that handsome guy's martial soul is so pretty. Could this be the legendary Bright Goddess Butterfly?"

"Wait, fighting on the first day of school... won't they get expelled?"

"That's not the point, okay? Didn't you see that the pink-blue-haired handsome guy's second soul ring is actually a thousand-year one?"

Wang Dong completely ignored the surrounding chatter and merely looked down at Yao Shi from above.

"You've forced me to use my martial soul. I admit you do have the right to be arrogant. Now, it's time to end this."

As soon as Wang Dong finished speaking, her yellow soul ring lit up. She shouted, "First soul skill, Wing Guillotine—"

Golden, razor-sharp blades of light slowly gathered along the edges of the butterfly wings behind her. Then she dove down at high speed, launching a surprise attack at Yao Shi.

"Looks like you really won't behave unless I teach you a lesson."

This had originally only been an ordinary dormitory dispute. They could have honestly settled it with a physical fight, but Yao Shi had tolerated Wang Dong using her martial soul. Now she was even using a soul skill—what was that supposed to mean?

As Yao Shi spoke, life energy surged around him. His Abundance Body slowly emerged, and a pair of antlers grew from his head once more.

"This beautiful girl is actually another freak with one yellow and one purple soul ring!"

Seeing Yao Shi's soul rings, one of the surrounding students could not help but shout.

Wang Dong flapped her wings and was about to crash into Yao Shi. If an ordinary soul master of the same rank were struck by this attack, they would likely be seriously injured even if they did not die. Yao Shi was naturally unafraid; his regenerative ability was strong. Still, he took a few steps back, circled behind her, and swiftly summoned several Void Vines that stretched toward Wang Dong.

Wang Dong's Wing Guillotine was indeed extremely sharp, and it kept slicing apart the vines reaching toward her. However, Yao Shi's vines had no other particular trait except that there were a lot of them, and they grew back quickly.

Wang Dong could not cut the vines as quickly as they regrew. Before long, her rhythm was thrown into disarray, and the vines swiftly bound her.

Yao Shi gave a soft shout. "So what if you can fly? Get down here." Wang Dong, tightly bound by the vines, was violently yanked to the ground.

Looking at Wang Dong lying on the ground with her face exposed and her entire body bound up like a maggot, Yao Shi bent down and leaned closer.

"Well? Do you admit defeat?"

"Admit defeat, my ass. Let me go!" Wang Dong snapped angrily, struggling with all her strength, only to find that she could not move at all.

"You lost, but you still won't admit it?" As Yao Shi spoke, he raised his right fist and swung it toward Wang Dong's face.

"Ah—"

Wang Dong let out a pained scream. A streak of bright red slowly trickled from her nose. Before she could speak again, Yao Shi's left hand gently rested on her face, releasing healing energy and mending the injury he had just inflicted.

Then Yao Shi said in an indifferent tone, "If you still refuse to submit, I'll punch you once and heal you once. I'll keep repeating it until you do."

"Y-you dare do that? My family won't let you off!" Hearing Yao Shi's words, Wang Dong's face paled slightly as she gritted her teeth.

But the moment she finished speaking, Yao Shi punched her in the face again. A few seconds later, he healed her, leaving no trace of injury on her face. After that, every time Wang Dong tried to speak, Yao Shi repeated the same process.

Even the other students gathered nearby could barely bear to watch. They cried out that it was too brutal—giving her a punch and then a date afterward. He had truly mastered the art of training someone.

Just like that, Yao Shi's torment of Wang Dong continued for nearly five minutes. Just as he was about to throw another punch, Wang Dong's sobbing could be heard.

"I-I submit. Wuwuwu... Stop hitting me. I really submit. I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."

Although Yao Shi healed her every time after punching her, and the pain only lasted a few seconds, a few times was manageable. Repeating it endlessly, however, was more than Wang Dong could endure. Tears flowed from her eyes uncontrollably, and she began apologizing.

"Oh~ So where were you wrong?" Yao Shi stopped his fist mid-motion.

"Wuwuwu... I-I shouldn't have acted arrogantly toward you as soon as I got here. I shouldn't have been so haughty. I shouldn't have ordered you around so casually. I'm sorry, wuwuwu."

"Will you dare act like that again?"

"I won't, I won't. Wuwu~"

"Can you speak properly from now on?"

"Yes, yes. From now on, I'll speak pleasantly and never act arrogant again. Wuwu~"

After asking all that, Yao Shi immediately picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. "Correcting one's mistakes is the greatest good. Remember what you said today. Come on, as your roommate, I'll take you back now." With that, he carried Wang Dong back to the dormitory.

Where Wang Dong had previously been lying bound on the ground, there was a puddle of some unidentified liquid. It was unclear whether it was sweat or something else.

Hearing Yao Shi say that he was Wang Dong's roommate, the people around them finally came back to their senses.

"What? Did he just mean that they're roommates?"

"Seems like it."

"Then does that mean that beautiful girl is actually a guy?"

"Seems like it."

"Damn, no wonder people always called them beauties instead of beautiful girls. Can guys really be this beautiful too? By the way, why did you suddenly move so far away?"

"Stay away from me. I think there's something off about you, you gay."

Passerby: "..."

Back in the dormitory, Yao Shi dispersed the vines binding Wang Dong, then gently tossed her onto the floor.

"Hm? What's that smell?"

The moment he released Wang Dong, Yao Shi caught a faint scent with his nose and spoke in confusion.

At his words, Wang Dong's face instantly flushed. Trembling slightly, she stood up. "I-I'm going to take a bath first. You'd better not..."

Before she could finish, Yao Shi glared her back into submission. Her tone immediately weakened. "I-I hope you won't open the bathroom door."

Only then did Yao Shi smile. "That's more like it. As long as you speak more politely, it's not as though I can't agree to those conditions you mentioned before. Roommates should respect each other, right?"

"R-right..."

Wang Dong hurriedly answered, grabbed a change of clothes, and quickly ran into the bathroom.

Yao Shi did not pay any attention to her behavior.

"I've been tired for so many days. I can finally get some proper rest." As soon as he said that, he lay down on his own bed and closed his eyes.

Inside the bathroom, Wang Dong's long pink-blue hair fell loose. Clearly, because she was about to bathe, she had removed her disguise and returned to her appearance as a girl.

At that moment, she let the hot water from the shower run over her. One hand caressed her face, while her expression seemed to be savoring something...

Yao Shi did not know that, through his repeated attacks and healing of Wang Dong, he had quietly changed something.

God Realm.

"What's going on?! Why has the soul imprint I left on Wutong disappeared?"