Dai Yueheng: The Clown Was Me All Along?

When Dai Yueheng saw that Xu Tianming not only failed to reveal his Martial Soul but instead ordered Zhang Lexuan beside him to suppress him, he nearly burst out laughing.

Did the Sun Moon Empire's spoiled young masters not even have brains?

He was asking the senior sister, renowned throughout Shrek Academy's inner court for her gentleness, to suppress a fellow inner court student.

This was truly the funniest joke Dai Yueheng had ever heard in his life.

But just as that thought surfaced in his mind, he heard Xu Tianming counting down.

"Five... four... three..."

The countdown left Dai Yueheng stunned for a moment before he realized that this spoiled young master seemed to be threatening Zhang Lexuan.

"Pfft! Hahahaha!"

This time, Dai Yueheng truly could not hold back his laughter. Yet before Xu Tianming's countdown had even ended, he suddenly felt an incomparably terrifying pressure of soul power descend upon him. His laughter stopped abruptly as he was pinned firmly in place, unable to move.

Is some hidden expert making a move? Damn spoiled young master!

The moment that thought arose in Dai Yueheng's mind, he instinctively turned to look toward Zhang Lexuan.

One of Shrek Academy's rules was that when students encountered trouble outside, they should help one another whenever circumstances permitted.

With that rule in mind, Dai Yueheng naturally sought help from Zhang Lexuan.

Before turning around, Dai Yueheng had been filled with hope. In his eyes, with Senior Sister by his side, he would surely come to no harm.

But when he turned and clearly saw Zhang Lexuan's current state, his eyes instantly narrowed and his expression froze. The hope he had just harbored vanished in an instant, replaced by disbelief—and then despair equal to, if not greater than, that hope.

Zhang Lexuan's Silver Moon Martial Soul hovered above her head, soul rings appearing around her body. Faced with those incredibly dense fluctuations of soul power, no matter how unwilling Dai Yueheng was to believe it, he could not change the fact that he was being suppressed by Sister Lexuan, whom he trusted.

"Wh... why?"

Though his heart was already filled with despair, Dai Yueheng still gritted his teeth and forced out those three words.

He could not understand how things had come to this.

Even if he was going to die, he had to know why.

Unfortunately, he was destined not to receive the answer he wanted.

Seeing that Dai Yueheng still had the strength to speak, Xu Tianming immediately grew dissatisfied. "Is this how you suppress someone? How did you suppress that evil soul master in the Evil Demon Forest not long ago? Do exactly that now! I don't want to repeat myself a second time! If this idiot disturbs my ears again... heh, I wouldn't mind turning him into a mute first!"

Although Zhang Lexuan did not want to do this, circumstances were stronger than her will. If anyone was to blame... it could only be this junior brother for having no brains. She had clearly already given him a chance to leave, yet he had brought this outcome upon himself through his own foolishness!

That was right, it was all this idiot's own fault!

Having comforted herself with that reasoning, Zhang Lexuan stopped holding back and immediately increased her soul power output!

The terrifying pressure of soul power instantly doubled, forcibly driving Dai Yueheng's manifested Martial Soul back into his body. Without his Martial Soul protecting him, Dai Yueheng could no longer resist. He was forced to his knees, unable to rise.

Only then did Xu Tianming nod in satisfaction. "Seal his soul power, then put him in the specially made shackles."

The first step was always the hardest. Since Zhang Lexuan had already acted, she naturally no longer resisted Xu Tianming's subsequent orders.

She promptly used the unique nature of her Martial Soul to seal the soul power within Dai Yueheng's body. Then, she took out from her storage soul tool the shackles Xu Tianming had used to bind her body not long ago. After hesitating for a moment, she personally put them on Dai Yueheng.

Throughout the entire process, Dai Yueheng could not muster even the slightest strength to resist. The only thing he could do was glare furiously at Xu Tianming. If looks could kill, Xu Tianming would have died at least a hundred times over by now.

Once the shackles had been secured, Dai Yueheng discovered in horror that he could no longer use the soul power in his body. He could not even sense the existence of his Martial Soul.

This was truly the end!

"Not bad. Keep it up."

After casually praising Zhang Lexuan, Xu Tianming took a collar and an iron chain from his storage soul tool. "Go put this collar on him too, then lead him back to the Princely Manor with the chain. As for how to deal with him afterward, I'll think about it later."

Leading a person with a dog chain, and doing so in full public view, was undoubtedly the utmost humiliation for Dai Yueheng.

Yet this time, Zhang Lexuan did not show even a moment's hesitation.

In her view, it was already a good outcome that this idiot would merely suffer humiliation.

Just consider what this idiot had done: in the heart of the Sun Moon Empire, before a prince and countless citizens, he had publicly insulted the Sun Moon Empire's dignity. For such outrageous conduct, even if they had beaten him to death on the spot, Shrek Academy would likely have no grounds for complaint and could only swallow the bitter pill.

That was indeed sound reasoning. Yet Zhang Lexuan herself did not notice that, imperceptibly, she had somehow learned to judge right and wrong from the Sun Moon Empire's perspective.

After the disturbance passed and Xu Tianming's group departed, the gathered crowd scattered like birds and beasts, each returning home.

However, one girl dressed in red did not leave. She remained in an inconspicuous corner, staring at the spot where Dai Yueheng had just been forced to kneel.

She was none other than Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng's teammate on this mission.

"That idiot is weak enough already, yet he just loves causing trouble for others!"

Though she cursed Dai Yueheng over and over, Ma Xiaotao was seriously considering a rescue plan.

But do not misunderstand—she was not concerned about any sense of camaraderie between teammates.

She merely considered that this idiot's capture by a Sun Moon Empire noble might bring Shrek Academy considerable trouble. As a member of the academy, she naturally had to find a way to help resolve its difficulties within her abilities!

If they came clean through official channels and wanted to ransom Dai Yueheng back, Shrek Academy would certainly have to pay a considerable price—and might not even succeed.

But if she, hidden in the shadows, could find an opportunity to rescue this idiot while no one was paying attention, then every problem could be resolved with ease!

The problem before her now, however, was how to carry out the rescue plan and, after succeeding, how to escape the Sun Moon Empire safely.

Every part of it was fraught with difficulties, but Ma Xiaotao had no intention of giving up.

Because in her eyes, difficulties existed to be overcome.