The Crime Before Her Husband's Eyes?

Su Ge was not surprised after hearing about tomorrow's lesson from Tang San and Xiao Wu.

It was only a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest. He had gone there alone many times, and for long periods at that. However, this time he might encounter three things that would make the trip different from his usual solitary excursions.

The Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, the couple from Exotic Beast Academy; Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape; and Tang San's External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances.

However, Tang San had already broken through to Level 30 under his pressure and successfully obtained his third Soul Ring. How would he obtain the Eight Spider Lances this time? Or would he simply never get them?

After pondering for a moment and explaining some of the things they needed to prepare for their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, he told Tang San and Xiao Wu that he was going to cultivate.

After sending the two away, he closed the door, took out the Whale Rubber, and continued refining it as he cultivated, quietly awaiting tomorrow's trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Just as he was about to continue melting the Whale Rubber, someone knocked on his door again.

Su Ge was somewhat puzzled. Could there be something else?

He rose and walked to the door. But when he opened it, the person standing before him surprised him.

"Zhu Zhuqing?"

"Do you need something?"

As Su Ge looked at the black-clad girl standing before him, a flash of amazement still crossed his eyes. Although her talent was not considered outstanding, it was displayed to perfection in other areas.

Especially since he was much taller than Zhu Zhuqing. At such a close distance, combined with his downward gaze, the sight was simply too dazzling!

"Can I come in and talk?"

Zhu Zhuqing's voice trembled slightly as she said this, but she maintained her composure and finished each word clearly.

"Forget it. There's no one around, so just say it here. It wouldn't be good for you to enter my room."

Although Su Ge did not claim to be some paragon of virtue, he was not a lecherous demon either. Zhu Zhuqing's purpose was actually quite clear.

"All right. I want you to help me become stronger."

Zhu Zhuqing also realized that what she was doing was somewhat inappropriate. After calming herself, she stated her purpose.

"Why?"

He was not surprised by Zhu Zhuqing's request, but Su Ge had always regarded her talent as something that was neither particularly useful nor useless.

Although her determination to grow stronger was firm, there were plenty of people with better talent and a stronger desire to improve. Why should he help someone else's fiancée?

"I can pay any price!"

Zhu Zhuqing's gaze was incomparably resolute. She met Su Ge's golden eyes without the slightest fear!

"Heh. Any price? What do you have to offer?"

His golden eyes gradually brightened, and his golden hair began to lengthen. A pressure originating from the superior Martial Soul swept through his words and gaze, crashing fiercely into Zhu Zhuqing's mind!

"Is your talent that good? Is your determination to grow stronger that rare? Can you offer me your loyalty?"

"I have methods, but why should I help you?"

"Because you're weak enough? Or because you have nothing, yet come with a whole pile of trouble attached?"

Su Ge's words were like one heavy hammer after another. Accompanied by the pressure of the Martial Soul Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, they pounded fiercely against Zhu Zhuqing's last shred of stubbornness.

Her Martial Soul instinctively possessed her body as she resisted the pressure Su Ge brought.

Yet she discovered that after using Martial Soul Possession, the pressure became even more obvious!

She gritted her teeth and struggled to hold herself upright. The pressure from a superior Martial Soul was far more turbulent than simple Soul Power suppression!

Even so, her gaze still met Su Ge's. She clenched her teeth, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, but her body did not waver in the slightest!

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing like this, a trace of satisfaction flashed through Su Ge's eyes. He immediately dispelled his Martial Soul Possession.

As the suffocating pressure vanished, Zhu Zhuqing began gasping heavily, greedily breathing in the fresh air!

"Now, you have one last chance to name your price."

"Tell me: why should I be willing to help someone as troublesome as you?"

Su Ge's voice carried an imposing authority that inspired awe without anger, and it rang in Zhu Zhuqing's ears.

"Rather than be toyed with by fate until I die, I would rather die by my own choice!"

"I'm willing to offer my loyalty and everything I have, even my life! I will definitely... definitely prove my worth to you!"

As she spoke, Zhu Zhuqing recalled the hardships she had endured along the way and Dai Mubai's conduct.

Especially after what happened last night, a profound despair had arisen in her heart.

In this Monster Academy, there was a true monster!

Driven by despair, she placed all her hopes in Su Ge!

As she continued speaking, she even wanted to kneel, but a sturdy and powerful hand caught her.

"Not bad determination. You're worth investing in."

Su Ge's voice carried a hint of ease, and it immediately dispelled most of the gloom in her heart!

She raised her head in disbelief and met Su Ge's golden eyes. At that moment, it was as though a pillar had appeared in her heart. Strength flowed into her once more, allowing her to straighten her body.

In truth, she had not sensed it wrong. Su Ge had infused Soul Power into her body.

After all, it was already exceedingly difficult for a Soul Grandmaster like her to endure that close-range suppression. Her body had been nearly exhausted, and she had persisted entirely through sheer willpower.

"I don't need you to kneel. You only need to show me your value."

Then he stepped aside and said to Zhu Zhuqing, "Come in."

Looking at the room inside, Zhu Zhuqing entered without the slightest hesitation.

"Heh. What a brave little kitten."

Su Ge truly had no improper intentions. Since he had decided to invest in her, he would simply give her two pieces of Whale Rubber and see how she responded.

It was ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber. Even if he told her how to consume it, she could only stare helplessly at it, so he had to help melt it.

With Whale Rubber of such a high age and this being her first time taking it, consuming two pieces today might allow her Soul Power Level to rise a little further.

If she was lucky, she might even be able to join them in hunting for a third Soul Ring.

However, when Su Ge closed the door, he keenly sensed another watching gaze coming from a corner.

Su Ge felt that familiar aura, but he neither exposed it nor offered any explanation. He merely closed the door with an unchanged expression.

Behind a large tree not far away.

Dai Mubai had originally wanted to catch up with Zhu Zhuqing and explain what had happened yesterday. But now, looking at the door Su Ge had closed, he clenched his fists tightly, his eyes bloodshot.

If he had not been wary of Su Ge's strength, he would probably have charged in without hesitation and—

In the end, Dai Mubai deflated like a punctured ball. He took one last deep look at the tightly closed door, then left to find his pair of sisters.