Learning to Say "I'm Sorry"

Li Qingming's voice was soft. Facing the two of them, he felt almost no fear as he stared them down.

Feeling the aura around Li Qingming, Bei Bei frowned.

"Xu Sanshi was indeed in the wrong here, but you've already taught him a lesson. Why are you still refusing to let it go and humiliating him?"

"Do you not understand what an apology means? Or can't you say the words 'I'm sorry'? I want him to apologize. And now that you've stepped in, you need to apologize to me too. Otherwise, I'll cripple one of your hands as well."

As Li Qingming spoke, he fixed his cold gaze on Bei Bei.

Bei Bei narrowed his eyes slightly and stared directly back at Li Qingming.

That strike just now had already been close to his full strength, yet it had been so easily deflected.

And as he looked at the Angel Martial Soul behind the other boy, with its full six wings, Bei Bei's pupils flickered slightly.

He was not like ordinary people.

As an inheritor of the Tang Sect, even though the Tang Sect had declined, they still possessed plenty of records.

He also knew of that existence who had once battled the Tang Sect's ancestor.

That person had been born with six wings and possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, born with full soul power at Rank 20.

Yet as he stared at the youth before him, the other party did not seem to be like that. Still, his strength was far from weak.

In this situation, even if he and Xu Sanshi joined forces, they might not be able to defeat the youth before them. After all, there was certainly a gap between their Martial Souls.

Xu Sanshi had failed to see that, but Bei Bei had not.

He was even somewhat shaken. He had no idea why Shrek Academy contained someone with such a terrifying Martial Soul.

Facing the youth's icy gaze, Bei Bei fell silent for a second before finally speaking.

"I'm sorry. This matter was Xu Sanshi's fault, and I shouldn't have suddenly attacked you just now either. I apologize for my actions."

Bei Bei's voice was quiet.

As he spoke, he continued gathering strength in his hand. He did not think the youth before him would compromise or let the two of them off.

Yet upon hearing him, Li Qingming withdrew his gaze and calmly looked at Xu Sanshi on the ground.

A huge footprint was stamped across Xu Sanshi's face, and his eyes were filled with humiliation.

But when he saw the enormous Martial Soul behind the youth and felt that utterly terrifying pressure, his first instinct was not to resist. Instead, after pausing for a second, he said, "I'm sorry. I was wrong. I shouldn't have run my mouth and said you looked like Jiang Nannan. That was my fault, and I apologize to you too."

Xu Sanshi spoke with some humiliation, but Li Qingming ignored him after that.

As the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul withdrew from his body, he turned and calmly looked at Huo Yuhao.

Seeing Li Qingming walk over, the crowd that had been queuing immediately parted.

Li Qingming looked at Huo Yuhao and asked, "Sorry for interrupting your business. Please give me five grilled fish. This is the money, and compensation for you."

As Li Qingming spoke, he raised his hand, and three gold soul coins appeared in it.

He then slowly placed the three gold soul coins on the table beside him.

Huo Yuhao was stunned by Li Qingming's actions.

He had never heard of the young man before him, but seeing what he did, he nodded blankly before hurriedly sitting down to continue grilling fish.

Of course, the fish had already been grilled.

Or rather, there had been exactly five grilled fish in the line of customers from before, and Li Qingming had sharp eyes. He took practically all of them.

As Li Qingming took the grilled fish and turned to leave at an unhurried pace, Bei Bei hurried forward and helped Xu Sanshi up.

Xu Sanshi opened his mouth and spat to the side.

Feeling the palm print on his face, the intense pain, and the surrounding students' contemptuous or strange looks, Xu Sanshi gritted his teeth. "Damn it. Don't let me run into that brat again. He's really strong, but if I seriously fought him, he might not necessarily be able to beat me."

Xu Sanshi cursed like that.

But everyone merely glanced at Li Qingming, who had already gone far away, then fell silent without answering him.

Meanwhile, as Li Qingming continued onward, Wang Dong moved closer beside him and looked at him curiously. "Li Qingming, why did you get so angry when someone talked about your appearance?"

Wang Dong's tone carried curiosity and a desire to understand. It was his first time seeing the youth before him so angry.

In the past, the youth's expression had hardly changed at all.

But today, Xu Sanshi had merely said that he looked like Jiang Nannan, and Li Qingming had become furious. He had even flown into such a rage that he beat up two fourth-year seniors.

If this matter was truly reported, it would definitely result in a major demerit.

Yet in response to Wang Dong's question, Li Qingming's expression did not change much.

"This has nothing to do with you. It's just that I don't really acknowledge my family, but I do acknowledge my parents. They raised me well."

"And when he said I looked like that Jiang Nannan, I felt like he was insulting me. That's why I got angry. That's all."

Li Qingming's voice was soft, and a rare loneliness tinged his tone.

He had been an orphan in his previous life. After coming to this world, he had experienced a father's and mother's love for the first time.

But that feeling had not lasted long before he was alone again.

Seeing the loneliness on the youth's face, Wang Dong blinked but said nothing. He simply followed quietly behind Li Qingming.

The two returned to the shore of Sea God Lake. Li Qingming sat down and took out a grilled fish, handing it to Wang Dong.

At the fragrant scent of the grilled fish, Wang Dong's throat bobbed involuntarily.

Li Qingming looked at Wang Dong, at the Adam's apple he did not have, but did not make any particular reaction.

As Wang Dong accepted the grilled fish and took a small bite, Li Qingming sat there as well, gazing at the Sea God Lake before him.

Sea God Lake was vast.

Arriving at Sea God Lake made Li Qingming think of a later part of the story, which seemed to happen either the next day or a few days later.

In the original timeline, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong came here and happened to encounter Ma Xiaotao.

Thinking of this, Li Qingming wanted to tell Wang Dong not to come to Sea God Lake for the next couple of days.

But before he could speak, Wang Dong pointed curiously toward Sea God's Pavilion in the middle of Sea God Lake. "Hey, what's that? It looks like something is flying over here."

Wang Dong spoke with curiosity.

Hearing him, Li Qingming turned around too, only to see a massive fireball rapidly hurtling toward them.

This fireball—or rather, the figure within it—was extremely fast.

Terrifying evil fire spilled and spread from her body. It was the evil fire of the Evil Fire Phoenix.

Looking at the person suddenly charging at them, Li Qingming reacted quickly and almost instantly guessed that it was Ma Xiaotao.

But under normal circumstances, shouldn't she have lost control the next day, or several days later?

But Li Qingming could not worry about that now.

She was a six-ring Soul Emperor. If he did not deal with this now and her full power came crashing down, Li Qingming did not have the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

Thinking of this, Li Qingming cursed inwardly as the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul appeared behind him once more.

As holy light enveloped him, his first soul ring suddenly lit up.