Flogging

From the moment Huo Yuhao encountered the spatial-temporal turbulence and was reborn into a collateral branch of the Dai family, he had resolved, upon hearing Dai Mubai's name, to seek out his future father-in-law. Ever since awakening his martial soul, the "Spirit Eyes," with only rank-one innate soul power, he had already been abandoned by his family. This era had no concept of Body Martial Souls—let alone anything comparable to the era of Soul Land 2!

This era placed greater importance on innate soul power and the strength of one's martial soul.

But Huo Yuhao did not care about any of that. He had merely changed his name back to Huo Yuhao and left the Duke's estate alone. Relying on his understanding of cultivation from his previous life, with the Mysterious Heaven Technique as his foundation, his cultivation speed was not too slow.

But... he no longer had any cheats. A million-year first soul ring, obtaining a second martial soul—those were nothing but wishful fantasies now. He could only miserably acquire a hundred-year soul ring. Once he became powerful in the future, he would rescue the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and have it sacrifice itself to him once more. Then he would obtain the Ice Empress's martial soul, bring the whole family from the Extreme North to sacrifice themselves to him, and when the crucial moment came, have them undergo tribulation. If they failed, he would reluctantly let them become his soul spirits. He would simply walk the path to godhood all over again.

But he still had one small wish: to join the first generation of Shrek Academy and follow his beloved future father-in-law.

But... he had never expected to meet his future father-in-law as a child while failing to find Xiao Wu. Today, Zhao Wuji had merely sent him out with Ma Hongjun to look for the people bullying Shrek Academy. With the foundation of both his past and present lives, Huo Yuhao treated anything related to Shrek Academy as an imperial decree.

And then... they ran into these two beasts. Huo Yuhao felt they were ten thousand times more hateful than evil soul masters. They truly deserved to die.

Xiao Chenghe stretched his limbs and sneered. "Hehe, you two should thank us brothers properly. If this weren't Suotuo City, we'd definitely castrate you today."

Ma Hongjun trembled as he said, "B-Big Brother, I've at least received a little punishment already. Could you spare a few lashes for the kid beside me?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened as he stared at Ma Hongjun in disbelief.

Back then, Shrek's introduction of Ma Hongjun had portrayed him as a righteous hero, deeply loyal to his brothers, and a powerhouse with a great sense of justice. How was he actually this kind of person?

Huo Yuhao hurriedly spoke up. He had heard what Luo Yihe said and did not dare gamble on whether the people before him possessed something like a conscience.

"Don't, brothers. Just now, Ma Hongjun was the one provoking your female companion. I didn't say a single word."

Xiao Chenghe snorted coldly. "You're together. That alone is enough. Twenty each, and you get five extra."

Huo Yuhao was dumbfounded. "No, brother, why?"

Xiao Chenghe said, "Your brother took nearly twenty slaps. What's wrong with you taking five extra lashes?"

"I... ┗|｀O′|┛ Aah! Aah—"

Huo Yuhao still wanted to say something, but Xiao Chenghe had no interest in listening to him babble. A whip, splashing with chili water, lashed viciously across Huo Yuhao's body.

Huo Yuhao let out a scream that startled everyone.

"Come on, brother, does it hurt that much?" Ma Hongjun, hanging nearby, said dismissively.

Huo Yuhao twisted his body nonstop, his eyeballs nearly popping out.

Zhu Zhuqing watched with goosebumps rising all over her body.

Xiao Chenghe asked in confusion, "Hey, Brother Luo, I didn't even use any force. Why's he twisting like a cabbage snake?"

Luo Yihe said, "And you know you didn't use any force? Put some strength into it a couple of times, and he won't have the energy to keep wriggling around."

{Ding, negative emotions from Huo Yuhao +888}

Xiao Chenghe said, "Oh~ Big Brother makes sense."

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to beg for mercy, another whip came down on him.

"Aah... sob, sob... I... I was wrong... please spare me! I really know I was wrong, sob..."

Huo Yuhao begged through tears. This scream was even more miserable than the last.

"Brother, my little brother is only from the auxiliary system. His body can't take it... come at me instead."

Ma Hongjun let out a cold laugh. "Isn't it just getting whipped by hemp rope? Auxiliary system really is auxiliary system—so weak... Watch Fatty Ma."

Xiao Chenghe looked at Ma Hongjun darkly. What did this brat mean? Was he looking down on me? Did he think I only knew how to bully auxiliary-system soul masters?

"Then let's do it."

Xiao Chenghe swung the hemp rope, spinning it two and a half times in his hand before it landed on Ma Hongjun with a smack.

A fierce gust sliced through the air.

Ma Hongjun's whole body trembled once, then he went still.

"Holy shit! This little fatty's got some skill?"

The moment Luo Yihe finished speaking—

"Aah..."

A howl rang out, startling everyone into shuddering.

Ma Hongjun twisted his body nonstop like a cabbage snake that had been drenched in hot oil. Watching from afar, Luo Yihe nearly thought Ma Hongjun was pole dancing.

"He's got some skill, but not that much skill."

Luo Yihe sighed.

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Zhuqing laughed so hard that she swayed, even revealing her little dimples.

It was the first time Luo Yihe had seen Zhu Zhuqing smile so naturally. Unable to resist, he reached out for her hand. When he held her delicate hand, Zhu Zhuqing turned her head to look at him. She neither refused nor pulled away.

Xiao Chenghe paid no attention to the shameless couple behind him. With a vicious grin, he swung the hemp rope and lashed it repeatedly across Ma Hongjun and Huo Yuhao, looking exactly like a twenty-first-century plantation owner whipping slaves.

Especially with that savage smile, tinged with perverse delight, Xiao Chenghe felt he ought to own a farm of his own. The two before him were slaves refusing to work, and he was correcting their mistaken way of thinking. He definitely did not have any unusual fetishes.

"Hehehe!"

He grinned viciously as he swung the hemp rope.

The entire alley echoed with the ceaseless wails of Ma Hongjun and Huo Yuhao...

When Tang San, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai appeared at the mouth of the alley, they saw this bizarre scene...

Luo Yihe and Zhu Zhuqing were secretly holding hands. Xiao Chenghe was swinging the hemp rope with the grin of a madman, completely immersed in it and unable to stop.

Ma Hongjun and Huo Yuhao were like two screaming cabbage snakes, wearing only underpants as they were tied beneath the eaves and writhing around.

The whip marks on their bodies had nearly covered them from head to toe.

Ning Rongrong unconsciously took a step back. If Tang San and the others had not been there, she would already have run away. Even so, she hid behind Tang San and cautiously peeked out at the person swinging the hemp rope.

"So... perverted!"

Hearing Ning Rongrong's quiet mutter, Tang San and the others nodded instinctively. Then Tang San abruptly shook his head and shouted, "Xiao Chenghe, stop!"

Zhu Zhuqing was startled by the sudden shout. She hurriedly pulled her hand from Luo Yihe's, instinctively widening the distance between them as her little face instantly turned bright red.