Hu Liena

Xiao Chenghe glared and clenched his fist. "Do you think you can beat me, or do you think you can outrun me?"

Everyone from Shrek promptly shut their mouths and hid behind Zhao Wuji. They certainly didn't think they could defeat Xiao Chenghe.

Even all together, they couldn't do it—unless Zhao Wuji joined them.

After that incident, the group's relationship eased somewhat. At the very least, when Luo Yihe spoke to the Shrek group, he no longer hid bricks behind his back.

Things continued following the original plot. They still encountered the fated Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Meng Yiran and the Serpent Woman appeared, and conflict broke out over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Tang San once again showed off in front of everyone, tying up the young girl in an embarrassingly suggestive way. Just as Luo Yihe stared without being able to look away, Zhu Zhuqing descended like a queen, and one high-heeled kick sent Luo Yihe straight out of his charmed state and back to his senses.

Luo Yihe cried out, "What an exquisite charm technique!"

The moment he said that, the Shrek group and Xiao Chenghe gave Luo Yihe approving looks and nodded in agreement.

Then Zhu Zhuqing's second kick landed. Luo Yihe hopped around in pain and finally had no chance to act up again.

Tang San truly deserved to be called the protagonist. With no Titan Giant Ape around, that fated Man Faced Demon Spider actually ran right into Tang San's face on its own.

Could Tang San possibly refuse? He killed it outright, absorbed its spirit ring, and gained the Eight Spider Lances.

Luo Yihe was not jealous or anything. First, he had no use for it. Second, his relationship with Tang San was somewhat complicated now, but they had no conflict, and Tang San had always treated him politely.

He really did not want to offend people for no reason. Besides, would he be worse than Tang San? Luo Yihe did not believe that a single set of Eight Spider Lances could widen the gap between him and Tang San.

Once everyone had seen Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, Luo Yihe explained them from the side.

The Shrek group all congratulated Tang San, and Tang San also thanked Luo Yihe. After all, he did not know what this thing was either. He had thought he had mutated.

When the group was preparing to help the last person, Zhu Zhuqing, find a spirit ring, the Dragon Duke, Serpent Woman, and Meng Yiran appeared again.

Zhao Wuji revealed Tang San's identity. He had originally wanted to mention Luo Yihe's, but Luo Yihe's background was his martial soul. Who the hell would believe that if he said it out loud? If Zhao Wuji had not seen it himself, he would never have believed such an absurd reason either. So, after thinking it over, he gave Tang Hao's name instead.

The Dragon Duke and Serpent Woman had originally planned to let the matter go, but Meng Yiran disagreed. She insisted that Tang San demonstrate his throwing knives, and only agreed to leave after Tang San received one of her kisses.

Luo Yihe was utterly speechless. He had been pursuing Zhu Zhuqing for so long and had only kissed her a few days ago, yet Tang San and Meng Yiran had met just twice before kissing.

Luo Yihe immediately felt unbalanced, and his whole mood turned gloomy.

When Zhu Zhuqing saw Luo Yihe's expression and considered everything that had happened these past few days, she found it both amusing and helpless. But who told her to choose this man herself?

She quietly walked over, took Luo Yihe's hand, laced her fingers with his, and rested her head against his shoulder.

Dai Mubai, who had been secretly watching Zhu Zhuqing from behind, saw this scene and was so furious he nearly bit into the tree bark. His teeth ground together with a creak.

Finally, it was time to help Zhu Zhuqing obtain her spirit ring, but Zhu Zhuqing requested a feline spirit beast around six thousand years old.

No one except Xiao Chenghe agreed. Luo Yihe flatly refused in particular. He would not allow Zhu Zhuqing to take such a risk. She had not even eaten immortal herbs—how could she possibly be that powerful?

But Zhu Zhuqing insisted. She could not tell them that another version of herself had already strengthened her, nor could she say that the other her had told her six thousand years would be safe. The other her would not possibly want to harm her, right?

Xiao Chenghe was the one who pulled Luo Yihe aside and explained that his breakthrough had actually triggered Zhu Zhuqing's advancement. Zhu Zhuqing would have no problem choosing a six-thousand-year spirit ring now.

After arguing for quite some time, Luo Yihe finally agreed to give it a try. He stated, "If there is even the slightest sign of failure, then even if it ruins Zhu Zhuqing's foundation, I will choose to save her life."

Zhu Zhuqing only smiled even more gently after hearing that.

When Zhu Zhuqing truly absorbed a six-thousand-seven-hundred-year Thorn-Hiding Cat Demon, Dai Mubai's eyes turned bloodshot. He wished he could take her place, and regret nearly killed him. If he had taken Zhu Zhuqing with him when he ran away back then, would Luo Yihe, that inhuman bastard, have gotten so lucky?

Tang San felt a little envious as well. After all, he had only obtained a spirit beast ring of just over three thousand years. At that moment, Tang San suddenly remembered what Luo Yihe had once said to him.

"Your teacher is nothing but a useless piece of trash. Use that pig brain of yours and think it through. Is that Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul he wrote something a normal person could come up with? It's complete bullshit. A useless bastard who hadn't even reached level twenty-nine wrote the entire soul master system? If he's so damn amazing, why is he still level twenty-nine? Where the fuck is your brain?"

"Tang San, did you feed your brain to Yu Xiaogang's martial soul? Everyone on the entire Douluo Continent is an idiot except you? The whole continent recognizes him as trash, yet you think he's some hidden master? If you block my way again because of that trash teacher of yours, I'll beat you up every time I see you."

Tang San thought of Luo Yihe and Xiao Chenghe's strength, then looked at Zhu Zhuqing's successfully absorbed six-thousand-year spirit ring.

Tang San almost wanted to send Yu Xiaogang down the path of death. Absorbing that two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider had been somewhat difficult before because it came with an External Soul Bone. The first two century-level rings he absorbed had been ridiculously easy, especially his second spirit ring—it had been as simple as drinking water.

Just moments ago, Luo Yihe had been depressed and feeling unbalanced.

Now it was Tang San's turn. Yu Xiaogang had been good to him, and Tang San could feel that, but Tang San could not accept being an experiment for a useless man. He could accept even less that Yu Xiaogang would gamble with his future.

As Luo Yihe and the others celebrated Zhu Zhuqing's success, a pleasant voice rang out. "Kid! Is that you?"

Hu Liena had light golden hair cut to her shoulders, upturned fox-like eyes, and a gorgeous, seductive face. Her breasts were enormous, and her legs were incredibly long.

When she spotted Luo Yihe in the distance, she was astonished. Back when she had passed through the city where Luo Yihe sold phones, she had thought he was truly handsome. At such a young age, he was already out there performing to make a living. She had immediately placed an order with Spirit Hall for one hundred thousand phones.

To thank her for completing the first major transaction of his life, Luo Yihe had specially exchanged the skill [Poetry, Lyrics, Songs, and Rhapsodies] from the system shop.

That day, he had charmed Hu Liena out of her mind, leaving little hearts practically shining from her eyes.

She had even wanted to bring Luo Yihe to Spirit Hall, saying that he could bring all his family with him. She, Hu Liena, would cover every expense, and she would ask her teacher to help Luo Yihe awaken his martial soul again. Even if he had no Soul Power, Hu Liena would use treasures to force-feed him into becoming a soul master.

Because deep down, Hu Liena believed that if he had been a soul master, there was no way he would be setting up a stall and calling out to draw customers. And no matter who came to buy his phones, Luo Yihe called every one of them family, with absolutely no sense of boundaries.