Selling the Little Loli; A Deal with Yan Shaozhe

"Xiao Xiao, can I ask you something?"

"Go ahead!" Xiao Xiao said as she ate. At this point, she would tell Yuwen Tuo anything he wanted to know.

Yuwen Tuo leaned close to Xiao Xiao's ear and whispered, "Since your second martial soul already has a soul ring, doesn't that mean you never intended to hide it from the Academy? You wanted to improve your combat strength first, then use that to earn the Academy's attention?"

Since it concerned Twin Martial Souls, naturally they could not discuss it loudly.

Yuwen Tuo's warm breath made Xiao Xiao's ears turn red with embarrassment.

Crack, crack! The sound of clenched fists and grinding bones came from all around them. That was anger—anger at this shameless little loli who had gotten a head start.

Xiao Xiao nodded at Yuwen Tuo. "Tuo Tuo, you know I wasn't born into some great noble family. So, if I don't want to fall behind others, I have to achieve good results at the Academy to gain attention and obtain more cultivation resources."

Yuwen Tuo was rather speechless. Calling Xiao Xiao stupid would not be right—she understood the importance of resources and knew how to obtain them through practical means.

But calling her smart did not seem right either. Since she had not planned to hide her Twin Martial Souls anyway, why not simply reveal them directly to the dean? With the words "Twin Martial Souls" alone, would the Academy not value her? Why did she need to prove herself?

Why waste one soul ring slot of her second martial soul right from the start?

"Xiao Xiao, since you never intended to hide it, I'd like to ask you for a favor." What Yuwen Tuo wanted to do was something he could accomplish himself, but doing it without Xiao Xiao's consent would be disrespectful to her.

If she was unwilling, he would think of another way.

After Yuwen Tuo quietly explained it into her ear, Xiao Xiao wore an odd expression. "Tuo Tuo, you're really bad. Is it really okay to trick someone like this?"

Yuwen Tuo shrugged. "I can't help it. With my current situation, I don't have time to leave the Academy."

"Fine, it's only a small favor. You've helped me so much already, so of course I'm willing to help you too," Xiao Xiao said.

In fact, she was quite happy to be able to help Yuwen Tuo.

That day, after finishing their classes, the two did not leave. Instead, they went straight to the Teaching Committee to request an audience with the dean.

For ordinary people, the dean was not someone they could meet just because they wanted to. Unfortunately, Yuwen Tuo was no ordinary person.

Upon learning that Yuwen Tuo wished to see him, Yan Shaozhe did not refuse and had someone bring the two inside.

Seeing Yan Shaozhe again—the man who had caused his cultivation to be crippled for six years—hatred inevitably welled up in Yuwen Tuo's heart. Yet he controlled his emotions well and revealed not the slightest trace of it. Instead, he greeted him naturally. "Greetings, Dean!"

"Greetings, Dean!" Xiao Xiao was even more sincere. After all, she had always admired Shrek Academy.

Naturally, she respected Shrek's dean.

"Mhm." Yan Shaozhe sat behind his desk and asked, "What do you two need from me?"

"Dean, it's me. My Soul Power has already broken through Rank 20, and I hope the Academy can provide me with a soul beast so I can advance," Yuwen Tuo said bluntly.

Yan Shaozhe frowned. "You only obtained your First Soul Ring not long ago, and your Soul Power has yet to stabilize. You should wait a little longer."

It was the same excuse as before. He truly did not want Yuwen Tuo to grow too quickly. For one thing, Yuwen Tuo's feelings toward Shrek were not particularly deep. For another, he worried that his Supreme Pure Fire would be contaminated. If it absorbed too many different kinds of flames, the Supreme Pure Fire would inevitably become impure. How else would it help his precious disciple then?

His disciple, Ma Xiaotao, was only one step away from Ultimate Fire. He absolutely could not let all his efforts go to waste.

Yuwen Tuo said, "Dean, I know what you're worried about, but rest assured, my flames will not be affected in the slightest. Haven't these six years been the best proof? Besides, I'm not asking for it for free. I'm willing to exchange a valuable piece of information for it."

Hearing that, Yan Shaozhe showed a trace of interest. "Oh? What information? Let's hear it."

"Xiao Xiao and I know a genius with Twin Martial Souls. We're willing to recommend her to the Academy in exchange for a thousand-year soul beast. Dean, surely someone with Twin Martial Souls is more valuable than a thousand-year soul beast, no matter how you look at it," Yuwen Tuo said.

That was right. This time, he was going to fleece them without spending a thing—recommend Xiao Xiao, who already belonged to Shrek in the first place, back to Shrek.

"What? Twin Martial Souls!" As expected, Yan Shaozhe excitedly rose to his feet.

Shrek Academy had many geniuses and no shortage of powerful martial souls, but in the past several thousand years, there had only been a handful of people with Twin Martial Souls. They could be counted on one hand.

If it was true, he would naturally be willing to exchange a thousand-year soul beast for information about someone with Twin Martial Souls. It would be an enormous profit!

In fact, this method could have worked with Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao as well. But Wang Dong's background was too significant, and Yuwen Tuo did not want to rashly reveal her information and offend her, lest the Clear Sky Sect take note of him.

As for Huo Yuhao, his second and third martial souls were not truly martial souls yet. His second martial soul had not taken shape, while his third martial soul, Electrolux, should still be dormant. Even Huo Yuhao himself could not summon it. If Yan Shaozhe believed Yuwen Tuo was deceiving him, that would be troublesome.

For now, only Xiao Xiao was more suitable.

This was also a form of protection for Xiao Xiao. Ma Xiaotao was so tsundere that she bordered on being yandere. Yuwen Tuo worried she might harm Xiao Xiao in the future, but if Xiao Xiao's Twin Martial Souls were revealed in advance, she would definitely become someone the Academy focused on protecting.

Even Ma Xiaotao would not be able to casually make a move against her then.

As for why he had brought Xiao Xiao along, it was naturally because of Darkness Under the Lamp. Yan Shaozhe had not realized at all that the Twin Martial Souls genius Yuwen Tuo wanted to recommend was the little loli standing right before him.

After all, Yuwen Tuo had just said that he and Xiao Xiao knew someone. Yuwen Tuo had been trapped in Shrek all these years, so theoretically, he could not know anyone. But Xiao Xiao had always been outside, so Yan Shaozhe assumed that the Twin Martial Souls genius was probably Xiao Xiao's friend.

Yan Shaozhe sat in his chair and pondered for a while before asking, "Xiao Xiao, what is your relationship with Yuwen Tuo that you're helping him this much? You should know that if the information about your friend with Twin Martial Souls is true, you could use it to request a great deal of cultivation resources from me. I would certainly agree."

"I don't want resources. I only want to help Tuo Tuo, because Tuo Tuo is my friend!" Xiao Xiao said firmly.

Yan Shaozhe fell silent. "A friend..."

"Agree to it." At that moment, a voice transmitted directly into Yan Shaozhe's ear.

"Teacher!" Yan Shaozhe was startled. The one sending him the voice transmission was none other than Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

Mu En's reasoning was simple. First, as Yuwen Tuo had said, a single soul beast should not affect his Supreme Pure Fire. After all, even after being tempered by evil fire for six years, it had remained completely unaffected. Could a thousand-year soul beast's flames possibly be stronger than evil fire?

Second, Yuwen Tuo had finally made a friend at Shrek Academy. Perhaps Xiao Xiao could help resolve the knot in his heart.

Third, the value of a Twin Martial Souls genius and a thousand-year soul beast were worlds apart. Hesitating for even one second would be disrespectful to Twin Martial Souls.