Tang San: You Must Have Venereal Disease, Right?

Several days later, the clamor of Suotuo City gradually settled into the night.

The eight members of Shrek emerged from the brightly lit, bustling Great Soul Arena, having finished the day's spirit battle training.

Flander had assigned them the graduation task of advancing to Silver Soul Battle badges. The pressure was considerable, but most of them wore expressions of excitement or relief after exhaustion.

These past few days, the tasks Lin Jiang arranged for Tang San had been relatively "gentle"—nothing more than "squeezing mustard onto Oscar's toothbrush" or "coloring his own philtrum black," harmless little pranks of that sort.

Tang San completed them easily and happily, steadily receiving rewards. His trust in the Godhood System deepened, and he was in quite a good mood.

The moment they stepped out of the arena gates, the night wind brought a hint of chill.

But Fatty Ma Hongjun's small eyes gleamed brightly, sparkling with a lecherous excitement entirely unlike fatigue.

He rubbed his hands together, suddenly stopped, and said to the others:

"Um... you guys go back first. Just now, Dean Flander quietly told me to stop by his shop."

He deliberately emphasized the words "Dean" and "shop," his tone carrying an unspoken implication.

Dai Mubai had his hands tucked into his pockets. At those words, a knowing half-smile immediately appeared on his face.

He shot Ma Hongjun a sidelong glance and lazily waved a hand.

"Fine, we'll head back first. Fatty, take it easy. Don't go crawling out of bed tomorrow with dark circles under your eyes again."

Out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to casually dart a glance at the silent, frosty Zhu Zhuqing beside them.

Unfortunately, Fatty's mind was completely occupied by his "evil fire" at the moment. He was astonishingly slow on the uptake and utterly failed to catch the warning in Dai Mubai's eyes.

Instead, he stepped closer. His round face glowed red with excitement as he lowered his voice, using a volume he thought only the two of them could hear, and urged:

"Boss Dai, quit pretending! Come on, let's go together. Didn't you always say women aren't people—they're resources?"

"Get lost!!!"

Dai Mubai's face instantly turned red, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

He practically roared it, his voice especially piercing on the quiet street.

"My taste isn't as terrible as yours! Get the hell out of here already! Stop making a fool of yourself!"

He glared at Ma Hongjun in embarrassed fury, his eyes filled with resentment at this pig teammate ruining his chances, while his peripheral vision nervously flicked toward Zhu Zhuqing again.

At that awkward moment, the system released a task for him to speak on Lin Jiang's behalf!

[ Ding! Godhood System task issued! ]

[ Task: Say the following designated words to Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun: "Your private lives are such a mess, you must have venereal disease, right!" ]

[ Task reward: Soul Ascension Pill ×1 (can increase soul power without side effects after consumption) ]

[ Task failure: No penalty ]

[ Time limit: 5 minutes! ]

The cold mechanical prompt sounded abruptly in Tang San's mind like a precisely dropped bomb!

"Soul Ascension Pill?!" Tang San's heart jolted!

A pill that could directly increase soul power! The temptation was simply too great!

Although the task content... was extremely sharp-tongued and humiliating, and its targets were Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun... the reward was a Soul Ascension Pill with no side effects!

The enormous benefit instantly overwhelmed all his concerns and any consequences it might cause.

A trace of resolve flashed through Tang San's eyes. Almost driven by instinct under the system's urging,

right after Dai Mubai finished yelling at Ma Hongjun and the atmosphere fell into a brief dead silence,

he took a deep breath and, in an incomparably clear, almost system-like flat tone, loudly said to Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun:

"Your private lives are such a mess, you must have venereal disease, right!"

Boom—!

The air seemed to freeze at that instant!

The expressions on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's faces immediately became spectacular!

Dai Mubai's face, red from rage, was like it had been doused with a basin of ice water. It rapidly shifted from red to green, then from green to white, before finally turning iron-gray!

He suddenly turned his head and stared fixedly at Tang San, his eyes filled with incredulous shock and towering fury at being publicly humiliated!

Ma Hongjun, meanwhile, looked as if someone had seized him by the throat. His lecherous excitement froze instantly. His small eyes went round, his mouth hung open, and his plump face turned deathly pale, as though he had heard the most horrifying thing in the world!

Zhu Zhuqing, standing some distance away, had originally worn a cold, impassive expression. Now, it seemed covered by another thick layer of frost!

Disgust and contempt practically shot out from her cool eyes!

Her delicate chin lifted slightly. Her red lips parted, and the words she spoke were like ice-tempered blades, clearly and coldly piercing everyone's ears:

"Heh. Men... truly are filthy things."

Those words were like a final judgment.

Dai Mubai's whole body trembled violently, as if struck by lightning!

He abruptly looked at Zhu Zhuqing, his eyes filled with panic and an urgent desire to explain.

"Zhu Qing! Listen to me! It's not what you think! I..."

Zhu Zhuqing did not even spare him another glance.

Her eyes were filled with utter disdain, as though she were looking at something revolting.

Her gaze swept over Dai Mubai as if he were roadside trash.

Her cherry lips moved, and an even colder, more fatal sentence plunged down like an ice pick:

"You're fifteen? Heh... you disgust me."

Before her words had even faded, she turned away without hesitation.

Her long black hair traced a cold arc through the air, and the figure outlined by her tight leather outfit showed not the slightest hint of reluctance.

With her long legs striding forward, she vanished into the shadows of the street like a black panther melting into the night.

All that remained was Dai Mubai, nailed to the pillar of shame by the words "you disgust me," his face pale as paper and his entire body stiff as a statue.

Ma Hongjun also completely wilted. His evil fire had been thoroughly extinguished by the consecutive blows. He hunched his neck, wishing he could vanish on the spot.

Lin Jiang stood slightly behind the group, the corner of his mouth curving into an almost imperceptible smile, hiding both his achievement and his name.

His gaze watched with amusement Dai Mubai's lost and desolate figure, as well as Tang San's complicated expression after completing the task—still carrying lingering fear, yet unable to conceal his anticipation.

Ah... Xiao Wu let out a long sigh in her heart, with a trace of relief.

Xiao San may have been a little neurotic lately, and his behavior has been strange enough to scare people... but at least... at least he isn't one of those kinds of people...

At that moment, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun almost simultaneously whipped their heads around!

Four furious gazes, like tangible flames, instantly locked onto the gleaming bald-headed Tang San in the corner, who was trying to make himself as inconspicuous as possible!

The fury Dai Mubai had just barely suppressed was like it had been drenched in boiling oil, exploding again with a boom!

New grudges, old grudges, and the humiliation of being publicly disgraced instantly shattered his reason! He pointed at Tang San, his voice hoarse with extreme rage as he roared:

"Tang—San—! What the hell is wrong with you?!!"

That furious roar was like thunder striking flat ground, startling everyone.

"My image! The last shred of dignity I had in front of Zhu Qing just now! You fucking destroyed it all with that one sentence!!"