Zhang Lexuan: Warming the Bed? No Way!

As she stared at Qian Jue's peaceful face, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Zhang Lexuan's mind, and she abruptly remembered something extremely important.

A hundred-thousand-year soul beast was guaranteed to drop a soul bone!

She hurriedly composed herself and quickly ran to the Bloodthirsty Dragon Lizard's mountain-like corpse, enduring the stench of blood as she searched through the remains.

Very soon, a rich red glow, so dense it seemed ready to drip blood, entered her sight.

It was a crystal-clear soul bone emanating extremely violent energy fluctuations.

An exceptionally precious left leg bone!

A hundred-thousand-year left leg bone!

If it appeared in the outside world, it would absolutely be a treasure that drove every Titled Douluo on the continent mad, perhaps even triggering bloody conflicts.

Yet Zhang Lexuan merely lowered her head for one glance at the hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and not the slightest trace of greed or reluctance appeared in her clear eyes.

She did not hesitate further. Picking up the red-glowing soul bone, she walked straight back to Qian Jue.

Seeing that Qian Jue was still cultivating with his eyes closed, she quietly waited at the side. To be safe, she even took the initiative to activate her martial soul possession, silently standing guard over the man who had "kidnapped" her.

After a short while, the profound aura surrounding Qian Jue slowly withdrew, and he gradually opened his deep eyes.

What entered his sight was Zhang Lexuan, who had somehow come to stand beside him and was currently in her martial soul possession state.

It had to be said that Zhang Lexuan had already been a rare beauty to begin with. Now, after activating her martial soul possession, she was even more breathtakingly beautiful.

A phantom of a radiant silver moon flickered behind her, soft moonlight cascading down and dyeing her originally black hair a dazzling silver.

The moonlight formed a thin, close-fitting silver gauze dress, perfectly outlining her stunning curves, her slender waist that could be encircled in one hand, her full breasts, and her long jade-like legs faintly visible beneath the silver veil.

At this moment, she possessed a cold, otherworldly elegance, like a celestial maiden descending from the Moon Palace. She carried both the dignified nobility of Shrek Academy's senior inner court disciple and an irresistible allure that made it impossible to look away.

Zhang Lexuan seemed to hear movement behind her. The silver moonlight behind her slightly dimmed, and she turned around, her silver eyes looking at Qian Jue.

"You're awake?"

She asked softly, her voice as cool and clear as spring water.

Qian Jue slowly rose to his feet, dusted off his clothes, and replied with a teasing note in his voice:

"Maybe I'm still asleep."

"..."

Zhang Lexuan was thoroughly choked by that remark. Her usual cold and noble composure instantly cracked, and a trace of speechlessness flashed across her exquisite face.

"This is for you."

Too lazy to entertain his lame joke, she hurriedly stepped forward and directly shoved the red-glowing hundred-thousand-year left leg bone toward Qian Jue.

Looking at the top-grade soul bone held out before him, Qian Jue did not immediately reach out to take it. Instead, he crossed his arms and leisurely looked Zhang Lexuan up and down before joking:

"What? Planning to assassinate me with this bone as a hidden weapon while I've just woken up?"

Hearing Qian Jue's absurd comment, Zhang Lexuan could no longer maintain her usual dignified and steady image. In a rare display of emotion, she rolled her eyes and said irritably:

"Who would use a soul bone to kill someone? And a hundred-thousand-year soul bone at that!"

She pushed the soul bone toward him again, her tone becoming more serious.

"I found this in that hundred-thousand-year soul beast's corpse just now. Now it's being returned to its rightful owner. Keep it safe."

Zhang Lexuan had an exceptionally clear sense of what she should and should not touch. No one understood that better than she did.

Besides, if Qian Jue had not saved her, forget absorbing a soul ring—she would probably have long since become that beast's meal.

Being lucky enough to survive and successfully absorb such a rare hundred-thousand-year soul ring was already an enormous blessing that had fallen into her lap.

As for this hundred-thousand-year soul bone, she did not dare hope for it at all.

And even setting that aside, the Bloodthirsty Dragon Lizard had been slain by Qian Jue alone. This soul bone was naturally his spoils of war, and Zhang Lexuan would never covet even the smallest part of it.

Seeing Zhang Lexuan act so decisively, a rare trace of surprise flashed through Qian Jue's deep eyes.

On this continent where profit came first, was there really someone who could resist the temptation of a soul bone?

And this was a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, something that could make countless Titled Douluo fight until their heads bled and even turn fathers and sons against each other!

In truth, soul bones might be rare treasures that outsiders could only dream of finding, but to Qian Jue, they were nothing special.

If Zhang Lexuan had truly been greedy and secretly absorbed the left leg bone while he was in seclusion, Qian Jue probably would not have said much after waking up.

After all, once he had completed those four perverted demon trials, he had no shortage of anything except—well, he had enough top-grade hundred-thousand-year soul bones to set up a stall on the street.

The corners of Qian Jue's mouth curved slightly upward as he reached out and accepted the soul bone glowing with violent red light.

Rather than cradling it like a precious treasure as ordinary people would, he casually tossed it up and down in the air, as though he were playing with a pebble picked up by the roadside.

"You really are a breath of fresh air among soul masters, managing to resist the temptation of a hundred-thousand-year soul bone."

Qian Jue looked at Zhang Lexuan with a half-smile, his tone carrying undisguised teasing.

"Such a promising talent joining Shrek Academy is truly choosing darkness over light.

How about it... Why not follow me from now on?"

As he spoke, Qian Jue leaned forward slightly and moved closer to Zhang Lexuan, teasing her in a low, seductive voice:

"Call me big brother, and I'll help you become a god."

"You—"

Hearing that sudden frivolous remark, two blushes instantly rose on Zhang Lexuan's cold, beautiful face, and even her fair neck took on a faint pink hue.

Call him big brother? Become a god?!

She was the dignified senior inner court disciple of Shrek Academy. When had anyone ever addressed her in the tone used to tease a young girl?

How had this guy gone from an unfathomably powerful expert capable of suppressing a Super Douluo one moment to a shameless flirt with no filter the next?!

"What nonsense are you talking about..."

Zhang Lexuan bit her red lips and glared at Qian Jue irritably, forcing a stern expression onto her face as she said,

"Shrek Academy raised me and is my home. I could never betray the academy.

And besides... who wants to call you big brother? Stop boasting so shamelessly. Becoming a god is such an illusory thing—how can you casually joke about it?"

Though her verbal rebuttal was forceful, Zhang Lexuan's heartbeat inexplicably skipped half a beat.

For some reason, when Qian Jue spoke the words "help you become a god," there had not been the slightest hint of jest in his dark, profound eyes.

Instead, they held an absolute confidence that made people want to submit.

"Boasting? Heh..."

Qian Jue chuckled, unconcerned by her refusal or irritated response.

With a casual flick of his hand, the priceless hundred-thousand-year left leg bone vanished into his storage space.

"Then don't call me that. Why are you getting so worked up?

As for whether Shrek is a worthy master... you'll soon learn exactly what your academy, which you're so proud of, is like in the face of absolute strength."

"No rush. Let the bullets fly a little longer."

Qian Jue was not angered by her rejection. Instead, he gazed deeply at the sky above, fragmented by the forest canopy, and spoke leisurely:

"I only mentioned it because it would be a real shame for someone with your talent to remain at Shrek Academy.

There's no need to reject me so quickly. You'll have plenty of time to think it over carefully."

With that, he withdrew his gaze, his expression returning to its usual casualness. "Now that things have come to this, let's leave the Star Dou Great Forest first."

The moment he finished speaking, Qian Jue naturally reached out and patted Zhang Lexuan on the shoulder.

With a soft smack, Zhang Lexuan recoiled instinctively like a startled rabbit. The shoulder he had touched felt as though it had been shocked, sending an unusual tingling sensation through her body.

"We're just traveling. Why do you have to get handsy..."

Zhang Lexuan lowered her head and muttered. The blush that had yet to fade from her cheeks deepened until she seemed almost ready to bleed from embarrassment.

In Shrek Academy's tightly regulated inner court, as the senior inner court disciple,

those male students usually had to muster up courage just to meet her eyes,

let alone make physical contact with her so freely, like Qian Jue had.

This was the first time in her life that a male her age had casually patted her on the shoulder.

"You're making a fuss over nothing."

Seeing her reaction, Qian Jue raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at her with a half-smile.

"As long as Shrek doesn't pay the ransom, you'll have to keep following me. What's wrong with patting your shoulder? Have you still not recognized your current position?"

Qian Jue deliberately drew out his tone and began counting on his fingers with a perfectly serious expression.

"Remember this. From now on, you're not only my personal guide, but also my personal maid.

Besides leading the way, you'll also be responsible for massaging my shoulders, pounding my back, serving tea and water, and... warming my bed."

Zhang Lexuan had barely managed to suppress the urge to roll her eyes at his earlier words, but when the last two words reached her ears, her entire body froze. She abruptly raised her head, her beautiful silver eyes widening round.

"Warming your bed???"

Zhang Lexuan's voice instantly rose several octaves. For the first time, a crack entered her cool voice, her face filled with disbelief and humiliation.

"No way I'm doing something like that!"