Douluo: The Summoning Codex and the Dark Qian Renxue
Chapter 32

This Is So Right

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The Barak Kingdom was located at the southernmost edge of the Heaven Dou Empire and was one of the four kingdoms subordinate to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Its status was somewhat similar to the feudal enfeoffment system of ancient times.

Within the Barak Kingdom, there were two especially important cities.

One of them was Soto City, where Shrek Academy—the academy that occupied a major role in the original work—was located.

At this moment, within Soto City.

Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing each held one of Jiang Li's arms, the enormous softness of their bodies pressing wildly against him.

The sight made every passing man so jealous that they practically split apart.

They wished they could take his place.

But jealousy was one thing; no blind fool dared step forward to provoke them.

"Little man, what did we come here for?" Zhu Zhuyun leaned close to Jiang Li's ear, her breath warm and fragrant.

Warm breath brushed against his ear, making it itch slightly, but with both arms held by the two women, Jiang Li had no free hand to scratch it.

"To see whether this place has anything I need, and to satisfy a bit of my curiosity while I'm at it."

Soto City was one of the two most important cities in the Barak Kingdom. Its scale and prosperity were completely incomparable to Notting City.

Jiang Li had passed through Soto City this time partly to see whether he could find some Whale Glue at a bargain.

The other reason was that he was a little curious about Shrek Academy, which had played such a prominent role in the original work.

But Jiang Li only needed to know those things himself. There was no need to explain too much to Zhu Zhuyun.

"Is that so?" Zhu Zhuyun was a smart woman. She knew what to ask and what not to ask. Since Jiang Li did not want to say, asking would only make things awkward. "Then what are we doing now?"

If it had been Xiao Wu, she would probably already have started wandering around on her own. Why would she ask Jiang Li for his opinion?

"Hmm? Let me think."

If he remembered correctly, in the original work, Shrek Academy's dean, Flender, had opened a general store in Soto City.

Tang San had found a bargain piece of Hair Crystal in that store.

Then, during Shrek Academy's entrance test, Tang San had used that Hair Crystal to create a Hidden Weapon called the Dragon Beard Needle, putting on an impressive show of force in front of Zhao Wuji.

Since Jiang Li had arrived ahead of time, whether or not he knew blacksmithing and whether or not he understood Hidden Weapons, he would grab the thing first and worry about the rest later.

Besides, with Flender's strength as a Soul Sage, there might even be Whale Glue in his general store.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Li said, "Let's just stroll around first."

Although he knew this plot existed in the original work, that did not mean he could determine the location of Flender's general store from a few lines of text.

As for Shrek Academy? There was no rush. He was not planning to enroll, and Shrek Academy was not going anywhere. He could visit it before leaving Soto City.

"Alright." Zhu Zhuyun nodded. Holding a man's arm while strolling through the streets was an experience she had never had before, and she found it rather novel.

Then she glanced at Zhu Zhuqing beside her, and the corner of her mouth twitched.

Zhu Zhuqing was hugging Jiang Li's arm like a cat clutching catnip, occasionally leaning in to take a deep sniff.

Zhu Zhuyun rubbed her forehead. Could she still keep such a foolish little sister?

"Don't forget to buy something for the little rabbit later and coax her a little." Qian Renxue, floating behind Jiang Li, suddenly spoke.

Jiang Li said, "Do you really need to tell me that?"

As for why Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue were all here—

While Xiao Wu, that little rabbit, was nowhere to be seen?

The answer was simple: she had gotten angry.

She had directly hidden inside Jiang Li's Summoning Space and strictly forbidden Jiang Li and the others from entering.

Jiang Li was rather helpless about it too. Who could have expected Zhu Zhuqing to say something like that in front of Xiao Wu?

And Qian Renxue had kept fanning the flames and provoking Xiao Wu from the side.

What could he do? He could only buy some things Xiao Wu liked later and bring them in to coax her.

At this moment, not far away.

"Wow, Boss Dai, those two chicks are way too beautiful, aren't they? They're at least a hundred times prettier than the older sisters at Soto City's brothels."

A chubby boy with a red cockscomb hairstyle looked toward Jiang Li and the others, saliva nearly dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Wipe your drool. Look at how embarrassing you are. I'm ashamed to say you're a student from the same academy as me."

The blond man called Boss Dai first glared at the chubby boy in dissatisfaction, then followed his gaze.

The moment he saw Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, he was stunned by their beauty.

After spending so many years in Soto City, this was the first time he had seen women this beautiful—and they were even a pair of sisters.

But when he saw Jiang Li standing between them, he frowned. Although Jiang Li was not ugly, he still disdainfully cursed in his heart, What a waste of two flowers on a pile of manure.

The jealousy in his heart toward Jiang Li kept bubbling up.

The chubby boy wiped the saliva from his mouth with his sleeve and rolled his eyes. "You're one to talk. Boss Dai, weren't you staring like an idiot too?"

"..."

"Boss Dai, that brat obviously isn't a good person. Those two women were clearly being forced. How about we go over and snatch them away?" The chubby boy's eyes rolled as he came up with an idea.

When Boss Dai heard that, he was somewhat tempted, but he still put on an act and said, "Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate about it? We're getting rid of evil for the people, aren't we?" the chubby boy asked.

"But..." Boss Dai said hesitantly, "what if it's a misunderstanding?"

The chubby boy immediately rolled his eyes. Dai Mubai, what kind of person are you? How could Ma Hongjun not know?

If you keep pretending, it'll be too much.

It's not like we haven't done this sort of thing before. What are you pretending for?

Ma Hongjun said righteously, "So what if it's a misunderstanding? At worst, we'll apologize afterward. What can he do to us?"

"You're right. If it's a misunderstanding, we'll just apologize afterward and be done with it." Dai Mubai nodded, finally "reluctantly" agreeing with Ma Hongjun's suggestion.

As for whether it really was a misunderstanding, did that matter?

As long as they easily defeated Jiang Li in front of the two beauties, would he still have the nerve to stay?

After that, with his handsome face, he could comfort those two emotionally wounded women. Wouldn't they fall right into his hands?

As for whether that man might be difficult to deal with?

Dai Mubai had enough judgment for that. He dared say that Jiang Li was definitely no older than twelve.

At Jiang Li's age, how high could his Soul Power rank possibly be?

And in Soto City, could there really be anyone more monstrous than the monsters of Shrek Academy?

"Boss Dai, are you going, or am I?" Ma Hongjun asked.

"Of course I'm going. With that face of yours, who would believe you if you claimed to be one of the good guys?" Dai Mubai shot Ma Hongjun a disdainful glance.

Tch, wasn't it just because he had a decent face? What was there to be proud of?

Ma Hongjun snorted coldly. But with a difference of more than ten levels of Soul Power, he did not dare say anything in front of Dai Mubai and could only complain about him inwardly.

But judging by Dai Mubai's impatient appearance, where was there even a trace of the divine beast Martial Soul, the White Tiger? It was simply an insult to the White Tiger.

"Watch me perform!"

After saying that, Dai Mubai shoved Ma Hongjun aside and shouted, "White Tiger, Spirit Avatar!"

A layer of intense pale-white light suddenly erupted from his body. His chest swelled, and the muscles all over his body expanded like inflated balloons, stretching his clothes taut.

"Beast, let go of those two girls!!"

Dai Mubai did not even intend to give Jiang Li time to react after activating his Spirit Avatar. His body abruptly charged toward Jiang Li.

Under the sunlight, Dai Mubai's outstretched white tiger claws gleamed with chilling, soul-stirring cold light.

Dai Mubai had even imagined how handsome he would look after sending the other party flying.

Slap!

However, the result greatly exceeded his expectations.

His full-force strike, aside from not using a Soul Skill, was casually stopped by the other party with a single hand!

A trace of alarm flashed through Dai Mubai's mind. Damn it, I ran into someone tough!

Jiang Li grabbed the sudden fist and squeezed hard.

The bones in the palm crackled.

A violent pain shot through his hand, and Dai Mubai felt as though his entire palm was about to be crushed.

Jiang Li glanced at him. So there really were people in this world as brainless as the disposable villain cannon fodder in novels?

Looking again, wasn't this Dai Mubai from the Shrek Seven Monsters?

At that moment, it was as though the folds in his cerebral cortex had instantly been smoothed out and stretched flat. A wave of relief washed over him, as if he were strolling through a Norwegian forest.

So this was Shrek Academy, where those who did not dare cause trouble were mediocre?

Was this right?

This was so right!

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