Sorry, Teacher Lin, There's No Spatial-Attribute Soul Bone for You-Let's Replace It with Gold Soul Coins

Lin Fan and the other two walked through Shrek Academy's gates. Before long, Leng Yaozhu had once again set foot in this academy.

Strictly speaking, however, she had never truly entered it. The last time, the moment she stepped inside, a beam of light had sent her ten thousand years into the past.

As Leng Yaozhu passed through the gates, she slowed slightly, wondering whether that light might appear again and send her straight back to the era ten thousand years ago.

Of course, Leng Yaozhu had a rather favorable impression of both Lin Fan and Ling Luochen. She knew they were both good people, but she ultimately did not belong to this era and could not remain here forever.

It was just that... she currently had no way of finding a way back. Perhaps she would have to remain in this era for the rest of her life. For an eighteen-year-old girl, that was still far too heavy a burden.

She was no longer the Leng Family's next head. She was merely a lonely girl who had inexplicably been sent ten thousand years into the past.

Fortunately, Leng Yaozhu was quite capable of regulating her emotions. After a brief daze, she adjusted herself, and the gloom on her face vanished completely.

She turned her head to glance at Lin Fan, then slowly asked.

"By the way, Lin Fan, how did you and Luochen meet?"

During their meal, they had discussed how Leng Yaozhu and Lin Fan had met. Now, Leng Yaozhu was rather curious about what had happened between Lin Fan and Ling Luochen.

Hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Ling Luochen's face. She spoke before Lin Fan could explain.

"Lin Fan and I enrolled in the same year, and we were classmates."

Leng Yaozhu was slightly taken aback. Classmates? No wonder Ling Luochen and Lin Fan seemed to have such a good relationship. They had known each other for a long time.

"Of course, we were only classmates for half a semester. After that, Lin Fan had a conflict with Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao, and Elder Zhou took Lin Fan away from Shrek Academy."

By this point, Leng Yaozhu already had a vague guess, but she still asked.

"The reason for the conflict... was it also because Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire went out of control?"

Ling Luochen nodded, her cool eyes carrying a trace of an indescribable emotion.

"Yes. The situation back then was the same as what you encountered today. Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire went out of control and nearly hurt someone, but Lin Fan stopped her. Yan Shaozhe did very little as well. He merely offered Soul Ascension Pills as compensation. However, since Lin Fan had been brought in by Elder Zhou, Yan Shaozhe gave him additional compensation."

"But Lin Fan threw it all away right in front of Yan Shaozhe and said he would not accept it."

As Ling Luochen said this, her eyes seemed to lose focus slightly. She appeared to be recalling that day, when a figure around her own age had stood in front of her. She had to admit, he had looked very handsome.

"So... this wasn't the first time?"

Leng Yaozhu still found it rather unbelievable. Was Shrek Academy really this dangerous?

How could attending school put one's life at risk?

It would have been understandable if they were hunting Soul Beasts, but the key point was that this had happened within the academy.

"Yes. Yan Shaozhe may not have been able to solve Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire problem, but he could still suppress it. His Martial Soul is the Bright Phoenix, which has a certain suppressive effect on Evil Fire."

"I've also helped Ma Xiaotao alleviate it before. My ice-type Martial Soul can suppress it to some extent as well."

"However, my ice is not Ultimate Ice. Every time I helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire, it consumed a great deal of my Soul Power and stamina, and it also affected my cultivation speed."

Ling Luochen's tone noticeably cooled as she spoke.

"Of course, those were secondary. The main reason was..."

She fell silent for a moment, then spoke without any attempt to hide it.

"I don't like Ma Xiaotao."

Leng Yaozhu was stunned when she heard that. She had not expected Ling Luochen to be so direct.

"Although we are both members of the Shrek Seven Monsters, and Ma Xiaotao is even the captain, her personality simply does not suit mine."

As Ling Luochen said this, she wrinkled her pretty nose and, rather unusually, revealed an expression carrying a hint of distaste.

Seeing Ling Luochen so openly display her dislike for someone, Leng Yaozhu was somewhat surprised. So Ling Luochen's personality was quite straightforward too. She was not the sort to keep everything bottled up inside.

However, she could also tell that the fundamental reason Ling Luochen was unwilling to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire was not that it would affect her cultivation, but because she did not like Ma Xiaotao as a person.

When Leng Yaozhu thought of Yan Shaozhe's conduct, she recalled the saying that a crooked beam produced crooked rafters. Ma Xiaotao was probably the same.

Leng Yaozhu nodded and did not pursue the subject any further.

Ling Luochen said nothing more either. She turned to Lin Fan, about to bid him farewell before taking Leng Yaozhu to find a new place to stay.

At that moment, a figure approached from afar and blocked the path of the three of them. It was Du Weilun.

Du Weilun's expression was still exceedingly gloomy. Especially when he looked at Lin Fan, his eyes seemed ready to spew fire.

However, he also knew that even Yan Shaozhe had been defeated by Lin Fan. At the very least, before Xuan Zi returned, there was nothing he could do to Lin Fan.

Du Weilun directly tossed a Storage Soul Tool toward Lin Fan. Lin Fan caught it and found that it contained only ten million Gold Soul Coins.

"Where's my Soul Bone?"

Seeing Du Weilun turn to leave, Lin Fan immediately stopped him.

"Your Soul Bone has automatically been exchanged for Gold Soul Coins. Dean Yan said that, Teacher Lin, it would be very difficult for your spatial-attribute Martial Soul to find a Soul Bone with matching attributes, so you can only take this Soul Bone for now."

"Teacher Lin probably has no use for this fire-attribute Soul Bone, right?"

As he spoke, Du Weilun took a Soul Beast's right leg bone from his Storage Soul Tool. Dense fire-attribute aura radiated from it.

Yan Shaozhe's little scheme could not have been more obvious. This Soul Bone had originally been stored in Shrek Academy's warehouse. Unless someone had made sufficient contributions or performed outstandingly in some competition, they would have no chance of obtaining it.

Under normal circumstances, it remained sealed in the warehouse. Even the academy's senior elders would not use it lightly. After all, there were only so many Soul Bones, while there were many senior elders.

Thus, Yan Shaozhe had taken this opportunity to secretly remove this fire-attribute Soul Bone, then casually give Lin Fan some Gold Soul Coins. That way, Yan Shaozhe could directly obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Fire-Attribute Soul Bone. Whether he kept it for himself or gave it to Ma Xiaotao, it would be a profit.

"Whether I want it or not isn't for you to decide."

As his words fell, the Soul Bone appeared in Lin Fan's hand.

"You?!"

Du Weilun could not help glaring furiously after hearing that, but when he saw Lin Fan raise an eyebrow, he still swallowed his anger.

"Give back the Gold Soul Coins!"

Lin Fan merely chuckled.

"You gave me those Gold Soul Coins voluntarily. Do you want me to tell Elder Mu about this?"

Seeing Lin Fan bring up Mu En, Du Weilun could only swallow his anger. Those five million Gold Soul Coins had come out of his own pocket!