The First Signs of a Shura Field

The scene fell into an eerie silence. Meng Yiran looked as though she were on the verge of tears, making Oscar and Ma Hongjun both heartsick and jealous.

"Then... can I follow you for now?"

In the end, Meng Yiran still compromised. She seemed to understand that it was clearly impossible for Gu Zhi to accept her all at once, so she could only come up with a middle-ground solution.

"This..."

Gu Zhi secretly glanced at Liu Erlong. She still looked as though it had nothing to do with her. Then Gu Zhi looked toward Dragon Duke and Snake Granny. They merely seemed somewhat surprised and did not say much.

Ning Rongrong had wanted to open her mouth and mock her, but Zhu Zhuqing quietly stopped her. Meng Yiran was only following them for now, after all. They were all still standing at the same starting line. If anything, Liu Erlong was the mountain blocking their path ahead.

"There's no justice in this world! Why can't something this good happen to us?"

Ma Hongjun wailed softly. Looking at the beauties following Gu Zhi, then thinking about the miserable days he had lived through before, he felt as though his heart were being clawed apart.

"What kind of taste does Meng Yiran have? Are we really worse than that guy?"

Dai Mubai, who had remained silent all this time, wore an equally ugly expression. He had already been dissatisfied with Zhu Zhuqing constantly hovering around Gu Zhi, and now this little beauty Meng Yiran was determined to follow Gu Zhi as well. It made him, a prince, look utterly cheap!

"Find a chance to deal with him!"

Oscar stared at Ning Rongrong, who stood beside Gu Zhi with a flower-like smile. Fire practically spewed from his eyes. After exchanging a glance with Dai Mubai, the two decided to teach Gu Zhi a lesson!

"Since that's the case, this Man Faced Demon Spider belongs to Little Third!"

The first thing the master said was to secure benefits for Tang San. He was not from some poor, insignificant family either, so why did he always like scheming over such petty gains?

Meng Yiran rolled her eyes and waved her hand, indicating that she did not care. Then she quietly said something to Dragon Duke and Snake Granny. The Unrivaled Dragon Snake couple then led her over to Gu Zhi's side.

"Young friend Gu, we'll entrust Yiran to you, then. The two of us still have some matters to handle. When you have time in the future, have Yiran bring you over to visit us."

Gu Zhi stared at the Unrivaled Dragon Snake couple in disbelief as they handed Meng Yiran over to him. When had he ever agreed to this?

"Senior, this isn't appropriate... is it..."

As though they had anticipated that Gu Zhi would refuse, the Unrivaled Dragon Snake couple left Meng Yiran behind and turned to leave immediately.

"What a schemer!"

"Shameless!"

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had already started snapping at Meng Yiran. They were all old foxes, yet they were still playing these tricks on each other!

"Is this senior also a teacher at Shrek Academy? Why does she seem so unconcerned about her own student?"

With just one sentence, Meng Yiran reversed Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's position. What a move—by instantly creating a united front against an outsider, she made them realize who the real enemy was!

"Damn! That was a slick move! Zhu Zhuqing and the others changed expressions instantly!"

"Can't be helped! The drinking move was just too authoritative! Liu Erlong not only got ahead of everyone else, she charged straight past the finish line!"

"Meng Yiran really is smart! Whether she and Gu Zhi can spark anything aside, she's definitely secured herself some rewards!"

"Wang Qiu'er is still the best! She can quietly be a hand-warmer while watching the show! No need to join this training ground!"

"How sincere do you think she really is? If she turns out to be a bad woman like Liu Erlong, I'm really going to bring out the keyboard!"

"You have no idea how proactive women can be around handsome men! Meng Yiran is just acting naturally! Don't I dream about hubby Gu Zhi every night too?"

"Exactly! Hubby Gu Zhi already has a character setting, but I don't even have one!"

"I'm begging you people! Let me say it again! This is a comment section, not an uninhabited wasteland!"

"When will I ever be as outstanding as you all?"

The shameless nonsense in the scrolling comments always felt fresh no matter how often one saw it. Even Liu Erlong, who had been through it all, could not help blushing and feeling her heart race.

"Little Third! This is far too reckless! I don't agree!"

Suddenly, some commotion broke out on the master's side, drawing everyone's attention over.

It turned out that Tang San was still planning, just as in the original story, to take this opportunity to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and raise his strength. Only then would he have more confidence in seeking out the Titan Giant Ape and rescuing Xiao Wu.

Unfortunately, he did not know that Xiao Wu not only did not need him to rescue her, but was currently condensing her own third Soul Ring.

"Teacher! Please believe in me!"

Ignoring the master's attempts to stop him, Tang San insisted on absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring. Perhaps fate was hinting at something, because the thought that he would definitely succeed kept surfacing in his mind.

"Trust him, Xiao Gang! Little Third can definitely do it!"

Flender glanced at Liu Erlong. With the two of them, high-level Soul Masters, present, they did not need to fear that Tang San would come to harm.

"This... Little Third, then you must be careful!"

The master also glanced at Liu Erlong. Compared with Flender, he seemed to trust Liu Erlong even more.

"I'm dying! Is Sister Liu some kind of calming pill? Why does everyone need to look at her before daring to make a decision?"

"That's just how the master is! Whenever something goes beyond his control, he needs someone to give him the courage to clean up the mess!"

"Liu Erlong isn't omnipotent either! They'd be better off trusting Gu Zhi!"

"She just helped them settle the Meng Yiran matter, and now they want to trust Gu Zhi again? Does Gu Zhi owe them something?"

"And Tang San is still the one who benefits in the end! Gu Zhi should be secretly laughing as long as he doesn't sabotage him!"

"With Tang San's tiny bit of skill, he isn't even worthy of carrying Gu Zhi's shoes! Gu Zhi giving him two extra glances would already be overestimating him!"

The scrolling comments began stirring up trouble again, but the final remark received unanimous approval from beauties such as Zhu Zhuqing. Even if Tang San obtained the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, he still could not be mentioned in the same breath as Gu Zhi.

Meanwhile, the person involved had already begun absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring with a confident expression. The master watched at his side and no longer paid any attention to Liu Erlong.

After watching for a while, Flender walked over to speak with Liu Erlong. Unfortunately, the latter's state of mind had already changed greatly. Her tone was polite yet distant, and she treated him only as an old friend of many years.

Dai Mubai and the other two stood off to the side, staring darkly at Gu Zhi's group. Seeing him surrounded by beauties made their teeth itch with hatred. From time to time, they whispered among themselves, sometimes smiling lewdly, sometimes with a calculating glint flashing through their eyes.

Gu Zhi appeared to be surrounded by beauties, but this Shura field was actually what gave him the greatest headache.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong seemed to have accepted Meng Yiran and formed a united front, but whenever Liu Erlong was absent, they immediately turned their attacks toward Meng Yiran.

Meng Yiran had learned to be clever. Whenever they squeezed her out, she would seek out Gu Zhi and play the pitiful victim, drawing Zhu Zhuqing and the others into acting coquettish as well.

However, Gu Zhi soon had no time to worry about their scheming, because he suddenly discovered an icon nearby that was waiting to be lit up!

When he looked carefully, he found that this was precisely the junction between the outer region and the middle region. It was also directly southeast, perfectly matching the marked location of the icon.

He had been busy searching for treasure chests before, so Gu Zhi had not paid much attention to the map icon information. The last icon he had lit up was the one he encountered when first entering the Star Dou Great Forest, and it had dropped quite a few treasures for him...