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With Xiao Feiyu and the other two women joining them, Lu Shiyuan ended up moving to another hotel.

Checking in with two girls could be called a bit of romantic fun.

Checking in with five women was far too conspicuous.

Even someone as thick-skinned as Lu Shiyuan felt embarrassed walking through the Rose Hotel lobby with five women at once.

The stares from everyone passing by nearly bored holes through him. After all, each of the five women had her own distinct charm.

Any one of them was a rare beauty, let alone all five gathered together.

Over dinner, Lu Shiyuan learned why the three of them had come.

"Since Xiao Yuan had already left Notting City, there was no reason for us to stay there either. Actually, we were there whenever you ran into danger along the way. We just wanted you to get enough practical experience, so we didn't intervene," Xiao Feiyu explained, sounding a little apologetic. When they had encountered those Evil Soul Masters, she had genuinely almost lost control.

In the end, Yun Qingluo had held her back, telling her that a fledgling had to fly on its own at least once to understand how vast the sky was.

The enemies Xiao Yuan would face in the future were far beyond mere Evil Soul Masters.

If he always lived under their wings, what would he do when he faced even more dangerous enemies later?

Besides, with Yun Qingluo, a healing-type Super Douluo, there, she could save anyone who still had a breath left.

That was why Xiao Feiyu had suppressed her fury and watched as Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu defeated those Evil Soul Masters through one narrow escape after another.

Of course, a day later, the stronghold those Evil Soul Masters belonged to had been wiped out completely. From the leader to the doorman, not a single corpse was left intact.

"Xiao Yuan, from what I know, Tang San seems to have come to Suotuo City too, hasn't he?" Yun Qingluo placed a peeled shrimp in Lu Shiyuan's bowl and asked softly.

Lu Shiyuan nodded. "Yes. Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy, was a friend Yu Xiaogang made while traveling the continent back then. Tang San probably came because of that connection."

"No wonder. We ran into Tang Hao on the way here, too. But the moment that fellow sensed Fei Yu's presence, he bolted like his life depended on it. Fei Yu even summoned her martial soul, but she still couldn't catch him."

Xiao Feiyu's martial soul was the Radiant Thunder Dragon Sparrow. With a flying martial soul and her lightning attribute, her speed was absolutely top-tier, probably only a little below Ye Youying's, who was also level 97.

Even so, Tang Hao had managed to escape.

That made sense. When it came to running for his life, if Tang Hao claimed second place, probably no one on the entire continent would dare claim first.

Using Ring Detonation to run away—how was that for impressive?

Back then, Spirit Hall had cast a net that was practically inescapable, yet it still hadn't managed to capture Tang Hao after his Ring Detonation.

Lu Shiyuan had no idea why they were suddenly bringing up someone as nauseating as Tang San, but he held back his disgust and asked, "Qingluo, why are you mentioning Tang San?"

"Oh, nothing much. I just wanted to tell you that you can relax your restrictions on dealing with Tang San a little."

"Huh?" Lu Shiyuan looked at Yun Qingluo in bewilderment. Over the past few years, whenever he beat up Tang San, she had always cheered the loudest.

Why was she speaking up for Tang San now?

Realizing he had misunderstood, Yun Qingluo hurriedly explained, "What I mean is, didn't I tell you before that you absolutely couldn't kill Tang San, and could only beat him up to vent your anger? Now you can loosen those restrictions a little. As long as you leave him alive, you don't have to hold back on anything else."

"Don't hold back?" Lu Shiyuan still didn't understand just how far this supposed lack of restraint was meant to go.

"Yes. Opportunities, companions, for example. Anything you can take from him, take it all. Xiao Yuan, you understand what I mean, and I'm sure you know what to do." Yun Qingluo winked, a playful glint in her eyes.

Lu Shiyuan understood instantly. You really are the ruthless one.

From the looks of it, things seemed to have entered an entirely new stage.

In that case, he wouldn't hold back.

Actually, Lu Shiyuan had already taken quite a few of Tang San's opportunities, but Tang San still had one major source of support in the middle stages.

That was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Through Ning Rongrong's introduction, Tang San had used hidden weapons to secure the backing of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Taking that opportunity away would be easy, too. All the immortal herbs were under Lu Shiyuan's control now anyway. He only needed to upgrade Ning Rongrong's martial soul to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then give a small demonstration of his conflict with Tang San. A clever man like Ning Fengzhi would know which side to choose.

But the thought of giving an immortal herb to that Little Demoness, Ning Rongrong, left Lu Shiyuan feeling a little uncomfortable.

It felt too much like going out of his way to fawn over her.

Forget it. I'll take things as they come. If all else fails, with our current strength, wiping out the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would work just as well.

With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect gone, who else could Tang San cling to for support?

Over the next few days, an agent took them around all the high-end properties in Suotuo City. In the end, they bought a luxurious villa near Shrek Academy.

The villa stood on the southern outskirts of Suotuo City, roughly three kilometers from the city and less than a kilometer from Shrek Academy.

After some simple renovations, Lu Shiyuan wouldn't have to live on campus with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.

As for Shrek Academy's accommodations, those who knew, knew.

Flender was a full-fledged Soul Saint, yet he couldn't even scrape together a few Gold Soul Coins. Who knew what he was being so high-minded about?

Lu Shiyuan had no particular fondness for that owl, but he didn't have a bad impression of him either.

As the saying went, every man for himself. Shielding your own people was disgusting when someone else did it, but when it was someone on your side, it became an admirable quality.

It was like being at work: would you want a boss who protected their own, or one who pushed you out to take the blame and shoulder the consequences?

It all came down to where you stood.

With money paving the way, the villa's renovations were completed in no time.

The villa was actually fairly new. Its former owner had moved to Heaven Dou City, leaving behind a luxurious estate covering twenty mu.

The main building had a floor area of over three hundred square meters and four stories in total.

Xiao Feiyu bought a large batch of brand-new furniture, had all the old pieces moved out, and burned them to ashes.

Finally, on the day before school began, they successfully moved into their new home.

The next morning, Lu Shiyuan and the two girls got up bright and early.

They had heard that Shrek Academy was in a remote location and had looked for it over the past few days. It was only when they bought the estate that they discovered where it was.

The original story's description had been spot-on. Whether it counted as remote was debatable, but it certainly was run-down.

When Lu Shiyuan moved into the estate, he had thought the place next door was some sort of wasteland.

Fortunately, on registration day, Shrek Academy finally put up a sign at its registration desk.

By the time the three of them arrived, quite a crowd had already gathered there.

Many parents had brought their children and were looking eagerly at the teacher handling registration.

Lu Shiyuan knew the man: Li Yusong, a level 63 power attack system Battle Soul Emperor.

However, Li Yusong's first soul ring was only white. Lu Shiyuan figured he could defeat him in no more than ten moves.