"No, you're Ye Chen from Class Nine? That Soul Ancestor Ye Chen?"
Long San suddenly realized who he was. His eyes widened as he stared at Ye Chen in disbelief.
He never would have imagined that his roommate was actually the Rookie King among the Outer Court freshmen!
"That's right, it's me."
Ye Chen nodded with a smile. "But I actually came to ask you for a favor today."
"Haha, boss, just say the word. As long as I, Long San, can do it, I'll do my best to help!" Long San laughed heartily, patting his muscular chest.
Clearly, in his eyes, simply knowing a monstrous genius like Ye Chen was already an honor.
If he could help Ye Chen out, he would earn himself a favor. Naturally, he was more than willing.
Hearing this, Ye Chen finally relaxed a little and explained, "My friend Wang Dong and I aren't in the same dorm, but due to special reasons related to our martial souls, cultivating together can speed up our cultivation. So, could you switch dorms with my roommate?"
"You and your roommate..."
Only then did Long San shift his gaze to Wang Dong.
He did not know Wang Dong, but he had to admit that Wang Dong really was a pretty boy—he was even fairer-skinned than Ye Chen...
And in Long San's eyes, pretty boys like that were no different from sissies.
Suddenly, Long San seemed to think of something unbelievable. His gaze swept back and forth between Ye Chen and Wang Dong.
"Damn it, Long San, don't make wild guesses. Wang Dong and I are purely compatible in terms of our martial souls..." Ye Chen's face darkened!
He did not like men. He only liked soft, sweet-smelling girls.
It was all Wang Dong's damn fault!
Why the hell was she dressing up as a boy?!
Now people were misunderstanding him because of it!
"Don't worry, I get it. I get it."
Long San gave Ye Chen a look that said, "I understand," then turned to Wang Dong. "Give me the key. We'll switch dorms right now."
At the same time, Long San secretly felt regretful.
"Oh..."
Wang Dong looked completely confused. Clearly, she did not understand what Long San's look meant, nor did she understand why Ye Chen had such a dark expression, as though he was unhappy.
Still, she was very happy that Long San was willing to switch dorms.
This way, she could mooch off Ye Chen's "Secret Art" every day to increase her cultivation speed.
Her rise to greatness was just around the corner!
Thanks to their Storage Soul Tools, and because their dorms were diagonally across from each other, they completed the switch in less than five minutes.
Still, as thanks, Wang Dong paid him 500 Gold Soul Coins as compensation.
Although school rules said that students were not allowed to switch dorms freely, they did not specify any punishment. Clearly, it was merely a simple restriction.
Furthermore, dorm keys were not bound to student badges. As long as they secretly exchanged keys and no one reported them, even the dorm supervisor would not know.
After all, there were over a thousand freshmen. The dorm supervisor could not possibly know everyone's room number.
Although Huo Yuhao had personality flaws, he definitely was not the sort who liked to tattle.
After switching rooms, Wang Dong took out a bottle of perfume and sprayed it all over the room.
"Wang Dong, why would a boy like you use perfume..." Ye Chen said, pretending to be speechless.
"Hmph, what do you know? This is deodorizer. Someone else lived in this room before, and it reeks. Of course I need to get rid of the smell."
Wang Dong huffed.
As she spoke, she stuck out her butt and wandered around the room, not leaving a single corner untouched.
Wang Dong also took the newer bed for herself, leaving the one Long San had slept in for Ye Chen.
Ye Chen did not mind. He simply wiped it down, laid out a mattress, and lay down.
His system storage space was huge, and he had long since prepared new bedding.
The room was still rather shabby, though, with only a simple table and chairs. Even the windows let in a bit of wind.
Fortunately, this world had no entertainment facilities, electrical appliances, or furniture to speak of. The dorm's only purpose was for sleeping and cultivating, so this was perfectly normal.
Before long, Wang Dong finished cleaning the room.
The room was also well ventilated. Ye Chen took a sniff and found that the strange odor had indeed vanished completely, leaving behind only an extremely faint, natural fragrance. It was genuinely much more comfortable to live in now.
He had to admit, Wang Dong really knew how to enjoy herself.
"Ye Chen, have you rested enough? When can we cultivate together tonight~?"
At that moment, Wang Dong suddenly leaned close to Ye Chen and looked at him eagerly.
Clearly, the explosive increase in cultivation speed had become highly addictive for her. Even the originally dull process of cultivation now made her impatient with anticipation.
"I already told you, using the Secret Art takes a lot out of me. We'll talk tonight." Ye Chen gave Wang Dong a helpless look.
Of course, Ye Chen was lying to Wang Dong.
As the saying went, the more easily something was obtained, the less it was cherished.
Ye Chen was deliberately keeping Wang Dong hooked, intentionally making the "cost" of this Secret Art sound enormous. Only then would Wang Dong feel grateful to him, and only then could he spend more time getting to know Wang Dong on a deeper level.
Ye Chen also understood Wang Dong's anxious mindset very well.
It was like an extremely powerful cheat code. If it let a player instantly clear the game, the player would soon lose interest in it.
But if the cheat code had a long cooldown and limitations, then the player would look forward to it every day and try everything possible to shorten that cooldown.
Wang Dong was the same. She wanted to give Ye Chen all sorts of treasures to help him recover faster, so that he could cultivate with her sooner.
"Okay..."
Wang Dong had no choice but to wait painfully, her heart itching with anticipation.
"Alright, I have something to do, so I'm leaving first. I'll be back tonight." Ye Chen waved his hand and turned to leave.
The hook had already caught Wang Dong, so Ye Chen was in no hurry.
He had also arranged to have dinner with Wu Feng and Ning Tian that afternoon...
Evening.
Huo Yuhao weighed the heavy money pouch in his hand, feeling delighted.
Making money was truly blissful.
However, he was still holding two skewers of Grilled Fish, which he had saved for his roommate Wang Dong.
Though Wang Dong was a little tsundere, she was still quite cute—a bright and cheerful young man.
"Wang Dong, I'm back~"
Huo Yuhao unlocked the door with his key, then froze on the spot.
He did not see Wang Dong's originally neat, soft pink bed, nor did he see the cute and lovable Wang Dong.
Instead, he saw a burly man with a bare upper body and bulging muscles...
"Who are you?! This is Wang Dong's and my dorm. Why are you sitting on Wang Dong's bed?"
Huo Yuhao furrowed his brows sharply, a bad feeling rising in his heart.
"Oh, that guy? He switched dorms with me and went to live with another guy. I'm your roommate now."
Long San casually replied, looking at Huo Yuhao with a strange expression in his eyes.
Sure enough, pretty boys cherished one another. Someone like Huo Yuhao really was not good enough for him.
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