Ning Rongrong gave no response, making Oscar feel very hurt.
He had already advanced to level thirty, and he was even a tremendously rare food-system soul master.
An innate full soul power food-system soul master was rare to begin with.
Let alone someone with his kind of talent?
So Oscar felt somewhat lost now.
Could it be that just because Lin Xiao possessed level twenty innate soul power, he was able to attract Ning Rongrong's attention?
Or perhaps it was because Lin Xiao's looks surpassed his?
Comparing himself carefully with Lin Xiao, he found that he truly had no advantages to speak of.
He couldn't match his talent, nor could he match his looks.
Wealth?
This was hard to judge.
Because he himself was also a commoner soul master and possessed no particular wealth.
After a comprehensive dimensional comparison, Lin Xiao far exceeded him.
"No matter how difficult it is, I will win over Ning Rongrong!"
Oscar was not someone who gave up so easily.
Moreover, the voice deep within his heart was telling him now that no matter how difficult it was, Ning Rongrong could only be his.
He even dreamed of being together with Ning Rongrong.
Perhaps only by training desperately and gaining even greater power could he win over Ning Rongrong.
He had completely failed to consider that Lin Xiao, purely in terms of soul rings, was already beyond anything he could compare to.
Everyone went to prepare their travel items.
Heading to the Star Dou Great Forest would take quite a bit of time, with the journey alone taking ten days to half a month.
Added to the time spent searching for soul beasts, the round trip might take over a month.
Adequate preparations had to be made.
"Aren't you going to make some preparations?"
Lin Xiao's items were basically all in the System Storage Space, so he didn't need to deliberately prepare anything.
Right now, only Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong remained by his side, so he felt a bit curious.
Ning Rongrong went without saying; she had a storage bracelet.
Zhu Zhuqing shook her head, her expression calm.
"I don't have anything to prepare."
Lin Xiao was slightly stunned; that seemed to make some sense.
When Zhu Zhuqing arrived, she basically hadn't brought anything along.
The Shrek Academy Dormitory was just a place for her to sleep and rest.
"I have a question, though I wonder if it's appropriate to ask?"
He looked Zhu Zhuqing over carefully for quite a while.
He had to admit that this girl's figure was truly exaggerated.
And clearly being the youngest, this cold and poised imperial-sister vibe was truly eye-catching.
Yet he also knew that Zhu Zhuqing possessed a cold exterior but warm interior sort of personality.
Once one managed to walk into her heart, they would discover that she possessed a kind of gap Moe.
Unfortunately, up until now, no one had been able to walk into her heart.
Dai Mubai was out of the question.
With a favorability rating of minus one hundred, there was basically no possibility of it returning to a positive number.
And right now, her favorability toward him was merely twenty-five.
Wanting to raise it seemed to be no small difficulty.
"What question?"
Zhu Zhuqing was drawn in by Lin Xiao's words.
During her few days at the academy, she had already thought about quitting the academy.
She couldn't rely on Dai Mubai, so she had to find a way to enhance her own strength.
Otherwise, upon returning to the Star Luo Empire, what awaited her would be death.
Her elder sister would not let her go!
The endless assassinations had already left her mentally and physically exhausted.
Life at a soul master academy perhaps wasn't very suited for her.
Venturing out into the soul master world might allow her to improve faster.
"Did you not prepare any changes of clothes? I noticed you seem to only have one outfit?"
Lin Xiao was genuinely curious.
Ning Rongrong was a wealthy young miss with plenty of clothes.
And Xiao Wu also had many sets of clothes.
Yet Zhu Zhuqing's clothes never seemed to change.
It was forever a set of tight leather clothing.
Such tight leather clothing indeed highlighted her figure immensely, causing one's imagination to run wild.
Zhu Zhuqing didn't understand what he meant; what kind of question was this?
"I... don't have many clothes, they're all the same style."
Zhu Zhuqing answered very directly.
She didn't care about external objects; she only wanted to quickly enhance her own strength.
Lin Xiao nodded, sighing as he said, "It seems classmate Zhuqing's life is a bit monotonous. We are all classmates, and we'll be living together for who knows how long in the future."
"So if you have time, how about letting Rongrong take you to buy some clothes?"
As he spoke, he took out a pouch of Gold Soul Coins and handed it to Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong received the money pouch, completely baffled.
"Buy clothes for Zhuqing? You don't need to use your money, I'll cover it."
Ning Rongrong returned the money pouch to Lin Xiao.
She was the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, after all; helping a classmate buy some clothes, where would she ever need to use Lin Xiao's money?
Yet Lin Xiao didn't take it, shaking his head as he said, "No, this is a small token of my sincerity."
"Classmates should help one another and promote each other's growth."
These words were spoken in a righteous and solemn tone.
Ning Rongrong didn't persist further, while Zhu Zhuqing froze.
Do classmates help each other?
She lowered her head slightly, her expression somewhat unusual.
In the Zhu Family, there was no such thing as familial affection, nor would there be friendship.
Everything in the Zhu Family was filled with scheming and threats.
Within that massive clan, taking a single wrong step could lead to total ruin.
When she was young, she had tried making friends, but what she ultimately received was only backstabbing.
Time and time again, betrayal caused her to completely lose hope in friendship.
Those hypocritical smiles often turned into fatal blades.
No one within the family had ever provided her with any help.
Now, Lin Xiao's words caused a strange ripple within her heart.
Lin Xiao didn't know her identity, nor did she know what burdens she carried.
He merely regarded her as a classmate, yet he wanted to provide her with help.
Is this what they call friendship?
The two characters for friendship appeared in her mind.
[Ding! Zhu Zhuqing favorability +5, current favorability 30!]
Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.
He immediately activated the Goddess Codex to examine the real-time updated information.
The Goddess Codex recorded Zhu Zhuqing's current psychological activities.
Judging from the data, Zhu Zhuqing actually yearned greatly for friendship.
It was just that she never took the initiative to chat much with people, nor did she proactively open her heart to others.
Because of her childhood experiences, her inner self had long since been ice-sealed.
Wanting to melt away that layer of coldness was not easy.
Yet right now, simply uttering words about classmates helping each other had created cracks in her ice-sealed heart.
Seeing these psychological activities, he seemed to know how to raise Zhu Zhuqing's favorability.
Provide Zhu Zhuqing with some help!
Not helping her raise her cultivation, but care and friendship!
Care was what Zhu Zhuqing needed the most.
That being the case, what he should do next was completely clear.
"Classmate Zhuqing, you are the youngest among us; taking extra care of you is only right."
"When you have time, let Rongrong take you to pick out some daily necessities and prepare more clothes."
"After all, a girl's wardrobe is always missing one piece of clothing."
Lin Xiao smiled brightly.
Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Gold Soul Coins?
Naturally, she wasn't lacking in those either.
It was just that no one had ever accompanied her shopping to buy clothes before.
Her past life had been monotonous and dull.
Arriving here now, things seemed capable of becoming a bit more colorful.
Perhaps she could choose to stay in Shrek for the time being!
Meanwhile, Tang San on the other side had already arrived outside Xiao Wu's dormitory door.
As Xiao Wu finished packing her things and came out, she spotted Tang San blocking her path.
"What is it?"
She forcefully suppressed the impulse to beat the other person up.
The matters Lin Xiao had spoken of could not be exposed; otherwise, things would become extremely dangerous.
It might even directly threaten Lin Xiao's life safety.
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