"Mmph..."
Caught off guard by the young man's intrusive hand, Xian Lin'er's body shuddered violently. A sheen of embarrassed desire filled her beautiful eyes, and she instinctively wanted to scold him.
Boom!
But before either could make another move, a furious shout carrying a bone-piercing chill suddenly exploded above the bamboo grove!
"Xian Lin'er! You shameless madwoman! What are you doing to my man?!"
Amid wildly swirling bamboo leaves, a voluptuous beauty dressed in a regal, dark-green palace gown descended from the sky like an enraged lioness!
The newcomer was none other than Cai Mei'er!
At that moment, however, undisguised fury covered the mature face of this usually graceful and dignified Vice Dean of the Martial Soul Department.
Her beautiful eyes fixed on the pair in their intimate pose. The towering jealousy and envy in Cai Mei'er's heart swept away her reason almost instantly.
Heaven alone knew what torment she had just endured!
After considerable encouragement from Ma Xiaotao, she had finally put on those black stockings as thin as cicada wings, as though possessed by some impulse...
She had been filled with embarrassment and apprehension, her mind even wandering through all sorts of thoughts about how to face that sweet tormentor.
And what had happened? She had waited and waited without seeing the young man return, then rushed out to find him, her heart burning with anxiety. The moment she looked up, she caught her sworn rival Xian Lin'er holding him tightly in her arms and taking every possible liberty with him!
How could Cai Mei'er, who had guarded her chastity like jade for decades and only just summoned the courage to take her first step, not be furious?!
"Your man? Hehehe... Cai Mei'er, have you no shame left in that old face of yours?!"
Seeing Cai Mei'er lose her composure in such a fury, Xian Lin'er not only refused to release Dongfang Hao, but provocatively hugged him even tighter. Her phoenix eyes brimmed with delight and mockery as she threw back her head and laughed.
"This young man's movement techniques are profound, and his talent is astonishing. Leaving him in your Martial Soul Department would be squandering a gift from heaven! I've taken a liking to him today and intend to make him my final disciple, then take him back to the Soul Tool Department to nurture him properly. What? Are you going to throw your weight around as vice dean and forcibly abduct an innocent young man?!"
"Please calm down first, seniors."
Seeing the two Titled Douluos poised with swords drawn and bows bent, Dongfang Hao finally gave a light cough and unhurriedly slipped out of Xian Lin'er's warm, soft embrace.
He straightened his slightly rumpled clothes, then calmly cupped his hands beneath Xian Lin'er's puzzled gaze and said evenly:
"Dean Xian, I'm afraid you've misunderstood."
"My name is Dongfang Hao. I have never enrolled in Shrek Academy, nor am I Vice Dean Cai's disciple. I only came to Sea God Island today at Vice Dean Cai's invitation to help Senior Xiaotao suppress the evil fire within her."
"You aren't enrolled in Shrek? You're saving Xiaotao?!"
Xian Lin'er sneered, her face full of disbelief and disdain. "Boy, stop trying to smooth things over for Cai Mei'er! Xiaotao's evil fire has run so wildly out of control that even I can do nothing about it. You're merely a Soul Grandmaster in your twenties in rank-what could you possibly use to save her? Do you think I'm as easy to fool as a three-year-old?!"
"What could I use?"
A faintly arrogant smile curved Dongfang Hao's lips. Rather than waste more words, he set the divine ice martial soul within him surging into action!
Hiss!
Without warning, an intensely freezing aura gushed from the young man's palm!
Crack! Crack!
In an instant, beneath Xian Lin'er's stunned gaze, the ground and bamboo for dozens of yards around froze beneath a layer of solid ice!
"This... this is..."
Xian Lin'er drew a sharp breath and cried out:
"Ultimate ice?! It's actually the legendary ultimate ice?!"
"Good! Good! Excellent!!"
Once the shock passed, feverish greed and possessiveness instantly swallowed the light in Xian Lin'er's phoenix eyes.
She seized Dongfang Hao's wrist and said urgently:
"Boy! You must join my Soul Tool Department! As long as you're willing to become my disciple, you can study every Level 8 and Level 9 Soul Tool blueprint in the department! You'll have mountains of rare metals to spend as you please! I could even hand you the position of dean of the entire Soul Tool Department in the future!!"
Beside them, Cai Mei'er's expression immediately changed. This is bad.
She knew this madwoman Xian Lin'er's temperament all too well. Once she set her sights on something, even nine bulls could not drag her away!
"Xian Lin'er! Take your filthy hands off him!!"
Cai Mei'er shrieked and darted over, her voluptuous figure moving like a streak. She pulled Dongfang Hao behind her, then pointed at Xian Lin'er's nose and berated her, her beautiful eyes blazing:
"Little Hao is an honored guest I invited here after untold hardships! What gives a shameless madwoman like you the right to stick your foot in?! Get back to your Soul Tool Department!!"
"Cai Mei'er, who the hell do you think you are, shouting at me?!"
Xian Lin'er refused to back down. Her phoenix eyes narrowed fiercely as soul power surged violently through her body, and she sneered. "You couldn't hold on to Yan Shaozhe's heart back then, and now you can't even keep hold of a peerless prodigy! Leaving such a divine talent in your Martial Soul Department would be casting a brilliant pearl into darkness! Get out of my way if you know what's good for you, or I'll tear off that dignified mask of yours today!!"
"You dare?! Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"
At that moment, the two stunning mature beauties were like female beasts guarding their food, pointing at each other's noses and hurling abuse, spittle flying. Their fierce, battle-ready auras shook the entire bamboo grove, and an earth-shattering fight seemed about to erupt beside Sea God Lake!
"Enough!"
Rubbing his throbbing temples, Dongfang Hao finally snapped coldly, cutting short the meaningless exchange of insults:
"Dean Xian, I already made myself clear. I have no interest in taking a master, nor do I intend to join any faction. Please withdraw your kind offer..."
Hearing the young man's refusal directly, the feverish look on Xian Lin'er's face froze. She clenched her teeth in disbelief.
Then her eyes shifted toward Cai Mei'er. A mocking sneer curled her lips as she deliberately taunted:
"Boy, has this woman Cai Mei'er fed you some soul-bewitching potion?! Just look at how stiff and prudish she is, wrapped up from head to toe like a rice dumpling. She's always as aloof as a clay bodhisattva, without the slightest feminine charm or playfulness! What future could you have following such a dull old woman?!"
"Bullshit! Xian Lin'er, you bitch, you've gone too far!!"
With her reverse scale touched again and again, the shame, anger, and humiliation Cai Mei'er had accumulated for decades finally erupted!
No charm?
Stiff and dull?!
I've even thrown away my reputation to keep this young man! Who the hell are you, you madwoman, to spout such nonsense here?!
"Little Hao... take a good look!!"
Beneath Xian Lin'er and Dongfang Hao's astonished gazes, Cai Mei'er's beautiful eyes filled with wild shame and determination. She suddenly seized the hem of her modest, dignified dark-green palace gown!
Rip!
She yanked the gown up to the tops of her thighs!
In an instant, a dazzling, seductive sight stood exposed to the world without reservation!
Her full, shapely, mature legs were tightly encased in black stockings as thin as cicada wings, their faint, mysterious sheen tracing every curve!
Through the sheer, delicate fabric, the tender skin beneath was clearly visible, rosy beneath its pale surface. The lace trim hugged the insides of her ample thighs, displaying the boundless, ripe allure of a mature woman in a way that made the blood race!
Cai Mei'er's graceful, dignified face had turned so red it looked ready to bleed, and a mist of shame shimmered in her beautiful eyes.
"Little Hao, I have everything she has, and what I have, Xian Lin'er will never match in her lifetime!!"
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