Dai Mubai Turns Lecher, and You Kill Qian Xunji

Xiao Wu jumped at the shout. She planted her hands on her hips and glared at Dai Mubai.

"Was anything I said untrue?

Didn't you have your arms around those blonde twins from the brothel yesterday when you went to the Rose Hotel?

You even fought us for a room and claimed you'd reserved it!"

Li Qiu stood beside Zhu Zhuqing, grinning wickedly.

Xiao Wu was the sort of person who argued harder the more someone snapped at her.

Dai Mubai had kicked an iron plate this time.

"And you fought Brother San yesterday, too! Brother San, isn't that right?"

Xiao Wu turned to Tang San beside her, looking utterly innocent as she took a fierce bite of her carrot.

"Uh..."

Tang San was a little stunned.

Getting into a fight with an older student the moment they arrived left him rather helpless.

But Xiao Wu was telling the truth.

He could only take her side.

"Xiao Wu's right. Yellow-Hair really did have his arms around a pair of twins when he went to get a room yesterday!"

"You fucking—!"

Dai Mubai flew into a rage and gritted his teeth, ready to charge, but Oscar, who was preparing to sell sausages nearby, stopped him.

"Boss Dai, what are you doing? Teacher Zhao is still waiting!"

"Count yourselves lucky!"

Dai Mubai shot Tang San and Xiao Wu a vicious glare, then strode off in a foul mood.

Li Qiu, meanwhile, stood beside Zhu Zhuqing and said quietly:

"Hi. I'm Li Qiu. My Martial Soul is the Five Elements Pearl. I'm a level twenty-four Soul Grandmaster."

"Hello. I'm Zhu Zhuqing. My Martial Soul is the Hell Spirit Cat. I'm a level twenty-seven agility-type Soul Grandmaster."

Zhu Zhuqing spoke coolly.

"Back behind the academy's broken gate, Boss Dai kept sneaking looks at you. Be careful.

He and Ma Hongjun are Shrek Academy's two most notorious lechers. His two favorite pastimes are cultivating and visiting brothels!"

While Dai Mubai was trading barbs with Tang San and Xiao Wu, Li Qiu quietly told Zhu Zhuqing.

"Uh..."

Even the cool Zhu Zhuqing froze at his words.

The contrast was jarring. Dai Mubai was a noble prince of the Star Luo Empire, yet he had sunk this low.

She had wanted to follow in his footsteps. It seemed she had been following the wrong person.

Still, she wanted to work hard and grow stronger.

But she would grow stronger for herself. She had already left that hell called the Star Luo Empire.

She was free now; the sky was vast, and the bird could fly wherever it wished.

"Nyeh-nyeh... Yellow-Hair, you lecher! Come at me if you've got the guts!"

Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue at Dai Mubai.

Tang San smiled.

Ning Rongrong thought the students at this academy were rather unruly,

but they were interesting, too. It was something new.

She had never seen anything like this in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Dai Mubai walked ahead with a cold sneer.

If these new students want to be so arrogant, let that demon Zhao Wuji teach them how to behave.

Among the new students, Oscar spotted the beautiful girl in the pale blue dress. His eyes lit up, and he stared in a daze.

Is this love at first sight?

"Hey, what are you staring at? Hurry up and show us the way!"

Seeing that scruffy-bearded fellow staring at her, Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes in disgust.

She would never like someone so ugly.

Ning Rongrong's disgust wounded Oscar.

He decided to shave his beard. Then he would surely take her breath away.

They arrived at the testing ground for the final round.

Dai Mubai leaned in and whispered to Zhao Wuji:

"The new Little Monsters are awfully arrogant. They said they could beat the examiner to a pulp."

"What?"

The drowsy Zhao Wuji sprang to his feet, excited. He interlaced his fingers and stretched, his joints cracking pop, pop...

His hulking body advanced like a small mountain, his eyes gleaming.

"Not bad. Four Little Monsters this year! The four of you, come at me together..."

Li Qiu whispered to Zhu Zhuqing:

"You'll pass whether you win or lose. There's no need to risk your life. This academy hasn't recruited so many geniuses in ages."

"Uh..."

Zhu Zhuqing stared for a few seconds. She hadn't expected there to be a secret like that.

Only then did she relax.

"Li Qiu, get out of the way!"

Seeing Li Qiu whispering to Zhu Zhuqing infuriated Dai Mubai.

That brat's asking for a beating. I'll find a chance to deal with him properly.

An idiot who doesn't know when to quit. A punching bag.

I really ought to teach you a lesson.

Li Qiu saw a message pop up in the group chat.

[Spirit Hall Saintess: All right, I'm at the hotel. I've been traveling all day, and I'm exhausted. Can you tell me now?]

Li Qiu froze.

The flow of time in the past was strange. Why had it suddenly sped up?

Only an hour had passed for him, yet a whole day had passed for Young Bibi Dong, more than thirty years in the past.

It unsettled him.

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: A whole day really passed for you? Is it evening now? It's only been an hour for me.]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: ?? No way. It really is evening here!]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: You killed your teacher.]

Young Bibi Dong's eyes widened again. She stared at the group chat message for several seconds.

[Spirit Hall Saintess: You're joking, right? Why would I kill the teacher I admire and respect?]

Young Bibi Dong shook her head, unable to believe what she was seeing.

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: There was a reason. He raised you to be his Child Bride, so he didn't want you to have friends.]

Li Qiu thought it over, then told her anyway.

[Spirit Hall Saintess: That can't be right. How could I kill my teacher over that?]

Young Bibi Dong looked at the chat window, thoroughly confused.

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Because two or three years later, you left Spirit Hall to travel. You met Yu Xiaogang, were drawn to his talent, and became his girlfriend.]

Young Bibi Dong stared at the information for several more seconds.

I actually fell for Yu Xiaogang? That's absurd.

Was I blind?

Yu Xiaogang didn't reach level twenty-nine until he was fifty. Who would like him?

[Spirit Hall Saintess: How could I possibly like Yu Xiaogang, that utterly hopeless good-for-nothing?]

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: If you hadn't read what I told you about Yu Xiaogang earlier, might you have fallen for him because he knew so much about Soul Beasts and looked fairly good when he was young?]

And you met him when you didn't have a single friend.]

Young Bibi Dong fell into thought.

*If I had no friends at all when I met Yu Xiaogang, I really might have fallen for him.*

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: And once Yu Xiaogang learned you were the Spirit Hall Saintess, he wanted access to Spirit Hall's Library Pavilion. If he fed you every sweet lie he could think of, might you have fallen for him?]

[Spirit Hall Saintess: I... I...]

Young Bibi Dong went completely still.

Her thoughts were a tangled mess.

[A Leaf Knows Autumn: You would fall for him. You would love him so deeply you couldn't pull yourself free,]

[and then you would want to leave Spirit Hall, despite all it had done for you, and elope with Yu Xiaogang!]

[Then Qian Xunji put you under house arrest.] ```

Young Bibi Dong stared at that, disbelief written all over her face.