You Are All My Little Sisters, and My Love Is Boundless!!

Tang Qi's mouth twitched.

He had no idea how to answer Xiao Xiao's question.

The onlookers had recovered from their initial shock, and whispers rose and fell around them:

"Aren't those the Outer Court Twin Stars? Why are they hugging in the street?"

"Tsk, that pose... Hard not to get ideas."

"Look, look! Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon claw is wrapped around Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise head. Does that count as a dragon and phoenix bringing good fortune?"

"What the hell kind of dragon and phoenix is that...?"

Bei Bei's and Xu Sanshi's faces turned as black as pot bottoms.

"Let go!"

"No!"

"You fucking—"

The two twisted together in a spectacle so wretched, ridiculous, and painful to look at that Tang Qi felt he'd get a stye if he watched another second.

He rubbed hard at his brow and beckoned to Huo Yutong. "Yutong, pack up. We're leaving."

Huo Yutong had long since hidden far away.

At his words, she trotted over as though granted a pardon and briskly began packing up the stall.

Xiao Xiao came over to help too, though her eyes kept darting toward the pair. She clearly hadn't had her fill.

Just as they were about to leave, Bei Bei suddenly raised his head and called to Tang Qi, a hint of pleading in his voice:

"Junior Tang Qi, what happened today... could you not tell Xiaoya?"

Tang Qi stumbled. He slowly turned back and looked at Bei Bei. After two seconds of silence, he raised a fist and thumped his chest twice.

Bei Bei understood, and gratitude welled in his eyes. Xu Sanshi had been utterly exhausted, but the sight set his anger ablaze.

"Bei Bei, they all look down on you, but you're the biggest turtle of them all!"

Bei Bei had already gotten what he wanted. How could he let Xu Sanshi break free now?

"Sanshi, you'll get used to it."

Xu Sanshi shook with rage, but the hold left him unable to move. He could only watch as Tang Qi strode away with the girls.

Night deepened. The lights along Food Street still blazed, though most of the passersby nearby had dispersed.

Someone must have sent word. Du Weilun, the outer court's director of education, came rushing over, panting.

He pushed through the crowd.

The first thing he saw was the two of them tangled together, practically radiating passion.

Their clothes were disheveled, their faces flushed, and their pose so suggestive he could hardly look straight at them.

Du Weilun's pupils contracted sharply. A chill pierced him from head to toe as ten thousand alpacas stampeded through his mind.

The thing he had feared most had happened after all.

"You two—!"

Du Weilun roared and rushed forward, lifting them like a pair of chicks.

Only after seeing that their clothes were merely disheveled and that they hadn't done anything more outrageous did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"What do you think you're doing? Huh? What do you think you're doing?!" Du Weilun ground his teeth. "You've disgraced the entire academy."

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi hung their heads without a word.

"I just covered up what happened in the boys' dormitory yesterday. And today you take it straight off campus! Do you think your connections let you do whatever you please?"

Xu Sanshi turned his head away, while Bei Bei lowered his even further.

Du Weilun wanted to curse them some more, but the thought of who they were forced him to swallow his anger.

Xu Sanshi had the Xuanming Sect behind him, while Bei Bei was a Shrek insider through and through.

A mere Soul Douluo like him couldn't afford to offend them.

Of course, more than a fight, he feared the two might truly have some relationship that went "beyond friendship."

Bei Bei was Dean Yan Shaozhe's darling, and Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Sect had supplied Shrek with plenty of pills.

If a scandal of that sort broke, Du Weilun might as well hang himself from the southeastern branch.

Shrek City, at the restaurant where Tang Ya used to work.

Tang Qi led the girls into a quiet private room and took a seat. The table was already laden with steaming signature dishes, each a feast for the eyes, nose, and tongue.

Could grilled fish alone fill them up? They needed a proper meal too.

As for how Tang Qi had found Tang Ya, the reason was simple. When he had purged the poison from her, her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had naturally picked up a trace of his Blue Silver Emperor's aura.

That left his unique mark on Tang Ya. In other words, Haki Ya now bore Tang Qi's imprint.

They gathered around the table and dug in. Young Master Tang was footing the bill for everyone, of course.

What Tang Qi hadn't expected was that Huo Yutong, fresh from earning a little money selling grilled fish, would dare try to defend her status as his "sugar daddy" by rushing to pay the bill first.

Only after Tang Qi subjected her to a round of "loving" torment did she retreat, thoroughly satisfied.

"Tang Qi, do you know those two upperclassmen from today well?"

Xiao Xiao sat beside him, her big, watery eyes blinking with curiosity written all over her face.

"The one with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul is Bei Bei," Tang Qi said unhurriedly. "He's a descendant of Gangzi, the teacher of a god from ten thousand years ago."

"As for that green-haired turtle, his name's Xu Sanshi. He comes from the Xuanming Sect, one of the Reclusive Sects of the Dou Ling Empire."

"The Xuanming Sect?"

Xiao Xiao froze.

The little girl tilted her head and thought hard for a moment. Then her eyes lit up. "I've heard my parents mention them! Isn't the Xuanming Sect the one that needs girls to awaken its Martial Soul bloodline?"

"Shouldn't that make them Evil Soul Masters? Why would Shrek recruit someone like that?"

What a death wish! How dare she question the great Shrek Academy!

Tang Qi couldn't help letting out a derisive laugh.

"Harvesting yin to nourish yang."

By the Douluo Continent's standards for Evil Soul Masters, lining up the entire Xuanming Sect before the Sea God Pavilion and shooting them all might condemn a few innocents. But shoot every other one, and some would definitely slip through the net.

In the original story, "harvesting yin to nourish yang" summed up the Xuanming Sect.

Back then, Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng had cultivated by drinking Soul Beast blood. Mu En beat him up, but ultimately spared his life because he hadn't harmed anyone.

Even so, Mu En had branded him an Evil Soul Master. There was no longer a place for him anywhere in the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

If you asked Tang Qi, Mu En had been hinting that Zhang Peng should join Shrek. But it was a pointless hint. If Zhang Peng had joined Shrek, wouldn't he have taken that beating for nothing?

The private room fell quiet for a moment.

Jiang Nannan had sat quietly beside Tang Qi since they entered. She said little, but her cool, gentle composure made her impossible to overlook.

Xiao Xiao's eyes darted about several times. In the end, she couldn't contain her lively curiosity.

"Tang Qi, who's this pretty big sister?"

Tang Qi smiled. "My little sister."

Xiao Xiao: ?

She glanced instinctively at Huo Yutong, who was bent over her food, then hesitated. "Then... Yutong..."

"Yutong's my little sister too," Tang Qi said as though it were obvious.

"Then tell me, dear big brother, just how many little sisters do you have?"

Jiang Nannan turned her head slightly, her beautiful eyes half-lidded. Her voice was as soft as water, yet Xiao Xiao felt an inexplicable chill.

Tang Qi sighed and slowly spread his arms. A smile of great compassion rose on his face, like that of the Buddha himself.

"You're all my little sisters. My love has never belonged to just one of you."

"My love is boundless love." Tang Qi looked full of compassion, and light seemed to shine behind him. "Just like our Tang Sect: all under heaven are one family, and the Tang Sect's love knows no bounds."