Looking at the headless corpse on the ground.
Lin Mo unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
Luckily, he had not let him escape.
Otherwise, there would have been no end to the trouble!!
Never mind anything else-just drawing the Clear Sky Sect here would have been a headache.
"All right, you're not a vibrating toy. Stop shaking!"
Feeling the vibrations against his neck, Lin Mo patted his Ah Yin necklace as he spoke.
Although he had blocked all her senses.
And the woman had no idea what had just happened.
She just kept trembling.
Faint mental fluctuations mingled with the trembling, as though she were begging him to spare Tang Hao.
"Shaking won't help. Your husband passed peacefully, without much pain. I'll take 'good' care of you for him from now on!"
Lin Mo grinned wickedly as he searched the corpse.
Not that Ah Yin could hear what he was saying.
Before long, he had pocketed five Soul Bones!!
Two of them were exceptionally high quality!
"These must be the Clear Sky Sect's inherited Soul Bones, right?"
Looking at the right arm bone and left leg bone in his hands, Lin Mo's lips curved slightly upward.
Although he did not intend to absorb them, keeping them for someone suitable was not a bad idea.
He continued searching, but only found a token.
"Is this a Pope Token?"
Lin Mo paused in surprise.
Six emblems were engraved on it.
He knew without even looking that it was Spirit Hall's highest-ranking token.
"Looks like Tang Hao was in such a hurry to find his wife that he really didn't meet Gangzi back then."
Quietly putting away the Pope Token, Lin Mo stood up to leave.
With such a huge commotion, someone would surely come to investigate before long.
He did not want anyone setting their sights on him too early.
Better grease his soles and slip away.
After burning Tang Hao's corpse.
Lin Mo quickly turned and left the scene of the crime.
He was in no hurry to return to Shrek Academy.
Instead, he headed straight into Suotuo City, planning to find somewhere to stay.
He would lie low for a while and return once his injuries and the Soul Rings he had blown up had recovered.
Suotuo City.
The city was still bustling with voices and brimming with life.
Dressed in a lavish gown, Ning Rongrong strolled down the street.
She was in an excellent mood, a faint smile playing on her lips.
Many boys passing by could not help stealing a few extra glances.
"It's so lively here! Much more interesting than the sect!"
Looking this way and that and occasionally buying little trinkets, Ning Rongrong was having the time of her life.
Anything she liked, she bought, bought, bought!!
"Ow! That hurt! Can't you watch where you're going?"
Suddenly, in a moment of distraction, the girl crashed headfirst into someone's chest.
It was so hard that the pain nearly brought tears to her eyes!!
As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, when had she ever suffered such an indignity?
She had to demand an explanation!!
But when she looked up, the words on the tip of her tongue went straight back down.
Yet it was also utterly terrifying!!
"Little girl~ What are you doing here?"
Lin Mo raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.
But the smile on his face was rather unnerving.
"T-Teacher Lin Mo, aren't you here too?"
Ning Rongrong's gaze darted away as she stammered out an answer.
Although they were about the same age.
The enormous gulf between their strengths made fear rise in her instinctively.
"I came out to take care of something. What about you? If I remember correctly, the Dean gives new students assignments or a lecture on their first day, doesn't he?"
Lin Mo's smile grew even more unnerving as he followed up on her answer.
Seeing how nervous the little girl was, he knew she must have sneaked out to play.
Now that he had caught her red-handed, he would have to put her through some proper training.
"I... I..."
Under the boy's teasing gaze, Ning Rongrong grew even more nervous, stammering without managing to get any words out.
"Tell me the truth, or your teacher will have to give you some private training~"
Lin Mo continued threatening her with a smile.
He advanced toward the girl step by step, his eyes full of amusement.
"I... I sneaked out to play! What are you going to do about it!!"
With nowhere left to retreat and her cover blown, Ning Rongrong decided to smash the already-cracked pot and throw caution to the wind.
Her carefully cultivated good-girl image crumbled in an instant!!
The girl planted her hands on her hips and glared wide-eyed at the boy before her.
Even if she lost the fight, she could not lose face. She had to keep her presence imposing!!
The air of a Little Demoness came rolling off her!!
"Nothing. I've just discovered that the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is nothing special after all."
Lin Mo shook his head and spoke with a look of disdain.
His expression made it perfectly clear that he looked down on the girl before him.
"Y-you know who I am? How!!"
Hearing his words, Ning Rongrong questioned him with wide eyes.
Could my family have found me?
"You're hardly some reclusive master. Is it so strange that I know who you are?"
Lin Mo rolled his eyes.
Sometimes this girl was quite clever, and sometimes she was downright foolish.
Did she really think no one would know just because she had run away from home?
"Hmph! Since you know who I am, how dare you bully me like this?"
Realizing she could no longer hide it, Ning Rongrong dropped the act and snorted.
She looked every inch the haughty young heiress.
"Heh~ Not only am I going to bully you, once we get back, I'll ask the Dean to let me personally teach your practical combat classes from now on!"
Lin Mo lowered his head slightly, looked into the girl's eyes, and spoke slowly, one word at a time.
He made it perfectly clear that he intended to bully her.
"Y-you're using your position to settle a personal grudge!!"
Looking into the boy's scarlet-gold eyes, Ning Rongrong took a nervous step back and protested.
Yet a faint blush rose on her face.
Part of it was anger, because she knew he was deliberately bullying her.
The other part was that the boy before her really was handsome.
Especially those scarlet-gold eyes, which made it impossible to look away.
But his personality was absolutely awful!!
I just can't like him completely.
But I can't completely hate him either!!
"Heh~ Think whatever you like, Miss Ning~"
Lin Mo's lips curled into a wicked grin as he spoke teasingly.
Then he ignored her, turned, and walked away.
Watching the boy's retreating back, Ning Rongrong bit her red lip.
A jumble of emotions churned inside her-anger and resentment.
Along with a trace of fear and nervousness she could neither explain nor describe.
"No! No! I absolutely can't fall into that guy's hands! He'll torment me to death!!"
Remembering the assessment that morning, Ning Rongrong shuddered.
All three of them had been beaten half to death by a single Soul Skill from him.
If she had not been clever enough to play dead and escape disaster.
Her little body would probably have fallen apart by now!!
At the thought of the days ahead, when Lin Mo might torment her in every imaginable way.
Her scalp prickled!!
"I have to get back to the academy and finish the task the Dean assigned! I can't give him a chance to bully me!"
With that thought, Ning Rongrong gritted her teeth.
Then she turned and ran toward Shrek Academy.
After all, between running twenty laps and being tormented by Lin Mo, she would much rather choose the former!!
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