"Mhm. As long as I've been somewhere before, Fly can take me there in an instant. That's what you call a mechanic."
"That's amazing..."
Zhu Zhuqing was astonished beyond words. She simply couldn't imagine where her master had gotten a soul beast like this.
Even a terrifying hundred-thousand-year soul beast probably couldn't compare, could it?
"All right, let's head down. Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, hold on tight."
"Okay."
Zhu Zhuqing's cheeks warmed slightly. Her movements were gentle, tinged with a stiffness she couldn't quite shake as she drew close and clasped Chen Yang's arm, leaning against his side.
Xiao Wu, meanwhile, sprang straight onto Chen Yang's back. She wrapped both arms firmly around his neck and wound her legs around his waist, hanging on to him.
"Brother, let's go."
With one girl clinging to his side and the other to his back, Chen Yang felt a hot, restless itch stir inside him.
Xiao Wu's soft body pressed against his back while Zhu Zhuqing hugged his arm, the sensations from both sides seeping through him.
After once again suppressing his restless urges, Chen Yang pushed off lightly with his toes and leaped out with the two girls.
Yveltal turned into a streak of white light and returned to the Master Ball.
The three of them plummeted downward.
Panic rose in Zhu Zhuqing's heart, and she instinctively tightened her hold on Chen Yang. Her soft body pressed even closer, giving him quite a treat.
"Third soul skill, Soul Skill Sharing, flight!"
A phantom of the Blue Silver Emperor flashed past, and the three drifted slowly downward as though a breeze were supporting them.
When they reached the sky above Shrek, they discovered that enrollment was underway.
Their timing was perfect.
Chen Yang brought them to a halt in midair while using the Blue Silver Domain to conceal their presence.
"Well, well, we've arrived just in time for some entertainment. Look."
Below, at Shrek Academy, Li Yusong sat behind a battered wooden table at the entrance, registering applicants.
"Your child doesn't qualify. He's over the age limit. Leave."
"What gives you the right?! Give me back the registration fee, then!"
As he spoke, the parent reached toward the table, intending to retrieve the coins he had just handed over.
Whoosh!
Thud!
A dart shot in from the distance and embedded itself right in front of the parent's fingers. A hair closer, and it would have sliced them off.
The parent swallowed and withdrew his hand in fear.
"This is fraud!"
"Sir, these have always been Shrek Academy's rules. Who can you blame if you came without checking them first?"
Tang San and Dai Mubai walked over from a distance with their arms around each other's shoulders, speaking with provocative expressions.
"Exactly! Even my brother Tang San, a man who understands reason so well, thinks you're in the wrong. Doesn't that make the truth obvious? Get lost! Otherwise, I'll let you taste what I can do!"
Dai Mubai rubbed his fists together, and three rings of his martial soul appeared around him at once.
"A Soul Elder?!"
The parent dared not say another word. He grabbed his child and hurried away.
The others behind him immediately broke into discussion.
Li Yusong shook his head and slammed his palm onto the table.
Bang!
"Let me tell you, Shrek Academy only accepts monsters, not ordinary people! If you don't meet our requirements, you'd better leave now!"
"What kind of bullshit academy is this? A dump like this, with so many rules?"
"Exactly! If my son were a genius, would he need to come to your lousy academy?"
"It's definitely a scam academy, just swindling us out of our money. Come on, let's go."
Everyone farther back in the line left amid a chorus of curses, leaving only a handful of cannon fodder who thought they were monsters.
Dai Mubai scoffed, draped an arm around Tang San's shoulders, and raised his eyebrows.
"San, how were those twin sisters last time? Have fun?"
Tang San blushed at the question.
Dai Mubai patted his own chest, his face brimming with smug satisfaction as he thoroughly enjoyed that sense of superiority.
Tang San scratched the back of his head and gave a knowing smile without saying anything.
He felt a little regretful. Previously, whenever Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had invited him out to have fun, he had looked down on them and refused every time, intent on staying true to himself and cultivating his character.
But after experiencing it himself a little while ago, he had finally learned how much pleasure there was to be had. Had he known sooner, he wouldn't have put on such lofty airs.
Just then, a voice filled with disgust suddenly came from overhead.
"Tsk, he really is a lecherous tiger. Someone should kick all three of his legs clean off! And Tang San-I only disliked him before. Now he's downright revolting."
"Who's there?!"
Li Yusong roared and instantly summoned his martial soul, the Dragon Pattern Staff. Six soul rings-white, yellow, purple, purple, purple, and black-pulsed up and down around him.
He watched the sky warily. Anyone who could escape the senses of a Soul Emperor like him was certainly no ordinary person.
They had to be at least a Soul Saint, and one particularly skilled at concealment.
Beside him, Tang San, who was always ready to flee, found the voice incredibly familiar. It belonged to the very person he had been longing for!
It's them! They've finally come!
Excitement surged through Tang San. He immediately activated the Purple Demon Eye to investigate, but couldn't see so much as a silhouette. All he could make out was a faint ripple of blue and gold in midair.
Meanwhile, inside the Blue Silver Domain.
Chen Yang pinched Xiao Wu's lips and shook them up and down.
"I haven't had my fill of the show yet. Why are you in such a hurry to step onto the stage?"
Xiao Wu shook her head indignantly.
"I just can't stand watching it! That lecherous tiger is disgusting. I'm angry on Zhu Zhuqing's behalf!"
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes were icy, and a self-mocking smile tugged at her lips.
I risked my life fleeing the Star Dou Empire, hoping to join forces with you, and this is what I find.
Although she had long prepared herself for it, it still hurt a little.
"Master, let's go. I don't want anything more to do with him."
Chen Yang soothingly stroked her head, a mischievous smile curling his lips.
Only after adding another layer to the Blue Silver Domain to block their voices did he speak.
"Zhu Zhuqing, don't you want to get back at him? I have an idea that could make him suffer. Want to try it?"
"What idea?"
Zhu Zhuqing was a little curious.
"Pretend to be my girlfriend. Then we'll flaunt our affection right in front of him and let him taste the misery of jealousy. Besides, Xiao Wu and I are a Soul Emperor and a Soul Saint. For the sake of his own life, he'll definitely have to swallow his anger. Even if his teeth get smashed, he'll have no choice but to swallow them."
Chen Yang raised his eyebrows. Although Zhu Zhuqing was his disciple, making it easy to build affection through their everyday interactions, that was hardly enough.
How could building affection day by day compare with pretending to be a couple, making repeated physical contact, and adding a little flirtation to speed things along?
Not only that, he could stir up trouble and farm rewards in the process. Wasn't that just fantastic?
At his words, Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head, not daring to meet his gaze. Her eyes shifted shyly, and a faint blush spread across her delicate face.
"Wouldn't that be improper...? You're my master... And your good name..."
"What's improper about it?! What's sacrificing a little of my good name if it helps my disciple vent her anger?"
Chen Yang puffed out his chest and lifted his chin, looking the very picture of righteous resolve. His words positively overflowed with integrity.
Still clinging to his back, Xiao Wu immediately chimed in, completely oblivious to the threat of a green hat settling onto her own head.
"Just agree, Zhu Zhuqing! I've heard people say men care most about their pride and dignity! If you work with Brother, you'll definitely leave him wishing he were dead! It'll hurt worse than killing him!"
Chen Yang silently gave Xiao Wu a thumbs-up. I know you're not deliberately creating an opening for me, but that won't stop me from praising you.
Xiao Wu, you're truly magnificent!
Just what I'd expect from a woman fit to be the senior wife!
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