Sea God's Divine Sense

"What do you mean, a cross-dressing pervert?!!"

Wang Dong'er's voice was shrill and loud.

How could...

How could this guy know?!!

What was going to happen to me now?

What did he want to do?!

"Wang Dong'er, you wouldn't want anyone finding out you're a pervert who dressed as a boy to sneak into the boys' dormitory, would you?"

"If you don't want anyone else learning your secret, you know what you have to do..."

In her imagination, El wore a lecherous grin as he used this secret to force her to do all sorts of things...

"Mmph!"

A blush gradually spread across her face, and a cute whimper escaped Wang Dong'er's throat.

"By all means, shout louder. Let everyone in the dormitory building hear you."

Watching her suddenly start acting suspiciously, the corner of El's mouth twitched, but his voice remained calm.

"Just take your shower first. We'll talk when you're done."

El glanced at her sweat-soaked clothes and the strands of hair stuck to her cheeks, undisguised disgust in his eyes.

Filthy.

Wang Dong'er understood the emotion in his eyes.

Instantly, the discomfort she had forgotten amid her embarrassment and shock returned to her awareness.

With all these factors piling up, Wang Dong'er figured that since El already knew her secret, she might as well smash the already cracked pot and said:

"Th-then you're not allowed to peek... huh?"

Where did he go?

By the time Wang Dong'er stammered out her warning and looked up, El's head, which had been poking around the doorframe, had already disappeared.

Wang Dong'er blinked again in confusion.

That confusion soon turned into a trace of anger and disappointment.

What the hell?! Was I really that unattractive?! This guy was avoiding a beautiful girl like me as though I were the god of plague!!

"Hmph!"

Not even sure what she was feeling herself, Wang Dong'er snorted and decided to wash herself clean before dealing with anything else.

Girl scrubbing herself squeaky-clean, in progress...

"Hey, all done?"

When El returned to the dorm room, Wang Dong'er had already changed into clean, fresh clothes. Apart from a little lingering steam, there was no sign that anyone had showered in the room.

Taking a bite of the chicken drumstick he had hunted down in the cafeteria, El closed the door and sat on his bed.

"How did you know?!"

Seeing him sitting there at perfect ease, with the words "I'm waiting for you to ask" written across his face, Wang Dong'er spoke with an odd expression.

"Also, could you wipe those words off your face?!"

What the heck?

This guy had actually written words on his face with a pen!!

This display of what could only be called performance art had completely derailed her emotions.

"Tch!"

El curled his lip. A pale blue glow rose from his hand as he wiped away the writing on his face.

Then he began answering Wang Dong'er's earlier question.

"Because of the light goddess butterfly."

"You do know that the light goddess butterfly is a martial soul that only appears in women, right?"

"It's an obscure bit of knowledge, but it's true."

"Huh?"

Wang Dong'er made a puzzled sound.

She blinked. The light goddess butterfly... only appeared in women?

How come she, the owner of this martial soul, didn't know that?!

Then she noticed that El was now looking at her as though she were a complete idiot.

"You don't even understand the traits of your own martial soul?"

His eyes full of pity, El volunteered to give Wang Dong'er a remedial lesson.

"Most martial souls whose names contain an explicitly female designation only appear in women."

"Like the snow maiden, or the light goddess butterfly."

"Of course, those awakened later through special means don't count."

"So that's how it works..."

Wang Dong'er nodded thoughtfully, then asked with a puzzled expression again.

"But how did you know that?"

"By reading."

El shrugged.

"A Survey of Special Martial Souls and Soul Beast Properties on the Douluo Continent. It's an old book, and pretty niche. Generally, only powers with a long history would have a copy."

"Then why would you read such a niche book?"

Wang Dong'er kept pressing him.

She had to know just how many people might discover the secret of her gender!

Even Wang Yan, a teacher who was supposedly a master of martial soul research, hadn't been able to identify her as a girl through her martial soul!

If this book was required reading passed down within major powers...

Wang Dong'er's heart instantly tangled into a knot.

"I read it precisely because it's niche!"

El rolled his eyes and spoke as though it were obvious.

"If it were mainstream, I wouldn't bother reading it!"

"While everyone else is flipping through popular bestsellers, I'm the only one digging through obscure ancient books."

"It's just very... you get it, right?"

Wang Dong'er finally felt reassured.

Since it was both obscure and ancient, students were almost certain not to know about it, and even teachers probably wouldn't. Hadn't Wang Yan, who specialized in martial soul research, been clueless too?

But was there something wrong with this guy's head?

Looking at her roommate, Wang Dong'er felt deeply conflicted.

He was knowledgeable and incredibly strong. If he wanted to do something to her, she probably wouldn't be able to resist at all.

Still, El's utterly bizarre antics did an excellent job of patching the bug that made him intimidating.

This episode was something else.

Sitting on the edge of her bed and swinging her slender calves, Wang Dong'er fell silent for a moment before asking tentatively:

"El, since that's the case, it isn't really convenient for us to share a room. Why don't you switch rooms?"

"?"

El raised an eyebrow. With a snap of his fingers, he burned the chicken bone dancing and twirling between them into ash, then said unhurriedly:

"This is the boys' dormitory. If anyone should move out, it's you, the girl, okay?"

"And you actually want to stay here specifically..."

El's expression grew strange, as though some very peculiar things had come to mind.

"Don't tell me you really are a pervert?"

"I'm not! Get your mind out of the gutter!"

Two red clouds swiftly stained Wang Dong'er's cheeks, and she shot El an embarrassed, angry glare.

Wang Dong'er hissed.

"I just, just..."

Didn't want to move out of here...?

Why?

Wang Dong'er's eyes instantly grew bewildered.

Right, why had I moved into the boys' dormitory again?

I was the young mistress of the Clear Sky Sect!

I...

"Ugh..."

Wang Dong'er suddenly looked much weaker. She squeezed her pink-blue eyes shut and abruptly clutched her forehead.

Just as I thought...

Watching this, a faint, deep blue gleam flashed through El's eyes.

With Xeno'jiiva's ability to sense the properties of energy, he clearly "saw" that vast expanse of gold through Wang Dong'er in that instant.

Immense and gentle, yet concealing raging winds and torrential rain...

A sliver of the Sea God's divine sense...

Staring at the pink-and-blue girl as she gradually returned to normal, an almost uncontrollable greed rose in El's eyes.

A sliver of a God King's divine sense!

A truly incredible source of nourishment!!

Xeno'jiiva wanted it!!