You've Got Some Seriously Chubby Nerves!

Nom nom nom~

Glug glug glug glug~

Leng Yaozhu and her disciple, Su Xun, sat on little stools by the roadside, staring dumbstruck as the little girl across from them inhaled her food like a hurricane.

Leng Yaozhu said hesitantly:

"Little Xun, I think she was serious about extorting those 1.7 million skewers from you. She really could finish them..."

"...I can see that."

Su Xun fell silent too.

"Sigh..."

Master and disciple sighed in unison.

Su Xun decided to steer clear of this weighty subject, so he asked:

"Teacher, why did you suddenly stop earlier?"

At the mention of this, Leng Yaozhu's mood immediately brightened.

She couldn't resist reaching out to ruffle Su Xun's hair.

"Thanks to you, the bottleneck keeping me from the Limit realm has loosened. Perhaps it won't be long before I advance to become a Limit Douluo."

Su Xun was surprised.

As he remembered it, in the original timeline, Leng Yaozhu hadn't reached the cultivation level of a Limit Douluo until much later.

Yet now, Leng Yaozhu had already touched that barrier, far ahead of schedule.

This was a good thing!

The mighty thigh he clung to had grown even thicker.

"Congratulations, Teacher!"

Su Xun hurried to congratulate her.

Leng Yaozhu smiled and patted his head.

"Do you even know what breaking through to the Limit realm means, congratulating me like that?"

"It's a good thing, anyway. Good things deserve congratulations."

Su Xun looked utterly carefree.

Leng Yaozhu was filled with emotion and was just about to share what was on her mind.

"Two more handfuls!"

The little girl burped, slapped the sticks from the two huge handfuls of skewers she had demolished onto the table, and urged the stall owner to work overtime.

The owner was stunned.

How could this little girl eat so much?

Who could afford to keep a wife like her in the future?!

Then he saw the little girl glaring at him, brimming with displeasure at his slacking, and hurriedly picked up the pace.

Leng Yaozhu's mood immediately soured.

She looked at the little girl.

"Were you a starving ghost in your past life? How can you eat so much?"

The little girl proudly raised her chin.

"A hearty appetite is a blessing. The more you eat, the more blessed you are."

Leng Yaozhu had no answer to that.

Su Xun asked:

"What's your name? Where are your parents?"

Hearing this, Leng Yaozhu also turned toward the little girl.

After being extorted out of a meal like this, they still didn't even know her name. What a mess.

Still, she grumbled inwardly.

If her beloved disciple weren't so kindhearted, she wouldn't have bothered with this little glutton.

"My name's Na'er. My parents? I've never seen them. I don't remember them either."

Na'er calmly recounted her genuinely tragic background.

Su Xun inwardly thought, Just as expected, though he still had questions.

"Then how did you end up here?"

"Dunno!"

"What about your martial soul?"

"What kinda martial soul?"

"Dumb?"

"You're dumb!"

"..."

Su Xun looked helplessly at Leng Yaozhu.

Leng Yaozhu was equally speechless. After some thought, she transmitted her voice to him:

"My disciple, do you think this little girl's martial soul might be a Taotie, given how much she can eat?

"She's quite pretty, though. She'll definitely grow into a beauty. Why don't we take her home as your child bride?

"That way, I won't have to worry about some other family's girl stealing you away."

Leng Yaozhu looked completely serious.

"..."

Su Xun was speechless. Teacher, you've got some seriously chubby nerves!

She was even talking about abducting the Silver Dragon King to be his wife.

Still.

He had only asked those questions because he wanted to figure out Na'er's current situation.

Logically, at this point in time, she should have been in Aolai City.

But she wasn't.

Moreover, although both were called "Na'er," that name actually referred to "two people."

Silver hair and purple eyes should have meant the Na'er whom Tang Wulin had picked up in the original timeline.

In other words, she should have been Gu Yuena with her memories sealed.

The Na'er whom Gu Yuena had later split off-the personality formed during those three years with her memories sealed, and the Na'er whom Tang Wulin later reunited with on Sea God Island-had silver hair and silver eyes.

But the information he had gathered so far wasn't quite enough to work out the specifics.

He thought for a moment, then suggested:

"Teacher, why don't we take her back and awaken her martial soul? What if she's talented?"

Leng Yaozhu rolled her eyes.

"I think you just want a wife."

"...I really don't."

Su Xun defended himself.

Leng Yaozhu gave him a look that said, "Do I look like I believe you?" Then she said:

"We can take her back.

"But let's make this clear first: the money for keeping her will come out of your allowance."

Su Xun was puzzled. I have an allowance?

Leng Yaozhu had been paying for everything behind him all day.

Him?

He hadn't even seen any money. He had no interest in money!

Seeing what Su Xun was thinking, Leng Yaozhu said blandly:

"You didn't originally. I was planning to give you a supplementary card.

"But since you want a wife, I've changed my mind."

I'm innocent!

You're the one who said all that!

Su Xun felt as though he had been set up.

"All right, then. Glad we've settled that."

Without waiting for Su Xun's reaction, Leng Yaozhu made the final call.

She had been observing Na'er earlier and had already noticed how active her mind was. Coupled with that enormous appetite, her bloodline should be quite good too.

Perhaps she really would awaken a top-tier, bottomless-pit beast martial soul like a Taotie.

Talent like that was naturally worth nurturing.

However, the girl's background was a major question mark, unlike her beloved disciple's clean history.

So she still intended to observe her first.

Naturally, there was no way the girl could attain the same standing as Su Xun.

Leng Yaozhu was quietly pondering how to abduct Na'er and bring her home as a wife for her beloved disciple.

Unexpectedly, Na'er spoke first.

She looked at Su Xun with a face full of hope.

"Big brother, what do you do for work?

"Can I tag along with you from now on?

"I don't want to keep pretending to be pitiful and working off the books for the owner anymore!

"He's a real beast!

"I work so hard putting on an act all day that I nearly cry myself dry.

"But he only gives me a few skewers. They aren't even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth!"

Na'er poured out her grievances to Su Xun, her big eyes sparkling and making her rather difficult to refuse.

Most importantly, she thought Su Xun was a very good person.

He had much more of a conscience than that owner or those customers.

All she had to do was cry a little, and he agreed to give her thousands, even tens of thousands of skewers.

That was enough to cover... who knew how long of her off-the-books work!

Su Xun sighed softly. Thinking of how the money for feeding this silly child would come out of his allowance from now on, he nodded with a heavy heart.

The corners of Leng Yaozhu's lips curled slightly.

As if I couldn't keep you in line!

Then she glanced at Na'er again. This had fallen into her lap without any effort at all.

Heaven favors my Leng family.

First, I gained my beloved disciple.

Then, this pretty little girl who seems quite talented.

With one thing leading to another, I've even settled my beloved disciple's future marriage.

The chances of another family's girl stealing him away have dropped dramatically too.

Perfect!

"Yay!"

Seeing that the kind big brother really had agreed, Na'er immediately jumped up in excitement and planted a light peck on Su Xun's cheek.

Su Xun's mouth twitched. As expected of a little dragon girl, her way of expressing happiness was so simple and direct.

At the sight, Leng Yaozhu's smile faded ever so slightly.

Something's not right!

This girl's moves are rather fierce.

At this rate, the value of my place as number one in his heart might start dropping!

Looks like I'll have to keep a tight grip on his allowance, lest he forget which king outranks the other!

The Star Dou Great Forest.

With the rapid development of humanity's soul guidance technology.

Soul guidance weapons, mechas, and battle armor had emerged one after another.

Humanity's overall combat strength had skyrocketed.

After Huo Yuhao's utterly irresponsible ascension, humanity's ambitions and desires had rapidly swollen.

The original pact had finally been torn apart, and the butcher's blade was laid bare.