Zhao Wuji Was Well and Truly Aboard the Pirate Ship

"Do you serve Qian Daoliu or Bibi Dong?" Zhao Wuji continued asking. "Did you come here because of those seven?"

"I'm Pope Bibi Dong's disciple. Besides nurturing a few geniuses, there's another reason. You know Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's identities, don't you?"

"You came for the Star Luo Empire?"

"Brother Zhao, would you be interested in joining me to witness the unification of the entire continent?"

Zhao Su had already made himself clear enough, so instead of answering Zhao Wuji, he posed a question of his own.

"If I refuse, will you kill me?"

"Of course not. Whether you agree or not has no bearing on my plans!"

"Aren't you afraid I'll reveal your plans?"

"If that happens, I'll kill you-and everyone at Shrek Academy."

Zhao Su turned to look at Zhao Wuji, the corners of his mouth lifting. Although it looked like a smile, Zhao Wuji felt a chill run down his back.

It was as though a powerful soul beast had fixed its gaze on him.

Even when he had encountered the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest, he had never felt anything like this.

"Hahaha, you really are honest!"

Hearing Zhao Su's completely undisguised words, Zhao Wuji could not help laughing. After a moment, his expression gradually grew serious. "I'm willing to fight by your side!"

"Good. One day, you'll understand that the choice you made today was the right one!"

As Zhao Su spoke, he took a small porcelain bottle from the storage space inside the jade pendant at his waist and handed it to Zhao Wuji. "These are called Soul Gathering Pills. They can change your constitution and speed up your cultivation."

"Don't worry. These pills will only benefit you, with no side effects whatsoever. But don't take too many-one every seven days!"

Then Zhao Su strode toward Shrek Academy.

Watching Zhao Su's departing figure, Zhao Wuji's gaze gradually grew resolute.

He had never been an indecisive man. Once he made a decision, he would not change it.

Early the next morning, Zhao Su sat on the roof, basking in the first rays of sunlight. He looked up at the sky, his face expressionless.

To tell the truth, Zhao Su was feeling a little homesick. Whenever he missed home, he would look up at the sky.

"What are you doing here?"

Just then, a cool voice sounded behind Zhao Su.

Without turning around, Zhao Su knew it was Zhu Zhuqing.

"Nothing. Basking in the first rays of sunlight each day is good for your health!" Zhao Su shifted aside as he spoke, making room for Zhu Zhuqing. "You drank so much yesterday. Are you feeling unwell?"

"Mm!" Zhu Zhuqing sat down beside Zhao Su and murmured an assent. Then she looked at him, her eyes full of tenderness. "But when I think of someone, I don't feel unwell anymore."

Zhu Zhuqing had always been aloof. For someone with her temperament to say something like that made it all the more alluring, all the more capable of plucking at a man's heartstrings.

"Then who are you thinking of?"

Zhao Su edged closer to Zhu Zhuqing, almost pressing against her.

His slightly teasing tone instantly brought a blush to Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face. "Don't you know who I'm thinking of?"

"How would I know? I'm not inside your head."

"But you're in my heart."

Zhu Zhuqing suddenly leaned against Zhao Su. After saying those words, her little face grew even redder, as enticing as a ripe red apple.

"Then let me feel your heart and see whether it's really as you say."

As Zhao Su spoke, his gaze drifted toward a certain spot, and his restless right hand reached out to touch it.

"You're awful!"

Zhu Zhuqing batted away Zhao Su's outstretched right hand and said softly, "Not a single man is any good. You're no different."

With that, she hurriedly stood and leaped down from the roof.

At the sight, the smile on Zhao Su's face deepened.

Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, five years had gone by. Zhao Su was now twenty-one, and even Zhu Zhuqing, the youngest, was eighteen.

Under Grandmaster's intensive theoretical training and with Zhao Su's help in actual combat, the Shrek Seven Devils grew ever stronger.

Every one of them had surpassed soul power level fifty.

Evil-Eyed White Tiger Dai Mubai, twenty years old, level fifty-seven.

Big Sausage Uncle Oscar, nineteen years old, level fifty-four.

Thousand-Hand Asura Tang San, eighteen years old, level fifty-four.

Evil Fire Phoenix Ma Hongjun, nineteen years old, level fifty-three.

Soft-Bone Enchanting Rabbit Xiao Wu, eighteen years old, level fifty-three.

Eight-Treasure Glazed Tile Ning Rongrong, eighteen years old, level fifty-three.

Yin-Yang Spirit Cat Zhu Zhuqing, eighteen years old, level fifty-three.

Zhao Su's soul power level, however, had not risen because he deliberately suppressed it. He remained in the fifties.

By doing so, Zhao Su blended even more seamlessly into the Shrek Seven Devils.

By now, these students of Shrek Academy should have graduated long ago. If they wished, they could even become teachers at any advanced soul master academy.

But that was clearly not what they wanted.

In the dining hall, Zhao Su and the others were eating. Although Zhu Zhuqing's face still looked cold, her eyes held undisguised tenderness whenever she looked at Zhao Su.

After Zhu Zhuqing had made things clear to Dai Mubai five years earlier, he stopped wasting his time on her and returned to his former debauched lifestyle.

Twin sisters, innocent girls, seductive women-there had never been any shortage of them by his side.

Moreover, those five years had made Zhu Zhuqing's already voluptuous figure enough to give anyone a nosebleed.

Her stunning figure, paired with her cool composure and the seductive tenderness that entered her eyes whenever she looked at Zhao Su, made it increasingly difficult for him to control the stirring in a certain part of his body.

Besides Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong had also blossomed into increasingly beautiful young women.

Tang San and Xiao Wu had already been in love with each other, while Oscar had stepped up his pursuit of Ning Rongrong.

But Ning Rongrong rejected him every time.

"Brother Zhao, Manager Ao, the person in charge of Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, came by just now. He said he wanted our Shrek Team to participate in a team soul fight. Grandmaster and the dean sent me to ask what you all think!"

"A team soul fight? Who's the opponent?"

"They're called the Imperial Fighting Team. They've fought more than a dozen teams over the past month and won every match easily."

"The Imperial Fighting Team?"

"That's right."

"What do you all think?"

Upon hearing the name Imperial Fighting Team, Zhao Su knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for-to bring the Golden Iron Triangle together-had arrived. Even so, he asked Dai Mubai and the others for their opinions.

"We'll follow your lead, Boss!"

Ma Hongjun was the first to voice his support. Over those five years, his Evil Fire Phoenix had completely purged its excess impurities, becoming a purebred phoenix possessing ancient phoenix true blood.

He followed Zhao Su's every word. Among the Shrek Seven Devils, he trusted Zhao Su more than anyone except Zhu Zhuqing.

By now, Zhao Su had also become the core of the Shrek Team, replacing Dai Mubai as their leader.

"We're a team. We'll follow your lead!"

Tang San and Dai Mubai spoke up as well.

"Then accept their request. Our Shrek Team has run out of opponents anyway. Now that one has finally come along, we can stretch our muscles!"

"All right. Since that's settled, I'll go give Grandmaster and Flender our answer."

After hearing everyone's replies, Zhao Wuji nodded, stood, and left the dining hall.