Dai Mubai's face instantly fell. The other man was only a year older than him, yet his soul power level was exactly twice his own. This was downright embarrassing.
Li Yusong laughed. "A sixteen-year-old Soul Saint? Young man, are you sure you aren't boasting? If you leave now, I can pretend none of this happened. Stop trying to fool people here."
Ning Rongrong looked curiously at the fellow beside her. A sixteen-year-old Level 74 Soul Saint-could he really be that powerful?
"Hey! Are you really a Level 74 Soul Saint? I've never seen a genius like you even in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
Chen Xuanqing did not answer Ning Rongrong. Instead, he watched Li Yusong with interest, wondering how he would handle this next.
"Old Li, what's going on? Not a single student has come in after all this time. Are we failing to recruit anyone again this year?"
A deep, powerful voice came from inside the courtyard, and Zhao Wuji appeared before them.
Dai Mubai immediately went over to him. "Teacher Zhao, there's a sixteen-year-old Soul Saint here. Do you think it's true?"
"A sixteen-year-old Soul Saint? Then haven't all the decades I, Zhao Wuji, the Immovable Wisdom King, have lived been wasted on a dog?"
Chen Xuanqing wasted no more words. Soul rings lit up around him one after another, until seven rings, black as ink and even tinged with red, appeared before everyone.
"How is that possible?"
Tang San stared at Chen Xuanqing in shock. Could he have twin martial souls? But even that did not quite make sense.
Could his teacher, a master of theory, have been wrong? Otherwise, the scene before him was simply too abnormal.
Zhao Wuji froze at the sight. It seemed he had spoken a little too confidently just now.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Wu lifted her chin and snorted, fully expressing her disdain for them.
[Ding! System mission issued: Host, please snatch Zhu Zhuqing away. System reward: one lottery draw.]
At this long-awaited response from the system, Chen Xuanqing immediately withdrew his martial soul and reached Zhu Zhuqing in a few strides.
The cool, beautiful Zhu Zhuqing looked at the man before her with an inexplicable nervousness. Faced with a sixteen-year-old Soul Saint, she did not know what to say.
"The noble Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire has intermarried with the imperial Dai Family for generations, solely because the Zhu Family's Nether Civet martial soul and the imperial Dai Family's White Tiger martial soul can perform a martial soul fusion skill-the Hell White Tiger, which possesses tremendous combat power capable of fighting above its level."
With her identity exposed in a single remark by the Soul Saint before her, Zhu Zhuqing's heart filled with panic.
Hearing this, Dai Mubai looked at the girl before him. Was she his fiancée?
"May I ask what your purpose is, Lord Soul Saint? Are you planning to use this to threaten the Zhu Family?"
Chen Xuanqing rubbed his chin. "First of all, I've always been interested in beautiful women."
Although being called beautiful left Zhu Zhuqing a little embarrassed, she inwardly cursed Chen Xuanqing for being shameless. He was actually interested in her when she was only twelve.
"Secondly, your identity is very valuable. After all, whether it's the Zhu Family or the imperial Dai Family, the siblings seem to compete like mad. You probably came here because you couldn't win against them!"
Chen Xuanqing's words struck straight at Zhu Zhuqing's heart. Born into the Zhu Family, even sisters had to strike each other down without mercy. On her journey here from the Star Luo Empire, she had faced more assassination attempts than she could count.
Still, Zhu Zhuqing knew that the fellow before her probably had no good intentions either. He merely wanted to use her.
"You want to use my identity to threaten the Zhu Family. Even if I die, I won't let you succeed."
"Girl, you want to fight against your fate, but you lack the strength to do so. And I'm the one who can give you that strength."
Chen Xuanqing acted as though he were luring an innocent girl away. He even gave off the air of Orochimaru tempting Sasuke back then.
But Chen Xuanqing knew Zhu Zhuqing would surely agree. Otherwise, she would not have traveled all the way from the Star Luo Empire to Shrek Academy.
Ning Rongrong walked up to Chen Xuanqing, her face full of anger, then pulled Zhu Zhuqing into her arms. "Hmph! Soul masters can only advance through hard work. What strength can you give her? Don't tell me you mean soul bones! Even our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only has a few."
She truly had the disposition of a pampered heiress, casually revealing her wealth without realizing it. Like Lady Sonoko from Detective Conan, she was so rich it defied humanity.
Chen Xuanqing merely shot Ning Rongrong a disdainful glance, earning an even angrier glare in return.
"Soul bones are nothing but trash." As he spoke, Chen Xuanqing looked at Zhu Zhuqing behind Ning Rongrong. "As long as you're willing, reaching level one hundred and becoming a god won't be a problem."
Everyone's expression instantly changed. A Soul Saint talking about reaching level one hundred and becoming a god was nothing but a joke.
Only Xiao Wu gazed at Chen Xuanqing with an adoring expression. Only she knew that, to Brother Xuanqing, even someone who reached level one hundred and became a god was merely a weakling.
"Reaching level one hundred and becoming a god? You really are a genius, but that's hardly possible, is it?"
Looking at Ning Rongrong's angry face, Chen Xuanqing found her utterly adorable. She simply had yet to suffer society's brutal beatings.
Zhu Zhuqing took two steps forward and looked Chen Xuanqing straight in the eye, her gaze full of resolve.
I won't submit to this so-called fate. Instead, I'll fight for my future self.
"What are your conditions?"
As expected, Zhu Zhuqing behaved far more maturely than Ning Rongrong. Her journey from the Star Luo Empire had helped her grow considerably.
Chen Xuanqing leaned close to Zhu Zhuqing's ear and whispered, "For now, be my little maid and serve me tea and water. As for the future, that will depend on your performance."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded in agreement, then naturally took her place behind Chen Xuanqing, looking thoroughly obedient.
[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission. Reward: one lottery draw.]
Dai Mubai was deeply displeased at the sight. If he did not speak up now, his fiancée would be lured away.
"You have no right to take her away. She belongs to the Zhu Family, and she's my fiancée. She's my..."
Chen Xuanqing vanished in an instant, then appeared before Dai Mubai and kicked him in the face. Dai Mubai flew backward, smashing through Shrek Academy's courtyard wall.
"You are speaking to a Soul Saint."
Chen Xuanqing's domineering tone stunned everyone present.
Li Yusong immediately helped Dai Mubai up, while Zhao Wuji stepped in front of them both.
Unfortunately, Chen Xuanqing paid them no attention and simply walked over to Ning Rongrong.
Then he delivered a powerful flick to Ning Rongrong's forehead, sending her tumbling to the ground.
Tears instantly filled Ning Rongrong's eyes, half from pain and half from anger.
The soul master watching from a distance, tasked with protecting Ning Rongrong, nearly leaped out at the sight.
"Bastard, what are you doing? I'll have my Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa kill you!"
Hearing this, Chen Xuanqing crouched down and looked at Ning Rongrong on the ground with a vicious grin.
"Your Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa aren't here. Even if I raped you and killed you, then raped you again and killed you again, no one would know. What use would your Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa be then?"
After saying that, Chen Xuanqing stood up and beckoned to Xiao Wu.
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