"All right, I accept."
Su Ling took a step forward.
Tang Xiaosan frowned and called softly, "Su Ling, something's off about her."
Su Ling glanced back at her, giving her a reassuring look.
"Here I come, then."
The moment she finished speaking, she summoned her Martial Soul and activated Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul Possession.
She was countless times faster than Wang Sheng had been. Her figure became streaks of pink afterimages in the dormitory as she lunged straight for Su Ling's face.
Su Ling raised his right arm.
Su Ling did not use his Martial Soul. Even if he adjusted its mass to a very low level, he could still injure Xiao Wu.
"Three Moms Entanglement!"
The Blue Silver Emperor instantly wound around Su Ling's arm, forming an indestructible arm guard.
Thud.
A muffled impact.
Su Ling retreated a step. Xiao Wu used the recoil to flip through the air and land steadily.
Her smile deepened.
"Not bad."
Tang Xiaosan, however, could no longer remain calm. She sensed a familiar aura coming from Su Ling.
It was the kind of dependence that arose from her Martial Soul.
Tang Xiaosan became even more convinced that Su Ling was her destined one, that the two of them were a match made in heaven.
Xiao Wu did not stop, accelerating as she charged forward again.
Xiao Wu's punches and kicks rained down. Su Ling blocked while retreating, the Blue Silver Emperor's defensive strength allowing him to withstand her assault with ease.
But some attacks still slipped past Su Ling's defenses. Xiao Wu was too fast, and every strike was extremely precise, targeting only the weak points in his guard.
Su Ling was, after all, still an ordinary Soul Master. All his strength lay in his Martial Soul, which he could not use right now.
But Xiao Wu was also very accommodating and did not use much force. The two of them looked more like they were flirting.
Tang Xiaosan stood where she was, her fists clenched tightly, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on the pair.
One look at this Xiao Wu was enough to tell she wasn't a decent woman! She was clearly here to seduce Su Ling!
Xiao Wu's fierce assault forced Su Ling back against the wall, leaving him nowhere to retreat.
Although he had taken several punches from Xiao Wu, he was not hurt at all.
Instead, the faint, fragrant breeze coming from Xiao Wu was almost making his head swim.
Xiao Wu threw a punch at his face, the wind whistling around her fist.
Su Ling tilted his head. Xiao Wu's punches did not hurt anyway, so he might as well take one.
Her fist grazed his ear and struck the wall with a thunk.
Then Xiao Wu suddenly lost her balance and toppled into Su Ling's arms.
An alarm rang out in Su Ling's mind!
This rabbit was trying to stage an accident!
Su Ling instinctively reached out to steady her.
Xiao Wu lifted her head.
Their faces were less than a fist's width apart.
Su Ling saw her eyes. Those lively eyes held not a trace of the panic of someone stumbling and falling, only plain, unmistakable calculation.
She rose onto her toes.
Her lips pressed against his.
The dormitory fell silent for three seconds.
Tang Xiaosan's fists creaked as she clenched them.
Damn you, Xiao Wu. You've already given me reason to kill you!
Ah Yin's voice exploded inside Su Ling's head, so shrill that his eardrums hurt.
"Master! She's taking advantage of you! That wretched rogue rabbit!"
Su Ling shoved Xiao Wu away.
Xiao Wu stumbled back two steps, then even licked her lips, thoroughly savoring Su Ling's taste.
Tang Xiaosan had already aimed her Sleeve Arrow at Xiao Wu, but reason told her she could not do it.
"You lost."
Su Ling froze for a moment.
"What?"
"You steadied me just now, and you kissed me. Charm was part of my plan too, you know."
Xiao Wu tilted her head at him, her eyes full of mischief. "So you lost."
Su Ling opened his mouth.
You were clearly the one who kissed me!
But he had indeed fallen for it.
When Xiao Wu deliberately toppled into his arms, he could have dodged her completely or pushed her aside with the Blue Silver Emperor.
But he had instinctively reached out to catch her. That showed his combat instincts were not strong enough-or rather, that he had not been on his guard against Xiao Wu.
"So," Xiao Wu said, clasping her hands behind her back and making a circuit of the dormitory as though inspecting her new territory, "I'll be taking the position of Dorm Seven's boss after all."
She walked up to Tang Xiaosan and stopped.
The two girls stared at each other.
"Ding. Host's mission completed. Distributing reward now. The reward has been replaced with a thirty-thousand-year increase to Ah Yin's cultivation."
Meanwhile.
Spirit City, Spirit Hall.
"Su Ling has completed the mission. Bibi Dong will now receive the reward in Anonymous's place: a ninety-thousand-year increase to the age of her First Soul Ring."
Bibi Dong watched the first Soul Ring of her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul change from yellow to black tinged with red.
She was somewhat surprised.
How had Anonymous's reward ended up with her? Bibi Dong did not dwell on it. Perhaps something had gone wrong with the system. That person named Anonymous was simply unlucky.
A perfectly good ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring had ended up going to someone else just like that.
Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock, knock.
After two rounds of knocking, Su Yuntao walked in.
"I heard you were staying in this dormitory, so I brought you some daily necessities."
As he spoke, Su Yuntao handed Su Ling a brand-new set of bedding and several pieces of clothing, then took out his money pouch and fished out ten Gold Soul Coins.
"Cultivate hard. If you run short of money, come find me at the branch hall."
"Come on, say cheese!"
Someone holding a camera Soul Tool took a photograph of Su Ling and Su Yuntao.
"Spirit Hall helps impoverished young Soul Masters complete their studies!"
This was a new addition to Spirit Hall's newspaper, intended to help talented commoners break free of financial constraints and rapidly improve their strength.
This was a decree Bibi Dong had newly issued.
She was afraid that other peerless cheat users like Su Ling might remain buried in obscurity.
Seeing the brand-new bedding in Su Ling's hands, Tang Xiaosan and Xiao Wu looked at the shabby bedding the students had handed out to the work-study students, and immediately began a battle over Su Ling.
The two of them pushed their beds up against Su Ling's.
The pair started arguing again.
"You've been seducing Su Ling ever since you arrived. Just what are you trying to do?"
Tang Xiaosan's voice was not loud, but every word seemed to be squeezed through her teeth.
She normally spoke in a soft, sweet voice, but now that it had turned cold, she instead had the air of a commanding older woman.
Xiao Wu was placing her pillow at the head of Su Ling's bed. At those words, her movements paused.
She turned and looked at Tang Xiaosan with her head tilted, her scorpion braid swinging behind her.
"Seducing?"
Xiao Wu's eyes curved into crescents, as though she had heard an amusing joke.
"I was just sparring normally, okay? Doesn't Su Ling being tempted by me prove that he's interested in me? Don't spout nonsense just because you don't understand."
"You kissed him just now."
"Part of my tactics."
"You licked your lips."
"...My lips were dry."
Tang Xiaosan stared at her, and Xiao Wu stared back. The air between them seemed pinned down by invisible Soul Power.
Even the other students watching the spectacle nearby pretended to be busy with their own affairs, not daring to speak.
Su Ling stood by the wall, rubbing the right arm Xiao Wu had punched several times. The Blue Silver Emperor's Entanglement had already withdrawn.
But a faint scent of grass and leaves still lingered on his arm.
"Ah Yin, did you sneak a kiss just now?"
"Of course not. Don't flatter yourself, Master."
Su Ling glanced at his bed.
Between them, the two girls had transformed his bed into the most comfortable one in the entire dormitory.
"You two..."
"Su Ling, are you hurt?"
"Su Ling, are you hungry?"
The two spoke at the same time, then stopped at the same time. They exchanged a glance, both their gazes saying, "Why are you copying me?"
Su Ling's head hurt.
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