Zhang Peng stood with his hands behind his back, standing two steps in front of Lu Ren, blocking the group of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students behind him.
There was a nonchalant expression on his old face, which was particularly eye-catching under the light.
Yan Shaozhe looked at Zhang Peng with a livid face, and there was obvious anger suppressed in his voice. "Zhang Peng, you still dare to appear in the world. Have you forgotten how Mu En let you go?"
"Of course I remember." Zhang Peng's voice deepened, with a hint of solemnity in his tone, "Thanks to Mu En for letting me go. I will always bear this kindness in my heart."
"If it weren't for Mu En, my life would have been sealed long ago."
He paused, changed the topic, and suddenly raised his voice. "However, I didn't kill anyone, and I didn't help the tyrants. I remember Mu En's kindness, and it also restricts my freedom, but it doesn't prevent me from making friends with my little brother, right?"
Zhang Peng stretched out his hand and pointed to Lu Ren behind him, with a more confident and arrogant tone in his tone. "He is my brother! Yan Shaozhe, considering the friendship we met back then, I won't make it difficult for you."
"But if you dare to bully my little brother, then I will beat you up. It's as simple as that."
Yan Shaozhe smiled slightly, but that smile was as cold as frost on a knife's edge, "Zhang Peng, the more you live, the better you go. Back then, Scorpion Tiger Douluo was a loner, but now you get mixed up with the Sun Moon Empire's people, and you even recognized a child who is younger than you who knows how many generations as your brother. You are really getting better as you live."
Zhang Peng's eyes widened, and he simply started to play tricks. "Why, is it possible that Mu En, the old man, still cares about me making friends?"
"Yan Shaozhe, please stop using Mu En to pressure me. I respect Mu En very much. I accept this, but even if Mu En were to stand in front of me, he would probably not point fingers at me making friends."
"Besides, I'm just here to help my little brother. What does Sun Moon or not Sun Moon have to do with me?"
Yan Shaozhe narrowed his eyes and said no more.
Just now Zhang Peng Although the attack was short-lived, he already had a rough idea of the opponent's strength.
Soul Power fluctuations are restrained and deep, with clear layers.
Zhang Peng's strength is above him.
Although the gap is not huge, at the level of Super Douluo, the slightest difference is enough to determine the outcome.
Yan Shaozhe knows very well that with Zhang Peng present today, he cannot move a finger of Lu Ren.
So he could only wave his hand, signal the Shrek students behind him to step back, and left.
"Zhang Peng, we have a long way to go."
But those Shrek students who followed Yan Shaozhe were not as forbearing as the dean.
Before leaving, Soul King, who was leading the substitutions, turned around and raised his middle finger at Ma Rulong and the others, with undisguised provocation and ridicule on his face.
That look clearly said: You Soul Engineers who only know how to hide behind iron shells, wait until you are stepped on by us on Arena.
Ma Rulong and others' faces were as gloomy as water, and their fists were clenched until their knuckles turned white.
After all, they are also official members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. They are the pride of heaven wherever they go. When have they ever been so angry?
"What's so exciting about these Shrek bastards!"
"When we meet them in the competition in the future, we must fuck them on Arena!"
Seeing that everyone else was extremely angry, Lu Ren raised his hand and pressed it down to signal everyone to be quiet.
His expression showed no fluctuation from beginning to end, and his tone was as calm as if this matter was not worth worrying about at all. "Don't worry, Shrek people can't be arrogant for long."
"That's a good thing to say, I like to hear it." Zhang Peng turned around, and the old face that had been looking at Yan Shaozhe coldly just now was instantly filled with a bright smile.
He shouted in a very strange tone, "Little ↑brother↓~"
"----Brother Peng, I didn't expect you to actually come to Star Luo City." Lu Ren was stiffened by his voice, but he soon returned to his usual calmness.
"That's for sure, you are my little brother."
Zhang Peng chuckled and patted Lu Ren's shoulder hard with his big hand.
"Judging by my age, I'm your eldest brother. What's the problem with the eldest brother helping the younger brother?"
"As long as I'm here, Shrek people want to touch you, so they have to think carefully first."
"At least that hypocrite Yan Shaozhe will never dare to embarrass you. If he wants to attack you and me, the other party must at least be of Xuan Zi's level."
"Indeed, I feel a lot more at ease now that Brother Peng is here." Lu Ren responded with a smile.
"Okay, I'll be here whenever you need me. You can move around freely. I'll leave first. Anyway, come to me anytime if you need to support the scene. I'll be nearby."
Zhang Peng didn't waste any time after finishing speaking, and disappeared into the restaurant in a flash, leaving only a faint breeze.
After Zhang Peng left, Meng Hongchen, who had been afraid to speak out, let out a soft breath, his eyes flashing with shock that had not yet dissipated. "I didn't expect that your connections are so wide, that you even know such a big shot as Super Douluo. And he calls you little brother. What is your relationship?"
"Well----"
Lu Ren's expression became a little weird. You can't say that he almost killed Zhang Peng when they first met, right?
He pretended to cough and put on an unpredictable expression. "Don't underestimate my network. If Shrek really wants to kill us, I can call my big brother over at any time."
"That's true." Everyone agreed in unison, and their evaluation of Lu Ren quietly increased.
Before, they thought that Lu Ren was arrogant because he was strong enough. Now they discovered that Lu Ren was not only strong, but also had a big brother of Super Douluo level standing behind him.
It seems that people are arrogant because they have the capital to be arrogant.
If someone else didn't have this ability, he would have been slapped to death.
When Lu Ren returned to his room, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Snow Empress sitting sideways on his bed, his slender legs crossed and hanging on the edge of the bed, holding a huge ice cream in his hand and licking it intently.
The white traces of the mixture of ice crystals and cream stuck to the corners of her lips, making that cold and pure face feel less distanced and more smoky.
Snow Empress Seeing that he was back, she just raised her sky-blue eyes and glanced at him, her tone still cold and calm. "Back? I've already brought you what you want."
She raised her finger and pointed to the desk beside her. On it lay a carving knife with simple patterns.
The blade is completely black, with a faint layer of dark air flowing on its surface, exuding an uncomfortable cold aura.
The carving knife that exudes a faint aura of coldness is Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, which ranks Tsukumo on the list of carving knives.
The real value of this carving knife does not lie in how sharp it is, but in that it is actually a piece of Gold of Life.
Electrolux once said that Gold of Life is the purest crystal of life energy in the world, which is of great benefit to his Necromancy and Lu Ren.
As early as a few days before Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's team set off for Star Luo City, Lu Ren approached Snow Empress alone and asked her to take the lead in infiltrating Star Luo City and find the carving knife based on the clues he provided.
For others, traveling across half a continent to search for information about a carving knife in a vast sea of people is like finding a needle in a haystack, but for Snow Empress, this is just a relaxing leisure time out for a walk.
"Thank you, Snow Empress." Lu Ren thanked you sincerely.
Snow Empress waved his hand and continued to lick the ice cream in his hand seriously, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. "So, the job you arranged for me is this kind of chore?"
"To be honest, I still don't understand what use this broken knife is to you."
"It was filled with Dark Aura that disgusted me so much that when I held it, I almost wanted to freeze it into powder."
Her beautiful brows frowned slightly when she said this, and it was obvious that the curse on the murderous knife made her, Snow Maiden, who lives in ice and snow, extremely uncomfortable.
"This----" A layer of cold sweat broke out on Lu Ren's forehead.
Letting Snow Empress, the leader of Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North and a man with 700,000 years of cultivation, go to help him run errands and find things. This is indeed a waste of natural resources.
"Indeed, your Majesty took action for such a trivial matter personally. It is really just using a cannon to kill mosquitoes. It is unnecessary. I must pay attention to it next time."
He quickly changed the subject, and the light fell on the ice cream in Snow Empress's hand that had mostly been licked off. "Speaking of which, why are you still licking the ice cream?"
"You're talking about this, you humans seem to call it dessert, it tastes really good."
Snow Empress slightly squinted her sky blue eyes, her long eyelashes casting shallow shadows under the light.
She took another lick on the ice cream, and rolled away the last piece of chocolate crisp with the tip of her dexterous tongue. There was a hint of satisfaction in her expression that even she was not aware of.
"Although you humans are not very strong, you are very good at making these foods. I have lived in Far North for 700,000 years, and I have never tasted such sweet desserts."
Seeing the once aloof and aloof Snow Empress holding the ice cream and licking it happily, Lu Ren suddenly thought of a very real problem.
His expression became a little subtle. "Her Majesty the Snow Empress, I want to ask you a question, how did you get this carving knife? And where did the ice cream you eat these days come from?"
"Then don't think about it, just bring it over, right?"
Snow Empress answered matter-of-factly, without any hint of inappropriateness in his tone.
"I used Spiritual Power to fool everyone who saw my move, and no one could notice it."
"Even if someone feels something is wrong afterwards, they can't be traced to you. Don't worry, I said I will never cause you any trouble or make things difficult for you. I will take good care of myself."
Lu Ren's mouth twitched hard.
He took a deep breath, and then said to Snow Empress seriously, "Her Majesty the Snow Empress, if you really want to adapt to human society, robbing alone won't work."
"When you are short of money, you can tell me and I will give you Gold Soul Coin to buy things, so you don't have to use Spiritual Power to fool people."
"The rules of human society are like this: if you take something from someone else's store, you pay; if someone else takes your money, the thing is yours."
"Both parties are willing, no need to fight, no need to touch Spiritual Power, it's simple."
"Gold Soul Coin? Is it the kind of metal piece you humans use?"
Snow Empress stopped licking the ice cream and tilted his head slightly, a trace of pure confusion appearing in his sky-blue eyes.
"But, I'm better than them. It's natural to take their things. Why should I exchange them with metal pieces?"
"Because that's not how human society works." Lu Ren explained, "Human society is different from the Soul Beast world----"
"It's really troublesome. Can't we just see who is stronger?" Snow Empress's tone was full of sincere confusion.
She has lived for seven hundred thousand years, and power is everything in Far North's Law.
The size of your territory depends on how strong you are, and who your prey belongs to depends on who you can defeat.
Human currency was a completely incomprehensible concept to her, just like a fish cannot understand why land creatures can run around freely on the ground.
Lu Ren found that he sighed more times today than in the past month combined.
What he faced was not a willful naughty child, but a Snow Maiden who had lived for seven hundred thousand years and followed a completely different civilization Law.
Lu Ren tried to explain in a simpler and more direct way what "buying", "trading" and "currency" are, but Snow Empress frowned more and more as he listened, and finally waved his hand impatiently.
"You humans are really troublesome. Okay, I understand. I won't rob you anymore. If I need Gold Soul Coin, I'll ask you for it, right?"
Lu Ren Looking at her expression of pretending to be reluctant even though she had clearly remembered it, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth unconsciously.
"That's right----" Snow Empress blinked and said, "According to you humans, am I being taken care of by you?"
These words made Lu Ren almost gasp.
He supports Snow Empress, is it true?
Auntie, that's not what this sponsorship means!
Seeing that Lu Ren's expression was a little out of control, Snow Empress couldn't help but smile, "Okay, okay, I'm just kidding, I will listen to you and won't steal other people's things again."
"That's good----" Lu Ren raised his hand to his forehead, feeling a little exhausted.
It's just that at this moment, Lu Ren, I still don't know who Snow Empress was changed for.
Snow Empress may not understand human rules, but she can change because of what Lu Ren said.
She doesn't care about human society, but she cares about Lu Ren's opinions.
"Come on, let me see what you want to do with this broken knife."
Snow Empress put down the empty ice cream cone in his hand and turned his attention to the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade on the desk.
Lu Ren nodded and picked up Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade.
The moment he took the handle of the knife, the rich Cursed Energy poured out of the blade and poured into Meridians along his palm.
That cold and pure Cursed Energy is the layer upon layer of negative emotions accumulated by this carving knife in the hands of countless generations of owners, forming an extremely impressive Cursed Energy rich mine.
For any other Soul Master, these negative energies are a curse that they must avoid, but for Lu Ren, this is simply an experience package delivered to their doorstep.
He closed his eyes and concentrated, and began to absorb the Cursed Energy in the blade with all his strength.
When the last trace of black air was sucked out by him, Lu Ren activated Reverse Cursed Technique Release.
Warm Positive Energy surged out from his palm and poured into the blade of Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade in the disguise of Soul Power.
Positive Energy The moment it touched the inside of the blade, the remaining cursed aura was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, completely evaporated without leaving even a trace.
The originally dark blade also lost all impurities at the moment the purification was completed, turning into a carving knife as transparent and pure as cyan crystal, emitting a soft halo as quiet as water.
"It's actually Gold of Life?" The moment the purification was completed, the young and handsome shadow of Electrolux emerged from Lu Ren's Sea of Consciousness.
This Undead Saint Mage God's eyes fell on the carving knife that had turned into cyan crystal, and a trace of obvious surprise flashed in his eyes.
The moment he saw Electrolux appear, Snow Empress, who was sitting on the edge of the bed feeling relaxed, stood up almost instinctively.
Her body straightened slightly, and a trace of uneasiness that was difficult to detect flashed in her sky-blue eyes.
As the leader of Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, she has always been the top existence in this world for so many years, but since she met Lu Ren, she has been repeatedly suppressed by the aura of Electrolux, and each time she is clearly aware of one thing.
In front of this former Demigod, her cultivation of nearly 700,000 years is nothing to be proud of.
The status between the strong and the weak will change. This is a lesson she learned in the world of Soul Beast.
So after Electrolux appeared, Snow Empress just stood aside quietly without saying anything. Standing up was also a sign of respect for the strong.
Ice Empress also emerged from Sea of Consciousness of Lu Ren, and Orange-Gold's beautiful eyes curiously looked at the carving knife that had become brand new after purification.
"Injecting evil thoughts and curses into Gold of Life, it's a shame that the originator of this method can think of it."
Electrolux shook his head, with a bit of regret and a bit of sarcasm in his tone.
"He just felt the huge energy contained inside Gold of Life, but he didn't know how to make this Gold of Life release its true magical effect."
"What a waste of resources. Using curses to pollute Gold of Life is like using ink to pollute a pool of spring water. Although it can make the water black in the short term and make it look unfathomable, the ink itself cannot increase the depth of the water."
Electrolux raised his deep eyes, his gaze fell on Lu Ren, and there was a hint of relief in his tone. "However, your Purification Power is becoming more and more comfortable to use, from now on At first, you simply used Positive Energy to flush out Evil Soul Master, but now you can accurately peel off the curse and retain the life essence of Gold of Life itself. Your progress is visible to the naked eye."
Lu Ren chuckled and scratched his head in embarrassment.
In front of Electrolux, he really seemed like a new recruit. This Demigod was a strong man who had truly touched the realm of gods. Any comment could make him think about it for several days.
Electrolux continued, "Coupled with my Necromancy and your unique negative emotional energy, the combination of the two can produce such a huge sublimation and evolution. Even I didn't expect this. You have to make good use of this power and don't let this opportunity go."
"That's necessary."
Lu Ren nodded seriously.
He knows this better than anyone else. Without the Necromancy that Electrolux taught him, Cursed Spirit Manipulation would most likely have stayed in the original framework and could only conquer the ready-made Cursed Spirit. It would be impossible to create such an unnatural thing as Cursed Spirit out of thin air.
The reason why Cursed Spirit Manipulation can evolve is largely due to the power of Necromancy and the underlying logic of Cursed Energy, which gave rise to Resonance.
"You can absorb this piece of Gold of Life directly. It should be of great help to your purification ability. At the same time, it can also help you further improve Sea of Consciousness. It can also make our residents living in your body more comfortable." Electrolux made a small joke, and then stepped aside with his hands behind his hands.