"Darling! Could I make one tiny request?"
Seeing how sincere Luo Feng was,
Ma Xiaotao slowly turned around in his arms.
She gazed at him with a lovestruck look.
That pitiful expression truly made her hard to refuse!
"What request? Let's hear it!"
"Mm!"
"I want you to come back to Shrek with me! To meet my teacher, Yan Shaozhe!"
"I don't really have any family left in this world. My teacher is like a father to me..."
Compared to the young miss Wang Dong,
Ma Xiaotao actually had a tragic background.
Had Yan Shaozhe not brought her back to Shrek when she was young, she would probably have been devoured by Evil Fire long ago!
"You've already been to Dong'er's home and met her family, after all!"
"So I want my teacher to get to know you too. Could you grant this tiny request?"
Hearing Ma Xiaotao's pleading voice,
Luo Feng's heart nearly melted.
In any case, the system had set no time limit for going to the Far North.
There was no harm in taking a look at Shrek.
After all, it was the very heart of the Douluo Continent!
"All right!"
"I'll go with you!"
"While we're there, I can get my Dong'er enrolled!"
In fact,
because she had been chasing after Luo Feng,
Wang Dong had even delayed her registration.
And since she now had this sort of relationship with Luo Feng,
even if the girl met Huo Yuhao, there was absolutely no possibility of anything developing between them.
After hearing Luo Feng agree,
Ma Xiaotao immediately lit up with joy.
With a "smack," she planted a strawberry on his left cheek.
"Wonderful! Thank you, husband!"
"My teacher will definitely give us his blessing!"
Seeing how delighted Ma Xiaotao was,
Luo Feng did nothing more.
He turned back and quickly packed up the tent.
Then he set off back toward Shrek Academy with the two women.
Meanwhile!
News that Ma Xiaotao had stayed out all night also reached Shrek Academy's inner court.
Although she was a grown woman,
because of her Evil Fire Phoenix's unusual constitution,
Ma Xiaotao's teacher, Yan Shaozhe, treasured this disciple of his dearly.
Yan Shaozhe never let her out of his sight.
Yet yesterday, of all days, he had let her slip past him.
Upon learning that his precious disciple had not returned for an entire day and night,
Yan Shaozhe's head spun, and he actually ran straight to the Sea God Pavilion to find his own teacher, Mu En.
He wanted to ask him to sense where the girl had gone.
"Hehe, Yan Shaozhe, at your age, how are you still so unsettled?"
Looking at his disciple, who was burning with anxiety,
Dragon God Mu En wore a meaningful smile.
In fact, the master of the Sea God Pavilion had known the very day Ma Xiaotao left with Luo Feng.
If the other party had truly been unreliable,
this Limit Douluo could never have allowed his granddisciple to be taken away.
But when Mu En investigated Luo Feng's situation,
his Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul had clearly produced an inconceivable resonance.
Although he did not know the other party's background,
on that point alone, Mu En had let everything happen.
And just as Yan Shaozhe came seeking his help, that familiar presence returned!
"Teacher, do you know something?"
Seeing that mysterious smile on his master's face,
Yan Shaozhe seemed to catch on as well.
Just then, an announcement came from outside.
"Pavilion Master, inner court disciple Ma Xiaotao requests an audience. She has also brought an interesting guest!"
It was Xuan Zi who had come to announce them.
His Martial Soul was the Godly Taotie Bull, which also counted as a member of the dragon race with a very pure bloodline.
The moment Luo Feng stepped into Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi's Martial Soul also resonated.
There was even a faint sense of lowliness.
It was like a little brother meeting his big brother!
This had nothing to do with a Soul Master's Soul Power Level.
It was purely the pressure brought about by the purity of a Martial Soul's bloodline!
"What?"
"Xiaotao is back, and she brought a man?"
Hearing this, Yan Shaozhe immediately rushed out.
He happened to see Luo Feng approaching with his arms around two beauties.
"Teacher!"
Sensing that familiar Soul Power,
Ma Xiaotao hurried out of Luo Feng's embrace and looked at Yan Shaozhe with a flushed face!
Seeing Ma Xiaotao's bashful appearance, as well as Wang Dong's tender, affectionate expression beside her,
how could Yan Shaozhe not know what had happened?
He might have been an old man now,
but back in the day, he had been Shrek Academy's greatest Casanova.
Even the wife of the current Holy Spirit Cult leader had been his first girlfriend.
Thus, Yan Shaozhe saw through Luo Feng's relationship with the two girls before him at a glance.
Perhaps because someone had rooted up his beloved disciple, the old man found it a little hard to accept for the moment.
He actually charged straight at Luo Feng.
He grabbed him by the collar.
"You little brat, you actually dared to do that to my disciple..."
Seeing Yan Shaozhe's fury, Ma Xiaotao hurried over to persuade him.
"Teacher, A Feng isn't what you think! He and I-"
But before Ma Xiaotao could finish,
Wang Dong beside her grew anxious too and actually pulled out her Clear Sky Hammer.
She took a stance as though ready to defend her husband.
"Yan Shaozhe, calm down first. Let the children finish!"
Fortunately, Xuan Zi had followed him over.
Only then was a great battle averted.
"Fine, then I'll hear this brat say it himself!"
Taking a deep breath,
Yan Shaozhe forced himself to calm down, but his eyes remained fixed on Luo Feng.
He made the atmosphere both tense and awkward!
"Well, Elder Yan, is it? Xiaotao and I truly love each other. Please give us your blessing!"
Seeing the nervous Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe bristling and glaring before him,
Luo Feng felt helpless too.
As he spoke, he quietly pressed down Wang Dong's Clear Sky Hammer.
This young miss had better not add to the chaos.
Otherwise, there really would be no getting through this hurdle today!
"True love?"
"Then what about you and this girl?"
What sort of man was Yan Shaozhe?
At heart, he was much like Luo Feng.
Both were the sort to be surrounded by beauties.
Naturally, he could guess the little thoughts running through the boy's mind.
"That's true love too. Elder Yan, you should understand me, right?"
Seeing Yan Shaozhe's furious expression,
Luo Feng smiled and winked at him.
It was the mutual appreciation of kindred spirits.
The romantic debts Yan Shaozhe had incurred back in the day were no fewer than Luo Feng's!
"You!"
However, just as Yan Shaozhe was about to fly into an even greater rage,
an aged voice reached all their ears at once!
"Yan Shaozhe, invite our guest inside for a cup of tea!"
"There's something I'd like to ask him!"
"Roar!"
As soon as the voice fell, an enormous Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul appeared in the corridor.
Drawn by this power,
the Mountain Dragon King's power within Luo Feng seemed to begin surging as well.
At the same time, even the system within him began joining in.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on triggering a side quest: go to the Sea God Pavilion and check in beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.] [Upon completing the quest, you will awaken your first Soul Core ahead of time at level 75. Quest countdown: 30 minutes.]
A side quest?
And a timer?
These elements had all appeared for the first time!
Luo Feng, who had initially felt somewhat resistant, heard the quest reward.
He quickly grew excited.
Condensing a Soul Core at the Soul Saint stage?
Wasn't that a privilege only a cheat like Huo Yuhao enjoyed?
Somehow, such a wonderful thing had actually fallen into my lap?