"You mean you found a child with the Ultimate Ice attribute in the Far North, and even brought him to our academy?"
After hearing Ling Luochеn's account, Zhang Lexuan's expression immediately turned peculiar.
Others might not know, but how could she, the inner court's eldest senior sister, not know?
Over the years, Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department, had mobilized so much manpower and so many resources to resolve the backlash from Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, all to find a Soul Master with an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.
Yet Ling Luochеn had actually stumbled across just such a person, and even coaxed him into their academy along the way.
"That's right, eldest senior sister!"
Ling Luochеn nodded, but a measure of anger crept into her voice.
"But Dean Xian Lin'er detained little brother Chen... that child outright, and even wants to force him to take her as his master!"
"If the child wanted to become her disciple, that would be one thing, but what is Dean Xian Lin'er doing, forcing him?"
As she spoke, Ling Luochеn could not help stamping her foot.
"Dean Xian Lin'er has really gone too far!"
Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan could not help frowning. Only after looking around did she rebuke her in a low voice:
"Watch your words!"
Shrek Academy placed the utmost importance on respecting teachers and honoring their teachings.
Xian Lin'er was, after all, the dean of the Soul Tool Department and a Sea God Pavilion Elder. Even if she had acted improperly in some respects, she was certainly not someone an inner court disciple like Ling Luochеn could criticize at will.
Ling Luochеn lightly bit her lip. Under Zhang Lexuan's somewhat stern gaze, she ultimately said nothing more.
"An Ultimate Ice Martial Soul..."
Zhang Lexuan paced back and forth, looking somewhat conflicted.
"Dean Xian Lin'er is a Sea God Pavilion Elder, after all. There isn't much I can do, either."
With a sigh, Zhang Lexuan slowly came to a stop.
"But an Ultimate Martial Soul is no small matter... I must report this to the Sea God Pavilion, too."
After a pause, Zhang Lexuan suddenly gave Ling Luochеn a meaningful look.
"Eldest senior sister... why are you looking at me like that?"
Although Zhang Lexuan's gaze was gentle, Ling Luochеn felt as though it could see straight into her heart, and could not help lowering her head.
"Nothing. I just never imagined that our inner court's famously icy goddess would care so much about a child she only just met."
Zhang Lexuan smiled, a hint of teasing entering her voice.
"If those male disciples who admire you saw you like this, their hearts would surely shatter."
"Eldest senior sister!"
Zhang Lexuan's words made Ling Luochеn's pretty face flush crimson, and her hands unconsciously began twisting her skirt.
"All right, all right!"
Zhang Lexuan reached out and patted Ling Luochеn's head, a trace of tenderness appearing in her eyes.
"Go back to the inner court first... if that child really has an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, he'll certainly enter the inner court eventually."
"Mm!"
Ling Luochеn nodded firmly, then looked back at the Soul Tool Department's teaching building before finally heading toward the inner court, turning back three times with every step.
"With the assistance of Ultimate Ice, Luochen's Martial Soul could greatly increase her cultivation speed."
"But the Evil Fire in Xiaotao's Martial Soul also needs Ultimate Ice to suppress it... ah!"
Watching Ling Luochеn's retreating figure gradually disappear into the distance, Zhang Lexuan suddenly sighed.
"I wonder just what kind of person could make Luochen, who has always kept men at arm's length, turn out like this."
Zhang Lexuan had, after all, been through such things herself, and knew more than Ling Luochеn about the Soul Master World's unwritten conventions.
Helping Ma Xiaotao resolve her Evil Fire backlash required extremely intimate contact between the two parties. Even an accidental discharge was hardly unforeseeable.
Much like those who shared a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with someone of the opposite sex, Ma Xiaotao would very likely become husband and wife with the Soul Master who possessed the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.
If so, what was Ling Luochеn to do?
Surely they could not create another love triangle like the one between her, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya?
"Forget it. I'd better report this to Mu En first."
Shaking her head, Zhang Lexuan stopped dwelling on it and vanished from the spot in a flash.
On the sofa in the Soul Tool Department dean's office.
As Xian Lin'er's hands moved over Xue Chen's limbs, shoulders, chest, abdomen, and the space between his eyebrows, the expression on her face grew increasingly excited.
"Good, good, good!"
A long while later, after playing doctor and giving Xue Chen a full-body examination, Xian Lin'er could not help saying "good" three times.
"Your foundation is solid, your Soul Power is extremely condensed, and even your physical strength far exceeds that of Soul Masters your age."
Xian Lin'er looked at Xue Chen as though she were examining a rare and precious treasure.
"Not only that, your Soul Power has actually long since surpassed rank twenty. It's only because you haven't obtained your second soul ring that your Soul Power hasn't been fully released."
Xue Chen pulled his clothes tighter and huddled in a corner of the sofa.
Help! Why was Xian Lin'er, a Titled Douluo with both the married-woman and virgin attributes, so pent-up too?!
She was only checking his physical strength and constitution. Did she really need to cop a feel for so long?
"Chen'er, as long as you take me as your master, I'll definitely help you find the second soul ring that suits you best!"
Seeing Xue Chen huddled in the corner of the sofa, the eagerness in Xian Lin'er's eyes did not diminish in the slightest. Instead, it grew even more intense.
Xue Chen was a being born and nurtured by nature in the Far North, and had also received the Snow Empress's sacrifice.
There was an indescribable charm about him, and his body was outrageously perfect.
Even a Titled Douluo powerhouse like Xian Lin'er could not resist lingering over Xue Chen a little longer.
How should he put it? This was outright s*xual harassment!
In the end, it all came back to the same thing: when facing powerful women, boys absolutely had to protect themselves!
"With talent like yours and my guidance, you'll definitely become a powerhouse standing at the pinnacle of the continent!"
Seeing that Xue Chen said nothing, Xian Lin'er moved a little closer, gazing at him expectantly with her large eyes.
The dean of the Soul Tool Department looked barely over thirty. She was extremely beautiful, with a dignified bearing tinged with sharpness, and her well-tailored Soul Tool Department uniform outlined the allure unique to a mature woman.
At such close quarters, he could even smell her orchid-and-musk fragrance.
To be honest, Xian Lin'er's enthusiasm really left Xue Chen at a loss.
Wasn't it just an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul? Was all this necessary?
He hadn't seen her being this enthusiastic toward Huo Yuhao in the original story!
No matter what, Xue Chen was a normal boy.
Swallowing, Xue Chen forced himself to look away from the two bulging mounds on Xian Lin'er's chest and said hoarsely:
"Dean Xian, about taking you as my master... about that..."
Just as Xue Chen was about to give in, a rhythmic knocking suddenly came from the office door.