Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and all the teachers from Skywater Academy watched with utter bewilderment as Tang Hao and Tang San worked up a mass of bubbles on their faces.
Then they gently massaged their faces as though enjoying themselves.
They spent a full five minutes massaging their faces with the bubbles before rinsing them clean with fresh, warm water.
Everyone watched the two curiously.
Their faces had already been as fair and flawless as jade, but now they actually looked translucent.
It was as though a transparent film of water constantly covered their little faces.
Everyone wondered what Soul Skill this was.
What did it do?
Could it block damage?
Shui Yue'er quietly walked over to the catgirl Little Tang San, unable to resist any longer, and poked her cheek.
Yes, it really was soft, really supple.
She could even feel her fingertip getting wet with water.
"What are you doing, meow?"
Tang San had actually been on guard against Shui Yue'er all along.
She would come over and touch her whether she had a reason or not.
Now she had actually dared to ambush her while her guard was down. How hateful.
Shui Yue'er looked at the fierce Little Tang San, then grinned and voiced her biggest question:
"What are you two doing?"
"Just now, I saw you using something made by his Martial Soul... to wash your faces?"
"So, so soft! Have you both been washing your faces with his Martial Soul all along, and that's why your skin is so good?"
As Shui Yue'er asked, she leaned closer and pinched Little Tang San's cheeks with both hands.
Her eyes shone as she said:
"What girl wouldn't want better skin?"
"Everyone at Skywater Academy takes care of their skin. We all have our own special skincare techniques."
"But we've found that none of us have skin as good as the little catgirl's."
If that really was the case, she truly wanted to give it a try.
With her cheeks being pinched, the catgirl Little Tang San gritted her teeth in anger.
Hearing how interested Shui Yue'er seemed in the catgirl facial cleanser, her eyes suddenly curved visibly.
She blurted out:
"Of course."
"Just whose big brother's Martial Soul do you think this is?"
As Little Tang San spoke, she tossed Shui Yue'er the bottle of catgirl facial cleanser they had used twice.
She thought to herself that once Shui Yue'er became a little catgirl, she would bully her right back, hard.
As a little catgirl who had been bullied by Luo Li every single day lately, she had already figured out many of a catgirl's weaknesses.
She was certain that when the time came, Shui Yue'er would be no match for her.
Shui Yue'er held the catgirl facial cleanser, delighted.
She hurriedly copied Tang San and Tang Hao's earlier movements, squeezing out a dollop of cleanser and smearing it straight onto her face.
Then she went over to the basin, dabbed on some water, and began rubbing and rubbing.
At once, a mass of soft foam covered her face.
Soft, tingly, and numbing.
She felt as though she had placed her face on a cloud.
After gently, slowly rubbing her face for a while, she rinsed the foam away with clean water, feeling utterly refreshed.
She stretched, a sound of pleasure escaping her lips.
"Meow, that feels so good~~"
"Quick, look! Isn't my face prettier now?"
Shui Yue'er deliberately turned toward everyone, wanting them to praise her.
"You, Yue'er... on your head?"
Yet what greeted her was not praise, but Shui Bing'er's expression of confusion and surprise, with a hint of panic mixed in.
What was going on?
Her older sister was such a calm person. Why did she sound like that?
"She turned into a catgirl?"
"Is it an effect of that child's Martial Soul?"
Fang Yuan rested his chin on his hand, his gaze falling once more on the pairs of soft cat ears atop Tang San's and Tang Hao's heads.
Now it was clear why the two were catgirls.
"Interesting. Truly marvelous."
"It can turn people into catgirls."
"Yue'er, give me the cleanser. Let me try."
Bai Ningbing's eyes suddenly lit up.
She did not care what side effects the catgirl facial cleanser had.
In a single bound, she rushed to Shui Yue'er's side and took the bottle of catgirl facial cleanser.
As she saw it, Tang Hao was so powerful, yet even her gaze had been full of delighted surprise when she looked at the catgirl facial cleanser.
If even this big shot considered it good stuff, why pass up a free use?
"What? Teacher Fang Yuan, you're saying I've turned into a catgirl?"
Shui Yue'er was bewildered.
Then she caught sight of Tang San beside her and discovered that the smile on Tang San's face was utterly sly-the smile of someone whose scheme had succeeded.
She knew then that her teacher probably had not lied to her.
So she raised a hand and felt around on her head.
Sure enough, she touched a pair of soft things.
They felt just like the cat ears on Little Tang San's head.
Then she quickly looked behind herself.
A blue-and-white cat tail swayed from side to side along the ground as though sweeping it.
"Damn, I really did turn into a catgirl."
Shui Yue'er was shocked, but delight also appeared on her face.
She felt she looked rather cute like this.
When she returned to the academy, who knew how many people would crowd around and praise her for being pretty and cute?
Then she could not resist looking at Luo Li and asking what concerned her most right now.
"Can I... change back afterward?"
Luo Li had been admiring the new little catgirl all this time.
Shui Yue'er's cat ears had two colors: blue at the bottom and white at the tips.
At first glance, they looked like two little snowy mountains on Shui Yue'er's head.
Naturally, Luo Li answered Shui Yue'er's question truthfully, telling her without hesitation:
"From now on, you'll be a little catgirl forever."
"What? I can't change back? How is that possible?"
Shui Yue'er instantly jumped up off the ground.
To be honest, becoming a little catgirl really was fun, but she did not want to stay like this forever.
"Hahaha, regretting it now?"
"But it's no use regretting it anymore."
Little Tang San was laughing so hard she nearly cried.
After all Shui Yue'er's pestering, she had finally gotten her revenge.
Of course, she wanted even more revenge.
So she grabbed the long tail behind Shui Yue'er.
A cat's tail was not something to grab.
The instant her tail was grabbed, Shui Yue'er's face flushed bright red.
As though experiencing a stress response, she leaped straight up from where she stood.
At the same time, she released her Martial Soul.
Lustrous Jade Pufferfish!
She also turned around and opened her mouth, and one of the two yellow Soul Rings circling her lit up.
In a reflexive stress response, she used her second Soul Skill, Zero Degree Impact.
With a wave of one hand, she unleashed a spiraling ice attack straight ahead, heading directly for Tang San's chest.
Tang San instantly felt an icy chill all over.
Her little cat mouth fell open, intense confusion and fear filling her eyes.
Hadn't Shui Yue'er overreacted?
She had only grabbed her tail. Was there any need to use her second Soul Skill on her?
Tang San instantly felt overwhelming regret.
Why had she gone and provoked this girl for no reason?
But regret was useless now.
The two were extremely close, and no one had expected Shui Yue'er to suddenly attack.
Little Tang San took a direct hit from the spiraling ice attack!
Her whole body hurtled backward as though she had collided with a ferocious beast.
Freezing gusts churned with cold winds, tearing at Tang San's body like blades of wind.
The thick padded coat she wore was torn apart in an instant.
The cold wind was like knives, slashing countless cuts across her body.
By the time Shui Yue'er's Soul Skill dissipated, Tang San was kneeling on one knee in utter misery.
There was scarcely an uninjured patch left on her.
She suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and lowered her jade-like hands, filled with lingering fear.
If she had not instinctively raised her hands and used Mysterious Jade Hand to block in front of herself...
Tang San felt that Shui Yue'er's Zero Degree Impact would have pierced her chest.