(Beautiful picture of Xiao Wu)
Just then, Xiao Jue's system popped up again-
[ Ding, recovered 1 Greed Point! ] [ One of the Seven Deadly Sins, Greed, has been unlocked! ] [ Obtained Martial Soul: Asmodeus, the Sin of Greed! ] [ Current Greed Points: 1 ] [ Martial Soul bonus: Charm greatly increased! Looks greatly improved! ] [ The higher the Greed Points, the greater the bonus! ]
Xiao Jue felt the skin on his face tighten a little!
Zhu Zhuqing finished sweeping and looked up-
Holy crap!
Why was the face of the person in front of her glowing???
She got a clear look at his face. She hadn't looked closely just now-he was actually this handsome?!
Zhu Zhuqing stared at him, dumbstruck.
Xiao Jue waved a hand in front of her eyes. "Hello?"
Only then did Zhu Zhuqing come to her senses. She hastily dropped the broom and fled, her face red.
Xiao Jue watched her breathtaking figure sway as she walked away, the corners of his mouth curving upward:
"Interesting. Looks like spending more time with beauties can increase my Greed Points!"
Meanwhile.
Dai Mubai had Oscar make a Big Sausage and a Detoxifying Sausage, then stuffed them straight into Tang San's mouth.
Caught off guard, Tang San choked so badly that his eyes rolled back.
Xiao Wu asked worriedly, "Will this really work?"
Oscar patted his chest.
"Don't worry. My Big Sausage can restore Soul Power and stamina and help wounds heal, and my Little Sausage can detoxify and dispel abnormal conditions! There's no battle wound that I, Oscar, can't heal!"
Xiao Wu nodded.
Tang San finally swallowed them, howling in pain.
"No! I don't need you to look after me! Ah!!"
Dai Mubai looked utterly baffled. "We're trying to help you out of kindness. What's with that attitude?"
Tang San clutched his lower back, his face contorted. "Get away!"
Dai Mubai lost his temper too. "Forget it, Little Oscar. Leave him alone. Let's go!"
Xiao Wu hesitated. "Third Brother..."
Tang San didn't want Xiao Wu to see him in such a sorry state, so he gritted his teeth and said:
"Xiao Wu, you don't need to bother with me either."
Xiao Wu sighed. "All right..."
After everyone had left, Tang San lay on the ground, grimacing in pain.
"Damn it, that old bastard's punch made the pain even more unbearable. If I don't find a way soon, my lower back's really going to burst into bloom and send me straight to heaven!"
Tang San struggled to his feet and limped toward Suotuo City, clutching his lower back.
His posture made him look exactly like a patient who had just come out of surgery. Every step was torment.
Meanwhile, Xiao Jue figured it was time to find somewhere to stay.
But when he felt his pockets, they were cleaner than his face.
"How am I supposed to manage without a cent to my name? Do I really have to find a haystack and make do?"
He sighed and began to mull over how to get some money.
Meanwhile, in the girls' dormitory.
Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had already gotten to know each other and were sitting by the bed, chatting.
Ning Rongrong suddenly leaned over, her face alight with gossip.
"Zhu Zhuqing, you came back late just now, and you were blushing. Don't tell me you have a little boyfriend at the academy? Hmm?"
Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly waved her hands. "Rongrong, what nonsense are you talking about? Of course not!"
Ning Rongrong narrowed her eyes. "Hmph, the way you were blushing was clearly not normal!"
Zhu Zhuqing stammered, "I, I..."
Ning Rongrong leaned in close, stared at Zhu Zhuqing, and enunciated every word. "Tell. Me!"
Zhu Zhuqing had no idea how to lie. Unable to withstand her stare, she had no choice but to say quietly, "I... just thought our academy's cleaner was really handsome!"
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up at once. "Really?"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded.
Ning Rongrong pressed her. "More handsome than that Dai Mubai?"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded again. "Mm."
Ning Rongrong's eyes immediately gleamed with the light of Gold Soul Coins, as though she had spotted a moving mountain of gold.
"Where is he?!"
Zhu Zhuqing pointed outside. "He was still at the place where we had our test just now..."
Before she could finish, Ning Rongrong had already rushed out like a gust of wind.
"If his looks score is over ninety, it doesn't matter if he's a cleaner or whatever else. This young lady is going to make a fortune!"
Xiao Jue looked toward the only house in the village that was neither made of wood nor thatched.
Not far from Shrek Academy's few dormitories, a two-story villa stood alone, a stark contrast to the mud-brick houses around it.
"There are actually rich people in this village? There's even a little villa?"
Xiao Jue's eyes lit up. "It wouldn't be bad to live there."
He set off toward it.
Just then, a figure in white came running this way like a gust of wind.
From a distance, Ning Rongrong spotted the man whose clothes were somewhat different from those of the people here.
She silently asked in her heart, System, how many points for that person's looks?
[ Ding, assessment complete. Looks: 100 points! ] [ As long as the Tycoon System's host spends money on him, a hundredfold cashback is guaranteed! ]
Ning Rongrong nearly stumbled. Wait, one hundred points?!
With a looks score in the nineties, there was only a chance of hundredfold cashback, but at one hundred points, it was guaranteed!
Oh, wonderful!
She jogged over, the skirt of her white dress fluttering, her beautiful legs in white stockings appearing and disappearing beneath it.
Xiao Jue noticed her, utterly bewildered. Ning Rongrong? What's going on with them, coming one after another?
Even during training, the young lady Rongrong probably couldn't run this fast, could she?
Ning Rongrong ran up to Xiao Jue and braced her hands on her knees, panting. "You're the cleaner, right?"
Xiao Jue nodded. "Yeah. What's up?"
Only then did Ning Rongrong raise her head and see Xiao Jue's face-
"!!!!"
What a face it was.
He had sword-like brows, starry eyes, a high nose bridge, and features as exquisite as a work of art carved by God himself.
His skin was fair and smooth, and the setting sun seemed to gild it in gold. He was so handsome he glowed, so absurdly handsome that she couldn't tear her eyes away!
Ning Rongrong stared at him in a daze. "You must have stepped out of a painting..."
Xiao Jue smiled faintly. "Not at all. You're the one who looks like she stepped out of a painting."
Ning Rongrong blushed at his words, her heart skipping half a beat.
"I'm Ning Rongrong, a new student who enrolled today. What's your name?"
"Xiao Jue."
Ning Rongrong's eyes turned. "Xiao Jue, is there anything... you want to buy?"
Xiao Jue thought, *???*
What does she mean by that? Could Ning Rongrong have some kind of cashback system?
His eyes turned, and he pointed at the little villa in front of them. "Here, this one."
Ning Rongrong said, "Okay!"
She immediately went up and knocked on the door.
The owner of the villa came out, and when he heard what the two had come for, he burst out laughing.
"Buy my house? Are you crazy?"
Ning Rongrong planted her hands on her hips. "Cut the nonsense and name your price!"
She pulled out her little treasury: a storage soul tool bag.
The owner laughed even louder.
"Hahahaha, little girl, five hundred Gold Soul Coins! Not a single coin less! Scared silly, aren't you?!"
Ning Rongrong frowned. "That's too little! Make it more!"