A crescent moon slowly rose.
A streak of fish-belly-white clouds shone brilliantly as evening fell.
At the city gate,
Tang San carried Grandmaster on his back, his heart full of gloom.
Cough!
Cough!
Grandmaster regained consciousness and began coughing violently.
"Little San, Little San!"
"I'm here, teacher," Tang San replied coldly.
This damned Grandmaster had turned him into a dog driven from its home.
He even somewhat regretted taking him as his teacher.
Yet he still couldn't abandon him now!
The temptation of becoming the strongest person on the continent was too great!
Tang San was cold-blooded, but he still had some principles.
As long as Grandmaster didn't cross that final line, Tang San wouldn't touch him.
That was also why Tang San was still at Grandmaster's side.
As though he had returned from the dead sea of reincarnation, Grandmaster was drenched in cold sweat.
His face was pale as he urged, "Quick, leave Nuoding City. We're going to Shrek Academy!"
"Shrek Academy?"
Tang San frowned.
Was this guy planning to seek refuge with another friend?
What if he made him a defeated dog again, just like today?
Grandmaster saw Tang San's misgivings and coaxed him, "Little San, Shrek is absolutely not something Nuoding Academy can compare with."
"There are true powerhouses there!"
Tang San looked at him sidelong and asked, "How strong!?"
"At the very least, they start at Soul King. Their dean, Flender, is a Soul Saint powerhouse!"
A trace of recollection flashed through Grandmaster's eyes.
He said softly, "Once, the Golden Iron Triangle, formed by him, myself, and another person, could even contend with a Titled Douluo!"
Surprise flashed in Tang San's eyes as he met Grandmaster's gaze.
His meaning was: you?
At just over rank twenty?
Contend with a Titled Douluo!?
"That concerns knowledge of Martial Soul Fusion Skills. I'll teach it to you later." Grandmaster felt embarrassed, but he was unwilling to make a fool of himself in front of his disciple.
He hurriedly urged Tang San to leave.
"Leave?" Tang San glanced in the direction of Nuoding Academy.
A teaching staff of Soul Kings and above was indeed tempting.
But now that he was really leaving, he was still somewhat reluctant to part.
If there was one thing in Nuoding City he couldn't leave behind,
perhaps it was only the girl he had first met that afternoon.
Xiao Wu?
Yes, that was her name.
"I want to bring someone along. Can I?" Tang San said without looking back.
Grandmaster's face reddened slightly, and he was just about to refuse.
But then a pair of purple eyes, full of cold, arrogant killing intent, turned toward him.
Tang San's eyes made Grandmaster feel as though his whole body had turned to ice.
It was as though, if he refused,
the next moment, this child, who plainly looked like a child, would kill him on the spot.
Grandmaster forced a calm smile. "Of course."
"Good."
"Third Brother, why are you back?"
"How was the banquet? Were there lots of pretty big sisters!?"
"Hey, Third Brother, why aren't you answering us?"
Tang San ignored his roommates and walked straight up to Xiao Wu.
He extended his right hand and said softly, "Xiao Wu."
Xiao Wu blinked and said without looking up:
"Call me Sister Xiao Wu!"
"Xiao Wu!" Tang San said again.
Xiao Wu grew interested and laughed. "Looks like you still aren't convinced. Want to have another match with Sister Xiao Wu?"
Tang San shook his head and said solemnly, "I came to talk to you about something serious."
"Besides, if we really fought, you wouldn't be my match."
"Something serious?" Xiao Wu took notice of those words.
"My teacher, Grandmaster, is going to take me to a new academy."
"There, I'll become the strongest person on the continent!"
Xiao Wu nodded. "Ambitious."
"But what does that have to do with me?"
Seeing that Xiao Wu was still unmoved and remained lukewarm toward him,
Tang San spoke more directly. "Come with me. After that, I'll protect you forever and ever."
"Xiao Wu, I want you to be my woman!"
Despite having lived two lives, Tang San had almost no experience with romance.
Now that he had met a girl who made his heart stir, he was straighter than steel.
The entire dormitory fell deathly silent in an instant.
"WOW, I've never seen such a savage confession in my life!"
"In your life? You've only been in this world for eight years altogether..."
"Third Brother's awesome! He couldn't beat Sister Xiao Wu, so he's taking her down another way!"
"Now that's what you call professional!"
"Enough!" Xiao Wu's face twitched.
A blush swept across her already rosy cheeks.
More striking still were her ruby eyes, which had turned bright red.
This was a sure sign that a rabbit was angry!
Xiao Wu pointed at Tang San's nose and said fiercely, "I'm warning you, get away from me right now!"
"The farther the better!"
Tang San was stunned for a moment, then his face fell.
She had rejected him!
This girl had actually rejected him!
How dare she!?
Seeing that Tang San still refused to leave, Xiao Wu shook her head.
If I can't afford to offend him, can't I at least avoid him?
"Time to go find Xiao Yan! He promised to treat me to a late-night radish snack tonight!" Thinking of that sunny, gentle boy, like a little sun, Xiao Wu felt her heart stir for some reason.
Little white rabbits all loved sunshine!
"Xiao Yan!?"
Hearing that name yet again, Tang San practically ground out the two syllables as he repeated them!
Tang San took a deep breath. "You're going to find Xiao Yan? You actually know him!?"
"What the hell's it to you!?" Xiao Wu didn't look back.
The girl hopped and skipped, about to dash out the door.
At that moment, the last of Tang San's anger erupted!
Xiao Yan again!
Was that damned guy going to ruin things for him again!?
"Since I can't get what I want normally, I, Tang San, have other methods!"
As a genius of the Tang Sect in his previous life, Tang San had read nearly all of the sect's classics until he knew them by heart!
And what kind of place was the Tang Sect?
It was the source of the most ruthless and sinister techniques in the entire martial world.
It dabbled in all kinds of techniques!
Among them was a method that could make someone lose their memories!
"Xiao Wu!" Tang San called softly.
Xiao Wu had just turned her head when she saw a pair of purple eyes.
"Purple Demon Eye!"
Everyone in the dormitory instantly fainted.
This was a spiritual attack!
Even someone as powerful as Xiao Wu couldn't dodge in time and froze for an instant.
That instant was enough!
The distance between them was simply too short.
So short that Tang San had fed a pill into Xiao Wu's mouth almost in the next moment.
"Water Lily Pill!"
Heaviness and darkness invaded Xiao Wu's mind.
Her eyelids felt as though they weighed hundreds of millions of jin.
She slowly closed her eyes and fell unconscious.
Like a tentacle monster, Blue Silver Grass dragged Xiao Wu up.
Tang San walked up to Xiao Wu and stroked her enticing face.
He said softly, "Why did you have to do this?"
"You'd rather go find an orphan like Xiao Yan than agree to leave with me..."
"If I didn't need a Dao companion to assist me in this life, I'd really want to..."
"Kill you!"
With that, Tang San fed another pill into Xiao Wu's mouth.
"The pill will lower your spiritual defenses, and the Purple Demon Eye will change your memories."
"From today on, Xiao Yan will be your enemy!"
"And I, Tang San, am the one you must follow for the rest of your life!"
A trace of satisfaction flashed across Tang San's face.
Would he feel guilty?
How could he!
[The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record says: To achieve your goal, use any means necessary!]
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(The plot is entering its next stage. Trust me, it'll be even more exciting.)
(End of chapter)