Qi Ling had imagined a thousand things Shui Bing'er might say, but she never expected it to be this. For a moment, everyone wondered if they had misheard.
"Sorry, I'm probably just too tired today, I even had auditory hallucinations. What did you just say?" Qi Ling said, rubbing her temples.
Shui Bing'er then repeated with a serious expression, " Qi Ling, please marry me!"
This time, Qi Ling was absolutely certain that Shui Bing'er had said "Please marry me," and that he hadn't misheard or was hallucinating.
"No! I disagree!" A vehement voice of opposition rang out from the side. Dugu Yan rushed up to Shui Bing'er and said, "You little brat, you don't know anything and you're talking nonsense!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'm a little confused." Qi Ling sat down, rubbing her head, and said, "How did we suddenly get to talking about marriage? Isn't this too sudden? Shui Bing'er, why did you suddenly bring this up?"
Shui Bing'er hesitated for a moment, then said, "I can only say that this is a very important matter to me, because of this, I must marry you..."
"You're not going to say that although your Martial Soul is the top-tier Beast Martial Soul, it has an innate flaw, but today my Martial Soul resonated with yours, and you must unite with someone who has such a Martial Soul to solve your problem, are you?" Qi Ling said with a strange expression.
After hearing Qi Ling's words, Shui Bing'er looked as if she had seen a ghost and said, "You... you can read minds? How did you know?"
Qi Ling said helplessly, "Because it's too easy to guess. I can't think of any other possibility."
"Well, so Qi Ling, when do you think we should hold our wedding?" Shui Bing'er asked matter-of-factly.
"This... we'll talk about it later, we'll talk about it later..." Qi Ling took advantage of everyone's inattention and quickly slipped away. It was the first time he had felt that sometimes being too lucky wasn't a good thing.
After returning to the Shrek Academy, Tang San went into seclusion, while Qi Ling, as usual, cultivated and then had a peaceful sleep.
The next day, in the Dragon's Glory Student Council, Qi Ling looked at the room full of beautiful women and asked with a frown, "Can someone explain to me what's going on here?"
Standing to the side, Ma Hongjun said with a worried look, " Boss Qi, you're asking us? We're the same! Today, this place seems to have become a foreign country. I bet you, there's no other place in the Heaven Dou City with more beautiful women than here!"
Indeed, the students sitting in the student council room right now include Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and a group of beauties from the Qilin Team; it's a dazzling sight.
" Mubai, aren't you usually very good at dealing with women? Can you help me handle them?" Qi Ling asked Dai Mubai for help.
Dai Mubai glanced at the women in the room, cold sweat beading on his forehead. " Qi Ling, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I'm helpless with these women!"
" Oscar..."
" Boss Qi, don't look at me, I still want to live a few more days!" Oscar waved his hands repeatedly.
Unable to resolve the issue, Qi Ling could only resort to the Thirty-Six Stratagems: retreat. After all, Dean Flender and the others were there to handle things; they couldn't possibly stand by and watch a woman from another academy get into trouble on their turf and leave it to them to deal with.
After hiding for two days, Qi Ling arrived outside the bamboo forest where Tang San was in seclusion, only to unexpectedly see Dugu Bo, whom she hadn't seen for many days. This old man had disappeared during the latter half of the competition and only reappeared today.
"Old man, where have you been all this time? I thought you'd died out there!" Qi Ling said speechlessly.
"Pah! You brat, I won't die even if you do!" Dugu Bo said irritably, but his spirits were high. "I'm going out this time to spar with an old rival."
"Oh? Did you win or lose?" Qi Ling asked curiously. Anyone who could become this old man's nemesis was probably a Titled Douluo.
"Hehe, guess!" Dugu Bo said smugly.
"You look so smug, like you've aged eight hundred years. Did you win?" Qi Ling guessed.
Dugu Bo shook his head. "No! I didn't win, but I didn't lose either! To be precise, I couldn't do anything about him, but he couldn't do anything about me either!"
Qi Ling curled her lip and said, "What's so great about that? It was just a draw."
Dugu Bo said smugly, "Hey, you don't know, after fighting with him for so many years, this is the first time I've been able to hold my own against him! I have to thank you two little rascals for this."
"Thanks to your miraculous healing, my Soul Power has increased by one level during this time, reaching level 94. It is precisely because of this that I dared to cause him trouble!"
Qi Ling said, "Then congratulations!"
"Haha, easy to say." Dugu Bo laughed. "By the way, where's that brat Tang San? I haven't seen him for so many days, and he hasn't even come out to greet me. Is he even a brother anymore?"
Qi Ling sighed helplessly. Dugu Bo's current disrespectful behavior, calling everyone "brother," was definitely not something he learned from her! I didn't, don't talk nonsense!
" The Xiao San is in seclusion inside; she must have encountered some difficulties," Qi Ling said.
Dugu Bo was immediately surprised and said, "What? Is there any problem you can't solve? If there's anything you don't understand, why don't I just ask you?"
Qi Ling then said, "Some things are better left for him to figure out on his own; that will be more beneficial for his growth."
"Besides, the reason I've been away from Shrek for so long is that I don't want my presence to hinder their growth, so I hope you can lend him a hand, old man."
"Me? How can I help?" Dugu Bo asked doubtfully. "I'm the kind of person who loves killing and arson. Asking me to help people is simply a joke."
"Sigh, you don't need to do anything. Just tell him this after Xiao San comes out." Qi Ling then told Dugu Bo how she would persuade Tang San, hoping he could guide Tang San out of his predicament.
After that, Tang San indeed emerged from his seclusion, looking bewildered. He couldn't understand whether he should give up his Trash Martial Soul, the Blue Silver Grass, and instead cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer.
The reason for this doubt is that he felt his Blue Silver Grass was too weak, unaware that he possessed the unique Blue Silver Emperor, which is also one of the top-tier Martial Soul.
"Whether you can get out of this predicament and achieve a breakthrough depends on yourself, Xiao San!" Qi Ling said, "But I believe in you, because you're my brother!"
Afterwards, Qi Ling left the bamboo forest and headed towards the student council room. Now it was time for her to face her predicament.