Bei Bei: The celebratory wine is ready for you

"Hmm..."

Tang Ya lay quietly in Lu Cheng's arms, a blush gradually spreading across her pretty face. Even Bei Bei seemed to only hold his hand and occasionally hug him, not yet to the point of being carried like a princess, with her whole body pressed tightly against his chest.

She tried to struggle, but what followed was intense pain throughout her body, as if her bones were being crushed, and even moving a finger required all her strength.

"Don't move..." Lu Cheng shook his head.

She glanced at her pale face, beads of sweat on her fair forehead, her red lips slightly pursed, and her delicate oval face filled with pain, making her appear stubborn and obstinate.

Why make yourself look so pathetic? Shrek Academy regularly organizes its students to hunt for Soul Ring. Although Tang Ya is just the sect leader of a fallen sect, and doesn't live up to her title, Shrek wouldn't refuse such a simple request to hunt for a third Soul Ring.

Moreover, he felt a touch of pity for Tang Ya.

A delicate young girl, yet she shouldered burdens that were not hers to bear. Tang San was notoriously stingy; after ascending to godhood, he left behind only a drastically altered version of the Tang Sect Secret Arts arts techniques and some nameless, unscientific Hidden Weapon. Faced with this mess, her father still expected her to revitalize the Tang Sect...

The beginning was a complete disaster, but even with all the pressure, seeing Tang Ya made me feel relieved.

"Why did you come to the Star Dou Great Forest all by yourself?" Lu Cheng asked with some curiosity.

He also had a question... Where did Bei Bei go?

"Bei Bei, he..." A hint of stubbornness appeared on Tang Ya's pale face. She turned her head slightly, unwilling to say anything more.

"Never mind, it's none of my business." Seeing this, Lu Cheng stopped asking questions, took out a light blue jade bottle from his pocket, poured out a light blue pill, and a rich medicinal fragrance immediately wafted out.

Open your mouth.

Lu Cheng said softly.

"..."

Tang Ya's pretty face flushed red. After hesitating for a moment, she still parted her red lips slightly and swallowed the pill. However, her soft lips touched Lu Cheng's fingers, and then his slender, white throat, like Swan's neck, slowly moved. Tang Ya's slender fingers unconsciously gripped Lu Cheng's sleeve, squeezing it until it turned white... She thought he was grabbing her own.

At this moment, even the base of her ears was flushed.

No way! Lu Cheng is clearly her younger brother, her best friend Nannan's younger brother, so naturally he's her younger brother too. He's several years older than her; wouldn't that be like an old cow eating young grass?

Moreover, Nannan and Lu Cheng have some...

The more Tang Ya thought about it, the redder her face became, and steam even began to rise from her head.

"Sister Xiao Ya... why is your face red?"

Lu Cheng raised an eyebrow, a smile playing on his lips.

"It's probably the effect of the medicine." Tang Ya's beautiful eyes were tightly closed, afraid of being discovered. After swallowing the medicine, it gradually dissolved in her mouth, and warm currents flowed to her limbs, seemingly repairing the injuries in her body. It was warm and enjoyable. She bit her red lips lightly, trying hard not to groan.

Unbeknownst to her, a pair of fair, jade-like arms gradually wrapped around Lu Cheng's neck.

Lu Cheng carried Tang Ya in a princess carry, his expression calm.

This is, after all, the Black Tortoise Divine Pill.

The Black Tortoise Sect's prized elixir was said to be able to bring the dead back to life and heal flesh and bones. Of course, its effects are not as exaggerated now, but it is still comparable to top-tier healing pills.

He had four or five more of these divine pills, which he naturally obtained from Xu Jing's corpse.

Automatic pickup is a good habit.

"Sister Xiao Ya, are you done?" Lu Cheng asked softly.

"The Soul Ring is about to dissipate..."

"Hmm, Soul Ring?"

Tang Ya suddenly opened her eyes, her large, bright eyes meeting Lu Cheng's gaze. She then gradually realized just how intimate her position with this younger brother was. The warming effects of the medicine had previously dulled her senses of the outside world, but now...

"Whoosh!"

Tang Ya suddenly released Lu Cheng's neck, her delicate body gracefully breaking free from his embrace and landing on a nearby tree trunk. However, her long, beautiful legs were still trembling slightly, and she staggered, almost falling.

"Ahem, thank you so much for today... Sister Xiao Ya owes you a huge favor," Tang Ya said, feigning composure.

She dared not look at Lu Cheng.

That handsome young man, almost eerily so, was simply... incredibly alluring.

If it were her in the past, she probably would have fallen for him at first sight.

"Thousand-Year Soul Ring of about two thousand years is a good match for your third Soul Ring..." Lu Cheng gestured with his lips, indicating the pale purple Soul Ring below that was about to dissipate.

"Oh, oh." Tang Ya patted her head.

With a light leap, he glided down like a swallow.

Lu Cheng observed the girl sitting cross-legged on the ground, absorbing the Soul Ring, a look of patient intrigue appearing on his face.

He didn't believe that Bei Bei was deliberately avoiding him.

There's only one reason...

Someone was secretly stopping Bei Bei, or rather, restraining Bei Bei, preventing him from having any further contact with Tang Ya.

As for who's behind it all, that's easy to guess.

However, every word and action of Mu En had its own deeper meaning. In the original work, he turned a blind eye to Bei Bei and Xiao Ya's behavior, not approving of them, but not explicitly opposing them either.

But now... that's quite intriguing.

Could it be that the old man guessed something?

Lu Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

With his hands behind his back, he looked down into the distance at the location of Shrek City, where the forest surged and turned, a lush green expanse, as if he were once again facing off against that top chess player.

This time, however, he lacked the foresight and control he had in the Simulation Device; his strategy was not yet fully in place.

Was Mu En a bad person? Strictly speaking, no.

He is a man who would risk everything for the Shrek Academy, including his life, his children, and his descendants. When you are a member of the Shrek Academy, he is kind and friendly, but once you do not bear the mark of the Shrek Academy and obstruct Shrek's path... he will kill you without hesitation.

He has no bottom line when it comes to Shrek.

"Buzz..."

"Soul Elder!!!"

Tang Ya stood up, her pretty face full of excitement.

He clenched his fist and swung it hard.

Let's go.

Lu Cheng remained calm; he still needed to find that kid...

"Mmm!" Tang Ya regained her lively and playful personality, but her bright eyes would occasionally steal glances at Lu Cheng.

"Pfft~"

The spear sliced through the water, piercing precisely through the belly of a blue carp and embedding it firmly in the shallow sand beneath the stream. A trail of scarlet blood spread from the water, but was quickly washed away.

The thin boy wiped the sweat from his forehead, skillfully skewered the meat, and placed it over a makeshift fire to roast.

"Splash~"

"Who?!!"

The boy's face suddenly tightened. In the past two days, he had been attacked by several waves of wild beasts. If it weren't for the White Tiger Dagger left by his mother, he would probably have been killed long ago.

The next moment, a group of four people emerged from the forest.

"Sister Tang Ya?" Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Although this woman is not very bright, she is clearly Kindness. At least she doesn't seem like those mercenaries who live on the edge of a knife; she has no intention of killing me.