Could it be Xiao Wu next door?
Tang San considered the possibility.
But he quickly dismissed the absurd idea.
His Xiao Wu was so well-behaved. How could she do something like that?
Although Xiao Wu had recently had some disagreements with him, Tang San remained convinced that she was an obedient, sensible girl.
She would only listen to him.
Even if she did get wild, she could only get wild with him.
Most importantly,
Xiao Wu's voice wasn't that wanton.
With that thought, Tang San felt reassured, but the uncomfortable feeling in his heart grew increasingly clear.
A long time later, Li Zhiyan looked at Xiao Wu, who was covering her eyes beside him.
He gently kissed her forehead.
He hadn't expected Xiao Wu to have such a contrasting side.
"Xiao Wu, do you like it when I treat you like this?"
"Brother Zhiyan, stop it. I'm embarrassed..."
Xiao Wu pulled the blanket over herself and hid completely beneath it.
Li Zhiyan understood Xiao Wu very well. After all, she wasn't an auntie like Ah Yin.
Then he opened the system to see whether his rewards had arrived.
[Task completed] [Reward obtained: Aura Concealer] [Second reward obtained: The number of Soul Bones that can be absorbed in each slot has increased to five]
Both rewards made Li Zhiyan's heart race.
One would make it easier for him to complete tasks.
The other raised his upper limit to a heaven-defying degree.
Li Zhiyan recalled the next Soul Ring Tang San was going to obtain.
He had to snatch that Soul Ring and make it his own fourth Soul Ring. In any case, his Martial Soul could increase the age of a Soul Ring.
At the very least, even if he failed to obtain the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, he couldn't let Tang San have it.
He remembered Tang San's ugly behavior back then perfectly clearly.
Just then, the system issued another new task.
[New task issued] [Tomorrow night, the trio of Bu Le, Tianya, and E Kao will set their sights on Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong] [Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar will be brutally beaten by the trio] [Please save Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong] [Task reward: One Xiao Wu's Mother Resurrection Card] [Xiao Wu's Mother Resurrection Card: Grants the host Xiao Wu's mother's true body. Once the host's Soul Power Level reaches 40, he can resurrect her by nourishing her with Soul Power]
Li Zhiyan: ???
He naturally knew
how pitiful and lonely Xiao Wu's life was, all on her own. She missed her mother terribly.
If he could bring Xiao Wu's mother back to life,
Li Zhiyan was absolutely willing to have mother and daughter join forces.
After all, he too needed the care of an elder like Xiao Wu's mother.
Living together as a family of three in the future-that would be true happiness.
Rise again, my mother-in-law?
"Xiao Wu."
"What is it, Brother Zhiyan?"
Xiao Wu hid beneath the blanket, not daring to look at Li Zhiyan. This feeling was just too embarrassing.
"First, stick your head out."
"I'm embarrassed... Brother Zhiyan, I'm not coming out."
Li Zhiyan's tone gradually grew serious.
"Xiao Wu, I want to talk to you about your mother."
At the mention of her mother, Xiao Wu slowly poked her head out from under the blanket. Tears had already begun to flow from her eyes.
"Brother Zhiyan, I miss my mom."
Seeing Xiao Wu looking like a pear blossom in the rain, Li Zhiyan wiped away her tears.
"Xiao Wu, you have to promise me you'll keep what I'm about to tell you an absolute secret."
Seeing how serious Li Zhiyan was, Xiao Wu murmured her agreement.
"Brother Zhiyan, don't worry."
"I won't tell anyone anything you tell me not to."
"Good."
"Xiao Wu, my Martial Soul is rather special."
"Recently, I discovered"
"that once my cultivation reaches a certain level,"
"I should be able to resurrect your mother."
Xiao Wu froze on the spot.
She could hardly believe what she had heard.
Resurrect her mother?
"What..."
It took Xiao Wu quite a while before she could speak.
"Brother Zhiyan, I didn't hear you wrong, did I?"
"What you just told me..."
"Did I hear it wrong?"
What Li Zhiyan had said was so absurd that even though Xiao Wu had heard him perfectly clearly, she couldn't believe it was true.
"You heard me right. I'm talking about resurrecting your mother."
Li Zhiyan pulled Xiao Wu into his arms. The fragrance of the girl's body made him anxious. There were many benefits to resurrecting Xiao Wu's mother.
With mother and daughter working together, they could be of even greater help to him.
"Brother Zhiyan, are you really serious?"
"You're not joking with me? You're seriously telling me this?"
Xiao Wu asked for confirmation again and again.
"Of course it's true."
"Xiao Wu, I believe that day shouldn't be too far away."
It was only level 40. With Ah Yin helping him cultivate, he would reach it before long.
With Tang San's mother assisting him, his cultivation was advancing a thousand miles a day. He would be able to obtain Xiao Wu's mother's true body very soon.
When the time came, he only needed to nourish her well with Soul Power, and he could reunite Xiao Wu and her mother.
Then Xiao Wu wouldn't have to be as downcast and miserable as she was now. Without a mother to dote on her, Xiao Wu was truly pitiful.
"Brother Zhiyan, then..."
"Then what do you need me to do?"
"Is there anything I can do to help resurrect my mom?"
Xiao Wu didn't dare question Li Zhiyan, terrified that this was all an illusion, or a joke he was playing on her. That would be too cruel.
Even if her mother's resurrection was just a lie, she was willing to believe it.
"Xiao Wu, I don't need you to do anything."
"Just listen to me."
"My grudge with Shrek Academy is far from settled, so all you need to do is help me when I need you."
"I understand, Brother Zhiyan."
"I'll complete all of your tasks, Brother."
Xiao Wu understood what Li Zhiyan had in mind.
Somehow, she felt like a pet, obediently listening to its master.
"Brother Zhiyan, I'm already your woman now. From now on, whatever you ask me to do, I'm willing."
Xiao Wu had not only developed a profound physical dependence on Li Zhiyan; now, in her heart, Li Zhiyan had also taken Tang San's place. On top of that, Li Zhiyan held the hope of resurrecting her mother.
Xiao Wu was utterly devoted to Li Zhiyan.
"Good girl, Xiao Wu."
Just as Li Zhiyan was about to mention the task, Xiao Wu took the initiative and kissed him.
This genuinely surprised Li Zhiyan. It seemed Xiao Wu's passions had been stirred.
In any case, it was still early.
Naturally, Li Zhiyan didn't hold back.
Next door, Tang San was on the verge of losing it.
"Damn it."
"They're way too uninhibited. They just keep going."
"They're disturbing everyone! This hotel's soundproofing is terrible!"
Tang San wanted to knock on the door next door and confront them, but when he remembered that he no longer had Hidden Weapons to back him up,
he could only seethe impotently and force himself to bear it.
"That voice sounds way too much like Xiao Wu's."
"But it definitely isn't Xiao Wu. She's not that wanton."