How Could He Give Up on the Goddess Already Destined for Him?

Seeing Shui Yue'er's adorable expression, Shui Mingyu smiled and said, "If you worked half as hard as your sister, you'd probably be close to level thirty by now."

Shui Yue'er clearly disagreed, her cheeks puffed up in indignation. "Aunt Mingyu, how can you say that? I work hard too. It's just that my talent is much worse than Sister's."

"Sister, hurry up and open the box. I want to know why it's worth so many Gold Soul Coins. You never accept things from other people, and this person is actually a man," Shui Yue'er said again.

Shui Mingyu also looked at the box in Shui Bing'er's hands. When it had been opened earlier, she had sensed fluctuations in Shui Bing'er's Soul Power.

That meant something inside the box had affected Shui Bing'er's Soul Power. It probably wasn't anything ordinary.

"Open it. There are only the three of us in the carriage. We can keep it a secret for you!" Shui Mingyu said.

Shui Bing'er nodded slightly. "All right, Auntie. I'll do as you say!"

Besides being a teacher at Skywater Academy, the woman before them was also the aunt of both Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er. She was his father's younger sister and could be trusted.

Because she had always felt that what was inside was extraordinary, she had hesitated to open it.

She slowly opened the box, and that cold sensation came again.

It was as if the temperature inside the carriage had dropped several degrees in an instant.

Shui Mingyu exclaimed, "What a powerful ice attribute!"

Her Martial Soul wasn't of the ice attribute. Like Shui Yue'er's, it was a Jade Dolphin, so he felt much the same as Shui Yue'er did about the Ice Soul Jade Crystal Necklace: mainly, it was cold.

For Shui Bing'er, it was different. She liked the cold sensation very much, and it resonated with her own Soul Power.

Shui Bing'er slowly picked it up. Even though she had the ice attribute, she could feel the chill in her hand.

Without a second thought, Shui Bing'er immediately put the Ice Soul Jade Crystal Necklace around her neck.

"Auntie, Yue'er, wait while I try cultivating with it!"

With that, Shui Bing'er immediately entered a state of cultivation.

Perhaps because Shui Bing'er was cultivating, the cold sensation vanished in an instant, as if it had merged directly with her.

As her Soul Power circulated, Shui Bing'er was astonished. She had truly stumbled upon a treasure.

After quite a while, Shui Bing'er opened her eyes. "Auntie, Sister, this is very useful to me. Never mind two hundred Gold Soul Coins-even twenty thousand, or two hundred thousand, would be worth it."

Shui Yue'er asked curiously, "Sister, what does it do?"

Shui Bing'er said, "Cultivating with this necklace on actually increased my cultivation speed by about twenty percent!"

"A twenty percent increase in cultivation speed?" Shui Mingyu was astounded. At two hundred Gold Soul Coins, something this good really was a treasure.

"Can I use it too?" Shui Yue'er asked.

Shui Bing'er shook her head. "Probably not. It should only work for ice-attribute Soul Masters!"

Shui Yue'er was a little disappointed and said casually, "Next time, I'll ask Feng Xiaotian if he has anything suitable for me."

Shui Mingyu placed a hand on Shui Yue'er's head. "What are you thinking? Something like this can only be chanced upon, not sought. How could Feng Xiaotian possibly produce another one?"

"Oh..." Shui Yue'er said, but she was thinking, What if I call Feng Xiaotian big brother like Sister did, and then ask him for a gift?

It was only a way of addressing him, anyway. Even if she didn't get a gift like her sister's, she wouldn't lose much. Little did she know that by saying it, she might very well end up giving herself away too!

"Aaah... choo!!" Feng Xiaotian let out a sneeze inside Vice Dean Cheng Cheng's carriage.

When they set out that afternoon, Feng Xiaotian had intended to continue on horseback, but Vice Dean Cheng Cheng had him ride in his carriage instead.

"Xiaotian, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Cheng Cheng asked with concern.

Feng Xiaotian sniffled and said, "I'm fine. It seems someone's talking about me."

Cheng Cheng said, "Your behavior today was a little unusual. Are you planning to give up on that little girl from Blazing Fire Academy?"

"Give up on Huo Wu?" Feng Xiaotian asked in surprise. "Vice Dean Cheng, you know about that too?"

"Haha!"

Cheng Cheng stroked his beard and laughed. "Who in our Five Elemental Academies doesn't know about you? You've been pursuing Huo Wu from Blazing Fire Academy all this time, haven't you?"

Feng Xiaotian had to admit it. "I was, before!"

"And now you want to give up on Huo Wu and turn to Shui Bing'er?" Cheng Cheng pressed.

From the moment Feng Xiaotian met Shui Bing'er, he had changed how he addressed her and given her a gift. Anyone with eyes could see what he was up to.

"No, I probably won't give up on Huo Wu," Feng Xiaotian said. She was a famous goddess in Douluo, after all, and her talent wasn't bad. More importantly, his predecessor had liked her, and she was his future lawful wife. No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't give up on Huo Wu.

Because of the system's functions, Feng Xiaotian had plans of his own. Finding goddesses was fine, but they had to be women he liked. Things like potential weren't really important.

After all, improving someone's potential through the system only cost Simp Coins.

What mattered most was liking them. When he first met Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian had felt something for her too, and he had also admired her when he watched the anime and read the novel in his previous life.

Among the many goddesses of Skywater Academy, Shui Bing'er was the most outstanding.

Although her looks hadn't yet reached their peak, Shui Bing'er would definitely reach the level of an elite goddess in the future.

"Not giving up?" Cheng Cheng was a little surprised.

On Douluo Continent, most Soul Masters were monogamous. Nearly all ordinary romances were like that.

Only when there was an enormous gap in strength and status between the two would such a situation occur.

Cheng Cheng said, "Xiaotian, I know what you want to do. You're a man, so it's normal. But if you want to accomplish it, you'd better raise your Soul Power as quickly as possible. You can set your Gale Consecutive Slashes aside for now too. In four years, as long as you devote yourself to cultivation, you have a chance of reaching level fifty or above before the Advanced Soul Master Tournament."

Feng Xiaotian said, "Dean Cheng, don't worry. For the next four years, I'll make raising my Soul Power the main focus of my cultivation. I certainly won't disappoint you."

Cheng Cheng smiled. "Good. I hope that four years from now, I'll still be able to see your brilliant performance in the tournament with my own eyes!"

"Ahem, ahem..." As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Cheng began coughing nonstop.

"Dean Cheng?" Feng Xiaotian asked.

After a while, Cheng Cheng spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm into a handkerchief. Although he tried to wrap it up tightly, Feng Xiaotian still saw it.

After resting for a while, Cheng Cheng said, "It's an old ailment. I'm fine!"

Feng Xiaotian understood. This was Vice Dean Cheng Cheng's hidden illness, which had lingered for more than ten years. Perhaps he was already nearing the end!

Thinking back carefully, Feng Xiaotian was completely certain that Cheng Cheng had never appeared in the Douluo novel. It seemed Vice Dean Cheng Cheng might not live to see that day.

"Dean, have you sought a healing Soul Master to treat you?" Feng Xiaotian asked again.

Cheng Cheng shook his head. "It's no use. Even the Ye Clan in Heaven Dou City, the imperial capital, couldn't do anything. Sigh... If old man Ye were still alive, perhaps he would have a way!"

The Ye Clan probably meant Ye Lingling's family in Heaven Dou City.

It was also because that old man of the Ye Clan had died that Ye Lingling had gotten the chance to awaken the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.