Schemes Abound
After finishing his conversation with Mu En Xu Xingyu headed towards the Xu Xingyu Spirit Contract Pagoda branch in Shrek City, accompanied by Ma Xiaotao, whom he had recently taught, and Zhang Lexuan, who had been forced to take care of him.
To be honest, Xu Xingyu couldn't understand why Mu En insisted on having Zhang Lexuan follow him, saying that she should be the middleman between Shrek and Spirit Contract Pagoda, and serve as the cultivation Sea God Pavilion Master.
But why does Xu Xingyu feel like she's seen a similar script somewhere before? It seems like Xu Jiujiu was used as a middleman between the Spirit Contract Pagoda and the Star Luo Empire back then, right?
Surely Mu En isn't plotting something like the Star Luo Empire? You know, the marriage between Xu Xingyu and Xu Jiujiu that was blocked was arranged before he was even born.
Furthermore, Xu Xingyu deeply respected her grandfather in this life and considered him family. Moreover, Xu Jiujiu was a good person, and Xu Xingyu had long Xu Jiujiu tried every means to dissolve the engagement.
According to Xu Xingyu's recollection of Mu En in the original novel, Mu En did indeed ask Zhang Lexuan to marry his grandson Bei Bei in exchange for helping her after saving her.
However, in his old age, Mu En regretted this matter. So, after seeing that his grandson had no interest in that kind of relationship and had someone he liked, he often began to persuade Zhang Lexuan not to care about the vow she made back then and to be free to date.
At the same time, he didn't directly tell Xu Xingyu that he was entrusting Zhang Lexuan to the other party in a forceful transaction; he wanted Zhang Lexuan to make her own choices and move forward based on her own will.
However, Zhang Lexuan was a bit stubborn, and since she had also fallen in love with Bei Bei, she chose to spend the rest of her life alone.
Therefore, Mu En's actions this time were probably just to train Zhang Lexuan's decision-making ability in this regard. After all, as the Sea God Pavilion Master, one cannot only have strength; one must also have a certain understanding of business matters.
However, the reality is that Mu En does intend to give Zhang Lexuan to Xu Xingyu. Part of his intention is to ease the awkward relationship between Spirit Contract Pagoda and Shrek Academy, and part of his intention is to free Zhang Lexuan from the constraints of the childish vows of the past.
Although Xu Xingyu was only with Shrek for two years, according to Mu En's own observation, Xu Xingyu is still a good child.
Sometimes he is quite mature in his thinking, but sometimes he can be a bit naive in some ways. He values promises and feelings for others, and you could say he is someone you would entrust Zhang Lexuan to without hesitation.
Moreover, Zhang Lexuan herself has very high standards. Ordinary people's talents simply cannot catch her eye. In all these years, Mu En has only seen one person Xu Xingyu, who can surpass Zhang Lexuan in talent.
Xu Xingyu's only problem is that he's quite a womanizer at such a young age. Not only does he have two beautiful fiancées, but he also has girlfriends like Jiang Nannan and Xu Yanxue, which makes people truly envious and jealous.
Fortunately, Xu Xingyu is quite responsible in this regard. She's not the type to fall in love with every guy she meets, but rather someone who values the relationship between two people very much.
Look at Ma Xiaotao! This poor girl has been launching her own offensive against Xu Xingyu ever since, but Xu Xingyu has been completely unmoved, like a rock. She doesn't accept Ma Xiaotao just because she's a rare beauty. Instead, she seems to be subtly rejecting her because of her personality.
Of course, if Mu En knew what Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao had done during the treatment, then this argument would not be valid as an example.
As for whether the two will eventually develop a relationship, Mu En doesn't know. In any case, whether they do or not, it won't cause Mu En any loss.
At worst, it would only make Mu En feel more guilty towards Zhang Lexuan, that poor child. He shouldn't have made such a vow to such a young child in a moment of impulsiveness because of the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law.
Honestly, if Mu En could travel through time, the first thing Mu En would do is beat up the version of himself that made Zhang Lexuan make that vow.
Back to the present, Xu Xingyu and her group have left Sea God Island and entered the Outer Court of the Shrek Academy, and are preparing to go from the Outer Court to the Spirit Contract Pagoda in Shrek City.
On the way, Zhang Lexuan kept asking questions about the Soul Tool and Soul Spirit of the Spirit Contract Pagoda. It seemed that in addition to wanting to find out what the Spirit Contract Pagoda could sell them, she was also preparing for negotiations with Gu Yuena later.
As long as Zhang Lexuan's questions didn't involve the secrets of their Spirit Contract Pagoda, they would just talk about the basic knowledge as if it were just advertising a product.
As the two began to discuss things while traveling, Ma Xiaotao, who was traveling with them, felt that she couldn't get a word in edgewise, since knowledge about the merits and demerits of Soul Tool and Soul Spirit was completely foreign to her.
This made Ma Xiaotao feel somewhat aggrieved. Although she understood that the two were just handling ordinary official business, she felt a little jealous of their conversation.
Of course, this might also be because Ma Xiaotao felt during their conversation that she couldn't help Xu Xingyu no matter what she did. Her only advantage was her strength, but Ma Xiaotao's combat power was weaker than Xu Xingyu's, and Xu Xingyu also had a peerless expert like Gu Yuena as her wife.
To be honest, if it weren't for that accident during the treatment when an internal Evil Fire flared up, Ma Xiaotao wouldn't have been confident in winning over Xu Xingyu and getting him to join her family.
Thinking about the embarrassing incident during treatment, Ma Xiaotao knew that she would likely face attacks from the other sisters later, even though Gu Yuena had made it clear that she wouldn't get involved in this matter.
However, such behavior of Little San who forcibly intrudes into someone else's family is still very annoying. Among all the sisters, Jiang Nannan is probably the only one who can forgive herself. Otherwise, she might become ruthless because of the pleasant things she had with the other woman's boyfriend and then take drastic measures against herself.
Sigh, I hope I won't get into trouble with the other girls when I go. It would be even better if we could get along harmoniously.
As for the so-called position of the main wife, Ma Xiaotao dared not even dream of it. Putting aside Gu Yuena's strength, her own charm was terrifying.
Even though she had forced herself on him, he could still calmly accept her as family. This magnanimity truly befits the first person Xu Xingyu fell in love with.
Just then, the three finally arrived at the Spirit Contract Pagoda, where an unexpected person came out to greet them.
The gates of the Spirit Contract Pagoda slowly opened, and a black-haired girl in Spirit Contract Pagoda uniform greeted him with a cheerful smile, "Welcome to the Spirit Contract Pagoda! May I ask if you are Junior Xu?!"