Fan Yu: Watch Me Blast You Sky-High with a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, Ma Xiaotao!

After school that afternoon, Bai Jingtian set off for Shrek City without hesitation and told his father, Bai Jie, about Fan Yu and Mu Jin.

After hearing him out, Bai Jie simply laughed a few times and gently patted Bai Jingtian on the head. Then he reassured him:

"Don't worry, Jingtian. This isn't a bad thing for either you or your aunt.

Director Fan has probably taken a fancy to your talent with Soul Tools. But he's likely only heard about it, so he's using your aunt's former affection for him to sound you out first and gradually bring you closer together."

*My talent with Soul Tools has been exposed? That can't be right. Apart from my roommate, who really hates Soul Tools, there definitely isn't a second person in all of Shrek Academy who knows I've been studying Soul Tools on my own in the dorm.

And I knocked that perverted old hag down on the first day. There's no way my roommate could have gotten in touch with Fan Yu...*

Although the possibility Bai Jie had suggested was a bit absurd, Bai Jingtian gave it serious thought. Soon, however, an extravagant possibility occurred to him:

*Damn, could that Well-Fed Douluo have had nothing better to do and used his spiritual power to spy on the entire freshman dormitory?

What kind of Third Hokage behavior is that? Or is that the real reason Well-Fed Douluo cosplays as Sukuna... no, as the old dorm keeper?*

After considering that possibility, Bai Jingtian stopped letting his imagination run wild. As soon as he had eaten dinner, he returned to Shrek Academy.

If that really was the case, then with the information Bai Jingtian currently lacked, thinking it over would do him no good. He might as well return to the academy and wait until Fan Yu and Mu Jin's relationship improved, at which point he would learn the answer.

As for Fan Yu and Mu Jin, Bai Jingtian had no objection. Even if the Bai Clan went to the Sun Moon Empire in the future, on the surface it would have little to do with Mu Jin and would not affect her career at Shrek Academy.

Besides, Mu Jin clearly still had lingering feelings for Fan Yu, and as long as Fan Yu did not shield his ex-wife's misdeeds, he could hardly be called a neglectful husband.

At least he was more of a human being than that dog bastard Yan Shaozhe.

But when he returned to the dormitory that day, Mu En, who usually cosplayed as the old dorm keeper at the entrance, was gone. It gave Bai Jingtian a fright, and he thought of another, somewhat dangerous incident:

*Damn it, that dog Yan Shaozhe couldn't have lost control of Ma Xiaotao again, could he?

But that works out nicely. Zhou Yi was more or less a half-baked Soul Emperor, so I'll use Ma Xiaotao to test how well I've mastered Sea Tiger Martial Arts and the Complete Realm.*

Early the next morning, Bai Jingtian got out of bed and went to the shore of Sea God Lake, ready to wait by the stump for the chicken.

But to his surprise, he saw two people on the lakeshore who seemingly had no reason to be there.

"Ah, classmate Bai! Are you here for morning training too?"

Huo Yutong looked at Bai Jingtian in surprise, but took the initiative to greet him.

The female student beside Huo Yutong looked equally surprised to see Bai Jingtian and greeted him as well:

"Classmate Bai, thank you for driving off that horrible perverted old hag! I, Xiao Xiao, thank you on behalf of everyone in Freshman Class One!

Yutong, you seem to have known classmate Bai already. What's going on? Spill it, now!"

After greeting Bai Jingtian, Xiao Xiao turned to "interrogate" Huo Yutong. The sight made Bai Jingtian praise Sakamoto.

Women fighting are a joy to watch!

But Bai Jingtian had not been watching the women fight for long when a red dot appeared above the lake in the distance, rapidly growing into a red figure.

"Xiao Xiao, stop fooling around. Could that be a senior from the inner court? Running across the lake as if it were flat ground—that's amazing!"

Huo Yutong had yet to realize that danger was approaching. She tried to distract Xiao Xiao with the red figure and escape her clutches.

However, by the time Xiao Xiao noticed the figure, the red figure was already running straight toward them. A wave of heat rolling off her swept over them, and together with her frenzied presence, engulfed all three at once.

"Get back! Leave this to me!

Twenty-ninth-rank Soul Power, Sea Tiger Explosive Kick!"

Seeing Ma Xiaotao appear as expected, Bai Jingtian wasted no words. He charged straight at her and launched a flying kick at her head with all his strength.

Bai Jingtian was fast, and Ma Xiaotao was no slower. As a result, from her perspective, Bai Jingtian's Sea Tiger Explosive Kick came hurtling toward her head at a terrifying speed. Apart from instinctively sweeping the surrounding area with flames, she could offer no resistance at all.

Her Phoenix Flame was fearsome, but it covered too wide an area, and relatively little of it actually reached Bai Jingtian. His kick struck her squarely, sending her into a less-than-perfect backflip in midair.

*Damn, these flames are fucking hot! Even though I used Ice and Snow to counter them right away, it didn't work as well as I'd hoped.

Still, using Ice and Snow against flames really does work!*

After kicking Ma Xiaotao, Bai Jingtian performed a backflip of his own and landed on the shore. He immediately wrapped his right leg in Ice and Snow to counter the effects of Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.

But the temperature of Ma Xiaotao's flames was no small matter, and Bai Jingtian was still hopping from the burn.

Just as Bai Jingtian was preparing for the second round, a muffled boom suddenly caught his attention, as well as that of Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao, who had not yet run far.

The next moment, a Soul Cannon Shell struck Ma Xiaotao, blasting her away.

"Damn you, Ma Xiaotao! How dare you hurt the future star of my Soul Tool Department!

Watch me blast you sky-high with a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell!"

The next moment, a tall, powerfully built figure appeared on the shore of Sea God Lake with a Soul Cannon on his shoulder. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Bai Jingtian and the others, shielding Bai Jingtian behind him.

The eight Soul Rings on him were especially eye-catching, leaving Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao stunned.

Bai Jingtian was also somewhat dumbfounded, because he had recognized the man.

*Fan Yu? What's he doing here?

Still, this works out. It doesn't look like he intends to hold back against Ma Xiaotao, so I don't have to worry about him turning into another Xuan Zi.

But why is he here?*

While Bai Jingtian's thoughts ran wild, Fan Yu raised the Soul Cannon again and fired several shots in quick succession at Ma Xiaotao, forcing her back.

"Tch, this Evil Fire really lives up to its reputation. Taking her down without killing her is a bit troublesome after all.

No, I'll have to find Vice Dean Qian later and have him demand money from Dean Yan!"