Bei Bei and Little Huo Take the Initiative to Get Acquainted

After returning to the dormitory, Bai Jingtian took a moment to catch his breath. Then he went out again, heading for a grove at Shrek Academy to continue practicing the Sea Tiger series of martial arts.

Although Wang Dong had been beaten into the academy's infirmary, given her status and Shrek Academy's standard of treatment, she would recover within half an hour and return to the dormitory to give Bai Jingtian more trouble.

Besides, although Wang Dong was innocent, she had a dog leash from Tang San on her.

Considering how Lan Meng had once gotten such a hold on Sea Tiger through Guan Yuetong that his family was destroyed and his loved ones killed, Bai Jingtian would have liked to ask for a different dormitory right now, if he could.

He hadn't fallen in love with Wang Dong at first sight, and he wouldn't plunge straight into love the way Sea Tiger had when he met Guan Yuetong.

Clearly, he couldn't cultivate in peace or continue reading the Bodhidharma Sutra in the dormitory, so Bai Jingtian had no choice but to find a place to cultivate in the grove.

But just as he was walking along the shore of Sea God Lake, looking for a place suited to practicing extreme fire and ice and snow, two unexpected, uninvited visitors came looking for him.

One was a gentle, refined-looking young man wearing the purple uniform of an upper-year student. The presence he gave off was somewhat similar to Bai Jingtian's.

The other was more than a head shorter than Bai Jingtian. Her blue eyes were especially large, and they looked very pretty when she blinked.

"Hello, junior. I'm Bei Bei, a fourth-year student, and this is Huo Yutong, a freshman who enrolled this year, just like you. Could we get to know each other?"

The gentle, refined young man smiled as he introduced himself and the girl beside him, then held out his hand to Bai Jingtian.

Bai Jingtian froze for a moment, then smiled and shook Bei Bei's hand, though he was somewhat puzzled.

Had Bei Bei taken an interest in me because of the skills I displayed, and was he planning to recruit me into the Tang Sect?

Or was he carrying out Mu En's orders, trying to get close to me?

Hiss, a fellow patient from the major illness ward who once claimed to have been to the Douluo Continent seemed to have mentioned a similar experience...

"Bai Jingtian, Freshman Class Nine. What did you need me for, Senior Bei and Huo? Are you here to stand up for Wang Dong after what happened just now?

"He's also a student in Freshman Class One..."

"Huh? Is that someone from our class?"

Huo Yutong was startled by his words and began to worry about what her life would be like after enrolling.

Wang Dong looked very difficult to get along with, and her strength was extraordinary. She already had a Thousand-Year Soul Ring at two rings.

With a classmate like that around, what if he liked displaying the will to dominate, just like that bastard Dai Huabin...

"It has nothing to do with that. We saw the battle just now. The skill you displayed in controlling lightning was so outstanding, Junior Bai, that even I feel inferior.

"May I ask whether it comes from your family's teachings, or from some sect's legacy?"

Bei Bei hurriedly brought the conversation back on track and asked the question himself.

"Neither, but I did meet an excellent teacher. His name is Bai Junlang, and he calls himself Sea Tiger."

Bai Jingtian knew that Bei Bei was probing into his background, but he straightforwardly revealed his "teacher" nonetheless.

Although Bai Jingtian's cheat really did come from some unknown cheat wholesaler, Sea Tiger, Bai Junlang, who had appeared through magnetic field haunting, really had given Bai Jingtian guidance. Thus, there was nothing wrong with what Bai Jingtian had said.

"Is that so? Then might I ask whether you've considered joining a sect, Junior Bai?"

Bei Bei committed the name Bai Junlang and the title Sea Tiger to memory, then took it upon himself to ask.

He had indeed brought Huo Yutong here today at Mu En's behest, but Mu En's original intention had only been for them to get close to Bai Jingtian and become familiar faces first.

As for joining the Tang Sect...

Although the Bai family had nearly been wiped out and the mastermind behind it remained unknown, a starved camel was still bigger than a horse.

Unlike the Tang Sect, which had only Tang Ya left as a commander without troops and no property at all, the Bai family still had seven or eight direct members and some modest holdings.

Bai Jingtian was most likely not going to agree to join the Tang Sect easily.

"No, I haven't thought about it, and I won't consider it.

"If you're here to invite me to join a sect, Senior Bei, then let's leave it at that."

Seeing how short Bei Bei's map of Yan was, Bai Jingtian decisively refused.

"That's all right. You have ambitions of your own, Junior Bai, and that's a good thing.

"Would you be willing to exchange pointers with me on techniques for controlling lightning?"

Although he had been flatly rejected, Bei Bei's expression remained perfectly gracious, and he immediately made another request.

This was not Mu En's wish, nor was it an outburst of resentment over Bai Jingtian's unwillingness to join the Tang Sect. He simply found this junior inexplicably pleasing to the eye and wanted to learn a little about controlling lightning from him.

"Sure, but will Huo be joining us too? I didn't sense a lightning attribute in her Martial Soul. It seemed more like the mental attribute."

Since it was only a request to exchange pointers, Bai Jingtian had no intention of refusing. Besides, Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul also had aspects of "thunder" and "explosion" that Bai Jingtian could learn from.

Moreover, if he could get Bei Bei, who had grown up at Shrek Academy, to help him find a few secluded spots where he could concentrate on cultivating the Sea Tiger Five Extremes and hell-series martial arts in the future, that would be quite a gain.

As for whether that might also draw Tang Ya's attention and lead her to pull him into the Tang Sect...

Even if Tang Ya became an Evil Soul Master, she would be no match for Bai Jingtian.

Only now did Bai Jingtian notice that Huo Yutong seemed to have been staring at him all along, so intently that she had gone into a daze.

"Huh? Ah... I won't take part. I'll just watch from the side."

Huo Yutong came back to her senses and realized she had been caught stealing glances at Bai Jingtian. Her little face reddened, and she waved her hands as she took a few steps back.

Before long, Bei Bei led them to a clearing in a grove, where the two facing each other each assumed a stance.

As their Soul Rings appeared simultaneously, lightning with different effects also emerged around their bodies.

The electric currents around Bai Jingtian looked very orderly, almost like patterns on clothing, while the lightning around Bei Bei looked far more violent. Coupled with his fully dragon-transformed left arm, it made him look much more flamboyant than Bai Jingtian.

"Such delicate Martial Soul control... Bai Jingtian seems much more formidable than Eldest Senior Brother.

"Sister Tian Meng, what do you think?"

"What do I think? I think I'll watch lying down!

"But that Bai Jingtian really does have some skill, and his spiritual power is extraordinary too. The total amount of his spiritual power isn't much greater than your Eldest Senior Brother's, yet he has already entered the Tangible and Substantial realm.

"I really don't know how he managed it..."