...
"Ultimately, you're happy every day with your brother, although sometimes he drives you crazy. But..."
Na'er's purple eyes sparkled with a clear light as she said, word by word, "You will never regret being with him."
"What people fear most in this life is not suffering or toil.
What they fear most is living a muddled life until the end, and then, at the moment of closing their eyes, being suddenly overwhelmed with all sorts of regrets and remorse, feeling that they have lived in vain, and finally dying with a heart full of resentment and bitterness."
"But Xuanhao is different. He can always pull you along and push you forward.
He will make you truly feel that you have not wasted a single minute or second of your past.
You will not feel that your youth has been squandered or wasted when you dream in the middle of the night."
Na'er squeezed Zhu Zhuqing's hand.
"You've experienced your own life to the fullest and successfully overcome all those hardships.
It was real, fulfilling, and without regrets. Isn't that enough for us?"
Zhu Zhuqing fell completely silent.
She walked quietly down the bustling street, Na'er's words echoing in her ears. Before, her mind was filled with thoughts of how to become stronger and how to escape the cruel fate of her family; she had never thought deeply about these fundamental aspects of life from this perspective.
But now, listening to Na'er's straightforward analysis, she suddenly felt... that's really how it is.
In this world of Soul Masters, fraught with danger and where human life is as worthless as grass, it is wonderful to have someone who can lead you through a life of passion and glory, protecting you and letting you witness the splendor of the world, leaving you with no regrets in the end.
Isn't this the best ending for life?
"Okay, stop thinking about it."
Na'er gently patted Zhu Zhuqing's shoulder, pulling her back to reality from her deep thoughts, and pointed to the magnificent academy gate in front of her, "We've arrived."
Ning Rongrong, who was walking at the front, stopped and turned around.
She clapped her hands at the crowd and lowered her voice to give instructions:
"Listen up, everyone.
After we go in, we'll go straight to Dean Liu Erlong, say hello to her, and sound her out."
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu's rabbit ears perked up in confusion, and she asked with a puzzled expression, "Aren't we going to cause some trouble first?
It's no fun just going straight to Dean Erlong!"
Xiao Wu gestured excitedly, her eyes sparkling with gossip:
"Logically speaking, shouldn't we 'weaklings' first run to Shrek Academy and show off, only to be mocked by them for looking down on us?
Then, when things get out of control, our 'backer,' Dean Erlong, will make a grand entrance, forcefully saving the day and slapping them in the face, right?
How exciting would that be!"
"..."
Ning Rongrong was speechless at this absurd line of thought, staring blankly at Xiao Wu: "Where did you learn all these nonsensical, idiotic tricks?!"
"How can this be called idiocy?"
Xiao Wu retorted with a strange look and a straight face, "Aren't all the bestselling novels sold at the street stalls along the main road in Tiandou City written like this?"
Xiao Wu cleared her throat and began to recite classic scenes from the storybook with great expression:
"Like 'The Emperor's Incognito Visit'!
The Emperor of Tian Dou, dressed in tattered clothes, went to a roadside stall to eat noodles and was looked down upon by a local bully who demanded protection money.
The emperor endured it all, but at the critical moment, a sword-wielding bodyguard descended from the sky and made a powerful entrance!
Then the emperor shouted 'Armor Combination!' and instantly transformed into the Emperor of Tian Dou, shining with golden light as he suppressed the bully in the latrine.
In the end, the whole story ended happily. How exciting!"
Ning Rongrong's eyes twitched violently a few times, and she felt a sudden heart attack.
These days, have the storylines in Tian Dou City become so outrageous and outrageous in order to boost sales?!
"Xiao Wu…" Ye Lingling, who was usually extremely quiet and introverted, couldn't help but weakly raise her hand and point out the most fatal flaw in this routine, "Um… what if when we go to provoke them, the 'armed guards' get stuck in traffic and don't arrive in time?
Wouldn't we get beaten up by those Shrek guys first?"
"Uh..." Xiao Wu was speechless for a moment.
The irritating faces of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun flashed through her mind, and her arrogance instantly deflated.
"Lingling is right."
Dugu Yan nodded in agreement.
"What kind of status do we have?
If we really get punched by those country bumpkins, even if we get our revenge in the end, we'll still be at a huge loss.
It's better to be safe.
Let's go in and report to the 'armed guards' first, and then we can go ahead and do whatever we want!"
...
Meanwhile, deep within the Sunset Forest, lies the eye of both ice and fire.
With the aid of the massive and extreme ice and fire energy in this special environment, more than a night later, the soul core deep in Xuanhao's dantian, which had been fluctuating violently, finally stabilized completely and began to operate continuously.
However, his long journey back overnight was not just to stabilize his soul core, but also to see Ah Yin, who had been planted at the junction of the Ice and Fire Spring.
Ever since Xuan Hao took her out in a flowerpot and caused a scene with Tang Hao in front of her in Soto City, the Blue Silver Emperor has been completely withdrawn and has not uttered a single word since.
Even when Arou came out to talk to her, she didn't have any mental response.
Xuan Hao slowly opened his eyes, stood up, and walked to the Blue Silver Emperor, which had grown as lush as a small tree under the nourishment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and the dragon's blood, and squatted down.
"Hey, why are you pretending to be dead and not saying anything?"
Xuan Hao reached out and flicked her crystal-clear blue grass leaves.
Ah Yin remained lifeless and unresponsive.
"Fine, you have guts."
Xuan Hao raised an eyebrow. "If you keep pretending to be deaf and dumb with me, then I'll have to use some unconventional methods."
"You should also know that although you are currently severely injured and can only barely condense a spiritual body, but... Sister Arou's 100,000-year-old soul bone has the skill 'Dream Beyond', which is a top-grade illusion skill that can forcibly create dreams and pull people into dreams.
In addition, with the Ice Dragon King in my body forcibly breaking through defenses and providing assistance, I can completely invade your dream without any obstacles and have absolute control over it."
"If I, the infamous 'Lustful Demon' of Tiandou City, were to forcibly take control of your dreams... Ah Yin, with your rich experience, you should be able to imagine what would happen in those irresistible dreams, right?"
"Buzz—!"
Upon hearing this, the Blue Silver Emperor, which had been pretending to be dead and motionless, suddenly trembled violently, and its leaves instantly burst forth with a dazzling azure light!
The next second, amidst the intertwining light, Ah Yin's exquisitely beautiful yet somewhat ethereal spiritual form was finally forced to solidify into a physical form. She crossed her arms over her chest, staring intently at Xuan Hao with a look of utter despair, as if she were looking at some kind of perverted demon.
"Xuanhao! You...you really have to be like this?!"
Ah Yin's usually cold voice was now tinged with obvious sobs and despair, "I'm already a dead person! I'm just a wisp of soul and a blade of grass left! How could you not even spare me?!"
"Please, don't portray me as someone who's desperate for sex, okay?"
Xuan Hao spread his hands innocently and retorted confidently, "Besides, the characteristic of 'being dead' is not a negative point in my eyes at all; on the contrary, it should be considered one of the rare attractions, okay?"
"Haven't you heard the line from those tragic love stories, 'A love between a human and a ghost'?
Breaking the boundary between life and death, how romantic and exciting is that!"
"You...you're shameless!"
Hearing such vulgar nonsense, Ah Yin finally lost her temper. "What exactly do you want?!"
"Oh, don't get excited, I'm not going to do anything."
Xuan Hao dropped his threatening demeanor and sat down on the grass with a smile. "I'm just a hospitable person, and I simply want to make a close friend with you."
"Think about it. After all, I took your 100,000-year-old right leg bone without asking. Now, my body truly contains your bone!
And in the past few years, I have generously fed you my essence blood containing dragon bloodline as high-grade fertilizer countless times to help you grow quickly."
"Your bones are in my body, and my blood flows in yours. So, from a biological point of view... we can be considered to be in a close relationship where we are 'intertwined,' right?"
"..."
Ah Yin stared wide-eyed, completely dumbfounded, frozen in place, her brain utterly shut down.
Is this how you calculate things?!
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