"Hey, hey, hey, you girl, why are you kicking me out?"
Yan Shaozhe was pushed back repeatedly, but his face was filled with a helpless yet doting smile.
"Fine, fine, fine, I won't disturb your rest anymore."
Even as he was pushed out the door, he didn't forget to give one last reminder.
"Remember, hand the whale gel to him personally tomorrow. Also, once this ten-thousand-year whale gel solidifies, it becomes incredibly hard and difficult to refine through ordinary means. You'll need to use your Phoenix Flame to slowly soften it before it can be consumed."
"Tomorrow, you must personally help him refine it. This is also a show of sincerity, do you understand?!"
"I know, I know, please just leave."
Ma Xiaotao replied impatiently and then slammed the door shut with a bang.
Yan Shaozhe rubbed his nose and stood outside the door, shaking his head helplessly.
'This girl, her skin is still too thin.'
However, the moment he turned to leave, the helplessness on his face vanished without a trace, replaced by the cunning smile of an old fox who had successfully carried out a wicked scheme.
'Xiaotao, oh Xiaotao, you might not know, but how could your master not know?'
He laughed inwardly.
'Whale gel is a thing of extreme Yang and rigidity. A thousand-year whale gel can still be endured with a Soul Master's willpower, but this ten-thousand-year whale gel—how vast is the masculine power contained within?'
'Although that kid is exceptionally gifted, he is still young after all, and his body hasn't fully matured. Once he consumes this ten-thousand-year whale gel, his blood will surely boil, and he'll be consumed by the fire of desire.'
'And I'm having you personally stay by his side to refine it for him with your Phoenix Flame... Hehehe...'
Yan Shaozhe seemed to have already foreseen the wonderful scene of dry wood meeting a fierce fire that would happen tomorrow.
When the time comes, a lone man and a lone woman will be in a room together.
One consumed by desire, the other with a vigorous evil fire... if nothing happens after that, he, Yan Shaozhe, would write his name backwards.
'For your lifelong happiness and for the future of my Shrek, your master can only help you this much.'
Yan Shaozhe disappeared into the night in high spirits.
Inside the room, Ma Xiaotao, completely unaware that she had been schemed against by her own teacher, was currently hugging that cold jade box and smiling foolishly.
She placed the jade box on her bedside table as if it were some peerless treasure.
Shyness and embarrassment had long been cast to the back of her mind; in her heart, only hope and longing for the future remained.
'Once the evil fire is resolved, I can Cultivate without any reservations.'
'Level sixty-nine, level seventy, Spirit Saint... I'll be able to Breakthrough very soon.'
'In this generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, there will certainly be a spot for me, Ma Xiaotao.'
'And the championship of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament will also definitely belong to our Shrek.'
She lay on the bed, tossing and turning, so excited she couldn't sleep at all.
She kept her eyes open, staring at the ceiling, as if she could already see the glorious future where she dominated the arena and trampled all her opponents underfoot.
This night was the most peaceful sleep she'd had in over a decade, and the night she most looked forward to the dawn.
The morning sunlight filtered through the ancient window frames of Shrek Academy, casting dappled spots of light in the new student class one classroom.
The air was filled with a faint scent of books and the subtle fluctuations of Soul Power in operation.
On the podium, Han Ruoruo was explaining the habits and weaknesses of different types of Soul Beasts.
Her voice was cool and pleasant, like a mountain spring, making even this somewhat dull theoretical knowledge a bit more vivid.
Most students were concentrating on the lecture, writing furiously.
But Caelus, sitting by the window, was somewhat distracted.
His gaze fell on the leaves swaying in the wind outside the window, but his thoughts were immersed deep within his own body.
Deep in his Spiritual Sea, that towering Temple of Time still floated in the starry sky.
And beneath the temple, a vast ice field silently spread out. In the center of the ice field, a massive, heart-stopping ice-jade-colored scorpion was curled up in a deep sleep.
That was the Ice Empress.
A four-hundred-thousand-year Vicious Beast had, in an unprecedented way, become a part of his body.
This terrifying power hidden within him, enough to freeze all things, was so real.
He could feel that with just a thought, he could make the temperature of the entire classroom drop to the freezing point.
His abnormality, naturally, did not escape the eyes of those beside him.
Gu Yuena seemed to be looking down and drawing something, but her deep purple eyes were always locked on Caelus from the corner of her vision.
Back in Dragon City, she had already sensed the aura belonging to a Vicious Beast that had appeared on Caelus.
'What exactly... happened to him?'
For the first time, a strong sense of curiosity about a person arose in Gu Yuena's heart.
Ye Guyi, sitting in the row in front, was completely unaware of the distraction of the two behind her.
She listened very intently, taking meticulous notes.
"Ring, ring, ring—"
The crisp sound of the bell ending the class finally broke the silence in the classroom.
"Alright, that's all for today. This afternoon is Physical Training Class; don't be late, everyone."
Han Ruoruo closed her book, gave the students a gentle smile, and then, holding her lesson plans, left the classroom with light steps.
Just as her front foot stepped out of the classroom door.
Immediately after, a figure rushed out from the back row of the classroom with lightning speed.
"Thud!"
It was a slide-kneel with a standard posture and smooth, silky movements.
Zhou Sichen stopped precisely in front of Caelus's desk in a perfect arc and then tightly hugged Caelus's thigh.
"Wah—!"
In the next second, a wail like a pig being slaughtered echoed throughout the classroom.
"Boss, help! Boss, you have to save me!"
Zhou Sichen was covered in snot and tears, his expression one of utter grief as if he had suffered some inhumane treatment.
"I'm bankrupt, I'm completely bankrupt! I can't even afford food at the cafeteria now. I went to sleep on an empty stomach last night. If this continues, I might become the first student in the history of Shrek Academy to starve to death."
The entire classroom instantly fell silent.
All the students stared dumbfoundedly at this sudden farce with eyes that seemed to be looking at a fool.
The corner of Caelus's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
He could feel dozens of gazes focusing on him, and among them, two particularly strange looks came from Gu Yuena beside him and Ye Guyi in front of him.
Gu Yuena put down her pen and watched the scene with great interest, a rare playful glint in her purple eyes as if watching a play.
Ye Guyi was full of shock and confusion; she completely couldn't understand why a boy could hug another boy's thigh so shamelessly.
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