Chapter 68 I Think You've Been Hooking Up with Li Xun

Hearing Ning Rongrong speak in such a manner, Tang Shan's face darkened. He had stepped forward to offer kind advice, yet the girl before him showed such an ungracious attitude, acting utterly unruly and willful.

"Dai Mubai and I are close friends, and we are in the same school and the same team. It is only right that I have the right to speak a fair word."

"Indeed, birds of a feather flock together. To think you can actually hang around with someone like Dai Mubai, you must be no good yourself," Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes, looking utterly disdainful.

"You're all from Shrek Academy, aren't you? I reckon that academy can only trick people with abnormal character like you lot."

She had originally felt a slight interest in Shrek Academy and thought about going to check it out together once Li Xun returned, just to see how on earth that academy managed to deceive people. But now, she had completely lost interest.

From a tiny spot, one can see the whole leopard.

A lecherous fatty, a coward like Dai Mubai, and now a hypocritical sanctimonious person stepping out to speak fair words.

Even if an academy like that were filled entirely with geniuses, its contribution to society would likely be minimal.

"Don't lump Dai Mubai's character onto my Third Brother! My Third Brother is pure and untarnished. Who are you calling no good?"

Just as Tang Shan's expression turned ugly, Xiao Wu stepped forward. She placed one hand on her hip and pointed straight at Ning Rongrong. "And you are the one who is no good, stirring up trouble for no reason! What did Shrek Academy ever do to you, that you would condemn everyone in our academy with a single stroke?"

Xiao Wu was prone to impulsiveness.

Had Ning Rongrong directed her hostility solely at Dai Mubai, she would have been quite content to stand aside and watch the show. After all, the moment she arrived in Soto City, she could tell that fellow was no good.

However, her Third Brother had merely stepped forward to speak a fair word, only to be so grossly insulted by Ning Rongrong, who even dragged everyone in Shrek Academy into it. This was something Xiao Wu simply could not accept.

Ma Hongjun also wore an angry expression at that moment. Since childhood, he had been despised and looked down upon, frequently facing scorn due to the flaw in his martial soul. Yet ever since he was taken in as a disciple by Dean Flitwick, he had never been bullied again.

To him, Shrek felt more like a home now.

If not for the fact that the girl opposite them was likely a high-ranking figure of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he would have truly wanted to step up and teach her a lesson.

"Pure and untarnished? Blech, I'm going to vomit!!" Ning Rongrong bent over, covering her mouth with a gesture of gagging. "What era is this? Isn't that word normally used to describe females?"

"Are you treating him like a sister? Little San, Little San—listening to it, it really sounds like the name of a homewrecker."

With Li Xun currently absent and no one to suppress her, Ning Rongrong finally had the opportunity to unleash her true nature, and the more she spoke, the more exhilarated she felt.

Tang Shan and Xiao Wu grew increasingly cold-faced the more they listened, their gazes turning hostile.

"Enough!" Seeing the situation escalating out of hand, Dai Mubai let out an angry roar. He had not expected the girl opposite them to use such vicious language.

He reached out to stop the others who were eager to step forward and teach Ning Rongrong a lesson.

This was not because he was magnanimous, but rather because they were currently within the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire. Given the overwhelming influence of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in Heaven Dou, Tang Shan and the others making a move could very well lead to severe consequences.

The few of them belonged to the same academy and the same team, and they still had to get along for a long time to come. If Tang Shan and his companions offended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because of him, he would likely face resentment from them in the future.

As for himself—

Dai Mubai gave a cold, stern smile. Although he did not dare to kill Ning Rongrong, teaching her a lesson was still within the realm of possibility.

As a prince of Star Luo, he figured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not dare to do anything to him. His eldest brother could kill him and face no consequences, but would the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect really dare to lay a hand on him?

Dai Mubai sneered. Had it not been for the existence of the Spirit Hall, Star Luo would have long since spread the flames of war to the Heaven Dou Empire...

"You've gone too far. Others might fear your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but I certainly do not! Stay out of my business with Zhu Zhuqing!" Dai Mubai's dual pupils flashed with a biting chill as he pointed at Ning Rongrong and slowly spoke.

"Oh-ho-ho! I'm so scared!" Ning Rongrong made a frightened gesture with her tiny hands, turning her face away in disdain and refusing to look straight at him. "You do disgraceful things yourself, yet you won't let others talk about them?"

"You—" Dai Mubai was driven mad with fury. He pointed his finger at Ning Rongrong, and suddenly, soul power erupted from within his body, forming a shockwave that surged toward her.

Everything happened too fast, leaving Ning Rongrong frozen in place. She had not expected Dai Mubai to genuinely dare to attack her.

Just as the shockwave was about to strike her, Zhu Zhuqing instantly reached out, wrapped her arms around Ning Rongrong's slender waist, and leaped backward. The two of them executed a complete rotation in mid-air and landed firmly upon the plaque of the Cao Family Inn, narrowly dodging Dai Mubai's attack.

However, the inn's front doors suffered as a result, shattering instantly into countless outward-flying fragments.

The inn receptionist had intended to come out and inspect the situation, but was quickly reined in by another person.

Looking shaken and still recovering from the scare, Ning Rongrong tightly hugged Zhu Zhuqing back. "Zhuqing, do you see his true colors now? He's even more sickening and repulsive than what the records said."

Zhu Zhuqing let out a wry chuckle and shook her head. Pushing off forcefully from the plaque, she carried Ning Rongrong across the street, leaping right over the heads of Dai Mubai and the others.

"I saw through him long ago, and I never intended to have any further ties with him."

When Sword Dourao discovered that hundred-thousand-year soul beast, she had followed his guidance and spotted Dai Mubai. She had wanted to steer clear of him precisely to avoid this kind of situation, especially since Li Xun was not currently around.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression remained calm, her gaze detached and cold. "Dai Mubai, the engagement between you and me was merely a result of circumstance. Ever since you fled, we have had nothing more to do with each other."

"Moreover, I did not come to Heaven Dou for your sake. Please refrain from entangling yourself with me again."

"Heh, Zhu Zhuqing, do you really think you can escape?" Dai Mubai's chest heaved violently as he forcefully suppressed his mortification, offering a chilling smile. "In this struggle for the throne, there is only success or failure. Once we turn twenty-five, you and I will face the ultimate choice: live together or die together."

"You cannot escape."

He had never once believed he could defeat Dai Davis. After all, there was a six-year age gap between them; even if he pushed himself to the brink of death in cultivation, it was utterly impossible to bridge that disparity in age.

Dai Mubai's original plan had merely been to flee to Heaven Dou and live in pleasure for as long as possible, and if worst came to worst, have his cultivation crippled by Dai Davis at age twenty-five and be exiled elsewhere.

Since he posed no threat to his elder brother's throne, there was logically no reason for his eldest brother to execute him.

However, his mind had changed now. He was going to drag Zhu Zhuqing down to hell with him.

A murderous chill flashed in Dai Mubai's eyes. This wretched woman actually dared to abandon him and tried to sever ties with him right in front of so many people.

"I found Senior Brother Li Xun's words once quite profound," Zhu Zhuqing smiled and shook her head. "He said, 'If a prince of your Dai family dies, what does it have to do with our Zhu family?'"

"As long as I harbor no ambitions for the throne, my eldest sister won't touch me at all."

"Hmph... judging by the pathetic state you're in right now, even if I followed you wholeheartedly, it seems impossible for you to defeat them."

Seemingly recalling something, Zhu Zhuqing wore a sweet smile. "He told you to go ahead and play around to your heart's content, and once you drop dead, I can finally go home."

"Bitch!" Out of the corner of his eye, Dai Mubai noticed the furtive glances cast by his surrounding companions. Trembling with rage, he roared, "I knew it! You've hooked up with that fellow named Li Xun!"

"You even curse me to death? I'll kill you right now, and then I'll go slaughter that bastard Li Xun!"

The immense commotion quickly drew the astonished attention of nearby pedestrians, who stopped in their tracks to watch the spectacle unfold.