Xiao Wu sat quietly in Meng Bei's embrace, her eyes clear and bright, revealing a sense of innocent naivety, as if she knew nothing of the world.
But in reality, this little rabbit was the most alluring.
Her small feet wore glutinous white socks, her soles were white with a hint of pink, gently stepping on Meng Bei's thighs. She wore a backless little garment, her slender waist rubbing against Meng Bei's embrace, constantly tempting him toward criminal thoughts.
Xiao Wu meditated as the soul power in her body gathered, slowly forming her fourth soul ring.
Meanwhile, Meng Bei stayed close to Xiao Wu, protecting her.
However, out of some playful mischief between lovers, while protecting her, Meng Bei couldn't help but tease her.
"Don't~ I'm condensing my soul ring right now. Too much soul power will interrupt it."
Xiao Wu blinked her crystal-clear pink eyes, pitifully pleading with Meng Bei.
But Meng Bei said: "It's fine, I'll be very careful."
Outside, a light rain began to fall sparsely from the sky.
The rainwater mixed with mud flowed into the cave, washing over and awakening the unconscious Tang San.
Tang San groggily opened his eyes, then his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly turned over to look for the immortal herbs beside him, only to discover they were gone—all his immortal herbs were gone!
"No, no!"
His opportunity, the foundation of his rise—it had all vanished just like that!
Tang San looked up and roared, his expression filled with immense hatred.
"Who is it? Which bastard stole my immortal herbs? I'm irreconcilable with you! If I find out who you are, I'll exterminate your entire nine generations!"
At the same time, elsewhere, Tang Hao, who was secretly guarding outside Meng Bei's door, couldn't help but sneeze loudly.
Light rain was pattering outside, and Tang Hao didn't know what Meng Bei was doing inside—he'd been in there for so long without coming out.
Tang Hao couldn't help but wonder. He was already a Titled Douluo—how could this little rain make him sneeze?
Although Tang Hao had been fitted with a slave collar, this didn't mean he had become a thoughtless puppet.
On the contrary, his thinking ability hadn't disappeared. On the surface, he was almost no different from a normal person, possessing the same emotions—joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, and the seven emotions and six desires.
However, due to the slave collar's effect, Tang Hao would unhesitatingly consider all of Meng Bei's actions and demands as reasonable and correct.
For instance, when Meng Bei had him guard the door outside, Tang Hao would fundamentally believe that guarding the door was reasonable and correct, as natural as people needing to eat and drink.
When Meng Bei had Tang Hao steal Tang San's immortal herbs, as Tang San's father, Tang Hao originally felt very reluctant to harm his own son.
But because this was Meng Bei's demand, under the slave collar's influence, Tang Hao directly considered it reasonable and natural. So even though Tang Hao felt reluctant, he still acted without hesitation.
It could be said that the slave collar was too powerful, completely belonging to the category of rule-level items. Tang Hao had no ability to resist and had already been enslaved by Meng Bei without his knowledge, enduring immense pain while being completely at his disposal without complaint.
Finally, when Meng Bei emerged from Xiao Wu's room, the rain had stopped. Meng Bei took the four women—Xiao Wu, Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Liu Erlong—to hunt for soul rings.
Xiao Wu had actually already condensed her fourth soul ring, but the necessary pretense still had to be maintained. Soul rings didn't appear out of thin air—they still needed to make a trip outside.
On the road, they happened to encounter Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
During these past few days, Dai Mubai had been trying to indirectly inquire about Meng Bei's method for improving soul power.
You have to know, it had only been about six months since Meng Bei joined Shrek Academy, yet his soul power had already risen from the initial level 29 to over level 50.
Six months, at least a 20-level increase in soul power—Dai Mubai was nearly dumbstruck.
He absolutely had to find out Meng Bei's method for improving soul power. If he could get this method, not to mention twenty levels, even ten levels—just a ten-level increase would be enough for him to compete with Dai Weiss on equal terms.
So Dai Mubai had been looking at Meng Bei with extremely fervent eyes these past few days.
Every day he would intentionally or unintentionally create opportunities to meet with Meng Bei, even if it meant being extremely humble!
In comparison, Zhu Zhuqing harbored the same thoughts as Dai Mubai, but she was thin-skinned and would only strike up a conversation or two with Meng Bei under the pretext of training.
When they were at Shrek Academy, Meng Bei and Zhu Zhuqing had teamed up before, and the two often trained together.
However, Zhu Zhuqing was somewhat aloof at the time, and after Meng Bei had Xiao Wu and Rongrong, he lost patience with Zhu Zhuqing and hadn't paid much attention to her since.
Today, when the groups happened to meet and inquired about each other's situations, they discovered that both sides were preparing to hunt soul rings due to soul power breakthroughs.
"Rongrong, weren't you just level 28 a few days ago? Have you broken through to level 30 now?"
Zhu Zhuqing asked with a shocked expression.
"Mm."
Ning Rongrong nodded somewhat embarrassedly:
"Actually, it's not just me. Xiao Wu and Sister Yanyan have also broken through."
Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai's eyes went wide as saucers, his heart shaken beyond measure. He asked Xiao Wu in disbelief: "Xiao Wu, you... you also broke through? To Soul Ancestor?"
Xiao Wu nodded: "Yes."
Dai Mubai's expression was instantly frozen in place.
"This is impossible, this is impossible! How long has it been since you broke through to Soul Elder? How is this possible!"
Xiao Wu didn't speak, only looked toward Meng Bei.
At this moment, Dai Mubai instantly understood.
So that was it.
Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan were all related to Meng Bei.
That's why...
Dai Mubai opened his mouth, the shock in his heart leaving him unable to recover for a long time.
Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing silently watched this scene unfold. At this moment, a sense of absurdity suddenly arose in her heart, and her faith instantly collapsed.
Over these past few years, how much effort had she put in, how much sweat had she shed?
Her talent wasn't high, and she was young. To survive in the imperial succession struggle, she had trained day and night, only hoping to narrow the gap between herself and others.
Ma Hongjun's talent was better than hers, but now she and Ma Hongjun had almost simultaneously reached level 30.
That was something she had forcibly achieved through painstaking effort, nearly catching up to Ma Hongjun's level through almost insane hard training.
Originally, Zhu Zhuqing had felt quite pleased with herself when she broke through to level 30 today, but the situation now before her eyes was like an extremely loud slap across her face.
Ning Rongrong, who was level 28 just a few days ago and barely trained at all daily, had now broken through to level 30 just like her.
Xiao Wu, who was the same age, had even broken through to level 40.
Then what did her efforts amount to!
Recalling all the effort along this journey, a huge sense of unfairness instantly filled her entire being. Zhu Zhuqing stubbornly pressed her lips together, her beautiful cat-like eyes brimming with tears.
At this moment, Meng Bei smiled warmly and extended his hand toward Zhu Zhuqing:
"Since Sister Zhuqing has also broken through, that's perfect—let's go soul hunting together!"
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