39: Chapter 39 Protecting Zhu Qing, Castrating Dai Mubai, and Expelling Him from Shrek Academy

Looking at Yu Xiaogang's departure, Su Ling was also speechless. If one didn't interact with the person and only read the Douluo novel, it might seem okay, but after just one interaction, Su Ling had the urge to slap him to death.

In the original work, no one could influence Tang San's status among the Shrek Seven Devils. Although Dai Mubai was the nominal captain, in reality, the entire team had to listen to Tang San.

All along, Dai Mubai had posed no threat to Tang San's status, so Yu Xiaogang hadn't revealed this side of himself.

Or rather, the tactical positioning of Shrek Academy that he had conceived was all centered around Tang San.

[Ding... Ning Rongrong favorability +3, obtained white treasure chest * 2]

In Ning Rongrong's room, holding the bottle in her hand, she whispered: "This really is good stuff. If this were placed at the auction in Heaven Dou City, even if it cost one million gold coins per pill, Daddy would buy it."

Zhu Zhuqing had broken through to level thirty in a very short time. She had only taken one just now, and its medicinal effect was comparable to her cultivating for nearly a month or two.

Taking another one, she reckoned she would be able to increase from level twenty-seven to level twenty-eight.

"There are still eight pills left in the bottle, that should be enough for me to reach level thirty, right? Brother Su, I really owe you a huge favor. How can I repay you?"

"It seems you aren't short on gold coins either!"

"Brother Su is so talented, we must pull him into our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. But Brother Su said he wants to marry into a family; if he only chooses me, what should I do?"

"But Zhuqing seems to like Brother Su too, sigh... This is really difficult to handle."

[Ding... Ning Rongrong favorability +5, obtained white treasure chest * 2, yellow treasure chest * 1]

Two consecutive notifications of favorability increases from Ning Rongrong; this little girl must have felt the benefits after taking the primary spirit power pill.

The Soul Power pill was for helping Spirit Masters quickly increase their Soul Power, and it was produced from a yellow treasure chest. In Su Ling's view, such a precious item wouldn't be out of place even if it came from a purple treasure chest.

First, use the Soul Power pills to help these goddesses increase their Soul Power and reorganize some favorability, and finally, use the immortal item for an explosive increase.

[Ding... Huo Wu favorability +4, obtained purple treasure chest * 2, black treasure chest * 1]

[Ding... Huo Wu favorability reached 90]

Huo Wu's favorability again?

At this moment, in the Sunset Forest, Huo Wu had finally found her fourth spirit ring, which had taken over a month to find.

With the help of the ten-thousand-year Fire Cloud Ganoderma, she wouldn't settle; she had to find the best Spirit Beast suitable for her.

After successfully absorbing the spirit ring, Huo Wu did not stop. The medicinal effect of the ten-thousand-year Fire Cloud Ganoderma continued to take effect, boosting her Soul Power to level forty-four in one go, which was why Su Ling's favorability had increased again.

A favorability of 90 was already the same as Zhu Zhuqing's. All skill effects continued to increase, and a new skill was added. However, the newly added skill was the same as Zhu Zhuqing's: sensing danger.

[Remaining unopened treasure chests: white * 74, yellow * 15, purple * 8, black * 3]

Three more black treasure chests?

Su Ling returned to his room along the way. The room was clean and tidy without a speck of dust, which meant someone must have been coming to help him clean while he was out.

"System, open all three black treasure chests." Su Ling said directly.

[Ding... Opened three black treasure chests, congratulations to the host for obtaining: high-grade Soul Power pill * 3 bottles, 30,000-year Spirit Bone * 1, Spirit Bone Condensation Auxiliary Liquid * 1]

[High-grade Soul Power pill: Very useful for Spirit Ancestor, secondary for Spirit King, almost useless for Spirit Emperor]

[30,000-year Spirit Bone: Fire attribute left arm bone, excellent quality.]

[Spirit Bone Condensation Auxiliary Liquid: Can be used on Spirit Beasts under 100,000 years. Drip it into their body before the Spirit Master kills them, wait for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, then kill them. There is a 100% chance to condense a Spirit Bone, and a 10% chance to condense an external Spirit Bone.]

Three items, each one was good stuff.

The high-grade Soul Power pill could be used by Su Ling himself now. The fire attribute Spirit Bone could be given to others; it was definitely impossible to give it to Ma Hongjun. His items had to be given to the goddesses first, then exchanged for favorability to continue getting treasure chests.

The fire attribute Spirit Bone should either be given to Liu Erlong now or saved for Huo Wu.

As for the last one, black treasure chests could yield ten-thousand-year-level Spirit Bones, but condensing a Spirit Bone had a 10% chance of getting an external Spirit Bone, which meant infinite possibilities.

In short, Su Ling liked the items opened from these three black treasure chests.

"Continue, open all the purple treasure chests." Su Ling said.

[Ding... Opened eight purple treasure chests, congratulations to the host for obtaining: Intermediate Soul Power pill * 5 bottles, thousand-year healing Spirit Ability card * 2, thousand-year blood ginseng * 1, Intermediate Soul Power recovery liquid * 5 bottles, Speak the Truth card * 1]

Su Ling had experienced healing Spirit Ability cards before; the thousand-year healing Spirit Ability card was still useful and could treat general injuries.

The Soul Power recovery liquid could quickly restore Soul Power in a short time.

But what did this "Speak the Truth" card mean?

[Speak the Truth card: After use, it can make a person speak their most truthful words from the heart. Note: Only effective on Spirit Masters below the Spirit King level.]

"It can be considered useful!" Su Ling whispered.

The purple treasure chests were opened. Looking at the yellow treasure chests, Su Ling decided not to open them this time.

After all, Ning Rongrong had already been given the primary spirit power pill. After advancing to Spirit Elder, only the Intermediate Soul Power pill would have a good effect.

Didn't he just get five bottles of Intermediate Soul Power pills?

Taking out a bottle of high-grade Soul Power pills, Su Ling poured one out, took it, and began to Cultivate.

At this time, Zhu Zhuqing was also taking the Intermediate Soul Power pill Su Ling had given her.

After taking one, the majestic medicinal effect was unleashed.

She had also finished taking the primary spirit power pill after leveling up to level thirty and obtaining her spirit ring, so her Soul Power was now close to the Peak of level thirty-one.

Under the effect of this Intermediate Soul Power pill, after more than an hour, her Soul Power had once again completed an increase.

"Level thirty-two?" Zhu Zhuqing felt like she was dreaming. It turned out that increasing Soul Power was so simple.

Feeling the change in her body's Soul Power intensity, Zhu Zhuqing was quite happy.

"Brother Su, you are too good to me, thank you." Zhu Zhuqing whispered.

With changes here for Zhu Zhuqing, Su Ling immediately received feedback.

[Ding... Zhu Zhuqing favorability +1, obtained red treasure chest * 1]

A voice directly woke up the cultivating Su Ling. Relying on the medicinal effect of the high-grade Soul Power pill, his Soul Power had reached the Peak of level forty-five, stuck on the verge of a Breakthrough.

This voice interrupted Su Ling's cultivation.

The first red treasure chest, how could Su Ling not be excited?

He immediately stopped cultivating and recited in his heart: System, open the red treasure chest.

[Ding... Opened red treasure chest, congratulations to the host for obtaining: Supreme Hunyuan Scripture (Basic Part 1)]

This is a Cultivation Technique?

Come on, it's a red treasure chest, did you have to be so stingy?

Basic is one thing, but it's only the first part?

Could it be that it thinks the Douluo World is too low-level, so a basic first part is more than enough?

[Supreme Hunyuan Scripture (Basic Part 1), does the host accept the Legacy?]

"Accept!"

Suddenly, Su Ling's mind was filled with some obscure and difficult-to-understand information.

This time it seemed he only received the Legacy information, not allowing him to master it directly.

And what he could understand now seemed to be only one cultivation path within it.

So Su Ling began to circulate his Soul Power to Cultivate according to the path above.

He didn't know how long had passed, and no one disturbed him during this time.

It wasn't until the System's voice sounded again that Su Ling was pulled out of his cultivation.

[Detected toxins in Zhu Zhuqing's body, 400 meters southwest of the host, please go and save the goddess as soon as possible.]

"Damn, Zhuqing is in danger."

Su Ling got up, broke through the door, and rushed out at his fastest speed.

He didn't expect the danger sensing to take effect so quickly, but who in Shrek Academy could have poisoned Zhu Zhuqing?

At this moment, more than 400 meters away.

Zhu Zhuqing had already felt something abnormal in her body.

"Dai Mubai, you, you actually poisoned me." Zhu Zhuqing felt uncomfortable, her face flushed red.

Dai Mubai said lightly: "I have no choice, who told you to get involved with that Su Ling. You are my fiancée, I am a prince of the Star Luo Empire, how could you do such a thing?"

"So, today I must make you completely my woman, Su Ling can't even think about it." Dai Mubai said coldly.

These three months, he had been restraining himself, wanting to win back Zhu Zhuqing when Su Ling was away.

But no matter how hard he tried, Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have become a different person, treating him like a stranger.

If it were just dissatisfaction with him, he could still accept it.

But Zhu Zhuqing had fallen in love with someone else, and it was the person he hated the most, which made him uneasy.

Seeing that they were about to go to Heaven Dou City, if he didn't make a move now, the chances of making a move later would be even smaller.

And the best way he could think of right now was to make it a done deal.

So tonight, when it was quiet, he made an appointment with Zhu Zhuqing. Originally Zhu Zhuqing wouldn't agree, but Dai Mubai said he would only see her once today to explain things clearly.

If she insisted on leaving, he would never pester her again in the future, but the prerequisite was for her to come out and let him explain properly.

Hearing Dai Mubai say this, Zhu Zhuqing wanted to end it all completely, and she didn't want Dai Mubai to emphasize that she was his fiancée in front of others at any time.

There was another point: if Dai Mubai gave up voluntarily, she and Su Ling might not be hunted down by the Star Luo Empire in the future.

Two reasons made her agree to come out with Dai Mubai to clarify their relationship.

But she never expected that Dai Mubai would actually drug her.

"Dai Mubai, it's one thing to be timid and cowardly, but you actually resorted to drugging me, using such dirty means. It seems I was right to leave you." Zhu Zhuqing said coldly.

After speaking, Zhu Zhuqing ran towards Shrek Academy.

But when she moved, Dai Mubai had already blocked her way back.

Zhu Zhuqing immediately released her Spirit. In terms of strength, although Dai Mubai was stronger than her, in terms of speed, Dai Mubai couldn't catch up to her.

But when her Spirit was released, Zhu Zhuqing found her mind feeling a bit dizzy.

An inexplicable urge, physical desire was erupting.

"Zhuqing, for you, I spent quite a few gold coins on this medicine. Spirit Masters below the Spirit Ancestor level absolutely cannot resist it. Just honestly submit to me today. The more you circulate your Soul Power, the faster the medicinal effect will take effect."

After speaking, Dai Mubai pushed Zhu Zhuqing to the ground, then took out a simple tent, the kind that can be set up as soon as it's opened.

At this time, Zhu Zhuqing's consciousness was changing, and she was not very clear-headed.

The medicinal effect began to take effect, and she began to take off her clothes unconsciously.

"Hmph, how could I let you be cheap for Su Ling? You are my fiancée, you were in the past, you are now, and you will be in the future. No one can snatch you away." Dai Mubai's eyes were full of desire.

Originally, he should have been the boss of Shrek Academy, the strongest, everyone should respect him the most, and his fiancée should have come to him.

But this Su Ling didn't die after failing to absorb a spirit ring, and even defeated him head-on. Everyone respected Su Ling, and even his own fiancée had fallen in love with the person he hated most.

All things accumulated one by one, causing him to change.

Dai Mubai smiled with an evil glint in his eyes and said: "Don't blame me for this, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself, and that Su Ling."

"No, don't, you can't do this..." Zhu Zhuqing still had a shred of consciousness left, trying her best to stop Dai Mubai.

"It's too late, hmph!"

After saying this, Dai Mubai reached down to pull the fallen Zhu Zhuqing toward the nearby tent.

Just as he bent down to reach out.

With a swish, an arrow pierced directly through Dai Mubai's palm.

"Ah..."

Dai Mubai let out a miserable scream, blood beginning to spill from his pierced palm.

"Su Ling, it's you!" Dai Mubai turned to look.

Su Ling's next arrow arrived. Dai Mubai immediately activated his Spirit, his hands transforming into tiger claws as he prepared to block, but how could Su Ling's current arrows be blocked as easily as before?

With a loud boom, Dai Mubai was sent flying over ten meters away by Su Ling's arrow.

Su Ling quickly strode to Zhu Zhuqing's side.

"Zhuqing, wake up."

However, Zhu Zhuqing had already completely lost consciousness; driven only by the most primal instinctual desire, she grabbed Su Ling and kissed him.

This was not the time to take advantage of the situation, so Su Ling immediately took out a high-grade antidote pill and placed it into Zhu Zhuqing's mouth.

"Swallow it!" Su Ling said.

But perhaps because Zhu Zhuqing instinctively felt the medicine was bitter, she actually tried to spit it out.

"Sigh..."

With no other choice, Su Ling had to use his mouth to press against hers, then used his Soul Power to push the medicine inside.

But Zhu Zhuqing's tongue was moving around in her mouth, making things very difficult.

After about a dozen breaths, Su Ling finally pulled away and let out a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, the commotion here seemed to have attracted some people.

Realizing someone was coming, Su Ling quickly took off his own clothes and covered Zhu Zhuqing with them, concealing her exposed parts.

At this moment, Flender and Liu Erlong arrived almost simultaneously.

"What is going on?" Flender shouted sternly.

"Dean, this Su Ling is truly a scoundrel. He actually tried to make a move on my fiancée and even drugged Zhuqing; he wanted to violate her."

"I tried to stop him and even took two arrows for it." Dai Mubai immediately went to Flender's side to complain.

Because Su Ling was right next to the tent at this moment, and Zhu Zhuqing was wearing the clothes Su Ling had just taken off.

All of this pointed to the fact that Zhu Zhuqing's current state was caused by Su Ling, and had nothing to do with him, Dai Mubai.

With his plot exposed, Dai Mubai thought quickly and could only shift the blame onto Su Ling.

The drug's effect would last at least two hours, and to be safe, he had used a larger amount, so it wouldn't be easy for Zhu Zhuqing to recover anytime soon.

With this time, he could take the opportunity to leave Shrek.

Anyway, with his Peak level 37 Soul Power, there was nowhere in this World he couldn't go. There was no need to keep staying at Shrek and endure humiliation, and this wasn't the first time he had fled!

Su Ling said, "Dean, it's not as Dai Mubai says."

However, Zhu Zhuqing's consciousness had not yet fully returned, and Su Ling still had one hand on her; how was anyone supposed to judge the situation?

"Su Ling, is what Dai Mubai said true?"

Flender's expression was heavy, and a trace of heart-palpitating Killing Intent was released from Liu Erlong beside him.

Su Ling said, "Dean, I don't want to explain who is right or wrong. Once Zhuqing wakes up, everything will be clear."

"Sister Liu, please look after Zhuqing."

Hearing Su Ling say this, Liu Erlong walked over and said, "Hmph, it better not be you."

With Liu Erlong looking after Zhu Zhuqing, Su Ling felt relieved.

"I just fed Zhuqing the antidote, she will wake up in a moment," Su Ling said.

Antidote? Dai Mubai secretly thought, "Not good."

But why would Su Ling have an antidote for this?

One must know that Su Ling possessed a high-grade antidote pill produced by the System, which was overkill for the drug Dai Mubai had used.

Thinking of this, Dai Mubai wanted to flee.

But at this moment, many people from Shrek Academy had also chased after them.

The main reason was that the commotion just now had been significant; first, Dai Mubai's miserable scream had carried far in the quiet night, and the previous strike had also caused quite a stir.

Just as the others arrived, the high-grade antidote pill took effect.

Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes hazily.

But the next moment, she recalled what Dai Mubai had been about to do to her before she lost consciousness.

Her eyes instantly became filled with terror.

"Dai Mubai, don't come over."

"Don't come over!"

"Zhuqing, you're fine now. I stopped Dai Mubai, and he didn't do anything to you," Su Ling said.

But at this moment, Dai Mubai turned to run. His plan had failed, and he could no longer stay at Shrek.

"Where are you going?" Flender blocked Dai Mubai's path directly.

He couldn't run! Dai Mubai thought for a moment, and ignoring his injuries, he stood up straight instead.

"Zhuqing is my fiancée. I ask that you all do not interfere in matters between her and me." Dai Mubai glanced at Flender who was blocking him, then walked straight toward Zhu Zhuqing.

By now, Zhu Zhuqing's emotions had stabilized, and the others who arrived were confused, not knowing what had just happened.

"Su Ling, why did you seduce my fiancée? You even confessed to her today; do you think I didn't see it?" Dai Mubai said sternly.

At this moment, it seemed as if he were the victim.

Su Ling said, "I admit it, I like Zhuqing. So what?"

"Haha, you all heard it, right? This can't be blamed on me. It's all because of Su Ling that Zhuqing ignores me. I admit that drugging her was wrong, but I did it to keep Zhuqing, because she is my fiancée. You don't need to manage what I do to my own fiancée!"

"Su Ling, do you think Zhuqing is someone you can just have if you want?"

"Let me tell you, once Zhuqing is with you, both of you will be hunted down by our Star Luo Empire and the Nether Civet Family. You are harming her; only by my side is she safest," Dai Mubai said coldly.

At this moment, he actually had a trace of a prince's Aura.

But so what?

Zhu Zhuqing said, "Dai Mubai, I told you long ago that I don't like you. From the moment you abandoned me three years ago, there hasn't been much possibility for us."

"I like Su Ling. Even if we are hunted by you in the future, I have already lived through such days in Star Luo City for three years, so a bit more time doesn't matter. What's important is being with the person I like, not a coward who only knows how to flee."

"That's right, Zhuqing is right. If you have the ability, come and get us; I, Su Ling, am not afraid."

"Good, very good. You all saw it, right?"

"Fine, since that's the case, I can't stay at Shrek anymore. I'm leaving. Let's see how long you can hold on." After saying this, Dai Mubai turned and left.

"Did I say you could leave?"

Su Ling walked straight forward. Rather than letting Dai Mubai take information back, it would be better to kill him.

Flender didn't speak. Tang San and the others had only just understood the situation after arriving, and Tang San actually felt quite happy.

Before this, Xiao Wu had kept telling him how good Su Ling was, and he was afraid that Xiao Wu had fallen for Su Ling. Now it was good; Su Ling and Zhu Zhuqing had confirmed their mutual feelings, so his Xiao Wu was safe.

Liu Erlong didn't speak. In her view, no matter how well Dai Mubai spoke, he shouldn't have used drugs to force Zhu Zhuqing; such a person deserved to die.

Su Ling blocked Dai Mubai. With his Spirit protecting his body, Dai Mubai faced Su Ling and immediately activated his third Spirit Ability, White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

However, Su Ling was empty-handed and hadn't even released his Spirit.

"Not using your Spirit? Very good, are you looking down on me?"

Dai Mubai threw a punch, and Su Ling also threw a punch, directly unleashing the fourth punch of the Eight Desolations Fist, each punch increasing his punching power by 30%.

The fourth punch was 220% of Su Ling's punching power, and Su Ling's strength was no longer what it used to be. As this punch landed and Dai Mubai was sent flying, there was also the sound of bones shattering.

"Go to hell!" Su Ling chased after him, intending to deliver a fatal blow.

"Wait! Dai Mubai cannot be killed."

Who else could it be but Great Master Yu Xiaogang?

"Xiaogang, why are you stopping Su Ling?" Liu Erlong said.

Yu Xiaogang said, "Dai Mubai is the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire. If he dies here, we will all be hunted down by the Star Luo Imperial Family. If he dies in a royal competition, it's fine, but if he dies at the hands of others, isn't that a slap in the face to the Star Luo Imperial Family? At that time, every one of us will be in danger."

"Su Ling, you cannot put everyone in danger for your own sake."

It must be said that Yu Xiaogang's moral kidnapping was executed well; Su Ling was left speechless.

"Boss Fu, what do you say?" Yu Xiaogang looked at Flender.

Flender said, "Xiaogang, what you said is not wrong."

After saying this, Flender looked at Dai Mubai and then tossed out an antique-looking box.

"I won't say anything else. Dai Mubai, I found this near where Su Ling was absorbing his fourth spirit ring. That group of Bloodthirsty Magic Ants was lured by you, right?"

"That's right, I did it." Dai Mubai said.

"It's good that you admitted it. I won't mention the matter with your fiancée; that can be considered a private affair. But you harming a fellow academy student is something our academy cannot tolerate. So, from now on, you are no longer a member of my Shrek." Flender said.

"Su Ling, you handle this Dai Mubai yourself."

Su Ling didn't act immediately, but turned back to look at Zhu Zhuqing, saying, "Zhuqing, what do you think?"

"Brother Su, the Star Luo Empire can come to hunt us down, but it shouldn't implicate everyone else," Zhu Zhuqing said.

"Good, I understand." Su Ling walked up to Dai Mubai.

"Go. But remember, your life is only temporarily spared; sooner or later, I will come to collect it," Su Ling said.

Just when Dai Mubai smugly thought that Su Ling didn't dare to take action against him, a loud bang was heard.

Su Ling suddenly kicked Dai Mubai right in the crotch.

Accompanied by a clear shattering sound, almost all the males present were startled by Su Ling.

Two eggs were smashed.

"Ah..."

"Pain!"

"Su Ling, I will never forgive you, I will definitely kill you, ah..."

"I won't kill you today, but you must pay the price for your actions tonight, and we will settle our grudges later."

After saying this, Su Ling walked to Zhu Zhuqing's side and continued, "Zhuqing, I will protect you from now on."

[Ding... Zhu Zhuqing favorability +3, obtained purple treasure chest *1, black treasure chest *2]

[Ding... Ning Rongrong favorability +2, obtained yellow treasure chest *1]

[Ding... Xiao Wu favorability +1, obtained white treasure chest *1]

[Ding... Feng Yuer favorability +3, obtained white treasure chest *2]

[Ding... Jiang Zhu favorability +2, obtained white treasure chest *1]

[Ding... Liu Erlong favorability +5, obtained white treasure chest *2, yellow treasure chest *1]

[Ding... Liu Erlong favorability is greater than or equal to 60, bind?]

A series of sounds told Su Ling that what he had just done was right, or at least it had been approved by the goddesses present.

"Yes, System, bind Liu Erlong!" Su Ling thought to himself.

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