11: Get forgiveness

"Oscar, wanna come watch the place with me? Maybe there'll be some beauties," Ma Hongjun said, seeing the task of watching the place fall to him. He pulled Oscar, tempting him to go along.

"I'd rather cultivate. Watching the place is too boring." Oscar pulled his hand back, instantly seeing through Ma Hongjun's idea of getting him to help pick up girls, and intended to leave.

"Alright then. If there are pretty junior sisters, I'll be the first to announce something about our youngest auxiliary-type Soul Venerable and his... hehe."

Ma Hongjun chuckled, looking at Oscar's retreating back, and said slyly.

"You... Fine, I'll go!" Hearing this, Oscar gritted his teeth and agreed to Ma Hongjun's request.

Dai Mubai looked back at the two of them fooling around in the distance and couldn't help but smile. Watching the place was actually a Shrek tradition. After all, there were always some people who wanted to cause trouble, and having an excellent student come out to keep order was very necessary at such times.

Actually, Dai Mubai wasn't against this at all. After all, it was said that only geniuses could enter, and although Shrek's education system was much simpler compared to standard Advanced Soul Master Academies.

But Advanced Soul Master Academies were not places where commoners lining up could afford the tuition fees. Moreover, with two Soul Saints and multiple Soul Emperors on the teaching staff, their strength wasn't weak even within Advanced Soul Master Academies.

Furthermore, Shrek alone helped them hunt Soul Rings for free. Even if those who entered paid ten years of tuition, they might not clear this amount. Even in most Advanced Soul Master Academies, the lack of optimal Soul Ring configurations was due to poverty.

After all, these were Advanced Soul Master Academies, and it was unrealistic for a student's talent to be unable to handle a thousand-year Soul Ring. That left only one reason: poverty.

After all, hunting a thousand-year Soul Beast required at least the Soul King level to ensure safety. Even if you were a student, the academy wouldn't hunt Soul Beasts for you for free; they would at most be slightly cheaper than the market price. Unless you were a direct disciple, it was already good if they charged you a little money to hunt a Soul Beast for you, let alone one with the appropriate age and type. (It's evident that even Boss Xiao, as the boss of Nuoding Academy, could only have a ten-year Soul Ring.)

Therefore, it was common for talented people who went to other Advanced Academies to not meet good teachers and ultimately not get the optimal Soul Ring configuration due to lack of money. However, if such people came to Shrek and passed the assessment, two Soul Saints would help them hunt the most suitable third or even fourth Soul Rings in terms of age and type. If either of them were to help someone hunt a Soul Beast outside, the price would be in the tens of thousands of gold Soul coins.

Moreover, Shrek Academy had also announced the registration requirements: one must reach 2 rings and be no older than 13 years old to be eligible. However, many people saw how glorious those who came out of Shrek were, even knowing how high the threshold for Shrek was.

They also wanted to try their luck. Of course, this was useless. After all, Shrek's tuition fee was even slightly less than that of intermediate academies, yet its teaching staff was equivalent to that of an Advanced Soul Master Academy. Furthermore, wasn't it wishful thinking to have two Soul Saints and several Soul Emperors teach people who had no money and only average talent?

Moreover, Flander and Zhao Wuji lived much more comfortably when they specialized in helping people hunt Soul Rings than they did now. Therefore, Dai Mubai inwardly agreed with and found it reasonable for Shrek to collect a certain registration fee to subsidize them and the several Soul Emperors.

Collecting his thoughts, Dai Mubai walked towards Soto City. Calculating the days, Zhu Zhuqing should have arrived by now.

Inside the dense forest near Soto City.

In the night, five masked Soul Venerables were chasing a girl in black. The girl's slender figure and terrifying weapon combined had no effect on her escape speed. Upon closer inspection, the girl's Soul Power was only at the Soul Grandmaster level, but it seemed that due to her Martial Soul, she could barely maintain her speed and avoid being caught by the people behind her.

Suddenly, a Soul Grandmaster blocked the girl in black's path, looking at her and threatening casually.

"Second Miss, if you don't want to suffer physical pain, hurry and come back with us. The Eldest Miss said to bring you back, but getting a little injured or something is normal, right? And for the Second Miss to encounter something... during her escape, that's also reasonable, right?"

The several Soul Venerables behind also slowly approached, looking at the girl in black with ill-intentioned smiles.

The girl in black sighed softly, looking in the direction of Soto City, thinking that she still wouldn't see that person, when a familiar voice sounded in her ear.

"Oh? Your Eldest Miss told you to lay hands on her? You truly are a bunch of dogs who don't know death is coming."

Dai Mubai slowly walked out of the darkness, looking at the group and mocking them.

"Third Prince? How convenient, we'll take you back together to claim the reward. But before that, you might lose something, like your tongue, hahaha."

The leading Soul Grandmaster looked at Dai Mubai and laughed, after all, their information showed that Dai Mubai was just a Soul Venerable.

Dai Mubai's first reaction was surprise, as this part wasn't in the original plot. It seemed his arrival had caused some changes. But instantly, he was enraged. A few pieces of trash wanted to touch his person? They were truly tired of living.

"Zhu Qing, I'll deal with these pieces of trash first, then we can catch up."

After speaking with his back to Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai directly summoned his Martial Soul, the Gengjin White Tiger, and charged towards the four people.

"Hahaha, you're just a Soul Venerable, and you dare to speak so arrogantly?"

The leader couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, but just as Dai Mubai charged in front of him.

The six immediately chose to activate their Martial Soul Avatars, lighting up their Soul Rings and attacking Dai Mubai. After all, they instantly felt their Martial Souls being suppressed, and this feeling made them cast aside their contempt and become serious immediately.

But Dai Mubai looked at the six as if they were already dead. Without waiting for the six to attack him, Dai Mubai's first Soul Ring lit up, and he leaped into the air. While in the air, Dai Mubai's third Soul Ring also lit up.

"First Soul Skill, Gengjin Awakening Art! Third Soul Skill, Gengjin White Tiger Meteor Shower!"

The moment countless small White Tiger heads rushed towards the six, they only let out screams. When Dai Mubai landed, only six bloody corpses remained.

For Dai Mubai, even if the six had been serious from the start, it would have just meant using his third Soul Skill for two more seconds. At level 49, even if they had been five Soul Kings, they would have died under Dai Mubai's third Soul Skill.

"You... you've become very strong." When Zhu Zhuqing had just tried to warn Dai Mubai, she was already stunned by Dai Mubai's terrifying third Soul Skill. Was that kind of terrifying area-of-effect skill really a third Soul Skill?

It was released for only two seconds, instantly killing one Soul Grandmaster and five Soul Venerables, leaving Zhu Zhuqing completely immersed in shock and unable to extricate herself.

"Hmm... Zhu Qing, should I find a place for you to rest first, or find a healing Soul Master to check if you're injured?"

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing, who was as beautiful as a celestial being, constantly in a daze, Dai Mubai couldn't help but suspect if she had just been injured.

"Hmm... let's go to a place to rest. My injuries are basically fine."

Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but blush, seeing Dai Mubai so concerned about her. After all, Dai Mubai was handsome to begin with, and he had descended from the sky to save her, displaying terrifying strength. Zhu Zhuqing had imagined such a scene, but she never expected it to become reality today.

Inside the hotel.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at the still-absent Dai Mubai and couldn't help but recall the battle just now. With such terrifying strength, Mu Bai must be a Soul King by now, right? What did he sacrifice all these years? Those rumors were indeed false. With such terrifying strength, why didn't Mu Bai come find me?

Dai Mubai pushed open the door with medicine in hand, saw Zhu Zhuqing still in a daze, softly interrupted her, and looked at Zhu Zhuqing, saying.

"I just saw you weren't walking right, so I bought some medicine. I'll apply it for you."

"Okay."

After Zhu Zhuqing let out a mosquito-like sound, she said no more.

After Dai Mubai knelt in front of Zhu Zhuqing, he looked at her jade feet wearing black stockings. He didn't show it on the surface, but inwardly he couldn't help but praise himself for being so blessed.

After slowly taking them off, the contrast between the fair, tender jade feet and the black stockings made Dai Mubai almost swallow his saliva. This scene was truly captivating.

Seeing Dai Mubai's intimate actions towards her, Zhu Zhuqing's face flushed red. She thought to herself: Although she was nominally Dai Mubai's fiancée, nothing substantial had happened between them yet. Could it be today? Should she agree later? Would Dai Mubai be unhappy if she resisted?

When Dai Mubai saw that scar, he couldn't help but grit his teeth. If he had known earlier, he would have whipped the corpses. How dare they ruin such a perfect masterpiece from heaven? Then, while applying the medicine, he looked up at the blushing Zhu Zhuqing to see if it hurt.

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head slightly, inwardly sighing at Dai Mubai's thoughtfulness once again.

At this moment, Dai Mubai seemed to start talking to himself.

"After I left, I was still cultivating ordinarily over a year ago. By chance, my Martial Soul underwent a terrifying mutation. Since then, my cultivation speed has multiplied several times, and then I obtained an Immortal Herb, which improved all aspects of myself, including my Soul Power. Zhu Qing, don't worry, this Immortal Herb won't hinder your growth. Of course, I also saved one for you. I'll take it out for you now..."

As Dai Mubai stood up to take out the Immortal Herb, Zhu Zhuqing, hearing this, could no longer hold back and hugged Dai Mubai. Zhu Zhuqing thought to herself that she had previously doubted if he was truly guilty, yet Mu Bai had never relaxed his efforts. She actually believed the rumors.

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing like this, Dai Mubai also involuntarily hugged her back. Feeling Zhu Zhuqing's soft and delicate body, certain parts of Dai Mubai changed.