Chapter 27: Tang Ya — Oi, Junior, I'll Treat You to Grilled Fish
An hour later.
Ye Chen and Wang Dong finished cultivating.
"Ye Chen, did your secret technique get stronger? Why do I feel like our cultivation speed increased compared to daytime?"
Wang Dong blinked her beautiful blue-and-pink eyes, looking at Ye Chen curiously.
"Mm, this secret technique has a special trait: the better the tacit understanding between the two people cultivating, the faster the cultivation speed."
"You have already cultivated with me once, so following my rhythm now will naturally feel better than the first time."
Ye Chen nodded as he spoke.
He had changed "intimacy" into "tacit understanding."
Otherwise Wang Dong might start thinking in the wrong direction.
"Really? So our tacit understanding is that good~"
Wang Dong's eyes brightened slightly, feeling inexplicably happy.
"Alright, using the secret technique is a bit tiring. Let's rest." Ye Chen waved his hand, pretending to be exhausted.
"Okay, okay, then you rest well. Thanks~"
Wang Dong nodded repeatedly, got off Ye Chen's bed, and burrowed back into her own little blanket.
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Very soon, Ye Chen turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Even though it was a brand-new dormitory, Ye Chen slept soundly.
It was Wang Dong who could not sleep for a long time. She lay on her side, using the faint light from outside the window to secretly watch Ye Chen.
For some reason, she felt that even when Ye Chen was asleep, he was still so attractive...
This was the first time she had met such a perfect boy; in every aspect he made her heart warm with affection.
"Wu... don't tell me I've fallen for him..."
Wang Dong touched her slightly feverish cheeks, feeling that it was a bit unbelievable, yet also reasonable.
From a young age, she had shown extremely outstanding talent. No matter what she learned, she picked it up quickly, and her cultivation base was far ahead of her peers.
Even though there had been plenty of admirers in the Clear Sky Sect, none of them ever caught her eye.
Forget liking them—those blockheads who only knew how to forge metal did not even make her want to spare them a second glance.
She came to Shrek Academy partly because she was interested in the academy itself, and partly because she was interested in the geniuses of Shrek.
But when she first arrived, she had been a little disappointed. The so-called number one academy on the continent actually had an 11th-rank piece of iron trash...
The others were not worth mentioning.
Although she had lost to Huo Yuhao on the first day, that was only because she had been careless. If they really fought seriously, she was confident she could rub Huo Yuhao's face into the ground.
Mm, but she also had to admit that Huo Yuhao was quite lucky. By accident he had obtained the Mysterious Water Pill and Soul-Enhancing Pill. Otherwise he would still be just a 12th-rank piece of scrap.
Aside from Huo Yuhao's desperation and good luck, which made her take a second look, everyone else was just so-so in her eyes.
Even those so-called 28th- and 29th-rank monsters were nothing special to her. As long as she worked a bit harder, she could easily catch up.
Only, when it came to Ye Chen, she felt as though she was staring up at an unscalable mountain.
It was only after meeting Ye Chen that she understood what a real "monster" was.
"First Dad and Second Dad said my father was really amazing when he was young. I wonder, compared to my dad back then, who's stronger—Ye Chen or him..."
Wang Dong's eyelids grew heavy, and at last... she slowly drifted into sleep.
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The next morning.
Ye Chen got up early.
Wang Dong, having been disciplined by Zhou Yi, did not dare sleep in at all, terrified of being late.
The two of them did a simple wash-up and walked out of the dormitory side by side.
By coincidence, Huo Yuhao and Long San from the diagonally opposite dorm also came out.
Huo Yuhao was already small and skinny, and standing next to Long San he looked as if he would shatter with a single touch...
The four of them met, eight eyes locking onto one another.
Huo Yuhao's gaze landed on Ye Chen, full of deep hostility.
"Just you wait. Sooner or later, I'll surpass you!" Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, tossed out the line, and turned to leave.
"Uh, what's with him? Long San, did you bully him last night?" Ye Chen glanced at Long San, a bit baffled.
"Hehe, Boss, don't slander me." Long San chuckled, then joked, "If anything, it should be you two. You must've had a great time last night~"
Long San cast Ye Chen and Wang Dong a meaningful look.
"Damn it, Long San, don't talk nonsense. Believe it or not, I'll beat you up?" Ye Chen's face darkened, feeling like his character had been insulted.
Wang Dong, however, was still pure as ever. She blinked her bright, lively eyes, looking adorably clueless, clearly not understanding what Long San's gaze implied.
"Don't, don't, Boss, my bad... I'll leave first~"
Feeling the dangerous look in Ye Chen's eyes, Long San shrank his neck and quickly ran off.
Even though his build was big and sturdy, he was only a rank-21 Grand Soul Master.
If he really provoked Ye Chen, he would definitely get pinned to the ground and rubbed into it.
"What were you talking about? Why don't I get it?"
Only then did Wang Dong come over curiously, scratching her head with a blank expression.
"That's grown-up business. Kids shouldn't ask." Ye Chen flicked Wang Dong's forehead and turned to leave.
"Hey, who are you calling a kid? You're not that much older than me! Ye Chen, you jerk, get back here and explain yourself..."
Wang Dong was furious.
He had actually underestimated her!
Unforgivable!
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Class time was, of course, dull and boring.
Practical combat classes, physical training classes, theoretical classes—all in rotation.
Aside from knowledge about soul tools being somewhat useful to Ye Chen, the rest of it was honestly not very helpful to him.
And the various classes made Ye Chen completely disappointed in Shrek's teaching system.
After just a month, the class had already split into two extremes.
On one side were those with backing and influence. With cultivation resources and intensive training, their soul power progressed rapidly, and several had already risen by one rank.
On the other side were those without resources, whose soul power levels hovered around rank 16 or 17—barely entry level. No matter how much they trained, their soul power hardly improved. After three months, they would probably still be stuck in place. If they were lucky, they might gain a rank, but in the end they would just be cannon fodder, eliminated among the 50%, reduced to mere supporting roles for others.
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Afternoon.
After school, Ye Chen turned down dinner invitations from Wu Feng and Ning Tian and headed instead to the area outside Shrek City's east gate.
There, many small vendors had set up stalls.
The most popular one, naturally, was Huo Yuhao's grilled fish stall.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao had just opened for business, and a number of students had already gathered, lining up of their own accord.
Although Ye Chen had arrived late, a few female students blushed and voluntarily made space for him, letting him move up near the front of the line.
Next to Huo Yuhao's grilled fish stall, Tang Ya was diligently helping out—and taking the chance to sneak a few bites of grilled fish.
Just then, Tang Ya seemed to sense something. She lifted her gaze slightly and locked eyes with Ye Chen.
"Ah, it's him..."
The moment Tang Ya saw Ye Chen, her eyes lit up.
The first time she met him, she had thought this junior was especially handsome and wanted to pull him into the Tang Sect as their new face of beauty.
Later, after asking around, she learned that Ye Chen not only had an incredible face but also terrifying strength, even stronger than Bei Bei—he was the undisputed rookie king.
That made her even more determined to recruit Ye Chen into the Tang Sect.
A talent this good obviously belonged in the Tang Sect!
Thinking of this, Tang Ya hurriedly waved at him and shouted, "Oi, junior, over here! Your senior will treat you to grilled fish~"
(END CHAPTER)
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