After the little princess and the Eastern Phoenix returned to the skies above the City of Sin, they ordered the two strange beasts to descend directly towards the Divine Wind Academy.
The residents of the city exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the Tiger King in the sky:
"Look, the Flying Tiger Bandit!"
"Yes, it was her. She not only stole my money, but also ordered that flying tiger to breathe fire and burn off my beard."
"She has finally been captured by the people of Kamikaze Academy, and now the world is at peace."
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The little princess looked down at the Divine Wind Academy on the ground from the air, without the slightest sign of tension. She seemed to be there to clear her name, and there was not a single flaw in her demeanor.
"Sister Phoenix, I'm so heartbroken. That bastard treated me like that. I've decided to never speak to him again. Can I train with you at the Divine Wind Academy?"
Although Dongfang Fenghuang didn't completely trust the little princess, her goodwill towards her had grown along the way. Upon hearing this, she smiled and said, "Of course you can, but you'll have to go through a series of tests before you can join."
"Oh." The little princess looked just like an innocent young girl at that moment.
After the two strange beasts landed on the ground, the little princess jumped off Tiger King Xiaoyu, then waved her hand, and Xiaoyu shrunk to the size of a kitten and pounced into her arms.
Dongfang Fenghuang was greatly surprised, never expecting that the Tiger King knew the art of transformation. Her golden eagle was a descendant of the divine bird Dapeng and could already be considered a rare and precious beast, but it was clearly inferior to Xiaoyu now.
When the two stepped into the Divine Wind Academy, it caused a sensation, not only because the little princess was the legendary Flying Tiger Thief, but also because both of them were stunningly beautiful.
Dongfang Fenghuang led the little princess through the crowd and went straight to the academy's faculty quarters. The vice dean had already been informed and sent someone to lead the two into his study.
"Such a fine young man, yet he's become a bandit! How could such a young man be so corrupt? Luckily, we caught you, otherwise, wouldn't you have turned this city of sin upside down?"
"Uncle, I know I was wrong, but everything was done by that guy named Chen Bei. He's the mastermind behind it all."
The vice dean laughed and said, "Hehe, young lady, stop lying. I already know the truth. When you came to our college to register that day, have you forgotten the old man who told you about the tuition?"
The little princess was taken aback and exclaimed, "Ah, it's you..."
"Yes, I didn't expect that less than half an hour after you left the academy, rumors of a robbery would spread outside the East City. When one of my students arrived there, he saw a young man in the distance who seemed to be trying to persuade you to stop. I think that young man must be Chen Bei, the one you mentioned."
"Your student must have seen wrong. It was me who begged Chen Bei to stop."
"Hehe, little girl, stop making excuses. If it weren't for your flying tiger, which makes you elusive, you would have been caught by my student long ago. He saw everything about you. Based on the information he gave me, plus what you said, I've concluded that this matter has nothing to do with Chen Bei."
"That old geezer, that stinky old man, that wicked old man... and that wretched student..." The little princess cursed the two of them a thousand times in her heart.
Dongfang Fenghuang glared at the little princess and said, "You little slob, you really are lying. Luckily, I didn't completely believe you."
Seeing that her "lie plot" had been exposed, the little princess said pitifully, "It's not my fault! This old geezer said I had to pay three thousand gold coins every semester. Where would I get that much money? But I really wanted to join the Divine Wind Academy, so I had no choice... that's why..."
Upon hearing the little princess call the vice-dean a "stinky old man," one of the two people inside chuckled, while the other awkwardly touched his nose. Looking at the little princess's innocent appearance, it was impossible to stay angry.
Dongfang Fenghuang asked, "Dean, what do you think we should do?"
The vice dean said, "According to city regulations, thieves and robbers must be imprisoned for five years. Let's send her to the city lord's mansion later."
"Ah, no! I want to join the Divine Wind Academy, I don't want to be imprisoned! You old bastard, I know I was wrong! Look at me, I'm only sixteen, I don't know anything, I don't understand anything, please let me go!" The little princess played the sympathy card. If Chen Nan were here, he would definitely sigh, why did he let this little devil wear the clothes of an angel?
"I think the city lords will show leniency because of your young age."
The vice dean smiled and said, "I estimate you'll only be locked up for three years at most. You'll just be washing dishes, doing mending, or doing other heavy work."
"No!" The little princess was really anxious now. To make a royal princess do such a thing would be worse than killing her.
The vice dean said, "Phoenix, keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't escape. I'll send someone to inform the city lord's mansion later."
The little princess blinked her big eyes, looking pitifully at the vice-principal. Although she didn't plead anymore, her expression was incredibly endearing. An ordinary person would never have the heart to make things difficult for her, but the vice-principal seemed determined. He waved his hand and said, "Phoenix, take her out."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade the vice-principal, the little princess screamed as she walked out, "You old geezer, you stinky old man, you wicked old man! You made me say all those nice things for nothing! I curse you to lose all your hair and teeth..."
"Bang!" The vice-dean quickly slammed the door shut, let out a long sigh, and said, "What a little trouble!"
After the little princess came out of the vice-principal's study, she was about to ask Xiaoyu to transform and escape when Dongfang Fenghuang conjured up a small fireball as if by magic, which kept spinning around the little princess.
Dongfang Fenghuang said, "Don't underestimate this little fireball. It can destroy a house in an instant. If you don't believe me, you can try running away."
The little princess was extremely dejected upon hearing this, and said listlessly, "Sister Phoenix, you really don't trust me?"
"I'd never believe you. You're a liar; you haven't told a single truth."
"But I'm telling the truth now, I really don't want to run away anymore."
"Nobody would believe you."
"Alright, if you don't believe me, fine. But could you show me around the academy?"
Dongfang Fenghuang looked at her, and only after confirming that she couldn't come up with anything interesting did she say, "Alright, come with me."
While walking around the academy, the two stunning beauties attracted the attention of countless people, and in the end, Dongfang Fenghuang had no choice but to take the little princess to a secluded courtyard.
"Why hasn't the Dean invited anyone from the City Lord's Mansion yet?"
"Sister Phoenix, can you really bear to see me locked up?"
Before Dongfang Fenghuang could speak, a girl entered through the courtyard gate and said, "Senior Fenghuang, the dean wants you to come over."
"Have the people from the City Lord's Mansion arrived?"
"No, it seems like a guest just came to the dean's office."
After returning to the vice-president's study, the little princess no longer looked directly at the old man in front of her.
The vice dean gave an awkward laugh and said, "Little girl, you... are acquitted."
The little princess and Dongfang Fenghuang both showed expressions of disbelief.
The vice-dean said, "However, you must hand over all the stolen goods."
"No problem." The little princess pulled out a huge pile of gold coins, then asked, "Are you really letting me go?"
"Really, hurry up and go, but don't ride your white tiger around in the sky, or it will cause public outrage."
The little princess asked curiously, "Old man, why do I feel like you're hoping I'll leave? May I ask if I can join the Divine Wind Academy?"
"No way." The vice dean immediately refused, then added, "We don't accept problem students here. Little girl, you should leave now."
The little princess said, "But I really want to join the Divine Wind Academy. You old geezer, you can't discriminate against me. Everyone makes mistakes, and besides, you yourself aren't even holding me accountable."
"Let's go, little girl, Kamikaze Academy won't accept you."
"I'm not leaving! If you don't let me join the Divine Wind Academy, I won't leave!" The little princess threw a tantrum.
Dongfang Fenghuang glanced at the vice dean, then at the little princess, wondering why the two seemed to have switched roles, with the little princess, who should have been imprisoned, now appearing to be in control.
The vice dean said, "If you want to join Shenfeng, that's fine, but go and find the severed hand of the ancient god. Otherwise, nothing will work."
"You old geezer, just you wait! I'm definitely going to join the Divine Wind Academy!" With that, the little princess slammed the door and stormed out.
After seeing the little princess leave, Dongfang Fenghuang asked, "What happened to the Dean? Why did he release her?"
The vice-dean said, "A guest just came to my place and asked me to vouch for this little girl... This little girl's identity is extraordinary, so I have no choice but to let her go."
"Given her extraordinary status, why refuse her admission to the academy?"
"If such a small troublesome person were to join the academy, wouldn't she turn this place into a complete mess? Now we just hope she leaves the City of Sin as soon as possible."
Chen Nan trekked through mountains and rivers, crossing valleys and ridges, and finally emerged from the mountains in the evening.
Under the cover of night, amidst the vast mountains, the city of sin was bathed in light, resembling a fairyland.
Chen Nan moved with lightning speed, entering the city in a few leaps. After carefully searching the streets and alleys, he breathed a sigh of relief. There were no wanted posters for him in the city, so things were not as bad as he had imagined.
When he returned to the inn, he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from his room.
"Thief! That scoundrel actually stole from me! I'm in a bad mood after climbing mountains and crossing rivers today, so I'm going to vent my anger."
When Chen Nan pushed open the door, he saw that the table and chairs were overturned, the bedding was in disarray, his package had been opened, and several pieces of his washed clothes were thrown on the ground.
"Ah, you scoundrel... you actually made it back." The little princess looked shocked.
"Haha... HIAHIAHIAHIAHIAHIA..." Chen Nan laughed. He never expected that this thief was actually the little princess, the person he desperately wanted to grab and strangle. He felt that this moment was wonderful.
He laughed loudly, leaned forward, grabbed the little princess's wrist, and said, "You little devil, you slandered and framed me, making me walk hundreds of miles through the mountains, and you still dare to come here to steal things? You've really walked right into my trap! Hahaha..."
"Let go." The little princess struggled fiercely, her expression extremely panicked.
Chen Nan reached out his other hand and pinched her smooth cheek, saying, "Tell me, how should I punish you?"
"You scumbag, let go! You're hurting me!"
"You're still being stubborn. Today I'm going to tame you, you little brat." Chen Nan's right hand made the little princess's cheeks change shape repeatedly.
The little princess was both ashamed and angry, secretly regretting coming here. She cried out in pain, "Ouch, that hurts! You scoundrel, I'll kill you sooner or later!"
Chen Nan, who had been framed by her and had walked all day on the mountain road, was enraged when he heard these words. He dragged the little princess to the bedside and pressed her down onto the bed.
The little princess screamed, "You scoundrel, what are you doing? Let me go..."
Chen Nan reached out and slapped her plump buttocks, the sound of "slap slap" echoing incessantly.
"Ouch...you scum, how dare you humiliate me like this...you're dead...ouch..."
With a "crack," a bolt of lightning illuminated the room. Seeing its master being bullied, Tiger King Xiaoyu darted out from a corner and unleashed a bolt of lightning at Chen Nan.
Caught off guard, Chen Nan was struck squarely by lightning, his entire body instantly charred black. Enraged, he abandoned the little princess and, with the speed of a ghost, appeared before Xiao Yu in the blink of an eye. Poor Xiao Yu hadn't even had a chance to transform before Chen Nan grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up.
He didn't understand the acupoints of beasts, so he sealed all the acupoints of the Tiger King. Every inch of Xiaoyu's skin and flesh was touched by him. In the end, Xiaoyu was as still as a little porcelain cat.
"You lecherous tiger, how dare you ambush me..." Chen Nan smacked Xiao Yu's forehead several times, making the tiger king grimace in pain. However, it couldn't move or speak, only able to glare helplessly. "You dare glare at me? I'll slam you, I'll slam you again!" Chen Nan slammed it a few more times, this time bringing tears to Xiao Yu's eyes. It no longer dared to show its ferocity. "You treacherous tiger, relying on the little devil to back you up, you dare to challenge me? I'll deal with you later."
When Chen Nan returned to the bedside, the little princess was terrified and said in a trembling voice, "You scoundrel...you filthy thief...I was just joking with you during the day, I'm not joking anymore."
"You've had your fun, but I haven't." He picked up the little princess like a rag doll and said, "You keep calling me a scoundrel and a thief, but don't forget you're my prisoner now. I had already given up on that maid plan, but now you're forcing me to continue. It seems it's really necessary to train you into a qualified maid."
The little princess's face changed drastically upon hearing this, and she almost exploded, but she held back and said aggrievedly, "I won't call you a scoundrel or a filthy thief anymore, okay?"
"Of course, from now on you'll call me Master, understand?"
The little princess suppressed her anger and said, "From now on, I'll call you Chen Nan, and I'll never call you anything else again."
Chen Nan said, "It's too late. From now on, you'd better be my maid."
"You scoundrel, you filthy thief, you shameless scoundrel..." The little princess could no longer hold back, cursing and kicking and scratching at the same time.
Chen Nan pressed her down on the bed again, and the "slap slap" sound rang out from the room once more.
The little princess was filled with shame and indignation, her face flushed crimson, but she was utterly helpless.
"You scoundrel... You are defiling a princess right now. If this gets back to my father... Ouch, you'll be dead even if you have ten lives... Ouch, stop hitting me! I promise I won't tell anyone, please stop... Ouch..."
Chen Nan stopped and asked teasingly, "Would you like to be my maid?"
The little princess quickly shrank to the corner of the bed, her eyes brimming with tears, and said, "I am a princess of a country, how could you make such a request of me? Besides, it was all a misunderstanding between us. I didn't mean to tease you. I won't joke with you next time, okay?"
Chen Nan said, "Stop it, little devil, stop acting. I stopped buying your act a long time ago."
The little princess said, "Okay, let's try to be friends and stop being hostile to each other, okay?"
"No, are you going to agree or not?"
Seeing Chen Nan raise his hand again, the little princess was frightened and said, "How can you force me like this? I promised to do some things for you from time to time, isn't that enough? But we are definitely not in a master-servant relationship."
Chen Nan laughed inwardly. He hadn't expected that this villain would be so successful today, actually managing to scare the fearless little princess.
He didn't want to push too hard and make things worse, so he said in a deep voice, "Okay, wait a moment, I'm going to take a shower. I have something to tell you later. That damned lecherous tiger dared to ambush me and got me all charred black."
Watching Chen Nan walk out, the little princess quickly jumped off the bed and picked up the motionless Xiao Yu.
"Xiaoyu, why aren't you moving? Oh dear, please move! Help me get away from here!" No matter how much she shook her, Xiaoyu couldn't move.
"That scoundrel even knows how to use acupressure on animals! That despicable creature deserves to be torn to pieces..." the little princess muttered under her breath.
Although she wanted to run away with Xiaoyu, the thought of those beautiful women falling into the hands of bad guys filled her with fear. Now that Xiaoyu could no longer protect her, and her own martial arts skills had long been sealed, and it was already dark, who knew what might happen if she escaped like this in a place as chaotic as the City of Sin.
When Chen Nan returned to the house, the little princess was sulking while hugging Xiao Yu.
"Little devil, go and fetch me a basin of hot water."
"You...you just finished showering, why do you need more water?"
"I need to soak my feet. I've walked hundreds of miles of mountain roads, and my feet are almost swollen from all the blisters."
"You...you actually want me to fetch water to wash your feet? Don't even dream about it, I'd rather die than do something like that!"
This time, Chen Nan compromised and lowered his demands, saying, "Well, let's start with serving tea and water. Bring me a cup of tea."
The little princess cursed Chen Nan a hundred times in her heart, then walked out reluctantly. After receiving tea from the waiter in the front yard, her eyes darted around, and she began to have a wicked idea.
"You scoundrel, how dare you insult this princess like this! You even wanted to drink the tea I served you! Humph, today I'll make you drink my foot bath water!" Of course, the little princess wouldn't take off her shoes and socks. She stirred Xiaoyu's little tiger feet in the tea, and finally couldn't help but laugh, "You stinking thief, you asked for this, hahaha."
As Chen Nan picked up the teacup, he suddenly noticed a strange smile on the little princess's lips. His heart skipped a beat; there was definitely something wrong with this tea. He put the teacup down again and examined it closely. He discovered a single, bright white hair. Looking at Xiao Yu, who resembled a small porcelain cat in the little princess's arms, he immediately realized that the tea must have left the Tiger King's "traces."
Chen Nan angrily slammed the teacup on the table and said, "Little devil, I didn't expect you to still dare to scheme against me now. It seems I've been too lenient with you. I must punish you."
The little princess was startled, not expecting Chen Nan to have seen through the "secret" in the tea. Her voice trembled as she asked, "Defeat... Chen Nan, what's wrong? What... do you want?"
"How dare you tamper with the tea! If I'm not careful, you'll get me killed!" he said, standing up.
"I didn't do anything, ah... don't come any closer."
Chen Nan grabbed the little princess, threw Xiao Yu, who was in her arms, to the ground, and then tossed her onto the bed.
The little princess was now truly terrified, her voice trembling as she said, "You scoundrel, no, Chen Nan... I know I was wrong... I'll never do it again."
Suddenly, Chen Nan felt a strong sense of unease. An immense pressure came in from outside the window, making him tremble from the depths of his soul. A feeling of powerlessness and irresistibility rose within him. But this feeling vanished in an instant, and the unusually powerful pressure receded like a tide.
Chen Nan was horrified. He was now a third-tier expert, but the pressure he had just felt made it impossible for him to muster any resistance. He could only imagine how astonishing the person's cultivation level was. When he had just fled Chu capital with the little princess, he had also felt a strong sense of unease at an inn a hundred miles away from the capital, but this time it seemed to be much stronger than before.
Chen Nan immediately thought of the Chu Kingdom's emperor's great-grandfather, that over 170-year-old monster. He glanced at the little princess and saw that she seemed oblivious, only looking at him uneasily. He was instantly certain that the person in question was the old monster. A chill ran down his spine. The old monster had indeed followed him. This terrifyingly powerful old man was not only protecting the little princess, but he must also have some ulterior motive for targeting him; otherwise, he would never have tolerated him to this extent.
The little princess watched Chen Nan's constantly changing expression, her heart trembling with fear that he would "lose his temper." After a long while, Chen Nan finally calmed down. Out of respect for the old monster, he dared not be too rude to the little princess anymore.
"Little devil, stop lounging on my bed and get down right now."
The little princess immediately relaxed and said, "Who would want to stay in your bed? It stinks."
Chen Nan ignored her, picked up Xiao Yu from the ground, and randomly poked at it, sending golden energy into its body.
As soon as Xiaoyu could move, it transformed, its massive tiger body taking up half the room. Just as it was about to roar, Chen Nan swiftly threw the shoes and socks on the floor into its mouth, then tossed in the dirty clothes he had just changed out of. But how could such a small amount possibly fill the tiger king's gaping maw? He quickly stuffed the bedding from the bed into the mouth, finally managing to fill Xiaoyu's gaping maw before it could roar.
Although Xiaoyu's mouth was gagged, she still lunged at Chen Nan. Chen Nan quickly dodged to the side and shouted to the little princess, "Quickly make this lecherous tiger stop, or I'll skin it alive!"
The little princess cried out, "Xiaoyu, stop! We can't beat this bastard right now. We'll get our revenge later."
Xiaoyu looked at the little princess with infinite grievance, and finally stopped attacking. After vomiting up Chen Nan's smelly shoes and socks, it actually vomited.
The little princess covered her nose and said, "Chen Nan, you...you're so mean! You actually threw such disgusting stuff into Xiao Yu's mouth. Look how uncomfortable she is!"
Xiaoyu shrunk back to the size of a kitten, vomiting incessantly, leaving a large puddle of water on the ground.
Chen Nan cursed, "You bastard, you're so delicate! Are my shoes and socks really that disgusting?"
The little princess exclaimed, "It stinks!"
Surprisingly, Xiaoyu nodded, as if she understood human nature, and then began to vomit violently again.
Chen Nan awkwardly scratched his head and said, "It's normal to smell a bit after walking hundreds of miles of mountain roads. Serves you right, you lecherous tiger, who told you to ambush me with lightning?"
The little princess took Xiaoyu out with heartache and helped it wash up. It took a long time before it stopped vomiting.