thefictionvixens Chapter 66: Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
Chapter 66: Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
Chapter 66: Mediocre People Who Don't Dare to Cause Trouble (Part 2)
The first rays of morning sunlight had not yet fully penetrated the curtains, and the whole room was still immersed in a hazy drowsiness.
Lin Qiu'er, who was sound asleep in bed, was forcibly woken up.
Lin Ye roughly pulled her out of the warm bed with his hands.
Lin Qiu'er was still sleepy, her face blank and dissatisfied. She barely opened her eyes a crack, making a disgruntled "woof" sound, as if protesting the sudden interruption.
Her body was limp, clearly not fully awake yet; her tail drooped listlessly, and her once-soft fur was now somewhat disheveled. She tried to crawl back into bed, but Lin Ye ruthlessly stopped her.
Lin Qiu'er stretched her limbs helplessly, yawned widely, revealing her sharp teeth and pink tongue. Her eyes were filled with drowsiness and resentment, as if complaining that her precious sleep had been ruthlessly taken away.
It took a while for it to gradually come to its senses, but the annoyance of being forcibly woken up was still clearly written on its lovely face.
At this moment, Lin Ye carried her to the sink, where a small bowl of warm water had already been prepared.
Lin Ye wet the soft pet toothbrush and then applied some salt.
Lin Qiu'er, with her round, bright eyes, sat obediently. When Lin Ye approached with a toothbrush in his hand, she opened her mouth on her own initiative.
The toothbrush moved up and down, left and right in her mouth, and she simply blinked quietly, without the slightest resistance.
Not only did it not struggle, but it also slightly narrowed its eyes and made a soft "gurgling" sound in its throat, as if it was enjoying the process.
After cleaning her teeth, Lin Ye rinsed Lin Qiu'er's mouth with warm water.
Lin Qiu'er stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, then rubbed her head against Lin Ye's arm to express her satisfaction and gratitude.
"Take shape soon, so you can brush your teeth by yourself, right?" Lin Ye said, patting her round head.
"I don't want to. If I transform, no one will serve me." A wise look appeared in Lin Qiu'er's eyes.
As she said this, she glanced at Xiao Wu inside the room.
Xiao Wu was busily working in an orderly fashion. She first went to the bedside and carefully folded the quilt. Her hands deftly manipulated the quilt, first folding it in half, then smoothing out each wrinkle. In no time, the originally messy quilt was folded into a neat square.
After folding the quilt, he picked up a clean rag and went to the table to wipe it.
They seemed quite adept at doing these things.
Ever since Lin Ye brought her back, all the housework has fallen on her shoulders. She tried to resist, but the next day, rabbit meat appeared on the dinner table.
Faced with the greater good of their race, Xiao Wu, who loves rabbits, chose to compromise and take on the role of a nanny.
If it weren't for the fear that she might poison him, the responsibility of cooking might have fallen on her shoulders.
After washing up, Lin Ye walked out of the bathroom and saw that the room had become clean and tidy.
Xiao Wu was looking at Lin Ye expectantly, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead and a mop in her hand.
Seeing this unusual behavior, Lin Ye suddenly remembered that today was the day to pay this rogue rabbit's salary.
Although he liked to exploit the rogue rabbit, he was not a slave owner. Based on the principle that labor is glorious, he would still give the rogue rabbit a symbolic wage every month.
"Here you go, this is your salary for this month." Lin Ye handed Xiao Wu 10 gold soul coins.
It wasn't much money, but Xiao Wu happily accepted it, thinking to herself with delight that she could now buy lots and lots of carrots.
After breakfast, Lin Ye gathered everyone together.
On the street, passersby saw a group of four people take off and fly into the distance at an astonishing speed.
……
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Sword Douluo manipulated the Seven Kill Sword to descend in front of the council hall.
Ning Rongrong jumped off the flying sword impatiently and ran into the hall.
In the hall at this moment, besides Ning Fengzhi who was working daily, there was also an old man with a withered face.
This man was extremely tall, but his body was entirely supported by his skeleton. His muscles were shriveled, his skin was loose, and his eye sockets were sunken, as if he had just crawled out of a coffin.
This person is Gu Rong, one of the pillars of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, also known as Bone Douluo, whose strength is that of a level 95 Super Douluo.
As soon as she saw him, Ning Rongrong ran over to him and exclaimed, "Grandpa Bone, I missed you so much!"
Ning Fengzhi sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. "Uncle Jian, didn't you say you were just going to take a look?"
Sword Douluo snorted coldly, "Feng Zhi, you know countless people, but this time you've misjudged them. Flander's bullshit ideals and the academy he established are nothing but a den of filth."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Ning Fengzhi asked, his face full of questions.
At that moment, Sword Douluo recounted how Dai Mubai had bullied Ning Rongrong.
"There's also a fat guy named Ma Hongjun who's gotten into trouble..." Ning Rongrong added from the side.
62 students were admitted, but 48 were lost...
Those who graduated all became world-renowned figures. The 33-year-old Title Douluo's authority was second only to the Pope.
An unprecedented food-type Soul Master? Will he replace the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?
……
Ning Fengzhi frowned deeply after hearing this. What Shrek Academy? It's a pile of crap.
Bone Douluo, standing to the side, was so enraged that he wished he could cut Dai Mubai into eighteen pieces.
The conversation then turned to Lin Ye.
Sword Douluo shared his analysis. Although he hadn't personally seen Lin Ye's spirit rings, he was basically certain that the information he had obtained before was correct.
The reason is simple: under normal circumstances, it's impossible for a 12-year-old to reach level 46 through cultivation. However, if one absorbs a higher-age spirit ring during a breakthrough, the outcome will be different...
Therefore, the most important thing is how to absorb soul rings across time limits.
Unfortunately, Sword Douluo couldn't get this out of the other party.
The hot-tempered Bone Douluo suggested simply tying up Lin Ye and subjecting him to severe torture.
Sword Douluo told him helplessly that even if they were tied together, they wouldn't be enough to defeat the enemy.
……
Shrek Academy.
Because Oscar broke through level 30, under Flander's arrangement, all the students were mobilized, led by Vice Dean Zhao Wuji, to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a soul ring for Oscar.
Sunrise and sunset.
As night fell, the group of five arrived at a small town outside the Star Dou Great Forest.
We spent the entire day traveling, and by this time we were so hungry that we were dizzy and lightheaded.
Zhao Wuji stopped at a modest hotel and pointed to it, saying, "This is it. You'll have to pay for your own food and lodging."
The hotel is a two-story building.
Dining is on the first floor.
Accommodation is on the second floor.
Zhao Wuji booked a private room and went straight upstairs.
Tang San and his three companions plopped down in their seats, ordered their food, and waited for it to be served.
Zhu Zhuqing sat alone to one side, her eyes lowered, her demeanor cold, and she didn't speak to anyone.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar chatted and laughed, with Tang San occasionally chiming in.
Dai Mubai, who was killed, seems to have been forgotten.
Just then.
boom!
The hotel doors were roughly pushed open, and a group of eight people strode in with their heads held high.
The leader was a middle-aged man, followed by seven people, six men and one woman, all around twenty years old.
They wore uniform moon-white Soul Master robes. The robes were embroidered with silver threads, which shimmered with light as they moved. Each of them had a blue circular mark on their shoulder with the words "Azure Radiance" on it.
Compared to Tang San and his companions, who were dressed in ordinary but varied attire, they were much more flamboyant and attracted the attention of the diners as soon as they entered.
The shop owner also rushed over to greet them.
Ma Hongjun's beady eyes darted around, staring intently at the only woman in the group.
He nudged Oscar twice in a hurry, saying, "Little Oscar, look! That girl's not bad looking at all!"
Oscar tugged at him and whispered, "Alright, Fatty, watch your step and don't cause trouble."
Ma Hongjun grinned lewdly, "Hehe, it's just a small Canghui Academy, what's there to be afraid of? The teacher said that those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre."
Hearing this, Tang San's eyes lit up, and he nodded in agreement. The Dean's words were indeed classic.
Ma Hongjun stared at the girl with lustful eyes, scanning her back and forth, as if he wanted to see her naked through her clothes.
A lewd look appeared on his fat face.
Oscar sighed, utterly speechless. "Look, look, what's the use of just looking? Are you even a man?"
He whispered a reminder: "Fatty, tone it down. Don't forget what happened to Boss Dai."
These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head. Ma Hongjun immediately lost his temper, shrank his neck, and looked away.
Zhu Zhuqing silently got up, turned around and went upstairs.
She suddenly felt bored and that it was all meaningless. The teaching at Shrek Academy was twisted and perverse. What kind of nonsense were they teaching? It was just causing trouble.
Even after being treated, Ma Hongjun remained incorrigible.
Zhu Zhuqing felt at this moment that staying here was pointless and a complete waste of her life.
In the past few days, she has figured it out.
Dai Mubai is dead, but that doesn't mean she will be executed along with him.
On the contrary, if Dai Mubai dies, then she will pose no threat to the eldest sister and the eldest prince.
Perhaps, her older sister won't be as hostile towards her as before.
Nothing happened that night. The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Zhao Wuji woke everyone up with his booming voice.
After a quick breakfast.
Walking out of the town, we quickened our pace; we were getting very close to the Starry Sky Forest.
The dense foliage, blocking out the sky, resembles an endless green ocean.
From afar, you can feel the refreshing breeze blowing from the front, making your pores open and your mind and body feel refreshed.
The distribution of spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest progresses vertically from the outer perimeter, with the age of the spirit beasts increasing with each step.
The outer area is mostly inhabited by hundred-year-old soul beasts, with thousand-year-old soul beasts appearing only occasionally. To save time hunting souls, heading to the mixed zone is their best option.
The mixed zone is an area where thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts coexist.
Speechless all the way.
On its way to the mixed zone.
They encountered many hundred-year-old soul beasts, some living in groups and others traveling alone.
Zhao Wuji did not give the order to take action, but instead led a few people to take a detour.
They continued advancing for about an hour.
It was noon.
The mixed zone is right in front of us.
"Stop!"
"Rest here for an hour." Zhao Wuji's voice made the tense group relax.
I had only been relaxing for a short while.
Sudden.
Zhao Wuji's gaze turned in one direction.
He then suddenly stood up.
His gaze sharpened, becoming menacing. He hissed, "Get up, everything's approaching!"
A rustling sound.
Everyone reacted quickly. With perfect understanding, they shielded Oscar in the center, including Zhao Wuji.
Everyone has released their martial spirits.
The rustling sound gradually increased in volume.
Soon, Oscar could hear it all clearly.
"Zhu Zhuqing, look at what this is."
Upon hearing Zhao Wuji's instructions, Zhu Zhuqing remained silent.
With sharp claws extending from her hands, straight trees were like flat ground to her.
In just a few breaths, they had reached the tree branch.
Zhu Zhuqing lowered her body, her body tense.
Gazing into the distance.
Soon, her clear, cool voice reached everyone's ears.
"It's a flying snake, about three meters off the ground, with a large rooster comb on its head and a fan-shaped tail."
Upon hearing Zhu Zhuqing's description, Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up, and he looked excited.
"It's a crested snake, and the crest on its head has many useful applications."
"Oscar, you're in luck!"
As they were talking, the crested snake with its phoenix tail had already come close.
Swish!
The third and fourth spirit rings on Zhao Wuji lit up simultaneously.
Third Soul Ring - Increased Gravity.
A sudden, heavy pressure appeared, and the flying crested serpent felt its body sink violently. Then, the entire serpent fell uncontrollably.
Even after landing on the ground, a heavy pressure made it difficult for it to move.
At this moment, Zhao Wuji's fourth soul skill immediately followed.
Fourth Soul Skill - Location Tracking.
A purple light flashed, and surprisingly, Zhao Wuji's fourth spirit ring flew out, as if it had eyes, and caught up with the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent's body, directly encircling it.
Zhao Wuji suddenly exerted force with his thick legs and jumped up from the ground.
This jump must have been at least ten meters high.
This is Zhao Wuji's fourth spirit ring skill: location tracking. Once locked onto by his fourth spirit ring, he can instantly close the distance within a hundred meters using his jumping ability.
Zhao Wuji landed precisely on the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent.
Zhao Wuji delivered a devastating blow, slamming his buttocks onto the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent. The sheer weight of the impact nearly killed the serpent on the spot.
Seeing the crested snake pinned under Teacher Zhao's buttocks, Oscar jumped up excitedly.
"Great! It's done!"
Zhao Wuji smiled smugly and urged, "Alright, hurry up and kill it; its spirit ring is yours."
Oscar nodded vigorously, took a dagger, and stepped forward, about to strike.
An old, hoarse voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.
"stop!"
The words fell.
From the direction from which the crested serpent flew, an old man and a young man hurried over.
They are all women.
The old man was in his sixties or seventies, with a full head of white hair tied up with a hairpin. He had many wrinkles on his face, but his complexion was quite good.
He held a three-meter-long snake-head cane in his hand, and six standard spirit rings bounced up and down at his feet.
His cloudy eyes gleamed with a sharp light as he scrutinized Tang San and the others.
He was standing next to her.
She was a beautiful girl of sixteen or seventeen.
(End of this chapter)