CH 37: Cang Hui School

Event after event passed, despite such a short time it really was. The little dispute between Dai Mubai, who was invited by Ma Hongjun to go to a brothel, and Zhu Zhuqing, who was greatly disappointed and disgusted even further, had passed. The annoying and pathetic scene of Ning Rongrong exposing her true self and trying to get Dai Mubai killed the same night because of provoking him first and getting humiliated had passed. The funny moment of everybody having to deal with Oscar's dick joke of a chant and eating his sausage had passed, along with his happy news of breaking through Lv 30.

And the next night after the whole Great Soul Arena after-battle fiasco, the Shrek students along with Zhao Wuji, who was all beaten up for "some reason", had arrived at one of the closest cities (villages?) to the Star Dou Great Forest. As the food arrived and they ate while chatting lightly, with Ah Li of course talking as well, along with some unfriendliness between them thanks to Ning Rongrong, the noiret noticed the quiet goddess on his shoulder.

"(Sister Goddess? Is something the matter?)" He asked telepathically, glancing at her with a confused face :"(You're awfully quiet. What's the matter?)" Noticing his concern, she smiled lightly :"It's nothing. It's just that when I saw you having a small feast with them, it kinda made me miss being able to eat, drink, or anything else that needed a physical body."

'Sister Goddess, do you know how much you exposed to me, who doesn't know about you being reincarnated? But oh well, let that part fall on deaf ears.' He internally shook his head, feeling amused by her carelessness. Which in itself, put another worry in his heart :'Sister Goddess, this must be really tough for you, huh? Sigh, suddenly waking up, realizing that you've been killed, and have been reincarnated so halfheartedly, it would definitely be tough.

Although the name of the God Class Martial Soul is tough, under normal conditions and for normal people, it will still take years, maybe even a decade or two to reach the Soul Power Level required to awaken her Martial Soul state. Until then, she is just a glorified ghost. Heck, even ghosts may have it better than them. After all, wasn't there something about ghosts being able to touch things, make them fly, and kill humans? But she, she can't do any of those. She can see and observe everything in front of her, but not being able to touch or feel any of them, must've felt very, very bad.

... Sigh, good thing I made it a habit for her to sit on my shoulder. My body is the only thing that she can touch, so at least this much kept her from being sad or even a little depressed. After all, a life where she can't enjoy anything, doesn't really seem that good. I should hurry up and get stronger. Once my plans are set in motion, the time needed to awaken her will be significantly shorter. Heck, I might not even need to reach Lv 70 for her to awaken.'

As his thoughts raced, a small, sad smile appeared on her gorgeous face, and said something that pulled on the strings of Ah Li's heart :"It would have been so wonderful if we could do this, wouldn't it? Sitting around the food and drinks, laughing, talking, and enjoying the delicacies..."

If they weren't in public and we're alone instead, Ah Li would definitely hug her. Screw being polite with her, he wanted to just hug, cuddle and comfort her. Although she had gotten used to her situation and wasn't really sad, he hated seeing her being even a little bit sad.

"(Don't worry, Sister Goddess.)" But in the end, he held back :"(I will definitely work hard to grow stronger so that I can awaken you. And once we do that, we'll definitely do whatever you want. When that happens, we will definitely party together around delicious food to make up for all the time you've suffered!)"

Hearing his comforting words, Bibi Dong was slightly taken aback. But knowing his soft personality towards her, she wasn't very surprised. As a light, happy chuckle left her, she nodded as she stroked his cheek gently, a small but happy smile on her gorgeous face :"Um, okay, thank you. But no need to be so worried, as long as you're enjoying your life, that's a form of pleasure and enjoyment for me as well. But still, thank you, Li'er."

She was thankful. Very thankful. But still, she was aware of how difficult it would be. Although Ah Li was a monster thanks to his gifts, his talent was still lacking. Although she was aware that he'd definitely be able to reach that goal someday, she still knew that it would take a long time. So she didn't want to pressure him. Just the fact that he cared so much about her, and worked so hard for her sake, was enough to make her patient till the day he'd help her.

The noiret wasn't a fool either. He knew what she was thinking by her words of encouragement which were also to comfort him. However, even though he wanted to tell her about his plans, he couldn't do that. He could only sigh and nod gently :"(Alright, whatever you say, Sister Goddess. But don't worry, I will surely, definitely work hard.)"

"Um, I know. And I'm very, very thankful for that." She flashed a grateful smile, filled with fondness as she stroked his cheek again. However, looking at how he resisted the urge to lean into her touch because of not being alone, was quite amusing for her.

"Now, enjoy your food already. You're going to go to the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow, so you should eat and get a good sleep tonight." She instructed, and he gave a small nod in response :"(Understood-)"

But just as he answered, the doors of the inn were shoved open. Entering the building were a middle aged man and several students wearing uniforms behind him. Not only were they very rude in entering, they even shoved the few people who were in their way. Even a poor worker who was just bringing food to a table was pushed away, causing the foods he was carrying to fall and for the plates to break. They were rude enough to even bump shoulders impolitely with the person who came to personally welcome them.

"The fuck?" Ah Li, with a chicken leg between his teeth, whispered with a confused raise of his eyebrow :'Oh wait, shit, I remember! Isn't this where Oscar literally admits to Flender telling them to cause trouble and bully others who are weaker than them?'

His question was answered when Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun started making fun of them showing off. They even talked loud enough for them to hear them. And Oscar, who seemed actually proud of their act, whispered to the group :"Hehe, something exciting is going to happen."

"What is it?" Tang San questioned curiously, and Oscar answered smugly :"It's a part of our training. Quote from the dean, Soul Masters who don't make trouble aren't quite qualified." Hearing him, the children besides Ah Li and Zhu Zhuqing looked pleasantly surprised and even smug as well. What the dean had said was quite badass and cool, wasn't it?

Even Tang San, who had lived two lives, admitted so :"His quotes can add up to be a quote for monsters." Even Ah Li chuckled, but only Bibi Dong knew what that smile meant. Trouble. Smiling, he tilted his head :"Right? It's cool, isn't it? Just make trouble for everybody without a care in the world. Hey, Oscar, what happens when the person who you made trouble for turns out to be someone strong? Like, for example, a Lv 60 Soul Emperor? What about a Lv 70 Soul Saint? Oooh, what about a Lv 80 Soul Douluo? Surely you'd still be making trouble, right? It's not like you'd back out just because the person who YOU messed with turned out to be strong, right?"

It wouldn't take a genius to spot the sarcasm just dripping from his words. Especially that smile. It was just made out of ridicule. Hearing him, he couldn't help but look away awkwardly. The other children who heard him also froze in place. They only paid attention to how cool the words were and not to what it actually meant.

"Oh, let me guess, you wouldn't even have the balls to look weirdly at that kind of a person." Seeing their embarrassed reactions, his smile disappeared, and his expression was replaced with that of disgust :"You'd just stay quiet, with your head low, and try to not look big in that person's eyes. Such an awesome quote, right? Heh, it's not like you need to make trouble for someone strong. Wouldn't that be foolish? You just need to mess with someone weaker than you! It's not like that's arrogance or bullying or anything, right? You just need to be careful of the strong, and look out for who's weaker so you can mess with them."

As he continued talking, their heads went lower and lower. Except Zhu Zhuqing, of course. After all, she, who hadn't blindly trusted Flender thanks to Ah Li's warnings, had the exact same thoughts after hearing Oscar. With a look of pure disgust, the noiret scoffed :"Pathetic. Quite qualified? Bitch, is there anyone less qualified and competent than you? That's not something badass or something to show off about. That's called bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Monsters my ass, people like that aren't even qualified as garbage."

With an annoyed eye roll, he put his food away and got up :"I'm going to sleep. Not in the mood to eat anymore. Even if I was, I don't think I'd be able to eat with mostly garbage surrounding me. Goodnight then. Have fun making trouble for those who can. Meanwhile I'll be praying for your dumbasses to not meet and make trouble for someone who'll kick your skulls in if you fuck around."

As he pushed his seat back to where it belonged, he started walking towards the stairs leading up to where the rooms were. And the Cang Hui (Blue Sunshine) School members, conveniently, were in the middle of the way to the stairs. As he reached them, the red eyed boy looked down coldly at the middle aged man, annoyed out of his mind and disgusted by the extreme by those hypocritical bastards who even had the thoughts of bullying and even were proud of it :"Oy, hasn't anybody taught you lot how to be polite?

What, you just walk in and start acting like big shits? You think you're some badass strong people just because you're Soul Masters? I'm an asshole and even I'm disgusted by how you bitches act. Haven't your mothers taught you how to be polite? Or what, were they too busy whoring themselves around? Heh, guess they were too busy being handed around to teach you about how to be decent humans."

"You damn brat!" The middle aged man shouted in anger :"What the fuck did you just-" But just as he was about to glare at Ah Li, the noiret used a bit of his Physical Power Orb and spun in place before his punch hit his head, the strength behind it enough to make his head and whole body get shot to the ground, breaking the table and planting his head and ugly face into the ground and leaving his ass in the air, completely knocking him out and unconscious.

"Did I fucking give you permission to speak, ass face?" He growled as he cracked his fingers before looking at the shocked and terrified students menacingly :"You bitches want a piece of me too? I dare you to talk shit, bitches. I'll fucking rip your faces off and feed them to the dogs. So? Wanna go? Step up if you wanna, retards."

However, no matter how stupid and arrogant they were, they weren't stupid enough to try and fight someone who one shotted a Lv 50 Soul King just like that. They just shook their heads while trembling and looking down. Their backs wet with cold sweat of fear and nervousness. Looking at the knocked out teacher, their fear only grew. If he tried to beat them up, none of them could do anything.

"Hmph, didn't think so." The noiret scoffed before throwing a few coins at the inn owner for the broken table and then walking towards the stairs, and up to the rooms. The room that he paid for only himself. He was not planning to sleep with those hypocrites.