207 Breaking a Record (1/2)

Helpless, Xu Lizhi greeted Tang Wulin. Ye Xinglan glared at Tang Wulin, as ifher gaze could burn him alive.

Tang Wulin ignored her, treating her as air. “Let’s go.”

At his actions, Xie Xie moved to whisper into his ear. “Why do I get thefeeling that there’s some deep grudge between you two?”

Tang Wulin shrugged in response. “No way. We’re just acquaintances.”

Gu Yue approached them after seeing the current situation. Unlike Tang Wulin,she wasn’t as tactful and stared at Ye Xinglan with indifference, her words ascold and piercing as ice. “Just wait and see.”

A disdainful snort left Ye Xinglan’s mouth. “We’re registered too. Let me seejust what it is you have to show.”

They also signed up? But aren’t they from Shrek Academy? Can Shrek Academyeven participate in a public tournament like this?

Tang Wulin stared at them, incredulity painting his face.

Ye Xinglan said pridefully, “We’ll just join another academy temporarilybefore the match. No one will say anything if we do that. Tang Wulin, you justwait! You better pray that you’re defeated before you meet me. If not… Hmph!”As she spoke, she raised her fist to Tang Wulin in a menacing way. She glaredat him with malicious eyes.

The atmosphere grew heavy and tense. He had no choice but to be cautious of YeXinglan now. After all, she came from Shrek Academy! Everyone had watched theirexhibition match. Though how they won was still unclear, the strength of ShrekAcademy was not. If such a powerful opponent appeared because of hisprovocation, he would have wronged his teammates!

Tang Wulin wanted to speak out, but Gu Yue stopped him.

“Alright. We’ll see then. Captain, let’s go.” Gu Yue pulled Tang Wulin away,not giving him the chance to resolve anything.

On the road back to the hotel, Tang Wulin recounted the events that nurturedhostility between him and Ye Xinglan.

“Captain, you’re so cool,” Xu Xiaoyan said, bright-eyed. “They’re from ShrekAcademy yet you still ran out on them! You’re too awesome! Not bending to powerand unshaken by poverty, you’re a true role model!”

Xie Xie’s mouth twitched. “What do you mean ‘not bending to power’! He justhates spending money!”

Tang Wulin shot him a look. “That’s right! It’s exactly like that.”

At this confession, Xie Xie stopped ridiculing Tang Wulin in an instant. GuYue exclaimed, “That’s how he really is.”

Xie Xie stumbled over his own two feet. “Dammit Gu Yue, can’t you be a littleless biased! Is everything he does just to you?”

“Of course!” Gu Yue stated it as if it was fact.

Fury rose within Xie Xie, bubbling like lava from a volcano. “So you want tomarry him when you grow up, then? Are you just planning ahead?”

Gu Yue was taken aback. For a moment, she shot Tang Wulin a gloomy gaze, thenrushed back to the hotel.

Xie Xie was flabbergasted. Until now, he had not won a single verbal duelagainst Gu Yue. Now that he came out victorious, uneasiness crept into hisheart as he watched Gu Yue storm off.Did I say something wrong?

“What’s up with her?” Xie Xie asked in confusion.

Tang Wulin said unhappily, “Don’t speak about so much nonsense. What do youunderstand about marriage at your age?”

For the rest of the trip back Gu Yue did not utter a single word, leading themfrom the distance.

Nonetheless, Tang Wulin was in a good mood. Since they won the team match, hewould advance to the second round for all three of the competitions he entered.Such an achievement was worthy of rejoicing.

He was not one bit nervous about the blacksmith’s competition. However, he wasstarting to understand where he stood among his peers regarding the individualand team events.

Despite lacking in soul power and soul rings from their age, their true combatstrength wasn’t as weak as others believed.

As such, Tang Wulin could guess the Shrek Academy students’ true strength.Their might did not come only from possessing a high cultivation base, but fromthe sum of their parts. Regardless of their combat experience, coordination, ormartial soul, those elements were all first-rate. It was impossible to have ahigher soul power at their age.

Shortly after Tang Wulin returned to his room, he heard someone pounding onhis door.

“Senior disciple sister, please don’t be so loud.” Tang Wulin already knew whoit was; only Mu Xi could be so aggressive when knocking on someone’s door.

“Open up already. You brat, are you looking to get into the limelight?” Mu Xicharged in once the door opened.