Chapter 128: Now Is My True Heart

On the small path in the village, several people stood in a silent standoff.

Ma Hongjun looked at Dai Mubai, then at Zhu Zhuqing, and finally at Qin Jian, his face full of gossipy curiosity.

But no one had the heart to pay him any mind. Instead, the girl Cuihua, unwilling to let Qin Jian and the other misunderstand Ma Hongjun, finally gathered her courage to stand in front of them and said, "You... you shouldn't blame Hongjun... I am with him of my own volition, not because I was forced..."

She said with a slightly flushed face, "It is me... I am the one who cannot satisfy his needs... that is why I wanted to break up..."

Dai Mubai took a deep breath at this moment, and after calming his emotions, he said slowly, "Pangzi's martial soul is the Evil Fire Phoenix, and his excessive needs are a side effect of his martial soul, not something he wants himself."

"Moreover, the Dean has warned him that he must have the other party's consent to vent his fire, otherwise he will be expelled from Shrek Academy."

He did not look at Zhu Zhuqing again, fearing he would be unable to control his emotions, so he looked at Qin Jian and said, "So, this morning's incident was indeed a misunderstanding."

Ma Hongjun nodded repeatedly behind him.

Qin Jian stopped speaking, and Zhu Zhuqing also fell into silence.

The scene became even more awkward for a moment.

"We want to join Shrek Academy; do you know where to go to sign up?"

In the end, it was Qin Jian who broke the silence.

Dai Mubai was silent for a moment, then pointed toward the village entrance and said, "That is the gate to our Shrek Academy over there. You can just follow this road for a few hundred meters and you will arrive."

"Thanks."

Qin Jian nodded at him, then turned to Zhu Zhuqing and said, "Let's go, let's not delay today's registration."

"Okay..."

The look in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes as she looked at him was clearly softer, and then, after a slight hesitation, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Qin Jian's left hand, whispering, "Let's go."

Qin Jian was also surprised to be suddenly grabbed by her, but he immediately realized it was because Dai Mubai was watching.

Was she perhaps intending to fulfill the agreement to act that night?

He felt that this was extremely cheesy, but he had no choice but to cooperate and walk on, holding Zhu Zhuqing's hand.

Dai Mubai clenched his fists, then released them, then clenched them again, then released them...

"Boss Dai, do you like that beauty?"

Seeing that Qin Jian and Zhu Zhuqing had walked far away, Ma Hongjun finally relaxed and immediately became interested in the gossip; the strange atmosphere between the three just now had made him very curious.

"Don't ask nonsense, or I'll beat you! Hmph!"

Dai Mubai said coldly, then turned and walked away, clearly not wanting to say another word.

Ma Hongjun shrugged behind his back: "I didn't expect Boss Dai to have moments of romantic failure too..."

Setting aside Dai Mubai's mood, Zhu Zhuqing still had not let go of Qin Jian's hand after walking a distance, which surprised Qin Jian a little.

"Zhuqing, Dai Mubai can't see us anymore," Qin Jian reminded her as he looked at her.

"Oh..."

Zhu Zhuqing replied, but continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.

Qin Jian had to continue reminding her: "There's no need to act anymore."

Who would have thought that Zhu Zhuqing would glance at him and say expressionlessly, "Who told you I was acting?"

Qin Jian was speechless.

"Didn't you say to follow one's true heart? This is my true heart right now."

Zhu Zhuqing said softly, looking at the small path extending ahead.

Qin Jian couldn't help but blink.

His current feeling was rather strange, because this was the first time he had been the one being pursued, and the target was the one he had originally deemed the hardest to poach...

It could only be said that Zhu Zhuqing herself had a void in her heart, and Qin Jian had perfectly filled that void, appearing neither too early nor too late, just right.

"Swoosh—"

Just as the two were walking hand-in-hand on the small village path, a Sword Light suddenly shot over from the horizon.

Qin Jian looked up instantly, then pushed Zhu Zhuqing away without hesitation: "Move!"

"Hum hum hum."

Under Zhu Zhuqing's surprised gaze, Qin Jian's three Soul Rings manifested in an instant, and Sword Qi erupted from his entire body, as if he were dealing with a life-or-death enemy.

"Swoosh!"

The next moment, a massive sword-shaped radiance descended from the sky, and at the same time, a Sword Radiance rose from Qin Jian's body; it was none other than his martial soul itself.

"Bang!"

The two light swords, one large and one small, one above and one below, collided violently. Blinding light radiated from the point of impact, forcing Zhu Zhuqing, who was to the side, to cover her eyes involuntarily.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

Sword Qi crisscrossed, yet it was well-contained within the range of Qin Jian alone, not leaking out in the slightest, and not a single village house suffered collateral damage.

"Swish swish swish!"

Unable to win after a long attack, the light sword above suddenly erupted with waves of Sword Qi, which poured down continuously toward Qin Jian below.

"Shoo shoo shoo!"

But the next moment, countless Sword Qi also emerged from Qin Jian's Martial Soul Light Sword, blocking them as they flooded the sky above.

"Bang bang bang..."

The collision of Sword Qi inevitably triggered gusts of wind, making it so that even Zhu Zhuqing to the side could not stand steadily.

Her mind was a blank; she was shocked by the immense power Qin Jian had erupted with, and also confused by this sudden, fierce attack.

"Hum hum hum!"

At this moment, the light sword above finally retracted its Sword Qi, and the body of the light sword itself even floated upward, moving further away from Qin Jian below.

Zhu Zhuqing breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking the attack was over.

But the look in Qin Jian's eyes as he gazed up at the light sword was incomparably grave.

"Ssh! Ssh! Ssh..."

Sure enough, very quickly, the Light Sword began to split into streaks of Sword Light; unlike the Sword Qi emitted previously, this time it was as if the Light Sword had created clones, and in an instant, dozens of Light Swords appeared above Qin Jian.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

The next moment, all the Light Swords crashed down, drawing a cry of alarm from Zhu Zhuqing: "Qin Jian!"

"Pfft!"

Almost in an instant, Qin Jian was forced down to one knee by the massive Sword Array, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

Zhu Zhuqing instinctively moved to rush forward, but she saw Qin Jian immediately reach out a hand to block the direction she was charging from: "Don't come over!"

The way he roared startled Zhu Zhuqing, causing her to stop in place, at a loss, having no idea what to do.

But Qin Jian had no spare strength left to explain anything else to her; all his power was being used to resist the Sword Array above.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Although the Sword Light on his body continuously emitted Sword Qi to fend off the Light Swords, those separated Light Swords were clearly much sharper than his Sword Qi, often requiring three or four streaks of Sword Qi to neutralize a single Light Sword.

The pressure on his body grew greater and greater, and the countless Light Swords above gradually pressed down, getting closer and closer to the top of his head.

"This won't do!"

Qin Jian's gaze was locked firmly onto the main sword above that kept splitting into Light Swords: "Why can it split into Light Swords, but I can only split into Sword Qi?"

His brain was thinking at high Speed, but the Light Swords never paused for even a fraction, gradually pressing closer, almost on the verge of crushing his Martial Soul Light Sword...

And at this moment, Qin Jian's eyes suddenly lit up: "Reflecting sharp Sword Qi using the mold of a Light Sword? I understand!"

Progress 27/60

(End of this chapter)