Chapter 436: Just How Many Women Do You Want?

Without any obstacles, the Shenfeng Academy sign was quickly replaced, and the new Shenfeng branch was officially established.

Qin Jian had no interest in saying anything more and left directly with the Knight Order.

At the main gate, many students looked at the brand-new sign, their faces showing a mix of anticipation and melancholy.

Feng Yunwu and Feng Xiaotian were both watching the direction in which Qin Jian had departed.

"Sigh, five years have passed, and yet we only met in such a rush, didn't even get to say a few words, and he's gone again..."

Feng Yunwu sighed despondently.

Feng Xiaotian, wearing his mask, peered at her: "So many years have gone by, do you still have feelings for him?"

Feng Yunwu stroked her long hair and looked back: "Don't tell me you haven't liked Huo Wu all these years? Didn't you hear just now? It seems Huo Wu has also returned to the academy, and Qin Jian is in a rush to see her!"

Feng Xiaotian: "......"

After all these years, encountering Qin Jian still left him feeling green with envy...

"He's the type of person who likes several people at once; even so, you still like him? Don't you mind?" Feng Xiaotian asked, speechless.

Feng Yunwu rolled her eyes: "I just like him, I admire certain things about him, it's not like we have to be together. Why should I care if he likes many people? Besides..."

She chuckled: "I haven't even obtained him yet, why bother minding those things? At the very least, one must obtain him before they have the standing to mind..."

This logic was so sound that Feng Xiaotian was left speechless...

"Nana, come here."

Inside the spacious carriage, Qin Jian and Shui Bing'er sat on one side, while Hu Liena leaned alone on the other, her gaze fixed out the window, looking determined to ignore Qin Jian.

But Qin Jian still wore a smile, reaching out his hand toward her: "Nana, come over."

"What... what are you doing..."

Hu Liena subconsciously shifted her body, but quickly realized what she was doing, turned her head away in a fit of shy annoyance and said: "Don't call me, I don't want to talk to you!"

Shui Bing'er could only laugh; she held it in again and again to keep from laughing out loud.

Who could have imagined that the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall would be like this? In the imagination of outsiders, as the next Pope successor, she must be proud and aloof; how could she possibly be such a lovesick little woman?

"This Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall is truly wrapped around your finger..." Shui Bing'er whispered in his ear.

Qin Jian looked at Hu Liena's sulking expression, a flash of tenderness in his eyes.

This little fox was actually very simple; she didn't have so many twists and turns, nor did she have particularly grand ambitions. She was just doing what her teacher wanted her to do and liking the person she liked...

"Nana, come here..."

This time, Qin Jian stretched out both hands and, without waiting for Hu Liena's response, took it upon himself to scoop her up horizontally, place her on his lap, and pull her into his embrace.

Her figure was extremely good—curvaceous where it should be, slender where it should be—yet her weight didn't even reach triple digits. It was perfect, and he couldn't get enough of her...

Hu Liena twisted uncomfortably, then lay still in his arms.

Because Qin Jian had thoughtfully let her sit with her back to Shui Bing'er, she could pretend the other party didn't exist as long as she couldn't see her, so she wouldn't feel like she was losing face.

The method of spiritual victory was sometimes quite useful...

"Qin Jian, how... how many women do you actually want?" Hu Liena asked, burying her head.

Qin Jian gently stroked her hair and said: "Why do you ask that?"

Hu Liena leaned against his chest and whispered: "If you want several women, I can find some Maids for you; they don't matter, but the others..."

Sigh, treating Maids as if they aren't people again...

Qin Jian sighed softly, shook his head, and said: "Nana, I have never been greedy for their bodies; I just cannot control or let go of my own feelings..."

Hu Liena was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned her face away; a crystalline teardrop slid down quietly, without letting Qin Jian or Shui Bing'er see.

"That is to say, you can't let them go, right? Whether it's that Huo Wu or her, Shui Bing'er, or even those few from the original Shrek Team... right..."

She suddenly raised her head slowly, her slightly damp eyes meeting Qin Jian's gaze: "Ning Rongrong is still your fiancée; you told Teacher that you would not break off the engagement with her. So it turns out..."

"I'm not even the most important person in your heart... Was it all just my own wishful thinking?"

"I thought I was the one you liked the most, I thought that as long as I kept a tight watch on you, you would be mine alone. It turns out it was all just... my misunderstanding..."

She quickly wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand, then stood up abruptly and went to sit on the opposite side again.

Qin Jian wanted to get up and go over, but she immediately reached out to block him, her gaze fixed only on the window, and said softly: "Don't come over, let me be alone... for a while."

"Hu Liena, I believe Qin Jian has never lied to you, nor has he ever said he would be with you alone."

Shui Bing'er couldn't help but speak up: "Although he is amorous, he has never deceived us. On the Dalu, although one-on-one marriages are common, there is no shortage of polygamy. You should think it through yourself..."

"Bing'er..."

Qin Jian suddenly grabbed her and shook his head silently: "Don't say any more."

"Oh..."

Shui Bing'er responded softly. Seeing Qin Jian silently looking out the window, she couldn't help but move her icy eyes, suddenly taking his hand and saying: "You still haven't told me how you defeated the Dean of Shenfeng."

She began to deliberately change the subject.

Although Hu Liena appeared unmoved, how could she not be curious about matters related to Qin Jian? This way, she could successfully interrupt her somewhat depressed mood.

Qin Jian turned his head back and explained: "I just used Ring Fusion to level the gap in soul power, and then used a set of Fourth Soul Skills."

"Just by relying on a Fourth Soul Skill, you could defeat an Eighth Soul Skill under a Spirit Douluo's Spirit Avatar? Jianjian, are you lying to me?"

Seeing the deliberately skeptical expression on Shui Bing'er's face, Qin Jian, who had been feeling a bit down, was almost amused to the point of laughing.

He grabbed her Ice Jade-like little hand in return and said: "That's because I moved beyond the most basic execution of soul skills and performed my own improvements and improvisations."

When these words were spoken, even Hu Liena couldn't help but glance at him.

Qin Jian's spirit lifted slightly, and he began to explain in detail: "Theoretically, as the age of a soul ring increases, the power of the soul skill also increases. It seems natural that his Eighth Soul Skill should be stronger than my Fourth Soul Skill, but in reality, a soul skill is just a method of outputting soul power. When our understanding of soul skills is sufficient, the level of power theoretically unleashed is autonomously controllable."

Shui Bing'er and Hu Liena were lost in thought.

Their talent for Spirit Master cultivation was already high; with Qin Jian opening up their train of thought, inspiration flowed like a surging river, endless and continuous.

"Of course, this only allows the Fourth Soul Skill I output to reach its limit. To raise the skill ceiling, I have other innovations, but you can't use those..."

Qin Jian let go of Shui Bing'er's hand and slowly reached out, and the Silver Dragon Spear gradually emerged.

"Because I have such an Artifact in hand, theoretically I could output soul power without using my martial soul, but soul skills are matched to the martial soul, so there is still an upper limit; therefore, I did one thing..."

Soul Rings suddenly lit up slowly on Qin Jian's body, and a Purple Sword slowly emerged, wrapping itself around the Silver Dragon Spear.

"If a Beast Spirit can possess a human body, then can a Spirit Tool possess an Artifact?"

"The answer is, it can."

Hum!

The Silver Dragon Spear was covered in a layer of faint Phantom Purple Sword Qi, its momentum greatly increased.

"Moreover, the combination of the two is an upgrade from a quantitative change to a qualitative change!"

Two beside him, one in their mind, the three girls said almost in unison: "Qin Jian, you really are a genius!"

(End of this chapter)